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Mamma Mia! My huge bill
THE Evening Press has come to the rescue of an Italian delicatessen owner in York, who feared that he may be forced to close because of a dispute with his electricity company. Paolo Silesu, of Il Paradiso Del Cibo, claims that ever since he arrived in
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Mum has fun launching party firm
A 42-YEAR-OLD mother-of-two from Harrogate has struck on an imaginative new business idea, that means her working days will be one long party. Sonya Baker's new business, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, which she has launched with her husband, David, will
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How's about that
YORK Cricket Club face a stiff examination of their title credentials as they hit the road for a double header this weekend. They head to Castleford tomorrow where they will come up against former York all-rounder Greg How, and the following day take
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Knights' five star move
YORK City Knights have continued to build for the future by signing on five of the current squad for next season. Former Super League centre Dan Potter has put pen to paper on a new two-year deal at his home-town club, while Knights Player of the Year
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What ever happened to tragic father-of-three left dying in city street?
IT'S not too late to come forward. That was the message today from the family of a man left dying in a York street after a car had run over his head, before disappearing without trace. An inquest heard that Andrew Hickox, 42, a father of three, from Elland
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Fire control plans slammed
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new "super" fire control centre to answer emergency calls from across Yorkshire and Humberside have been criticised by York firefighters. The £110 million base, at Paragon Business Park, Wakefield, will be one of nine built to
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So lonely
New kinds of help are at hand for victims of a condition which can wreck their lives, as Health Reporter Charlotte Percival found out. Agoraphobia is a frightening, isolating condition that often leaves its victims tearful and breathless when they think
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Risker business suits James
DOWNHILL mountain biker James Risker is a man who is clearly not afraid to live up to his name. The 21-year-old from Wykeham, who races as part of York's Team Bike Outlet, is riding high on the downhill scene and recently recorded a gutsy race win at
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Yorkshire toil against Wood
THE one crumb of comfort for Yorkshire on a tough day at Taunton yesterday was that the bonus points which they picked up were enough for them to replace Essex in the third promotion spot in the Second Division of the Championship. For most of the time
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Tourism chiefs celebrate good year
TOURISM chiefs today "took heart" from mixed results in a new visitor survey. But they admitted they were keeping a watchful eye on the impact of the London terror attacks in case it damages a lynchpin of the York economy. The survey revealed that visitor
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Town out of Hyding
Harrogate Town manager Neil Aspin has called for patience from the fans as his all-new side beds down into the new Nationwide North season. A wage bill cull and a string of players reaching the end of contracts resulted in a summer mass exodus - and a
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What a weekend
WHAT a day at Blackpool last Sunday. Riding on a tram along the Golden Mile it was a pleasure to see so many York City Knights fans in their replica shirts. It seemed there were as many as used to go to the old Wasps home games. The singing and the support
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Apocalypse then
IF Roger Westmoreland (Soapbox, August 9) views the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a "war crime", how would he describe the Japanese invasion and occupation of northern China between 1937 and 1945, during which 35 million Chinese were slaughtered
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Just compromise
Much has been published about the proposals to improve community facilities at the Memorial Hall site in Haxby. At present the scheme proposed as the front runner was promoted at the recent Haxby Carnival and can be inspected at the local library. This
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Refurbish instead
The recent publication of Haxby Memorial Hall Trustees' Huf Haus redevelopment plan has clearly caused considerable concern among local residents. Consequently, on July 21, the members of Haxby Local History Group wrote to the trustees urging them to
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Recorded delivery doesn't work
Could someone from the Royal Mail please explain why recorded mail is not reaching its destination? I sent a recorded letter by first class post on July 26 at a cost of 96p. It has still not arrived. I sent another recorded letter by first class and paid
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How to ease jams on the A64
Travelling back from the east coast along the A64, heading for Acomb in the usual traffic on a summer day, I decided to take the A1227 route for a change as a short cut. I missed the massed traffic to the A64 and it later occurred to me, looking at the
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Relate's pledge
ALLOW me to comment on the Problem Of The Week item in Women on Tuesday, August 2. I was very concerned to read the question from the reader A B who stated she had "tried attending Relate but found it too expensive." Relate in York does not charge any
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Station is closer
I WRITE in response to Simon Jobling (Letters, August 8) in which he requested more information on plans for a railway station in Haxby. I am pleased to report that the situation has progressed considerably since the 2002 article quoted by Mr Jobling.
