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Join us to mark D-Day, say veterans
VETERANS from across the United Kingdom are urging people from York to mark the anniversary of D-Day with them - as numbers attending commemoration services are falling every year. This year, the Normandy Veterans Association will be having a service
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Victim’s family steps up bid to bar killer from city
THE grieving family of manslaughter victim Michael Williams expect a decision next month on whether his killer should be banned from York. They have made an impassioned plea for the Safer York Partnership to support them in their campaign for a ban
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Offices plan faces block
A NEW office complex which would have brought up to 150 jobs to York is set to be thrown out by city councillors. As previously reported in The Press, developers want to build two blocks in Tanners Moat, beside the Maltings pub. The proposal was welcomed
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Noise row mum faces eviction
A MOTHER-of-three branded a nuisance neighbour has received a letter telling her she faces eviction. Paula Bedford, 35, of Chapelfields Road, Acomb, York, has been on a demoted tenancy - which involves regular visits from the council's housing team -
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Convert to one of these
EVERY house tells a story, and these homes hare a varied past. This week we are looking at conversions, from barns to post offices, altered to offer a home with that little bit of extra character. First is The Watermill, a detached property located
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New homes in a period property
ALWAYS wanted to live in a grand period property? Well, in this setting of Heworth Croft, in Heworth, York, you could at least own a section of one. The impressive property dates back to the mid-17th century and was believed to have been built for
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Kings Of Leon, Because Of The Times (RCA) ****
ROCK and roll's answer to The Walton's are growing up, and fast. Kings Of Leon, that band of brothers (and a cousin) from the Deep South, have traded in their dungarees for drainpipes, donned some wraparound shades and blacked out the windows of their
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Bright Eyes, Cassadaga (Polydor) ***
BEING touted as the next "voice of a generation" before every record release must get to you after a while. Conor Oberst, the mercurial musical force behind Bright Eyes, is lazily labelled as Dylan's natural heir (despite the great man still making great
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Enter Shikari, Take To The Skies (Ambush Reality) **
Despite what they'll have you believe, Enter Shikari are not the first band to mix metal with keyboards. Anyone heard of Van Halen? In 1984, fretmaster Eddie, his brother Alex, David Lee Roth and some guy sporting an awful cardigan and a bass guitar
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Macy Gray, Big (Geffen) ****; Melanie C, This Time (Red Girl) ***
"We were happily married until he waved a gun at me." No, this is not a topic on the Jeremy Kyle show, rather a tale of domestic bliss as portrayed by Ms Macy Gray. However, you do not want to mess with Macy. By the end of Strange Behaviour, our modern-day
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The Waterboys, Book Of Lightning (W14 Music/Universal) ****
MYSTIC minstrel Mike Scott is in his spiritual element, observing cloud formations and wondering at nature, as he seeks answers to matters of the heart and soul and rails against the lure of materialist status. This time, on the best Waterboys album
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Dr John, Trader John’s Crawfish Soiree (Blue Label) ****
THIS is the other Dr John, the voodoo-charged, jazzy, soulful son of New Orleans - and not the current Archbishop of York. You wonder if the second would approve of the first. Dr John, still at the boogie-woogie at the age of 67, is here rediscovered
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Po’Girl, Home To You (Diesel Motor Records) ****
"I been running all my life, I'm still running," sings Trish Klein, opening Po'Girl's third album, with the drifter's philosophy of a Vancouver quartet who each left home for a life on the musical road in their teens. Klein is already a queen of the
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Jail warning for pregnant thief
A PREGNANT teenager has narrowly avoided jail for carrying out a mugging. Despite her condition, a judge at York Crown Court sentenced Chloe Lynn Armitage to 80 hours community work, telling her "if you breach the order, you will be in prison." The
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Firm hits the £50m mark
DEALS valued at more than £50 million have been completed by York-based accountants and business advice firm JWPCreers in its first 12 months of trading. And there are an estimated £30 million-worth of deals in the pipeline. The completed transactions
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New meating place
FARMER'S Cart, the award-winning farm shop near York, has opened a new butchery counter - selling meat reared just a few hundred yards away on the same farm. It is the latest service offered by the business, whose restaurant and shop is serviced directly
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Tributes for top building finance boss
