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Trainee officers do donkey work
THE first batch of student police officers has graduated from a York college - and marked its departure by giving a £350 boost to the Guardian Angels appeal. Fourteen trainee police officers have spent the last four months at York St John College, following
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City to weather profit of gloom
BUSINESS leaders should brace themselves for an impending economic slowdown in Yorkshire, but York should weather the storm. That is the prediction of Tom Vosa, pictured, Yorkshire Bank's top economist, who calculates economic growth in the region in
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Bertos moves on to Seadogs
YORK City striker Leo Bertos has been released and was playing for neighbours Scarborough as a trialist in this afternoon's reserve match at Doncaster Rovers. New Zealand international Bertos has been playing for the Minstermen on a non-contract basis
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I'm a celebrity...get me to York
A NEW charity inspired by the bravery of a little girl who is learning to crawl with the use of only one side of her body could draw a host of celebrities to York. First on the list to lend their support to the Georgina Grace Trust are self-confessed
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British Gas left us in the cold
AS temperatures dropped below zero, British Gas left a York couple without gas for more than 48 hours. Michael Snowden, 53, and his wife, Cynthia, 57, from Foxwood, Acomb, had a new gas meter installed on Friday, January 13. Their new meter uses a pre-payment
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Lib Dems play blame game
I do not know how Councillor Galloway has the nerve to try to blame others for the disastrous collapse of his ill-fated plans to replace the swimming pool and community sports facilities at the Barbican (Barbican pool plan scrapped, January 25). Galloway
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Barbican fiasco
Are the members of City of York Council ever going to accept responsibility for their actions? Mostly, they seem to blame the previous ruling body for their "inheritance" - still. There was the sledgehammer to crack a nut with the closing of Walmgate
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Planning matters
For about four years the Evening Press has been covering the far-reaching ambitious plans the council had for the development of the Barbican site and the ancillary leisure centres. We now see that these plans have been replaced by even more ambitious
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Claptrap on stage
And so, once again, on a weekend in Parliament Street, York, we have had a Residents 1st stage featuring live music. I would like this stage to be renamed Residents Deemed To Have Extremely Limited Taste First, as the music on offer ranges from old soul
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Drunken vet's guilty secret
A DRUNKEN vet who smashed his Land Rover into another car offered the driver a roll of kitchen paper and a £50 note before swearing at him, a hearing was told. William Sim, 55, careered into shocked Matthew Wilton's Toyota as he sat in a traffic jam,
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York struck by ox woe
A MISFIRING front-line saw City of York fail to gain revenge for their away defeat against Oxton earlier in the season. The visitors won the North Hockey League premier division clash 4-0 and the margin of defeat could have been greater had Ashley Watson
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Waste of money
As a tenant of Selby District Council, I would like to say how much I agree with Councillor Doreen Davis when she says the council likes to waste public money (Waste Of Money, January 27). If the money it was wasting had to come out of the members' own
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Family to hold birthday memorial service for brave son
"WE visit his grave every day and remind Rhys of how much we loved him, and let him know he will never be forgotten." Those were the words of Rhys Murray's family, as they prepared to hold a birthday memorial service for the brave 11-year-old who spent
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Acorn enjoy being home to Roosters
A STRONG York Acorn 'A' team enjoyed a good 35-24 win over promotion-chasing Rotherham Roosters in Pennine League division three. A number of first-teamers could not make the rearranged long trip to Hensingham for the National Cup loss and some boosted
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Golf club plea
THE History of Ganton Golf Club as published in our Centenary Year (1991) is being revised and updated. Could I ask if any reader has knowledge of any pre-1975 articles, letters, photographs (for scanning and return), memorabilia or anecdotes of the club
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Bertos moves on to Seadogs
YORK City striker Leo Bertos has been released and was playing for neighbours Scarborough as a trialist in this afternoon's reserve match at Doncaster Rovers. New Zealand international Bertos has been playing for the Minstermen on a non-contract basis
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Light up bridges
THE oft-repeated axiom "Christmas has come a little early this year" has hit a new high in January 2006, already creating a stir about the Christmas lights. When will York accept it cannot compete with Leeds if that is what appeals to shoppers in November
