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All-male list for top police job
NORTH Yorkshire's two most senior police officers will both be men, The Press can reveal. According to police sources, all eight applicants for the job of Deputy Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police are men. The Press told last week how all the
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PC World on the move to new store
COMPUTER giant PC World looks set to close its York superstore and relocate to Clifton Moor. The firm wants to open a new store next to the old Ikon and Diva nightclub, on the outskirts of the city. A spokesman for the retailer's agent said the new
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York boy, 16, got out of death Audi only minutes before crash
"THE car was going like something in a PlayStation game." Those were the words of a boy who got out of a joyrider's car just minutes before it crashed into a van, killing two of his friends and the van driver. Cashel Ogden, 16, from Rawcliffe, is the
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Taxi fare to go up by four per cent
TAXI passengers in York are set to face rising fares this year after council chiefs proposed a four per cent increase. The rises have been agreed between City of York Council and the York Taxi Association and are likely to come into force on May 1.
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Jobs fear for rail workers
HUNDREDS of workers in the York area fear their jobs may be lost when Network Rail decides which companies it will cut from contracts. Six contractors are currently carrying out renewals work on the railways nationwide, but Network Rail is set to reduce
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Parents of one-year-old York boy who battled meningitis back Guardian Angels campaign
A YOUNG mum has spoken of the terrifying moment she thought she was going to lose her one-year-old son to meningitis. Jemima Waudby, 25, watched helpless as the life-threatening condition took hold of her son, Harper. Now Jemima and Harper's dad, Chris
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Holiday crash chaos on A64
TRAFFIC chaos hit York over the Bank Holiday weekend as the city's outer ring road ground to a halt following a smash. Hundreds of motorists heading out to make the most of the glorious spring sunshine were caught in queues up to two hours long on the
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Sequel to seasonal advise.
Our step stool Sylvia said would help rest my bad back. It did. I love it. Almost wish it was in-growing! If I was younger, I would register, market and sell it for every hospital bathroom, care home and service, and the general public. WHAT A WIFE!!
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Yorkshire Wheel at night
Photograph by Richard Ellis © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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Heworth Church, East Parade, York
Photograph by Jonathan Burrows © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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The side of the Bonding Warehouse, Skeldergate
Photograph by Lynne Kinder, York © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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Archbishop’s city centre baptism joy
THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, baptised more than 20 believers in a full-immersion ceremony in the centre of the city. The event held yesterday, Easter Sunday, saw 21 people from different denominations baptised. Hundreds of people crowded
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Bring ’em on - Billy
YORK City boss Billy McEwan declared his players a match for any team in the Conference after watching Saturday's excellent 2-1 win at play-off rivals Burton Albion. Second-half goals from Martyn Woolford and Craig Farrell earned the Minstermen a vital
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Knights’ doctor fury
YORK City Knights are set to make an official complaint to Gateshead Thunder and the Rugby Football League after their opening match of the Co-op National League Two season, at Kingston Park on Friday, went ahead without a doctor in attendance. RFL rules
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More recruits join the Army
THE number of new recruits joining the Army in York and North Yorkshire is on the up. A total of 18,448 young men and women have enlisted into the regular and Territorial Army during the past year. The number of soldiers enlisting in the regular Army
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Hosts fail to shut the ’Gate
HARROGATE Town dropped more precious Conference North play-off points as Redditch United came from behind twice to force a 2-2 draw at Wetherby Road. Boss Neil Aspin was disappointed his side twice conceded the lead. Although still in third place,
