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Brass neck
I read with interest the article about Jeremy Jones, the Arc Light director, protesting about the lack of consultation over the location of the Yorkshire Wheel (Arc Light Protest At Wheel, April 26). Jeremy, you have a "brass neck". Could I remind you
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Stitched up
The article "And then there were just three?" (April 25) serves to confirm what CUPRA have been saying all along - that Union Terrace is being stitched up. How can City of York Council claim there has been honest and open consultation when, as soon as
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Disease link
IN articles about the lack of dentists and dental care, there is always mention of gum disease. What is very rarely mentioned is the strong link between gum disease and heart disease. The full cost of lack of proper dental care in the UK should also take
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Barging shoppers
I WOULD like to agree wholeheartedly with Judith Walker's letter (Grand Parade, April 26). I was also marching on Sunday. What glorious weather we had. What a shame The Press didn't show any pictures of the boys and girls marching in their uniforms. The
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Youth pride
Following Judith Walker's letter (Grand Parade, April 26) I would like to reiterate her disappointment at not seeing a picture of a Scout or Guide in the paper from Sunday's St George's Day Parade. I do not wish to take anything away from members of the
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Simple politics
The reported upsurge in support for the BNP is simple to explain. The keyword is "simple". Let's consider modern life. Communications? Simple - what can't you do on your mobile? Shopping? Simple - supermarkets open 24/7, free home delivery: no problem
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Animal experiments must be abolished
THIS week is World Laboratory Animal Week and on April 24, eight of us protested against the US-owned contract testing laboratory Covance in Harrogate, which experiments on animals. The point I wished to make was that between 50,000 and 100,000 people
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Cruckley Animal Farm, near Driffield.
Children like seeing animals, but they enjoy feeding, stroking and cuddling them even more. And they can spend all day doing just that at Cruckley. We took our neighbour's six-year-old daughter, Dorothy Duklas, along to accompany our daughter, and they
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Feather in cap for Dave
LEADING pigeon fancier Dave Wright is flying high with birdies and eagles. The winner of many awards in the world of pigeons, the Selby Golf Club player is now amassing silverware in his new sport of golf, which he has only been playing for less than
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Could it be magic?
WHEN Rachael Waite's dream to see pop sensations Take That turned sour all she could do was pray. The York College student, of Windmill Rise, Holgate, won tickets to see the band at Newcastle through a text message competition run by Channel Four programme
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Addict beat his wife unconscious
A WIFE is standing by the drug addict who battered her into unconsciousness because she refused to fund his habit. Adrian Strong, prosecuting, said Scott Green wanted to get himself high when he woke from a drugged stupor. He demanded money from his wife
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Wind of change
A FRESH wind blows into Monks Cross Shopping Park in Huntington this summer as York's shopping revolution marches on. A new Monsoon Accessorize fashion store opens in more than 6,000 sq ft at the edge-of-York estate on June 22. There is already a Monsoon
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Bosses will play it cagey - Stone
STEVE Stone is set for another cameo performance at Preston tomorrow when Leeds United warm up for the end of season play-offs. The former England winger made his long-awaited debut 29 minutes from the end against Crewe at Elland Road last Saturday and
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Gibbs runs her fastest marathon
YORK Acorn runner Dawn Gibbs is still on cloud nine after a great performance in the London Marathon. She was the first Over-50 finisher in the capital and her time of two hours 58 minutes and four seconds was a personal best by ten minutes. She was the
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'I'll look at law change'
HOME Secretary Charles Clarke has promised to examine demands for a new law to tackle child abductors, following the case of a York predator who tried to kidnap a girl. Shy Keenan, of Phoenix Survivor, a support group for victims of child sexual abuse
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McGrath keeps hopes alive with battling knock
Anthony McGrath rapped out a defiant unbeaten 73 at Edgbaston to leave Yorkshire with some hope today of either forcing a draw against Warwickshire or even pulling off a sensational victory. After their opponents had contemptuously set them a 500 target
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Fabulous wines to quaff for under a fiver
Quaffing wine, what's that then? My concise definition would be an easy drinking, flavoursome wine that costs less than £5 but perhaps isn't of the highest quality. We should all have a few quaffing wines set aside in our racks, just in case of emergencies
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Cook forced into big Knights reshuffle
