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Head teachers comment on rising number of exclusions
HEAD TEACHERS have spoken out about the staggering increase in York's expulsion figures after it emerged the number of children excluded from our schools has rocketed for the second year running. Yesterday, The Press exclusively revealed the number of
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Green vision for Clifford's Tower
YORK is a city with limited lung power due to the lack of green space. The pocket-handkerchiefs of the Museum Gardens and the Minster Gardens are leaving the population gasping for air. However, there is a possible cure to be found in the Clifford's Tower
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Well done NHS
I was recently involved in an accident on our farm which resulted in a 999 call. The paramedics arrived extremely quickly, assessed the situation and called the air ambulance, which arrived in ten minutes. A further ambulance met us at Bootham Park and
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Happy memories
How I agree with Bill Hearld when he pointed out in his Tuesday column that whistling seems to be a thing of the past. Wasn't it just wonderful to hear a man whistling while he went about his business as my father and late-husband used to. As Bill so
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Why does it take so long to replace a bin?
I would like to express my anger at the disgraceful service that City of York Council has provided regarding a replacement black bin. Mine was lost in the back of the refuse wagon four weeks ago. I was told I would be given a replacement, but not told
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Piccadilly option
I fully agree with Coun Dave Merrett that City of York Council should choose the Piccadilly option for the new Arc Light centre. However, I feel the local authority was always going to be very unlikely to choose this site because they will want to protect
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Arc Light fiasco
It appears that the Arc Light issue is now fast becoming a Barbican-type fiasco, but the question has to be asked, do we really need an Arc Light centre at all? Could it be that providing a centre for the homeless or dispossessed in York only serves to
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£280 raised
MAY I through your paper thank everyone who helped at our annual tin collection, held in the Coppergate Centre, York, on Saturday, April 22. The collection raised £280 for York Hospital Radio. Thanks to the Coppergate staff for their help and to the public
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Why Kurt always goes with the risk
MOST people like to have a quiet time relaxing in the sun when they go on holiday. So would Kurt Edwards' wife, Nikki, but it never happens. The Osbaldwick couple are back from a break in Egypt, staying less than 50 miles from the resort of Dahab where
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New role is Jest the job to tax Jean
PERSONAL tax specialist, Jean Jesty, has been appointed a partner at newly-created North Yorkshire independent accountants JWPCreers, which has offices in York and Selby. Jean joined accountants Creers in York as a tax consultant in 1998. The practice
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Dressing up
More women than ever are enjoying a day at the races. Maxine Gordon examines the appeal ahead of the first Ladies Day of 2006. LONG gone are the days when horseracing was associated with men in flat caps supping even flatter beer. Today, the headgear
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Selby revamp 'not done deal'
"THIS is not a done deal." That is the message from leading opposition councillors fighting a multi-million pound scheme to transform the heart of Selby's town centre. They still hope to halt Dransfield Properties' £16 million plan to extend the town's
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Superbus 'has only one extra seat'
COUNCILLORS have been accused of wasting £1.3 million of public money on the new ftr superbus - because it has only one more seat than an ordinary bus, and 14 fewer than a bendy-bus. John Galvin, the city's Tory party agent, said he had no argument over
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Big sell-off in Hungate
COUNCILLORS are set to sell several buildings in York's Hungate area to pave the way for its redevelopment - and raise cash for council house improvements across the city. Four properties in Stonebow, another five in Hungate and a site in Dundas Street
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Crackdown on yobs 'a success'
A CRACKDOWN on yobs in York was today hailed a success, exactly a month after it was launched. Police and local councillors say antisocial behaviour in New Earswick has been greatly reduced, since police set up a dispersal zone in the village. The six-month
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England paceman in rare outing for Tykes
MATTHEW Hoggard returns to the Yorkshire side against Sussex at Headingley on Wednesday for what could be his only Championship appearance of the season. The England fast bowler will spearhead the attack with Australia's Jason Gillespie and the hope is
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Derwent hopes Sever-ed at end
