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Way we were
Monday, May 23, 2005 100 years ago In a speech in Whitby Mr R L Outhwaite, a Free Trade advocate from Australia, referred to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's statement that one third of the population of the United Kingdom, about 13 million people, lived
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Bayley sweeps to victory with 10,000 majority
HIGH-FLYING Hugh Bayley made it four in a row today as he roared to an emphatic election victory in York. He swept home with a majority of more than 10,000 - and spoke of his pride at representing the "best city in Britain". The jubilant Labour man admitted
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Tory Greenway romps to comfortable victory in Ryedale
TORY John Greenway cruised to an easy victory in the Ryedale constituency and told Tony Blair that North Yorkshire had sent him a message - listen to rural voters. Mr Greenway came away with a majority of more than 10,000, securing more than 21,000 votes
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Grogan squeezes home in Selby
IT was champagne for breakfast for Labour MP John Grogan, who today achieved victory in a nail-biting Selby election battle. The margin between Mr Grogan and Tory challenger Mark Menzies was so slim that bundles of votes had to be recounted at the eleventh
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Third triumph for Anne in the Vale
CONSERVATIVE Anne McIntosh triumphed in the Vale of York for the third and final time, increasing her majority in the process. In a tight battle for second place, the Liberal Democrats were narrowly beaten by Labour. Ms McIntosh's majority rose from 12,517
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Resorts turn blue
THE Scarborough and Whitby MP for the past eight years, Lawrie Quinn, lost his seat to Terrington farmer and former MEP Robert Goodwill early today. Mr Quinn, who lives in York, stunned the Labour Party at a national level in 1997 when he took the seat
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Flood defence achievements boost Tory in Yorkshire East
TORY Greg Knight has held Yorkshire East with an increased majority, claiming voters had rewarded him for local achievements such as flood defences at Stamford Bridge. Mr Knight received more than 21,000 votes, comfortably ahead of Labour, which polled
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County Council election winners
THE winners in the county council elections were: Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge - Morris Lightfoot (Lib Dem), John Peter Burrill Wren (Lib Dem). Harrogate Central - John Walter Marshall (Lib Dem), Stephen Richard Macare (Lib Dem). Harrogate Harlow -
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York cake shop votes for a Dalek
POLITICIANS finally came face-to-face with a weapon of mass destruction - in the shape of a Dalek. A York cake shop has baked a tasty political image that will grab the vote of anyone disillusioned with the five-week General Election campaign. Imaginative
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Big three speak out on Election
IT'S make your mind up time finally, as York prepares to go to the polls. On eve of the General Election, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative leader Michael Howard and Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy write exclusively in the Evening Press
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Village voting cards go astray
AN ENTIRE village near York has been temporarily scrubbed from the election map - for the second time in a year. Elvington was briefly left out in the cold during last summer's all-postal Euro poll, when a computer error was blamed for ballot papers arriving
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Taxis set for Ascot
The plans are now finalised for the transporting of racegoers to Knavesmire for the Royal Ascot meeting next month. On behalf of York Taxi Association I would like to thank Peter Evely and City of York Council for their invaluable help and for involving
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Vale candidate misses husting
CAMPAIGNING in the Vale of York burst into life as a row broke out over a missed meeting. The previously quiet election trail turned controversial after Conservative Anne McIntosh failed to attend the only pre-poll day hustings for all three candidates
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Speed sense
RA Mellen proposes a 20mph urban speed limit to curb what he calls motorists using the city's roads 'as their own private race track'. Such a limit probably wouldn't deliver much safety benefit and would cause significant environmental damage. At 20mph
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Hair, hair for Nicky
I REFER to the letter from Ms Diver (May 16) regarding her experience with mobile hairdressers and also to the letter from Christine Cooper (May 19). My wife has had her hair "looked after" for many years by mobile hairdresser Nicky Watson (who also "
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OAP keeps his voting record
A PENSIONER who feared losing his political voice at the election was celebrating today. City of York Council told Joseph French he could not vote after they said he never registered his change of address when he moved to the city from Leeds. Mr French
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Bad example
