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Joyride crash victim lends support to Press campaign

A MOTHER-OF-TWO told today how she went on a joyride for fun - and paid the price by losing an arm. Helen Power was thrown from a car in a notorious accident on the A64 in North Yorkshire, which also left a policeman blinded in both eyes. She said,

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St William's College

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York Minster

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River Ouse

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Norwich Union

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York Minster

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Easter exodus to coast causes misery on roads

DRIVERS faced the usual bank holiday motoring misery on North Yorkshire's roads as holidaymakers headed to the coast in their thousands. Police reported that sections of the A64 eastbound carriageway from York to Scarborough were jammed as traffic

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River Ouse

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Ladybirds

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The love of Beau

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Happy times

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Why worry?

Someone, somewhere at sometime said, “the one thing you can count on is change,” or words to that effect. HOW TRUE! We occupy an infinitesimal space in the unimaginable extent of the universe, in which we exist on this indefinitely small earth, at any

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Tulip

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Review: The Tempest, Northern Broadsides/New Vic Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

NORTHERN Broadsides picked The Tempest for this spring's tour partly to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade. The resonance is not laboured, political points on our colonial past are not scored, but ripples spread

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Beware of the concrete garden

WITH reference to your article "How Does Your Garden Grow", (The Press, April 2), the simple fact is in many cases it does not. Without wishing to sound pompous ( I am not blessed with green fingers, although I try my best), I have observed over the

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Same opinion

I WOULD like to thank Dave Stockton for his response (Don't forget: students are residents as well, Soapbox, April 4) to my letter (Home truths, March 30). I would just like to clarify my position on the role of students in the community. Mr Stockton

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Unlocking equity

HOME reversion schemes, which allow older homeowners to unlock part or all of the value of their property while still living in it are, as of yesterday (April 6), being regulated by the Financial Services Authority. This welcome move is something that

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Mutiny inquiry

I AM writing with an appeal for information from readers concerning a possible mutiny by Czech soldiers in York during the Second World War. As I understand it, a contingent of Czech soldiers - captured by the Russians in Poland (presumably under

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Canine concern

Dogs Trust is becoming increasingly concerned with the rise of "dog control orders" being brought in by a number of local authorities and would like to urge all dog owners to be aware that there may be significant changes to where their dogs may be

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Age of romance

I AM researching a book and would like women to share their romantic memories with me. Did you meet a good man who brought you joy or did someone cause you pain? Not all romances are happy ones so, to give a true picture, I would like to include in

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Walkers wanted

NATIONAL charity Heart Research UK is on the look-out for kind-hearted walkers who would like a challenge. We want to hear from teams, couples and individuals who would like to take on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge on Saturday, June 16. The

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Your letter was bigger insult to the male sex

SO Sue Trotter found Mike Bentley's column (So who will make his tea, then? March 30) an insult to the female sex. Well, I find her letter an even bigger insult to the male sex! There is no doubt at all that women, a very tiny proportion of the total

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£778 bill for litter louts

TWO litter louts face court costs of £778 because they dumped their household rubbish in a field. Robert Peter James Hogg, 18, Nina Price and two friends let the rubbish pile up in the house they were living in, said Matthew Boxall, of City of York Council

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Acorn bounce back in style

York Acorn ARLC Under-14s have bounced straight back up to the top flight of Yorkshire Junior League. They were relegated last season, but have now won the second division title with basically the same squad of players and will be back among the

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York duo set for final

THERE will an all-York final in the Yorkshire Youth Rugby League Under-12s Continuation Cup this month after Heworth and York Acorn won their semi-finals. Heworth beat Garforth Tigers 36-0, while Acorn saw off Whinmoor Warriors, and they will now meet

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Young All Blacks enjoy hoorah at Headingley

New Earswick All Blacks ARLC Under-10s had a night to remember when they played at Heading-ley during half-time of the Challenge Cup tie between Leeds Rhinos and Workington. All Blacks faced Siegan Saints, who were a few players short due to being late

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Helping your child in the pool

Victoria Pettitt continues her tips on learning to swim... One question asked by parents is, "Is there anything I can do to help my child improve when we go swimming as a family or go on holiday?" When taking your child swimming, try to practise whichever

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Lady Lumley’s miss out in netball thriller

LADY Lumley's School, Pickering, reached the semi-finals of the Scarborough and District Year 7 netball tournament. They lost narrowly to overall winners Ryedale in a thrilling game which was decided in extra time during a day of high skill at Graham

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Tag’s the spirit

YORK City Knights coaches have been increasingly impressed by the quality of tag rugby league in York schools. No fewer than 64 teams competed in the qualifying heats for this year's York primary schools tournament, with 16 progressing to the finals

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Magic of the mini marvels

TOUGH tacklers took over Clifton Park when more than 800 children descended on the home of York RUFC to take part in a massive mini rugby festival. The Annual York Rugby Union Minis Festival attracted teams from as far away as Mold, in Wales, Maccesfield

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Crown goes to the Bridge

STAMFORD Bridge Under-13s have proved they definitely have "bouncebackability". The youngsters have stormed to the division three championship in the York British Sugar Minor Football League - only a year after suffering the heartbreak of relegation.