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My share of a £26 win won't change me at all
As hordes of people clamour for tickets to win the massive £85 million Euro Millions jackpot, I have, more than a decade after the National Lottery came into being, some luck to report. At last - the Lotto syndicate into which I have paid my subscription
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Way we were
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 100 years ago It was the tercentenary of the death of Guy Fawkes, of York, who was brought on this date in 1606 from the Tower of Westminster, and there hanged, drawn and quartered on a scaffold facing the Parliament House that
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Acorn enjoy being home to Roosters
A STRONG York Acorn 'A' team enjoyed a good 35-24 win over promotion-chasing Rotherham Roosters in Pennine League division three. A number of first-teamers could not make the rearranged long trip to Hensingham for the National Cup loss and some boosted
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Levy quits for capital job
FORMER York City Knights captain Chris Levy has quit rugby league to go work in London. Levy, who joined Doncaster Lakers after lifting the National League Two trophy with York last season, cites financial considerations and a desire to go travelling
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Sandro's super - 31/01/06
Evergreen veteran Sir Sandrovitch travels from Malton to Lingfield tomorrow to run in his 110th race and is fancied to beat his junior rivals. The ten-year-old, trained by Richard Fahey and almost part of the furniture at his Musley Bank yard, goes for
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Have you seen this man?
I was a member of the Barbican using the gym and swimming facilities around 4 to 5 times a week. It was very convenient for me living in the city centre. When it closed I did nothing for a while but then my waist started to expand. I spent the summer
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Barbican and other public amenities
The Barbican, if I recall correctly, was constructed with taxpayers money. Surely there is no such thing as council property or land. These places are the property of the taxpayers of the City of York and its surrounding area. For any council just to
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Happy New Year?
I was out taking pictures on what must have been the coldest night of the year when I came across this woman sleeping rough outside a church just a few metres away from The Minster. The contrast between the cathedral's floodlit grandeur and her forlorn
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Local food retailer lands countryside accolade
SIX months after opening, North Yorkshire urban farm shop Weeton's has been named the Best Rural Retailer In Britain. The accolade came from the Countryside Alliance at an awards ceremony at the House of Lords. The shop had already won the Yorkshire and
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Parent firm's lettings go
A FORMER Grade II listed hotel in York has been transformed at a cost of £1.25 million into short-term let luxury apartments. The 24-room Ambassador Hotel on The Mount, once a Georgian town house set in a 1.5-acre of garden, was last year turned into
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Tanya and the tearaways
Jo Haywood catches up with Dr Tanya Byron from the BBC's House Of Tiny Tearaways for a chat about psychology, parental neuroses... and The Bill. WHEN you are a TV psychologist who specialises in transforming little devils into little angels every week
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My ticket to dream...
The mere fact that I am writing this column means things did not go entirely my way. If they had, it would have been a farewell postcard from Barbados instead. You see, I didn't win the Euro Millions jackpot. Imagine £100 million. I'd have rolled over
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Bio blow fuels farmers' fears
FARMERS in North Yorkshire who grow crops for energy production could be hit by new Government guidelines, Selby's MP has warned. John Grogan said changes to the amount of biofuels power stations can burn could damage farmers' livelihoods. Energy producers
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Fears for the future of a British institution
ARE the traditional British pints of milk and beer in danger? Fears for our historic measures have been raised as the European Parliament is due to vote on Thursday on whether or not we should convert from imperial measurements to metric. This has led
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Nestl bosses please spare the workers
IT is an utter disgrace! I must plead with the bosses of Nestl in York to spare the workers. That includes the 200 agency workers under threat as well (Have A Break, January 24). We have already lost Terry's at the racecourse in York. Please let us keep
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China crisis
ORGANISERS have hit back at claims that the Chinese New Year's Day celebrations in the Museum Gardens were a "fiasco". Between 800 and 1,000 people attended the event on Sunday afternoon, which the organisers, the National Centre For Early Music (NCEM
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There may be trouble ahead...