I HAVE read various articles about City of York Council's ideas on recycling of garden waste, which to my mind is a very good idea. But I still have doubts about whether the council is really serious. My reason for this is that its own grass cutters that
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Rivals for your votes
STEPHEN LEWIS visits the York hustings to weigh up rival candidates for the honour of York MP. IT TOOK a while, but finally politicians have got around to talking about the issues that matter. No, not the economy, stupid; not taxes; not the war with Iraq
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Tougher on crime
BECAUSE we now have the same Government that has been elected into office by less than two people in five, due mainly to the apathy of the electorate, let us see if Mr Blair can do his job properly and give most of the people what they want. Yet again
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Students grill Labour on Iraq
SIXTH-FORM students in York turned out in force to give Labour a rough ride on Iraq. More than 150 York College teenagers packed a hustings to quiz York's eight election candidates on war, education, immigration and Tony Blair's leadership. Hugh Bayley
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City doctor in targets 'tip-offs' claim
A YORK doctor has charged into the political battlefield once again by claiming some surgery bosses alert doctors about when their targets are to be checked. Surgeries are under pressure to ensure patients are seen within 48 hours - a target which has
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NHS saved my life
ON Wednesday, April 20, while attending a conference in York, I became ill and was taken to York Hospital. I want to thank the consultants, doctors, nurses and domestic staff who looked after me so well; in fact they saved my life. There are so many bad
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Postal votes delivery blunder
ELECTION officials today moved to reassure residents in south York they will get postal votes in time after a mistake meant 1,500 had to be hand delivered. Selby District Council admitted on Friday that about 1,500 voters who had asked for postal votes
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Heated debate
ONE of York's most distinctive riverside buildings, the Bonding Warehouse, is once again inundated by floodwater. Fortunately, this was a General Election stunt and no repeat of the deluge of 2000 that shut down the restaurant and pub, triggering an ongoing
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Candidates face student quiz
ELECTION candidates were put under the spotlight during a crunch meeting at the venue that could decide one of the country's tightest seats. During the 2001 General Election campaign, Labour candidate for Selby John Grogan was pelted with eggs and flour
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York election issues
By next Thursday, voters will have to decide who to choose. Here we look at the election issues that dominate in York. HARD to believe now, after three successive comfortable victories for Labour's Hugh Bayley, but until 1992 York was a Conservative marginal
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Tory pledge to diffuse 'bomb'
YORK'S Conservative candidate has outlined his party's policy to defuse Britain's "pensions time bomb". Clive Booth said three key issues were dominating his doorstep campaign: war in Iraq, yob culture and pensions. He said Conservatives would provide
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Andrew follows the leader
It's a family affair for the Liberal Democrats. First party leader Charles Kennedy celebrated becoming a father, now York's Liberal Democrat election candidate Andrew Waller has celebrated welcoming a new addition to the family fold. Mr Waller took time
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With days to go until the General Election, the voters of Selby, Ryedale and the Vale of York outlin
Selby: The largest working coalfield in Britain is no more. At its peak, the Selby coalfield employed 3,500 miners and could produce 12 million tonnes of coal a year. That all came to an end when Riccall Mine, the last of the Selby pits to produce coal
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Artist hopes to show Integrity
AN artist hoping to add a splash of colour to the York campaign has outlined his vision in broad brushstrokes. Andy Hinkles, better known as Milladdio, has many of his unique crayon caricatures on display around the city. Now he is bringing his distinctive
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Floods plan wins support
FLOOD defence campaigners in Ryedale received pledges from election candidates to protect a vulnerable North Yorkshire town. Five contenders for the rural constituency were asked their opinion on a decision to shelve flood defence plans for Pickering.
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GP frustration over targets
HEALTH Minister Rosie Winterton dropped into a new medical base in York - and got a grilling from a GP about Government policy. The heat was turned up on the health chief during a visit to the Jorvik Medical Practice as she outlined Labour's health agenda
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War veteran in registration mix-up
A WAR veteran today threatened to take York council to court - for not letting him vote. Joseph French has had his say in every General Election since 1951, when Winston Churchill and Clement Atlee were battling it out for the keys to Downing Street.
