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Eastern promise
HEWORTH ARLC opened their pre-season account with a decent run-out against East Leeds, albeit in defeat. The Villagers, of National Conference League division two, lost 20-12 at home to the division one outfit in their first game under new coaches Jimmy
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Od's on to win - 16/08/05
With £200,000 up for grabs tomorrow in one of the most famous handicaps in Europe, Odiham is napped to strike it rich in the totesport Ebor, the historic highlight on day two of York's August Festival. Trained at Lambourn by Hughie Morrison, Odiham, the
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Hels-a-popping for Brit flops
WALKING up Fossgate this weekend a bloke spoke to his paramour, nodding towards a building and chiding: "How do they get away with that?" The building was Macdonalds furniture shop - apart from Stubbs, arguably the most striking edifice in Fossgate. There
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Vintage stuff
IT'S a car fit for a king. So the appearance of this classic Jaguar at York Racecourse - home of the Sport of Kings - was the perfect way to launch this year's showpiece Ebor Festival. Knavesmire's most glamorous occasion may have had to play second fiddle
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Haven friends slam bikers
POLICE and conservationists have launched a clampdown on off-road bikers "riding roughshod" over a North Yorkshire nature reserve. The Friends of Skipwith Common said the "reckless" driving was threatening several rare bird species and damaging the fabric
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Roger and out...just
Roger Wood's team from the Haxby Road Club in York club saw the winning post come too soon for them as they chased a place in the last 32 of the Men's English National Bowls Fours Championship at Worthing. There was an early shock for Wood and club-mates
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Police halt probe
POLICE have halted an investigation into an alleged incident near a York bar. The Evening Press reported yesterday that officers had cordoned off part of a street in the George Hudson Street area near the Nexus bar. The investigation followed reports
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Pop goes the title
POPPLETON completed the double over York and need to win their outstanding match against Fulford to take the IT Sports York Mixed Tennis League division one title. Both teams have been unable to field their strongest teams all season and the trend continued
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O'Neill may get nod for City debut
JOE O'Neill is in line for a York City starting place in tonight's Conference clash at Southport. The former Preston forward was suspended for Saturday's opening day clash against Crawley Town but manager Billy McEwan could decide to bolster his strikeforce
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Nightclub allowed to open until 4am seven days a week
CLUBBERS will be able to dance the night away until 4am for the first time in York, following a landmark ruling. Licensing councillors have given bosses at Toffs, in Toft Green, permission to open the 860-people capacity club for an extra two hours, seven
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Safe as 'Houses
Dringhouses began the defence of their Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division crown with a 4-2 home win over T& L Selby. Last season's leading goalscorer Mark Woodward opened his account for the new season with their other
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Madness of late pub hours
THE suggestion by the British Beer and Pub Association that applications for extended hours in community pubs is generally for an extra hour or so on a Friday or Saturday night (Will longer pub hours lead to a rise in problem drinking?, August 11) is
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Terrific posties
I FEEL I must write to say how wonderful our postal service is. I can post a letter midday on a Thursday and it reaches my friend on the Isle of Wight on Friday morning. This is quite a feat, but a letter from my granddaughter in New Zealand really was
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Answers needed
COUN Quentin Macdonald warned that revaluation of properties in York could lead to higher council tax bills in 2007 (August 12). How strange, the year 2007 seems to be cropping up all too often. In 2003 the Chief Constable for North Yorkshire Police was
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National Service is the answer to yobs
I HAD the pleasure of talking to a group of Normandy veterans when they did a collection in the store where I work on security. They were a remarkable bunch, and the subject turned to today's discipline (or rather lack of it). They all agreed with me
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Treat sportswomen with respect
FRANCINE Clee's article (August 10) about women liking sport was sexist and very disappointing but not surprising. Whilst boasting about her in-depth knowledge of men's football, men's cricket etc, etc, she reinforced the widely held view in this country
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Tears over hounds
THIS past week at Danby Agricultural Show, I saw grown men and women crying when it was announced from the show ring that we were watching the Glaisdale foxhounds for the last time. The hunt after centuries is being disbanded for ever, even the foxhounds
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Were you in Kure?
