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Knights 10, Leigh 24
IT'S probably a shame York City Knights saved arguably their best display this year for the visit of Leigh. Had they played like this against the likes of Rochdale, Halifax and Workington, they would have National League One points on the board by now
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Bags of kindness bring a happy ending
How about a tale to restore your faith in human nature? Press journalist Dave Stanford arrived at work only to find his bag, containing his wallet, and a folder, containing some very important car documents, had fallen off the back of his bike unnoticed
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City slicker Sam takes stock
A YOUNG entrepreneur from York is getting a vital chance to demonstrate his skills before the region's business elite next month. Sam Rickett, a former University of York first-class honours computer science graduate, who won The Press Young Entrepreneur
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Home help is close at hand
A FIRM which offers homecare and support services has opened a new office based at the Nuffield Hospital in Haxby Road, York, with a promise of up to 30 new jobs over the next year. Independent Home Living, which already specialises in personal and domestic
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Opener Dan's ton aids York
OPENER Dan Broadbent scored a century as York piled up the runs against Rotherham at Clifton Park on Saturday. The Yorkshire ECB Premier League fixture got off to a delayed start because of rain and the match was reduced to 90 overs. York skipper Marcus
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Parking battle for rail rivals
A ROW over rail services in York has been reopened after Grand Central promised to under cut rival GNER's parking prices by 50 per cent. The new train operator, which earlier this year won the right to run services on the East Coast Main Line, says it
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Young person's champion backs our Change It! campaign
YORK'S young person's champion has backed our campaign to change the law on child abduction. Coun Dave Scott said he was fully behind The Press Change It! campaign, which has challenged the Government to create a new law allowing judges to ban child abductors
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No go on wheel warning lights
THEY feared they may have to put up warning lights to help ensure aircraft didn't strike the 200-foot structure. But council members are now set to relent on a planning condition imposed on the National Railway Museum (NRM), instructing it to set up the
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Drugs eviction girl goes back
ONE of the teenage girls expelled from school after being caught taking ecstasy tablets has been allowed back to lessons. All Saints' RC School in York permanently excluded two girls, who are 13 or 14-years-old, and head teacher Bill Scriven said it had
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Tommo still on right track
YORK's British Touring Cars Championship racer James Thompson remained in second place in the overall standings despite a mixed bag of results at Oulton Park. The SEAT Sport UK driver started the day with an 11th-place finish in race one, with key rival
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Opener Dan's ton aids York
OPENER Dan Broadbent scored a century as York piled up the runs against Rotherham at Clifton Park on Saturday. The Yorkshire ECB Premier League fixture got off to a delayed start because of rain and the match was reduced to 90 overs. York skipper Marcus
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We can push forward says Knights boss Mick Cook
HEAD coach Mick Cook says York City Knights could put a run of National League One victories together if they continue to play like they did against Leigh Centurions. The Knights fell into the relegation zone following their 24-10 loss at Huntington Stadium
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You can help change law
OUR children are precious. They are also vulnerable. That is why we must be constantly vigilant in their protection. You might think that a stranger who attempted to kidnap a child was a very obvious danger. You might expect that such a person should
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Easingwold set the early pace
EASINGWOLD stole a march on their rain-hit rivals to open up a 19-point lead at the top of the Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League premier division. Saturday's programme was badly hit by rain but the 2004 champions were able to
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Gavin's hat-trick
EIGHTEEN-year-old Jamie Gavin recorded the first hat-trick of the season in a 5-20 spell which set up his side's seven-wicket victory in an all-Ryedale division five clash at Hovingham. Mark Redhead made 40 for Hovingham but his side's last five wickets
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The Da Vinci debate: Fact or fiction?
