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Miss York hopefuls queue up
PREPARATIONS are well under way for this year's Miss York competition, which will raise money for our Guardian Angels Appeal. Scores of entries are pouring in for the second annual contest, which is being supported by the Evening Press. Organiser Vivienne
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Smiles better
A POST Office and a hair salon are two of the York businesses to be considered for a top honour in the Evening Press awards scheme. Staff at Heworth Post Office, in East Parade, and Pat Caulfield's Hair Salon, in Low Petergate, have been nominated for
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Naive authority
CITY of York Council was very nave in setting a council tax in excess of five per cent when this was predicted as the likely capping level. We have heard before about the low government funding for York and it having one of the lowest tax levels. However
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Pearls of wisdom
MYSELF and many other residents, together with parents, school bus drivers and others using the West Bank area, read with some relief Peter Evely's latest clarification of the law on blocking the public highway, and the relevance (or irrelevance?) of
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Narrow way
I CAN assure Alec Acomb that York's Green councillors have been active in trying to ensure that new facilities for cyclists are well-designed and no more York council tax payers' money is wasted on implementing the inadequate, sometimes dangerous, arrangements
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Right royal opening for imperial exhibition
HE was the most influential man York has ever known and his path to glory - which began 1,700 years ago - put the historic city on the Roman map. Today, the great Roman emperor Constantine was once again in royal company as the city he adopted in 306AD
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Bus in close shave
HAIR studio owners have had to trim back an ornate wooden feature at the front of their business after a bus mounted the pavement outside and clipped the building. An architectural feature which forms part of the strut over the entrance to the Edward
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Sickened by heartless prankster
A HEARTLESS prankster sent a man a hoax postcard, claiming it was from his family - a year after they drowned in North Yorkshire. John Barrett, who received the card, called it "sick" and said those responsible should be locked up. Mr Barrett, who lives
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£5m expansion at shops outlet
YORK'S designer shopping explosion continued today, as the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet announced a £5 million redevelopment project. The 23,000 sq ft makeover of the centre's west wing - which currently houses the At Home shopping area - will create
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Dominant RI sweep to double
YORK Railway Institute continued their dominance in men's division one of the York and District Badminton League with two more victories. They were pushed hard by University Students 'A' before coming out on top 5-4 but had little difficulty in seeing
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Acorn to Askam hard questions
YORK Acorn ARLC boss Alfie Hill says his side will have to take each day as it comes as they head into an almost overwhelming fixture backlog. The Blue and Golds face paying a heavy price for their cup runs earlier in the season, plus the fact two games
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Ice-cool Alex puts reserves on Rhodes to victory
TEENAGE striker Alex Rhodes bagged a brace as York City reserves beat Grimsby Town at KitKat Crescent last night. The former York College student scored both Minstermen goals in a 2-1 victory that also saw two trialists given a run-out for the home team
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Arsonists get younger
AT eight years old he should be playing with his Action Man. Instead, the boy had turned an aerosol into a makeshift flame-thrower and was torching litter in a York street. Moments later a car on the forecourt of nearby Viking Vehicle Services was in
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Selby still on course for trophy success
SELBY Warriors ARLC go in search of cup silverware on Saturday knowing their promotion hopes in Pennine League division four are now hanging by the merest thread. The Warriors hammered bottom club Thornton last week in their last league game to go to
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Seven up St John's slice up Bacon men
YORK St John's made it seven straight wins in Reserve 'A' of the Leeper Hare York and District Football League after beating visitors Malton Bacon Factory 4-1. The students shared their goals between Alex McCray, Rich Holden, Owen Jones and Jack White
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Knights coaches
YORK City Knights' Supporters Club will run two coaches to Swinton for Sunday's Challenge Cup fourth round tie. Exact times and prices will be confirmed once final numbers are known. Anyone travelling must be or become a member of Supporters Club. Call
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Lyra to dance in - 30/03/06
Dancing Lyra, who made a dramatic winning debut for Malton trainer Richard Fahey at Southwell last week, bids to produce an encore at Musselburgh tomorrow. The five-year-old turns out in the DM Hall Handicap over a mile and will again be ridden by Paul
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How to reduce the risk when buying a second-hand car
CITY OF YORK COUNCIL Trading Standards regularly deals with complaints from residents who have bought second-hand cars from private sellers, only to find the mileage has been reduced (clocked), or it has suffered serious accident damage, is incorrectly
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Science week in Wigginton Primary School
Classes 1 and 2 Science Week 15th March 06 Getting the prince up the tower The classes listened eagerly to the story awaiting their challenge. They had to decide how to get the prince up the tower. Then they split to do different activities. Some attempted
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The achievers!
