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Bedale run out.
Went by Helperby, Topcliffe, under the A1 and looked in at Snape village and the castle. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q226/George_079/PIC_0403.jpg Returning via Thirsk, Sowerby and Bagby near to this scene. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/
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Evans wants to keep it clean
YORK City goalkeeper Tom Evans headed to Southport today with his pre-season target within his grasp. He has two games of the regular season remaining in which to reach his intended clean sheet target of 20 for the season. The former Scunthorpe stopper's
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Rayner keen to make amends
GEORGE Rayner is determined to make up for a mistake when York City Knights clash with Barrow Raiders in the Northern Rail Cup last 16 tomorrow at Huntington Stadium. The Knights full-back spilled the ball on his own line for Hunslet to get their first
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We need to be more creative – Cook
A RIB injury has ruled loose forward Rob Spicer out of tomorrow's Northern Rail Cup knock-out clash with Barrow at Huntington Stadium. However, Knights coach Mick Cook is able to welcome back prop Adam Sullivan and Chris Spurr into the fold as the Knights
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What’s a bonus make? Points
COACH Mick Cook might not be a big fan of it, but there's no doubting York City Knights have already benefited from the introduction of the controversial new points structures in the National Leagues. A quick look at the Cooperative National League Two
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Dyson hails class of ace Els
Simon Dyson revealed spending the past two days in the company of Ernie Els has been worth all the golf lessons in the world as the 29-year-old lined up a weekend assault on the BMW Asian Open at Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC. A second consecutive 70
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All in the family
THE York Nestlé Family Tennis Tournament will be held in Rowntree Park on the weekend of May 5 and 6. Mens doubles aces Stuart and Phil Langley and the ladies doubles' pairing of Chris Place and Kathryn Maude are unable to defend their titles. The
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Prospects for this summer’s York Senior Cricket League’s top division
THE York Senior Cricket League season gets underway tomorrow with the traditional opening clash between the League champions and the Premier Cup winners. This time it sees Easingwold entertain Woodhouse Grange (1.30pm start) in a game likely to give
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Hoggard out as Friendship put to test
New Yorkshire captain Darren Gough has made his first tough decision by omitting Matthew Hoggard from the squad for tomorrow's opening Friends Provident Trophy game against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. There is no doubt Hoggard (pictured left) will
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Dazzler becomes 'Grinder'
Yorkshire sought to grind down Surrey rather than go for the quick kill on the third day of the LV Championship match at the Brit Oval yesterday and if all goes well today they should give new captain Darren Gough a dream start to his reign. Although
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Neck and neck
HUNTINTON Rovers and Dringhouses are continuing to slug it out at the top of the Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division. The title remains in the balance after both contenders recorded midweek victories. Twice Iain Dunn (pictured
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Home comforts
SELBY Golf Club professional Nick Ludwell could be forgiven for thinking what might have been' when he tees off on his own course next Wednesday. He will be among 53 other Northern Professional Golfers' Association players from the North-East competing
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Warrior set to win the battle
MIDDLEHAM trainer Karl Burke can take the honours at Southwell tomorrow by completing a double with Electric Warrior and Future's Dream. The former is set to be partnered by Paul Hanagan in the £18,000 totesport Handicap, the richest race on the card
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It's not cricket
WHAT a start to the domestic cricket season. England national cricket coach Duncan Fletcher falls on his sword in the wake of the diabolical World Cup campaign in the West Indies. In stark contrast, Yorkshire's XI go mad in Surrey where they batter the
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Nuremberg: Evil On Trial, by James Owen (Headline, £7.99)
MILLIONS had died, cities lay in ruins, and vile crimes almost beyond imagining had been uncovered. Small wonder a cry for vengeance went up at the end of the Second World War. The Allies decided the main Nazis should be publicly tried, at Nuremberg
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The Children Of Hurin by JRR Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, is published by HarperCollins priced £18.99
HOLD on to your swords and swashbucklers: the master of myth and magic is back. More than 40 years after he died, JRR Tolkien has a "new" book out. And it is one that delves deep into the history of Middle Earth, 6,000 years before the events in The
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Relics, by Pip Vaughan-Hughes (Orion, £6.99)
BROTHER Cadfael this is not, although the main character is a monk. Brother Petroc is very different from the God-fearing Cadfael and his story is a high-speed thriller. High speed on horseback and in sailing boat that is. Vaughan-Hughes gives
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Lloyd George And Churchill: Rivals For Greatness, by Richard Toye. Published in hardback by Macmillan), price £25
A CONTEMPORARY said the difference between Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George was, if you discussed an issue with them, Churchill, above, would spend an hour telling you what he knew about it, while Lloyd George would spend the time learning
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Pots of style
APRIL is one of the busiest times for gardens as we prepare for the summer. I seem to have been out there in any spare moment throughout the month tidying up, preparing the beds and planting. Oh, and digging up the concrete yard with my teenage son,
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Sinnington
SINNINGTON'S Maypole was readied for action, the grass mown in a circle around. We took our springtime delights up the lovely River Seven. Rooks cawed from 20 high nests, a grey wagtail posed over the shallows, layers of limestone reflected in the clear
