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A load of Bull
ALDERSHOT goalkeeper Nikki Bull was at the centre of a missing missile mystery at KitKat Crescent. Bull held his head as referee David Richardson ran towards him to brandish a yellow card for delaying taking a goal-kick. His actions in Sunday's match
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Ex-City star would love to manage again
SHOULD York City advertise the first team manager's job former midfielder Malcolm Crosby has suggested he would be ready to throw his hat in the ring. Crosby was a guest at Sunday's KitKat Cresent clash against Aldershot, having played for both clubs,
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Carling sparkles on good day for All Blacks
NEW Earswick ARLC stayed top of Pennine League division two by hammering Stainland 46-4 and then saw their title hopes aided by a key result elsewhere. All Blacks were always likely to beat the struggling Stags and did so comfortably despite not giving
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A little of what you fancy before Lent?
Lent begins tomorrow. STEPHEN LEWIS asks: is self-denial good for you? FOR the early Christians, Lent was the season of soul-searching and reflection. Inspired by Christ's 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness, it was a time to take stock and learn
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Getting together
TWO York primary schools could soon join forces, sharing governors as well as the same head teacher. Parents with children at Clifton Without Juniors and Rawcliffe Infant School have until February 28 to reply to a letter asking for comments on governors
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Tykes loud appeal to England
Yorkshire director of cricket David Byas is hoping that England will allow Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard to be available for the start of the county programme in mid-April. Yorkshire have two Frizzell Championship matches and two totesport League
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Frazzled before we go
Holidays can be such an awful chore. There's all that planning, bickering over where to go, packing, travelling and paying out. Oh, it's so exhausting. And for what? Two weeks which mess up your daily routine; drag you out of your 50-weeks-a-year rut;
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Misery for shop staff
FORTY-TWO Allders staff are "very upset" after being told their jobs are hanging by a thread following the retail chain going into administration. Yesterday, it emerged Allders at Home store in Clifton Moor was likely to shut, as administrator Kroll -
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Pregnant York thief faces jail
A PERSISTENT thief who escaped from the cell area of York Police HQ has to go straight for a year, or spend at least four months in jail, a court heard. Heidi Marie Kwiatkowski, 20, fled through the building and across Fulford Road before pursuers caught
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Driver tells of rail crash
A YORK train worker has relived the horrifying moment the GNER express he was driving derailed at 115mph, killing four people. Christopher Swift was in control of the 12.10 train from Kings Cross to Leeds in October 2000 when it hit a broken rail on its
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Carling sparkles on good day for All Blacks
NEW Earswick ARLC stayed top of Pennine League division two by hammering Stainland 46-4 and then saw their title hopes aided by a key result elsewhere. All Blacks were always likely to beat the struggling Stags and did so comfortably despite not giving
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Thug banned from estate
THEY suffered years of abuse at the hands of thug Lee James Powell. Today the long-suffering community he terrorised finally breathed a sigh of relief. Residents in Chapelfields today hailed the judge's decision to ban Powell from their streets for the
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Ex-City star would love to manage again
SHOULD York City advertise the first team manager's job former midfielder Malcolm Crosby has suggested he would be ready to throw his hat in the ring. Crosby was a guest at Sunday's KitKat Cresent clash against Aldershot, having played for both clubs,
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Jane's electric night at the Opera
WHAT a fantastic concert by Jane McDonald at the Opera House. It was electric. Nik Page was Jane's support, he was great! Jane came on and everybody went wild with songs like "kiss me honey kiss me". It was a really good evening, the Opera House was buzzing
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Pure hypocrisy
I FOUND Coun Steve Galloway's comments about the Evening Press astounding. Calling the editor "irresponsible" for publishing details of faulty individual CCTV cameras is pure hypocrisy (January 26). It is he and his council who should be deemed irresponsible
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Christmas gifts
WE thank everyone who contributed to donations for Martin House Hospice at 25 Chudleigh Road, "the house of fun" Christmas lights. The total donated was £352 which included £99 raised by St Barnabas Church of England Primary School's carol singers. The
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Back railway idea
I NOTE that Mr Webster supports the re-opening of the Beverley to York railway line (Letters, January 19). I agree. However, let me draw readers' attention to the appalling lack of support given by York's leading councillors to what could be a wonderful