HARD-WORKING pupils have again helped the area's schools achieve top results in the national school performance tables. Several schools gained scores above the country's average for last year's Key Stage Three national curriculum tests, which are taken
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Should PM stay or go?
AS a supposed fan of rock music, Tony Blair could well have a song by The Clash ringing round his head. The tune in question is unlikely to be I'm So Bored With The USA, considering Tony's general pro-Americanism. I guess it could be Complete Control,
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Manchester put in a spin
JUST as York prepares to put its up, Manchester is taking its down. So revolves the circle of life for Britain's Ferris wheels. Parts for the "York eye" are due to arrive at Leeman Road this week, with the first spin pencilled in for April 7. This is
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On line and on track
A YORK train company today said its new era of wireless communications would hit the rails nine months ahead of schedule. East Coast Main line operator GNER said its entire fleet would be "wi-fi" ready by August - well ahead of its original deadline of
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Gents' and women's salons come together under one roof
A LONG-STANDING York men's hairdressers is on the move. Cads has moved from Church Street after 26 years - into a modern new home in Fossgate. Owner David Smith decided to move out of his old premises before the lease expired after a previous rent rise
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Tasty tyke treats in the spotlight
A SHOWCASE of mouth-watering fare from North Yorkshire took centre stage at a major event in the UK's food and drink exhibitions calendar. A record 25 of Yorkshire's food producers came together under the Deliciouslyorkshire banner at Food And Drink Expo
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Ice-cool Alex puts reserves on Rhodes to victory
TEENAGE striker Alex Rhodes bagged a brace as York City reserves beat Grimsby Town at KitKat Crescent last night. The former York College student scored both Minstermen goals in a 2-1 victory that also saw two trialists given a run-out for the home team
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Council comes cropper on tax
COUN Galloway complains in the Evening Press that the Government's decision to cap York's budget is perverse, staggering and totally astonishing. He states that the Government is punishing York residents without justification. It is the actions of Coun
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Wanton waste
TO quote Mr Galloway, "perverse, staggering and totally astonishing" describes the thoughts of the council tax payers of York. The only "punishing York residents without a scrap of justification" going on here is in the council's wanton waste of council
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Stop whinging
SO the Liberal Democrats have received their comeuppance - a warning about the excessive council tax increase of 5.5 per cent, more than twice the rate of inflation at two per cent. It is hardly surprising. The word "budgeting" does not appear to feature
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Petty behaviour
THAT a Labour Government should choose to flex its muscles by trying to make life difficult for a Liberal Democrat-controlled council is not surprising. That it should pick on a council with the tenth lowest tax rise in the country, out of 352, is not
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York needs a blitz on mini-motorbikes
ACOMB residents, as elsewhere in York, are plagued by the rise in ownership of mini-motorbikes. Riding these bikes on public land, footpaths or the public highway is illegal and can lead to prosecution. These machines can reach speeds of 40mph and there
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Baffling lanes
CYCLISTS do not always use cycle lanes for a number of reasons. It is worrying that if a cyclist is hit by a car, might the drivers' insurers try to blame the cyclist for not using a nearby cycle lane? Take the green lanes at Stockton Lane roundabout
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Joke too far
MY observation that Lendal Bridge might be used for parking was written in jest - which is why I sent it to the Diary (March 23). I didn't really believe that Diary readers wishing to park their car in the centre of York would take it seriously. Therefore
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Teutonic names
A MEMBER of the public, on being interviewed on behalf of your newspaper, gave an address Bismarck Street York (March 22). Was this street named in honour of Bismarck the famous (or infamous) German Iron Chancellor? If so what was the reason for such