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Long and short of it
IN the Fifties and Sixties, when a girl told you she was washing her hair rather than going to the dancing, it was not an excuse. Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn and Cilla Black didn't get their sculptured styles without working for them, and nor did anyone
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This reading business is a real page-turner
I'M embarrassed to admit this, being an author, but my child does not read. It's not that she can't; she's just not motivated to pick up a book herself. This is despite being read to every single night since she was a baby by whichever of us is less
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Eating for England
ST George's Day celebrates all things English, but when it comes to food our stomachs could be rumbling further afield. England has a reputation for bland and stodgy cuisine, and fish and chips, toad in the hole and spotted dick can be left in the shadow
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Charles Hutchinson reviews Ladies Down Under
WHY are there so few theatrical sequels, pondered Martin Barrass? Alas, the answer comes in Ladies Down Under, Amanda Whittington's second trip for the fish-filleting four from 2005's Ladies' Day. You could see the potential for a follow-up after
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BNP candidate stands in York and Edinburgh
THE British National Party was today accused of "blatant opportunism" after it emerged its leading candidate in York was simultaneously seeking election to the Scottish Parliament. Ian Dawson is standing in next month's City of York Council election
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The day York shoppers got an eye full
DOZENS of scantily-clad shoppers descended on York for the opening of a new city centre store. Joy - a new men's and women's fashion shop in the Coppergate Centre - promised a free new outfit of clothes to the first 25 men and women to strip down to
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Will air bus take off?
YORK'S new airport shuttle bus service is now attracting 500 passengers a week as it continues to gain in popularity, the operators revealed today. The direct service from York to Leeds Bradford Airport was launched almost two months ago by York bus
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Trainspotter a 'Peeping Tom'
TRAINSPOTTER Adrian Holdstock got his sexual kicks by watching other men using the toilets at York Railway Station, the city's magistrates heard. Prosecutor Ann Darwin said the 43-year-old lurked in a cubicle of the men's lavatories between Platform
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York’s most potty road
IS Hazel Garth York's most potholed street? Resident Alice Thomas claims she has counted 26 potholes in Hazel Garth, a cul-de-sac in the Stockton Lane area. She says the holes make it difficult for her 86-year-old mother, Queenie Broughton, to get
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River death: Victim named
THE man whose body was pulled from the River Foss on Wednesday has now been named. Police have identified the man as David John James Clarke, 43, of Bishophill, York. Mr Clarke was found dead in the Foss near the village of Towthorpe, on the outskirts
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Mum’s anger at lost notes
A MUM who was seconds from death after giving birth wants answers after York Hospital lost her notes. Mum-of-three Sarah Burton, 40, of Barney Lane, Flaxton, near York, gave birth to her third child, Marnie, by emergency caesarean section at York Hospital
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Call for York to become a World Heritage Site
IT is already treasured by millions of tourists as one of the most historic cities in the world. Now York could be set for official recognition, by becoming a World Heritage Site. A special working group has investigated whether the city should pursue
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Council leaders welcome new chief for county police force
NORTH Yorkshire's new top cop will be asked to consider putting up speed cameras in York. City of York Council leader Steve Galloway said the issue would be on the agenda for their first meeting. The Press told yesterday how the county's police force
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Top flight awards for pilots
THE head of the RAF visited North Yorkshire to meet eight new pilots as they were awarded their flying badges. It was the first time the Chief of the Air Staff had visited the RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse for a wings ceremony, making the graduation day
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Scouts on parade for centenary
HUNDREDS of Scouts will march to York Minster tomorrow to celebrate 100 years of Scouting. The Scouts were set up by Robert Baden Powell in 1907, and the celebration coincides with the Minster's St George's Day service tomorrow. The event is one of
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Multi-million pound vet service for York
A NEW hospital may be built in York - for animals. A multi-million pound scheme has been drawn up to build the city's first veterinary hospital in the grounds of Askham Bryan College. The plans have been submitted to City of York Council by Minster
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Bus belt up bid
PLANS to improve safety on school buses in York - by making seatbelts and CCTV compulsory - are set to be given the green light. City of York Council's executive will meet on Tuesday to consider a four-point plan of improvements for home to school transport
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Iraq pullout plea to poll hopefuls
AS citizens and voters in the City of York Council elections, we believe that the war in Iraq has created a hell on earth for the Iraqi people, that shames our country and distorts our lives. We know - because they tell us week after week - that this
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Here be dragons
SAINT George (Let's celebrate both George and Edmund, Soapbox letter, April 17) is patron saint of about ten nations, and came to prominence by slaying a dragon. George was a Christian soldier living in the Roman Empire during Christian persecution
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Tax trouble
I WOULD like to support the letter from Mr B Gee concerning Gordon Brown's income tax con, due to take effect next April: the discontinuation of the ten per cent starting rate and the reduction from 22 per cent to 20 per cent overall (Calculating
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They’re in a spin!
