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Cumbrians seek a quick return to form
STUTTERING Carlisle United will be aiming to get their play-off challenge back on track against York City at Brunton Park tonight (7.45pm). The Cumbrians still lie second in the Conference table but a clutch of clubs are queuing up behind them with eighth-placed
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I'll fill Crescent given time -- McEwan
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has vowed to fill KitKat Crescent with a successful team. The City manager is convinced that given time, despite the club's current lowly position in the Conference table, he can create an attractive and winning side in York
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Way we were
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 100 years ago: Progress was being made with the erection of the county memorial in Duncombe Place, York, in honour of the 1,500 natives of Yorkshire who fell in the recent South African War. At the time, although a brick foundation
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Heworth's brave battle
HEWORTH 'A' gave a brave performance but went down 25-12 to Yorkshire League division three leaders Castleford Lock Lane 'A'. Lock Lane went ahead early and, after Heworth, led by Sam Clarke and Chris Varley, came back strongly only to be denied by resolute
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Quinn to score - 12/04/05
Beverley's first major prize of the Flat season can go to Cd Europe tomorrow. Cd Europe, trained at Settrington by John Quinn, is fancied to win the £14,000 Flying Five Handicap. The seven-year-old made a bright start to the season when finishing third
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Five premises for sale
A SIZEABLE chunk of a York street has been put up for sale for more than £1.67 million. Five premises in Gillygate, all with ground floor shops, have been put on the market by Ashtons estate agents of York. Four of them are being sold on behalf of a property
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York think big
CITY of York Hockey Club officials are determined to bring National League hockey to the city. Despite a spluttering end to the premier division of the North Hockey League, the club is to redouble its promotion efforts next season. York are looking to
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School in elite
A HIGH-FLYING York secondary school has collected a hat-trick of awards. Huntington School is one of only 67 out of the 1,360 specialist schools in the country to have qualified for three clubs set up by the Specialist Schools Trust. The school is now
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Blow for village housing scheme
CONTROVERSIAL plans to demolish five traditional homes to make way for a huge apartment block in a village near York are set to be thrown out. Planning officers are recommending McCarthy and Stone's scheme for 37 two and three-storey sheltered flats in
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Chris unable to spring a Leake in final
PETER Leake (Cygnet 'A') won the York Phoenix Monday Darts League division one individual final with an awesome display of darts against Chris Thompson (Sun Inn). Leake closed out excellent legs of 18, 16, and 20 to secure the title after Thompson had
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Unlucky Sayers left out
JOE Sayers has missed out on selection for Yorkshire's opening Championship match against Essex at Chelmsford tomorrow despite ending last season in a blaze of glory. Having graduated from Oxford University, the left-handed Sayers made his Championship
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Think what we could achieve
THANK you, Sue Nelson, for bringing organ donation to our attention ("A sister's living legacy", April 8). It is easy to delay registering as a donor, thinking we will do it sometime later. We also need to consider our children as donors. It is a difficult
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Forward funding
IT is disappointing that Mr Horner chooses to attack York council for carrying out repairs and making improvements in the city in the run-up to Royal Ascot (Letters, April 8). His statement that the works are at the expense of council tax payers is not
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How to clean up
DOES it take a royal occasion or other dignitaries visiting the city for the council to suddenly awake and spend taxpayers' money on sprucing up certain parts of the city to make an impression? This happens frequently all over the country and never fails
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Balanced plans
BARRY Potter returns to the fray ("Mother of all challenges", March 31) after the York planning committee overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Derwenthorpe development. He conjures up images of water rats and crested newts killed by bulldozers. In contrast
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Pope was right on birth control
IN response to Julian Cole's derogatory column on Pope John Paul II (April 7), I would comment on his reference to the Pope's "potty papal decree" on birth control. Like so many others Julian Cole hasn't bothered to engage his brain before writing. The
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Topping idea
I DON'T know why Gordon Campbell-Thomas complains about the measures served in "a well known pub, run by a big, bald-headed man" (Letters, April 8). I have never had any problems at all getting my beer topped up in his pub or any other for that matter
