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Do we really need identity cards?
Home Secretary Charles Clarke's plans to introduce identity cards come before MPs again today. But will people be happy to carry one? CHRIS TITLEY finds out. OPPONENTS of identity cards have a whole list of objections. The scheme would curtail civil liberties
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Ace Acomb gala - 28/06/05
Acomb, astutely placed by York trainer Noel Wilson to win his last three races, heads to Catterick tomorrow with every chance of extending his sequence to four. The Gala Casinos Handicap over seven furlongs is the target for the five-year-old, who is
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Review: The Bluetones (with Farrah), Fibbers, York
Where did you go? It was a question several people were asking of The Bluetones, the one-time members of the court of Britpop, who slipped away from the Radio 1 playlist status of years ago. On Saturday night, scores of fans at Fibbers were transported
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Notice was legal
I SHOULD like to clarify points raised by David Mudie regarding the public notices posted at the Barbican Centre for a licensing application under the Licensing Act 2003 (Letters, June 23). Mr Mudie stated that, contrary to national guidelines, the notices
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Drunken nuisance
MR Gallagher may be right that the police have never been called out to Certificate 18 in Gillygate, York (June 24). However, it is about what happens after people have left the place. I had to call 999 several times this year to address drunken and misbehaving
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Train companies get a roasting
I FIND it incredible that we can put men on the moon, send a message to the other side of the world in an instant and talk into phones the size of postage stamps yet cannot provide windows that open or an air conditioning unit on a train ('People power
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Politics of my party
WHEN the world came back into focus, anxiety kicked in as vague memories returned. It was time to go downstairs and survey the wreckage. Not quite Baghdad after the Americans and British popped in, but the garden we had worked so hard to have ready for
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Air museum up for three awards
THE Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) was flying high today after being shortlisted for no fewer than three prestigious tourism awards. The museum at Elvington, near York, is among more than a dozen businesses and organisations from the York area to make it
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'Bug factory' cash secured
SCIENTISTS at the University of York have secured £3 million to create a "bug factory" to produce cleaner greener chemicals. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has dedicated the money towards a £6.5 million project to set up a national biotechnology
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Steve cycles 190 miles to tell York judge about victims
VICTIM SUPPORT county boss Steve Twynham took the long way round when he set off from Scarborough to meet the top judge at York Crown Court. Instead of heading down the A64 in a speedy car, the 50-year-old chief executive got on his bicycle and headed
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Couple return to place where they first met 50 years ago
THIS golden couple found a recipe for love that spanned five decades after they met at a York tea rooms. Former office girl Jacqueline Wilson and Ronald Nogle met at Bettys, in St Helen's Square, when she was out for a drink with friends in 1955. At the
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Thompson leads Sun's rout
A BRILLIANT 150 finish for 15 from Chris Thompson led York Phoenix Monday Darts League division one leaders Sun Inn to a 9-0 victory over Slipper. Thompson added a 17 darter while Kev Walton (180) weighed in with 18 and 22. Dave Gibbons' bull finish for
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York fighter Cadden to build on Euro victory
NEW European light-welterweight Thai boxing champion Richard Cadden has got his sights on another world title shot. The York-based 29-year-old beat world number four and French number one Djamel Yacouben in front of a packed Leeds Town Hall on Sunday
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UXB alert: Man held
DETECTIVES cordoned off a York street for nearly ten hours after reports that a suspicious device had been placed under a car. Fifteen City of York Council employees and 11 residents were evacuated from 22 The Avenue, in Clifton, following the discovery
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Review: The Keith Barret Show - Live, Grand Opera House, York.
KEITH Barret is "Britain's leading relationship therapist and chauffeur ". His job is to drive you safely through the traffic jams and rat runs of marriage, armed with the knowledge of the failure of his own relationship with Marion, as seen in the cult
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St Andrew's door opens for Dyson
YORK-BASED golfer Simon Dyson has qualified for The Open at St Andrews next month after finishing joint fourth in the final qualifier. Two rounds of 67, one on the Sunningdale Old and the other on the Sunningdale New course, gave him an impressive total
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Parking cost to blame
TRADERS predicted a backlash against York's high car park charges. Early evidence suggests their fears are being realised. Having hiked fees to boost income, the council made less money from car parks in April and May than it did in the same months last
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Tea for two
THE key to business success is to keep your customers coming back. And Richard and Jaqueline Nogle can't stay away from Bettys. They met at the St Helen's Square tea rooms in 1955, were back in 1984 and have returned again this week. Bettys must be an
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Shoppers desert York over high car parking charges
IT should be every shopper's dream - a deserted car park with spaces going begging. But exclusive Evening Press figures show that since charges were increased at York's short stay car parks this empty picture is being repeated across the city. Since the
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Football's not for women
WOMEN playing football? It's just not cricket (and it certainly isn't tennis). I'm not a fan. And neither does it grab the head of European football Lennart Johannsson, who has said that sponsors will not back female soccer if stars do not play on sex
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Property move with precision
A FIRST tenant has been signed up for new £9 million business units at Thorp Arch Estate near Wetherby. New-start business CPL Precision Engineering, which makes parts for the telecoms and aerospace industries, has taken a 1,150 sq ft workshop at Moat
