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Judgement day
JURY member Paul Groves will delay a verdict on his footballing future until the end of the season. Groves, who has been on court duty all week, was the Minstermen's only ever-present this season before this afternoon's trip to Tamworth but, at 39 is
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Keith leaves to Usher in new era
YORK City chief executive Keith Usher admitted that he has left the club "with much sadness" after 18 years' service. Usher has tendered his resignation for personal reasons, having first joined the club in July 1987 and performing chief executive duties
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Wines for Easter
At the risk of sounding like a famous Monty Python sketch, I'd like to say the kids of today don't know they're born. When I was a lad, the Easter bunny would bring a solitary, basic chocolate egg. I was glad of it, despite the egg's modest proportions
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The Weight Of Water by Anita Shreve, (Abacus, £6.99)
JEAN is a Boston photo-journalist and mother to Billie, five, whose marriage to celebrated poet Thomas has lost its way. Maren is a Norwegian immigrant, trapped in a childless marriage and living a claustrophobic life on the bleak Isle of Shoals off the
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All That Glitters: The Crime And The Cover-up by Raymond Chandler (Chanadon paperback, £8.99)
YOU may have had all you can take of Michael Jackson already, what with the on-going child-abuse trial in the US. If you haven't, this tacky book will certainly provide it. The author isn't the Raymond Chandler who was the master of hard-boiled private-eye
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Absent starlets
ST Peter's School, York, could be without both of their England rugby union international stars for Wednesday's Daily Mail Schools Cup final at Twickenham. Influential back James Marsden has been knocked out of contention for the squad after picking up
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Outlook is rosy - 19/03/05
Nicky Richards, frustratingly denied his first Cheltenham Festival success when Faasel was narrowly beaten in yesterday's Triumph Hurdle, can go one better on his local course tomorrow. The Cumbrian trainer saddles Glenmoss Rosy in the opening Sark Novices
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McEwan pulls in two signings
YORK City boss Billy McEwan today unveiled his best two signings for the club - a tractor and a draining machine. McEwan has been frustrated by conditions at the Minstermen's Wigginton Road training ground since taking over at KitKat Crescent and has
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Students give African poor a sporting chance
SPORTY students at York St John College have scored £150 for disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa. All the college's sports teams, including the hockey, netball and football teams, played an inter-club tournament of rounders to raise cash for Comic
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There are memorials to people who lost their lives in war, but nothing for those who have died becau
THE daughter of an asbestos victim today condemned York's failure to build a memorial to him and scores of other former carriageworks employees. Kathryn McKellar, who lost her father, John, to the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma when she was 25,
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Big turn-out for tsunami victim
TSUNAMI victim Steve Magson would have been "so glad" his wife and daughter survived the disaster, his widow told mourners at a memorial service. Denise Magson said Steve's last thoughts would have been "for his family" as he was swept away by the massive
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Bootham have one hand on trophy
BOOTHAM Conservative Club 'A' need only two points from their remaining matches to win the Northern Electric York and District Table Tennis League first division title. In their 9-1 win over University, Graham Cook and Jon Wooldridge both won three matches
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Tree experts aid hunt for Joanne
TREE experts at City of York Council were helping police as they searched for missing Hull woman Joanne Nelson. Officers believe two types of tree could be further vital clues in the search for Joanne, missing since St Valentine's Day. Police want to
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Absent starlets
ST Peter's School, York, could be without both of their England rugby union international stars for Wednesday's Daily Mail Schools Cup final at Twickenham. Influential back James Marsden has been knocked out of contention for the squad after picking up
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Keith leaves to Usher in new era
YORK City chief executive Keith Usher admitted that he has left the club "with much sadness" after 18 years' service. Usher has tendered his resignation for personal reasons, having first joined the club in July 1987 and performing chief executive duties
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Arthur still is the king
WELL done Dave Flett for bringing back many great memories in the Saturday, March 12 edition of the Evening Press. It has taken 50 years to interview the greatest character ever to play for York City. The interview with Arthur Bottom brought back all
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Stump up the cash
I AGREE with Billy McEwan on two points. Firstly, you can't run a football club without a reserve team, and secondly there is money in York and always has been. The business fraternity in York has never rushed to the aid of the local football club for
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Alan's an artist not a vandal