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Get in touch
I'M seeking anyone who served with the 317 S&TC 1944/54, the 317 M.T Squadron 1954/62, and the 431 M.U.M.T Flight 1963/93. We hold annual reunions, publish a quarterly newsletter and are looking to increase our membership. If you served with either
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Fine art of court justice
IS graffiti art? Alan Crosby's conviction for vandalism sparked a debate on our letters page. Some argued it was a valid form of artistic expression. Others felt that, while spray-painted walls may well enhance the New York urban landscape, they were
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City striker to decide own fitness
YORK City boss Billy McEwan will ask top scorer Andy Bishop if he can break the pain barrier to face Carlisle United tonight. Bishop has suffered with knee tendonitis for the majority of the second half of the season and will require an operation in the
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Green double leads try landslide
TWO individual tries by half-back Mark Green lit up a one-sided match at White Rose Avenue where New Earswick All Blacks ARLC maintained their hold on Pennine League division two with a 50-4 thrashing of Silsden Park Rangers 'A'. Mid-table Silsden, fielding
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Agonies of cot deaths
Kerry and Paul Wright told yesterday of their anguish at losing baby son Harrison to cot death. STEPHEN LEWIS talks to two other York mums who have suffered a similar loss. IF anyone knows what Kerry and Paul Wright must have been going through in the
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Campaigners join forces in bid to stop expansion
OPPOSITION to York University's expansion gathered fresh momentum today, after a support group was formed in an attempt to scupper the scheme. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) organised a meeting for objectors to the planned 280-acre development
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School in elite
A HIGH-FLYING York secondary school has collected a hat-trick of awards. Huntington School is one of only 67 out of the 1,360 specialist schools in the country to have qualified for three clubs set up by the Specialist Schools Trust. The school is now
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street vision
AN office block described by its owner as "the second most ugly building in York" is set to get a £2 million facelift. A planning application to revamp Prudential House, next door to the Odeon Cinema in Blossom Street, has been submitted to City of York
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Businesses on the move in town
The freehold of Cooplands Bakery in Main Street, Northallerton, has been sold in a deal believed to be worth about £800,000. York estate agent Claude H Elmer, brokered the deal, which will see a lighting shop opening on the site. Cooplands has moved to
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Unlucky Sayers left out
JOE Sayers has missed out on selection for Yorkshire's opening Championship match against Essex at Chelmsford tomorrow despite ending last season in a blaze of glory. Having graduated from Oxford University, the left-handed Sayers made his Championship
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Fergie is Robins reliant on board
LEGEND has it that one-time top-flight goal-getter Mark Robins (remember him?) saved Alex Ferguson's job at Old Trafford. Manchester United were limping along under Ferguson's stewardship, trophy-less in five years and humiliated 5-1 at Maine Road just
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Macho man tamed?
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the joining in matrimony of Juan and Perdita. Do you, Juan, promise to love, honour and obey - and share all the housework with Perdita? Madre de Dios, I'm outta here, amigo! Listen chaps, if you think
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Spray yobs under fire
CITY of York Council has been handed new powers to clampdown on dog-fouling, graffiti, litter, fly-posting and night-time noise. The Government's Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, which has now been granted Royal Assent, will bolster the range
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Blaze escape for York girl, 16
A SMOKE alarm may have saved the life of a 16-year-old York girl. Laura Joyce was one of three women rescued from a block of council flats in the city following an armchair blaze in the early hours of Saturday morning. Laura, who has lived in her top-floor
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Campaigners join forces in bid to stop expansion
OPPOSITION to York University's expansion gathered fresh momentum today, after a support group was formed in an attempt to scupper the scheme. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) organised a meeting for objectors to the planned 280-acre development
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Plastered!
WHEN director Gill Evans told her cast to break a leg she did not expect to be taken literally. But now, only a fortnight away from putting on a stage show which will incliude energetic numbers from shows like Chicago and Thoroughly Modern Millie, she
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Passengers to quiz bus chiefs
UNHAPPY residents will get the chance to quiz transport chiefs next week over the withdrawal of a popular bus service. The matter will be discussed at the next meeting of the Acomb Ward committee, which will be attended by bus company representatives.