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Supermarkets under fire
SUPERMARKET pricing policies have been criticised by a parliamentary hopeful in the Vale of York. Liberal Democrat Jeremy Wilcock used Easingwold market to voice his demands for fairer prices for farmers and growers. He is petitioning for supermarket
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Tory is a video star
THOUSANDS of homes across York are to receive a pre-election video from the city's Tory candidate in the May poll. Clive Booth's video features a series of striking newspaper headlines like "Clubbed to death", "Beyond the law" and "Armed and dangerous
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Platform for rail protest
WHISTLES and chants echoed through the streets of York as a protest rally shunted the future of the rail industry into the General Election spotlight. More than 50 protesters marched through the "railway city" yesterday to call for train services to be
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Row over plea to candidates
CANDIDATES vying for seats in the general election have been asked to throw their weight behind the City of York Council's Fair Grant for York campaign. Senior councillors have long argued that the Government has short-changed York for years. They say
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Choir still on song
AS soon as the bus stops, they start singing. So it is said of the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir. They will fill any space with their powerfully resonant sound, whether it is a cathedral, or a church hall - or the Snickleway Inn on Goodramgate where
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Labour's six pledges
TONY Blair today said Tory spending plans would be an "economic disaster" and insisted only Labour could be trusted to control Britain's purse-strings. The Labour leader claimed Conservative promises on police, schools and hospitals could not be delivered
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Brown's a vote-winner
IF, as the Conservatives jeers suggested, John Grogan has taken his final bow at Prime Minister's Questions he can at least take comfort from going out with a dignity lacking from most of his Parliamentary colleagues this week. As MPs on all sides turned
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Are they really all the same?
STEPHEN LEWIS sets the scene for an election campaign that may well be dominated by voter apathy and cynicism. TONY Blair has fired the starters' gun at last, and the 'phoney election' is over. May 5 is to be the date of the General Election (as we all
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School hit by second TB case
A PUPIL has been diagnosed with tuberculosis at a North Yorkshire school - the second case there in little more than a year. The county's health protection unit confirmed that an Easingwold School pupil had been identified as having the disease and was
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Collis' 212 sees records tumble
RECORDS fell at Clifton Alliance where Dunnington's Collis King hit the highest score made in the top division of the York and District Senior Cricket league. His 212 eclipsed the previous best top flight score of 193 made by Harrogate's Julian Vallance
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Huby turn on the style
HUBY'S batsmen were in fine form when they entertained Thorp Arch & Boston Spa and totted up the division's top total. Leading the way was Mike Myzerzwinski with 58 while valuable support came from Hugh Sheddon 49, Dave Patmore 28 and Dan Grainger
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Laura's victims
STAMFORD Bridge II's teenage girl wicketkeeper Laura Winfield held two catches and made one stumping in York III's score of 164-7 in division five. The batsmen in her side were unable to match their opponents and Bridge had to make do with a draw at 125
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Little shop, big ideas
A FAMILY-run store which is celebrating its 25th anniversary on the eve of National Independents' Day is urging people to continue to support 'the little man'. Heslington Road News Wines and Spirits is one of the few remaining small shops in the area
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Scorecards
May 21/22 Oxbridge Yorkshire County Premier League Appleby Frodingham 149 (A Vermeulen 62; R Griffith 3-26, G Fenton 3-24), Barnsley 150-4 (L Dickinson 77). Castleford 283 (L Dudman 153, J Randerson 53), Driffield 126-2 (A Innes 40no) - match abandoned
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Tykes' brave comeback
ANTHONY McGrath and Chris Silverwood dramatically transformed Yorkshire with an astonishing ninth wicket stand of 108 in the Championship thriller with Durham at Riverside yesterday. When Silverwood strode to the crease, Yorkshire were in total disarray
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Holidays give me pack-ache
THERE was a time when packing for a weekend away meant putting a spare pair of knickers in my handbag. I prided myself on travelling light, flitting about like an over-excited moth with less sense of direction than Mark Thatcher after a couple of shandies
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Knights 17, Hunslet Hawks 16
HOW many of the hundreds of parents at Huntington Stadium yesterday have had 'the bogeyman' conversation with their kids? You know, the one about it not existing and there's no such thing as monsters. You have to wonder how many were re-examining their
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Bid to build homes on playing field
PLANS to sell off a school playing field to build new homes have come under fire from a York councillor. There are plans to turn a field along side Derwent Junior School, in Osbaldwick, over to developers to build 22 new homes and two new sports pitches
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Police say car hijack pair may have links with York area
