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Jorobaden can defy penalty - 22/10/05
Jorobaden, who created a big impression when scoring at Market Rasen last Sunday, can produce an encore tomorrow at Aintree. On a programme in which the first three races will be televised live on BBC2, Jorobaden lines-up in the opening Digital Prints
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This week things go 'pop' in the night
Tipping's Tipples starts on a cautionary note this week. I recently cracked open a bottle of vintage Champagne, as part of my research for Christmas tippling suggestions. Anyway Mrs Tipping hasn't been too well recently and she was unable to down her
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Bettys Caf Tea Rooms, St Helen's Square, York
IT is something of a treat to visit Bettys. The venue attracts tourists, but should not deter local residents. We saw half a dozen familiar faces during our visit. Like us they were enjoying the elegant surroundings, attentive service and delicious food
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Football club's booking fears
YOUNG footballers have been turned out of their local York club - because all the pitches are booked up for other teams. Now Bishopthorpe Community Football Club, which runs three clubs including junior teams, fears hundreds more of its members may face
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From Raw to soar for cliffe-toppers
RAWCLIFFE Under-12s footballers have undergone a radical swing in fortune. Recent seasons have been laced with frustration, with a run of top five finishes in the league and numerous cup semi-final and final defeats. But the 2005-06 season has already
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I Should Have Been At Work by Des Lynam is published by HarperCollins, priced £18.99
DES Lynam is curious about the whole Mayor of Wetwang thing. Carol Vorderman mentioned it, he admits - but he didn't quite understand what it was all about. I explain. His predecessor as Countdown host, the late and much lamented Richard Whitely, had
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Nobody's Child, Who Are You When You Don't Know Your Past?, by Kate Adie (Hodder & Stoughton £20)
HOW often have we churned out basic details about ourselves on endless forms and in questionnaires? Most of us take for granted facts such as our date of birth and mother's maiden name. But Nobody's Child focuses on those whose births and family roots
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Saints alive to University push in student duel
York St John's struck the first blow in the battle for university rugby union supremacy after beating York University 26-13 in the opening match of their BUSA campaign. York University were the first on the board with a converted try early on, and stretched
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The Three Hares, Bilbrough
What a difference a decent road can make when visiting a country pub. When The Three Hares was last reviewed by this paper in 2001, the bar and restaurant were all but empty and the atmosphere poor - its car-borne customers apparently deterred by roadworks
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Sell-off rumours are denied
NORWICH Union has denied rumours it plans to sell off one of its key bases in York. Bosses have confirmed that about 30 workers will be shipped out to its Monks Cross site from Yorkshire House - but said the building remained a key part of its plans in
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Brabazonian feat for Malt duo
NATIONAL success came a calling for a Malton and Norton Golf Club pair on a course often graced by the world's best players, writes Peter Martini. Former club captain Eddie Ruddock and his son-in-law, Andy Shipley, won the Golf Classic competition at
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Kirkby clan celebrate but slow play to be punished
KIRKBYMOORSIDE got off to a cracking start to the York Union of Golf Clubs' Cross Trophy competition - but a dire warning was also sounded. Golfers from Kirkbymoorside won both opening events, Cross Trophy No 1 at Malton and Norton and the No 2 competition
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Thug misery at takeaway
A TURKISH shop owner in west York claims racist vandals are making his life a misery. Cuneyt Yazicioglu, 27, who runs Go For It Fast Foods, in Acomb Wood Drive, said they had suffered constant abuse from a gang of up to 20 youths outside the takeaway.
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'We're in a state of constant fear'
RESIDENTS say their lives are being made a misery by people using a drug care centre in their street. The householders in Peckitt Street, near York fire station, say drug offenders have been congregating outside their homes since the Crime Reduction Initiatives
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Every second counts, Ann
Nine traffic lights were changed to green to speed York transport boss Ann Reid's daughter to her wedding in 20 minutes - but how would they have fared without the help of council engineers? CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL took to the city's roads to find out. THE
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Master touch denies leeds
NO matter how much Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell might dislike the comparison, there is still a strong feeling of the sorcerer meeting his apprentice when Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock sits in the opposing dugout to his former number two.
