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Ascot traffic-busting master plan unveiled
MOTORISTS who ignore a traffic-busting master plan during Royal Ascot at York will find their access to the racecourse blocked. And those who park in "no-waiting" areas on the route could find their vehicles towed away, under the provisions of the management
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Way we were
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 100 years ago: The new lancets at the west end of the Priory Church of Holy Trinity were filled with stained glass by Kempe, through the liberality of two brothers, one of whom also made a number of generous gifts to the church
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Lee's big motive - 08/03/05
It's back to work tomorrow for Graham Lee, who returns to the fray at Catterick after being sidelined in recent weeks with a broken collar bone. The Grand National-winning jockey, who has 16 pre-booked rides at the Cheltenham Festival next week, teams
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Red rose to fore
AS a York-born citizen of Lancastrian parents and having suffered many trials and tribulations during the Roses cricket matches, my late father would have been highly amused by the forthcoming VE Day celebrations ('Lottery funding for VE Day bash', March
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Scandalous move
IN the seven years that three early stage drugs for Alzheimer's Disease have been on the market, the York Alzheimer's Society has contacted at least 50 families who have used these drugs for periods from several months to more than three years. All patients
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Chief hails dynamic duo
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC chairman Charles Rollinson has hailed coaches Simon Baynes and Alan Pallister for their startling success in turning the club around. The All Blacks were on the brink of calling it a day three years ago but after Baynes took
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Steam work
Although a Welshman, it is apt that Stephen Richards is so fond of Flying Scotsman based at York's National Railway Museum. (NRM) Mr Richards, 39, newly appointed head of creative development at the NRM is the former National displays project manager
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Spotlight on rural business
A seminar to help rural enterprises select the best business structure for success is being held in Helmsley next week. A commercial lawyer and a taxation strategist will present a series of workshops at the half-day event at The Black Swan Hotel on Thursday
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James takes up new Seat role
SPORTSMAN James Warne has been appointed franchise manager of Nidd Vale Seat, Harrogate's newest motor franchise. James, who has 21 years business experience in both the motor and sports retail sectors, joined Nidd Vale as a business manager in May 2004
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British sport facing an identity crisis
IT BRINGS tears to your eyes doesn't it. Three netball teams from York's Joseph Rowntree School qualify for the finals of a prestigious national competition. And their reward for representing Yorkshire and Humberside - a once-in-a-lifetime chance to have
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Police: luxury vehicles move 'is critical'
NORTH Yorkshire's chief constable Della Cannings has hit back at critics of her decision to spend an estimated £500,000 on luxury cars for her senior officers, as reported in yesterday's Evening Press. She said the vehicles were essential for a modern
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Des to launch Academy
WELL-KNOWN York-area cricketer Des Wyrill reckons getting youngsters to enjoy the game is the best way to produce future talent. And he will take this philosophy into his new post at Easingwold Cricket Club after being given the job of building the York
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Date set for Carli inquest
AN INQUEST will finally be held into the death of York ME sufferer Carli Barry later this week. The hearing will take place at New Earswick Folk Hall on Thursday, just over four years after she died in a York churchyard, on her 27th birthday. The Evening
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Woolworths to axe York store
DEVASTATED, tearful staff at Woolworths, at Monks Cross, York, learned today that the store will close in 18 days - and a new Marks & Spencer fashion store will move on to the site. One of the more than 50 employees affected said today: "We were all
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Grieving mum's jail term anger
A YOUNG mother today reacted with disgust and disbelief after the "reckless" driver who killed her son had his jail term slashed by Appeal Court judges. Kirstie Buckle said she could not believe that Justin Martin's sentence had been reduced from three
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It's a game of patience
PLAYERS' Player of the Year Scott Rhodes has called on York City Knights fans to be patient and continue backing the team to the hilt. The stand-off, who was a runner-up in the LHF Healthplan National League Two Player of the Season awards last term,
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"I thought it would be boring. Wrong!"