THESE CCTV pictures capture two men moments before they hi-jacked a Good Samaritan's car and sped to York. The motorist, a 38-year-old man who has not been identified, had given the men and a woman a lift to an A1M service station less than half an hour
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Plucky 13th for Dyson
SIMON Dyson's solid season continued apace with an admirable 13th place in the Nissan Irish Open in Kildare. North Yorkshire's golf star posted a three-under-par total of 285 (71 72 71 71) to bag a cheque for just over £20,000. Indeed, but for his least
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Dealers used York guesthouse as a base to sell drugs
TWO drug dealers who used a York guesthouse as their base for selling heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed. When police confronted Anthony Adu, 18, and Ryan Kennimouth, 22, at the guesthouse in The Groves area, they discovered a large amount of cash
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Five attacks a day in city
FIVE people are attacked on the streets of York city centre every day, according to shock new figures obtained by the Evening Press today. Police statistics recording cases of violence in public places show there were 467 attacks in the first three months
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School hit by second TB case
A PUPIL has been diagnosed with tuberculosis at a North Yorkshire school - the second case there in little more than a year. The county's health protection unit confirmed that an Easingwold School pupil had been identified as having the disease and was
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Tragic fan remembered
A minute's silence was observed by the 3,000 plus strong crowd before kick off in memory of avid Knights fan Gary Martin, from Swinton, who was killed in a motor accident two weeks ago. His six-year-old son Jordan was one of the 13 mascots. Gary, 42,
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It's Knights fever
YORK City Knights' record books were being re-written once again after the club attracted the largest-ever crowd to Huntington Stadium since the club's formation. A family fun day coupled with a 'bring a friend for free' promotion saw the crowd reach
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Ascot day staff deserve fair pay
MORE rumblings of discontent over staffing for Royal Ascot reach the Diary. Following our report that day staff will have to fork out to park their bicycles at Knavesmire for the duration of the festival, a member of the racecourse's casual workforce
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Scorecards
May 21-22 Premier Division Beverley Town (12) drew with Acomb (12) - Match Abandoned (RSP). Beverley Town 209 (J Mitchell 31, O Grantham 27, I Gillian 34, P Parnaby 50, D J Sykes 4-78, A D Tute 3-66), Acomb 112-5 (A D Tute 41, P Parnaby 3-31). Clifton
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Scorecards
May 14-15 Premier Division Beverley Town (30 points) beat Sheriff Hutton Bridge (7) by 6 wickets: Sheriff Hutton Bridge 211-5 (S D Crowder 38, I R Clish 31, P A Crowder 70), Beverley Town 212-4 (R Davey 30, I Gillian 42, A Burton 54no, P Parnaby 27no)
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Scorecards
May 7-8 Premier Division Acomb (6pts) lost to Heworth (30pts) by 4 wkts: Heworth 167-6 (C de Grandhomme 45, D A Simpson 28, A D Tute 3-41), Acomb 166-7 (F R Sykes 80no, S Nicholls 34, C Pitts 4-38, R J Bowling 3-69). Dunnington (27pts) drew with Malton
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Tory joy as they sweep to victory in county council elections
BLUE is the colour in North Yorkshire today after the Conservative Party swept to a comprehensive victory in the county council elections. With all 72 results in, the Conservatives gained 41 seats giving the party a comfortable majority in the new council
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Willis walks it
PHIL Willis has won a third successive term as MP of Harrogate and Knaresborough, trouncing his Conservative challenger and increasing his majority to more than 10,000. Tory hopes for a close result were dashed as they lost even more support and Mr Willis
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All Blacks finish in a blazing light
New Earswick All Blacks claimed this year's best club in York crown after beating York Acorn 22-3 in the final of the Accident Cup. Excellent defence kept the scores blank until New Earswick scrum half Ben Jones broke the deadlock with a piece of magic
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York Pride lives up to its name
This morning, as I cycled along Scarcroft Lane, there was a tree branch in the roadway, and some broken glass causing a hazard to cyclists, pedestrians and animals. I stopped and telephoned the York Pride team on 551551 to report this, leaving a message
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We want to race
I TOTALLY agree with Mrs James's letter about the Race For Life. Myself and my family have done every one of them and I was dismayed to find the event full when I tried to book for the 12 of us to do it. When I got to work at Sainsbury's I found that
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Lottery winners warm my heart
WHAT a delightful picture of Lottery winners Diane and Kevin Downing - and what a heart-warming story they told. It is often said that money does not bring happiness, but what a difference it can make, especially when, as in this case, these lovely people
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All systems go
HUGH Bayley was guest of honour at the Nestl factory in Haxby Road, York, as the firm launched a new multi-million pound network system. The network will link the company's factories around the world, allowing information and production methods to be
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There'll be rubbish everywhere
IS Andrew Waller on another planet? To scrap the weekly refuse collection is unbelievable. My bin is full to the brim every week and that is after I have recycled all my glass, plastics, paper etc. What will happen? The whole city will be a complete mess
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The Green machine...
