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DIY enthusiasts urged to take care as holiday sparks home improvements
IF YOU'RE planning a host of home improvements over the Easter break, take note! North Yorkshire's firefighters have issued a stern warning to homeowners, to cut the annual toll of fires and accidents sparked by over-ambitious DIY projects. "Experience
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Riding for a fall?
POLICE have pledged to continue their hard line against "irresponsible and anti-social" motorcyclists on North Yorkshire's roads. Roads misused by riders will be targeted by police and any "extreme speeders" - those caught exceeding any speed limit by
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Eight up for police chief post
NORTH Yorkshire's new top cop will be a man. Police sources have told The Press there have been eight applicants for the job as Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police following Della Cannings' decision to retire earlier this year. The applicants
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A19, Doncaster Road Level crossing
Road closure for essential track maintenance between 22:15 on April 11 to 05:15 on April 12. A local alternative route will be signed.
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Do we count???
This side of the city has large youth populations and next to nothing in the way of community sports and leisure facilities. Real 21st century facilities for ordinary York people, I mean. Not privately run clubs or those for privileged and influential
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Bring me sunshine
IT MIGHT not be warm enough for sunbathing, but you can still enjoy spring from your conservatory. This week we have found sun rooms, conservatories and roof terraces to help you soak up the sun under cover. First up is a four-bedroom semi-detached
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Come on in, the water's lovely
THERE IS nothing nicer than plunging into a pool on a warm day. But if you buy 189 Leeds Road, Selby, you won't have to wait until summer. This large, detached property in Selby boasts a superb pool room with a swimming pool, dehumidifying unit, shower
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Council plea over landfill tax
YORK council bosses will throw down the gauntlet to the Government to refund more than £9 million in landfill tax. Liberal Democrat councillors will call on Chancellor Gordon Brown to return the money so York's recycling services can be improved. It
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Maximo Park, Our Earthly Pleasures (Warp) *****
JUDGING by singer Paul Smith's tone, Maximo Park are confident they have a winner on their hands with this follow-up to their successful debut, A Certain Trigger. The Teessider has been ultra-positive in the run up to release, despite the "difficult
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The Bees, Octopus (Virgin) ****
HOLED up in their own studio in the Isle of Wight, The Bees had obviously been listening to a lot of Neil Young and The Specials when they recorded Octopus, their third release. The result is a jumble of styles and a record which would sit as comfortably
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The Bird And The Bee, The Bird And The Bee (Blue Note/Regal Recordings) ****
HE was a jazz-piano prodigy, she is the daughter of Little Feat's Lowell George, and Greg Kurstin and Inara George have just made the summer evening soundtrack of a thousand hip hang-outs. He calls their jazz-dappled, psychedelic pop debut "the sound
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Lisa Knapp, Wild And Undaunted (Ear To The Ground Records) ****
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST Lisa Knapp, who learned her craft in folk music sessions at Irish pubs in London, has come up with an evocative debut replete with sound textures, thanks to brooding arrangements featuring fiddle, accordion, hammered dulcimer,
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Ibrahim Ferrer, Mi Sueno (World Circuit Records) ****
IBRAHIM Ferrer was the deliciously distinctive vocalist for the Buena Vista Social Club, the veteran Cubans whose music charmed the world. When he died, at the age of 78, he was working on this collection of romantic bolero ballads. The recording
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Simply Red, Stay (Simply Red) ****
Heather Mills is probably the most reviled public celebrity of the year, followed by Jade Goody, and not far behind, for one reason or another, is Mick Hucknall. Why pick on Mick? All right, he may not be the prettiest boy in the playground, but his
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Dean & Britta, Back Numbers (Zoe/Rounder) ***; Sister Vanilla, Little Pop Rock (Chemikal Underground) ***
BACK Numbers is a tribute album of sorts, a slinky testament to the smouldering Sixties chemistry of Lee & Nancy, in which former Luna duo Dean Wareham and his wife Britta Phillips ape the baroque originals and curl sensuality into a handful of melodious
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Favourite Hymns With English Organ Music Based On Them, Gordon Pullin (tenor), with Brian Findlay & Jonathan Lilley (organs) (Lantern Productions LPCD22) ****
This is not merely a disc of hymns. For a start, they are sung, not by a choir, but by the solo tenor of Gordon Pullin, a former member of the Minster choir with an international reputation. His lyric tone and impeccable diction make these 11 hymns
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Designs on a new venture
A York-based graphic design agency has been commissioned to help students expand their understanding of working in the creative industries. LazenbyBrown, based at the Fishergate Centre in the city, will select a team of students at York St John University
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Puppies on the web
FROM Lhasa Apsos in tutus to groomed German Shepherds - York dog salon and accessory shop Puppy Love is going online this summer. The Walmgate salon's quirky range of dog accessories is increasingly popular, which has prompted owner Leila Lyons to push
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Review: Jethro Tull, The Grand Opera House, York
IT'S not often you see true showmanship in rock music these days, so it's just as well some of the true characters are still touring. Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is one of them. The goggle-eyed frontman and guitarist Martin Barre, backed by a formidable
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Schools revamp moving closer
