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Spurr signs for Knights
CENTRE Chris Spurr has re-signed for York City Knights and will be aiming to bounce back from his injury-plagued 2005 campaign. The Great Britain Students player, an ex-Batley centre who can also play on the wing, first signed for York in late July 2004
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Parents of brave Emily back our campaign
LOOKING at the smile on Emily Franks' face, it is hard to believe that only last year she fought for her life in intensive care. As she battled against meningitis and septicaemia, Emily's parents were so frightened of losing her that they christened her
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Davis' treble trance
Ryan Davis completed a hat-trick of trebles as York St John's College demolished Huntington 4-1 in the York Sunday Afternoon Football League division one. It was his third hat-trick in as many games, and Ben Holden hit the fourth. Walnut Tree got their
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Mathie out as he Bax youngster
PICKERING Town player-boss Alex Mathie has paid the price for his team-mates' form ahead of the Northern Counties East Football League game of the day. The former Newcastle and York City striker has decided to keep himself out of his line-up for tomorrow's
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They did us all proud
HEROES of York - we salute you. The city's unsung community stalwarts were honoured at a glittering ceremony last night in the Ebor Suite at York Racecourse. The event was the culmination of our York Community Pride campaign to unearth the city's real
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Feeding the thousand
ONE of York's biggest employers has taken on a new catering company to feed its growing numbers of staff. The Catering People of Wetherby has won a £300,000 contract to daily feed the 1,100 people working at CPP, or Card Protection Plan in Holgate Park
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Yorkshire cheesemaker awaits court decision
Ryedale MP John Greenway tries out feta cheese with Judy Bell, managing director of Shepherd's Purse Cheeses, of Thirsk, but by Tuesday the world will know whether her cheese will be legally named. Her family-run business, is now one of the UK's largest
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GNER campaign earns awards
EAST Coast train operator GNER's Back Our Bid campaign in support of its successful quest to win a new rail franchise has won one of the most coveted prizes in the public relations industry. The York-based rail company won the hotly-contested gold award
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Charity venture in urgent transport plea
A plea for help to solve a transport problem which is holding back its progress is being made by a Harrogate charity. Paperworks, which provides work experience for people with learning difficulties through offering commercial-standard print finishing
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A night for our heroes
WHAT a magical night. Those fortunate enough to be present at the York Community Pride awards were moved to laughter and tears listening to the remarkable stories of our winners. It is easy to become so focused on our problems that we lose sight of the
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Tributes to student pilot killed on take-off during solo flight
A YOUNG trainee pilot who was following her dream of learning to fly died after crashing on take-off during a solo flight. Lisa Knaggs, 21, formerly of West Pit Lane, Strensall, York, was practising the manoeuvre in a four-seat Cessna 172 aircraft at
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Civil servants picket city offices
CIVIL servants in York walked out today in a protest over widening pay gaps. The action by members of the Public and Commercial Services Union, working in Peasholme Green, followed a breakdown in talks about separate pay negotiations at the Department
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Fears for pubs in York group
A PUB landlady has spoken of her fears for other pubs across the York area after the Exhibition Hotel group was declared insolvent. Dee Hillier, who took on the Duke of York pub from the group five years ago, said waves from the financial storm had rocked
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Landlord has to pay £2,400 for fly-tipping
FLY-TIPPING in York has landed a pub landlord with a £1,000 fine. Mark Forrest, of Harrogate, pleaded guilty to dumping his commercial waste at Clifton Moor Retail Park in November 2004. Successfully prosecuted by City of York Council, he was fined £1,000
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Holiday killing 'hitmen' probe
A GANG of armed robbers may be behind the brutal murder of a retired North Yorkshire businessman in Venezuela, it was revealed today. Police in Margarita said the murder of Kenneth Todd, 62, had all the hallmarks of a group of "professional hitmen" known
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All change for York as they seek vital points off Brid
YORK RUFC will continue to tinker with a winning line-up when they take on Bridlington at Clifton Park tomorrow. Fresh from a 60-7 annihilation of North Shields in the second round of the Intermediate Cup, York still make a series of changes for this
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First Mourinho now McEwan
YORK City will travel to Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday knowing they must contain a player who Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho once failed to keep off the scoresheet on his way to taking Porto to UEFA Cup glory. Mourinho is renowned for his mean defences
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They did us all proud
HEROES of York - we salute you. The city's unsung community stalwarts were honoured at a glittering ceremony last night in the Ebor Suite at York Racecourse. The event was the culmination of our York Community Pride campaign to unearth the city's real
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Has anyone seen old Boney?