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New DISCO queens
If you thought your DISCO days were over, MAXINE GORDON has news for you. BY next year, more than half the women in Britain will be 40 or over and already marketing people have a name for this group. Meet the DISCO generation - Discerning, Increasing
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Girls pack a punch
Will Clint Eastwood's fight film Million Dollar Baby woo more women into the ring? JO HAYWOOD goes ten rounds with a York teenager to find out why boxing is hard to beat A BROKEN nose, cauliflower ears and a face that only a mother could love. That's
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Girlie nights aren't for men
"It's not normal - it's weird." My husband got a bit shirty on Friday night when I had a group of friends round for dinner. I had organised a girls night in as it is commonly known to celebrate my 44th birthday and was looking forward to it. I assumed
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Royal Ascot? Everybody out
ROYAL Ascot, we are told, is the greatest show on turf. A festival of thrills, frills, frocks and shocks, York should be damn grateful to borrow it from Berkshire for a year. Ah, yes, Ascot. Five days of unprecedented joy. From June 14 our population
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Way we were
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 100 years ago: The Streets and Buildings Committee of the York City Council "reluctantly" gave their consent to the completion of the conveyance of the surplus land in College Street to Mr Frank Green. They stated that at the
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Rail firms criticised for price rises
TWO rail companies which serve York have been singled out as among the worst when it comes to the inflation of their standard walk-on rail fares over the past decade. A first-class single ticket with Virgin, which operates between York and Birmingham,
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Business Pride leaders set sail to say thank you to designer outlet
STEADY as you go... Viking business pride is in full sail. You sense it at the McArthurGlen designer outlet in York, where City of York Council leader Councillor Steve Galloway and Adam Sinclair, both co-founders of York Business Pride, arrived to say
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'Net is logged on for learning and development
There's a real chance to help weave a fine web of learning in our area, says DAVID HARBOURNE, chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire. THERE'S no doubt that the internet has had a massive impact on every area of our lives, speeding
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Business Pride leaders set sail to say thank you to designer outlet
STEADY as you go... Viking business pride is in full sail. You sense it at the McArthurGlen designer outlet in York, where City of York Council leader Councillor Steve Galloway and Adam Sinclair, both co-founders of York Business Pride, arrived to say
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Park can score - 08/02/05
Mick Easterby sends his rising star Parknasilla from Sheriff Hutton to Carlisle tomorrow with the aim of capturing the richest race on the programme. The £15,000 Weatherbys Bank Novices' Chase is the target for this smart five-year-old, who is napped
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When the tough get glowing
AFTER my rant last week about the downright overblown nature of Premiership football, a coltish newsroom colleague collared me. 'Why can't you write anything happy?" he chided with all the naivet of someone who has barely been exposed to the seamier side
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Police vow on cash
Police authority chiefs have pledged action after auditors revealed "significant weaknesses" in their financial management and accounting procedures. The promise to address areas of concern was made yesterday as North Yorkshire Police Authority members
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'I will go to prison, knock on the door and demand the governor lets us in to protect us from the po
FOX-HUNTING campaigner Ken Holmes plans to go to a Yorkshire high security prison and urge the governor to lock him away - so he cannot break the ban on the rural pursuit. The 73-year-old former horse dentist says he will go to Armley Prison in Leeds
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York actor's new US comedy pulls more viewers than The Simpsons
DOH! HOMER Simpson has been left reeling after York's own Mark Addy thrashed the US icon in the battle of the ratings. Now Mark, who shot to fame after appearing in The Full Monty, is taking on all-comers across the pond as he plays one of the main characters
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First John Smith's stopped their free beer. Now the pensioners' Christmas party has been given the a
BITTER pensioners today said they had suffered a "double whammy" from the company many of them served for more than 40 years. As the Evening Press reported recently, brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle was accused of "penny-pinching" after calling
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Hair-raising idea
YOUNGSTERS have been lining YorkAid coffers to help the victims of the Asian tsunami. They include pupils at Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School who had a Mad Hair Day on the last day before the half-term break. They came in with their hair arranged