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York City's Trust needs...YOU
YORK City Supporters' Trust are urging fans to step forward as candidates for a position on the Trust board. The closing date for this year's elections is Friday and, unless more people volunteer, it is possible that the four vacancies will not be filled
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House party
A ROAD layer from York plans to take his family to Disneyland after scooping more than £101,000 playing bingo. Alan Eade, 44, won the cash at the Mecca Club, in Fishergate, York, where he was playing with his partner, Linda Smith, and his friend, Derek
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Gunners go with whimper
Following news that Arsenal FC are leaving Highbury at the end of this season, the club has decided to auction some of its artefacts and have invited football fans and memorabilia collectors to make serious bids on the following items. 1 Assorted collection
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Trust size mystery
As a York City season ticket holder and a member of the Supporters' Trust I am, like all supporters, delighted at the performances and results so far this season. I am also pleased to see attendances at Kit Kat Crescent reach 3,000. However, I am diasappointed
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York City's Trust needs...YOU
YORK City Supporters' Trust are urging fans to step forward as candidates for a position on the Trust board. The closing date for this year's elections is Friday and, unless more people volunteer, it is possible that the four vacancies will not be filled
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Time to forget
FAR too much fuss is being made of the Ann Reid saga. The lady made an error of judgement, which she has acknowledged, and for which she has apologised. We are all capable of making mistakes. The person who never made a mistake never made anything. In
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Not convinced
INTERESTING article about Ann Reid trying to justify the arrangement to have the traffic lights turned green for her daughter's wedding (October 20). I am yet to be convinced. I believe Ann Reid used her position for her own convenience, as simple as
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Licence refund
TV LICENSING would like to remind university students that if they buy their TV licence before the end of October, they may be able to qualify for a refund of more than £30 at the end of the academic year. All students who use or install television equipment
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My bin is full
IT SEEMS to me that the new system of recycling has been rolled out with very little communication. I now have a lovely green wheelie bin and my normal black one, but no information on collection dates, or what I am supposed to do with all the rubbish
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Buy less, give more
YOUR "Bin It!" campaign rumbles on and many people are anxious about the quantity of domestic waste that they will have to cram into their grey bins. Much of this is food waste, creating a health hazard. It seems that we buy too much food, do not eat
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Way we were
Saturday, October 22, 2005 100 years ago The schoolroom at Rufforth was crowded, when Mr F G Parton, from the University of Leeds, gave the first of a series of lectures on poultry. The lecturer, in a most interesting and instructive address, dwelt chiefly
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An alternative seaside walk in Skinningrove, south of Teeside
Skinningrove is not like Runswick, Staithes or Robin Hood's Bay. Seaside it may be, but despite the fishing cobbles it's not pretty with pantiles or oozing ice-cream and romantic history, though nowadays there is a mining museum. The place is very interesting
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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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Hoppy returns
IF you're hunting for a top new tipple, 2X marks the spot. That is the name of the draught beer specially brewed to mark the 20th birthday of York Beer And Wine Shop. As it comes from Timothy Taylor's Keighley brewery, creator of the legendary Landlord
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A vintage year for foraging
Mushroom pickers are hailing this autumn's harvests as among the best in recent memory. GERRAN GRIMSHAW asks some experts for the secret to unearthing edible varieties. FUNGI fan Kevin Macfarlane is struggling to make room for this mushroom - a whopping
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Kirke's star trek wish
SECOND-ROW star Ian Kirke says York City Knights would be his first port of call should his Super League dream stall next season. As revealed by the Evening Press last month, the giant 24-year-old is to officially join Leeds having spent much of this
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An icy reception
Gina Parkinson enjoys the late flowering bud of the sedum spectabile, or the 'Ice Plant'. SEDUM spectabile certainly lives up to its name in October, with fleshy green stems and leaves carrying large flowerheads for weeks in autumn. Pale green buds gradually
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The Firemaster's Mistress, by Christie Dickason (HarperCollins, £12.99)
There's a central scene in Christie Dickason's latest novel where Guido (Guy) Fawkes is talking to Francis Quoynt, the Firemaster - a man skilled with explosives who is also a spy for King James. Fawkes says he intends to die a martyr's death, staying
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The Gunpowder Plot, by Antonia Fraser (Phoenix, £9.99)
If you prefer your history straight, rather than fictionalised, Phoenix has re-issued Antonia Fraser's 1996 account of the plot. Scholarly, authoritative and vividly written, it is a clear and balanced account of a foiled terrorist plot (starring a son
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Rich pickings
