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Swearing is such a big curse
If children in one school can use five swear words before being disciplined, is bad language finally acceptable, asks CHRIS TITLEY. WHEN John Lydon used the f-word combined with the c-word for the first time on British television last year, on I'm A Celebrity
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Happy birthday to a club going places
TODAY is the third birthday of York City Knights and it is pretty impressive to see how far the club has come in those three years. The new club apparently reached their cash deadline to be admitted to the Rugby Football League on this day in 2002 and
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Forward move for Simon
Simon Hill, UK managing director of global automotive supplier Kostal, has been appointed as Yorkshire Forward's new executive director of business. Mr Hill, 41, and married with two children, succeeds Susan Johnson who recently left the regional development
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Cracking the da Vinci code
ARTISTS and scientists from across the globe are to converge on York in an effort to find common ground between their apparently divergent interests - a conundrum that has baffled scholars since Leonardo da Vinci's work during the 16th century. The quest
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Trade fury over road closures
ANGRY traders claim they could lose thousands of pounds over plans to shut the main road through a York community. They claim plans to close The Village - the road that links Wigginton and Haxby - for a fortnight to carry out resurfacing work will mean
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Heat is on over gas site flats
A FORMER gasworks in the heart of York is to be developed with more than 20 further flats - after councillors gave the scheme the thumbs-up, despite fears about its "high density". Housebuilder Persimmon has already won permission to build 148 flats on
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Bus fares rise
THE firm which runs York's Park&Ride services says the soaring price of petrol has forced it to increase its fares. First's new £2 adult return will represent more than a ten per cent change in price - the first rise in the fare for two years. First
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Jazz singer to star on new TV show
A YOUNG jazz singer has taken creativity to new lengths as she gears up to perform for millions of people. Holly Taymar, now a familiar face on York's music scene, has created every cover of her new EP, making it a very personal artistic project. She
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Dire Phoenix in new low
Yorkshire Phoenix gave their worst performance of the season under the Canterbury floodlights last night as they plunged to a six-wicket defeat with 14 overs spare against Kent Spitfires. Craig White's out-played men suffered their eighth defeat in ten
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Acorn flex their muscles
YORK Acorn ARLC warmed up for their debut game in National Conference League division one with a big friendly win over local rivals New Earswick All Blacks. The promoted Blue and Golds, who start their campaign on Saturday at home to East Leeds, won 62
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Staff fears as KitKat factory bosses axed
WORKERS were today in turmoil at Nestl Rowntree's KitKat factory after a number of senior posts were axed in what bosses described as "a review of shift managers". At least two managers have already been escorted from the Wigginton Road plant without
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Knights cool on big Mac link-up
YORK City Knights are disregarding rumours that former Great Britain star Barrie McDermott could be on his way to Huntington Stadium. The Knights are set to strengthen the squad in the aftermath of their promotion to LHF National League One and, as such
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Frozen out
BRIGHT young graduate Kirsteen Young gained a top degree in physiotherapy - but after four months she cannot find a hospital post. Kirsteen, 22, said the NHS is crying out for more staff in her field - but cash-strapped departments cannot afford to pay
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Empty houses shame owners
WITH the continued increases in property prices in York, I read with interest your article 'Neglected house row' (August 25). My daughter and grandson live with us and would love a property such as the one mentioned in Almsford Road, but all seem out
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Waste of time
COULD somebody please tell me how Safer York Partnership benefits the community? Funded with taxpayers' money, this seems to me to be an extravagant organisation where, not only the department itself but also the incumbents, are there purely for decoration
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Music ban is unfair to charity Tithe Barn
THE White Horse Inn on the Village Green at Upper Poppleton has been granted a licence for music to be played outdoors until 10pm every day, and indoors until one hour before closing time each and every day, with the windows being closed at 10pm (August
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It was legitimate
I CANNOT understand Colin S Jeffrey's reference to Britain's "shameful past" (Letters, August 24). His examples of "slave trading and imperialist acquisition of a global empire" were acceptable at the time and were encouraged by the church as a means
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Wasteful idea
I AGREE that everyone can play their part in reducing the amount of rubbish we create. However, once again we see the poor management and handling of an important issue by our council, which is typical of the way they go about their business. Parking
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Shaw-fired cup success
Pickering Town and Goole are both through to the first qualifying round of the FA Cup after forcing their way through preliminary round replays last night. Gary Shaw twice found the back of the net to send Goole to the next level with £1,000 in their
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Knights cool on big Mac link-up
YORK City Knights are disregarding rumours that former Great Britain star Barrie McDermott could be on his way to Huntington Stadium. The Knights are set to strengthen the squad in the aftermath of their promotion to LHF National League One and, as such
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How I got clean away
SOME women really do love cleaning. I should know - my mother's one of them. Some people collect china animals, cuddly toys, or stamps; my mother collects Cilit Bang, Cif and Mr Sheen, all jammed into a cupboard like an alcoholic's hoard. As a child I
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Fan's thanks to supportive City
YORK City supporter Beverley East-Watson has won a personal battle of her own after recovering from thyroid cancer. Beverley, 19, underwent four sessions of Iodine radiotherapy at the Cookridge Hospital in Leeds but has now received results that confirmed
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Acorn flex their muscles
YORK Acorn ARLC warmed up for their debut game in National Conference League division one with a big friendly win over local rivals New Earswick All Blacks. The promoted Blue and Golds, who start their campaign on Saturday at home to East Leeds, won 62
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York council plans smoking ban for staff
YORK's biggest employer could soon close smoking rooms for its workers. Bosses at City of York Council are considering a cigarette ban - and councillors will be asked to endorse the proposals in the next couple of weeks. The move would mark a significant
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Rock solid bid - 31/08/05
Bartra Rock, who looked an unlucky loser at Musselburgh last week, heads to Redcar tomorrow in search of quick compensation and is awarded the Nap vote. The gelding, trained near Richmond in North Yorkshire by Alan Swinbank, goes for the Clam Handicap
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Dire Phoenix in new low
Yorkshire Phoenix gave their worst performance of the season under the Canterbury floodlights last night as they plunged to a six-wicket defeat with 14 overs spare against Kent Spitfires. Craig White's out-played men suffered their eighth defeat in ten
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The Robards Report: Blazing the techno trail
DON'T we all love to pigeonhole things? It doesn't matter whether it's the job that we do, the hobbies we have, or the music we like - people feel more comfortable if we fit into a nicely-defined category. Similarly, when we refer to Science City York
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Apprentice search...