INJURY-HIT York City Knights have been forced into a radical shake-up of the squad ahead of their trip to Rochdale Hornets tomorrow (3pm). There will be five changes to the starting line-up that edged National League 2 outfit Dewsbury Rams in the Northern
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Darina's sheen - 29/04/06
It's 'Family Day' at Wetherby tomorrow, with the added attraction of a race with some 50 runners. The Mascot Steeplechase, organised by the Yorkshire Young Farmers' Clubs, will take place over a number of obstacles spanning the final furlong of the course
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It's the final round-up for cowboys
"WE'LL be back" was the warning from police and trading standards officers after targeting cowboy tradesmen in a joint operation. The clampdown saw officers carrying out patrols and roadside checks on vehicles in Hambleton along the A19 and at major intersections
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Gilling East
Gilling East is a place I've never started from before. There hadn't seemed a good circuit from the village, but I have just discovered a permissive path that makes for a nice and easy walk. The first couple of miles are beside Holbeck, a stream that
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Baileys Caf & Tearooms, Museum Street, York
WHEN a caf is full it either demonstrates its popularity or the fact that service is slow. We secured the only vacant table by the window overlooking Library Square. No sooner had we taken our seats when an assistant appeared to remove empty cups and
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Massive failure of the system
So almost 1,000 prisoners, including murderers and paedophiles, some of whom judges ruled must be deported, have been released from prison - whereabouts unknown. Home Secretary Charles Clarke says: "I do take full responsibility for this" and "It is a
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Tough luck
REGARDING your article (Arc Light Protest At Wheel, April 26), Jeremy Jones would have liked more consultation. Dear oh dear Jeremy, tough luck. Remember Burnholme three years ago, no consultation. The old saying rings very true. Do unto others as you
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Will York pub send the posh folk packing?
With reference to the article "Hat'll Get You Barred" (April 26). Yorkshire-born and Yorkshire-bred, strong in the arm, wot, NOT A HAT ON ME HEAD!! (Not even a flat one, a real Yorkshire trademark). Some may say any publicity is good publicity but, in
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Bang the drum
I would like to add my own view to that raised in your Comment column on April 24. This referred to the "low-key affair" of St George's Day and its general lack of celebration when compared with St Patrick's Day, for example. Our family have been long-time
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Misses are a big hit
York Hospital was treated to an unexpected dose of glamour when six Miss York contenders dropped into the children's ward. The competition, sponsored by The Press, is raising money for our Guardian Angels appeal to build a high-dependency children's unit
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Race against time
If there was a reality TV show for sporting events, the London Marathon would run away with it. Week after week, big names like the FA Cup final, the boat race and the Great North Run would be voted out on the text and 09066 lines in favour of the fun
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Thrill with a chill
Hannah Stephenson talks to a former York student whose children's books are now nearly as big as Harry Potter. YOU can tell when a children's author has made it big: film-makers start falling over themselves to rush their characters on to the big screen
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A small wonder
There is a lovely spring plant growing in the shade under our holly tree this year. It has been in the garden for several years but never did well, mainly because it was moved a few times and always seemed to get crowded out by other plants. The last
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This desert life
Staggering scenery, ancient monuments, and a people who live and breathe the true meaning of hospitality - Scott Armstrong travelled to the little-known land of Jordan in the Middle East. The Desert of Wadi Rum YOU hold your breath as each second becomes
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Final flourish to City's season
THE North Riding Senior Cup final against Northallerton Town at KitKat Crescent next Tuesday (7.45pm) will represent York City's last chance of silverware this season. It will be also a great way to celebrate the existence of a reserve side, which the
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Wind of change
A FRESH wind blows into Monks Cross Shopping Park in Huntington this summer as York's shopping revolution marches on. A new Monsoon Accessorize fashion store opens in more than 6,000 sq ft at the edge-of-York estate on June 22. There is already a Monsoon
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Big clubs should do more to help
WHILE the gesture from Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to argue against the withdrawal of central funding towards York City's Centre of Excellence was clearly appreciated by Minstermen boss Billy McEwan this week, KitKat Crescent regulars
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Fansalotto thrown by Lancealotto
