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Medina Unique Gifts, 2 Pavement, Pocklington
OCCASIONALLY I have been lucky and won a raffle prize, but never have I been the actual prize. But this is what happened when I spoke at a charity event for the Wilberforce Trust. The prize was to accompany Ann and me on a snack survey. The lucky (or
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My Mum by Anthony Browne (Picture Corgi, £5.99)
A FIRM family favourite, Anthony Browne has produced another winner. Nicely timed to come out just before Mother's Day, this book reveals that the most important woman in any household is not a mere mum, but Ma The Magnificent! Following the format of
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But Excuse Me That Is My Book by Lauren Child (Puffin, £4.99)
Charlie and Lola, the lovable brother and sister duo of Child's books, are now TV stars. With TV fame comes a variety of spin-offs including a series of new story and sticker books. This is one of them and while the stickers are good fun, the story is
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George And The Dragon by Chris Wormell (Jonathan Cape, £4.99)
STARRING a dragon, a tiny mouse and a beautiful princess, this dramatic picture book boldly shows that might is not always right and bigger not necessarily better. Author and illustrator Chris Wormell sets his tale in a deep cave in a mountain valley,
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US sparks base fear
PROTESTERS today voiced concerns after reports that a senior US military figures stated Britain could become the home for America's controversial "Son Of Star Wars" defence system. Campaigners against the use of the Menwith Hill and Fylingdales bases
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Changes to brief for Coppergate II pleases protesters
CAMPAIGNERS claimed today that the new planning blueprint for York's Castle area was like the "light at the end of a long dark tunnel". The Castle Area Campaign (CAC), one of the protest groups which successfully blocked the original Coppergate Riverside
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Insider dealing
JASON Ramshaw will call on local knowledge to warn York City Knights of the threat posed by Featherstone Rovers. The Knights assistant-boss lives in the village of Ackworth, a few miles from Featherstone, and comes into contact with the Post Office Road
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Dental situation is abhorrent
I TOO find the current situation with dentists appalling. I have had a letter from mine stating that they can no longer treat my children on the NHS. According the article you printed on March 15 they were still not decided on whether they would sign
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Trading places
I was impressed with last weekend's Fairtrade event in Parliament Street, York. It was well organised with stalls selling Fairtrade food products, clothing and small gifts. The Fairtrade Forum stand had lots of infomation on where to buy Fairtrade products
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Sponsorship hoodoo
IS it possible to have a cursed sponsorship deal? Those at the Maltings pub in York certainly think so. The independent York hostelry, on Tanners Moat, just down from the railway station, has got involved in player sponsorship at York City Knights for
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The doves against the hawk
WHEN I moved into my present house 12 years ago I made efforts to encourage birds to come into my garden. The high point came two years ago when a young hedge sparrow lost all fear of me and appeared to adopt me as a parent. I could go into the garden
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Getting in the swing of it
Maxine Gordon reports on a drive to get mums and daughters playing golf. MY dad is a golf fanatic, my mum a golf widow so, growing up, I guess that made my twin sister and me golf orphans. Not once in my childhood did Dad take me to his club - or even
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My lucky break!