WHY is York so stuck in the past? After reading your report 'The Artful Bodger' (March 17) I find this city and the council and police so reactionary. Why has Alan Crosby been classed as a "yob" and "vandal"? In many European cities he would be encouraged
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Use our university
HOW many other people in York apart from me fail to understand why we don't make full use of the university and buildings we already have.? Use what we've got to it's full potential, rather than take further farm land, green spaces, and costly, controversial
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Lead by example
ALONG with thousands of other households in the City of York Council area we have just received our 2005/06 council tax bill. In the glossy information booklet it states that less than 13 per cent of household waste is recycled or composted. Why, then
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Rough justice
I HOPE Messrs Jackson, Snowden, Chapman and Barnes never find themselves or a loved one jailed for a crime they didn't commit (Letters, March 17). I fully agree with their sentiments but the Court of Appeal is also there to stop miscarriages of justice
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El Gaucho, Walmgate, York
Is York's new steakhouse a sizzling success? Peter Martini heads down Walmgate to find out... GOING for an evening meal at a steakhouse is probably not the best idea if you're vegetarian. It was okay for me, being happily carnivorous, but not necessarily
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Down the local
ONCE they were customers. Now Tracy and Richard Butler run the Red Lion in Knapton, near York. The pub is that increasing rarity - a local for locals by locals. But the wider world always receives a warm welcome at this village favourite, and from tomorrow
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Main attraction
HUNTINGTON Stadium is bracing itself for one of its biggest ever gates when former Super League club Castleford come to town tomorrow - despite a slow uptake of tickets. The expectation of a big turnout led to the match becoming the first Knights home
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Tower Pantry, Tower Street, York
THIS combined takeaway and small cafe was busy. There was an attractive display of available cakes in the window and once inside a clear menu on the wall tells all. I was on my own with only a limited time for a snack. Having ordered at the counter I
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Is this the way to a comeback?
Texas is famous George Dubya, oil, the death penalty and how could we forget Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewings? But it's fair to say that following the demise of the hit show Dallas, the second biggest state in the USA has had no real cultural impact
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Colouring in
Gina Parkingson imports some colour into her garden with primulas from a nursery glasshouse. A MONTH or so ago I called at Browns Nursery in Wigginton to buy a few primulas to give the garden pockets of bright colour. The glasshouses seemed to be filled
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The captured moment
STEPHEN LEWIS visits a new exhibition of photographs by Evening Press photographers. IT IS a genuinely shocking image - apparently brutalised children reaching hands through the bars of a cage, begging for help. Fortunately, Evening Press photographer
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Transgressions by Sarah Dunant (Virago paperback, £7.99)
Alone in her huge London home, Elizabeth Skvorecky is putting her life back together after a bitter split from boyfriend Tom. She shuts herself away from the world while she translates a trashy thriller from Czech into English. Increasingly isolated,
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The Portable Door by Tom Holt (Orbit paperback, £6.99)
GORMLESS Paul Carpenter can't believe it when he lands his first job. After all, in the interview the only reason he could think of for why he wanted the junior clerk's post was: "I've applied for lots of jobs lately". He doesn't even know what the firm
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Derailed by James Siegel (TimeWarner paperback, £6.99)
It all begins when advertising creative director Charles Schine misses his train to work. He catches the next one, and finds himself sitting opposite a beautiful woman. Lucinda Harris is charming, beautiful and a good listener. Too good to be true in
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After Midnight by Robert Ryan (Review hardback, £14.99)
It is 1944. British bomber pilot Bill Carr writes a letter home to his one-year-old daughter Lindy before embarking on a mission to drop supplies to partisans in the mountains of Northern Italy. He never returns. Twenty years later, a grown-up Lindy hires
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MP and company in bitter battle
A SCATHING attack has been launched by the owners of Elvington Airfield on Selby MP John Grogan, branding him a "hollow politician" and accusing him of performing an electoral stunt. Their comments came after the MP had accused them of being "something
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Big turn-out for tsunami victim
TSUNAMI victim Steve Magson would have been "so glad" his wife and daughter survived the disaster, his widow told mourners at a memorial service. Denise Magson said Steve's last thoughts would have been "for his family" as he was swept away by the massive
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Support officers to get extra powers
TOUGHER new powers are to be given to controversial community support officers (CSOs) as part of a neighbourhood police shake-up. The officers have been dubbed "plastic policemen" by critics who question their effectiveness. But under new plans drawn
