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Way we were
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 100 years ago It was Empire Day, and in common with their kindred throughout the world, the event would be duly recognised in York. York publishers issued an appropriate picture postcard, and after a morning of instruction bearing
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Use discretion
A SCENARIO for Mrs Pierotti (Letters, May 18). You are waiting at a bus stop in the middle of town with a buggy-load of fractious child who desperately needs a nappy change and is hungry and cold. It is late into the afternoon and the weather is miserable
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My life on bikes
AS a lifelong cyclist I find your feature on cycling in the Evening Press most interesting (May 9). Certainly, of all the technical innovations of the last 200 years, unlike the airplane, motor car, and telephone, the humble bicycle is the least abused
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Not a choice
B EMMERSON is quite right to challenge the unfair so-called "choice" put to Selby council tenants - transfer to a housing association or lose out on repairs and improvements - and correctly identifies the cause: Government restrictions on housing investment
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Green living
IT seems most improbable that land earmarked for Derwenthorpe would ever merit the status - and the maintenance costs - of a nature reserve. Rather, we are doing our best to ensure the development is a model of sustainability. Our adviser, Professor Chris
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Council bias
PETER G Richardson's letter ('Let's keep Huntington out of it', May 13) opens up the debate once again about the merits of development on greenfield land at New Lane Huntington and Osbaldwick. I am sure he would like to "keep Huntington out of it". However
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Bright pupils let down by state education, York research claims
BRIGHT youngsters are being let down by state school education, according to research carried out by a York-based academic. Professor David Jesson, of the University of York, tracked the progress of 28,000 children in England with the highest marks in
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Paul to pounce - 24/05/05
Paul Hanagan, who rode a double at Beverley yesterday, can carry on his winning streak at Ripon tomorrow night. The Malton jockey has been booked by Newmarket trainer Ed Dunlop to partner Apex in the £14,000 Cocked Hat Farm Foods Handicap and looks to
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Review: Carbon/Silicon, Fibbers, York
LET'S face it, if Mick Jones announced his intention to tour the supermarkets of Scunthorpe playing covers of gameshow theme tunes with Steps as his backing band, every show would still sell out, and every show would still be an event his fans would brag
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Yorkshire go so close
YORKSHIRE turned the tables on Durham at Riverside yesterday and had the Championship Division Two leaders clinging on for a draw in a tense finish to an exciting match. Chasing 245 to make it five consecutive wins from the start of the season, Durham
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Go on, it's only fair
I WAS given a licence to drool at the weekend. My wife was with me and she had to put up with it. I could ogle to my heart's content, all in the line of duty. I was forced to sit there for hours, sizing up 20 gorgeous girls parading up and down in front
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Wilberfoss are on the up
PROMOTED Wilberfoss II lead division seven of the I T Sports Mixed Tennis League after defeating rivals Nestl 60-48. Both teams came up last season and it was Wilberfoss who had the edge this time with Glen Cole and Sonia Davis. Unbeaten Paul Elmhirst
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Flying wonders come together at museum
TWO of the world's favourite "flying" celebrities have come together under the roof of the National Railway Museum. Flying Scotsman has been joined by a different type of light-footed transport - the car star from the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Riddle of old barrow in Ouse
A piece of York's murky past emerged from the depths, when workers on the Ouse came across an old barrow in the river. Staff from York Boat were working on a landing bay at King's Staith when they uncovered the wooden barrow. Nothing is known about how
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Royal Ascot car anger
FURIOUS residents today blasted council chiefs after being mistakenly told they faced a five-day parking ban during Royal Ascot at York. People living in Bishopthorpe Road received a leaflet telling them parking would be banned outside their homes from
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Bus firm wants bar re-opened
A DECISION is due next week on whether to keep York's historic Walmgate Bar closed to traffic, amid warnings about the continuing impact on bus services. The bar was closed experimentally last October, after being repeatedly hit by vehicles too high to
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Why it's so great to visit Planet York
YORK is a city of "extraordinary cultural and historical wealth", according to a new Lonely Planet guide, published today. But Harrogate has not changed much since Agatha Christie fled there in 1926. The guide suggests that Britain is now a truly united
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Phoenix rising again
YORK Phoenix have retained their Yorkshire Volleyball Premier League title after beating Leeds 3-0. Phoenix captain Victoria Eaton and setter Pam Beadman have missed much of the season as they are expecting babies in July but the squad's strength in depth
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Why can't I park on my garden?
