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Give a handout to those who need it
The principle behind the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is "Something for Something". Students receiving it are given weekly payments which they have supposedly earned by showing commitment to their studies. Yes? What about all the other students
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The good old days
WELL hallelujah - a letter that every judge, MP and Prime Minister should read and act upon. Thank you to John Rogers (Jails should be tough on crime, April 22), for suggesting we take a lesson from the old days regarding prisons and their harsh regimes
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Council confusion
CITY of York Council leader Steve Galloway seems confused in his comments (Barbican 'Bargain' Pressure Mounting, April 25) regarding the Labour group's demand for the council to undertake a full scrutiny of his Barbican "bargain-basement sale" fiasco.
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Preying on nature
RE your Diary on the Loose column (April 19), and its item regarding sparrow hawks. The partial recovery of our birds of prey populations, after years of persecution by gamekeepers and industrial farming practices to wipe them off the face of the earth
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Why the delay?
I APPLAUD City of York Council's stance on nuisance neighbours and tenancy enforcement manager Neil McFarlane's praise of the neighbours of the latest evictee, Graham Burbage (Psychologist gets eviction treatment, April 26). But I would like to ask why
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Seeing the Light
THE most obvious place to site the new Arc Light home is in the grounds of the Archbishop of York's palace in Bishopthorpe. Plenty of room, not near anyone else, and Dr Sentamu is always telling everyone else to help somebody - so let him set an example
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Players' and fans' pick of the year McGurk proud
THE Press and York City Players' Player of the Year David McGurk admitted he felt privileged to be selected for the awards ahead of prolific strikers Andy Bishop and Clayton Donaldson. Bishop, who netted his 25th goal of the season in Saturday's 3-1 defeat
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Right little scrubber
IT was when I found myself rubbing the oven with baby oil that I realised there had been a fundamental shift in my attitude to cleaning. In case you now have a frighteningly vivid image of me in some fetishistic rubber outfit caressing household implements
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Cool schools
PUPILS and teachers at York schools have a chance to show that they are top of the class, by getting involved in The Press's community awards scheme. The York Community Pride Awards, which we run with City of York Council, include three awards for schools
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Hedge arson probe
FIREFIGHTERS were called after a hedge was set on fire on fields behind Windsor Drive, Wigginton. The crew from Huntington used buckets of water to douse the flames while they tried to drive a fire engine closer to the blaze. The hedgerow and scrubland
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Cook laments his side's failure to stay on top of their game
AN unhappy Mick Cook admitted that watching his York City Knights side was a frustrating pastime after they fell to a 30-16 defeat at Rochdale. A good second-half performance yesterday could not make up for an error-strewn first period and Cook reiterated
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Determined Tykes defied by Bears
Gallant Yorkshire posted a record which they did not deserve in their Championship thriller with Warwickshire at Edgbaston. It ended in defeat by 66 runs when they lost their last wicket with only three balls remaining after the tenth-wicket pair of Jason
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Let us spray!
WORSHIPPERS were left in tears after discovering vandals had desecrated their church by spraying it with dry powder from a fire extinguisher. Services at St Andrew's Church, in Bishopthorpe, had to be moved elsewhere after powder meant to put out electrical
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Drink-drive jockey banned from roads
HE won the first big race of the Flat season, but was pulled up by the courts when he went drink-driving and crashed on the York ring-road. Now, up-and-coming jockey Graham Gibbons has the handicap of a four-and-a-half year driving ban and has to cadge
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Kicked out of class
DRUGS, assault and verbal abuse - just another day in the classroom as new figures show the number of children being expelled from York schools has rocketed for the second year running. New figures obtained by The Press show the number of permanent exclusions
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York Vale Cricket League scores
HPH York Vale League Div 1: Drax 122-2 beat Westow 118-8 by 8 wkts, Fulfordgate 173-6 beat Bishopthorpe 66 by 107 runs, Heworth 90 lost to Burn 136-7 by 46 runs, North Duffield 120-3 beat Askham Bryan YPO 119-8 by 7 wks, Wheldrake 113-2 beat British Sugar
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Seasiders soar to massive victory
THE return of Wilberfoss to division two was memorable for all the wrong reasons. They were overwhelmed by a Scarborough side whose victory by 295 runs may well be a league record victory margin. Australian Ben Lloyd hit 187 on his debut for the Seasiders
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Surprise as Bishopthorpe win cup