AMBITIOUS plans to improve York secondary schools with £40m of building works are a step closer to becoming a reality. A report detailing the progress and plans for building schemes at Huntington School, York High School, Joseph Rowntree School, Fulford
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Council opposition want to see more schools reaching out to communities
YORK'S schools should be opened up to city residents and community groups, councillors have said. City of York Council's shadow executive are calling for greater community use of the city's primaries and secondaries. As previously reported in The Press
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York primed for busy bank holiday weekend
WITH temperatures tipped to reach Mediterranean heights in the best spell of sunshine this year, it looks set to be a busy Easter weekend in York. Some of the city's best-loved attractions insist the lure of York's history and tradition will be enough
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BNP targets nine council seats
THE extremist British National Party is to stand for election in York for the first time, it has been revealed. The party is fielding nine candidates in the City of York Council elections, to take place on May 3. Local secretary Ian Dawson - who is
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Getting ready for the big TV switchover
BETWEEN Autumn this year and 2012, the analogue signal (the one which allows you to watch BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 only through an aerial) will be switched off. This means that any TV that is not converted to digital when the switchover
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Words of courage
"I thought it would just be a bit of fun." The harrowing words today of teenager Barrie Stoves on the "joyride" that claimed the lives of two of his friends and of van driver Peter Alexander. Barrie is lucky to be alive. He was one of four teenagers
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Human cost
WE have often spoken out about the human cost of an NHS crippled by debt. Usually, we have focused on the suffering of patients. The tragic case of Pickering dentist Ingrid Gill, however, reveals the appalling pressures some NHS workers are under.
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Shock tactics to deter joyriders
I AM firmly convinced that many youngsters achieve their driving "skills" at the controls of some computer game where aggressive behaviour earns game points and crashes don't cause anything worse than ending the game and losing points. It is encouraging
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Too many butts
RECENTLY my husband and I have visited York Hospital and noticed the no-smoking ban on premises and also the grounds. We went towards Bridge Lane, which separates the hospital and the Bootham Park area in York. What a surprise finding staff from both
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Scant respect
SO Mike Usherwood insists that he'll bash any section of the community which shows scant respect for the law and their fellow citizens. Very laudable Mike, but I can't help thinking of a phrase which begins "People in glass houses " If what I've experienced
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Housing solution
DAVE Merrett, the Labour Party leader on City of York Council (Home Help, The Press, April 3 ) does not mention the most obvious and most effective way to help to solve the shortage of affordable homes: build more council houses. Did he not mention
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Working together
IN response to the letter about Coun Keith Aspden's Germany Beck bus survey of local views in our area of Fulford against using our narrow roads as a bus access for the development (Go independent, The Press, March 31), it should be remembered that
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River quest
I AM a historian, trying to gather information about any static floating restaurants, pubs, cafés, bars etc in and around the country. This is a hobby and, over the last five years, I have gone back 40 years and have located 90 such vessels. About
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I had a wonderful midwife for home birth
WITH maternity care being discussed currently (Giving birth to choice, The Press, April 4) and after seeing one mother commenting on television about the number of different nurses she'd seen during a previous pregnancy, the debate made me think back
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Issue of integrity
DAVE Taylor is the third prominent Green who questions my integrity in standing as a local Labour candidate. This follows on from similar comments from Liberal Democrat councillors and it is all most odd as I thought both parties were supposed to be
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BT protest
I READ with interest the letter about BT's charges (Cash concern, March 31) and I agree with it. I have experienced a similar incident with BT and have cancelled my contract with them as a result of their increasing my direct debit without prior
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Exercise habit
EXERCISE is like a dog, not just for Christmas and upon retirement, but starts almost from the first day you are born and should be nurtured and encouraged by parents, schools and the like, to enable future generations to maintain fitness. There are
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Bust mystery
UNTIL its closure in the late 1950s the King's Manor building in Exhibition Square, now occupied by the University of York, was the home of the Yorkshire School For The Blind, where my late father was music master. With the current interest in William
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Rabbit alert
WITH Easter approaching, rabbit breeders may be hoping to boost their profits by capitalising on the holiday's theme. But rabbits are one of the most complex species to care for. They require plenty of freedom to run, dig and play throughout the day
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Little Ellie, two, back with ‘lost’ bear
TOGETHER at last - this little leukaemia patient is overjoyed to be reunited with her favourite teddy bear, thanks to The Press. Yesterday we told how little Ellie Dickenson, two, had been left devastated after losing her much-loved toy Pooh bear on
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Emergency op over £86m debt
HEALTH chiefs face dealing with a financial black hole of £86 million this year as they battle to balance their books. The enormous figure has been revealed in a three-year finance plan released by North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT).