TWO lines of paving flags have left a council tenant facing threats of court action. Carol Romanus was so fed up with parking problems on her York street that she laid the flags across her front garden, so she could park the family car there without damaging
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Yorkshire go so close
YORKSHIRE turned the tables on Durham at Riverside yesterday and had the Championship Division Two leaders clinging on for a draw in a tense finish to an exciting match. Chasing 245 to make it five consecutive wins from the start of the season, Durham
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Royal Ascot car anger
FURIOUS residents today blasted council chiefs after being mistakenly told they faced a five-day parking ban during Royal Ascot at York. People living in Bishopthorpe Road received a leaflet telling them parking would be banned outside their homes from
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Nappy returns
If real nappies are no better for the environment than disposables, why bother? JO HAYWOOD reports. BABIES are unpredictable creatures. One minute they are happy as Larry, the next they are crying like a... well, like a baby. One thing about babies is
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Laurence Cutting exhibition, Lucius Gallery, Fossgate, York, May 17 to 28
LAURENCE Cutting tells hidden stories in his new exhibition of collages at Lucius Gallery, Fossgate, York. "I have been working with found objects and images since early childhood," says the Middleham artist. "Comics, cigarette cards, tin toys and objects
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Respect our 999 crews
THE appalling abuse directed at paramedics should shock every reader. Ambulance crews are sworn at almost every day and threatened frequently. They have been bitten, punched and kicked. Patients have even pulled knives and guns on them. As Tony Blair
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Smile, it's York
DESPITE the efforts of a lawless few to wreck the place, Britain still has a lot going for it. Not London, mind: the metropolis is "dirty, polluted and overcrowded". For quality of life, it's grand up North. Leeds is the "Knightsbridge of the North",
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Exams are at another level
I'VE been thinking of re-taking my 'O' levels (GCSEs to the youth of today). Come to think of it, my A-level results weren't up to much so I may give them a go too. In my day it was up to eight (super-swots took nine or ten) of the former and generally
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York positives
I WRITE in reply to Colin Jeffrey's letter (Evening Press, Tuesday, May 17) about the lack of sporting success in York. While I can empathise with many of his points it is far from doom and gloom. He refers to the 62-0 beating York City Knights RL suffered
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We can be proud
HUNDREDS of parents, young people and volunteers gathered at the Yorkshire Museum for the awards ceremony for the recent North Yorkshire Youth Games. The games are held each year with teams from each district council area in North Yorkshire competing
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Knights leader calls for overhaul as stop-start schedule bites
York City Knights boss Mick Cook has called for a rethink of the way fixtures are handed out to National League teams as he prepares for the second of five enforced idle weekends. Only one team from National League Two - Swinton Lions - is still going
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No need to fear late licences
CHRIS Wood and Wendy Shepherd should blame every shriek and wail on Certificate 18's customers alone ('Pub's late licence bid anger', May 18). They must be aware they live in a city centre full of locals and students enjoying their lives, so why blame
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Police perks
PUBLIC and press indignation greeted the 159mph policeman's escape from punishment. Why? Railway workers get ticket concessions, retail workers get staff discounts and MPs guarantee themselves generous, index-linked pensions. Surely, this is just another
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This must be stopped
I HAVE lived in York for ten years and have come to love the city and the area. I am not a prude. But while I know lap dancing goes on I don't expect it to happen in York ('Royal Sex-Cot', May 21). It is certainly not appropriate for a royal meeting.