LEEPER Hare York and District Football League Reserve 'B' side Bishopthorpe sprang a major surprise in the Reserve Cup final by beating holders Dringhouses. The deadlock was broken six minutes into the second half when Dale Lumley threaded a through ball
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Bacon men avoid drop
Malton Bacon Factory performed the great escape as they avoided relegation from the Leeper Hare York and District League premier division by winning 3-1 away to Tate & Lyle Selby. That victory means Bishopthorpe go down with Haxby to division one
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Neighbours from hell in firing line
Nuisance neighbours in York council homes have been discovering that their yobbish actions will no longer be tolerated. Mike Laycock examines City of York Council's attitude towards antisocial behaviour - and reveals the allegations behind another eviction
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Cook laments his side's failure to stay on top of their game
AN unhappy Mick Cook admitted that watching his York City Knights side was a frustrating pastime after they fell to a 30-16 defeat at Rochdale. A good second-half performance yesterday could not make up for an error-strewn first period and Cook reiterated
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Mannikko can dash to victory at Bath - 01/05/06
Mannikko is the Nap selection to capture the Wick Handicap over five furlongs at Bath tomorrow. A creditable second to Milton's Choice at Nottingham on his reappearance this season, Mannikko, trained by Geoff Wragg, should be sharper as a result of that
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Cool schools
PUPILS and teachers at York schools have a chance to show that they are top of the class, by getting involved in The Press's community awards scheme. The York Community Pride Awards, which we run with City of York Council, include three awards for schools
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Hornets 30, Knights 16
COACH Mick Cook has often warned his York City Knights side will not be able to get away with the kind of comebacks that brought them the LHF Healthplan National League Two title last season. And the proof was in the pudding at Spotland. Had the Knights
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Persistent problem
THE abolition of capital punishment, hard labour, treadmill and flogging for criminals has long since gone, and may never return. Alternatives - community orders, tagging, ASBOs and the like - may be working to some degree, but not so with the persistent
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'The council's bin service stinks'
I AM grateful to The Press for highlighting the waste of public money due to bins disappearing for a variety of reasons. However, for me personally the worst part of this saga was that my last replacement bin, delivered after two phone calls and 17 days
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Old differences
TAKE heart, Mike Bentley (Saturday Soundoff, April 22), not all older people are the same. We don't all have scooters and I, for one, would not dream of doing something as ungracious as jumping the Post Office queue and pushing past you - I am far too
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Pounds can be lost and saved
Small changes in our lifestyle in terms of diet and exercise can add years to our lives, we are told. Might it be a good idea to walk to and from the gym, where many pay for their exercise and use petrol in the process? They may save money and make an
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Scorecards
April 29/30 Premier Division Acomb (12pts) drew with Hull Zingari (27pts): Hull Zingari 202-7 (M Thompson 56, A Knowles 43, A Markham 59; D J Sykes 4-84, A D Tute 3-44), Acomb 182-9 (S Nicholls 27, F R Sykes 70, J Burton 30; A Hamson 3-32, D Salpietro
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Billy wants players to stick with City
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has urged his players to ignore possible transfer interest from other clubs this season and commit their future to KitKat Crescent. McEwan watched his side finish their Conference season in eighth place after a 3-1 defeat against
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Whistle claim runs out of puff
Colleague Bill Hearld's Tuesday column about people just not whistling any more has prompted quite a response. A flurry of letters cried out that whistling in the privacy of people's homes was alive and shrill. One Wheldrake mum said her young son was
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No joy for York in low-scoring duel
York's visit to Hull in the Yorkshire ECB Premier League brought them little comfort as the hosts took the spoils with a two-wicket victory in a dogged low scoring match. Although Steve Piercy and Dan Wilson gave the visitors a good start taking the score
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Determined Tykes defied by Bears
Gallant Yorkshire posted a record which they did not deserve in their Championship thriller with Warwickshire at Edgbaston. It ended in defeat by 66 runs when they lost their last wicket with only three balls remaining after the tenth-wicket pair of Jason
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Town sees more empty premises
THE number of vacant shops and business properties in Selby is on the increase again, prompting fears for the health of the town centre. Figures released by district council bosses show that there are now 23 empty stores in the town, up from 20 in January
