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Way we were
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 100 years ago: Some difficulty arose at the York Quarter Sessions with regard to a charge against a 37-year-old woman, who was indicted for having neglected her three children, and as an habitual drunkard. To both indictments
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Mind the gap
More and more sixth-formers are taking time off after exams to travel the world. But is it really safe? DREAMS of taking a year off travelling after months of sitting exams are the light at the end of a long tunnel for many sixth-formers. But while the
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Rugby bonanza kicks into action
A HOST of primary school tag rugby league festivals led by York City Knights' ever-growing development scheme have kicked off. A total of 51 primary schools have entered the York Schools' Tag Festivals, with a further 32 schools going into similar events
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High-fliers ready for revision
HIGH-fliers from three York secondary schools will get the chance to polish their skills at a "revision conference". About 100 Year Nine youngsters from Manor, Lowfield and Oaklands Schools are due at Manor School on April 23 for an intensive day of revision
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Playgroup gets a big thumbs-up
STAFF, parents and pupils at a York village playgroup are celebrating a glowing Ofsted report. Appleton Roebuck Pre-School, based in the parish rooms, got a visit from the inspectors last January. Their report states that the 17 children aged between
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Lady Lumley's going for glory
BASKETBALL players at Lady Lumley's School, Pickering, are reaching for the sky. Their Under-19 team have made it through to the National Finals against Wycliffe School, Gloucestershire, and Holy Trinity School at the Jesse Boot Centre, Nottingham on
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Hurry up to be Knights' mascot
YORK City Knights have been forced to put a closing date on applications to be a match-day mascot at a Knights home game this season. There has been "huge demand" from children of all ages, so the club can not now accept requests any later than this Friday
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Easingwold kids having a ball
BURNLEY Football Club's growing relationship with Easingwold Town juniors was strengthened with a three-day coaching course at the village club. Coaches from the Championship team's leisure and community department visited Easingwold where 70 of the club's
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Buy one house, get entrance to others free
HOUSE buyers in York are being offered a slice of city life into the bargain. Purchasers with estate agents Carter Jonas over the coming year will be given a year's free membership of York Civic Trust if their house lies within the city. The trust, which
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Colin powell to headline
FORMER US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to join Archbishop Desmond Tutu in delivering a keynote speech at this year's Yorkshire International Business Convention. The ex-politician who epitomises the American dream of rags-to-riches, and was once
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Spinner James misses opener
JAMES Middlebrook was nursing a badly bruised and stitched eye today instead of playing against his native county in Yorkshire's Championship curtain-raiser with Essex at Chelmsford. Middlebrook, the former Yorkshire off-spinner and batsman, top-edged
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Proud to be York
CITY elders want to strike a fresh blow for York's independence. The city's past Sheriffs have called on their fellow citizens to stop adding North Yorkshire to their postal address, and for TV broadcasters to stop treating the city as part of the county
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Festival menu
ONE of Britain's most talked- about young chefs has been lined up as a star signing for this year's York Festival of Food and Drink. Controversial Yorkshire restaurateur Anthony Flinn is expected to demonstrate his innovative style when the ten-day annual
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'Sexist' clubs battle anger
WOMEN are still being treated as "second-class citizens" in the world of working men's clubs, according to a York equal rights campaigner. Jackie Medley, a member of Bishopthorpe Social Club, was speaking after the latest vote to scrap the ban on female
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Farmer leaves cash to York Hospital stroke unit
STROKE patients will have 50,000 reasons to be happy thanks to the legacy of a caring farmer. They will benefit from the generosity of the late Robert Barker, who donated £50,000 towards the cost of buying specialist equipment for a new unit at York Hospital
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Archives to get digital update
ACCESS to millions of documents in North Yorkshire is to be modernised, thanks to a £48,800 grant from the heritage lottery fund. The project will revolutionise the way that North Yorkshire County Council's archives, which are currently held at the record
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Horror hoax boy in court
A HOAX caller tied up all but one of York's fire engines by sending them to a non-existent blaze at a children's home, a court heard. Four of the city's fire appliances raced to rescue children "trapped" in a burning foster home on New Year's Day. But
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McEwan may go
BILLY McEwan has given the first indication that he will contemplate a future away from KitKat Crescent at the end of the season. A "disgusted" and disheartened McEwan said after last night's 6-0 drubbing at Carlisle United that he will discuss his position
