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What a state?
HAVING read a great deal of comment, much of it incorrect and ill-informed, about the future of the Haxby Memorial Hall, especially by those who are adamant that it remain in its present form, I wonder if they have actually taken the time to look at the
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Believe in bio
I WRITE to reply to Stephen Reynolds's issues about the use of bio-diesel (July 26). Firstly his Ford manual may restrict the use of bio to five per cent mixtures but many modern diesel engines are more than happy to run on bio. My Skoda manual specifically
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Deano backs the Knights
DEAN Thomas has backed York City Knights to come out on top in tomorrow's battle royal at Dewsbury and go on to win LHF National League Two. Gateshead coach Thomas, who hails from the Minster city, came close to masterminding an amazing defeat for his
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It's all in the year
IN response to S Mortimer's letter, suggesting that Hillards was open in March 1966 (July 22). I lived a few doors away on Hull Road and left York in March 1968 and Hillards definitely wasn't opened then, so October 1968 would be correct. Pat Robinson
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Rally cry might backfire on 'Pool
BLACKPOOL Panthers director of rugby Dave Rowland might not have done his club any favours, I fear, with comments he apparently made this week about the lack of support from the seaside town. Rowland, in issuing a challenge to the townsfolk to get behind
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Something fishy
In Tipping's Tipples, Mike Tipping finds something fishy going on. Sometimes there's nothing nicer than fish and chips washed down with a good glass of wine. It can be a very tactile and palate-rewarding experience. I'm not alone in my appreciation of
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Go for Emperor - 30/07/05
Welsh Emperor, at his best in the mud, can take advantage of the recent rain by winning the feature race at Chester tomorrow. The money-spinner gelding, trained by Tom Tate at Hazelwood, near Tadcaster, has been running well this season, sandwiching a
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Tersias by Graham Taylor (Faber, £9.99)
Stephen Lewis talks to former North Yorkshire vicar Graham Taylor about his third book, out next week. IT IS the late 18th century - a London scarred by the meteoric debris of a comet that smashed into the dark side of the moon. Hampstead is on fire,
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Sick As A Parrot, Liz Evans (Orion, £6.99)
Private eye Grace Smith is not having a good day. Her latest client - a penniless, pregnant 17-year-old - wants her to prove her mother is innocent of murder; the most chauvinistic cop in town is squatting in her spare room; and she has somehow been lumbered
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Big guns return
ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard return for Yorkshire Phoenix against Kent Spitfires at Headingley on Sunday. They will be trying to help their side end a barren run of three consecutive defeats in the Totesport League. It is the only
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Lumb may face long haul back
MICHAEL Lumb has just peeled off a string of stylish half-centuries in limited overs cricket, yet it is still turning out to be a season to forget for the Yorkshire left-hander. Despite these successes, Lumb has lost his place in the Championship side
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On board for bargains
More terrific deals this week as tour operators try to entice holidaymakers to book. Their message is clear - please do not let the terrorists stop you from travelling, especially to London. As more and more people cancel their trips to the capital, Orient-Express
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Review: Harrogate International Festival, Juan de Marcos's Afro Cuban All Stars, Harrogate Internati
BAND leader, Buena Vista Social Club luminary and Cuban music curator Juan de Marcos Gonzales Cardenas calls his new Afro Cuban All Stars album Step Forward. It is, he explains, a statement of intent to showcase the cream of the new generation that must
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Review: York Dune Jazz festival: A Tribute To Billie Holiday, York Theatre Royal
Holiday is an iconic star of the jazz scene with a dramatic biography including much heartbreak. She was a woman who knew how to sing about pain. She has been the greatest influence on legends such as Frank Sinatra and this was an evening of celebration
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World in motion for Rotary
THESE Rotarians from York have scooped a prestigious international award. The Rotary Club Of York has been given the Significant Achievement Award 2005 by Rotary International. The governing body of Rotary, the world's largest voluntary service organisation
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No ifs, no butts
EIGHT smokers have been fined £50 in York for dropping cigarette butts in the street - but another 20 people have been given raffle tickets for putting their litter in bins. Anti-litter patrols have adopted a new carrot and stick approach to keep York's
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Police cells to be reopened
CELLS at a North Yorkshire town's police station will be reopened to stop York officers acting as glorified "taxi drivers". The £338,000 short-term scheme - agreed yesterday by the force's police authority - will see prisoners transported to Selby at
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Physio's tears over fraud