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Phoenix bid to put pinch on Scorpions
YORKSHIRE Phoenix are looking to bring an end to Derbyshire Scorpions's 100 per cent winning record when the sides meet this evening in the Twenty20 Cup competition at Headingley. Although Derbyshire are stuck at the bottom of the Second Division in the
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So much is lost in Barbican plan
REGARDING Mr and Mrs Wartho's letter about the Barbican redevelopment (June 23), the list of things being taken away is even longer. Along with all the facilities they mention - and two swimming pools and a diving pool, gym and bowling green - we are
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Not for disabled
FOUR of us went to Royal Ascot At York. When I rang about parking, I explained I was bringing someone who had recently had a knee replacement, but was told we would have to go in the normal parking area. When we parked up and got the wheelchair out, one
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'Minnies' jinxed
I WAS as sceptical as the next person before Royal Ascot At York, but I must admit I was wrong and congratulations to all involved. To have the Queen on our doorstep, so to speak, in Bishopthorpe was an added bonus. And a word to all the "moaning minnies
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Let's have more shows like this one
I PRAISE City of York Council which, in collaboration with South Asian Arts UK, brought us Bollywood Fever at the Grand Opera House, York. It was superb, the theatre was full and the atmosphere was electric. It was so nice to see a show where it was obvious
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City not a charity
THE report 'Short changed' (June 23) shows that many think York can support other parts of the country. It seems our well-run city pays for the services of others. It's the first time I have heard that the constituents and council are a charity - or charitable
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Mr Fox snared
WHAT an appropriate name Jeremy D Fox has (letters, June 24). Perhaps he was reincarnated, but luckily for him in name only and not by nature, or he would have surely found out by now just how cruel these snares which MP Phil Willis seeks to abolish are
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Petrol stop bullies
MY girlfriend's mother recently went to buy petrol at Tesco on Tadcaster Road, York, ready for her long journey to catch the ferry home to Ireland. Her husband, who usually fills up the car, didn't travel over so she wasn't confident with the procedures
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Flying off mark
YOUR report on the permanent exhibition planned for next year at York's National Railway Museum (June 16) touched on a number of Scotsman-related landmark occurrences; but, as usual, you omitted to mention the specific birthplace in Yorkshire of "the
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Spear folly of tour officials
SOME days sporting officialdom just grinds you down. Take the British and Ireland Lions tour to New Zealand. A mere 40 seconds in and Lions skipper Brian O'Driscoll - comfortably their most potent attacking force - is swept up in a despicable pincer-tackle
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Cracking the counterfeiters
A BANK note supremo has warned York traders not to let crooks cash in on counterfeits. Lee Dobney, head of notes at the Bank Of England, told retailers, security bosses and police at a special city conference the net was now closing on high street forgers
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Council approves pub's late-licence despite residents' fears
CONTROVERSIAL plans to let a city centre rock bar open in to the early hours have been given the go-ahead. Certificate 18, in Gillygate, applied to City of York Council for permission to stay open until 2am on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and until
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Bullying boyfriend is jailed for 3 years
A MAN who punched, kicked and almost strangled his girlfriend in a five-year reign of abuse has been jailed for three years. Christopher Andrew Lea, 31, repeatedly attacked Alison Dunning between 1998 and 2003. At York Crown Court yesterday, he admitted
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Anderson and Turnbull star for leaders
POPPLETON enjoyed a 63-45 Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League division one victory over Rowntree Park with John Anderson and Paul Turnbull scoring 25 games. Paul Adams and Kevin Davidson claimed two of Park's three winning sets. Sutton's woes continued
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Floods clean-up may cost £3 million
THE flash floods which devastated parts of Ryedale and the Vale of York could cost more than £3 million to clean up, it was revealed today. Anne McIntosh, Vale of York MP, said the cash would be swallowed up in road repairs, restoration works to bridges
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St Andrew's door opens for Dyson
YORK-BASED golfer Simon Dyson has qualified for The Open at St Andrews next month after finishing joint fourth in the final qualifier. Two rounds of 67, one on the Sunningdale Old and the other on the Sunningdale New course, gave him an impressive total
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Stone rolls in for Leeds
LEEDS United are set to complete the signing of Steve Stone, who has been released by Portsmouth. The 33-year-old former Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa right winger is poised to replace Aaron Lennon who has left for Tottenham. United are hopeful that
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Man, 28, quizzed over hit-and-run death
POLICE investigating the death of a motorcyclist killed in a hit-and-run crash a month ago have arrested a man. The 28-year-old, from the Thirsk area, was questioned by officers at Northallerton Police Station in connection with the death of 67-year-old
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Maria's a crafty one
Maxine Gordon meets a York woman who has a way with cards. IF you know your spirelli from your ornare and your lac from your quilling, chances are you will have happened across Maria Hutchinson's shop in York's historic Fossgate. Craft Heaven is exactly
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What TV producer said to Josephine:
JO HAYWOOD talks to a Harrogate student who wrote to Tyne Tees asking for work experience and ended up with her own TV series. AT 7.29 tonight, Josephine Kime will be settling down in front of the TV with her family and friends. By 7.30pm she will be
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Richard: a Yorkshire lionheart
ANYONE who buys a house because it is on the doorstep of their favourite pub is a good sort in the Diary's book. That man was Richard Whiteley, a true Yorkshire character, who died at the weekend aged 61. The star known to millions as host of Countdown
