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Delrio's, 10 Blossom Street, York
Maxine Gordon sets out to rekindle a love affair with a York restaurant. REGULAR readers of this column might recall my review of Delrio's restaurant last January. The headline read 'The End Of The Affair' and the story revealed how in an attempt to move
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Sven's departure
Now the end is near, and Sven will face his final curtain with a spotlighted backdrop of the World Cup. We know why he's going - the culmination of years of indiscretions including an uncanny knack of spilling beans in the wrong people's laps has a tendency
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George Best: The Legend - In Pictures, by Ivan Martin (Appletree Press, paperback, £8.99)
THE publicity for this new photographic celebration of Best's life and career boasts it was put together in record time - only 12 days from deciding to go ahead with the book to it appearing on the shelves in Belfast. Such haste - which smacks a little
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Woking up to double boost
CITY were bidding to end a two-year wait since their last double this afternoon. Having passed up the opportunity of winning both their 2005/2006 meetings with Southport on Tuesday night, McEwan's men were hoping to bring an end to a sorry statistic against
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Will he be the new Tchamp already?
VOTING on today's man of the match against Woking will provide the last chance for York City fans to win the opportunity of presenting the January Evening Press Player of the Month award. The winning player will receive a framed photograph before the
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A proper pamper
Maxine Gordon heads into the North York Moors for a day of perfect pampering. IT'S not often you see the start of a rainbow. But there it was in the winter sunshine, its arc of colour forming a magical bridge across the road. The rainbow's end was just
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Simon says boost Billy's transfer kitty
BARRISTER Simon Mallett has donated £500 towards York City's 'Push for Promotion' appeal. The fund was set up this week following a £5,000 contribution from Michael Oglesby, of Ardent Finance, and all money raised will going into a transfer kitty for
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Union jobs fury
UNION chiefs have launched a stinging attack on the Government over its "jobs cull", which they say is forcing scores of York workers to return to the department which employed them - to sign on. Hundreds of civil servants working in the Department for
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York festival to mark the Year of the Dog
DAZZLING colours, delicious food and a 100ft dragon are all part of York's Chinese New Year celebrations this weekend. A series of Oriental-flavoured events are planned to mark the start of the Year of the Dog. The festival is being co-ordinated by the
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Incinerator like 'huge millstone'
THE fight against the possibility of an incinerator being built in York has been stepped up with the launch of a new campaign group. York Residents Against Incineration, or Y-RAIN, launched its protest by setting up an information and campaigning station
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Firm furious as key service plan blocked
GNER chiefs will vent their fury at rail regulators over the next few days, after learning their plans to extend their services are set to be blocked. The York-based firm, which employs hundreds of city workers, said it would have to "review its options
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Duo's Olympic manoeuvres
TWO troops from North Yorkshire are in final preparations for next month's Winter Olympics. Soldier Tom Clemens, who is based at Catterick Garrison, and Karl Johnston, a Royal Marine from Whitby, will be in Turin for the 2006 Games, which start on February
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Two sites earmarked for new Park&Ride
TWO possible sites have been identified on the north-west of the York for a sixth Park&Ride site. Currently York has five park and ride schemes - at Askham Bar, Rawcliffe Bar, Grimston Bar, the Fulford Designer Outlet and Monks Cross. Now an A59 Park
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Simon says boost Billy's transfer kitty
BARRISTER Simon Mallett has donated £500 towards York City's 'Push for Promotion' appeal. The fund was set up this week following a £5,000 contribution from Michael Oglesby, of Ardent Finance, and all money raised will going into a transfer kitty for
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Football conman led life of luxury
PAUL GARLAND lived the high life of a football wheeler dealer while using his York neighbours' life savings as his personal money box. York Crown Court heard that he got himself a £100,000-a-year job plus London accommodation paid for by his employers
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Working together
IN both your report and editorial comments about the potential re-location of Manor School to the Millfield Lane site (January 26), you included a number of factual inaccuracies that I would like to address. First, the City of York has not taken the lead
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Great concert, shame about the tea
I WOULD just like to tell your readers what an excellent show the local band Huge put on in York's Grand Opera House last Saturday. The whole thing was brilliant entertainment with a wide range of music for all tastes and professionally presented. Well
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Brave man
A BIG "well done" to Graham Hogarth, who featured in the Evening Press (Beating The Booze, January 11). He said Charles Kennedy was a brave, brave man. I think Graham is a brave man to tell his story, fight the booze and face up to it. Amanda Chambers
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Danger lurks in every bite
Two years ago my mother almost killed my daughter. With a chocolate cake. It was at a family party (marquee on the lawn, Champagne, the works) thrown to celebrate the publication of my book, Dangerous Love, which ended with me abandoning my speech to
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Empty wrapper
WITH reference to the news that Nestl Rowntree is to no longer help fund the Christmas lights in York, and its closing of certain departments (January 24 and 25), might this situation be described as "the thin end of the wedge"? The thing about chocolate
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Former player fighting York league's ban says it's not cricket