THE BNP claiming to represent true Christian values is no more of a lie than New Labour claiming to represent the working class, Conservatives claiming to be compassionate, the Liberal Democrats claiming to be all things to all men, and the Greens claiming
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Bird flu fears
The Government payment of £589,356.89 to Bernard Matthews is not what the British people should be worried about. The worrying factor is that, after considerable and extensive investigations, the Government, through DEFRA (the Department for the
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Border dispute
Michael Bentley is certainly ruffling a few feathers among the more frail readers of the Press. For myself, I cannot really see the connection between a Scotsman and a Porridge Wog. As far as I know, the abbreviation Wog stands for "Worldly
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Strict laws can stop the gun massacres
WHY is US society intent on total self-destruction? Why does it ignore the common good? America can't go on as it is doing; it needs a report on whether it should ban the sale of guns to ordinary members of the public. It should ideally adopt the gun
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Householder’s police raid fury
A REMOVALS man has complained to police after they raided his home for drugs and stolen property - but did not take any action against him. The 36-year-old, who asked not to be named, lives in Hewley Avenue, in Tang Hall, York, He said police have
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Creature comforts at nursing home
EXOTIC creepy crawlies visited a nursing home near York - and went down a storm with residents. Pensioners at St John's Nursing Home, in Kirk Hammerton, got to handle Joanne Speight's collection of creatures, and listened to her talking about how they
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Spotlight on crime hotspots
RESIDENTS and councillors in part of York received a detailed breakdown of criminal damage in their area, at a special community meeting. Heworth's Joint Action Group (JAG) received a detailed police report, following a three-month study in the ward.
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Report which claims York is a bad place to raise kids panned
IT'S offical - York is one of the worst places in North Yorkshire to bring up kids. It was ranked only 198th in a league table of Britain's most family-friendly areas. But city councillors have poured scorn on the national survey and slammed its findings
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£5.5 million extension opened at York secondary school
A TRIO of head teachers turned out to see the opening of a £5.5 million school building project in York. Huntington School's former head teacher Keith Wragg joined the departing head Chris Bridge, and the new head John Tomsett at the opening of the new
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School earns double praise
A NEW head teacher has joined staff and pupils at a York primary school to celebrate an "outstanding" double inspection. Jane Nellar, the former head teacher at Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School, has taken over the headship at St Lawrence's CE Primary
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Keeping tabs on electricity
YORK councillors have welcomed plans for free electricity monitors to help householders cut domestic energy bills. The city's Labour leader Dave Merrett and deputy leader Ruth Potter welcomed Government plans to introduce free monitors to all households
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Michael Middleton avoids prison for GBH
A SLAUGHTERHOUSE worker has escaped a trip to jail, but must pay £2,000 compensation to the man he ambushed and beat up. Michael James Middleton, 18, recruited "local hard guy" Karl Livesey to help him in the attack that left Brett Ellis with a jaw broken
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Marathon motorcycle charity trek
THIS Selby motorcyclist is preparing to ride hundreds of miles to raise cash for a medical charity. Mike Harrison, 59, of Wistow, will set off from Land's End, the most westerly point in mainland England, next month to make the 1,000-mile journey to
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Grand Ole Opry comes to Drax
GRAB those Stetsons and pull on your cowboy boots because a major country music festival is on its way to the Selby area. Country music fans no longer need a ticket to Nashville to enjoy their favourite music. Towerfest - a new international country
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CPP firm backs City scheme with cash
YORK City's new in-house community scheme received a five-figure boost from life assistance company CPP this week, following glowing praise from government Sports Minister Richard Caborn MP. After his recent meeting with City's directors, Caborn expressed
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Billy’s boots
YORK City boss Billy McEwan held a coaching session for 35 talented youngsters at the club's first Advanced Football Development Camp. Organised and led by York City in the Community development officers Danny Parker and Peter Vasey, the camp took place
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Internationals help create a college first
ENGLAND met the Rest of the World on the football pitch thanks to York College's International department. The York College Football Development side took on a specially created International team in the Tadcaster Road centre's first college international
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Anti-climax for City boys in Yorkshire play-offs
CITY of York Hockey Club's Under-16 boys finished off their season in disappointing style losing all three games in the Yorkshire play-off finals. Having qualified eighth out of eight for the tournament, tough opposition took the form of Ben Rhydding
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Potter’s a real wizard
ANOTHER impressive display from York Acorn Under-11s saw them sweep to a 48-22 win against Hunslet Parkside at Thanet Road - Josh Potter scoring a hat-trick. Prop Ricky Watson got a brace while second row Lewis Lord also scored to put Acorn in demand
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Warriors tips from the top
MEMBERS of Selby Warriors ARL Club's Under-9s team have been brushing up on their skills. Castleford-born Hull FC Super League hooker Wayne Godwin took charge of a traning session for the youngsters recently at Sandhill Lane.