I WOULD like to contact all ex-service personnel who served in the Kure area of Japan. The object is to seek personal memories and the loan of photographs etc for copying into Kure City Council History Library archives. All memorabilia will be returned
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Dead-ball ploys to boost City
YORK City will be hoping to exploit set-play weaknesses at Southport tonight. Corners proved the Conference North champions' undoing during a 3-1 opening day defeat at Dagenham and Redbridge on Saturday and City boss Billy McEwan called for an improvement
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Danger: Manny at work
Ex-Scottish Premier League player Emmanuel Panther has taken his first steps on the York City Conference trail as he prowls around for English football glory. The 21-year-old Scotsman made his debut for St Johnstone aged 17, just 12 months after joining
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O'Neill may get nod for City debut
JOE O'Neill is in line for a York City starting place in tonight's Conference clash at Southport. The former Preston forward was suspended for Saturday's opening day clash against Crawley Town but manager Billy McEwan could decide to bolster his strikeforce
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Way we were
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 100 years ago A sad affair on the Foss Islands Railway was reported in the Evening Press. It concerned a York child who had met a terrible death on the rails that carried grain to Leetham's big flour mills. The rails ran across
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You've passed
It's just what teenagers want to hear when they open the letter revealing their A level results. But they may all have been studying the wrong subjects. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on why, ideally, we should be turning out a generation of Chinese or Russian-speaking
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Roses foes bloom boom
After the heady excitement of the Ashes Test yesterday, Old Trafford was still buzzing today as one of the most crucial Roses matches in years started. Yorkshire are second in the division two championship table with Lancashire holding the third promotion
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Primed and ready to go
PLANS for a major new owner/occupier office scheme are set to be submitted next month to City of York Council, to meet what is clearly a burgeoning demand at Monks Cross, Huntington. Even before the first brick has been laid for the £1.7 million Omega
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Real swell Guy steps up
GUY TOLHURST has been appointed to concentrate exclusively on the sale of overseas homes for York-based Hunters Estate Agency. Mr Tolhurst, 27, was formerly head of marketing for the ten-branch agency, but has now built up foreign sales to such a degree
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Fun not frippery
NO Queen, no duke, not a prince in sight. Top hats will be few and far between, as will the toffs underneath. After the Ascot jamboree, York Racecourse staged its home-grown racing spectacular today with the start of the Ebor meeting. Aficionados of the
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Campaign to help staff facing redundancy
UNION bosses representing the 160 workers affected by the closure of Pocklington's Sundora Foods factory have vowed to do everything possible to find them another job. Managers at the fruit and nut specialists, in Burnby Lane, recently announced that
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Man jailed for drug offences
A DRUG "custodian" has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after police twice caught him red-handed with the illegal chemicals. Judge John Bullimore warned that people who guarded drugs for others would be punished in the same way as dealers, because
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40 are awaiting transplants
MORE than 40 people are waiting for organ transplants in the York postcode area, the Evening Press can reveal today. Transplant chiefs appealed for more people in York and North Yorkshire to sign the organ donor register. Despite the selflessness of organ
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Ouse and Foss getting cleaner
THE River Ouse downstream of York is getting cleaner - and that's official. Experts from the Environment Agency said today that the river below Naburn sewage works was of a "good" biological and chemical quality last year, compared with "poor" biological
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Work 'to blame for cafe slump'
A CAF owner claimed today he had suffered a disastrous slump in business since York's Stonebow House was shrouded in scaffolding for repairs. The complex in Stonebow - dubbed by many residents as the ugliest building in York -has begun a 12-week programme
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Wendy edges it for Clifton
WENDY Smith produced a fantastic 151 check-in during the pairs with Pat Nelson to secure Clifton 'A' a 5-4 victory over York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one leaders Cueball 'B'. Earlier, Cueball's Angie Hields had gamed in 20. Sandra Bruce
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Roses foes bloom boom
After the heady excitement of the Ashes Test yesterday, Old Trafford was still buzzing today as one of the most crucial Roses matches in years started. Yorkshire are second in the division two championship table with Lancashire holding the third promotion
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Blitz on family of travellers
A FAMILY of travellers have been handed landmark antisocial behaviour orders to curb their unruly lifestyle. Fed-up residents breathed a sigh of relief as members of the troublesome Smith family were banned from a ten-square mile area of North Yorkshire
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Importance of teaching manners
"Would you like a Penguin?" I asked a child who had joined my daughters in the local park. "Yeh," said the youngster, before snatching the biscuit out of my hand. No "yes, please", "thank-you" or any other expression of gratitude was forthcoming, neither
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Mexico is nothing like this
STUDENTS will learn this week whether they have the A level results to propel them to their favoured university. Those who hope to study in York will be searching for an independent guide to our wonderful city, and the Diary has found it. Not many know
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Where to go
IN response to Ms Ferry's letter (August 11), I would like to recommend the Disabled Go website to anyone with a disability who wants to get out and about in York. The website has been funded by City of York Council and is supported by Marks & Spencer
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Hall in good nick
A NUMBER of items in the interview with the trustees of Haxby Memorial Hall are incorrect or misleading ("Hall to play for as row hots up", August 10). The building is not "falling to bits". The Atkins survey proves it is in very good condition and will
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Just needs TLC
THANK you for illustrating the hideous building proposed for Haxby's main street. If anything is out of keeping with the ambience and aspirations of our town then this is it. The hard-working trustees are not stupid or ill-informed and they will have
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No to PC PCs
LAST week Steve Green, the politically-correct Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire, authorised £2,000 of taxpayers' money be spent on 20,000 green ribbons for his officers to wear to "show solidarity" with the Muslim community. Can I therefore assume,
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Nimbys are right
REGARDING letters about the Arc Light Centre moving to Shipton Street School, what is wrong in being a Nimby (not in my back yard)? What is wrong in wanting your children and house to be safe from ex-drug dealers, ex-burglars, ex-drunks. I use the term
