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Hew spree
Heworth 'A' kicked off their CMS Yorkshire League division three campaign with a comfortable 32-4 beating of Featherstone Lions 'A'. Tries from Stuart Watson (2), Sean Brough (2), Dave Varley set Heworth well on their way with Watson converting one of
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Promotion is clear for Tykes
Fast bowler Mark Cleary, Yorkshire's new Australian signing, arrived at Headingley and vowed to help the Tykes win promotion to the First Division of the Championship. Cleary, 25, recommended by his South Australia captain Darren Lehmann, who returns
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York Butt out of contention
York Cricket Club lost the Black Sheep Brewery Trophy final by six wickets to Pudsey Congs. It was the Bradford League side's fourth victory out of the last five finals. York chose to bat on a hot day and a good pitch, making a steady, if unspectacular
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I'm under the thumb
Life's been a bit quiet in the Hearld residence lately. Maybe it's because I've given in and meekly concede that the Iron Maiden rules the roost. After a hard day hand-cranking the press to produce thousands of newspapers, I go home to my list of chores
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Oil misery rocks world
OLDER motorists remember the shock when petrol hit the £1 a gallon mark. Today York passed an equally chilling milestone: £1 a litre. An ill wind in the Gulf of Mexico has sent a chill around the world. When Hurricane Katrina blew out a chunk of US refining
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Look after our rivers properly
YOUR article reported "Fears For Fish In River Foss" (September 2). I must say that these fears are very real. York council and the custodians of the River Foss Navigation should be ashamed at the way in which they dismiss the opening of a sluice to allow
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Chance missed
OVER the last couple of days the River Foss water level has been greatly reduced, leaving a large expanse of mud and debris. This would have given the council or water authority a wonderful opportunity to remove some of that debris which has accumulated
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Mo's mow is best on show
I STILL think the best York street entertainment act is the one I call "Rag-time and Bone Man" - the one man band and singing dog, Little Mo. The animal's rendition of One Man Went To Mow leaves all the other street acts standing - on two legs! Even Mr
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Think big, doll
Never one to shrink from a challenge, JO HAYWOOD discovers that small things can be big business. DOLLS' houses are not child's play. They are part of a multi-million pound industry aimed at the adult hobby market. It is now such a popular pastime that
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Wasted chance
I BELONG to the responsible 60 per cent of York residents who use the council's existing doorstep recycling facility each week and I welcome most initiatives the council may introduce to encourage further recycling. However, I can not believe that they
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Totally impractical
DOES the city council really think it is being environmentally friendly when, in October, it will force 60,000 households in York to make extra journeys to one of only three centres that take cardboard packaging, once the fortnightly green and grey bin
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Taxing question
IF, as Coun Waller says, not recycling more would cost an extra £100 on the council tax in landfill fines, I assume he is saying this in relation to next year's bills. But, assuming they introduced the new wheelie bin plan in September-October, we must
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The band is back
AS the Railway Institute's Golden Rail Brass Band come to the end of their summer concerts I remind everyone of an extra engagement. We join with the institute's drama group, the Rising Stars, for a concert at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre on Saturday,
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Pub will stub out smoking
A YORK pub is pressing ahead with its plans to go smoke-free, despite the tobacco ban denting its owner's profits. The Postern Gate, in Piccadilly, will stub out smoking within the next few months, following the example of about 15 other pubs in its chain
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Mast battle to continue
ANGRY York residents have pledged to "keep up the fight" against a controversial mobile phone mast - even though the odds are now stacked against them. Phone company T-Mobile wants to install a 10m-high mast in a busy residential area in Tang Hall Lane
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Tough battle for holders
EIGHT couples will line up for the IT Sports Ladies Doubles tournament at Fulford on September 17 (1pm). They include holders Wendy Stirke and Louise Lister (York), who came through a tight group at Bishopthorpe after holding out against Selby's Lucy
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Nap hand torture for Dringhouses
CHAMPIONS Dringhouses, who lost only three times in the whole of last season, went down for the second time in the new Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division campaign. This time the loss was a 5-2 defeat suffered at Thorpe United
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Daz to take time out
YORK City Knights favourite Darren Callaghan is set to return to amateur club York Acorn in the off-season - and he might be going for good. The 29-year-old utility ace, who has played more games for the Knights than any other player, is currently mulling
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Police puzzled by man's death
MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a York charity fundraiser, whose disappearance sparked a nationwide search before his body was pulled from the River Nidd. An inquest into the death of Tristan Long, 29, who worked for the International Service development
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Nap hand torture for Dringhouses
CHAMPIONS Dringhouses, who lost only three times in the whole of last season, went down for the second time in the new Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division campaign. This time the loss was a 5-2 defeat suffered at Thorpe United
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Talking a good gain
York City supporters can raise money for the club while telephoning their mates to discuss the latest results thanks to its new fund-raising initiative, City Talk. Billy McEwan and the players took a break from training for to officially launch the new
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Way we were
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 100 years ago The York Equitable Industrial Society Limited, opened its 16th grocery and provision branch Co-operative shop at the corner of Lawrence Street and James Street, which was attended by over 600 people. The President