ON the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Napoleon has disappeared. Not the real one: he's still tucked up in his appropriately ostentatious tomb in Paris. But York's Napoleon, the life-size wooden model which used to stand guard outside The
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First Mourinho now McEwan
YORK City will travel to Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday knowing they must contain a player who Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho once failed to keep off the scoresheet on his way to taking Porto to UEFA Cup glory. Mourinho is renowned for his mean defences
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Kind deed
A HEARTFELT thank you to the very kind person who handed in a small bag of Boots items to Asda at Monks Cross on Saturday afternoon. The value of goods was only £7.81 - not a huge amount, but still £7.81. However it was worth a fortune in restoring my
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In the gutter
I WAS incensed and disgusted to read Mike Bentley's Saturday Soundoff which suggested that so far only 60 people have actually died from bird flu and most of these victims had caught the disease because they had sex with chickens (October 15). The article
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No comparison
PLEASE Councillor Martin Lancelott, don't insult commercial business by comparing it with anything the council does (Letters, October 14). Commercial business has to compete for its customers and control its costs within the levels of inflation. How many
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Blame the stores
WE live in an area where kerbside recycling has been in operation for a few years now and we have always given the scheme our full support. Every week we had a full recycle bin and newspaper bag as well as a full wheelie bin, which were all collected
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Story telling
I AM training to be a clinical psychologist at the University of Leeds. For my thesis I am investigating a phenomenon known as "post-traumatic growth", which is where a person feels they have gained some positive benefits from going through a traumatic
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Adults tag on to new game
Tag rugby could be the new sporting sensation in the York area if plans for a new adult tag league come off. Following on from hours of coaching and several tournaments for schoolchildren, an adults-only tag rugby festival has been set up for November
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Church workers give respite home a break
CHURCH workers descended on a respite centre in York and gave its grounds a spruce-up as part of a national charity effort. Just over 90 members of the York congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints took part in the 'Helping Hands
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It's driving me mad!
You know, after nearly four years of living in York, and having moaned on about having to drive and live in the centre of York, I feel I need to make my views known. You see before I actually moved to York, I had a 120-mile round trip every day from Sheffield
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Lay down the law for me
Does anyone know the law regarding emergency vehicles in built-up areas? I live in a quiet village on the A19 which has a 30mph speed limit. Regularly, though, police and ambulance vehicles - and especially the fire brigade - hare through the village
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York's waste mountain: why I wish shops would packet in
York's new refuse arrangements - that is, alternate weeks' collections - will be inadequate, unhygienic, unhealthy and downright unsavoury. We know how the bin smells on day seven when disposing of the last bits of rubbish prior to emptying - well, I
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Could we cope with another freezing winter like 1963?
There's a cold winter on the way - but are we ready for it? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. BRACE yourselves: we are in for a cold winter. Not as cold as the legendary winters of 1962/63 or 1947, perhaps, but colder than any we have become used to in recent years
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'Beans' means keen for Dean
DEAN O'Loughlin is hoping front-row genius in the York City Knights coaching staff will rub off on him in his time at Huntington Stadium. The 23-year-old was signed on a one-year deal from LHF National League One rivals Doncaster this week on the recommendation
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Battle for title - 21/10/05
Aidan O'Brien can clinch more than just first prize in tomorrow's £216,000 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster - the trainers' championship is also at stake. Currently £120,000 behind Sir Michael Stoute, O'Brien fields four of the nine runners in the final
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Jackson ensures Hounds dog Derwent
Hounds remain unbeaten at the top of the York John Smith's Sunday Morning League after a closely-fought 3-2 win over Derwent United. Alan Jackson opened the scoring for the Selby side in the first half to take the league leaders in 1-0 at the break. After
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Top class act
AND here's another good reason to live here. Most of our schools are terrific. That has been confirmed by the latest Government league tables. North Yorkshire County Council schools are now ranked 13th out of 149 for GCSE results, a tremendous achievement
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All change for York as they seek vital points off Brid
YORK RUFC will continue to tinker with a winning line-up when they take on Bridlington at Clifton Park tomorrow. Fresh from a 60-7 annihilation of North Shields in the second round of the Intermediate Cup, York still make a series of changes for this