SEVERUS equalised four minutes from time and then scored three times in extra time to win the York FA Sunday Morning Senior Cup final. Opponents Derwent had been ahead from the 15th minute but Severus pressure eventually paid off. The game, played on
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Baby in river rescue ordeal
A TINY baby was rescued from drowning after her pushchair plunged off a 10ft foot drop into the freezing waters of the River Ouse in York. Frantic boat workers jumped straight in to save the three-month-old tot as the buggy disappeared beneath the surface
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Arc Light decision
UNION Terrace car park was today chosen as the new home of the York Arc Light centre. A meeting of City of York Council's executive plumped for the site as the preferred option for the Leeman Road based charity despite an outcry of objections from a packed
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D-Day for Arc Light
THE future of the Arc Light centre for the homeless has been one of the hottest topics in York, often dominating the news, comment and readers' letters pages of The Press. The arguments for and against potential sites for a new centre have raged on -
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Island task
YORK PR man Tony Docherty is used to a challenge, which is perhaps just as well. The tourism consultant is often called in to help publicise visitor attractions, including York's own Jorvik Viking Centre. Now he has been given what sounds like a tough
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Mapals makes major impact
NEW-BOY Lee Mapals scored a brilliant hat-trick as another excellent performance brought New Earswick ARLC victory at St Joseph's. All Blacks, long since promoted from Pennine League division one, completed their away programme in fine fashion with a
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York batsmen in the groove
YORK Cricket Club bounced back from their disappointed Saturday defeat with a comprehensive Yorkshire League victory over Castleford at Clifton Park on Monday. The batting, which had misfired badly at Hull 48 hours earlier, was in the groove on home soil
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Robins' revenge
SELBY Town gained revenge for Saturday's defeat at Pickering with a 4-1 Northern Counties East League premier division over the Pikes at Flaxley Road last night. The Robins included three of their Under-19 side and one of them, Tom Hogg, made a dream
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Derwent hopes Sever-ed at end
SEVERUS equalised four minutes from time and then scored three times in extra time to win the York FA Sunday Morning Senior Cup final. Opponents Derwent had been ahead from the 15th minute but Severus pressure eventually paid off. The game, played on
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Yorkshire raid - 02/05/06
Watch out for North Yorkshire runners at Kempton Park this evening. Middleham-based James Bethell could lead the way with Snowed Under in the RUK Evening Package For £60 Handicap, the second race on the card from Britain's newest all-weather course. Richard
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UK blunder
Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP, asks "what sort of society lets out known dangerous criminals?" (The Press, April 27). The answer, clearly, is "ours". This is a purely home-made blunder by our own dear Home Office. How members of UKIP would have rejoiced if
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Cashing in
WHILE not wishing to denigrate the sterling work many GPs perform, I am amazed that the Government has given them so much money in their new contracts. Since the main thrust of New Labour's health policy is for a market-driven service, and GP pay makes
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Health alert
EACH year tens of thousands of people die from thrombosis - blood clots - contracted in hospital. But many of these deaths are preventable. Last year, the House of Commons Health Select Committee published a report entitled The Prevention Of Venous Thromboembolism
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North Riding Cup final glory beckons for City youngsters
YORK City reserve team coach Colin Walker has hailed the importance of the club's second string ahead of Tuesday night's North Riding Senior Cup final against Northallerton Town. The Minstermen's reserves will have the opportunity to end their campaign
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It's so easy
A £1.7 million Evans Easyspace business centre, which is expected to generate about 120 jobs at York Business Park, is one step closer. Denise Dodd, chief executive of york-england.com, the region's inward investment organisation, performed the official
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It's not how it looks
APPEARANCES can be deceptive. Oh boy. The York pub landlord who has banned all headwear to keep trouble out of the place may have a shock coming. Not every kid who wears a chav cap will kick your head in and steal your mobile phone. Not every man in a
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England paceman in rare outing for Tykes