THE man who kept the books for one of York's biggest firms, has died of cancer, aged 68. Tributes have been paid to Ian Till, who recently moved to Easingwold from his family home in Hamilton Way, Holgate, York. He had a distinguished career as chief
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Ensure you are covered
Guarantees - what are they? When we buy electrical goods usually they are covered by a guarantee which is often provided by the manufacturer and this is normally provided free of charge. The guarantee normally will cover repairs free of charge in the
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Survey showing our horse sense
FOR the most pointless news survey this week, full marks to one horsey charity which has sent the fascinating results here to our ever-buzzing Press newsdesk. Diary readers' lives will no doubt be enriched to learn that we can now reveal which horses
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Is this the future? Oh, don’t ask me
ASKING questions may be how I make my living, but that doesn't mean it isn't tough when the tables are turned. As a news reporter, I spend my entire day asking people stuff, and I'm fully aware that quite a lot of my questions are probably very hard
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Keep up the good work
York is not exactly the crime capital of the UK. Yes, we have our fair share of car thefts, antisocial behaviour, vandalism and thuggery. But little to compare with the daily toll of serious and violent crime to be found in a major city like Hull or
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‘Monster’ eats our green belt
WHO would have thought that, when in the early 1960s, when plans were being made to make York a university city, that, once given the green light, this university would become the monster it is today, gobbling up green belt land around the city at an
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Time to get tough
ONE form of antisocial behaviour that still needs stamping out is graffiti. Four months after the Marygate tunnel was cleaned, it is once more daubed with unsightly scribbles. This stuff is not art. It is ugly and depressing and ruins an otherwise
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Wrong message
YOUR April 6 edition carried the story of two persons who trespassed in a railway tunnel near Bradford, and were struck by a train. One died and the other sustained serious head injuries. In the Twenty4seven supplement the same day, there was a feature
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Weather warning
WHAT a trite little letter by Godfrey Bloom (Global Warming, April 10). If he cannot tell the difference between a few attention-seeking headlines, and a series of international reports compiled by hundreds of highly-qualified scientists, then I suggest
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Fare comment
I TAKE exception to Councillor Gil Nimmo's comments regarding the high cost of taxi journeys (Taxi fares to go up by four per cent, The Press, April 9). The mile-and-a-half journey he mentions would cost £4.12, and not £5 as he says. In fact, the £5
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Grant timing
YOU published a story on March 29 (Grant anger of theatre donor) regarding my withdrawal of financial support for the Stagecoach Youth Theatre, after it failed to apply for a grants scheme which I recommended (The Gannett scheme, operated through newspapers
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Closure horror
I WISH to express my horror at the proposed closure of Ward 38 where my late husband was treated (Fourth ward identified in closure programme, April 4). Patients with the conditions covered by Ward 38 face some very frustrating symptoms - loss of
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Bypass would bring peace to our village
STAMFORD Bridge is a pleasant village, except for the heavy trucks passing, through causing pollution, congestion, delays and damaging the historic bridge and people's health. Having to close the bridge for repairs creates problems for many people
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Pavement politics
A LIB-DEM flyer dropped through my letter-box the other day. It was great; they are going to re-do most of the pavements in our area. One thing puzzles me, however. There is absolutely nothing wrong with them. If they have so much money to waste,
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The BNP and bias
I THOUGHT The Press were meant to be an unbiased newspaper when it comes to politics, but over the past few weeks you have proven me wrong. Firstly, your "Bin BNP leaflets" story (March 9) calls the BNP an "extreme group" which "has hate at its core
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‘The staff on Ward 38 are so special... there is so much pride and care, and sense’
Opposition to closure of York Hospital's neurology ward is growing. STEPHEN LEWIS spoke to a York woman who spent eight months there - and who is appalled at the thought it might go. WHEN Karen Appleyard first heard York Hospital bosses were thinking
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Creditors are out of pocket after building firm’s collapse
SUB-CONTRACTORS who lost out when a York building firm went into administration look set to get very little money back. Graves Construction Ltd, a family firm based near Wigginton, appointed administrators earlier this year after creditors refused to
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All in for anti-crime offensive
POLICE are joining forces with City of York Council, the RSPCA and other agencies for a major blitz on crime in parts of York. The crime crackdown is part of a neighbourhood action day which will be held in Acomb and Holgate on Tuesday. It is being