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Handsome high five finale to three undefeated years

DOMINANT York Schools' Under-13 footballers completed three seasons without defeat with a 5-0 win at Bradford. The first ten minutes was end to end stuff with both teams having chances to score. The opening goal finally went York's way after good

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Clifton cruise

Clifton with Rawcliffe secured a Primary Cup semi-final berth with a resounding 3-0 over St Oswald's with goals from Oliver Adamson (2) and Luke Robinson. League A' title challengers Ralph Butterfield overcame a strong challenge from Poppleton Ousebank

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Butterfield’s title chance

BISHOPTHORPE may have left the door open for Ralph Butterfield to snatch the York Primary Schools Football League A' title. The Bishops scraped past Clifton Green with a solitary Andrew Seager goal, but in a game they had to win, they could only muster

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Tears as egg seller leaves city stall after four decades

A much-loved trader was selling her last eggs today after 40 years at York market. Jean Mierzwinski, who started on the stall in 1969, will be hanging up her apron for the last time when she leaves the market this afternoon. The 79-year-old, of Huby

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Olave’s is in the dare

GIRLS at York's St Olave's School have clearly got the Indian sign over Huntington School. The Under-13s have achieved a sporting double by winning both the York and District Schools netball and hockey tournaments. In the hockey tournament, the girls

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Police warn of fake gold jewellery

POLICE are warning people not to buy fake gold jewellery from bogus street traders in York city centre. Fifteen Eastern European people have already been detained and searched by officers, and then sent packing from the city, after complaints from members

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Scent among us

Gina Parkinson profiles a spring flower that pleases the eyes and the nose. AMONG the elegant daffodils and dainty crocus, the fat heads of hyacinth have appeared heavy with blooms and filling the garden with scent. We have only three in a sunny spot

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Preston-under-Scar

George Wilkinson thanks two lords, one of them a bridge, as he finds a way through at Preston-under-Scar. PRESTON-under-Scar is a village near Leyburn in Wensleydale, a line of houses on an elevated contour on the south-facing flank of the valley,

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Sweet Baby James

Maxine Gordon hears how TV chef James Martin has got his just desserts at last. FANS of James Martin can enjoy weekly helpings of the North Yorkshire celebrity chef in his latest TV show, Sweet Baby James. But one piece of film they won't see is cine-footage

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Sweet pudding wines

In this week's Tipping's Tipples, Mike Tipping indulges his sweet tooth. DOES wine count as part of your five-a-day fruit and veg? This question appeared on a web forum last month, but I think it was asked with tongue in cheek. The forum is part of

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The Guilt Of Innocents by Candace Robb (William Heinemann, £11.99)

Stephen Lewis welcomes the return of a York medieval hero. AMERICAN author Candace Robb has been fascinated with York ever since she first set foot here in the 1970s. She had been studying medieval literature and history at Seattle University and

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Beat goes on...

Charlotte Percival reports on a Sixties music revival happening in York. BEEHIVE hairdos, leather jackets and thick black eye makeup might be a thing of the past, but now you have a chance to relive them. On April 25, more than 30 musicians who

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Chocolate wrapper

Is guilt-free chocolate too good to be true? CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL discovers a way to enjoy chocolate without eating it. FORGET bathing in rose petals or slapping on expensive body creams, beautiful skin should be smothered in chocolate. We all know

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Space-invading winos set me off this time

"I know what they are," the daughter said, as a column of burly, black-clad storm troopers wearing XXL helmets stomped across the surface of the moon. "I saw them on CBBC. They're winos." "Really?" I asked, surprised, because it sounded a bit heavy for

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Debbie’s a hero

COMPETITION is stiffening ahead of the York Community Pride Awards 2007 - with the latest entry in the Health Service Hero category. MacMillan nurse Debbie Johnson, 49, of Poppleton, York, has been put forward for the award - for the sterling support

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Knights crash to shock Gateshead defeat

HEAD coach Mick Cook labelled it the most disappointing display since he joined York City Knights two-and-a-half years ago. The 26-18 defeat at underdogs Gateshead yesterday - which came on the back of a record home defeat two weeks ago and a

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Gateshead Thunder 26, Knights 18

GOOD Friday? Bad Friday more like. York City Knights not only began their Co-op National League Two season with a shock 26-18 defeat to Northern Rail Cup whipping-boys Gateshead, but they also suffered yet more injury woe. The Knights' performance was

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Player of the year moves affect table

THERE has been movement aplenty in the Press/Collier Plant Hire Player of the Year standings, with York City Knights having played three games since the last update. Yesterday's match was largely one to forget, but under the rules of competition we must