IF you thought council ward committees were about as exciting as dental floss, think again. Tomorrow night's gathering in Osbaldwick should be re-named the war committee. It will be chaired by Jonathan Morley. He's the Liberal Democrat councillor who
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Barbican wins 2am licence
THE new operators of York's Barbican Centre are planning to stage concerts and performances again, after winning a late licence. Absolute Leisure was given the go-ahead yesterday to sell alcohol in the existing premises until 2am, despite protests from
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Sean thing for Kevin
Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell wants Sean Gregan to keep silencing the critics who threatened to drive him out. Central defender Gregan was all set to escape through the transfer window after being a target for the boo-boys and losing his place
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Hits keep coming
THERE are a few more performers to add to Stephen Croft's list of artists who have recorded versions of Unchained Melody (Letters, January 24). Les Baxter in 1955, Liberace in 1955 and Leo Sayer in 1986, all three had chart success with the song. The
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Parking warden lords it over York's mayor
NO ONE is above the law. That was the message a York parking attendant delivered to the Lord Mayor on Sunday. Coun Janet Greenwood, who is now approaching the end of her time in high office, was attending the Jane Stainton Sermon, an annual service held
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Rhodes welcomes Hasty challenge
SCOTT Rhodes has hailed the arrival of fellow half-back Phil Hasty as a boost to his own game as well as the club. York City Knights recruited Hasty from Hull KR in the off-season but, rather than feel under threat, Rhodes says it has enhanced his desire
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Bad example
HOW on earth are the police supposed to enforce the law regarding drivers using mobile phones when I clearly saw one of their own in a police van, sat using his phone in moving traffic? D'oh! Maggie Parker, Dodsworth Avenue, Heworth, York. Updated: 10
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Shame on those who condemn whale lovers
I was dismayed to read the article by Mike Bentley in which he criticised the amount of media attention given to the unfortunate bottlenose whale which strayed into the River Thames (Animals Are For Eating, January 28). With the overwhelming number of
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Arc light: 36 sites in frame
IT is one of York's most vital, but highly sensitive, projects - and today the hunt was on again to find a new home for the Arc Light homeless hostel. A detailed list of 36 possible locations, including council offices at St Leonard's Place, the Bonding
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When the toughs get going
THE unfortunate sight of champion jockey Tony McCoy hurtling from a horse set the sportsdesk wondering - just what is the toughest sport? So Evening Press deputy sports editor TONY KELLY expounds on his suggestions for the most gruelling, most exacting
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Johnny on the spot
Johnny Cambridge was man of the match as Heworth ARLC under-15s put recent hard games behind them to beat Gateshead 34-8. Heworth controlled the game from the off with Sam Bradley going over early on and Gary Sissons (2) and Jake Ripley also crossing
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Quest for Arc Light HQ
THEY are quite an assortment. From a tyre depot to the listed splendour of St Leonard's Place, the properties put forward as potential sites for the new Arc Light Centre are nothing if not varied. Many are already burdened with enough drawbacks to make
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Yellow peril
IT is not often that anyone ushers these words: well done, that traffic warden. They might be called parking attendants these days, but they are still the butt of much mockery for carrying out the vital work of keeping York's roads free of selfish parkers
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Smile, you're on candid camera
IMAGINE IT. York police have been tipped off there's an area of waste ground being used by a drug dealer. They don't know when he's going to be there: so a stake-out's not an option. But what if they could quickly put up a sophisticated digital surveillance
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Rhodes welcomes Hasty challenge
SCOTT Rhodes has hailed the arrival of fellow half-back Phil Hasty as a boost to his own game as well as the club. York City Knights recruited Hasty from Hull KR in the off-season but, rather than feel under threat, Rhodes says it has enhanced his desire
