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Three generations to run Race For Life
THREE generations of one family will be racing for life this summer - in memory of much-loved relatives who have lost their lives to cancer. Five year-old Jessica Strange, of Rawcliffe, York, will run Race For Life alongside her mum Karen, 41, and grandmother
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Have your say on the outcome of the 2007 elections
Now that all the votes have been counted we'd like your reaction to the results. Please use the comments facility below to have your say... Election 2007 homepage>>
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New bid to cut asthma alerts
ASTHMA sufferers in Yorkshire are getting the second worst care in the country, a new study can reveal - although York fares relatively well. Out of the nine strategic health authorities, Yorkshire and Humberside recorded the second highest rate of hospital
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Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier, Chicago
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View of Chicago from Sears Tower
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Niagara Falls
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York Minister
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Scarborough Bay
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Pink lillies
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Hogworts Express
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Floods
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Staithes roof tops
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Lendal Bridge
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Sunset in Derby
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Waltzers in winter
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Ruins of monestry
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Eaves in the sun
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Yorkshire Wheel & moon
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Odeon’s future remains a mystery
THE future of York's Odeon cinema building remains shrouded in mystery, more than two months after a final deadline for offers from developers. Odeon bosses are staying tight-lipped over who has bid for the listed art deco building in Blossom Street,
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The new MINI phenomenon
Motoring Editor STEVE NELSON visits the MINI production line at the start of a whole new adventure for the iconic car. There's a sign on a wall at BMW's MINI assembly plant in Oxford containing an astonishing statistic. It says there are 15 million
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New model MINI One
THE new MINI One is more powerful than its predecessor, but with significant improvements in fuel consumption and emissions. The 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine is derived from the 1.6-litre unit that features in the Cooper model. Smooth power delivery
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20 years past.
The nation at a standstill, brought down by union strikes, when we gave a Grantham grocer’s daughter the job of sorting it out. She swung her handbag and that did it. In the process, her pals asset stripped much of our industry, sold off public utilities
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Shade shack man is told to leave town
THE sun has set on York's new "shade shack" on its first day of trading. Derek Allan launched the sunglasses stall, which takes the form of a bamboo hut on wheels, in York city centre yesterday - but was quickly told to "get out of town" by police.
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A dog’s chance for a happy life
The sickening attack on Storm, the German Shepherd puppy, has highlighted the wonderful work the RSPCA does in rescuing sick or abandoned animals. STEPHEN LEWIS visited the charity's animal shelter in Landing Lane, York. PEGGY the Staffordshire bull
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Don’t patronise the electorate
THE strong message given out by the Archbishop of York, urging people not to vote BNP, plus your wide coverage (BNP sparks alert from Archbishop, The Press, May 1) would have reached the eyes and ears of many prospective voters. Voting is the democratic
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The missing students
IN the last three years, 43 foreign students who came to York to study at one of this country's leading universities have vanished. They have simply disappeared - presumably giving up their courses to slip away in the hope of being able to stay in this
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Chocs away
WILLY Wonka would have loved it - a menu at one of York's top eateries featuring nothing but chocolate. J Baker's Bistro Moderne is launching its Chocolate Room in tribute to York the chocolate city. You'll be able to tuck into chocolate and lavender
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Red flag solution
I SEE from Paul Hepworth (Upgrade is road to greater jams, Letters, April 28) that he is opposed to the dualling of the A1237. I think several thousand drivers who have to use this road every day would disagree. The argument that dualling this road
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Stepping out
I READ with interest your article on Tracie Sampson and the disabled sticker she had been refused (You're not disabled enough, The Press, April 28). I was of the opinion that disabled stickers were to allow someone disabled to park nearer to the establishment
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Don’t dabble
I WAS not surprised to see the usual photograph of the Archbishop of York in The Press. I was not even surprised at the content of his advertisement. The surprising thing was that he seems to think part of his remit is to tell the readers to "do something