THE GREEN PARTY'S candidate in York got on his bike in the search for votes, as the General Election campaign entered the home straight. Andy D'Agorne is standing for the Greens in the City of York, and took the party's battle-bike on to the streets of
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Top Tory visits resorts in N Yorks
A LEADING Tory today dropped in on a marginal North Yorkshire seat. Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley visited Scarborough and Whitby where he visited the surgery of John Renshaw, chairman of the British Dental Association. Mr Lansley was expected
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Could do better
I WAS pleased to see the discussion on recycling in the Evening Press but would like to see City of York Council giving more consideration to reducing the amount of waste generated, such as a levy on excessive packaging as in Ireland and a requirement
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Who should women vote for?
Do York's Parliamentary candidates know what women want? JO HAYWOOD puts them to the test. WOMEN want to vote on Thursday, they just can't decide who to vote for. A survey by the UK's largest women's website, iVillage.co.uk, found that while 80 per cent
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Action on disabled
IN response to Mr Usherwood's letter ('So, how much?', May 16), City of York Council provides a wide range of transport facilities for the disabled. Councils are not required to provide travel concessions for the disabled, except for the blind. However
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Forgotten election
As the temperature soars in the General Election and the nation's gaze focuses on the battle for Downing Street, the fight for county council seats seems to have been pushed right out of the spotlight. But voters served by North Yorkshire County Council
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Education top of the agenda
EVERY child studying English, maths and science at school will be taught by a specialist teacher, under new proposals outlined by a North Yorkshire Liberal Democrat. The party's education spokesman, Phil Willis, standing in the Harrogate and Knaresborough
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Artist's brush with party politics
A NORTH Yorkshire painter is busy redrawing the art of political protest. Retired graphic design lecturer John Daffern, pictured, uses brush strokes to tackle complex campaign issues like terrorism, the future of public services and taxation. The 60-year-old's
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People power
YORK'S anti-Europe candidate has outlined his policies to empower voters. Richard Jackson said UKIP was the only party that put constituents before their party. "The whole idea is to empower the constituents to get back their country. As voter apathy
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Labour hopeful visits school club
A HEALTHY breakfast club was an early port of call for a General Election candidate. Hugh Bayley, Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for York, visited the Funfishers Club at Fishergate Primary School, York to sample what out-of-hours facilities
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Teacher grills leaders
SHE'S fired hard-hitting questions at Tony Blair and Michael Howard and had the national headlines broadcast live from her front garden. It's not just top TV newsreaders Kirsty Wark or Kirsty Young who rub shoulders with political heavyweights during
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Controversial post office closures are thrust into election spotlight
POST office closures and the fight to protect local services will be thrust under the election spotlight tonight in York. The city's main election candidates are due to speak at a public meeting, at Fishergate Primary School, organised by campaigners
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Students could hold the key
WESTMINSTER hopefuls vying for one of the country's tightest seats are gearing up for a grilling in York. Students from the University of York will get the chance to quiz candidates standing in Selby on key campus issues like top-up fees. Despite sitting
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Top Tory in town with anti-crime message
ANOTHER high-profile Tory MP visited Selby to boost local challenger Mark Menzies' campaign. Shadow Home Secretary David Davis came to town to highlight his party's "tough message on crime". Parliamentary hopeful Mr Menzies also took the opportunity to
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Council tax at top of agenda
VOTERS are now more worried about being able to afford rising council tax bills than paying mortgage or credit cards, according to a new study from a major York firm. The research, by CPP Card Protection Plan, came as council tax emerged as a political
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On war path at absent Bayley
WAR in Iraq was today thrust on to centre stage in the York election campaign as Labour's Hugh Bayley was forced to defend his stance on the issue. Mr Bayley was criticised for not attending a hustings organised by an anti-war lobby group. Conservative
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'Cowboy' jibe at premier