Jo Haywood discovers that things are really turning around in Rotary. ONCE widely regarded as a male, middle class preserve, Rotary is now showing a new face to the world - and that face is young, successful and female. At 24, Pennita Wilshire is the
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Justice fails misery mum
KIRSTIE Buckle has every right to be angry. If Justin Martin hadn't been "utterly reckless" in overtaking a school bus on a narrow country lane she would be playing happily with her son Blake today. Instead Kirstie must get through another bleak day without
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It's a game of patience
PLAYERS' Player of the Year Scott Rhodes has called on York City Knights fans to be patient and continue backing the team to the hilt. The stand-off, who was a runner-up in the LHF Healthplan National League Two Player of the Season awards last term,
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Moors book place in final
KIRKBYMOORSIDE Reserves will meet Union Rovers in next month's Ryedale Hospital Football Cup final after beating Black Swan Pickering 2-1. The Moorsiders, fielding a strong side as their first team's game was postponed, opened the scoring through Rob
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Let's talk crime figures, Hugh
GOOD to see globetrotting MP Hugh Bayley, New Labour's very own Steve Fossett, pop into Westminster last week. The York member asked Home Office minister Hazel Blears for information on the number of thefts, burglaries, robberies and violent crimes recorded
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One-sided story from the BBC
THE news analysis feature 'What now for the BBC?' (March 3) was very interesting. Culture minister Tessa Jowell's remit was for a "strong and independent" BBC. So the public consultation on the Beeb and its funding is directed not towards considering
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New crop of City hopefuls
SIX of York City's under-16 squad have been offered two-year apprenticeships at KitKat Crescent. Four of the youngsters - Mark Holt, Ben Thornton, Michael Walsh and Chaz Wrigley - are York boys while Jon French is from Billingham and Danny Phillips hails
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Unrealistic hope
RUTH Potter (February 14) has accused me of writing a misleading letter to you, but does not deny she had accused me of forming and expressing an opinion against the proposed "Derwenthorpe" development. It was to avoid any suggestion of impropriety arising
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Teachers are right
THERE has been some criticism of the head teachers of Bootham and St Peter's Schools for their opposition to the proposed sex shop in Bootham. St Peter's has about 200 children who board and Bootham has a similar number. All of these children live near
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Cherish our daffs, don't pick 'em
ONCE again many of our ancient walls and landscaped areas will be blessed with colourful daffodils. It is a yearly event which gives pleasure to many visitors and citizens of York. However, it's up to all of us to make sure we show respect and protect
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Terry Avenue route for Ascot taxis is mad idea
THEY must be mad to propose running the taxi service for Royal Ascot along Terry Avenue (March 2). Having been to the Micklegate ward meeting last week where the latest plans were outlined by City of York Council's Bill Woolley, it seems to me that the
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Politics of pounds
ARE there no green open spaces in Selby safe from those corporate vandals who call themselves developers? Not long ago, aided and abetted by the so-called trustees and the district council, they destroyed the war memorial land and replaced it with a dog
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Junctions plan
REGARDING the traffic problems on the A19 south of York, what a shame you couldn't be bothered to talk with City of York Council officers, Coun Ann Reid, the executive member for planning and transport, or myself as ward councillor for Wheldrake, in whose
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Bound to happen
IT shouldn't come as a shock that York is "grinding to a halt" (March 2). When more roads are being closed off to through traffic, and all vehicles are being channelled along the same routes, there is bound to be congestion - and, of course, the "counting
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Inequality is here
ALAN Robinson claims that if UKIP were honest they would call themselves the English Independence Party (Letters, March 2). This is ludicrous. In this sense UKIP are just like the Conservatives. They get most of their support in England and tend to be
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Groves taste away-day joy
YORK Groves ARLC took a step closer to survival with their first away win of the Pennine League division five season, 34-16 at Park Amateurs 'A'. The Terriers, embroiled in a relegation scrap after the withdrawal from the league of two teams plunged them
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Lights out to keep moving
Carlisle has switched off the traffic lights at the city's biggest roundabout, claiming it makes traffic flow more freely. Could the same work in York? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. IMAGINE it. Morning rush hour in York. You drive in along one of the main routes
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Energy firm chips in with wood power