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Very interesting
AS from May 1 credit card holders are being spoon-fed. When they present their cards for payment, they are being told if they are paying too much interest, and can get it more cheaply elsewhere. I wonder if Selby District Council will spoon-feed me
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Those who did this must be punished
WOULDN'T it be poetic justice if Storm, the German Shepherd pup injured in such a horrific attack (How sick can you get? The Press, May 2), were to remember the identity of the low-life who carried out such a disgusting act of physical violence and in
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Bad behaviour
I AM writing to you in regard to the article Residents' Anger At Graffiti Attacks (The Press, April 25). I live in South Bank, York, and phoned the head teacher of Millfield School about the bad behaviour of some of the children at his school, who
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Litter louts
I WORKED in Bishopthorpe Road, York, for five years and witnessed the pupils dropping and throwing both litter and food in the street. When confronted, some picked it up reluctantly, others were rude and abusive (usually the girls). I reported them
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Not a new idea
IN response to A P Cox's letter about policemen in schools (School bobbies policy extreme', April 20), this move is not a new initiative. Procedures for dealing with young offenders started in London in 1954, but it was not until 1968 that it was decided
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Teen exploitation
I COULD not agree more with K Kirby, of Burnholme, for pointing out the sheer exploitation of 13 to 17-year-olds by Toffs Nightclub in York (Will parents pay for teens' evening out? Letters, April 28). Charging them £8 entry for the hours that the
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Money trouble
WITH reference to article "Fresh twist in ATM scam" (The Press, May 1), it makes one feel that going into the bank and seeing a cashier might be the best way to draw cash these days. Unless cash machines are inside the bank with a camera overseeing
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Slow motion
Perhaps I am being too hard on City of York Council. After all, three months to remove dangerous barbed wire from a foot/cycle path (Wire warning, The Press, April 24) pales into insignificance when compared with the 15 months it took the local authority
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The hospital that moved to Romania on a lorry
AN ENTIRE hospital has been moved from York to Romania in the back of two lorries. When the Purey Cust Nuffield Hospital moved to a new building in Haxby Road in 2004, equipment and furniture from the old site was left behind. And yesterday a dream
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Preview: Sue Perkins, The Disappointing Second Show, Pocklington Arts Centre, May 5
Anyone who watched Sue Perkins' day-time shows will remember her candid sense of humour. Best-known for programmes such as Channel 4's Light Lunch and Late Lunch with side-kick Mel Giedroyc, she has also written for French and Saunders and Absolutely
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Preview: Gavin Webster, Black Comedy @ The Black Swan, Black Swan Inn, York, May 8
Geordie joker Gavin Webster previews his Newcastle Playhouse shows at the Black Comedy @ The Black Swan night in York on Tuesday. "Gavin is one of the finest comics in the land, and he'll be doing a full hour down here at our place, a much more intimate
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Preview: Simon Bligh, Andy Askins and Markus Birdman, The Other Side Comedy Club, City Screen, York, May 6
Be warned. Book early or arrive in good time for this weekend's bill at The Other Side Comedy Club in York. "Sunday's show is another of our Bank Holiday specials, which always sell out, " says promoter Toby Clouston-Jones. "As usual, we feature three
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Preview: Perfect Houseplants with Pamela Thorby play the Jazz Weekend, National Centre for Early Music, York, May 4
Recorder virtuoso Pamela Thorby is more often to be spotted at the York Early Music Festival. Tonight, however, she will take a radical jazz look at folk music from East Anglia with the innovative Perfect Houseplants at the National Centre For Early
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Preview: The Ebor Singers, Chapter House, York Minster, May 5
The Ebor Singers celebrate the splendour of Baroque Venice tomorrow evening in the Chapter House, York Minster, in the company of organist Peter Seymour and theorbo player David Miller. Few works capture the glories of St Mark's, Venice, as Monteverdi's
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Preview: Ray Wilson and Band, Fibbers, York, May 10
Nothing from Stiltskin for ten years and now two new albums come along at once, as front man Ray Wilson and Band prepare to play Fibbers in York on Thursday. April 23 saw the dual release of the Ray Wilson and Stiltskin studio and live albums. The
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Preview: Best of The Bands competition, Grand Opera House, York, May 4
YORK school and college bands line up in the Best of The Bands competition at the Grand Opera House, this evening at 7pm. The running order will be: Exile, from Fulford School; Whyte Light, St Peter's; Five:15, Archbishop Holgate; The Silhouette Zoo
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Jim White pulls out of The Band Room gig
JIM White has been forced to pull out of his gig at The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale, on May 12 on medical advice. Instead, Scandinavian folk singer and guitarist Teitur will play that night. Tickets: £10 on 01751 432900.