FORMER Dunnington cricketer Chris Dillon is prepared to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights after being suspended from playing cricket at any club in the country. Dillon's ban is in place until further notice and arose after he declined
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Way we were
Saturday, January 28, 2006 100 years ago At the York Police Court William Humble senior, aged 50, labourer and William Humble junior, aged 23, labourer both of 13 Portland Place, York, were charged on remand with stealing 3cwt 22lbs of coal from a yard
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Golden Carson - 28/01/06
The resumption of Sunday racing in Britain tomorrow, after three blank weeks, looks pretty plain and may not provide the sort of thrills to quicken the pulse of anyone expect the total enthusiast. But a certain William Carson will be looking forward to
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Knights' final friendly big push
MICK Cook's line-up for York City Knights' final friendly of pre-season is unlikely to indicate his plans for the big kick-off against Hull KR. The Knights entertain Hull next Sunday and it was thought Cook might run with his chosen team to start the
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Out of this world
EMMERDALE star Chris Chittel pulled the first pints of Black Sheep Brewery's revamped ales last night. It was a meeting of excellence as the Masham outfit, named Good Pub Guide 2006's Brewery Of The Year, hosted the relaunch in The Crown Inn at Manfield
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El Piano, Grape Lane, York
LAST time we visited this venue it was described as an organic and exotic caf. This time it left no doubt in anyone's mind that it specialised in vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free food. We were informed that with few exceptions all dishes were nut free
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Hot stuff
Mike Tipping suggests the perfect wine to drink with a bowl of chilli con carne. Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed the unfortunate juxtaposition of Bar Talk and Tipping's Tipples last week (never mix grape and grain that's what I say). Obviously short
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Resident bushy
Gina Parkinson introduces a dense shrub with glossy leaves. SPOTTED laurel or Aucuba is a popular leathery-leaved evergreen shrub that will grow in almost any situation and is especially useful for year-round greenery in shade. The dark-leaved forms tend
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Minute Sermons by Peter Mullen (St Michael's Foundation, £10)
BACK when he was an Evening Press columnist, Peter Mullen was known for his opinionated right wing views and lack of tolerance for fools. Now, as chaplain to the Stock Exchange and Rector of St Michael's in London's Cornhill, he has lost none of those
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Ugly by Constance Briscoe (Hodder & Stoughton, £12.99)
A decade ago, barrister Constance Briscoe became one of the UK's first black women judges. She is the picture of middle class respectability, admired by both friends and family for having juggled her career with raising two children. But few realised
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Leisure Ikon set for shop revamp
THE green light has been given for a former York nightclub to be transformed into a DIY or furniture store. Council chiefs have given the go-ahead to a planning application allowing the Ikon and Diva building at Clifton Moor to be transformed into a "
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Legal threat on pool scrapping
PROTESTERS claimed today that the decision to scrap a Barbican replacement pool breaches York's Local Plan - and warned they could take the issue to the High Court. Save Our Barbican campaign members said they were talking to their lawyer about whether
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Former player fighting York league's ban says it's not cricket
FORMER Dunnington cricketer Chris Dillon is prepared to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights after being suspended from playing cricket at any club in the country. Dillon's ban is in place until further notice and arose after he declined
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Police quiz ex-York student
A FORMER University of York student whose wife and baby were found murdered was still being questioned by detectives in London last night. Neil Entwhistle, 27, was taken from his parents' home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, to speak to American detectives
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Knights' final friendly big push
MICK Cook's line-up for York City Knights' final friendly of pre-season is unlikely to indicate his plans for the big kick-off against Hull KR. The Knights entertain Hull next Sunday and it was thought Cook might run with his chosen team to start the
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York sports complex to get £1.3m facelift
A NEW £1.3 million pavilion is planned to revolutionise York Cricket and Rugby Union Club, the Evening Press can reveal. Chiefs at the club have submitted plans to demolish their clubhouse at Clifton Park, in Shipton Road, and construct a new three-storey
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Homes evacuated after van fire spreads to garage
HOMES were evacuated today as firefighters fought to stop a blaze spreading to residential houses. The fire, which is believed to be arson, started in a van parked next to a pre-fabricated garage in St Paul's Square, Holgate, York, at 5am. The flames
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Who pays for new bus route?
IT has been stated in previous letters how unsuitable the new bus planned for the number 4 route will be for York. This would seem to be supported by the amount of alterations that are being made on that route to accommodate the new bus. Alterations such
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Credit is due
GREAT credit should be given to the two Fishergate ward councillors, Mark Hill and Andy D'Agorne, and supporters from the Heslington Road area for all the effort and work they put in to keep the bus route running along Heslington Road. We also wish to
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Name change
AS the armed Islamic group Hamas seems to be making mainstream political progress, the Turkish Cypriot hardliners could possibly facilitate their efforts towards international acceptance with a name change. Humous, perhaps? Rory Mulvihill, Palmes Close
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Rosedale
George Wilkinson exercises his right to roam on the North York Moors among the spoil heaps of Rosedale. "Welcome to Hamer Moor" reads the new sign that the North York Moors National Park has put up at a little car park high on the heather east of Rosedale