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Brothers in roof plunge
A MAN was airlifted to hospital with suspected spinal injuries after he and his brother fell 30 feet from the roof of a house near Selby. Peter McKeating, 37, and his brother, Paul, in his early 40s, were repairing the roof of a house in Kelfield Road
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Let’s grab it all – Manny
YORK City captain Manny Panther is certain the Minstermen will grasp their Conference play-off opportunity with "both hands". The skipper, fresh from a Press man of the match display in City's vital 3-1 win over Rushden and Diamonds at KitKat Crescent
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Funeral of Lord David Wharton
HUNDREDS of mourners packed a York church for the funeral of Lord David Wharton today. Friends and relatives gathered to pay their respects to the popular father-of-six, who died after he was assaulted on a night out in York. Onlookers lined the streets
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Ticket fever for Oxford bold show
NEARLY 1,500 tickets have already been snapped up for York City's final day Conference clash with Oxford United at KitKat Crescent on April 28. The match, the Minstermen's last league game of the regulation season, has been made all-ticket and 1,000
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First-teamers aim to please in Academy game
FIRST-TEAM props Joe Helme and Toby Williams have been named in the provisional squad for the York City Knights Academy match against Halifax tonight. The Press understands that two places for Sunday's first-team National League Two game at home to Hunslet
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Awards night
THIS season's City of York Hockey Club's awards evening was a huge success. Winners were: Ladies Player of the Season - 1st XI Lucy Butcher, 2nd XI Jo Clayton, 3rd XI Ann Robinson, 4th XI Becky Copperthwaite, Ladies Young Player - Lucy Butcher, Josh
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Harry’s game a real winner
A SUPERB start brought Nestlé Rowntree RUFC a 17-10 victory at Northallerton thirds. After missing nearly all the season with injury, veteran centre Harry Seagrave celebrated his return with a try after just two minutes. Winger Sean Harvey kicked
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Anyone for tennis?
DUNNINGTON Tennis Club are having an open evening on Wednesday, May 2 at 6.30pm for existing, new and prospective members. For further details, contact club secretary Jeannette Parkinson on 01904 488224.
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Captain Healy’s delight
DAVID Healy was thrilled to be offered the Leeds United captaincy until the end of the season but that may be as far as his Elland Road career goes. Relegation would almost certainly see the Northern Ireland international move on but even if Leeds
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Turbo charged
WELL CHIEF, an expensive casualty at last month's Cheltenham Festival, heads to Merseyside tomorrow to bid for handsome compensation in the feature race on day two of Aintree's Grand National meeting. Trained by David Pipe, Well Chief, who had returned
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York triumph
YORK Indoor Bowls Club had a great double at the seaside in the Yorkshire Over-55s League Challenge Cup at Scarborough IBC. Their A' team completing the league and cup double, winning the Brian Fearnley Trophy and the B' team came second. This was the
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Walkers regain Easter Pairs
MAUREEN and Barry Walker won the York IBC Easter Mixed Pairs competition for the second time after a six-year absence beating Janet Collinson and Gordon Fennell. Both teams went into the final unbeaten, and it was Fennell and Collinson who got off
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Leaders edge further ahead
YORK Badminton League Men's Two leaders Selby/Drax A' took a big step towards the title by beating their nearest challengers. They maintain their slender advantage with a 5-4 home win over second-placed Clifton B'. Selby's unbeaten Steve Parr
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Fight to a finish
YORK Acorn ARLC are hoping to finish a "frustrating" season on a high at home to Eccles & Salford Juniors on Saturday. The Blue and Golds could rise a place in the National Conference division two table but, after results elsewhere last week confirmed
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Family’s anxious wait for test results after boy, 8, falls on to hypodermic needle
ONE minute her son was innocently playing - the next, she was plunged into the sort of nightmare every parent dreads when he fell on a hypodermic needle. Now mum-of-four Karen Edwards, of Dringhouses, York, faces an agonising wait to find out whether
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All Blacks to Drig in
NEW Earswick All Blacks' stamina will be tested to the full on Saturday as they face another tough test in Pennine League premier division. All Blacks host Drighlington in their penultimate league game, just two weeks after losing to the West Yorkshire
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China target for Dyson
SIMON Dyson could be worth a flutter as the China Open tees off today. The North Yorkshire king of swing is the favourite with every leading bookmaker to scoop the £169,590 first prize at the Shanghai Silport Golf Course in the Jiangsu Province.