TOM Hanks has been many things in his glittering film career. An Apollo 13 astronaut; a gay lawyer afflicted with aids; a Hicksville everyman; even a desert island castaway. Now, however, he's taken on his biggest role of all: as the man who uncovers
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Windsor reign for a Spencer - 15/05/06
JAMIE Spencer, who did this column a good double-turn at Thirsk on Saturday night when riding a brace of selected winners, can provide more of the same at Windsor this evening. The champion jockey, who will be in action at York's May Festival this week
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Toddlers' gratitude
CLIFTON Playgroup and Toddlers held a sponsored walk around Rawcliffe Lake. A fantastic day was had by all and funds have been raised to buy equipment for the children to play on. Thanks to the staff for all their preparation and their time on the day
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Fare's not fair
HOW nice, a week's free ftr travel... oh, but wait, I already bought a week ticket, just like I was told to in the PayPoint/First advertising blitz that has preceded the ftr launch. So my first question is: will First be offering a refund or free week
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Generous citizens
ON Saturday, May 27, the York branch of the Royal Naval Association will turn out in strength in and around the city centre to honour their commitment to one of the oldest charities in the country. Alexander Rose Day is only one day in the year, but it
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Servicewoman's death 'was used to mask resentment'
SEXISM influenced some media prominence given to the death, in Iraq, of Flt Lt Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill ahead of four male British military personnel killed in the same Basra helicopter crash. With or without outside help, there is considerable resistance
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Funding shake-up
YORK City's Youth Development Fund is being wound up and its cash moved directly to the football club. In 14 years of fund-raising, more than £170,000 has been raised to aid City's Centre Of Excellence and Junior Reds supporters' group. During the season
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I'm a total Tube novice
THE Tube scares me. It's not the terrorists that terrify me or the mad people who may or may not stab, maim or push me on to the tracks at any moment. It's not even the notion that a vicious, salivating half-man, half-beast might be just around the next
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Fiery Fred's cancer fight
YORKSHIRE and England cricket legend Fred Trueman is suffering from cancer, it was revealed on Saturday. 'Fiery Fred' will undergo a 15-week course if treatment for small cell carcinoma, a bronchial condition. Trueman, 75, who captured 229 Test wickets
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Sunday sizzler
A sensational match full of twists and turns ended with victory by two runs for Yorkshire over Northamptonshire at Wantage Road yesterday in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. Rarely have Yorkshire been involved in a one-day game played at such fever
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McGrath thwarts Kent
AN unbeaten century from Anthony McGrath and 92 from Matthew Wood saved the day for Yorkshire and earned them a draw in their Championship match against Kent at Canterbury on Saturday. McGrath had reached 123 off 252 balls with 14 boundaries when Yorkshire
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Veterans fly in to pay respects
VETERANS from an air force squadron based in the Selby district held a reunion to pay their respects to comrades who lost their lives during the Second World War. Dozens of former members of the 578 Bomber Command Squadron, which was based in the district
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Natural wastage may account for job losses
YORK confectioner Nestl Rowntree could avoid compulsory redundancies when it sheds 234 jobs. Union leader John Kirk said today it was his "sincere hope" that all the job losses could be achieved through voluntary redundancies, while Nestl said the "vast
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Attack thug may be evicted
A THUG jailed for a violent racially-motivated attack on a shopkeeper could lose his home if it happens again. Council tenant Tudor Carrington, 53, of Healey Grove, Heworth, York, was jailed for 12 months in October for racial harassment towards local
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Stores back in business after flash floods
FLASH floods failed to keep York businesses closed for long, as staff rallied round to clear up the debris in time for weekend trade. A forecaster at PA Weather Centre said nearly a week's worth of rain had battered down on York in just half-an-hour in
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Fiery Fred's cancer fight
YORKSHIRE and England cricket legend Fred Trueman is suffering from cancer, it was revealed on Saturday. 'Fiery Fred' will undergo a 15-week course if treatment for small cell carcinoma, a bronchial condition. Trueman, 75, who captured 229 Test wickets
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Lip stud Rachel DOES go to the ball
