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Brewer's scoop
WOOL done to the Black Sheep - named Brewery Of The Year in the Good Pub Guide 2006. "Good value can mean exceptional quality, even if the price is not rock bottom. One brewery which stands out for this is Black Sheep," write the guide's editors Alisdair
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Dane all set to take the bacon - 15/10/05
Playful Dane may be eight years old but this seasoned sprinter can show his junior rivals a clean pair of heels in the feature race at Musselburgh tomorrow. Scott Cunningham's gelding has been running well this year, showing all his old speed and enthusiasm
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Share our TVs
IS television going to be a luxury in the future for those on low incomes? It doesn't have to be; why not share TV viewing with your next-door neighbour? It would mean a bit of company instead of being on your own night after night. What about the idea
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Shame on Kraft for closing Terry's
I READ with great sadness of the demise of the long established chocolate manufacturer Joseph Terry & Sons of York. My father David C Stewart was for many years the company secretary and then appointed to the board as financial director. In my youth
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Rebel with a cause
Mike Tipping meets a woman making waves in the world of wine. Have you ever drunk Spanish riesling? No, neither have I but if winemaker Maria Martinez-Sierra has success with the grape, it could be with UK wine suppliers in the next few years. Maria has
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Miss Charity set to raise a pretty penny
GLAMOROUS girls competing in Miss York's 06 will help to raise funds for Guardian Angels. Girls entering the contest will be asked to raise money for the appeal, with the entrant who raises the most being crowned Miss Charity. Organiser Vivienne Lee,
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How you can help transform the unit
CAN you help the Evening Press Guardian Angels appeal ? We need every penny you can raise to ensure we reach our ambitious £300,000 target. If you want to hold a fundraising event in aid of our appeal, we'd be delighted to hear from you. We'll give you
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Remember Remember The Fifth Of November by James Sharpe (Profile, £15.99)
Stephen Lewis delves into the truth behind Guy Fawkes and bonfire night. JAMES Sharpe is a self-confessed Grumpy Old Man. He remembers once being asked by a scruffy urchin to give him a 'penny for the Guy'. "I refused on the grounds I had been baptised
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Six of the best
SIX people have been declared "community champions" for their work in York and North Yorkshire. Their work with charities has helped improve the lives of hundreds of people, including home carers, young people, patients at York Hospital, parents with
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Fraudster has sentence cut
A FRAUDSTER who used other people's names to rake in more that £40,000 has had his jail term cut - for the second time. Joseph Constantine Ashby was said to have "gone off the rails" after his relationship with his girlfriend broke down, committing the
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Students sleep in reading room
STUDENTS are being forced to sleep in a reading room at the University of York because of a lack of accommodation. A "temporary dormitory" was set up when about a dozen foreign students arrived to find there were no places for them in halls of residence
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'This is difficult for free range farmers who have chickens roaming about'
SMALL scale free range farmers are being warned to be extra vigilant to avoid an outbreak of bird flu. Advice is being offered to all poultry producers, in particular to those who keep chickens outdoors. Vice-chairman of the NFU's poultry board Chris
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Attack may have lasted 45 minutes
A MAN whose battered body was found in a York flat could have been the victim of an attack lasting three-quarters of an hour, according to one of the men accused of his murder. John William Leslie Wood, 39, denied a suggestion from prosecution barrister
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Swinging to youth
AS part of its English Cricket Board Focus Club programme, York CC is running a cricket development course for children aged seven to 11. It will be held at Canon Lee School, Rawcliffe Lane, Clifton on October 24-29 from 10am until noon. The cost is £20
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Ace York crews plunder plucky pieces of eight
WHILE the senior oarsmen of York City Rowing Club stayed on home water training for the forthcoming York Small Boats Head, the junior squad was winning in style at the Ancholme Head of the River event. The juniors swept to eight wins in all led by the
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City inch open door to investment
YORK City Supporters' Trust will consider reducing its 85 per cent ownership of the club according to its Project Spirit report. The review of the club's corporate governance framework, conducted by Trust board members Paul Rawnsley, Richard Snowball,
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Swallow comes under attack
FORMER York City favourite Paul Aimson has condemned ex-team-mate Barry Swallow. Swallow, a former club director and voted the club's Millennium Hero in a Football League centenary initiative in 1998, was slammed by Aimson for the six-figure sum the one-time
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Wedding blues
AN ALERT official became suspicious when a Portuguese woman and a Nigerian man came to York Register Office to try to arrange their wedding. City registration services manager Robert Livesey was so concerned that he notified the police, and officers were
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Come dancing, please
HURRAH, Strictly Come Dancing is back! To celebrate, I am considering placing the following advert in the personal ads: "Wanted: Tall male dancing partner (preferably gay, definitely non-smoker) to rumba with during school hours. SOH essential." The gay
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Way we were
Saturday, October 15, 2005 100 years ago At the Leeman Road Adult School, a meeting was held in support of the candidature of Mr J B Morrell, who was to be nominated in the Micklegate Ward for a seat on the York City Council. The attendance was small.