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Council urged to support health drive
ALL York councillors are being asked to back our Let Your Doctor Decide campaign at their meeting next week. Our campaign is the subject of a motion which will be put to the debate when the full City of York Council meets in the Guildhall next
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Drivers take against Gordon
HERE at The Diary we don't often dabble in politics. But the findings of a recent survey have forced a bit of a U-turn. It would seem Gordon Brown is no friend to motorists, if the results of a recent online poll are anything to go by. Both the would-be
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Boy racer urged to stop moments before crash
TEENAGER Barrie Stoves told today how he went on a "joy ride" thinking it would be fun - but then pleaded to get out after a terrifying high-speed journey around York. The driver, 15-year-old Joel Corner, stopped to let him out of the high-powered Audi
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How to turn your life into a show
A YOUNG American man is sharing his life on the inter-webby thingy. He has strapped a camera to his head and is broadcasting his existence to the world. He is Justin Kan, which is a suitably can-do sort of a surname for a modern 24/7 person, and his
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The Press drive wins backing
THE Press' Live Now, Drive Later campaign has already won the strong support of York's coroner, MPs and the families of Joel Corner and Peter Alexander. The campaign was launched last Saturday, a day after we reported the inquest into last April's triple
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Protest in the courts
PILES of paperwork brought York Magistrates Court to a standstill in solicitors' latest protest against legal aid reforms. The lawyers refused to represent their clients in court until they had confirmation that they would be paid for their work. But
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'People will be able to carry on smoking without feeling like lepers...'
PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for a roof-top garden for smokers at a York nightclub. The garden, to be created on a flat roof at Nexus, in George Hudson Street, will allow clubbers to carry on lighting up when the ban on smoking indoors comes into
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Knights to take an early grip
HEAD coach Mick Cook has refused to make any predictions about York City Knights' title chances on the eve of the Co-op National League Two season - but has stressed the importance of a good start. Cook's men kick off their campaign away to Gateshead
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So what did the CCTV camera say to the litter lout?
Do we really want talking CCTV cameras that can shout at us for dropping litter as we walk down the street? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. IT Sounds like something out of one of those sci-fi movies. Robocop, say. You are walking along the street when you
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Reserves pipped
YORK City reserves were unlucky to lose 3-2 to their in-form counterparts from Grimsby Town in a Pontin's League division one east match. Lewis McMahon made it 1-1 with an equalising penalty midway through the first half after Philip Bell was tripped
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Leeds on a roll
The emotional roller-coaster ride being suffered by Leeds fans has lurched both ways in the last couple of days. Spirits dipped as relegation rivals QPR and Burnley won vital games in hand but shot back up with the news that Alan Thompson could be back
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No sweat as Goughie calls for Tykes equality
Darren Gough is pressing for all Yorkshire players to wear the county colours regardless of whether or not they have been awarded their first-team caps. If the management board supports the new captain's recommendation, then all sweaters will have
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The Boot goes in to scare off all rivals
Bootham A' have virtually sealed the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League division one title and seem to be frightening away the opposition, after a whitewash of a two-man Groves A', and a 9-1 win over Sessions A' who were similarly depleted
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Byas to marshall forces of umpire
Former Yorkshire captain and director of cricket David Byas has been appointed one of four umpire coaches for the coming season by the England and Wales Cricket Board. He joins another of the club's former captains John Hampshire, who has now retired
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New bloom for Lily cup
New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club ladies got one over on their York IBC counterparts from Thanet Road when they comprehensively beat them 51-30 to retain the Lily Robertson Trophy. At home, Diane Hardy's rink led 14-5 after ten ends but got a fright when
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To power of ten
The newly-named City of York Athletics Club marked its first club outing under its new banner at Cleckheaton with no fewer than ten first places. In a flying start, the first two events of the day were won by City of York athletes. Morgan Bell took
