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Two-try Timmy
TIMMY Elliott scored two tries as York Acorn under-18s enjoyed a 34-2 pre-season victory over arch-rivals Heworth. The Blue and Golds, showing plenty of attacking flair, took the game away from the Villagers in the second half, with other tries coming
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Should animals have rights too?
In York, residents demand a cull on geese. In Staffordshire, guinea pigs are rescued from life in the laboratory. CHRIS TITLEY asks why we seem to be forever confused about animal welfare. ARE you an animal lover? Of course you are. Even if you don't
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Tykes hustled by toppers
YORKSHIRE'S bowlers were given the run around by Durham's Australian captain Mike Hussey when their Championship match against the Second Division leaders finally began at Scarborough yesterday after rain had caused the loss of the first 64 overs. Hussey
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Nursery group achieves people power hat-trick
HAPPY Jays, the group which has children's nurseries in Clifton Moor, York, Boroughbridge and Scarborough, has been awarded the prestigious Investors In People (IIP) standard for the third time in a row. In 1999, Happy Jays became the first nursery operator
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Boss up for director gong
THIS York businessman has been shortlisted as Yorkshire's Director of the Year. Mike Logue, managing director of Gamestation at Clifton Moor, has been named as a finalist in the Institute of Directors Yorkshire & Humber's Director of the Year Awards
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Company marks 25th anniversary with a charity walk
STAFF at Pocklington-based property investment firm, The Helmsley Group, put their best feet forward for charity as part of the company's 25th anniversary celebrations. The 13-strong team walked the 25-miles from Middlesbrough to Helmsley and raised nearly
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Don't waste doc's time
MISS a dentist's appointment and he will charge you. Ignore a court summons and you will be held in contempt and possibly fined or even jailed. But fail to turn up to the doctors' surgery or hospital and there is no penalty. Hospital staff even have an
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City's own goal
IT is commendable that York City wishes to play more of a role in the community. But the club may have scored an own goal by its well-meaning association with the Arc Light Centre. KitKat Crescent's existing neighbours, Clifton residents, are cross that
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Neglected house row
RESIDENTS said they are being plagued by a "neighbour from hell" - who does not even live in their street. People living near a mothballed property in leafy Almsford Road, Acomb, York, are up in arms about the state of the house that has now been empty
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Bowling green new homes bid
NEW plans have been submitted to build plush houses on a former York bowling green. Cedar Property Developments has put in a new plan to build on the old Ainsty Bowling Club green, behind the Ainsty Hotel in Boroughbridge Road. The Evening Press reported
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Boot joy Brough revels in cup final hullabaloo
FORMER York City Knights hero Danny Brough is looking to emulate his old club on Saturday and secure some long-awaited silverware. But while the Knights' National League Two title triumph was a step towards sought after Super League status, Brough's attempts
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Buchanan in Trinity loan deal
YORK City Knights winger Austin Buchanan is to go on loan at Super League club Wakefield until the end of the season, writes Peter Martini. Nothing has yet been signed but the 21-year-old is training at Belle Vue with a view to securing a contract for
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Knights' coach agrees to stay on next season
TITLE-winning boss Mick Cook is staying at York City Knights next season, the Evening Press can reveal. The 44-year-old has agreed a new deal at Huntington Stadium after taking the club to promotion to LHF National League One with Sunday's memorable win
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Boot joy Brough revels in cup final hullabaloo
FORMER York City Knights hero Danny Brough is looking to emulate his old club on Saturday and secure some long-awaited silverware. But while the Knights' National League Two title triumph was a step towards sought after Super League status, Brough's attempts
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Stop patronising
COULD the council please refrain from its patronising attitude about refuse collections and recycling? According to a letter in the Press (August 22), council employees will call on householders to help them put correct refuse in the right bins if it
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No defence at all
I WRITE in response to the recent report 'Fugitive faces life sentence' (August 13) after he escaped from York Crown Court by vaulting from the dock when found guilty of assaulting a city doorman. Brett Lill's defence of being "badly" affected by his
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Hall is big chance
TO those who wish to retain the faade of Haxby Memorial Hall but modernise behind it I should like to make the following points. The proposed redevelopment is needed to replace the crumbling, 130-year-old building we have got now with something that can
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Volunteers help with KitKat Crescent makeover
VOLUNTEERS from the PACY project have helped smarten up KitKat Crescent. PACY is a partnership between Arc Light, the City of York Council and the York Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders and the scheme's main aim is to assist in the
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Frankie in tune - 25/08/05
It's back to work tomorrow for Frankie Dettori, who returns to the fray after spending much of the summer on the sidelines. Dettori, who suffered a complicated fracture of his collarbone when taking a heavy fall from North Yorkshire sprinter Celtic Mill
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A royal seal of approval
A YORK firm was today celebrating receiving the ultimate business award from the Queen. Cellhire, the international mobile communications specialist, received the Queen's Award for Enterprise and International Trade. Colonel Edward York, Vice-lieutenant
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Service award for accountants
Garbutt & Elliott, the York based chartered accountancy and business adviser firm has been officially recognised for the quality of its service to customers. The firm has become one of the first independent accountants in the country to receive the
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Furniture supplier launches range
Tomlinsons, the supplier of antique furniture in Tockwith, York, is launching a new bespoke upholstery range that is produced entirely by hand using techniques and natural materials of bygone eras. The top-quality range, to be unveiled on September 17
