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McDermott's helping hand
YORK Rugby Union Club's junior two-day festival promises to be a massive event in more ways than one. Hundreds of kids will attend the festival at Clifton Park this weekend - but towering over them will be the massive presence of Leeds Rhinos rugby league
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Council anger over race traffic
RESIDENTS were kept in the dark on Royal Ascot traffic plans, angry councillors claimed today. Concerned South Bank residents last week quizzed council chiefs at a Micklegate ward committee meeting on how the Ascot race day masterplan would tackle traffic
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Surfeit of lawyers
WE pride ourselves on being a free and fair society in this country. We cannot have politicians issuing house arrests without the judiciary being involved. Our whole system from arrest, charging, judging, convicting and sentencing is a shambles. Maybe
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ME support
IT was good to see ME (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome) featured in an article in the Press (March 3). ME affects 240,000 people in Britain, including all ages and social groups. Two thirds of them are women and an estimated 25 per cent are so
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Flyover building work is not such a traffic triumph
THE Evening Press is constantly blowing its own trumpet about the building of a flyover at Bilbrough Top. One consequence of the roadworks was a traffic prohibition order for through traffic down Catterton Lane. One Saturday, from 9am to 2.30pm, there
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Stifling new rule
A NUMBER of your correspondents have raised concerns over the rule which prevents elected members expressing their opinions on subjects that may arise in committees on which they serve. Since this rule has only recently come to the notice of many of us
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Foul plan
I WRITE in response to the planning application for the development of a football pitch complex with changing facilities and a 60-place car park at Acaster Malbis which has been recently submitted to City of York Council. Bishopthorpe Parish Council has
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City sweating on striker Bishop
YORK City are awaiting the results of a knee scan on top scorer Andy Bishop. The 22-year-old striker limped out of the action during the second half of Saturday's 2-1 home defeat against Exeter City and is now doubtful for Monday night's trip to Halifax
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Pool shines as All Blacks return to form
New Earswick All Blacks ARLC Under-12s were back to their best and proved their dominance of their division with a 42-4 hammering of Harehills. Man of the match Louis Pool got four tries, with centre Joe Dey (2), loose-forward Joel Johnson, Liam Dawson
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Bring campus to heart of city
York University looks set to win council approval for its controversial campus expansion. But would a city centre site be better for students and residents alike? CHRIS TITLEY reports. AT the moment it looks like the backdrop for an episode of The Sweeney
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More goals for under-11 superstars
UNSTOPPABLE York under-11 schoolboys put nine past Rother Valley in another top notch performance. Jamie Wilstrop hit a five minute hat-trick in a personal four-goal tally as York once again pulled out the stops. Alex Dale triggered the goal spree by
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City experiences jobs rollercoaster ride
THERE was good and bad news on the jobs front for York today, as Woolworths staff came to terms with the closure of their Monks Cross store - and a massive warehouse expansion in the west of the city safeguarded 45 jobs, with 55 new ones to come. John
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Decision soon on rail franchise
A DECISION on who will run trains on the East Coast Main Line will be announced very shortly, Alistair Darling has promised. The Transport Secretary spoke out in the House of Commons after he was urged to back the current operator, York-based GNER, by
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Invasion from the north
HORDES of Scots and Geordies will be descending on the city for Royal Ascot at York as southerners stay at home, advance ticket sales have revealed. A profile of sales of tickets for the five-day festival of horse racing has shown that the punters travelling
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Memorial for tsunami victim
A MEMORIAL service is to be held for York tsunami victim Stephen Magson, it was revealed today. York Minster will be the venue for the service, which will be held on Friday, March 18, at 2.30pm, before a public reception is held in the Nunthorpe and Dante
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Stressed to kill
A POTENTIALLY fatal disease could have more than 20,000 York workers in its grip - as medics today revealed the dangers of stress. Doctors flashed a warning about the potentially fatal effects of the condition - particularly on the young - as high-flying
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Cash boost to cover Strensall tennis courts
TENNIS players in Strensall who have battled on against setbacks will be covering new ground later this year. A big grant of money takes them to the brink of reaching their target for funds to lay fresh courts. Strensall & Towthorpe Lawn Tennis Club
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City experiences jobs rollercoaster ride
THERE was good and bad news on the jobs front for York today, as Woolworths staff came to terms with the closure of their Monks Cross store - and a massive warehouse expansion in the west of the city safeguarded 45 jobs, with 55 new ones to come. John
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Daniel to box for GB in the States
HUNTINGTON boxer Daniel Wright will head for the Big Apple this month as he represents Great Britain against the best of New York's amateur fighters. Wright has been selected for the GB Community Clubs team that will fly out to the States on March 20.