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Hare’s trigger set to go
The British Automobile Racing Club Yorkshire Centre will this year celebrate 45 years at Harewood Speed Hillclimb with a rollicking season of racing at the North's premier speed hillclimb venue. Ten top-class events over seven weekends will rev up from
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Sharls the goal for ’Ears
NEW Earswick All Blacks face a tough test in the Pennine League premier division when they host league leaders Sharlston on Saturday. Boss Chris Judge will be hoping his third-placed side can get a victory to close the four-point gap between the
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Wilson’s giant grey could be a Scots National hope
TRAINER Noel Wilson has targeted a future appearance in the Scottish Grand National for Arctic Ghost following an impressive victory at Wetherby. The York-based handler is confident about the seven-year-old's credentials after watching his giant
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Pock to rock to beat of the 7s
THE 49th Guinness Pock 7s gets underway at Percy Road tomorrow with a full entry of 24 teams from across the country. The event has been staged at Pocklington every Good Friday since 1959, and has grown into one of East Yorkshire's biggest sporting
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Selby held in derby stalemate
SELBY Town dropped two points in their promotion push in the Northern Counties East League premier division when being held to a goalless derby draw by Pickering Town. The Pikes shaded the first half but Selby edged the second period and had a great
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Fury over tyre-slash suspect no charge decision
COUNCILLORS have slammed a decision not to prosecute a teenager allegedly involved in a night-time tyre-slashing rampage through York - and suggested a private prosecution instead. As reported in The Press last week, the Crown Prosecution Service
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Police hail success of blitz on shoplifting
POLICE arrested 70 people during a two-week crime crackdown in the city centre. Plain clothes officers made the arrests - mostly for shoplifting offences - as part of Operation Calcrete, carried out over 15 days last month. Thieves were caught red-handed
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Pipe plan is thrown out
PLANS to use a site near Selby as a storage site for pipes being used in a massive gas pipeline project have been dropped. It had been proposed to use the Selby Fork compound at South Milford as a pipe dump for the Hassleby to Harrogate section of the
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City centre car park listed among Britain’s most expensive
YORK has one of the most expensive private car parks in the north of Britain, according to a new survey. The GMB, the union for car park workers, looked at 320 car parks across the country. In its survey, York has the 21st most expensive car park in
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Flood defence job moves on
WORK is progressing well on a village's ground-breaking flood defences - as the scheme is shortlisted for a new rural award. Now parish councillors are hoping that Elvington, near York, will be fully protected from flooding by the summer. The £350,000
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Charges dropped against Poles
PROSECUTORS have dropped assault charges against two Poles who twice stood trial for gang-raping a deaf woman. Marcin Legowski, 24, and Cezary Krasnopolski, 26, both formerly of Lincoln Street, off Leeman Road, York, were charged with wounding John Chapman
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Hotelier hails York tourism
THE global hotel chain that is to build a new development on the former Barbican Centre site has revealed its plans. Golden Tulip UK, the North Yorkshire-based hotel operating company, has acquired part of the 7.5-hectare site to build a four-star hotel
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One-year target for £750k York library refurbishment
AMBITIOUS plans to upgrade and extend Acomb Library have finally been given the go-ahead - paving the way for £750,000 investment in the aging building. Planning permission has been granted for a scheme which councillors said would see the library revamped
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Affordable homes plea
AFFORDABLE housing will be on the agenda tomorrow as MP Hugh Bayley and Labour candidates for Heworth meet local residents to discuss their concerns. Mr Bayley said: "York is one of the house-price hot spots in the North of England. House prices in York
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York Pullman back on road
A HISTORIC brand that was associated for decades with travel in York is about to hit the streets once more. The York Pullman Bus Company, which for years was synonymous with travel in the city, is to be re-launched next week. Rufforth-based firm K&J
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York forum on slavery
A MAJOR international conference to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British colonies will be held in York this month. The event, at King's Manor from April 12 to 14, involves scholars from Africa, the Caribbean, the USA