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History of city's artisans penned
UNSUNG heroes from York's history have finally been given recognition. The role of artisans and craftsmen in the development of York's social and commercial life over six centuries has been featured in a new book. A new history of The Company of Merchant
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Fury as council mislays petition
ONCE it was lost, now it has been found. City of York Council chiefs were in a sweat after a petition containing the names of more than 1,000 objectors to moves to house the new Arc Light centre at Union Terrace car park went missing. Members of the Claremont
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Oliver, 26, loses cancer battle
A FAMILY are struggling to come to terms with the void left by their "exceptional son" after cancer claimed his life at 26. After a battle which lasted two gruelling years, former Huntington School pupil Oliver Grant lost his fight against bowel cancer
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Campus 'running out of room'
MORE than 4,000 jobs and £185 million - that's how much boffins are predicting York's economy will benefit if the university is allowed to expand. Calculations by economists at the University of York predict enormous gains for the city, many of which
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York City 1, Hereford 3
IGNORE their play-off problems and Hereford United provide a reliable benchmark when assessing a club's Conference credentials. Saturday's 3-1 victory at York City ensured that the Bulls completed a hat-trick of successive runners-up finishes in the highest
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Malton hopes dashed in play-off
Malton and Norton RUFC's promotion hopes were left in tatters as Old Crossleyans overcame an early deficit to take the spoils 39-19 in the play-off for the last promotion place to North 2 East. Malton began with a bang, applying all of the early pressure
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Preston hold play-off aces after easy victory
Leeds United will meet Preston on Friday night in the first leg of the play-off semi-final and the teams will meet again at Deepdale on Monday night after losing 2-0 yesterday. In the other semi-final Crystal Palace entertain Watford on Saturday and visit
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Billy wants players to stick with City
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has urged his players to ignore possible transfer interest from other clubs this season and commit their future to KitKat Crescent. McEwan watched his side finish their Conference season in eighth place after a 3-1 defeat against
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A difficult decision
NO head teacher takes the decision to expel a pupil lightly. A school is a place of nurturing, as well as of education: and very often it is precisely the most disruptive pupils who are in greatest need of that nurturing. A school that resorts to expulsion
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Alliance make champion start
Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League champions Clifton Alliance made a good start to their defence of the title when they had a four-wicket victory at Sessay, who were third last term and seem likely to again figure prominently. Tom Kay hit
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Enterprise culture
IT'S an odd reality TV topic to have taken such a tight hold on the nation, but Sir Alan Sugar's The Apprentice seems to have everybody hooked. Here in York and Tadcaster, though, we have some real life would-be tycoons who are shaming the TV wannabes
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Star debut by Aussie
Osbaldwick hit a massive 311-5 to lay down a marker for a speedy return to the top flight when they opened their Hunters York and District League division one season by winning at Pocklington. After Rich Carew had made 35, Australian debutant Michael
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Good scoring by sponsors' men spurs Easingwold
Two of the directors of York and District Senior League sponsors Hunters Estate Agents starred with the bat to help Easingwold II score a seven wicket victory over Heworth II in division three. Heworth's Jason Gatus was unbeaten on 96 in his side's 176
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Weakened Acorn lose last match
York Acorn finished their season with a fourth defeat in the last five games - but the vastly inexperienced squad came out on a high. Rochdale Mayfield toppled their fellow mid-tablers 22-12 but it was never a thrashing and four Acorn tries were ruled
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Malton hopes dashed in play-off
Malton and Norton RUFC's promotion hopes were left in tatters as Old Crossleyans overcame an early deficit to take the spoils 39-19 in the play-off for the last promotion place to North 2 East. Malton began with a bang, applying all of the early pressure
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Heslington clinch division one championship
Heslington have won their second Leeper Hare York and District League title trophy in successive seasons. Last season they took the division two title and on Saturday they won 3-1 at home to Easingwold to clinch the division one championship. After the
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Fingers crossed
BOTH Harrogate Railway and Tadcaster Albion are waiting on decisions from on-high to decide whether or not they win promotion. The Rail will definitely finish third in Northern Counties East League premier division after a 3-2 defeat of Arnold Town, while