A York company is in a crucial phase of bringing clean wood power to the people. Renewable Fuels Ltd, based in Escrick, is processing harvested wood chips from Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow supplied by North and East Yorkshire growers at a new wood
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Auction date for York shop site
A shop in High Ousegate, York, is being auctioned this month at a guide price of between £1.1 million and £1.2 million. Owner Prudential Property Investment Managers Ltd is selling the ground and two upper floors of premises sub-let by Fat Face, the young
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Widow backs York memorial appeal
THE widow of a former York Carriageworks employee today backed calls for a memorial to victims to the city's asbestos time bomb. Pat Skelton was speaking for the first time about her husband Stephen's death last year at the age of 55 from the asbestos-related
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O'Mara clinches title-winning victory
SUN Inn's whitewash of Acomb SC wrapped up the York Cygnet Phoenix Darts League division one title in style. Jon O'Mara's 18 and 21 clinched the win while Kev Walton (17 and 20) did well and was well backed by Tony Cooper (180 for 19 plus 19). The battle
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Cops snap car crime
UP TO one million vehicles a day will be checked by police using high-tech cameras, to be set up on key North Yorkshire routes. Police chiefs said the automatic technology would be a major new weapon in the fight against crime. They intend to place 12
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Ascot traffic-busting master plan unveiled
MOTORISTS who ignore a traffic-busting master plan during Royal Ascot at York will find their access to the racecourse blocked. And those who park in "no-waiting" areas on the route could find their vehicles towed away, under the provisions of the management
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York in tailspin
CITY of York Hockey Club's men's first team continued their free-fall down the North League premier division. They were crushed 7-1 at Durham University and York's blazing start to the season seems a long way away. They lost only one of their opening
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Police disarmed raging knifeman
ARMED police had to disarm a raging knifeman in York by knocking him over with their vehicle, a court heard. Adam Craig Hudson was out of control with two kitchen knives in his hands in Danebury Drive, Acomb, when officers used the vehicle to disarm and
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Eight pets die in York house inferno
Fire killed eight cats as it ripped through a York house today. Firefighters managed to save a terrier dog from the burning house in Bede Avenue, Clifton, nursing it back to life with oxygen therapy. Neighbours said the owner of the house, who works for
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Creative PC feted
Police officers and civilians whose selfless actions helped save lives and defuse explosive situations were honoured at a special ceremony in York. MATTHEW WOODCOCK and DAN JONES tell some of the stories. AN INGENIOUS covert police operation used invisible
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Trust chief hits back over rats
A HOSPITAL Trust chief has highlighted the efforts taken to ensure high standards of cleanliness were maintained at its sites. The reassurance came after claims were made about the carcasses of rodents being left to rot at Bootham Park Hospital in York
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New crop of City hopefuls
SIX of York City's under-16 squad have been offered two-year apprenticeships at KitKat Crescent. Four of the youngsters - Mark Holt, Ben Thornton, Michael Walsh and Chaz Wrigley - are York boys while Jon French is from Billingham and Danny Phillips hails
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I'm with my dad
A playgroup without a mum in sight? Maxine Gordon talks to dads who want to have fun with their kids too. IT'S Saturday morning and the room fills with the welcome smell of bacon butties. Faces light up as Alison Jones arrives with a plate laden with
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I've gone clean mad
IT'S not officially spring for another 12 days, yet I'm a slave to cleaning. I've always rubbished spring cleaning. The idea of people rushing around with a mop and bucket at a certain time of year is, to me, bizarre. Maybe it is yet another symptom of
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Pikes must get the points
PICKERING Town need to get three points tonight to keep their Northern Counties East League premier division promotion fires burning. The Pikes, who were bizarrely without a game at the weekend despite being five games behind, travel to mid-table Arnold
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Review: Fame, The Musical, Grand Opera House, York, until March 12
REMEMBER that email from Prince Charles berating a child-centred education system where too many youngsters believed they could succeed without having the talent or being prepared to work? Those children would never find a place at the Fame school, alias
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Review: Stewart Lee, Stand-Up Comedian, The Shed, Hovingham village hall
STEWART LEE calls his comeback show Stand-Up Comedian, perhaps as much to remind himself as his audience of his first calling. The last few years, he has been directing Jerry Springer - The Opera, the runaway train of a controversial hit that he co-wrote