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Olympic run for police chief
HUNDREDS of runners will join a flame of hope as it is carried through York on its 1,688-mile journey to the Special Olympics. The event will gather together police officers, athletes with special needs and members of the public for a three-kilometre
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Best-ever Acorn finish
YORK Acorn Running Club finished in a club record 17th place in the North of England 12-stage relay, easily qualifying for the national final later this month. Hywel Care gave Acorn a good start as he came in 20th in the tough opening leg at Heaton Park
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York mum waits for liver swap
A MOTHER-OF-TWO is anxiously awaiting a phone call that will tell her if a match has been found for a lifesaving transplant. Doctors have told Dyan Taylor that her failing liver will only hold out for another 18 months, because of a hereditary condition
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I'll fill Crescent given time - McEwan
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has vowed to fill KitKat Crescent with a successful team. The City manager is convinced that given time, despite the club's current lowly position in the Conference table, he can create an attractive and winning side in York
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Magistrates mock graffiti vandal's artwork
MAGISTRATES have ordered a serial graffiti vandal to spend the coming months cleaning up his "work" - and told him he should take art lessons. Alan Crosby, 19, left a trail of damage across the city that will cost thousands of pounds to repair, said Emma
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City striker to decide own fitness
YORK City boss Billy McEwan will ask top scorer Andy Bishop if he can break the pain barrier to face Carlisle United tonight. Bishop has suffered with knee tendonitis for the majority of the second half of the season and will require an operation in the
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Code green
WITH reference to Anne Cheldon's letter about the Green Cross Code man (April 8), I did a TV spot with him about two years ago where he was attempting to revive the road safety campaign but it didn't seem to get much beyond the London area. Dave Prowse
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Short measures
IT'S a pity York's would-be Tory MP, Clive Booth, can't read. He knocks Hugh Bayley for having his photo under a headline about short measures. He should have read the article. The Labour man was speaking out against short measures. York has plenty of
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Sour taste
TYPICAL. York's Conservative candidate opens his mouth for the first time in the election campaign, not to tell us what he and his party stand for, but to knock the Labour candidate. It reminds us why we voted the Conservatives out of office in 1997.
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Give us space
I NOTE numerous letters in the Press concerning cyclists riding on the pavements, which as a cyclist, pedestrian and car driver I do not condone. However, motorists have some responsibility for this too. I also wonder why the council bothers painting
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Sole man's fury
A MESSAGE to a dog walker of the Walmgate area. As I walked home last night I had the misfortune to tread in the recently-evacuated product of your obviously huge animal. Unbeknown to me it coated both my soles and as a result instead of going straight
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Old ways safer
WITH the advent of new technology, identity fraud seems to be increasing compared to the old days of relying on cheque books and signatures. ("Identity Crisis", April 9). The need to remember/record pin numbers and the stealing of records from used equipment
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Just living a normal life
JO HAYWOOD talks to two York mums who believe people with learning difficulties don't have to lead difficult lives. TOM is too busy to talk. He has things to do, people to see and deals to make. Tim can spare an hour or so but, quite frankly, he has better
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Review: The Odyssey, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until May 7
HOMER'S epic saga is transferred from ancient Greece to modern Europe in writer-director David Farr's re-telling of Greek general Odysseus's travels and travails. Where once this was the heroic drama of the sacker of Troy and wanderer of the high seas
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Midlife grumps out in the cold
I'M tired of hearing about grumpy old men and even grumpier old women. Following the TV series, a battle of the sexes seems to have flared up with women claiming men are worse, and vice versa. There has even been research into the subject, which found
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Super troupers
OTHER, less dogged, theatrical producers would have dropped the safety curtain and pulled the show. But not "Calamity Jan" Phillips and her sister Gill Evans. A series of mishaps has seen several of their talented, energetic cast crocked and scarred.
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Albion's home finale
TADCASTER Albion will play their final home game of the season tonight against Lincoln Moorlands. Manager Jim Collis is hoping to sign off at Ings Lane with a victory that would see Albion leapfrog the visitors into fourth place before they complete their
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Kirkby harbour first cup glory of season
THREE first-half goals gave Kirkbymoorside the launch pad to their first silverware of the season as they beat Filey Town 4-0 in the Scarborough and District FA Harbour Cup final. Filey threatened first but Anthony Barnett broke the deadlock at the other
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Looney at each others votes
WE'RE into the first full week of election campaigning, and one of York's political parties is in disarray. A cash crisis, expulsions and talk of a breakaway party have beset the York branch of the Official Monster Raving Loonies. Boney Maroney, national