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'Please hold'
IS anyone else having problems with the recycling collections or am I just unlucky? My bottles and cans have been picked up twice this year. Every other time I have had to take them away myself. Whenever I ring the so-called help line I'm told I'm in
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'I just can't believe an arsonist aged as young as eight set fire to my car in broad daylight'
THESE charred remains are all that was left after this car was torched by an arsonist believed to be only eight years old. The blue Ford Escort convertible, worth about £1,000, was standing on the forecourt of a York garage when it was deliberately torched
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Disgraced former psychiatrist William Kerr dies
DISGRACED former York psychiatrist William Kerr has died - just weeks after his wife Beryl Bromham passed away. Their deaths come just over five years after Kerr was found by a jury at a finding of fact hearing to have indecently assaulted a former patient
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Cap threat tax rise 'must stay'
THE council tax rise which has seen York put at risk of capping by the Government should remain in place, the city's resources chief said today. Coun Quentin Macdonald said City of York Council should be allowed to keep its 5.49 per cent tax increase
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New delays hit hospital car park
BUILDING work to York Hospital's much hoped-for new car park has hit new delays, it has emerged. Earlier this year the Evening Press revealed how traffic misery around the Wigginton Road site was likely to continue until well into 2007 after the already
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Seven up St John's slice up Bacon men
YORK St John's made it seven straight wins in Reserve 'A' of the Leeper Hare York and District Football League after beating visitors Malton Bacon Factory 4-1. The students shared their goals between Alex McCray, Rich Holden, Owen Jones and Jack White
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Workers in shock after 550 jobs are axed
HUNDREDS of workers at a massive supermarket distribution centre in North Yorkshire are to be laid off. Bosses at the DHL Exel supply warehouse, in Sherburn-in-Elmet, have told union negotiators that 550 jobs are to go after supermarket giant Somerfield
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Hemingbrough to keep up fight
HEMINGBROUGH Cricket Club has declared it will continue to fight its expulsion from the Hunter's York and District Senior League. Despite withdrawing an injunction against the League to force them to be re-admitted before the start of this season the
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Demolition drive man has epilepsy
THE driver of the bus which partially demolished a York house will not face any prosecution after tests revealed he suffers from epilepsy. Police revealed that Dennis Goad was forced to surrender his licence - and said he would never drive a bus again
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Way we were
Thursday, March 30, 2006 100 years ago The everlasting subject of the electric lighting at Malton was up again at the meeting of the Malton Urban District Council. Several complaints had been made of the lamps becoming extinct and thereby causing annoyance
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Retail boost
SHOPAHOLICS complain they have to travel to Leeds to get their fix of designer wares. But York is doing its bit to lure them back. Zara and H&M have already opened, Whistles is on its way to Stonegate, and today we reveal a further boost to the out-of-town
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Acorn to Askam hard questions
YORK Acorn ARLC boss Alfie Hill says his side will have to take each day as it comes as they head into an almost overwhelming fixture backlog. The Blue and Golds face paying a heavy price for their cup runs earlier in the season, plus the fact two games
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Scottish terrier
AMPLEFORTH College student Ben Ainscough plans to follow in the rugby union studmarks of some illustrious international old boys. The 18-year-old has been selected for the Scottish Schools team to play against Ireland Youth in Dublin this weekend, having
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"What was the point in going to court? I wish I'd never gone through with it - all it did was bring
Maxine Gordon traces one woman's struggle to put her life back together after rape. HER nails are bitten and, as we talk, she nervously plays with her hands, as if wringing the tips of her fingers dry. Her owl-like eyes are hollowed by sadness. Her voice