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Ice cool servings
WE'VE heard of drinks on ice - but next weekend's Festival Of Angels goes one better than that. It will boast York's first ice bar. That is a bar, carved out of ice, from which staff will serve drinks to thirsty shoppers. You can't get cooler than that
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Green a belter - 03/12/05
TURPIN Green, highly rated by trainer Nicky Richards, can continue his climb up the steeplechasing ladder at Kelso tomorrow. One of last season's leading novices over hurdles, Turpin Green, who carries the colours of Grand National-winning owner Trevor
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Out in the cold
Gina Parkinson weathers the cold to see how her garden is surviving in the frost. MY GARDEN seems to get neglected in December. Other things are on my mind - the days are short, giving less opportunity for popping outside, and the weather can be off-putting
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Tales Of My Time by Raymond Baxter in collaboration with Tony Dron (Grub Street hardback, £18.00)
FOR those of us growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, one voice more than any other brought the future into our homes each week. Raymond Baxter presented Tomorrow's World for 14 years. In 1967, just one hour after completing the world's first heart-transplant
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The Last Word: My Life As A Gangland Boss by Eddie Richardson (Headline, £18.99)
Eddie Richardson was once regarded as one of England's hardest men. In the 1960's he, along with his elder brother Charlie, ruled a large chunk of London. They were respected and feared by both villains and ordinary citizens alike. Now for the first time
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Overjoyed and filled with pride
I WAS most disturbed by Carole Tucker's letter and her negativity towards our new Archbishop (November 16). I watched with great pride and pleasure his enthronement service from York Minster on Wednesday. As far as I could tell, the people who were there
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Stayed to scoff
THE enthronement of the Archbishop of York reminded me of the ministry of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army. It was said that when he preached, people came to scoff, but stayed to pray. It was quite otherwise with Dr Sentamu. When he preached
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Crazy schemes
I HAVE just watched the recycling lorry take our neighbours' rubbish away in Bootham. I would very much like to recycle our rubbish, but cannot. Although we have a Bootham address, our rubbish is collected from Bootham Terrace, where there are no recycling
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Into exile
WHAT a delightful chap Sean Schofield sounds (Letters, December 1). I too have £70,000 profit to spend thanks to Mrs Thatcher, but would be willing to make a contribution to the Keep York Local party under the condition that Mr Schofield stays sitting
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Toto's, 1 Fawcett Street, York
Maxine Gordon takes our monthly 'dine for £15' challenge to a York pizzeria. BACK at home, there was a lasagne waiting to be popped into the oven for tea. But there we were, relaxing in York's City Screen caf-bar, enjoying a warming glass of red wine
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Troubled firm's pledge to drivers
THE boss of a trouble-hit distributor of fresh salads and vegetables serving York and North Yorkshire today called on its suppliers to be patient. Frustrated growers - among about 30 suppliers - have told the Evening Press that Miller West Imperial Foods
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City to push the boat out again
THE roar of the mighty dragon will return to the River Ouse in the summer - and three York charities are set to benefit. The organisers of the Great York Dragon Boat Challenge, The Rotary Club of York, confirmed the event will take place on Sunday, July
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Drinker jailed for glassing man, 25
A drinker who "glassed" another man in an unprovoked pub attack over a girl has been jailed for 16 months. David Hall, prosecuting, said Trevor William Barker, 36, attacked 25-year-old David McHugh in Reflex, York, on March 14. He smashed his glass into
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Fraud shame of property boss
MAKING up to £20,000 a year from his York houses wasn't enough for landlord Shaun Yeomans - he was also a benefit cheat and a tax evader. Despite renting out four homes, the 35-year-old businessman claimed benefit on the grounds that he lived on the dole
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Home security
COMPANY bosses today pledged to provide frail pensioners with a new roof over their heads after it was revealed that their present home is to be closed. Chiefs from Southern Cross Healthcare (SCH) spoke out after leading York councillor Sue Galloway described
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Bentley salutes York youth scheme
BRITISH Lions legend John Bentley has given York RUFC an official Seal of Approval to recognise their work with city youngsters. The Clifton Parkers are the first club in North Yorkshire to be rewarded by the RFU for theircommitment to developing young
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York experts' vital discovery in battle against prostate cancer
SCIENTISTS at the University of York have made a major breakthrough in the fight against prostate cancer. For the first time researchers have discovered how to isolate the "root" of the cancer, which could have major implications for thousands of sufferers
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'No' to bar's 3am opening
OPENING until 3am is off the cards for a trendy city- centre York bar, after planning chiefs threw out its late hours application. Councillors have refused permission for the Evil Eye Lounge, in Stonegate, to stay open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays
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Higgins aims to conjure up magical spell
SNOOKER wizard John Higgins hits York on Wednesday aiming to keep up his magical form and spell trouble for his opponent in the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship. The 30-year Scot, nicknamed the Wizard of Wishaw, rewrote the record books seven weeks
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When Santa got stuck on the church roof...