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Boro in the mire
SCARBOROUGH plunged even further into the Conference North relegation mire after Nuneaton Borough took a 3-1 win away from the McCain Stadium. The Seadogs, boosted by the return of Jamie Vermiglio from suspension, started the better and Tony Hackworth
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Burton Albion 1, York City 2
YORK City resurrected their play-off push with an excellent 2-1 Easter Saturday victory at play-off rivals Burton Albion. Back-to-back home defeats and a return of two points from a possible 12 had seen City's top-five credentials put under serious scrutiny
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Crease factor
YORKSHIRE will bat all day on the first day of their practice match against Derbyshire at Headingley Carnegie tomorrow. And then on Wednesday some of the specialist batsmen will give way to bowlers when it will be Derbyshire's turn to get time in
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Leeds bid to keep smart Michalik
LEEDS United are determined to keep hold of match-winner Lubomir Michalik. The Slovakia international, who headed home his first goal for the Whites in the 87th minute to secure Leeds a dramatic 2-1 win over Plymouth, is due to return to parent club
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A golden touch
PONTEFRACT kicks off its 2007 campaign tomorrow with a bumper eight-race card and Norton trainer Brian Ellison will be hoping to stage a repeat victory with nap selection Great As Gold, who scored at the corresponding fixture 12 months ago. The Jamaican
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Cup lift for York
IN a see-saw match full of thrills and spills, York RUFC booked their place in the semi-final of the Yorkshire Shield after overcoming Scarborough 42-27 at Clifton Park. It had the atmosphere of an end-of-season exhibition game and, with a total of ten
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Five-star Adam lifts Robins
SELBY Town kept up their promotion push with a 5-1 demolition of Northern Counties East League premier division basement strugglers Brodsworth at Flaxley Road. The Robins were quickly on top and took the lead after nine minutes when Adam Russell fired
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High five hosts home in on elite rescue
HAVE-A-GO Heslington produced the result of the day in the York Leeper Hare Football League premier division. Looking doomed to be relegated at the beginning of March, Heslington overwhelmed Malton and Norton 5-2 to rack up ten points from their last
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Ascent closer
All the top five sides in York Leeper Hare division two recorded wins, leaving both Osbaldwick and Tadcaster Albion wthin five points of promotion. Leaders Osbaldwick hammered Hemingbrough 6-0 while Tadcaster beat Moor Lane 4-1 with goals from Sam
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It’s the rail thing at model show
THOUSANDS of people flocked to York this weekend to watch trains in miniature at the city's model railway show. The annual event, which is in its 45th year, was held at the racecourse and about 2,000 people passed through its doors on Saturday. More
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Clement’s element
Division three leaders St Clement's need just one point from their remaining three games to ensure promotion following their 6-0 win at Heworth. Danny Peace took his tally for the season to 16 with a brace with the remaining goals coming from Jordan
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Spring is truly sprung
MANY spring days have been wiled away under the sunshine among the flowers. This week we look back at how people enjoyed the spring seasons of the past, dressing up for the races, rowing on the river and playing in the street. Back in the spring of
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Review: Sugababes, Greatest Hits Tour, Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
DESPITE four number ones, it has taken Sugababes since 2000 to reach the arena circuit fora the first time. That caution looks well judged as, even now, they fell well short of a sell-out on Saturday night. Then again, could you predict the make-up
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Canvassers take stick from dogs!
YES, it's that time of year again, when elected representatives dust off the cobwebs of the council chamber and pound the streets in search of votes. Political propaganda of all colours is already piling on to York's doormats ahead of the city council
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Dying for a fag
IT'S ten years since I last had a fag - or, to be precise, ten years, three months and three days. My big goal was to stop smoking on New Year's Day 1997, but we'd had a party the night before and when I woke up someone had been sick in the bathroom.