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Billy Mac's Bravehearts kitted out for action
IT WILL be a case of "Jocks Away" when York City kick off their Conference campaign at home to Crawley Town tomorrow. Scottish summer signing Emmanuel Panther hopes to be a "big game player" for the Minstermen next season and, with manager Billy McEwan
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Crawley step up to ranks of full-timers
CRAWLEY Town will play their first game as a full-time outfit at KitKat Crescent tomorrow afternoon. The West Sussex side have made the switch from part-time football after a takeover by the SA Group, who own a collection of bars, nightclubs, restaurants
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Way we were
Friday, August 12, 2005 100 years ago Work on Scarborough's Marine Drive was progressing. A 1,851-feet long stone dyke wall had been built and appeared to have admirably answered its purpose of stopping the boulders which fell from the cliff during the
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One day petrol will run dry
Petrol at 90p a litre: is it time to ditch the car and find alternative ways of getting about? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. IF you had to drive to work today, you will be all to aware of the price of petrol. Thanks to the latest rises in the cost of crude oil
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Victory Vision - 12/08/05
Allan Dickman, who trains a dozen or so horses at Sand Hutton, near Thirsk, can celebrate his biggest-ever success at Ripon tomorrow with Inter Vision in the historic Great St Wilfrid Handicap. No horse in the field for this £50,000 event will be as familiar
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Yorkshire toil against Wood
THE one crumb of comfort for Yorkshire on a tough day at Taunton yesterday was that the bonus points which they picked up were enough for them to replace Essex in the third promotion spot in the Second Division of the Championship. For most of the time
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Sky search for pet dog
RELIEVED dog owner Anna Gowthorpe has been reunited with her stolen dog Kimi - after launching a search from the skies. She went up in her father's two-seater airplane after thieves made off with his Land Rover from farmland near Dunnington with 15-month-old
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Knavesmire under starter's orders for Ebor
FASHION, finery and some of the world's best thoroughbreds on show - it must be the Ebor festival, the jewel in the crown of York Racecourse's season. Tens of thousands of racegoers will descend on Knavesmire on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week
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Thompson on target
YORK darts ace Chris Thompson is gearing up for a big month in which he hopes to get the best of both worlds. The Yorkshire county star will compete in the qualifiers for the Lakeside World Championship on October 20 and, 24 hours later, will line up
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Why many of us may soon be faced with huge council tax bills
INFLATION-BUSTING council tax bills could land on tens of thousands of York doormats in the wake of revaluation, a leading city councillor warned today. Liberal Democrat finance chief, Quentin Macdonald, said a "significant" number of residents faced
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Police fear booze laws
GRASSROOTS police representatives warned today that extra drinking time for pubs and clubs could put an extra burden on officers. But Mark Botham, chairman of North Yorkshire Police Federation, said he was not convinced drink-fuelled violence would increase
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Mourners pack church at attack victim's funeral
TEARFUL mourners paid tribute to tragic student Joe Medforth's "love of life", during his packed funeral service. Friends of the 21-year-old, from Ryther, between York and Selby, said they "felt cheated" he was taken from them at such a young age. Every
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Marriage is worth fighting for, say lesbian couple
A LESBIAN couple from the York area are launching a legal challenge to the UK's refusal to recognise same-sex marriage. Celia Kitzinger, 48, and Sue Wilkinson, 51, will lodge their case at the High Court in London today, a move that could open the way
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Knights' five star move
YORK City Knights have continued to build for the future by signing on five of the current squad for next season. Former Super League centre Dan Potter has put pen to paper on a new two-year deal at his home-town club, while Knights Player of the Year
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Mallon joins McEwan's City revolution
RYAN Mallon has become Billy McEwan's 12th summer signing and could soon be followed by Dave Pounder and Darren Mansaram. Former Halifax midfielder Mallon has agreed a short-term contract and could make his Minstermen debut on the right side of midfield
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Crackdown on school run jam
TOUGH new measures which will make it harder for parents to clog York streets during the "school run" have got the go-ahead. Councillors last night approved proposals to improve safety zones around Rawcliffe, Osbaldwick, Derwent and Wigginton Primary
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Seadogs to quell Bulls thud
SCARBOROUGH make the trip to perennial Conference play-off team Hereford United for a stiff start to their campaign. Boro have an injury doubt over Paul Foot but Nicky Henry's selection poser is in midfield, where Neil Bishop and Tony Hackworth have looked
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English angling in safe hands
IT was nice to see that another England team can win something, even if it's only one match. However, yet again, the angling readership has been let down with no report of the England 'kids' great success over the last weekend. The Under-16s fished in
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Cam and join us in Wales
EVEN while on holiday our chief reporter Mike Laycock can't resist the lure of the media. He's enjoying a week away from the coalface with the family in sunny Ty Coch, North Wales. But a trusty reporter is also a predictable one. When Mike learned the
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Wrong on both
ROGER Westmorland is wrong when he claims that dropping an an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a war crime. Nor was it a crime to drop the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki two days later. That action by the USA and her allies ended the Second World War. The
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Cycle lane facts
I WISH to respond to Mr Page (Letters, August 4) about the improvements to the entrance of York Railway Station. Contrary to Mr Page's suggestion, pedestrian and cycling groups were consulted on the scheme. The city's Disabled Persons' Advisory Group
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Mallon joins McEwan's City revolution
RYAN Mallon has become Billy McEwan's 12th summer signing and could soon be followed by Dave Pounder and Darren Mansaram. Former Halifax midfielder Mallon has agreed a short-term contract and could make his Minstermen debut on the right side of midfield
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I've got memories
LAST week my bird bath, which I have had for more than 40 years, went missing from my garden. It had stood in my present garden for 28 years and before, in Fulford, for 17 years - it was like losing an old friend. Not only that but it was the last present
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Mac's minors
LIFE on the good ship York City will be no pleasure cruise this season with all hands - from the players to the fans - needed on deck working together. But York City manager Billy McEwan is confident at the dawn of the new season that a strong team effort
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City seek stewards
YORK City are calling on people to help save the football club money by becoming a match-day steward. The Minstermen currently contract stewards from Showsec, as well as appointing their own officials, but safety officer Eric Hope is hoping that at some
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Way we were
Saturday, August 13, 2005 100 years ago In the course of a year every druggist was called upon to supply drugs for hundreds of domestic recipes. One of the most common mixtures for children was composed of rhubarb, magnesia, peppermint, and laudanum.
