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Punishing way to make good
STEPHEN LEWIS joins a group of offenders who are starting to pay something back to the community. IT'S lunchtime at the Bell Farm social hall. About 20 people are sitting at a long table in the centre of the hall, tucking into a healthy, three-course
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Fox hunter's bold reward is glass act
York City Knights winger Peter Fox has been presented with the inaugural LHF National League Two Top Try-Scorer award. Fox crossed the try line 21 times in the Knights NL2-winning league season to top the table by three tries and was also named in the
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Let's just get rid of the BBC
WE are told the BBC is looking for an increase in the licence fee equal to around two per cent above inflation for the next seven years, mainly to pay for the change from analogue to digital TV. Not only will they insist on an increase in the licence
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No vision at all
"WHERE there is no vision, the people perish." Many people like myself will have been listening with increasing doubt, if not despair, to the speeches of would-be Tory leaders, and similarly to the "we have heard it all before" offerings of Tony Blair
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Just go wild
I AM always sorry when people call for every piece of green space to be "tidied" as though it were a formal public park. In spring, Janet Kitchen enjoyed seeing daffodils in the Malton Road verges but now complains about the wild plants that have taken
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Dredging sense
I WOULD endorse John Robson's view that dredging of the Ouse should be reinstated to help ease flooding. Politicians seem to love visible and expensive projects as opposed to simple and less obvious solutions (excuse my cynicism but I often wonder why
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UKIP only option
MARGARET Martin's criticism of UKIP is flawed (Letters, October 11). She claims that every general election since 1975 having produced a Government which rejects UKIP's policy of holding a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU is evidence
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Fly tipping worry
SINCE the refuse collections are every other week, the council is aware that York residents are going to have bins overflowing and will have to make extra journeys to the tip. So will we get a reduction in council tax for doing the bin men's job? Fly
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Hospital chief overwhelmed by response
STAFF, parents and children got behind the launch of the Guardian Angel's appeal at York Hospital. Special displays have been set up around the hospital to let patients and visitors know why the £300,000 appeal is so important, and how it will change
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Children's unit will be first in the region
GUARDIAN Angels will create the first paediatric high dependency unit of its kind in the region, health bosses have confirmed. The two-bedded unit, which you are helping to fund, will be the only unit in Yorkshire able to deal with youngsters arriving
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Speedy chats craze ignites
YOU have heard of speed dating. Now try Business Link York and North Yorkshire's latest craze - speed consulting. Picture the scene: 40 professionals engaged in paired-up, short conversations with each other in an effort to create successful matchmaking
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Ashes to ashes
IN uncertain times it is natural to take comfort from those lasting traditions which are part of the fabric of the nation. Such as beer and cricket. Selby MP John Grogan is a proponent of both. As chairman of the Parliamentary beer group he requested
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£22m schools revamp granted
MILLIONS of pounds will be ploughed into shaking up secondary school provision in the west of York, after the council was attained a huge funding bid from the Government, it emerged today. As reported in earlier editions of today's Evening Press, the
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Alleged killer denies murder
AN alleged murderer has denied kicking a former flatmate to death in his York home. John William Leslie Wood, 39, claimed Wilfred Barlow, 44, attacked Peter Robinson in the flat's bedroom. Wood claimed he eventually managed to get Barlow off Mr Robinson
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Ten times able RI
York RI 'B' proved too strong for Groves WMC 'B' winning 10-0 in their NEDL York and District Table Tennis League division one match. Holgate WMC 'A' also prevailed by 8-2 over Groves WMC 'A'. John Farmery won all three for Holgate and Alfie Potter two
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Fox hunter's bold reward is glass act
York City Knights winger Peter Fox has been presented with the inaugural LHF National League Two Top Try-Scorer award. Fox crossed the try line 21 times in the Knights NL2-winning league season to top the table by three tries and was also named in the
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Knights vigil on 'U'-turn duo talks