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Trivial pursuit
NOW the General Election is out of the way, to the dissatisfaction of the abstainer Mr Quarrie (Letters, May 10), but before elections are completely forgotten, perhaps someone could answer a trivial question that has long puzzled me. In the 1955 election
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I prefer freedom
ONCE again we are treated to a list of woes levelled at the last Conservative government (Letters, May 18). I too could present such a list. For example, the wilful and near-total destruction of a world-leading private pensions industry by Gordon Brown
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Brooding on Clifton's wildlife
HOW wonderful it is to see the mother duck struggling to bring up her young brood of ducklings on Clifton Backies. She started with 14 but within a week she was down to seven. They swim between discarded shopping trolleys, burnt and stolen mopeds and
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Cold calling con warning
SMALL businesses across York and North Yorkshire were today urged to hang up on advertising cold callers who make false claims about links to charities and emergency services. The call came from both North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council
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Blueprint for office block unveiled
THIS is how a new office block in the centre of York is likely to look. Building work on the Grays Wharf office block in Navigation Road is expected to start this summer, after planning chiefs approved it last year. A blueprint for the four-storey building
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City telecommunications firm wins £10k Royal Ascot contract
COMMUNICATION at Royal Ascot will be put in place with military efficiency - thanks to the services of a York firm which is providing hundreds of walkie-talkies for the event. Telecommunications firm SiteLink, based at Upper Poppleton, has won a £10,000
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No sympathy for the Devils
GLOATING is not becoming, but it's still hard to feel sorry for Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United. Without a single doubt the Red Devils were the victims of the biggest daylight robbery since Dick Turpin was terrorising the byways of far from merry
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City telecommunications firm wins £10k Royal Ascot contract
COMMUNICATION at Royal Ascot will be put in place with military efficiency - thanks to the services of a York firm which is providing hundreds of walkie-talkies for the event. Telecommunications firm SiteLink, based at Upper Poppleton, has won a £10,000
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Warning of bogus workman
POLICE today urged residents in a York village to be on their guard against a door-to-door scam. Three elderly residents in Strensall have reported a bogus workman calling at their homes and claiming that roof work needed doing on their properties. Police
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Resident of fire-ravaged flats breaks into his own home to get possessions out
THESE are the lengths that a tenant was prepared to go to in order to retrieve his property from a York's fire-hit flats complex. Simon Moreton was furious when he was told he could not get to his belongings at Fulford Place, scene of a massive blaze.
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Teens' champion walks into row
A ROW blew up today over the appointment of City Of York Council's first Young People's Champion. Ruling Liberal Democrats have chosen the youngest councillor, Fulford member Keith Aspden, to be caretaker cheerleader for the city's young residents. The
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The wrong path
A PLAN to close a footpath through the grounds of a York public school were again being debated today - after it emerged the proposal councilors who threw them out last month had been given incorrect information. The controversial proposal to shut the
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Shep's lively to stun Sun
FOR only the second time in their York Phoenix Monday League division one history Sun Inn suffered defeat. A stunning 121, 180, 100 for 13 darts from Chris Thompson didn't prevent Shepherd 'A's Paul Botterill clinching the last game win. Heath Scaife
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Knights leader calls for overhaul as stop-start schedule bites
York City Knights boss Mick Cook has called for a rethink of the way fixtures are handed out to National League teams as he prepares for the second of five enforced idle weekends. Only one team from National League Two - Swinton Lions - is still going
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Health chiefs' funding fears
HEALTH services in York and Selby could face funding cuts as the organisation in charge of NHS spending claws back £14.7 million. Bosses at Selby and York Primary Care Trust are currently £9.4 million in debt and predict that by the end of the 2005/2006
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City had no choice
THE York City Board had no option but to freeze prices for next season. Who in their right minds would pay more to watch the rubbish that was dished out last season? I reckon half the 900 letters Billy McEwan has personally signed urging fans to get season
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A bit of linking luck for Dan
THE wheel of fortune has left Dan Adams' head spinning. First his flat was ravaged by the Fulford Place blaze. Then to make matters worse, he met Anne Robinson. To be fair, Dan's appearance on The Weakest Link was filmed before he and his girlfriend Michelle