A LUCKY Evening Press reader has won a break away for two through one of our free prize draws. Molly Bennett, of York, is looking forward to a five-day coach holiday with WA Shearings after taking advantage of a Reader Travel promotion day. By booking
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Terry left all gold memories
HUNDREDS of former Terry's workers, family members and friends gathered at York Minister to remember and celebrate the life of Peter Terry. A memorial service was told that he had been a person of rare quality - a man of dignity, modesty, courtesy, humility
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York braced to weather strike
COUNCIL chiefs in York are "optimistic" that most services will operate on Tuesday - despite the planned strike by local authority workers. City of York Council said it hoped to be able to run the "majority" of its functions when members of the public
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Extra time plea to pay NHS £24m
CASH-STRAPPED health chiefs facing a debt of £24 million should be given longer to pay it back, according to MPs. York MP Hugh Bayley and Selby MP John Grogan have both spoken out about the huge debt crisis facing Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT
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Slick Clifton clean up in style
CLIFTON clinched the John Smith's Sunday Pool League in style with a whitewash over visitors Fossway. Steve Scott, Jon Mitchell and Chris Wilbraham all recorded doubles for Clifton. Long-time leaders Brigadier could only draw with York Health Club after
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Champs flex their muscles
CHAMPIONS Bootham 'A' beat Coneysthorpe 'A' 6-4 in division one of the York Table Tennis League despite Martin Lowe winning all his games for Coneysthorpe. York RI 'A' look like finishing as runners-up after edging out bottom club Groves WMC 'B'. Richard
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More staff to spin city's big wheel
Extra workers are set to be drafted in to ensure York's big wheel can spin as planned in time for the Easter holidays. Components of the Yorkshire Wheel have still not arrived at the National Railway Museum. A museum spokeswoman said she understood the
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Hunt on to find Lofkin
HERE comes the Sheriff - seeking just one man. Sheriff Hutton Football Club's plans for a grand reunion of team players, officials and fans who contributed to and revelled in the team's runaway successes of the 1960s and 1970s are well in hand. The April
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Regan in the hot seat
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club's new chief executive Stuart Regan can't wait to get stuck into the challenge which lies ahead of him. He revealed that details of a new steering committee, which aims to raise £3million over the next 15 years from a ground
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Regan in the hot seat
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club's new chief executive Stuart Regan can't wait to get stuck into the challenge which lies ahead of him. He revealed that details of a new steering committee, which aims to raise £3million over the next 15 years from a ground
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Insider dealing
JASON Ramshaw will call on local knowledge to warn York City Knights of the threat posed by Featherstone Rovers. The Knights assistant-boss lives in the village of Ackworth, a few miles from Featherstone, and comes into contact with the Post Office Road
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Killer cocktail
IT'S a cocktail of booze which could kill you - and it can be bought in a York supermarket for less than £5. Experts today said low-price drink was putting lives at risk, after an Evening Press investigation discovered that shops in the city were selling
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Bishop bargain
NEAL Bishop has made a massive impact to York City's midfield. His awareness along with Emmanuel Panther and others is excellent and crucial in providing opportunities for the forwards. It has also given Darren Dunning more of a free role to get forward
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Getting in the swing of it
Maxine Gordon reports on a drive to get mums and daughters playing golf. MY dad is a golf fanatic, my mum a golf widow so, growing up, I guess that made my twin sister and me golf orphans. Not once in my childhood did Dad take me to his club - or even
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Hunt on to find Lofkin
HERE comes the Sheriff - seeking just one man. Sheriff Hutton Football Club's plans for a grand reunion of team players, officials and fans who contributed to and revelled in the team's runaway successes of the 1960s and 1970s are well in hand. The April
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Bombay Spice, 58 Goodramgate, York
GOODRAMGATE is becoming a Mecca for lovers of a good curry. The street has long been home to the Bengal Brasserie - a finalist in last year's national curry awards, and one of my favourite Indian restaurants in York. Now there are two new kids on the
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Aussies down, under prospect of finishing second
Behind the battles on the track, in the pool and in the sports halls of Melbourne there is another scrap being secretly fought - the one for the Australian soul. Sounds serious doesn't it? It is if you're a sports-mad Aussie overdosing on your drug of
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Transform! How Everyday Things Are Made by Bill Slavin (Oxford University Press, £14.99)
HAVE you ever wondered how plastic dinosaurs are made? Or footballs? Or crisps? If so, then you might well be an inquisitive seven-year-old boy. We have one in our house. He started out by thinking this book was too complicated for him. And to be honest
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Baa For Beginners by Deborah Fajerman (Red Fox, £5.99)
ALL of you familiar with the companion volume, How To Speak Moo, will know that Fajerman is something of an animal language expert. Just as a cattle's lowing can mean many things depending on intonation and volume, so a simple bleat has countless connotations
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Full petal jacket