YORK City Knights are awaiting new talks with Leigh Centurions over the transfer sagas involving Tere Glassie and Dana Wilson. The Evening Press revealed earlier this month that the Cook Islanders had penned high-profile deals at Huntington Stadium only
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Lord of the skies
York hang glider Richard Lovelace has flown into the world top 40 after becoming national champion in a golden summer. Successes this summer include: becoming the UK national champion and coming third in the incorporated FAI international, finishing 26th
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Douglas sends his greetings
MARGARET Thatcher is sent birthday greetings today - by the man who accompanied her around York on her first visit to the city as Tory leader. Baroness Thatcher has turned 80, and celebrates with a lavish reception in London tonight attended by Jeremy
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Tam-tastic repeat
YORK City's recent 3-0 victory at Tamworth will be screened in KitKat Crescent Social Club before Saturday's home match against Canvey Island. The full game will be on the big screen from 1pm for the benefit of supporters who were unable to travel to
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Way we were
Thursday, October 13, 2005 100 years ago A E Washington of 31, Parliament Street, York, was advertising his range of winter goods featuring Satisfactory Shirts for Cold Weather. The advertisement said: "This week we make a special show of Flannel Shirts
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Heworth duo back to boost numbers
HEWORTH ARLC will have forwards Dan Briggs and Simon Harrison back on Saturday as they look to regroup - literally - for the visit of Crosfields. The Villagers travelled with only 15 players for the long trip to Millom last week and returned with a 48
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All Blacks out of cup
New Earswick All Blacks Under-16s slipped out of the Yorkshire Cup at the first hurdle to division one rivals Norland Sharks. In a defensive game, strong running from props Sam Waite and Gareth Swanson gained All Blacks yards but chances were few and
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Knights vigil on 'U'-turn duo talks
YORK City Knights are awaiting new talks with Leigh Centurions over the transfer sagas involving Tere Glassie and Dana Wilson. The Evening Press revealed earlier this month that the Cook Islanders had penned high-profile deals at Huntington Stadium only
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Notnow for market rise - 13/10/05
The old firm of Sir Michael Stoute and Kieren Fallon can strike at Newmarket tomorrow with Notnowcato, who bids to repeat his win over the same course and distance in the spring. Absent from the track for four months in the summer, Notnowcato has clearly
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Not illuminating
WELL done once again to the cash-strapped York council. At the end of October the first phase of illuminating some historic sites in the City at a cost of £1.8 million is to be introduced. All this to encourage people into the city centre in the evenings
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Terrible cost of EU
I WOULD like to point out that in this country hardly anyone even now is aware of the European Union's nature, of the terrible cost it imposes on us and of the way it has sucked the blood out of our Parliament and our courts, or of its ultimate aims.
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Punctured efforts
IN disposing of waste at the Foss Bank site over the past three months, I have sustained three punctures due to the sea of nails with which the site is strewn. Now, some £45 poorer, I decide to use the advertised site for plastic bottles at Tesco on Clifton
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Ringing in a moan about modern life
PLEASE can I have a little moan about this so-called modern age? Earlier this year I had a complaint with BT about a charge on my phone bill, so I rang about this and I was flabbergasted with the reply; press number one, two, three, four for this, then
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Taking care of the children
Health Reporter CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL looks at how the current children's unit will be transformed after the necessary £300,000 is raised in the Evening Press Guardian Angels appeal. THIS is where the sickest children in York are nursed back to health. The
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Raw draw for 'Trees
Rawcliffe drew 2-2 with Nestl Rowntree in the York Mitchell Sports Football League first division. Robin Jefferson scored both Rawcliffe goals, Charlie Binns and Kieran Flanagan replying. Strensall lost at home to Bishopthorpe White Rose. Adam Houghton
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Josh spree flourishes again
Josh Stilgoe found the back of the net for the third week running as York Under-11 schoolboys chalked up a comfortable 2-1 win over Leeds. York dominated for long periods so much that the final scoreline flattered Leeds. Early chances fell to Paul Winterburn
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Word we dare not name