HO, ho, ho ... help! Santa's reindeer left him in the lurch when they abandoned him on a church roof, leaving firemen to come to the rescue. It was a dramatic entrance for Father Christmas when he appeared on top of the Rock Church in Priory Street -
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Captains' curse strikes again
THE curse of the York City captain's armband could have struck again with Jamie Price the latest casualty. Price, who has deputised as skipper in the absence of injured trio Mark Hotte, Nathan Peat and Emmanuel Panther, has been receiving treatment this
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Way we were
Saturday, December 3, 2005 100 years ago An inquest was held at Bempton, on the body of Francis Chandler, who was killed on the beach at the foot of Bempton Cliffs the previous Saturday morning. W M Chandler, the deceased's father, said his son had previously
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Bentley salutes York youth scheme
BRITISH Lions legend John Bentley has given York RUFC an official Seal of Approval to recognise their work with city youngsters. The Clifton Parkers are the first club in North Yorkshire to be rewarded by the RFU for theircommitment to developing young
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Gargrave
Guest walker Mark Reid enjoys a brisk winter walk through Gargrave. Gargrave lies at the heart of Airedale where road, river, canal and railway compete for space along the valley floor. This former coaching village is surrounded by low, undulating hills
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Dr John's a breath of fresh air
A breath of fresh air blew into Christianity in York and the world as Dr John, our new Archbishop, urged us to be proud of our Christian and English heritage and traditions. We, the 70% Christians in the last census, should look to form friendships with
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Right royal snub for York
Dilemma: how to suggest that the wider British ESTABLISHMENT has snubbed York, without leaving us open to accusations of having either an inferiority complex, or a proverbial chip on the shoulder! Wednesday, 30th November: the Archbishop's ordination:
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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
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Premier Travel Inn, Blossom Street, York
THE traditional all-day breakfast may have started at the Greasy Spoon cafs or motorway service stations but it has now spread to many snack spots countrywide. Regular readers will know that we have been known to sample this fare from time to time. Now
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Youngsters jump to it
More than 160 pupils from South Milford Community Primary School, near Selby, took part in a sponsored bounce. Head teacher Sue Atkinson said the cash would be divided between the Guardian Angels appeal, school funds and the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal
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YNS 4 U
I'm almost certain to receive a text message when I'm doing the daily shop at the supermarket. DONT 4GET BNZ & APLS, would be a typical example. Things are made more interesting if I receive one that says DONT 4GET YN. Sometimes I'm spoilt for choice
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Last Stand At Saber River; Valdez Is Coming; and Hombre, all by Elmore Leonard (Phoenix paperbacks,
ELMORE Leonard has carved himself a name as the master of the modern thriller. His lean, mean prose, stripped-down dialogue and gallery of memorable characters - where typically the cool, quiet guy wins out over the mouthy badass - have almost come to
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The Lighthouse by PD James (Faber and Faber, £17.99)
AGE has not blunted her incisive way with a whodunit. At 85, PD James remains as devoted as ever to the fine art of murder. Here is another elegant, thoughtful crime novel - as far removed, surely, from real-life crime as possible, and yet that does not
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The Legate's Daughter by Wallace Breem (Orion paperback, £6.99)
Rome under its first emperor: and a former centurion awakes to a hangover. Curtius Rufus's physical headache soon becomes a metaphorical one as his life goes rapidly downhill. He gets kicked out of work at the Roman equivalent of the local water authority
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Scaling stars for Bridge
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge have got their noses in front in the Hunters' York and District Senior Indoor Cricket League division one. However, champions, Acomb 'A', two points behind, have two matches in hand. Bridge won by three wickets after overhauling
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Troubled firm's pledge to drivers
THE boss of a trouble-hit distributor of fresh salads and vegetables serving York and North Yorkshire today called on its suppliers to be patient. Frustrated growers - among about 30 suppliers - have told the Evening Press that Miller West Imperial Foods
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Why no royals?