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Mandela invited to come to Lucas aid
LUCAS Radebe has invited Nelson Mandela to his testimonial match, between a Leeds United All Stars X1 and an International World X1, at Elland Road on Bank Holiday Monday, May 2 (3pm). Leeds defender Radebe, 35, and the South African civil rights leader
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Headstart for hospital's £100k campaign
PATIENTS at York Hospital's head and neck department are backing its £100,000 campaign to fund new balance equipment. Gill Cashmore, 58, has undergone several ear operations since her balance problems started ten years ago. Her condition has meant every
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All-pubs ban on violent barmaid
A BARMAID has been banned from every pub in a North Yorkshire towny - except the one she works in. Elizabeth Elliott, 20, assaulted four people in two different pubs, magistrates were told. The court handed down an order barring her from all but one of
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Judgement day
JURY member Paul Groves will delay a verdict on his footballing future until the end of the season. Groves, who has been on court duty all week, was the Minstermen's only ever-present this season before this afternoon's trip to Tamworth but, at 39 is
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Heartache over missing son
THE mother of missing deaf man Brian Sturdy told today of her heartache at him not being home for his birthday. Betty Sturdy, 69, of Welton Avenue, off Boroughbridge Road, York, said his family had been sick with worry since the 42-year-old vanished from
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Cas and overhaul
York City Knights coach Mick Cook believes the team can handle the challenge of Castleford tomorrow - despite all the problems. A full team of players are ruled out injured or unavailable for the Northern Rail Cup group game at Huntington Stadium tomorrow
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On red alert
THE grey skies of North Yorkshire were filled with an explosion of colour as the country's most famous flying team prepared to dazzle with their skill and precision. Red Arrows pilots practised next season's display at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, in preparation
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Malton's healthy state of Union
MALTON and Norton strengthened their position at the head of the York Union of Golf Clubs' Cross Trophy competition, writes Tony Kelly. After ten of the 12 events in the tournament Malton and Norton hold a 30-point advantage over their nearest challengers
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South Africa, New Zealand, India and Egypt
View the world with Travelscope's latest Far & Away brochure. Hot off the press this week, this up-to-date brochure is full of old favourites including trips to South Africa, New Zealand, India and Egypt. But just look what Travelscope has added to
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Spur for pouncing Tigers
Castleford Tigers have a lot to play for at Huntington Stadium tomorrow with the knowledge that a win will guarantee them a place in the next round of the Northern Rail Cup. David Woods has been boosted by a revival on the injury front with up to four
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Cas and overhaul
York City Knights coach Mick Cook believes the team can handle the challenge of Castleford tomorrow - despite all the problems. A full team of players are ruled out injured or unavailable for the Northern Rail Cup group game at Huntington Stadium tomorrow
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Tell us earlier
THE Heworth Green car park saga continues. A tar well, not cleared in the first decontamination onslaught, is now to be dug out and removed. The council say it has made arrangements which will have "the least impact on local residents". So the date for
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Save the hall
HAXBY Memorial Hall is used daily by a playgroup which has been there for 35 years. This playgroup would have little chance of going anywhere else in Haxby which is the same size as the hall. The playgroup has more than 100 members and most of those,
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Whatever next?
FIRST we have red rumble strips just before each roundabout on the ring road. Now we have 40mph signs just 50 yards from the A59 roundabout. I wonder what project the city council is dreaming up next on which to waste more taxpayers' money? E A Carter
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Endless fall
ANOTHER Gordon Brown Budget has come and gone. Chancellor Brown is very keen to convince us, and take the credit for, how well the British economy is doing. Unfortunately, in truth he is little more than a bit player in the great Lib-Lab-Con to convince
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Scraps for oldies
ANOTHER sound Budget from our Chancellor maintaining the stability of the strong economy and investing more money for future growth, which promises growing prosperity for our descendants. My generation see this as the long-term results of our efforts
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Purple peril?
ADDING to the chaos on the narrow streets of York and the congestion caused by the city council heaping development on top of development, we are now to be blessed by the "purple peril", an even longer, more impractical bus from First York. Other than
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Nunnington to Harome
George Wilkinson follows a route of many bridges at Nunnington. NUNNINGTON is nice and over the River Rye there is a smart, but shyly positioned, sign pointing down a track. It set us briskly through the farmland, over the pasture and past the ploughed