HOW to write this without using the dreaded word? That could be a challenge. If my maths is right, and that would be a first, there are only 61 days to go until the day I'd rather not name, if it's all right by you. At this time of year, with summer collapsing
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Free stands at ideas showcase
WHERE are all the young business brainboxes of York and North Yorkshire? A free place awaits you at a giant exhibition in York early next year. The plea has gone out from Andy Milson, manager of Innovation Central, the experiment held at last year's Venturefest
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Preparing for flu scare
TALK of a possible influenza pandemic is frightening. But no talk would be more frightening still. If the authorities were adopting the ostrich approach to avian flu we would have the right to be deeply worried. Instead, "a great deal of local multi-agency
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Sandal feat
YORK Rugby Union Club Under-8s swept the board at the Sandal festival. After their previous defeat at Morley, the York ranks strengthened defence and support play to fine effect. They beat all five opponents and scored 25 tries to bag their trophy from
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Boost for retail bid
AMBITIOUS plans to transform a dilapidated corner of York into a new retail park have come one step closer with the purchase of land worth about £150,000. City of York Council has bought a string of small land parcels which will open up space for a link
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Knitting cruise raises cash for cancer charity
A VISION in pink floated through York, as fundraising women launched a knitting cruise on the Ouse. The effort, in aid of The Breast Cancer Campaign, saw needles clicked furiously on the boat, which was decorated with pink balloons and banners. Scarves
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Legal war
THE lengthy wrangle over the future of York's Barbican Centre is heading back to the courts. Magistrates will next week consider an appeal by campaigners against City of York Council's decision to grant a licence to serve alcohol into the early hours.
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'Some residents are asking if the zone still stands My answer is yes'
THE senior policeman responsible for bringing the first dispersal order to York has warned that police can still break up gangs of troublemakers. Officers brought in the powers to target groups of young people making life difficult for residents in a
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Full consultation of school shake-up next year
PARENTS, governors and staff at three York secondary schools will be given their say on plans for a major shake-up after the Government pledged millions to the proposals. But the full consultation process into what will happen to Oaklands, Lowfield and
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York public loos could become new info centre
A GATEWAY to the whole of Yorkshire tourism could open up at York city centre's famous Splash Palace public toilets. That vision has been put forward by one of 17 consultants invited to be interviewed next Wednesday for the job of drawing up a feasibility
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Hope of extra £1m to ease crisis
AN EXTRA £1 million could help to ease York council's budget crisis - if Government Treasury chiefs agree. York MP Hugh Bayley says the Government is considering spreading the Area Cost Adjustment (ACA) to the city, in a move which could bridge part of
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Dismay hits double duel
YORK'S Under-25s' national double rink championship indoor bowls campaign was short-lived as they bowed out to Newcastle team The Parks 49-27. At home, Paul Humphreys, Andrew Brook, Jamie Lee and Liam Henderson had a tough encounter against a rink skipped
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Tractor crash sparks chemical alert
A FARMER had a miraculous escape after his tractor - which was carrying a load of sulphuric acid - overturned on a busy dual carriageway. The tractor, which was carrying machinery holding 400 litres of acid, was in collision with a car that was trying
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Acorn must improve their attack, says manager Lumby
YORK Acorn ARLC will need to improve their attacking prowess if they are to have more joy in National Conference division two. That was the message from manager Paul Lumby ahead of their clash at Castleford Lock Lane, which has been brought forward to
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Letter raises controversy in women's game
YORK Acorn Ladies player-coach Michaela Hirst has refused to comment on allegations made by rival team East Hull following the abandonment amid stormy scenes of their opening game of the season. The matter came to a head as East Hull sent a letter to
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No old pals act by Adrian
Adrian Morley, who cheered Leeds to victory over Bradford in last year's engage Super League Grand Final, will be at the heart of the Bulls' efforts to wrest the trophy from them at Old Trafford on Saturday. Bradford's Great Britain international will