Swap the sky blue jerseys for yellow and Tuesday night's meeting at Huntington Stadium could have been a replica of the reformation meeting of four years ago. The looks of grave concern were certainly the same. But this was a good news story - a chance
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Gary's Ful of the joys of top club
GARY Pearce has joined Fulford Golf Club as its centenary celebrations go on full beam. But the new general manager is determined that amid all the 100-year magic throughout 2006, the club remains focused on being a thriving operation well into its second
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Malton marvels
EAST Yorkshire Winter Alliance champions Malton and Norton GC ladies had another successful outing, this time with male partners at Hornsea. Club pro Steve Robinson teamed up with Malton ladies' captain Val McKendry to win the best gross prize for the
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Old enemies unite in bid to get big games
In a rare moment of Roses co-operation, Yorkshire have teamed up with Lancashire in an attempt to bring international Twenty-20 cricket to Headingley and Old Trafford next season. Yorkshire chief executive Stewart Regan said that the two counties have
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McGrath keeps hopes alive with battling knock
Anthony McGrath rapped out a defiant unbeaten 73 at Edgbaston to leave Yorkshire with some hope today of either forcing a draw against Warwickshire or even pulling off a sensational victory. After their opponents had contemptuously set them a 500 target
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'Pick Piccadilly'
IT should be Piccadilly. That's the view of Labour leaders in York who have called on the city council to choose the former Reynard's garage as Arc Light's new home. At a meeting of the Labour group's shadow executive, party chiefs indicated the Piccadilly
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It's the final round-up for cowboys
"WE'LL be back" was the warning from police and trading standards officers after targeting cowboy tradesmen in a joint operation. The clampdown saw officers carrying out patrols and roadside checks on vehicles in Hambleton along the A19 and at major intersections
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Child porn pervert had 2,600 pictures
PERVERT Wayne Michael Jackson dreamed of being a paedophile and watched hard-core child porn while his wife slept, York Crown Court heard. But his innocent spouse, Yvonne Jackson, was arrested, taken to a police station and interviewed under caution when
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Neighbours rally behind tenant facing eviction
HE WAS branded a "nightmare neighbour" - and now he is facing eviction after York council bosses claimed he had breached a court order to behave. But as John Doherty fights to stay in his council home in Trinity Lane, Bishophill, he is winning strong
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Final flourish to City's season
THE North Riding Senior Cup final against Northallerton Town at KitKat Crescent next Tuesday (7.45pm) will represent York City's last chance of silverware this season. It will be also a great way to celebrate the existence of a reserve side, which the
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Goodbye to little Louis
HE was a boy with a "cheeky smile" who had an "instant impact on everyone he met" - and yesterday mourners gathered to honour his young life tragically cut short by cancer. Brave young Louis Connell, from Newland Park Drive, York, died on Saturday after
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Cook forced into big Knights reshuffle
INJURY-HIT York City Knights have been forced into a radical shake-up of the squad ahead of their trip to Rochdale Hornets tomorrow (3pm). There will be five changes to the starting line-up that edged National League 2 outfit Dewsbury Rams in the Northern
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Yobs throw keeper off York's city walls after cruel chase
BRUTAL thugs chased the keeper of York's historic Bar Walls before throwing him off. Chris Wooldridge, from Holgate, who is autistic, narrowly escaped serious injury, but was left traumatised by the ordeal. The drama unfolded as the 45-year-old was closing
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Going mad for St George
THE fun never stops in this house. Last Saturday at 11pm - a time when, if you're young, you're heading off to Tofts, and if you're not, you're heading off to bed - saw us making dragon eggs. Forty of them. All we had to work with was a clutch of imitation
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Merris mystery
WHILE all true York City supporters acknowledge Billy McEwan's passion and commitment in turning round the club's fortunes on what appears to be very limited resources, his treatment of Dave Merris has to be the mystery of the season. In the view of many
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Meltons Too, Walmgate, York
As the traditional caff declares war on the continental caf, Maxine Gordon visits a York bistro offering the best of both. WHEN Meltons Too opened five years ago, the consensus was it was just what York needed. The two-storey bistro, housed in the former
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Thrill with a chill
Hannah Stephenson talks to a former York student whose children's books are now nearly as big as Harry Potter. YOU can tell when a children's author has made it big: film-makers start falling over themselves to rush their characters on to the big screen