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Ex-Knight turns down NL rivals to stay in Oz
FORMER York City Knights favourite Simon Friend is to stay in his native Australia after signing for a Jim Beam Cup club. However, he hasn't ruled out a return to England - York included - and has sent his best wishes for a successful season at Huntington
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Porn shock on parish website
INTERNET perverts hijacked an innocent parish council website and used it as a messageboard of filth. The Copmanthorpe Parish Council website discussion forum was meant to encourage residents of the leafy south York village to discuss local issues. But
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Seven frown at the double
PLUCKY City of York Hockey Club first team suffered a seven-goal double defeat. They were unluckily on the wrong end of a 4-3 loss at Cheshire hosts Bowden before falling to a 5-2 reverse at home to Timperley. Initially York adapted well to Bowden's water-based
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A load of Bull
ALDERSHOT goalkeeper Nikki Bull was at the centre of a missing missile mystery at KitKat Crescent. Bull held his head as referee David Richardson ran towards him to brandish a yellow card for delaying taking a goal-kick. His actions in Sunday's match
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Protect us from the yob culture
YOUR paper of February 2 cheered me up no end. There was the report on the disabled child and her mother being attacked in the most appalling incident perpetrated by what can only be described as scum. Then of course there was the article on the difficulties
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Turn 'em in
TO the parents of the "chavs" who undertook the outrageous attack on a defenceless parent and her child: please for all our sakes turn 'em in ("Lowest Of The Low", February 2). You'll know, if you take any notice of what your children do and wear, whether
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Truth on truancy
READERS of the Evening Press might have received a misleading picture of pupil attendance in York schools from the article and editorial (February 6). The article revisited the school attendance figure published by the Government last December. The trigger
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Grit's madness
IT has just become clear why York home owners are paying too much council tax. Picture the scene, a night out in the car going to the pub to watch the game. Time 7.30pm, outside temperature 10C, sky cloudy. Driving up Carr Lane, Acomb, I see flashing
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Misguided plans
PILCHER Homes' determination to submit new plans for development of the site at 26/28 Tadcaster Road with the same traffic requirement as before (January 28) is misguided and is based on deliberately ignoring the changed traffic situation down the years
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Tall stories
THE comments made by me and referred to by Stephen Burton (Letters, February 4) related to Labour claims that we had increased the density of housing that would be required on development sites. This is not true, because the current minimum levels are
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RAF memories
SOME of my happiest years in the Royal Air Force were spent at Seletar, Singapore; one of the most colourful and historic of the RAF's overseas bases. RAF Seletar closed in 1971, but it is remembered with affection by members of the RAF Seletar Association
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Unsung heroes
N WILSON commented on not even one minute's silence given to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day (Letters, February 1). I have even heard comments such as: "It was nothing to do with us, they were all foreigners!" Totally wrong, English agents died inside
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They're our future
AS a parent irresponsible enough to have three children, I feel I am better qualified to comment about family needs than Mr Enticknap ("Family friendly policies are going too far", Letters, January 31). Obviously this man feels bitterness towards the
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Ex-Knight turns down NL rivals to stay in Oz
FORMER York City Knights favourite Simon Friend is to stay in his native Australia after signing for a Jim Beam Cup club. However, he hasn't ruled out a return to England - York included - and has sent his best wishes for a successful season at Huntington
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Let's give Steve a fan-Castic send-off
I'm sure everyone associated with the Knights was as shocked and disappointed as we were with the news that Steve Ferres was leaving the Knights. It won't be quite the same on match days from now on. No Steve pacing up and down before the game, kicking
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Arise Dame Ellen of joy
GO on, let rip. "Rule Britannia - Britannia rules the waves..." Well, one Briton, to be precise. Ellen MacArthur sailed into history last night, becoming the fastest person to sail single-handedly around the world non-stop. It is an astonishing achievement
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Making a Mark
MEANWHILE, another Briton is making waves across the Atlantic. And he is a local lad. Mark Addy has gone a long way since he was a stagehand at the York Theatre Royal. Finding fame with a beautifully judged performance in The Full Monty, he has now overtaken