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What came after the flash floods
TWO months after flash floods ripped through numerous villages in North Yorkshire, devastating properties and terrifying residents, those living there remain confronted with a huge task to get their lives back to normal. Scores of residents in the Helmsley
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Undercover swoop catches York shops breaking paint law
AN UNDERCOVER Trading Standards sting caught 17 out of 24 shops in York illegally selling aerosol spray paint to underage youngsters. The action was part of a drive to enforce new legislation banning sales to under-16s and cut off the root supply for
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Police examine links between gang beatings
THUGS launched a frenzied attack on an innocent victim - the second such incident in a week in York city centre. Detectives say they are examining links between the assault by two men and a woman in Skeldergate, near the Bonding Warehouse, at 7.30pm on
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A final farewell
CABBIES from across York turned out in force to pay tribute to friend and colleague Eddie Thompson. Tens of taxis joined the funeral procession for 59-year-old Eddie, a well-known York cabbie of more than 30 years, who died suddenly at his family home
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It's Victory at last for naval hero in toenails snip battle
A 101-YEAR-OLD navy hero has won a victory to have his toenails cut free on the NHS - thanks to the Evening Press. Furious relatives of Raymond Perrett - the last surviving crew member on Lord Nelson's HMS Victory - reacted with astonishment when health
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Bars abandon bid to stay open until 5am
TWO York city centre bars have abandoned a move to open their doors until 5am. Bosses at Nexus and McMillans, in George Hudson Street, wanted to serve booze until 4am at weekends with 60 minutes drinking-up time. It would have made the businesses the
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Swish bish finish
Bishopthorpe retained their unbeaten record and leadership of HPH York Vale Cricket League division one with a 33-run win at Wheldrake. A solid batting performance saw them reach maximum batting points with C Moores (40) and D Williams (34) leading the
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Schools hail GCSE record
THESE talented youngsters were among thousands picking up their GCSE results today, as schools across the region reported record numbers of passes at grade A-star to G. Matthew Wallen, from York's All Saints' School, got 11 A-stars - heading up a bumper
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In the final furlong
THE two-horse race between Stamford Bridge and Langtoft for the Yorkshire County Flat Green Bowls Association District No 5 Triples League championship could not be closer. Bridge, with one game to play, are two points ahead of Langtoft who have, arguably
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York City back Arc Light's move bid
YORK CITY today revealed it was backing Arc Light's plans to move to the former Shipton Street School. The football club said it had been working with the homeless organisation and City of York Council over the past few months to look at ways the site
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Swish bish finish
Bishopthorpe retained their unbeaten record and leadership of HPH York Vale Cricket League division one with a 33-run win at Wheldrake. A solid batting performance saw them reach maximum batting points with C Moores (40) and D Williams (34) leading the
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Buchanan in Trinity loan deal
YORK City Knights winger Austin Buchanan is to go on loan at Super League club Wakefield until the end of the season, writes Peter Martini. Nothing has yet been signed but the 21-year-old is training at Belle Vue with a view to securing a contract for
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Knights' coach agrees to stay on next season
TITLE-winning boss Mick Cook is staying at York City Knights next season, the Evening Press can reveal. The 44-year-old has agreed a new deal at Huntington Stadium after taking the club to promotion to LHF National League One with Sunday's memorable win
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Refuse plan is to save money
I NOTE the city is introducing a 50 per cent cutback in refuse services. I, along with 60,000 other York residents, have received their leaflet pretending to champion recycling when, in fact, it is a Trojan horse for a massive reduction in service. Our
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When did we vote for metrication?
G LEDGER promotes the idea that metric measures are the most easily understood as well as the most "sophisticated and efficient" way of measuring and suggests "the anti-metric argument is a backward-looking one" (Letters, August 23). Well, give them 25.4
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Violent approach
I WAS shocked that you printed the letter from Jeremy D Fox in which he offered to go into Rowntree Park with his shotgun and kill the geese (August 22). What sort of world are we living in? An increasingly violent world. How are we ever going to teach
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Avoid suffering
REGARDING the goose problem (August 22), the city council should use the old method of leaving a single egg in each nest, and replacing all the others with stone or ceramic ones. Those eggs which have been removed should then be transported well out of
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Old school woe
MY great grandfather, Frank Marshall, was headteacher at the Haxby school in the 1890s which was housed in the Memorial Hall. My father and his eight brothers and sisters went there. I was a pupil from 1949 until the school moved to the Ralph Butterfield
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Lacking tact
I WRITE in response to Barbara Burn's comments 'Unfit to raise kids' (Letters, August 19). Some social workers have no idea how to treat people who appear to them abnormal or unwell, especially vulnerable or those who have had a mental illness, or breakdown
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Deterrent for doing this is not harsh enough
READING the report 'Police double ticket numbers' (August 18), I was amazed that senior police officers have partly blamed the tickets being served on the huge number of motorists caught using their mobile phone while driving. Either people doing this
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We are big league moaners
BRITONS are more likely to complain than almost anyone else, research revealed yesterday. We are even more vociferous than the Americans when it comes to grumbling. Altogether, 36 per cent of us have spoken out against a company or organisation in the
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Way we were
Thursday, August 25, 2005 100 years ago At about 8 o'clock in the morning, one of the large remaining sections of the Knaresborough Castle ruins fell to the ground. The pile was one near to the entrance to the Castle Grounds. Fortunately no one was near