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Fears of killer bug outbreak at college
A SUSPECTED case of the potentially fatal disease meningitis has left a York student in hospital. Staff and students at the University of York have been put on alert after 20-year-old James Flinders reportedly collapsed at a college event on Saturday
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Councillors urged to lift evening parking ban in nine city streets
THE Evening Press was hailed today, as it headed for another victory in its campaign to stop York's "highway robbery". City councillors are being urged to lift a ban on evening parking in nine city centre streets. Officers say metered parking bays should
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Who's scared again?
GANG-a-lang, gang-a-lang, gang-a-lang, gang-a-lang... the sound that once had scaredy-cats such as me running for cover the length and breadth of the nation. Can it really be 16 years since the last time that spine-chilling theme tune spread terror through
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Drawing the line
FOR years, they had lain dormant. York's double yellow lines slept quietly on the same old streets, only bothering the occasional van driver. Then one frightening day last summer they awoke. Overnight the lines spread across the city. Street after street
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Pikes loving their travels
PICKERING Town's away form continues to keep them in the Northern Counties East League premier division title hunt. The Pikes enjoyed their ninth league victory in 14 away outings last night by beating Arnold Town 2-0 and can still overhaul leaders Goole
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Invasion from the north
HORDES of Scots and Geordies will be descending on the city for Royal Ascot at York as southerners stay at home, advance ticket sales have revealed. A profile of sales of tickets for the five-day festival of horse racing has shown that the punters travelling
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Way we were
Wednesday, March 9, 2005 100 years ago: Inquiries, both "anxious and otherwise" had been made lately to various places, including the Yorkshire Evening Press, regarding the welfare of the small terrier whose delight it was to "make imaginary dashes that
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Alien laws put us all in danger
TONY Blair says there are more than 300 fanatics in Britain conspiring to do us all great harm. Lord Stevens, the recently retired Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has said there are 200 al Qaida fanatics in this country, most personally trained by Osama
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Gritty issue
FURTHER to the York Highways overspend on gritting the roads in and around York (March 1), the word "gritting" is something of a misnomer, in so much as there is no grit involved. What is spread on the roads is rock salt. If it were grit that was spread
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Masonic care
I HAVE to address the inaccuracies in Mary Urmston's letter about the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI) and Connaught Court (March 2). Of the 86 residents at Connaught Court, 71 are from Yorkshire. That means 83 per cent are local, not 65 per
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Going for gridlock
THE proposal to install a rising bollard at Straylands Grove is being greeted with disbelief by York residents. Why is the council trying to force more cars on to fewer roads? It seems they are going for gridlock sooner rather than later. Straylands Grove
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Litter doubt
WE read about the young man being fined for dropping a cigarette end in the street, possibly rightly so, but I notice the travellers have moved on from another illegal squatting site on Clifton Moor. They have left enough rubbish to fill a bin lorry but
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Give us a break
DURING a recent meeting with a member of the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust I was treated with the utmost respect and dignity. This, sadly, proved to be an exception to the rule as, being an elderly pensioner in sheltered accommodation, my experience with
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My hospital care was superb, thanks
I HAVE just spent three days in ward 28 of York hospital. The doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff were all extremely kind, helpful and efficient. The ward was very clean and well maintained and even the food was good. Although pleased to be home now,
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Fishing for brain power
Does fish really make kids brainier? And if it does, will kids swallow it? With nutrition and school performance back on the agenda, we went to investigate. The Government-funded Dyscovery research centre reckons that modern children should be fed post-war-style
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We will be back
ST Peter's School, York, director of rugby coaching Mike Johnston has tipped his Under-15 side to bounce back after their semi-final exit from the Daily Mail Cup. They had been hoping to join their U18s on finals day at Twickenham on March 23. But they
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Nestl boss's pride in York
NESTLE'S top man in Britain has given frank answers after reporter Matthew Woodcock quizzed him on the future of the company's York chocolate factory. Alastair Sykes, chairman and chief executive officer of Nestl UK, who was the former managing director
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All Saints all smiles after netball win
NETBALLERS at All Saints had something to celebrate after winning the under-13 York and Selby district rally - one year after having to share it with Joseph Rowntree School. The squad came top of the 16-team 'A' tournament after a pool and play-off system
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Firm's twilight zone experience
IT WAS a case of fish with microchips for The Continuum Group experts, as they put the finishing touches to a virtual "fossil fish". The coelacanth, an amazing prehistoric fish, which existed more 400 million years ago deep in the ocean, and which was