Gina Parkinson introduces a fast-growing clematis that is not for faint-hearted gardeners. WHILE its later relatives are only just beginning to put out tentative new growth on their thin brown stems, Clematis armandii has got all systems going and is
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City's tough run-in
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has always insisted this season that the only league position that matters is a team's final placing on April 29. The Minstermen currently occupy fourth spot, which in five weeks' time would be sufficient to extend the KitKat
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Poor management
It is hard to follow Councillor Sue Galloway's argument about Selby and York Primary Care Trust's overspend (Letters, 21 March 2006). She says the deficit is "£23 million and rising". In fact, the deficit was £32 million when the former chief executive
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Tired arguments
IN his attack on York Unison, D Wardell wheels out some tired old arguments against unions doing anything to defend their members' interests (Letters, March 20). Many people would perhaps date the ills he blames on unions to Mrs Thatcher's time in office
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US sparks base fear
PROTESTERS today voiced concerns after reports that a senior US military figures stated Britain could become the home for America's controversial "Son Of Star Wars" defence system. Campaigners against the use of the Menwith Hill and Fylingdales bases
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Changes to brief for Coppergate II pleases protesters
CAMPAIGNERS claimed today that the new planning blueprint for York's Castle area was like the "light at the end of a long dark tunnel". The Castle Area Campaign (CAC), one of the protest groups which successfully blocked the original Coppergate Riverside
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Help to spread the news
VILLAGERS with time on their hands are being urged to play their part in the community by helping to spread the news. The Evening Press is appealing for residents in Leavening who do not have their own news outlet to step forward and help serve their
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College team work on Sue's dream project
STUDENTS joined a celebrity gardener to create a dream garden for a former college cook whose husband died days before retiring. The group from Askham Bryan College, near York, were working with television personality and garden designer, Alan Mason,
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Girls arrested and excluded for taking drugs at school
TWO teenage girls have been arrested and excluded from a York secondary school after taking Ecstasy tablets. The girls, in Year 9 at All Saints' RC School, were taken home from school and arrested following an incident during school assembly at the start
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Dilemma for husband of neighbour from hell
A HUSBAND must choose between his wife and his home after a court ordered both to leave their flat within ten weeks. Neighbour menace Katrina Minns must be gone for good within 42 days from the street she has turned into a living hell for its residents
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Aisle be back
"MIRACLES do happen". So said Ann Rose Spadone after she tied the knot with Bernadino for the second time - on what would have been their 43rd wedding anniversary. The couple, of South Bank, York, divorced in 1988 but could not stay apart and have been
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Freeze frame
THEY would have been the perfect conditions for the forthcoming movie blockbuster Ice Age 2. Sipping hot coffee and huddled in their winter woollies, customers were forced to take extreme measures while watching films at the York Odeon, in Blossom Street
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A model example of being a Kate
I don't know how those other Kates do it. Living the life of a celebrity is hard work. Having spent the week stressing about a photo shoot I was doing for a glossy magazine, I have a certain fellow feeling for the Misses Moss, Winslet and Beckinsale.
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Beat the drum
YORK City Knights' final score at Hull KR last week was disappointing, especially after the first 38 minutes when we more than competed. The sin-binning of Tom Dunmore proved crucial and also having played on Wednesday night in heavy conditions was bound
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Cricket legends enter Hall of Fame
ELEVEN star players have become the first to be inducted into the Hunters York and District Senior League's Hall of Fame. They were honoured at an induction ceremony at Clifton Alliance Cricket Club and each of them received a trophy, certificate and
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Wines to restore the reputation of a former favourite
This isn't just any chardonnay, this is cheap Chilean chardonnay. The next one isn't just chardonnay, it's Feng Shui Chilean chardonnay and the other one isn't just chardonnay, it's a French, vin de pays d'Oc chardonnay. The last wine isn't just chardonnay
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Knights lure Fox back
YORK City Knights' record try-scorer Peter Fox is to return to Huntington Stadium. The York Acorn ARLC product, who scored a club-best 25 tries last year to help the Knights to the National League Two title while on a season-long loan from Headingley,
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Insider dealing
JASON Ramshaw will call on local knowledge to warn York City Knights of the threat posed by Featherstone Rovers. The Knights assistant-boss lives in the village of Ackworth, a few miles from Featherstone, and comes into contact with the Post Office Road
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Shining beauty - 25/03/06
Former York-based jockey Alan Munro can get punters off to a good start at Brighton tomorrow. Munro, who returned to his apprentice roots last summer to clinch the Ebor Handicap on Knavesmire aboard Sergeant Cecil, teams up with nap selection Killarney
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Scalby, near Scarborough
Victoria Ellis takes the reins this week as she treads the landscape of Scalby, near Scarborough. Scalby is a village that is nowadays attached to Scarborough as its northern point, a mile from the town centre, the same from the sea and with interesting