BEFORE the start of the inauguration there was an announcement that "The Royal Presence" would not be with us. The service programme had the Duke of Gloucester as the representative of the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. We were told his helicopter
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What will he do?
THE new Archbishop of York has arrived in a blaze of colour, amid a loud banging of drums and fed on M&S snacks. But what is his mission, what will he do now? The Church of England is ready to split in two over two major issues - but does anyone really
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Sort out policies
TWO correspondents have complained about the Royal Mail (Letters, November 23 and 28). I was recently charged £1.05 to collect a letter from Birch Park - £1 was a handling charge and £0.05 was insufficient postage! Is this another area where the Royal
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Dialect search
CAN anyone help me find some Yorkshire dialect sketches? I have tried all the libraries without success, but I'm sure there are some somewhere. Please contact me on 01759 371382 if you can help. Margaret Marsh, Low Catton Road, Stamford Bridge, York.
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McEwan seeks striking formula
YORK City boss Billy McEwan will be glad to see the back of a Black November for his team. Three defeats and one draw during the last four weeks have seen City slip off the play-off pace and exit the FA Cup. In a month that always starts with fireworks
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New signing Richard sparkles for Sessions
NEW signing Richard Moss made a superb start for his new club, Sessions 'A', in the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League. The former Poppleton star swept to three victories in the 6-4 division one win over Bootham CC 'A' Martin Lowe's hat-trick
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Captains' curse strikes again
THE curse of the York City captain's armband could have struck again with Jamie Price the latest casualty. Price, who has deputised as skipper in the absence of injured trio Mark Hotte, Nathan Peat and Emmanuel Panther, has been receiving treatment this
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Many hands make lights work
'TIS the season to be jolly - and these lights twinkling in a York street are adding to the festive cheer. Sheila and Michael Taylor, from Chudleigh Street, have adorned their home with a riot of Christmas illuminations - and it's all in a good cause.
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Sizzling Barbican battle on the cards
SNOOKER greats Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams are on a York collision course. They are heading for a big showdown in the last 16 of the Travis Perkins UK Snooker Championship at the Barbican Centre if they both win their opening matches next week. Five-times
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Fake cop dupes pensioner, 79
A SNEAK-IN burglar conned an elderly York woman out of almost £600 by pretending to be a plain clothes police officer. The man, who claimed to be from the CID, swindled the 79-year-old woman, of Lindsey Avenue, Acomb, out of between £500 and £600. He
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The new zeal
I HAVE been surprisingly excited about the arrival of our new archbishop all week. I say "surprisingly" because I'm not especially religious, unless you count hedging your bets in moments of crisis (sick child, worrying lumps, terrorist alerts while husband
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Measuring up
If Sky Sports 2 was showing a fight between one giant chicken and a hundred tiny horses, who would your money be on? Or, if you strip the metaphor away to its bare bones... does size really matter? Okay, so in a straight scrum between a Smart ForTwo and
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Best verdict
LEEDS United supporters at Millwall who shouted during the minute's 'silence' for George Best were ill-mannered. However, George played some 18 matches for Manchester United against Leeds in the 1960s and early 1970s - I saw 17 of them. He scored in only
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Stewart neglected by McEwan
I KNOW that York City's sudden slump in form has been mainly attributed to the absence of Emmanuel Panther. There is some truth in this, but I don't think it is a coincidence that the goal drought has come at the same time as the startling fall from grace
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The Santa cruise
Ho! Ho! Ho! Maxine Gordon is on Santa's trail to find out where he'll be in the run up to Christmas. HE might be known for his sleigh and his trusty reindeer Rudolph, but Santa Claus will be travelling all over the York region in the coming weeks by boat