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We're on road to traffic chaos
IN response your report about accidents on the A1079 ('Father's death trap road plea", April 6) you may wish to look at the recently published guide by EuroRAP, who do a risk rating of Britain's roads. Nearly all the major routes in East Yorkshire rate
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Ease congestion
I AGREE with Mr Lister; I have lived in Wilberfoss for 25 years and, in that time, traffic on the A1079 has increased dramatically and continues to do so at alarming levels. At peak times it can take more than ten minutes to get on to the road when heading
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'CHiPs' take on traffic for Royal Ascot
MOTORCYCLING highway patrolmen were today revealed as the secret weapon to keep traffic flowing for Royal Ascot. A speedy team of York council wardens will zip through the streets, slapping £60 penalty fines on cars parked illegally during the racing
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Stick to the Act
IT seems Royal Ascot Ltd has missed the point about their duty under the Disability Discrimination Act of making parking accessible to the disabled (April 7). The Act is not just about providing accessible parking bays, but ensuring the disabled can benefit
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Charles missed chance to snub Mugabe
OUR hapless heir to the throne, Prince Charles, missed a golden opportunity to snub Robert Mugabe. At the funeral of Pope Paul II, the prince was sitting two places away from President Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who leant across and offered a handshake. Prince
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No fuel rebate
I do not live in York therefore I am not a supporter of its MP, Hugh Bayley. So it was a pleasant surprise for me to receive a letter from him together with a photocopy of a Hansard report which he had enclosed for my perusal. I supposed the correspondence
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It was joint effort
YOUR report on City of York's scrutiny board review of the housing allocations process may have given the impression the report was written by one councillor (March 30). In fact the document is the product of a small cross party panel with the final,
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Brims on a limb?
WAS the reason for the City of York Council's tree lopping tour bus so that women race-goers won't catch their wide-brimmed hats on the low, overhanging tree limbs? (Letters, April 8). If so, will the "loppin lads" be taking the appropriate amount of
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Lift the gloom
LAST night's Nationwide Conference results served up a bittersweet cocktail for York City fans. The threat of relegation was finally lifted with Forest Green's defeat. But that small spoonful of sugar was not enough to obscure the sour medicine of a 6
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McEwan may go
BILLY McEwan has given the first indication that he will contemplate a future away from KitKat Crescent at the end of the season. A "disgusted" and disheartened McEwan said after last night's 6-0 drubbing at Carlisle United that he will discuss his position
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How Tesco conquered the world
As Tesco announce record profits of £2 billion, STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the rise of supermarkets - and their affect on our lives. EVERY little helps, goes the ad. It certainly does for Tesco. The supermarket giant has just helped itself to an annual profit
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York's football aces finishing with a final flourish
YORK Under-15 Schools' football team finished on a high by winning the North Yorkshire Area Cup. The competition, which is played as a one-day tournament, saw York go through the day without conceding a goal due to the safe hands of both their goalkeepers
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Saint's mission - 13/04/05
Ripon starts it racing season tomorrow with two £14,000 races and St Andrews looks a good prospect to win one of them. The Ripon Silver Bowl Conditions Stakes is the target for the Michael Jarvis-trained five-year-old, who will have Philip Robinson in
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Games retailer judged UK's best
A CLIFTON Moor firm, which scooped the Evening Press Business of the Year title in 2002, has been named the best specialist games retailer in the UK. Gamestation earned the title at the MCV Industry Excellence Awards in London. It was the first time the
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'Twinkle toes' joiner lights up the stage
JOINER Lee Wilthew, of Shepherd's of York, has downed his hammer and saw to become a performing dancer. The construction firm worker was invited to don dancing shoes to join performers at Newcastle's Dance City for a performance at a topping out ceremony
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Boss boosts charity with Everest trek
THE director of Yorkshire property group The Helmsley Group, deserves to put his feet up after completing a gruelling 18-day trek to Everest base camp. Richard Peak, who lives in York, raised £8,500 for Marie Curie Cancer Care by completing the expedition
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Finance advice firm expands team
YORK-based Acorn Commercial Finance is capping a successful year by expanding its team. The latest addition to the independent advisers is Nick Holliday, 29, who joins as a broker after five years with Christies First. Acorn specialises in securing funding
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Players can run out of gas