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Fall in crime is welcomed
EVERYONE tends to assume crime is going up and that everything is getting worse. While some day's events, and indeed some day's headlines, can give such a gloomy impression at times, the truth is more complicated - and a little rosier. Crime is in fact
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Hugh joins candidates on campaign trail
York MP Hugh Bayley joined Heworth Labour Party candidates on the campaign trail. Of the three candidates, Paul Blanchard and Ruth Potter are seeking re-election to the council, and newcomer Christina Funnell is Labour's choice to replace Viv Kind, who
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Support us
York parents Jemima Waudby and Chris Dale have just endured a nightmare. Meningitis threatened the life of their little boy. Harper lived to tell the tale, thanks to York Hospital; but nurses there say caring for him would have been much easier with
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Shock at loss of vital ward
I AM shocked that it has been decided to shut the neurological ward, Ward 38, at York Hospital (Fourth ward identified in closure programme, The Press, April 4). General medical wards are not equipped to, nor do they they have the knowledge to, cope
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Iran shambles
WHAT a shambles this Govern-ment has proved to be in the latest debacle over Britain's standing among the military powers of the world. Without George Bush standing beside them, Tony Blair and Margaret Beckett have acted and spoken like complete
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Priorities wrong
THE York-based Joseph Rowntree Trust has got its priorities all wrong as regards asylum seekers, when a new report released by it criticises Government policy on the issue. There are more than half-a-million failed asylum seekers in Britain, and
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Recycling pledge
I WAS interested to read the letter "Recycling anger at elderly home" (The Press, April 3). Whoever wrote this letter should be very proud, and I wish to assure her/him that I and my fellow Labour candidates are already aware of the situation, which
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Inspiring words
WE have just returned from York Theatre Royal, full of questions and deep, deep thoughts. We have been to see African Snow' and been spellbound, challenged and entertained. No one going tonight was expecting easy answers, or if so, they were certainly
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ME awareness
FOR those people who are too ill with ME to travel, to attend conferences, or to take part in any of the other events planned for ME Awareness Week (May 7 to 13), we have two projects for you to get involved with from home. Our Write ME project gives
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We must fight for the male identity
WE are being deprived of the last vestiges of our masculine identity. Already gone are suits, ties, trilbies, gents' haircuts, pints, swearing; all the tough jobs like the Marines and fighting forces, single-handed sailing round the world, police,
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Reaching summit
MANY readers know me from my football commentating career. Today I want to challenge readers in York, and North and East Yorkshire to take on Trek Kilimanjaro for The Children's Society. Trekking, like football, takes passion and total commitment,
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Hi-tech battle against crime
Police have recorded a drop in crime in North Yorkshire for the third year running. Crime reporter HELEN GABRIEL investigates. "NORTH Yorkshire continues to be one of the safest areas in the country in which to live and work." That was the verdict
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Middle-aged man hurt fighting blaze at York home
A MIDDLE-AGED man was injured after trying to fight a fire at his house in York. The blaze started in the loft of a semi-detached house in Waterdale Park, Huntington, at about 2pm yesterday. It spread to the neighbouring home and caused severe damage
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New pool plan for St Peter’s
PLANS are afoot to build a new swimming pool at a York private school. St Peter's School, in Bootham, has put in an outline planning application to City of York Council to knock down its existing swimming pool building and replace it with a much bigger
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Police in hunt for Acomb flytippers
RESIDENTS are being asked to be on their guard for illegal dumping of waste in York. The plea comes after a lorry driver dumped two sofas on to a verge in Acomb last Thursday afternoon. Other debris was left in the Askham Lane area, between Grange Lane
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‘Hands off our play area’
FRAUGHT residents have made a desperate bid to save a children's play area at a meeting with Hugh Bayley, MP for the City of York. It is feared that Back Park, in Leeman Road, York, which is the only dry play area for children living in the area
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Award hope for farming enterprise
A FARM shop based in a village near York is hoping to harvest a prestigious award. The Balloon Tree Farmshop and Café, on the A166 in Gate Helmsley, near Stamford Bridge, has been shortlisted in the farm business category of the Yorkshire Rural Award
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Behind the scenes at the Mausoleum
A NORTH YORKSHIRE stately home is offering visitors a rare opportunity to see one of its most important monuments late this month. Castle Howard, near Malton, is offering a guided tour of the Mausoleum on Thursday, April 19. The spectacular monument
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Maternity unit in the spotlight
MIDWIVES in Malton will discuss the plight of the hospital's troubled maternity unit with the town's prospective MP. Anne McIntosh, MP for the Vale of York, and Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the new Constituency of Thirsk &
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Fire chief’s arson alert
FIREFIGHTERS have warned youngsters in Selby of the dangers of setting fires after a spate of arsons during the Easter school holidays. It comes after the derelict BOCM Pauls building, off Barlby Road, was set alight at about 1.15pm on Friday. The 600sq