A PHYSIOTHERAPIST broke down in tears as York magistrates heard how she had fiddled the tax credit system for several months. Helen Bentley, 44, received money from the state on the grounds she was paying £90 a week for child care, said Karamjit Singh
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Number's up for mobile crime
POLICE in North Yorkshire are to step up the fight against mobile phone crime from next week, in an effort to reduce the number of thefts and clamp down on fraudulent claims. Last year, 3,642 mobile phones were reported stolen in the county - accounting
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Residents celebrate late victory
PEOPLE power has won the day after villagers forced a pub chain to drop its plan for a late-night licence - only two weeks after sinking a similar scheme. Residents living close to The Deramore Arms, on Main Street, Heslington, were celebrating after
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Big guns return
ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard return for Yorkshire Phoenix against Kent Spitfires at Headingley on Sunday. They will be trying to help their side end a barren run of three consecutive defeats in the Totesport League. It is the only
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Expert: 'major safety fears'
A ROOFING expert has given a damning appraisal of "sandwich panel" roofing like that used in Fulford Place. Fire protection consultant Bill Parlor, pictured, has over 30 years experience in the roofing trade and is a British Standards advisor. He said
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City boss McEwan snaps up trialists
YORK City have signed trialist trio Nathan Peat, Joe O'Neill and Ashley Winn. The triple swoop takes manager Billy McEwan's summer signing tally to six following the earlier arrivals of Mark Hotte, Clayton Donaldson and Mark Convery. Former Hull City
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Short putts...
Forest fervour: FOREST of Galtres GC beat Forest Park 4-2 in the first Andrew Wain Memorial Trophy event at Forest Park. The trophy was given by both clubs in memory of Wain, who was club administrator at Forest Park and a former vice-captain at Forest
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William Heath Robinson, Nunnington Hall, Nunnington, near Helmsley, until August 29
Charles Hutchinson checks out the art of gadget guru William Heath Robinson. IMAGINE a world run by William Heath Robinson rather than Donald Trump and Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch and Ken Livingstone. Heath Robinson, book illustrator and gadget king, 1872
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Lighten up
I WAS at last Saturday's York City friendly with Hartlepool and witnessed the stupid outburst by the person in the Main Stand and also Billy McEwan's retort. The report in the Evening Press made no mention of the fact that all the rest of the supporters
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Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteen, New Street, York
I REMEMBER reviewing this venue when it opened five years ago - and being pretty tickled by the Ha! Ha! Bar. I loved the trendy modern dcor and the lively atmosphere and the food was pretty good too - although I wasn't laughing when I got my bill which
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Way we were
Saturday, July 30, 2005 100 years ago Largely because of his bad spelling, a wealthy retired draper was ordered to pay £150 damages for breach of promise of marriage. The lady involved declared that he made violent love to her, and in 1902 asked her to
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Celebrate glory of Yorkshire
MONDAY is Yorkshire Day, a day when all true Yorkshiremen and women celebrate our unique county. The Yorkshire Ridings Society chose August 1 because of its special significance for Yorkshire. On this day in 1759 soldiers in Yorkshire regiments who had
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Wrong option
MOST residents in Haxby will agree with Barbara Taylor's letter objecting to the proposed plans for the replacement of the memorial hall (July 26). The proposed glass frontage with its extraordinary silhouette and roof-line would doubtless look extremely
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Preserve facade
AS a Haxby resident I am very concerned about the proposed demolition of the memorial hall. I do not think that the Huf-designed building which may replace it will blend in with the Victorian cottages that will surround it in the conservation area. The
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Rubbish value
WHILE I support York council's recycling efforts, I am concerned about the forthcoming arrangements for collection of garden waste. I understand that new collection arrangements will be introduced and household and garden waste will be collected on alternate
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Family fun
I THANK members of the Friends of Clifton Backies and of the management committee for their contributions in publicising and making the fourth annual family fun day a huge success at the weekend. Attendance figures increased three-fold from previous years
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Sing for Africa
THE New Generation Singing Club is a club that caters for children aged between nine and 16 years old who have an interest in music. We enable children to perform all types of music: karaoke, drums, piano, guitar. We also have a brand new sound system
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Potter's no rotter
IN response to the letter "I'm sick of Harry Rotter" (July 27) I really enjoy the Harry Potter books. My only regret is that they weren't around when I was a child. The thing about Harry Potter and such other books is that they have got children and adults