MATTHEW Hoggard returns to the Yorkshire side against Sussex at Headingley on Wednesday for what could be his only Championship appearance of the season. The England fast bowler will spearhead the attack with Australia's Jason Gillespie and the hope is
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Student flats plan approved
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build hundreds of students' flats in a residential area have been given the go-ahead. An application to demolish the old Pullman Bus Depot, in Navigation Road, and replace it with student housing has been approved by City of York
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Ex-girlfriend cleared of wounding after early hours fight with love rival
A JILTED girlfriend cut the man she loved in the arm and attacked him with a metal lamp when a love triangle erupted into a bedroom battle, a jury heard. York Crown Court heard how love rivals Stacey Fletcher and Melanie Bradley fought in the room where
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New bus stop threat to Acomb carpet business
HE has sold carpets in York for more than 20 years - now one shopkeeper fears his business may be under threat, and all because of York's new superbus. David Grierson, who runs Green Lane Carpets, in Acomb, York, said vans will no longer be able to pull
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Ton-up Hartley
MARK Hartley hit three maximums and a 15-darter as Ebor won their opening match of the York Phoenix Monday Darts League division one summer campaign. Hartley was well supported by Tony Raymond, who hit 19 and 17 darts, to seal the last game win at Cygnet
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£26m deal for Terry's site sealed
A MULTI-MILLION pound deal to bring the site of the former Terry's chocolate factory back to life has finally been sealed. York-based Grantside Ltd is paying parent company Kraft about £26 million for the site in Bishopthorpe Road. Managing director Steve
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York batsmen in the groove
YORK Cricket Club bounced back from their disappointed Saturday defeat with a comprehensive Yorkshire League victory over Castleford at Clifton Park on Monday. The batting, which had misfired badly at Hull 48 hours earlier, was in the groove on home soil
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War-torn Falklands turn to York for tips on tourism
OFFICIALS on the Falkland Islands Development Corporation have turned to a York business to help them establish their once war-battered island as a tourist honey pot. Tony Docherty, 48, who heads up the tourism consultancy division at the Continuum Group
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North Riding Cup final glory beckons for City youngsters
YORK City reserve team coach Colin Walker has hailed the importance of the club's second string ahead of Tuesday night's North Riding Senior Cup final against Northallerton Town. The Minstermen's reserves will have the opportunity to end their campaign
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Arc Light site 'worth £750k'
£750,000 - THAT'S how much council chiefs stand to rake in if they today reject an Arc Light candidate as the new home for the homeless hostel. Guildhall sources have told The Press that the ex-Reynard's garage has been valued at three-quarters of a million
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I couldn't possibly have a perm, could I?
MY friend had a perm at the weekend. When she told me she was booked in at the hairdresser's for one, I thought she was joking. But no, she went ahead. I went round to see her expecting to see her beautiful brown locks looking more like Bison wool. But
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Pot back for players of yesteryear
Snooker has a new world champion today, this year's tournament in Sheffield having ended last night. Hugh MacDougall takes the opportunity to put some of the game's forgotten heroes back in the frame. JIMMY White is the great exception to the maxim that
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Meeting up again
CYBERSPACE and The Press teamed up to complete a reunion jigsaw for Sheriff Hutton Football Club. A grand gathering for the York and District League team, which enjoyed silverware-laden success in the 1960s and early 1970s, drew more than 80 former players
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'Houses get back in the groove
LEEPER Hare York and District Football League Reserve 'A' champions Dringhouses, who were surprisingly beaten in the Reserve Cup final, got back to winning ways in the league, Shane Laverack scoring twice in their 3-1 win at St John's. Kartiers avoided
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Underdogs seek play-off shock
HARROGATE Town go into Tuesday night's Conference North play-offs as rank outsiders to claim the remaining promotion place. Neil Aspin's men were given odds of 7-2 to win the knockouts, with their semi-final opponents tonight, Stafford Rangers, the 7-
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Arc Light: it's time to decide
A decision will be made today on where to place the new Arc light centre. STEPHEN LEWIS rounds up the debate on one of York's most contentious issues. TODAY is Decision Day on Arc Light. Senior Liberal Democrat councillors will meet at the Guildhall at