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Hodgson to get GB armband
NEW Earswick All Blacks hooker Tom Hodgson will captain the BARLA Great Britain Under-18s on their ten-day tour to Serbia. The squad leave for the Balkans tomorrow and will play matches against Serbia U21s and Serbia U23s, as well as compete in a Nines
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Union golf starts
YORK Union of Golf Clubs swings into its summer programme proper with the Sharpe Trophy to be staged at The Oaks GC on Sunday. The full draw is: 8.00 A Woodward M Clark (O), G Dunn J Dodgson (PH); 8.08 M Hant R Frampton (FP), M Fisher M Womersley (
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Police hail eight per cent drop in York crime
CRIME in York has been slashed by more than eight per cent in the last 12 months. The number of incidents recorded by police fell in all major crime groups, according to new figures released today. Figures for April 1, 2006, to March 31, 2007, show
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Tykes duo in the wickets
Matthew Hoggard and Adil Rashid each claimed three wickets for Yorkshire on the second day of the practice match at Headingley Carnegie as Derbyshire reached 355 - for the loss of 12 wickets with one batsman also retiring. Some of those batsmen who failed
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Last-gasp Dring
Defending York Leeper Hare League premier division champions Dringhouses moved within two points of leaders Huntington after they edged past third-placed Copmanthorpe 2-1. After a goalless first-half last night Danny Gray gave Dringhouses the lead
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Robins ruffled
Selby Town have it all to do after crashing 4-1 at Retford in the first leg of the Northern Counties East League President's Cup final last night. The Robins embarked on a damage limitation exercise after trailing 3-0 in the first 23 minutes. Andrew
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4X4 site plan is backed
FOUR-BY-FOUR vehicles could soon be revving their engines in a quiet village near York - after proposals for a training course were recommended for approval. Plans for the site off Askham Fields Lane, in Askham Bryan, have been submitted for the
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Bowling along
New bowlers and novices are invited to Wigginton Bowling Club's Come and Try' sessions on Sunday, April 29, (10am, 2pm and 6.30pm). All equipment will be provided, dress is casual, but bowlers are asked to wear flat shoes. For further details
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Farewell to Lord David Wharton
HUNDREDS of mourners were expected to pack a York church for the funeral of Lord David Wharton today. Friends and relatives from as far away as London and Manchester were due to travel to York for the funeral of the father-of-six. Mr Wharton, 56, the
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Minister visits sports centre
GOVERNMENT minister Richard Caborn visited York to view the city's newest first-rate sports facilities. Minister for Sport Richard Caborn came to York yesterday to meet local Labour councillors and visit the recently revamped Oaklands Community Sports
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Vandals target tunnel again
IT was hailed by city chiefs as evidence that they were winning the war on vandals. But four months after this York tunnel was scrubbed clean, it is once more covered in ugly graffiti. Marygate tunnel, cited as an example of the success of the York
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Dealer, 21, avoids jail
A DRUG dealer has narrowly avoided jail after being caught red-handed with more than 100 Ecstasy pills. Former drug addict James Mills, 21, of Hawthorne Avenue, Haxby, was sentenced to a suspended nine-month jail term and 200 hours community service
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City council urged to bin incinerator plan
AN incinerator is set to be constructed in the heart of York tonight, by the city's environmentalists. But, no, the Greens have not abandoned their eco-friendly principles. The move is a political stunt, to protest against the idea of burning refuse.
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Miami Bear rescued from River Derwent
A TOP racehorse trainer has spoken of his relief after one of his champion chargers was rescued from the River Derwent in Old Malton by firefighters. Miami Bear, which notched up seven victories and £18,500 prize money during his career, was winched
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Selby canal event takes shape
PREPARATIONS for Selby's first canal extravaganza are taking shape, with a weekend set and events planned. Selby District Council bosses met in February to discuss the event, which is being billed Canal Fest, and concrete plans are now being made. Marketing
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Councils team up to battle merger plan
DISTRICT councils have launched an attack on Government proposals to create a single authority spanning North Yorkshire by asking residents what style of local government they want. The move follows a joint statement by the six of the county's seven