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Swan is in brief
IN your coverage of the Green Party response to the Castle Piccadilly planning brief (October 12) you reported that we had called for the inclusion of the White Swan Hotel. Councillor Galloway is quoted as saying it could not be included in the planning
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Weakest link
PERHAPS a lesson is in order as to what is regarded as green waste because it is blatantly obvious the council does not know. Garden waste is anything that is grown in the garden, not just grass and privet as the council would like us to believe. It also
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Travel woes
IN response to the article "Fury as vulnerable students' service is axed" (October 5), York Carers Together, a support group for family carers of children and adults with learning disabilities, would like to express its disappointment at the actions of
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The day my son's body shut down
NEW MUM Jo Lane should have spent Mother's Day playing happily with her baby boy. But her world turned upside down when 13-month-old Louis was suddenly taken ill. Jo, of Wigginton Road, York: "We noticed Louis wasn't himself and that he was very sleepy
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Why the Guardian Angels appeal is so necessary
THE Evening Press Guardian Angels appeal aims to transform high-dependency care on York Hospital's children's ward. We need your money to fund two life-saving high-dependency rooms with new, specialised equipment. This unit would be the first of its kind
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McDonald's, Blake Street, York
YOU may think that two visits to McDonald's in a week is a bit over the top, but there was good reason. On the first occasion, we visited specifically to sample the 'new menu range of Toasted Deli Sandwiches'. The press release said the six toasted deli
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Shady characters
Gina Parkinson discovers beauty lurking in the shadows of her garden. THE garden may be filled with tall plants gently collapsing into autumn, but a closer look lower down reveals the blooming of other shorter specimens. At this time of year, marble-leafed
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Horrible Histories: York by Terry Deary (Scholastic, £4.99)
IT was bound to happen. Having run out of Romans, finished with the First World War and nastified the Normans, Horrible Histories author Terry Deary has turned his attention to our historic cities. He's already done a Loathsome London. Now it's York's
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City legend lauds goal fever
FORMER York City favourite Paul Aimson believes the club are benefiting from the same Scottish footballing philosophy that saw the Minstermen prosper during their 1970-71 promotion campaign. Having caught up with Aimson to discuss the prospect of Clayton
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Treble feat thrills Bryan
JAUNTY golfer Bryan Schofield has definitely put the 'gen' into septuagenarian. Painful arthritis of the knees may well restrict the Old Malton-based player's golfing activities - he needs to get around with a buggy and his walking sticks - but it's not
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Don't forget your wallet!
NIGHTS out in York are the second most expensive in the country, according to a surprising new survey. The average person spends £29.60 in the city on travel, drinks and late night food, second only to London, which costs a wallet-busting £32. The Welsh
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New coach Dave transfers bad to good for Hutton girls
Coach Dave Bush has answered the prayers of a York women's football team by transforming their fortunes from losers to winners. Sheriff Hutton Ladies team made a plea for a 'miracle worker' in the Evening Press in February after never winning a match.
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Drax staff set to get windfall
HUNDREDS of staff at Drax Power Station stand to land a very welcome Christmas present - a share in a £100 million cash bonanza. Even the smallest payouts for the plant's 580 full-time employees would stretch well into thousands of pounds, with chairman
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Racegoers' airborne bug probe
HEALTH chiefs in York launched an investigation after a group of friends fell ill with a highly-contagious stomach bug. The 20 people fell sick following a day out at York Races - but environmental health officers today said their discomfort was down
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Time to shine
YORK faces a gloomy Christmas unless businesses rally round to ensure the city gets the displays it deserves. York Business Pride today launched an urgent £15,000 Christmas lights appeal. Make York Sparkle is asking businesses to dig deep to help make
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City inch open door to investment
YORK City Supporters' Trust will consider reducing its 85 per cent ownership of the club according to its Project Spirit report. The review of the club's corporate governance framework, conducted by Trust board members Paul Rawnsley, Richard Snowball,
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Swallow comes under attack
FORMER York City favourite Paul Aimson has condemned ex-team-mate Barry Swallow. Swallow, a former club director and voted the club's Millennium Hero in a Football League centenary initiative in 1998, was slammed by Aimson for the six-figure sum the one-time
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Dallowgill Moor walk
George Wilkinson explores the once famous shooting moors of Dallowgill. Tom Corner, the place, the car park, boasts a mosaic of a Roman soldier. There's also an info board that was clear about the birds, the moors and the prohibition of dogs, but slightly
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City's night life needs a boost
COUN Galloway's cheap comment "we could end up with more performance venues than there are actors" (October 12), coming a day after your report on the York Tourism Bureau, speaks volumes about this man and his gang of buffoons who run this city. While
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Ditch packaging
AN open letter to Tesco plc, regarding packaging: York has recently moved to fortnightly collections of household waste destined for landfill. Interesting therefore that many of the fresh veg items that we normally buy in our weekly shop at your store
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Methane menace
JEREMY Fox makes an important point that methane is 22 times more serious a contributor to climate change than carbon dioxide (Letters, October 7). The Lib Dem council is introducing garden waste recycling in order to reduce methane emissions as well
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The Farmer's Cart, Towthorpe Grange, Towthorpe, York
Stephen Lewis enjoys lunch at The Farmer's Cart. THE first time I visited The Farmer's Cart, three years ago, it was clear that Margaret and Geoff Sykes had hit on a revolutionary idea. They were going to sell their farm produce direct from their own