TONY Blair has been branded a "cowboy" and warned he will pay for ignoring rural voters. That is the message from the Conservative Rural Action Group (CRAG), which said rural research in East Yorkshire showed the Government should not just focus on big
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Voters complain of postal ballot confusion
ELECTION officials today moved swiftly to clear up confusion over postal votes, after residents complained they had been barred from the poll booth. Concerns were raised by York residents who received letters telling them they had asked to vote by post
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Greenway on the campaign trail
TORY Parliamentary candidate John Greenway took to the campaign trail in Ryedale, talking to farmers at Malton's cattle market, chatting with shop owners, and even kissing a baby. He said it was good to see the market thriving and so many local farmers
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Hague puts the tea in Tadcaster
FORMER Conservative leader William Hague visited Tadcaster to throw his weight behind the local Tory challenger. The one-time party leader made the 50-mile journey from his Richmond constituency to meet election hopeful Mark Menzies. Mr Hague said Mr
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Rail protest in York
A NATIONAL march against rail privatisation came to York today. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union's protest reached the city on the fifth leg of a two-week, 14 city demonstration from Glasgow- to-London to put the case for rail re-nationalisation
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Battle over Iraq
WAR will take centre stage in the General Election campaign when candidates battling it out for the York seat have their say on Iraq. The lobby group York Against the War has invited Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green politicians to outline
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Secret deal to reopen Barbican on cue for snooker
York's flagship Barbican Centre has stood unused since last November's UK Snooker Tournament, with plans to redevelop the site stalled by a legal challenge by protesters. Today, following a request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act, the
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Council tax vow
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy spelled out his party's plans to scrap the Council Tax today, claiming the move would save a typical family £450 a year. Mr Kennedy said the Lib Dems would introduce a local income tax instead, administered by the
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Deadline for election passes
ELECTION fever mounted today as the official deadline passed for Westminster hopefuls who want to throw their hats in the ring. Nomination papers for would-be MPs had to be delivered to election offices at 4pm today. Tomorrow the Evening Press launches
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Minister returns to his roots
A MINISTER returned to his roots on a flying visit to York. Pensions Minister Malcolm Wicks dropped in at Alex Lyon House, in Fifth Avenue, where he met a group of pensioners for lunch. Mr Wicks is no stranger to the city. He was secretary of the Walmgate
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Online manifesto
A GREEN councillor stayed true to his beliefs when he launched his party's paperless manifesto in York. Acomb Library was the venue for the online launch by Andy D'Agorne. The full version of his party's 32-page long-term vision will only be available
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Dungeon actor to stand as Guy Fawkes on May 5
VOTE for a man who really tried to raise Parliamentary standards to new heights - Guy Fawkes! That was the message today from York's "deadliest" political party, which is set to throw its hat into the ring for the General Election. York Dungeon is asking
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Jamie 'putting kids off school meals'
NAKED chef Jamie Oliver has been blamed for putting North Yorkshire pupils off their school dinners. School dinner take-up has slumped in York, North and East Yorkshire, following the celebrity chef's TV expos of the turkey twizzlers and other processed
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Star attraction - 23/05/05
Frankie Dettori, buoyant from his Irish 2,000 Guineas success on Saturday aboard Dubawi, will be in action at Ripon tomorrow. Britain's most popular jockey rides Moktabes, a stablemate of Dubawi, in the Grantley Maiden Stakes. Little is known of this
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Third ton for Bridge's Ingram
STAMFORD Bridge's West Indian Lorenzo Ingram made his third century when he followed scores of 119no and 123 with 127 as his side made a massive 291-6 in their 45 overs at York. Other major contributions came from Pete Milner 67 and Ed Sykes 46 as they
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It's a real stroll in the Park for Acomb
ACOMB moved out of the bottom two of division three when they beat Londesbrough Park by six wickets. Andy Sykes set the York club on the road to victory when he claimed the first six Londesbrough wickets at a cost of 37 runs as Park were bowled out for
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Vital work on asbestos