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Jones' joy then jolt but New crew off to a flier
Newly-promoted New Earswick All Blacks hit their Pennine League division one season at full pace with a turbulent 12-man opening day win over St Joseph's. Ben Jones, the two-try star of the early exchanges, found himself back in the dressing-room with
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Pub will stub out smoking
A YORK pub is pressing ahead with its plans to go smoke-free, despite the tobacco ban denting its owner's profits. The Postern Gate, in Piccadilly, will stub out smoking within the next few months, following the example of about 15 other pubs in its chain
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Diary of despair
Drunks urinating on her car and vandals trampling her flowerbed... it's just a typical week in the life of one ordinary Clifton resident. STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to Jill Cockrill, whose diary is shown below. JILL Cockrill couldn't have asked for a better
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Daz to take time out
YORK City Knights favourite Darren Callaghan is set to return to amateur club York Acorn in the off-season - and he might be going for good. The 29-year-old utility ace, who has played more games for the Knights than any other player, is currently mulling
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Tom to triumph aboard chookie - 06/09/05
It's the start of Doncaster's four-day St Leger meeting tomorrow and Norton jockey Tom Eaves is aiming to figure in the thick of the action aboard a horse who has already done him proud. Eaves teams-up with Chookie Heiton in the totesport Portland Handicap
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England seek O-valiant day
LESS than 48 hours to go and the conclusion to the summer's most gripping sports combat will start. England and Australia will congregate at The Oval for their winner-takes-all summit meeting at which cricket's holy grail, the Ashes, will be the ultimate
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Looking good
A YEAR ago today the Evening Press threw off our old clothes and took to the streets in an exciting new look. The unwieldy broadsheet gave way to the zippier compact. On that first day, we held our breath as we awaited your verdict. Happily, city and
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Greed is not good
I READ with interest the recent articles and letters regarding the formation of a local party for local people. The recent furore seems to have been sparked by the social housing shortage, which is apparently all the fault of "incomers". I would suggest
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Railway woes
YOUR correspondent Mr Pearce of Thormanby wrote about his Bank Holiday train trip from hell, aboard a Transpennine service to Scarborough (September 2). I had an identical experience when returning from Aberystwyth earlier this year, via Arriva Trains
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Archbishop so wrong on "racist" Church
I READ with horror that the new Archbishop of York described the Church of England as "institutionally racist" (August 30). I am a member of the Church of England and I and, I imagine, many, many more) resent that remark. I have travelled widely in England
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Realism binned
KRISTY Walton's letter will no doubt continue to fuel the debate about refuse collections in York (September 3). Our council continues to hide behind legislation which clearly does not intend to create the mayhem likely to ensue with their planned bins
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Marching to the beat of history
A SERVICE to mark the Battle Of Britain, a village festival and a dance festival were some of the events to take place in and around York over the weekend. On Sunday, the North Yorkshire Royal Air Force Association held its Battle of Britain Memorial
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Terry's all gold
EVENING Press readers were today hailed for their generosity, after a flood of donors rushed to the aid of crime victims featured in our pages. Barber Terry Smith, owner of the Classic Cutz Barbers shop, in Heworth, York, was one of the many kind-hearted
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End of the road for flagstones
HIGHWAYS bosses are set to rip up pavement flagstones in two parts of York, despite protests from scores of residents. City of York Council is proposing to replace concrete flagstones with asphalt in Stockton Lane, Heworth, and in Emerald Street, The
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Appeal to save deer
THERE are no dangerous lions, tigers, giraffes or elephants at Monk Park Farm. Visitors come instead to see cuddly rabbits, lambs, goats and some deer that graze quietly in a field. But now bureaucrats are insisting that if the fallow deer are to stay
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Jones' joy then jolt but New crew off to a flier
Newly-promoted New Earswick All Blacks hit their Pennine League division one season at full pace with a turbulent 12-man opening day win over St Joseph's. Ben Jones, the two-try star of the early exchanges, found himself back in the dressing-room with
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What a great year...
IT'S exactly one year since the Evening Press went compact - and what a great year it's been. It was a year in which Royal Ascot came to York and the eyes of the world focused on our city. Day after day, we brought you reports and pictures of the royal
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Love split cop faces charges
A DECORATED police officer credited with helping to reform York's binge-drinking culture has been accused of harassing his former partner. PC David Boag, who was awarded a long service and good conduct medal in 2001, will appear before Harrogate Magistrates
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Promotion is clear for Tykes
Fast bowler Mark Cleary, Yorkshire's new Australian signing, arrived at Headingley and vowed to help the Tykes win promotion to the First Division of the Championship. Cleary, 25, recommended by his South Australia captain Darren Lehmann, who returns
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37,000 motorists to desert city car parks
AS many as 37,000 motorists may desert York's car parks this year - leaving council bosses with a massive budget headache. Parking revenue from city centre car parks is on course to be £367,000 less than the authority forecast. City of York Council is
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It's fete, but that's life
There's nothing like a village fete to separate the men from the boys. It is when large adult males who have clearly spent every night for the past 15 years slumped on the sofa watching TV roll their sleeves up and join the tug-o'-war. They really throw
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Tony chews over the 1970s
REMEMBER the "mighty chew"? Tony Blackburn does. The man who launched Radio 1 rang the Diary to promote the relaunch of the Texan Bar, that Seventies sweetshop sensation previously advertised by a chocoholic cowboy. Nostalgic folk at York's Nestl Rowntree