THERE has been talk in the media recently about player burn-out affecting the top players in rugby union. This follows on from similar discussions about this in rugby league, especially at Super League level, and I'd agree it is a possible issue. Personally
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Dark shadow of asbestos reaches across the globe
THE dark shadow cast by York's asbestos timebomb has crossed the globe to a former carriageworks employee living in New Zealand. Peter Carr, who emigrated in 1980, wrote to the Evening Press to tell how he had been fanatical about trains all his life
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Phone move for church
PLANNERS are set to approve mobile phone antennae inside one of York's most distinctive church spires, despite almost 40 letters of protest. Telecommunications firm T-Mobile (UK) Ltd's proposal could secure the future of St Laurence's Church in Lawrence
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Catholic taste
MEMORIES of the late Pope John Paul II are part of the furniture for one York man. Len Smith, who lives in Poppleton Road, helped prepare the scaffolding for the Pontiff's historic visit to Knavesmire in 1982, and he managed to keep the bullet-proof screen
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Squash quarters
RUTH Bielby came within a few points of upsetting the York and District Ladies Veterans Squash Championships after taking second seed Suzie Booth to five sets in last night's quarter finals. Booth took the first 9-2 but Bielby hit back 7-9 in a battle
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Winner Johnson Poole's his own resources
DESPITE strong winds the 24-field in Sunday's York Tackle angling contest averaged nearly 8lb a man in the silver fish-only contest on the two coarse lakes at the Poole Bridge Farm complex. Dave Johnson (York Tackle) led from peg three on the old lake
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Carlisle 6, York City 0
NEVER can relegation have been avoided in such an embarrassing fashion than at Brunton Park last night. Forest Green Rovers' defeat at home to Hereford United meant York City's Conference future was secure for another season regardless of the humiliating
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Acomb are on the rise
ACOMB Ladies I have clinched promotion to Yorkshire Ladies Hockey League division one after a 3-3 draw at Colne Valley II. The Tangerines needed to avoid defeat to go up and got off to a great start when Jo Brooke scored her debut goal for the club in
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Spinner James misses opener
JAMES Middlebrook was nursing a badly bruised and stitched eye today instead of playing against his native county in Yorkshire's Championship curtain-raiser with Essex at Chelmsford. Middlebrook, the former Yorkshire off-spinner and batsman, top-edged
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'CHiPs' take on traffic for Royal Ascot
MOTORCYCLING highway patrolmen were today revealed as the secret weapon to keep traffic flowing for Royal Ascot. A speedy team of York council wardens will zip through the streets, slapping £60 penalty fines on cars parked illegally during the racing
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Legacy of peace
THE death of Pope John Paul II set the whole world grieving and millions of pilgrims travelling to Rome to mourn. I should like to think he has left a lasting legacy for a peaceful world, with people being nice to one another. No more wars, no more violence
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Curious complaint
MANY readers have rightly congratulated GNER on winning a new franchise. But I was curious to read the letter from Mr Meehan, complaining about the contribution to GNER's coffers made by Selby MP John Grogan (April 1). Since MPs can only claim for journeys
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Belt and bracing
JOURNEY'S End at the Grand Opera House, York, was a superb play with excellent performances and an incredibly thoughtful finale. In his comments about a uniform worn in the show, Peter Pink (Letters, April 7) is incorrect in that the original Sam Browne
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Bible shows way
THROW your bibles away all you Christians. Rory Mulvihill tells us not only is the Bible incorrect but is only a human recollection of stories hundreds of thousands of years old (Letters, April 5). Well Rory, the Bible quite clearly tells us that all
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Lop around the block with 'tree fellers'
IN answer to Roz Agar's question (Letters, April 8), the tree pruning exercise wasn't quite a first - the old West Yorkshire company had a specially converted bus to do this job in the 1960s - but it was the best way to solve the problem. Lewis Tree Surgery
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Alone again, naturally
Somewhere in the East Midlands there's a village where the dinner plates are crusty, the bins are brimming with pizza boxes, and the washing's gone a funny shade of pink. The fridges are packed with lager but there's no milk for tea. The bedroom curtains
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Hurry up to be Knights' mascot
YORK City Knights have been forced to put a closing date on applications to be a match-day mascot at a Knights home game this season. There has been "huge demand" from children of all ages, so the club can not now accept requests any later than this Friday
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Scourge of the rubber bands
ON Good Friday Adele Hartley's two children were at a loose end, so she came up with an ingenious diversion. She sent them out on a hunt - not for Easter eggs, but for rubber bands. Mrs Hartley had noticed an increasing number of the bands scattered about