Yorkshire off-spinner-batsman Richard Dawson has signed a new one-year contract with the Tykes after talks with director of cricket David Byas. Several other counties showed an interest in the former England player towards the end of the season but Dawson
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The city's melting point
Mike Laycock enjoys a day out in York city centre with his daughter. We Yorkies are a funny lot. We live in a beautiful city with stacks of things to do, but many of us leave it to the tourists to take advantage of the city's delights. With half term
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Pre-match routine setting the standard
IF YORK City avoid defeat in their televised match with Burton Albion next month the club will be celebrating their longest unbeaten home run for 11 years. The Minstermen have not tasted defeat at KitKat Crescent in ten matches since a 2-1 reverse against
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Football club's booking fears
YOUNG footballers have been turned out of their local York club - because all the pitches are booked up for other teams. Now Bishopthorpe Community Football Club, which runs three clubs including junior teams, fears hundreds more of its members may face
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Bid to bulldoze school rejected
MOVES to knock down a York school building have been rejected by city planning councillors. Members attending a City of York Council planning meeting voted down a scheme to demolish the old St Barnabas School. With youngsters soon to move into a modern
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Hills high for kids
Golfers are being urged to pick up their clubs and head for Chart Hills next month - all in the name of charity. The stunning course in Biddenden, Kent - home of the Ladies' English Open - is hosting its annual Children in Need golf day on Saturday, November
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Hell on wheels
IT'S the latest motoring craze that is sweeping the nation - but it is driving North Yorkshire Police up the wall. With Christmas shopping at the forefront of parents' minds, officers across the county are warning against splashing out on mini-motorbikes
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Saints alive to University push in student duel
York St John's struck the first blow in the battle for university rugby union supremacy after beating York University 26-13 in the opening match of their BUSA campaign. York University were the first on the board with a converted try early on, and stretched
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York club fighters pick up awards
The force was with members of York Town Jitsu Club at the national Jitsu Foundation competition at Lilleshall as they won a clutch of plaudits. Nine-year-old Pip Slade was honoured with the Shihan Brian Graham Memorial Trophy for her outstanding fighting
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Biker dies in smash near Selby
TWO people died and at least nine more were injured in a day of mayhem on North Yorkshire roads. Emergency services attended a string of accidents including a fatal motorcycle crash at Eggborough, near Selby, and a car crash near Northallerton in which
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Kirke's star trek wish
SECOND-ROW star Ian Kirke says York City Knights would be his first port of call should his Super League dream stall next season. As revealed by the Evening Press last month, the giant 24-year-old is to officially join Leeds having spent much of this
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'Whistleblower' unfairly sacked
A CARER who blew the whistle on a colleague she suspected of abusing an elderly man was later sacked for neglect. But Pauline Bell claimed today she felt "totally vindicated" after an employment tribunal ruled that she had been unfairly dismissed by a
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Cause of pride
I AM feeling particularly warm and fuzzy right now. This is partly to a glass of Champagne I recently imbibed, but mostly it is because of the impact of the person who generously shared his celebratory fizz with us at the York Community Pride awards on
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Ann shows her leadership skills
I CANNOT think why Councillor Ann Reid, York's transport supremo, feels the need to apologise for her testing out a new traffic system. She has shown two of the qualities of a leader, initiative and courage. Firstly having the initiative not to tie up
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Money saved
WELL done Ann Reid. Most mothers would do the same if they had the chance. Why not think about the amount of expense saved by not using a number of emergency vehicles with staff etcetera, to test run through the green-light system? The department heads
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Ease other routes
ISN'T it rather strange that the wedding of Coun Ann Reid's daughter took place on August 12 and yet it wasn't until almost two months later that someone decided to muddy the waters and bring to the notice of the general public the service which her wedding
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Litter bug
IF there is a more debris-strewn part of York than the area around the bus stop and shops in Badger Hill, then it is my good fortune not to have seen it. Ironically there are two rubbish containers nearby and it is around one of them that a lot of filth
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Build indoor shopping precinct in York centre
GOODNESS gracious me, what a surprise to read about the Spurriergate precinct. After all the hard work and seemingly lots of land taken we get "fashion" shops, a game shop, a Phones 4 U and a bookies with 13 flats also (October 14). How exciting can we
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Ghoul's night out for 3am girls
On Saturday night (15th October), me and my friend, Jenna Lock, decided to have a bit of a girly night out. We were in Nexus and stayed till close. Being young, we thought that it was too early to go home. We decided to go for a walk. Stupid idea, I suppose