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Breathing life into awareness
As Tesco launches a new service to help people with a serious lung disease, three York patients explain why raising awareness of their condition is so important. BREATHING is a function that most of us take for granted. We don't have to think about it
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Police bail for inquiry jockey
A YORK jockey arrested as part of an investigation into alleged race-fixing has been bailed to return to police in March. Robert Winston, of Huntington, spent Wednesday being questioned by City of London Police in connection with a huge inquiry into alleged
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Drunken man spat blood at police
A MAN launched a sickening drunken assault on three police officers as they tried to help him to his feet after he fell in a Selby street, a court heard. Magistrates told Christopher John Alloway, 22, that his behaviour was so disgusting they felt at
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Stressed railway worker loses legal battle
A FORMER railway worker who claimed overwork and constant pressure turned him into a nervous wreck has lost his battle for £75,000 compensation. Peter Brookes, 63, formerly of Pickering, said the stress of his job with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
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A wake-up call to act
ANGLERS have been urged to get 'snapping' over speeding boats. At least two local clubs have reported that while tackling the River Ouse in the Fulford area they have been washed out by the wake from speeding craft. The speed limit on the river is six
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Holiday killing 'hitmen' probe
A GANG of armed robbers may be behind the brutal murder of a retired North Yorkshire businessman in Venezuela, it was revealed today. Police in Margarita said the murder of Kenneth Todd, 62, had all the hallmarks of a group of "professional hitmen" known
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Jackson ensures Hounds dog Derwent
Hounds remain unbeaten at the top of the York John Smith's Sunday Morning League after a closely-fought 3-2 win over Derwent United. Alan Jackson opened the scoring for the Selby side in the first half to take the league leaders in 1-0 at the break. After
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School unveils five science labs
A SCHOOL which could close in three years has had £230,000 invested in state-of-the-art science laboratories. Lowfield School in Acomb, York, could close after City of York Council was successful in securing £22 million in Whitehall funding to shake-up
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Spurr signs for Knights
CENTRE Chris Spurr has re-signed for York City Knights and will be aiming to bounce back from his injury-plagued 2005 campaign. The Great Britain Students player, an ex-Batley centre who can also play on the wing, first signed for York in late July 2004
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No strain, no gain McEwan warns troops
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has warned any player showing a lack of respect for tomorrow's FA Cup fourth qualifying round opponents Gainsborough Trinity will be immediately substituted. McEwan takes his side to Conference North outfit Gainsborough knowing
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Disgraceful wait for pain relief
ON the subject of the appointments system at York Hospital, it is a disgrace that I have to wait 17 weeks or more to get an appointment for the pain clinic. My doctor has to see his patients within 48 hours. What is it coming to when my own doctor has
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Remove humps
IN response to Mr C Cullen (Letters, October 19), I have just put my daughter's 2001 Ford Ka into the garage for its second MOT. My daughter lives in Easingwold and works in York and both she and ourselves live on a road with speed humps on, so she has
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Hudson the hero
I WAS saddened to see that two such illustrious commentators as Bernard Ingham and Stephen Lewis failed to choose George Hudson as one of their "Great Yorkshiremen". Both, I fear, have been blinded to Hudson's huge achievements by his perceived defects
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Get a grip
YET another gloom and doom scenario is dominating newspaper headlines and radio and TV broadcasts. Bird flu is the latest horror confronting this country. Let's face it, the figures are truly horrific - no less than 60 people have died over the past three
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Comedy duo
FOR some time now it has been apparent that the chance of the York electorate returning a Lib Dem council in 2007 is slimmer than an anorexic stick insect, so it is heartening to see that this has been realised by Lib Dem councillors Lancelott and Moore
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Hang 'em
I WAS amused to read that Councillor Moore thinks that the future's bright, the future's orange (Lib Dem colours). Was it his turn to have the council's rose tinted spectacles (Letters, October 14)? Maybe he was describing York, Nebraska? It certainly
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Way we were
Friday, October 21, 2005 100 years ago On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar the streets of York were festooned with innumerable flags floating in the breeze. Coney Street, in particular, looked extremely well, nearly every building flying
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Spot the difference with coloured bulbs
YOUR readers were right when they said the York lights are terrible (October 17). There is nothing wrong with the lights themselves but they should be coloured bulbs because the silver and gold bulbs on most of the displays blend in with the street lamps