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NHS trust's delight as constructor helps heart patients
MADE in York...assembled in Stevenage in record time. That is the new £2.3 million cardiac unit built by off-site by construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, at its base in Huntington, York and put together at Lister Hospital in Stevenage
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Girls get their kicks at Easingwold
HIGH-FLYING Sheriff Hutton Primary School won the RAF Careers shield after beating Alne 5-3 in the final of the first ever Easingwold under-11 girls five-a-side. The win could now see Sheriff Hutton fly the flag for Hambleton at the forthcoming North
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Indoor electrics
MORE than 600 children from 11 schools across York have taken part in City Of York Council's Primary Sportshall Athletics competition. Following a programme of coaching sessions, schools took part in competitions held at York College with the top two
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Cross country
SINCE Christmas more than 500 children from 14 primary schools from across York have been taking part in the Primary School Cross Country Programme organised by the City of York Council and supported by the Oaklands Sports Partnership. Athletes have run
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Review: York Late Music Festival: Quatuor Parisii; National Centre for Early Music, York
THREE musical B's? The combination of Bach, Beethoven and Pierre Boulez made for an especially happy buzz in last night's recital by France's leading string quartet. Boulez's 80th birthday (on March 25) is more than enough excuse for playing all eight
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Review: Martins 4, Pocklington Arts Centre
WHAT bravura guitar playing. Twenty-four strings, four sound-holes, four necks - and a quartet of masterful players. The sound these four players made in unison was quite something, but it was also quite a wait. In a slightly cumbersome format, the evening
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Run for victory - 09/03/05
Marsh Run, who came good for Mick Easterby at Carlisle last month, returns to the Cumbrian course tomorrow with excellent prospects of following-up. Amateur-rider Tom Greenall, who is attached to Easterby's Sheriff Hutton yard, again takes the mount on
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Pledge to grill postal minister
TOUGH new powers should be given to a consumer watchdog to help safeguard York's reduced post office network. That's the verdict of city MP Hugh Bayley, who is pressing for talks with Government ministers in the aftermath of the shock decision to axe
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New homes to end problem
AFFORDABLE homes are to be built on a vandal-hit allotment site in west York. City of York Council has joined forces with the Tees Valley Housing Group in a scheme to provide 20 new houses on some of the plots off Danebury Drive, which have been a magnet
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No Smoking Day backed by NHS
THOUSANDS of smokers could be stubbing out for good today, as efforts to break the habit were stepped up on National No Smoking Day. Some employers and hospitals across York and North Yorkshire have also urged smokers to bin their fags, banning smoking
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My mobile phone contract was paid up and closed, but I still ended up on a credit blacklist
FURIOUS Stephen Harris has been credit blacklisted after a mobile phone company bungled his bill. Minicab driver Mr Harris, 36, of Dringhouses, York, said his new business, Anytime Travel, was suffering because he had been labelled a credit risk over
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Capital gains from Broncos survival
THE London Broncos were thrown a Super League lifeline last week when the other clubs agreed to let them carry on despite changing companies behind the scenes because of financial problems. They have worked very hard to develop the game down in London
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McDermott's helping hand
YORK Rugby Union Club's junior two-day festival promises to be a massive event in more ways than one. Hundreds of kids will attend the festival at Clifton Park this weekend - but towering over them will be the massive presence of Leeds Rhinos rugby league
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Cas tickets go on sale
YORK City Knights fans can get their hands on tickets for the forthcoming Castleford Tigers Northern Rail Cup match by telephone or in person this week. The March 20 clash was made all-ticket for safety reasons with a bumper crowd expected for the return
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Councillors urged to lift evening parking ban in nine city streets
THE Evening Press was hailed today, as it headed for another victory in its campaign to stop York's "highway robbery". City councillors are being urged to lift a ban on evening parking in nine city centre streets. Officers say metered parking bays should
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City sweating on striker Bishop
YORK City are awaiting the results of a knee scan on top scorer Andy Bishop. The 22-year-old striker limped out of the action during the second half of Saturday's 2-1 home defeat against Exeter City and is now doubtful for Monday night's trip to Halifax
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Cas tickets go on sale
YORK City Knights fans can get their hands on tickets for the forthcoming Castleford Tigers Northern Rail Cup match by telephone or in person this week. The March 20 clash was made all-ticket for safety reasons with a bumper crowd expected for the return
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Fresh start Lydia in job plea
SHE fell in love, left her home town of Luton for a new life in Italy, had her heart broken and returned to England. Last November she pitched up in York knowing nothing of the city except that Bettys' Tearooms was based here, and without a friend to