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The Memory Of Place, by Keiko Mukaide, York St Mary's, Castlegate, York, until October 28
Keiko Mukaide calls her new installation The Memory Of Place. "The basic idea came from the memory of this church, " says the Japanese artist, as she oversees the transformation of the interior of York St Mary's, the old church in Coppergate, with
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The Wonderland Of Alice, The Gallery, Kirkgate, Ripon; Through The Looking Glass, March Hare Gallery, Duck Hill, Ripon, both until May 31
Lewis Carroll's Alice is seen as a stroppy girl with more in common with ASBO youths than with innocent childhood, in paintings in a new exhibition exploring the darker side of one of the world's favourite books. The Wonderland Of Alice show at The
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Preview: Bridge Jam, St Paul's, Holgate, York, May 10
The hallowed confines of a York church will be transformed into the city's latest acoustic venue to raise money for the Guardian Angels appeal. Church workers at St Paul's, Holgate, are to clear away the pews for the evening to showcase a range of
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Jazz Notes
The big York jazz weekend begins tonight at the National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate, with Perfect Houseplants, one of the most innovative and distinctive jazz groups in the UK. Although mainly acoustic, the band at times approaches the sound
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Preview: Dance Flash 2007, Grand Opera House, York, May 5
The pupils of evergreen York dance teacher Miss Isobel Dunn present two performances of Dance Flash 2007 at the Grand Opera House tomorrow. Produced and directed by Miss Dunn, this year 's show also features the choreographic talents of productions
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RE teacher in Easter bungle
A FORMER religious education teacher at York's Catholic secondary school has been found guilty of "serious professional incompetence". The General Teaching Council found Gareth Child failed to provide effective leadership when he was head of RE at All
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Mamma Mia, 20 Gillygate, York
GAVIN AITCHISON makes a long overdue return to a city centre Italian. First impressions are everything. Whether it's people, places, or - as in this case - restaurants, one's initial perceptions can often be hard to shake off. That's why, if truth
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Howarth Tea Rooms, Market Lane, Selby
"YOU must try Brenda's" was the cry of readers I addressed at a meeting last year. Responding to this suggestion, we intended to combine our snack with a visit to Selby Abbey. The Abbey we found, but where was the café? By accident we spotted Howath's
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Preview: Danny The Champion Of The World, Grand Opera House, York, May 15 to 19
The first theatre tour of Danny The Champion Of The World visits the Grand Opera House, York from May 15 to 18, when one special boy fights to foil the plans of the nastiest man in the district. First published in 1975, Roald Dahl's tale relates the
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Preview: The Boy Friend, York Musical Theatre Company, York Theatre Royal, May 9 to 19
York Musical Theatre Company revels in the French Riviera life of the 1920s in Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend at York Theatre Royal from Wednesday. Madame Dubonnet (played by Moira Murphy) runs a finishing school for perfect young ladies, where everyone
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Preview: Jason Donovan, All The Hits And More Tour, Grand Opera House, York, May 9
Few are held as dear to our hearts as our first pop star crush. And if any girl old enough to remember Scott and Charlene's wedding tells you theirs wasn't on Jason Donovan, then they are lying. The former Neighbours heartthrob has moved on these days
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Call for singers
Auditions and workshops for the 2007 Ryedale Festival Community Opera will be held at the Milton Rooms, Malton, on May 20, from 4pm to 7pm, and at Helmsley Arts Centre on May 21, from 7pm to 9pm. "Can you sing? Dance? Are you a performer?" asks director
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Pupils visit RAF base to learn lateral thinking lessons
FULFORD School pupils in York have visited an RAF base as part of a curriculum scheme called Certificate Of Personal Effectiveness (COPE). The Fulford group chose RAF Linton-on-Ouse where they were able to tick a number of boxes in their portfolio.
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The word on the street
I DON'T own a car, and with the proposal to "pay as you drive", I am glad I don't. I cannot get my head around Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander saying there is a need for a partnership between a listening Government and a furious public. "Partnership
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43 foreign students vanish
A HOME Office immigration probe is underway after 43 international students "disappeared" from the University of York. New figures show the students vanished after arriving in the country over the last three years. The 43 quit their courses
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Some cretin has banned the tarts
SO IF YOU walked into your local branch of Gregg's for a mid-morning cheese pasty livener and saw, nestling among the jam doughnuts and chocolate éclairs, a confectionary item labelled "Pig Tart", what would you think? Would you think "Hmm there must
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Defence key in play-off clash
YORK City boss Billy McEwan is hoping another strong defensive display can shut out Morecambe in tonight's Conference play-off semi-final first-leg at KitKat Crescent. The Minstermen haven't conceded a goal in three matches, have let in just three goals
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Restaurants and bars more likely to fail in city
RESTAURANTS and bars are three times more likely to go bust than other York businesses. This shocking statistic has been revealed in research by UHY Calvert Smith, the York accountancy firm. As many as 15.5 per cent of businesses in the hospitality
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McEwan’s men keep their minds on the job
YORK City's players are only focussed on tonight's massive Morecambe match, boss Billy McEwan has insisted. The Minstermen manager revealed no-one at KitKat Crescent has talked about the prospect of Wembley appearance on May 20 or had even looked ahead