SHE did go to the ball! Teenager Rachel Ellis had faced missing her leavers' prom after she was banned from Millthorpe School in York for refusing to remove a lip piercing. But the 15-year-old was allowed to join her friends at the celebrations on Saturday
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Funding shake-up
YORK City's Youth Development Fund is being wound up and its cash moved directly to the football club. In 14 years of fund-raising, more than £170,000 has been raised to aid City's Centre Of Excellence and Junior Reds supporters' group. During the season
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Cell death: our story
"IT'S too late for Rebecca." Those were the words of heartbroken York mum Janet Wade whose 22-year-old daughter was found hanged in her cell, less than 48 hours after she started a prison sentence. An inquest jury has criticised Low Newton Prison, near
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Way we were
Monday, May 15, 2006 100 years ago Following a balloon accident, six boys and one man were lying in hospital. After a trip, which had been without incident, the owner, Mr Rider Cook, decided to descend at a spot suitable for emptying and packing up the
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Stamp out racism
JUST as we must do all we can to keep our children safe, so we must make every effort to stamp out another evil: racism. Council tenant Tudor Carrington was jailed for 12 months for racially harassing shopkeeper Claude Wray. The racist thug beat Mr Wray
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Crayke brought down to earth
HAVING comfortably won their first two division three games, Crayke received a major jolt when their batting failed against Beverley Town, who ran out winners by 76 runs. James Bayes, with 39, and Paul Fleming (27) made valuable runs as Beverley were
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Luckless Olney
IT was a doubly disappointing day for Civil Service batsman Nick Olney, who not only just missed out on a century but then saw his side suffer an agonising one wicket defeat at Thorp Arch & Boston Spa in division four. Olney had made 99 when he was
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Water, water everywhere
HEAVY rain ruined Saturday's Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League programme. Play did not even start in 21 matches - including the premier division fixture at Heworth. The Elm Park Way pitch was waterlogged in parts and the match
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Performance benchmark set for League One survival task
HEAD coach Mick Cook reckons performances like that against Leigh Centurions will bring rewards aplenty for York City Knights. The LHF Healthplan National League Two champions remain without a point in National League One - and fell into the relegation
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Academy Spurred on to victory
YORK City Knights Academy boss Paul Higgins is delighted with the progress shown by his Under-21s side after they beat their counterparts from Leigh Centurions. The young Knights had been big underdogs at New Earswick's White Rose Avenue ground on Saturday
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We can push forward says Knights boss Mick Cook
HEAD coach Mick Cook says York City Knights could put a run of National League One victories together if they continue to play like they did against Leigh Centurions. The Knights fell into the relegation zone following their 24-10 loss at Huntington Stadium
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'Reporting crime left me stunned'
HOW disappointed I was, after paying for a phone through eBay, to find out that I and around one hundred other people had been the victim of a scam. I quickly reported this to eBay, then to Paypal. Both were helpful. I then gathered all the details and
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Student mix wrong
STUDENT accommodation is to be built on the old Pullman Bus Depot site in Navigation Road, York, for 230 students. There are more than 300 dwellings in the Navigation Road and Bretgate area mainly occupied by the elderly. Sixty-five per cent of these
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Racing certainty
I NOTE the proposal by York Racecourse to charge for car parking at future race meetings. Exactly which part of the Knavesmire are they referring to? I would like to see an inch-perfect map of the area showing where Micklegate Stray ends and York Racecourse
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Sexy poll shortlist
HOW come Sir Sean Connery - Indiana Jones's dad - gets himself voted as The UK's Sexiest Male Pensioner and Star Trek's Patrick Stewart touches down in second place? (Sexiest OAPs, The Press, May 9). Was I on the shortlist? I don't remember seeing the
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Symbol of victory
THE Christian Cross as worn by Archbishop Sentamu does not advertise "a dead Christ" as K Barnes fears (Readers' Letters, May 9). The Cross is, in fact, a symbol of Christ's victory over sin and death and has been central to the preaching of the Christian
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Young person’s champion backs our Change It! campaign
YORK'S young person's champion has backed our campaign to change the law on child abduction. Coun Dave Scott said he was fully behind The Press Change It! campaign, which has challenged the Government to create a new law allowing judges to ban child