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City's home form hard to bear

SHOULD York City fail to make the Conference play-offs this year then fans will only need to point the finger at KitKat Crescent to find out where the problem was. While the Minstermen have been imperious on their travels this season - picking up

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Farrell builds on lead

CRAIG Farrell has extended his lead in the race to become this season's Press Player of the Year. The striker picked up a valuable two points following a storming second-half display against Gravesend and Northfleet last Saturday to give him a six

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Appointment in the pipeline

THERE could soon be a new turf-tender at KitKat Crescent. Following Jez Milner's departure last month to Queen Ethelburga's School, in Escrick, City have been on the hunt for a new groundsman to replace him. A number of candidates have been lined

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Club captains get in the driving seat

THE new captain and lady captain of York Golf Club - Richard Masefield and Pat Clark - drove themselves into office on a bitterly cold and blustery day that brought success for their respective partners After the drive-in 32 couples took part in an informal

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Selby plan changes at Sandhill

SELBY RUFC have unveiled major redevelopment plans for their Sandhill Lane home. The club, which last week clinched the Yorkshire Two title and secured promotion back to Yorkshire One, wants to demolish its existing grandstand and build a new stand

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Happy days for returning hero

THE 49th Guinness Pock 7s produced another bumper festival of rugby at Percy Road, which ended in a triumphant homecoming for former Pocklington second row Phil Smith. Smith, now a captain in the Duke of Wellington's regiment, brought back his team of

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Rob off the rails

HARROGATE Railway will want to bounce back quickly after losing 4-0 at Stocksbridge Park Steels in UniBond League division one. Vince Brockie's men entertain Bridlington at Station View on Easter Monday but they will be without captain Rob Morgan who

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Course adds to growing list

I WAS astonished to read in The Press (April 3) that another golf course was being planned in the York area. At least ten courses have been built within a 30-mile radius of York in the last 15 years and this has led to waiting lists virtually disappearing

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Word of caution

I AM no golfer and am aware that councillors planning decisions are driven more by appropriateness than commercial viability. The Press article on the new Rufforth golf course states that sports lobbyists welcome it. I might be considered as much

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Church leaders hit out as Selby breaks with Easter service tradition

A ROW has broken out over controversial changes to a historic Easter service run by churches in Selby. The annual Walk of Witness was held around the town yesterday, pictured, to mark Good Friday but, for the first time, there was no outdoor service.

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Wonderful Wigginton retain county squash title

COMEBACK kings IT Sports Wigginton have been crowned Yorkshire Premier League squash champions again. And they did it in style - thrashing arch rivals Pontefract 5-0 in front of a packed Wigginton crowd. Wigginton went into the match knowing a

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Smart thinking

ALL signs point to Musselburgh tomorrow for the sole Flat action in Great Britain on Easter Sunday and Bryan Smart could look extra-smart after the only juvenile event on the card. Two-year-old races, especially at this early stage of the season, tend

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Team of the week: Acorn FC

THEY are more well-known in the oval ball game, but York sporting club Acorn are building a name for themselves in the round ball game too. The Thanet Road-based amateur rugby league club last year launched a new football team, and they made their bow

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Mixed messages

GIVEN York City's exemplary travelling talents - they are a match for Manchester United as the best in the land for away successes this season - they will likely conquer hosts Burton Albion today. But where will that put City manager Billy McEwan after

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Legal warning to eco-warrior

AN ECO-CRUSADER from York was threatened with court action after taking rubbish bags from outside a bank - to recycle their contents. John Cossham, of Hull Road, was sent the reprimand by City of York Council waste chiefs after rifling through rubbish

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Developer’s big plans for Lendal Tower

IT is one of York's most historic buildings. Now it could be set to become one of the world's most exclusive addresses. Developers have tabled ambitious proposals to turn the ancient Lendal Tower in York city centre into a luxurious residential

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Foie gras ban boost

BRITAIN'S foremost animal charity has thrown its weight behind a campaign to ban the sale of foie gras. The RSPCA is backing a campaign by York councillor Paul Blanchard to ban the sale of foie gras in the UK entirely by putting out appeals on its websites

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Directors ban for failed duo

TWO businessmen have been banned from being company directors after their companies collapsed with debts totalling £814,000. Mark Lea and Andrew John Nolan defied official warnings after their first business went into voluntary liquidation and continued

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More seek a cigs shelter

EVEN more pubs and clubs in York are preparing to make a range of alterations to their buildings, before the smoking ban comes into force this summer. The ban on lighting up in public places becomes law across England on July 1, giving licensed premises

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Zone to stop cold callers

"KEEP out of our neighbourhood." That was the message from residents of Mayfield estate at Brayton, near Selby, to bogus salesmen thinking of visiting their homes. On Thursday, the area will become the latest "no cold calling" zone in Selby district