A YORK-based firm has been shortlisted for an industry award for its work in informing the construction trade about asbestos within buildings. Eurosafe UK has been nominated in Building magazine's Best Construction Consultant's Safety Innovation category
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Scorecards
May 21/22 Oxbridge Yorkshire County Premier League Appleby Frodingham 149 (A Vermeulen 62; R Griffith 3-26, G Fenton 3-24), Barnsley 150-4 (L Dickinson 77). Castleford 283 (L Dudman 153, J Randerson 53), Driffield 126-2 (A Innes 40no) - match abandoned
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Cup win for York
YORK Cricket Club had mixed fortunes over the weekend when the weather decided their fate at Doncaster but victory was gained against Whitley Hall in the Cockspur National KO Cup yesterday. The Yorkshire League champions seemed set for another win at
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BBC news hit by strike
PROGRAMMES on BBC Radio York were severely reduced today as striking staff mounted an all-day picket line outside the station in Bootham Row. One of the strikers, presenter Elly Fiorentini, said about 25 to 30 out of the station's 45 staff were on strike
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MP retains influential position in Tory party
A NORTH Yorkshire MP will play a key role in who becomes the next Conservative leader, the Evening Press can reveal. John Greenway retained his place on the executive of the Tory's 1922 committee of backbench MPs, which is overseeing the shake-up the
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Film students vie for awards
YORK-based film director Mark Herman will head the bill at an award ceremony for talented young film-makers. Mark Herman, best known for Brassed Off and Little Voice, is one of the people presenting awards at this year's film and television screenings
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First-class mail gets better
FIRST-CLASS post services in York have improved, despite problems across the region as Royal Mail failed to meet a raft of targets. New figures released today show that more than two-thirds of households and businesses in the North received an "unacceptable
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Tykes' brave comeback
ANTHONY McGrath and Chris Silverwood dramatically transformed Yorkshire with an astonishing ninth wicket stand of 108 in the Championship thriller with Durham at Riverside yesterday. When Silverwood strode to the crease, Yorkshire were in total disarray
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Family wait more than four hours for police after assault
PARENTS who waited more than four hours for police after their son was attacked by thugs have criticised the "slow" response. Anthony and Elaine Hughes have hit out at York Police, claiming they are getting little back for the money they pay through their
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All Blacks finish in a blazing light
New Earswick All Blacks claimed this year's best club in York crown after beating York Acorn 22-3 in the final of the Accident Cup. Excellent defence kept the scores blank until New Earswick scrum half Ben Jones broke the deadlock with a piece of magic
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Jamie 'putting kids off school meals'
NAKED chef Jamie Oliver has been blamed for putting North Yorkshire pupils off their school dinners. School dinner take-up has slumped in York, North and East Yorkshire, following the celebrity chef's TV expos of the turkey twizzlers and other processed
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Cutting it fine
YORK City Knights head coach Mick Cook will expect his side to raise their performance next time out in a bid to end the nail-biting finales of their last two National Two matches. A 78th minute Chris Levy drop goal was the difference between a win and
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Plucky 13th for Dyson
SIMON Dyson's solid season continued apace with an admirable 13th place in the Nissan Irish Open in Kildare. North Yorkshire's golf star posted a three-under-par total of 285 (71 72 71 71) to bag a cheque for just over £20,000. Indeed, but for his least
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It's Herbie versus Jamie
JAMIE Oliver went from naked chef to national hero with his campaign to improve school dinners. His Channel 4 series exposed the processed junk being fed to many pupils. The turkey twizzler came to symbolise State neglect of our children's health. Thousands
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Cutting it fine
YORK City Knights head coach Mick Cook will expect his side to raise their performance next time out in a bid to end the nail-biting finales of their last two National Two matches. A 78th minute Chris Levy drop goal was the difference between a win and
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April 30 - May 1 Premier Division Acomb (9pts) drew with Pickering (9pts): Match abandoned, no play, ground waterlogged. Clifton Alliance (30pts) bt Sessay (7pts) by 2 wkts: Sessay 157-9 (D A Johnson 32, J B Flintoff 44, C J Till 31, F Hawthorne 3-22)
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April 23-24 President's Challenge Trophy Easingwold 153 (A Dawson 49, T Piercy 40; M A Butt 5-38) lost to Dunnington 157-0 (M A Butt 63no, M H Khan 91no) Premier Division Beverley Town (7) lost to Osbaldwick (30) by 16 runs. Osbaldwick 174-9 (M Hammerton