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The Stone House Tea Room, near Thruscross Reservoir, Nidderdale
SOME suggestions for snack surveys come in such vague forms that we fail to locate the venue. Not so, the one received from Adrian Bosomworth. Not only was the location precise, Mr Bosomworth was able to warn us that it was closed on Mondays. But we were
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Mopheaded marvels
GINA PARKINSON extolls the colourful virtues of super bloomers - hydrangeas. As I write, the threatened rain has arrived and although disappointing for holiday makers it has perked up the garden no end and everything looks cool and green. The hydrangeas
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Hut stuff
Steve Nelson goes from the ridiculous to the sublime in a short family break in Northumberland. THERE it stood, like a giant truncated Toblerone bar, looking slightly ill at ease with its surroundings of rolling farmland. This was to be our home for the
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Jaques filling his boots
PHIL Jaques' epic 219 against Derbyshire was his fifth double century in 14 three-figure scores since making his debut for New South Wales. That was only 61 first-class games ago and to plunder five double centuries in so short a time is indeed a remarkable
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Monk Park Farm Visitor Centre, Bagby, Thirsk
Simon Ritchie and family enjoy a day out in the country. Monk Park Farm is one of North Yorkshire's tourism success stories. Last year, the children's farm attraction at Bagby, just south of Thirsk, had a record 50,000 visitors - and this year it'll probably
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Olympic scratch card gets lift off
NEW Olympic hopeful Richard Buck shows how the public can help clear the London 2012 funding hurdle under the watchful eye of two former medallists. British athletics' past and future came face-to-face at Huntington Stadium, York, to mark the launch of
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Civil war trek raises £40,000 for charity
WIGS crowned the heads of the costume-clad "Magnificent Seven" as they thundered on to an historic battlefield near York. The eye-catching spectacle yesterday at Marston Moor, west of the city, formed the final leg of an extraordinary week in the saddle
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Busy Betty shines
YORK bowler Betty Richardson has tested the skills of the organisers of the 38th York Open Bowls Tournament to the full. The Bert Keech Club player has been so successful that she forced a reshuffle in the running programme. She played in the final of
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160 food factory employees' redundancy shock
MORE than 160 jobs were under threat today following the shock closure of Sundora Foods factory in Pocklington. Bosses at the fruit and nut specialists, in Burnby Lane, announced that production would be transferred to Northamptonshire following a buy-out
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Lee back for big crunch battle
FORMER Great Britain hooker Lee Jackson returns to the York City Knights line-up for the top-of-the-table tussle on Sunday, with boss Mick Cook saying his decision-making could prove vital. Dewsbury's squad is littered with ex-Super League players and
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£3.75m bid for railway station
THE dream of reopening a railway station at Haxby finally looks set to become a reality. City of York Council is submitting a renewed bid to the Government for funding towards a £3.75 million station project. The council has revealed a developer is willing
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Range increases practice options for Pike players
KILLING two birdies with one blow could be the motto applied to Pike Hills Golf Club's latest improvement. The club, seen by many as one of York's little gems, has just opened a new driving range for its 700-plus members at the course, which also incorporates
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Lee back for big crunch battle
FORMER Great Britain hooker Lee Jackson returns to the York City Knights line-up for the top-of-the-table tussle on Sunday, with boss Mick Cook saying his decision-making could prove vital. Dewsbury's squad is littered with ex-Super League players and
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Revenge 'not in the equation'
YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook and his Dewsbury counterpart both reckon the extraordinary last meeting between the sides will have no bearing on tomorrow's clash of the titans. The Knights hammered the previously undefeated Rams 74-12 at Huntington
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City boss McEwan snaps up trialists
YORK City have signed trialist trio Nathan Peat, Joe O'Neill and Ashley Winn. The triple swoop takes manager Billy McEwan's summer signing tally to six following the earlier arrivals of Mark Hotte, Clayton Donaldson and Mark Convery. Former Hull City
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Trust chairman quits
RICHARD Snowball has stepped down as the chairman of York City's Supporters' Trust. Trust board member David Potter has also resigned from his position while Terry Herbert has handed over his duties as Trust treasurer to Ian Hey with assistance from Peter
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Rosedale walk
GEORGE WILKINSON takes the Rosedale route. Rosedale rain ran down a sign reading 'Extreme fire risk on the Moors' and we set off to climb parallel to the Chimney Bank road, 550 steep feet involving pastures, one hole of golf course and a wild and winding