AN OFFER of apprenticeships has gone out to 28 school leavers from York-based Shepherd Engineering Services (SES). They will be trained in the traditional disciplines of heating and ventilation, plumbing and electrical trades over a four-year period.
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Local homes for locals
SARAH Warriner, Martin Lambert and their children Nathan and Hayden are the human faces of York's housing crisis. Crammed into a one-bedroom house in Acomb, they have been on the waiting list for a new home since the dawn of the millennium. Yet they have
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Get the rapist
TODAY a number of York businesses, including the publishers of this newspaper, have joined with the Crimestoppers Trust to put up a £2,000 reward for the capture of the "hoodie rapist". Most of us are motivated to help the police by nothing more than
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OAP's shock at huge cost for insurance
A PENSIONER was stunned when her household insurance premium rocketed from £318 to a staggering £803 - almost five years after her York home was badly flooded. Margaret Walker said the hike by Fortis Insurance came like a "bolt from the blue", after she
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150 OAPs catch new superbug
MORE than 150 elderly York Hospital patients have caught a potentially deadly stomach bug, official figures reveal - but rates in the city compared favourably with many other areas. The Department of Health has released its first official figures into
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Hewson bounces back for Goldrush victory
THE Saturday open at the Willows fishery near York drew a respectable entry of 35 who enjoyed some good sport on Goldrush Lake. Trevor Rymer (Ultimate Henglesport) scored an easy win from peg 35. Fishing pole into open water, Rymer first bagged up on
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Late licence for two nightclubs
THOUSANDS of visitors to one of the main hubs of York's night life will soon be able to drink and dance even later. Licensing chiefs have given the go-ahead for bosses at Nexus and McMillans to open their doors until 3.30am at weekends. The two clubs,
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Fan's thanks to supportive City
YORK City supporter Beverley East-Watson has won a personal battle of her own after recovering from thyroid cancer. Beverley, 19, underwent four sessions of Iodine radiotherapy at the Cookridge Hospital in Leeds but has now received results that confirmed
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Council housing shake-up on way
A REVOLUTIONARY new way of allocating council housing which favours York people is on the cards. City of York Council wants to move from the traditional points-based system to a "band approach" to make the system fairer. Applicants would be placed in
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Turpin's policy
CITY of York Council has a duty to the people of York to keep them informed on the performance of their car parking charges (August 24). After all, we vote for them! Also, I should like to know why it is that residents in The Groves area (for example)
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Free range kids
IT is a diabolical disgrace that York youngsters, who should be either indoors or tucked up in bed, are allowed to roam the estates and streets like free range hens and headless chickens. How symbolic then, that they should decide to throw eggs at people's
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Workers exploited in name of fashion
YOUR article on the stockpiling of clothing being imported from China makes no reference to the fact that this clothing is made by poorly paid women workers, either in China itself or in subcontract workshops elsewhere 'Storm in a A D-cup', August 29)
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Proud of care
I object to the tone of the editorial column that appeared on August 19 in the Evening Press. I was very disappointed by the inaccuracies and exasperated by the attitudes it conveys. I cannot see that the opinion in the column is based on any source material
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Save the No 4
I HAVE been told that First is changing the No 4 bus route and it will no longer be going down Heslington Road. Why? Because they want to put on double buses to accommodate the thousands of new students going to York University. Yet many people such as
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Look, we've 'bin' here before
IS this a political U-turn we see before us? "Lib Dems have condemned the plans that will see the borough's weekly rubbish collection dropped in favour of a fortnightly collection," we read on an internet site. "The plans suggest the fortnightly collection
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Way we were
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 100 years ago Messrs Boots, cash chemists, who had recently opened a branch shop at the corner of Nicholas Street and Newborough, Scarborough, had conferred a great boon on the public by erecting a magnificent clock at the corner