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Nigel’s high-speed start
INTERNATIONAL kart racer Nigel Moore enjoyed a flying start to his motor-racing debut. The 15-year-old from Long Marston, near York, gained two second places at the Pembrey circuit in Wales. Racing for the first time in the Texaco Playstation Junior
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Swing into action
THE Peter Terry Junior Tennis Trophy will be played at Rowntree Park on Sunday, May 20. Play starts at 9am and the event is open to juniors who are under 16 on January 1, 2007. Juniors must be a member of a club who play in the I T Sports Mixed
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Anyone for tennis?
ENTRIES are invited for the York District Tyke Junior Tennis tournament to be held on Saturday, May 12 at St Peter's School and Wigginton Tennis Club, starting at 9.15am. Events running are boys and girls singles at Under-10, U12, U14, U16 and U18
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Harriers spring a surprise
SOMETHING had to give and how Whel it did as Wheldrake Under-13s were sent spinning to their first defeat of the season. The Wheldrake wonders had carried all before them in the York British Sugar Minor League U13s fourth division scooping the title
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Triple test for York duo
THEY may be taking a brief breather for the benefit of our camera but York City Baths Club duo Ben Barber and Georgia Pipes are poised to plunge into breath-taking international action, writes Deputy Sports Editor Tony Kelly. Ben, aged 12, and ten-year-old
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SWIM YORK scheme is a real splash hit
MORE than 1,500 pupils each term are taught to swim through City of York Council's SWIM YORK initiative. Private swimming lessons have been held at the Edmund Wilson and Yearsley pools for decades but they are proving as popular as ever. The SWIM YORK
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County’s grassroots sport gets massive cash boost
Sport England have announced a £4,376,419 investment into community sports clubs and coaches in Yorkshire. A total of £38.3 million is being invested throughout England to get more people involved in sport. The funding will create 238 enhanced and
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Young Pikes hold their nerve
PICKERING Under-15s won the York British Sugar Minor Football League division three title in style. They entertained nearest rivals Eaingwold in a really tense battle in sweltering heat. It remained goal-less until 20 minutes into the second half
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It’s full steam ahead for St Peter’s
SEVENTEEN rowers from St Peter's School, York, raced at the Belgian National Rowing Championships last Sunday and returned with four medal-winning crews. Racing went on for nine hours on Saturday and Sunday over the 2km, five-lane international rowing
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Big day out
POCKLINGTON RUFC Under-8s and U7s will be on the big stage as they play at half-time in the Leeds Tykes v Rotherham Titans National league One game at Headingley Carnegie Stadium tomorrow. In the morning, Pock's U13s are at home to Thorne.
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Better late than never
A LAST minute try helped York RUFC Under-7s take a share of the spoils at Driffield Rugby Club's mini-festival. In three keenly contested group matches, the young Clifton Parkers notched up a 6-5 victory over Driffield, saw off Hull Ionians 7-5 and
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Sam’s the man for cup
A GOLDEN goal by Sam Hendry saw Fulford Under-7s triumph at a Leeds United Football Academy tournament. Hendry blasted the ball home after the final against York Cubs had ended goal-less and gone into extra-time. Earlier, Fulford had won two and drawn
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Clifton Parkers sweep to success
TRY-hunters from York RUFC's Under-15s were just perfect as they ended their season in fabulous fashion. Already the North Yorkshire Cup winners, the young Clifton Parkers became the U15 regional champions - dominating their opposition without conceding
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Tory politician concerned by maternity shake-up
GOVERNMENT bosses have been accused by a North Yorkshire MP of putting jobs at risk and misleading expectant mothers over new maternity proposals. Anne McIntosh, Tory MP for the Vale of York, has responded to the nationwide document Maternity Matters