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Keeping the over-50s fit
With one person dying every 15 minutes as a result of physical inactivity, the British Heart Foundation has launched a campaign to encourage over-50s to exercise. Nicola Fifield finds out more. When the end-of-school bell rang on April 3, 1957,
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Childhood obesity
It seems statistics on childhood obesity are revealed on a regular basis, with more children being recognised as overweight or clinically obese. Figures from the most recent large-scale survey in the UK shockingly reveal 25 per cent of boys and 33 per
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Goal hero Paul gets red carpet treatment
CITY legend Paul Barnes will be the guest of honour at tonight's play-off match against Morecambe at KitKat Crescent. In nearly four years at the club, Barnes scored 85 goals in 179 appearances after being snapped up from Stoke for a bargain £50,000
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Review: De Ereprijs; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
The university's Spring Festival Of New Music, which ends tomorrow night, makes a nice opening gambit for the summer term, even if students were noticeable by their absence at Wednesday's kick-off. The Dutch chamber orchestra De Ereprijs (Price Of Honour
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Firm nets big fish across Irish Sea
WHITBY Seafoods has landed a massive catch. The private company, which employs 140 people in the North Yorkshire fishing port, has acquired the successful Northern Ireland operation Middleton Seafoods, for an undisclosed sum. Middleton Seafoods, which
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Review: Swan Lake, Vienna Festival Ballet, Grand Opera House, York, Wednesday
Swan Lake is the best-known ballet of all. With Tchaikovsky's haunting music, this is one of the most imaginative love stories ever written, and it was brought to life by the acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet. Briefly, the story is as follows: Prince
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Shrimps to net third degree
YORK City will have to beat a Morecambe side who want to make it third time lucky if they are to play under the new Wembley arch in the Conference play-off final. While the Minstermen have entered the Conference play-off race for the first time
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Find fresh horizons
LOOK to emerging markets like China, India, Latin America and Eastern Europe for your opportunities, top North Yorkshire business people were urged. The suggestion came from former CBI director general Sir Digby Jones, now senior adviser to Deloitte
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More nous will be the key for Sam
MORECAMBE boss Sammy McIlroy says his side's play-off clash with York City is going to hinge on "pivotal moments". The former Manchester United legend and Northern Ireland boss leads the Shrimps into KitKat Crescent tonight warning a close tie is
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York family’s blaze horror
THESE charred remains are all that is left of a York family's back garden after yobs set fire to their shed. Mother-of-two Ellen Humble has hit out after arsonists started the blaze at her home in Tennyson Avenue, Clifton. She said her shed, a three-wheeled
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Champion trip for York
THERE will be an early examination of York Cricket Club's title credentials tomorrow. Their first away game of the Yorkshire County ECB Premier League season is at Shaw Lane, home of champions Barnsley. Marcus Wood's side finished runners-up to
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Acomb’s awards
DAVE Bell and Kerry Woods collected the player of the year awards at Acomb Hockey Club's presentation evening. Other ladies' winners were Beth Hartshorn (second team player of the year) and Nicola Hutchinson (most improved player). James Zilleson
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Spring netting
YORK and District Amalgamation of Anglers are holding their Early Spring Match at Laybourne Lakes on Sunday. All pegs on Marley lakes have been taken for the event which is the only match booking of the weekend.
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Knights close in on Robins scrum-half Brooks
YORK City Knights are close to bringing Super League starlet Matty Brooks on loan to Huntington Stadium. The club have been seeking a new half-back since Anthony Thackeray's loan deal from Hull ended prematurely at Easter, and they have found a possible
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Shipton nick it
SHIPTON pipped Wigginton Grasshoppers on goal difference to the York F1 Racing Premier Karting Sunday League division two title in midweek. Shipton hammered Cueball Fulford 8-1, before drawing 0-0 with Deramore Arms to take the title, despite Wigginton
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Irish raider primed to bag Classic plunder
Haatef, generally priced at around 7-1, following the shock withdrawal of the favourite Teofilo, is the value bet to land the first Classic of the season, the Stan James 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket tomorrow. Trained in Ireland by Kevin Prendergast
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Cup final crescendo
SEVERUS will be aiming to complete a league and cup double over last year's champions Hounds, in the Grand Central League Cup final at New Earswick (1.30pm). Earlier, Bay Horse (Tadcaster) will be keen to put the disappointment of last week's Junior
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Chris can’t turn Corner
RICH Corner produced legs of 17, 19 and 20 to beat Chris Thompson (19) 3-1 in the board final in the opening qualifier of the John Smith's-sponsored £1,000 York Individual Darts Competition. Thompson had produced legs of 17, 15, 12, 15, 15, 18, 18, 18
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Champs Clifton eye up Sunday treble
CLIFTON FC wrapped up the York Sunday Afternoon Football League double with a 3-1 victory over Dunnington in the League Cup final. The game was delayed by 15 minutes due to the heavy traffic around Malton Road and when the game did kick off, it was Dunnington
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Star force to dazzle
The Thirsk Hunt Cup can hardly compare in value to the 2,000 Guineas, but the historic race, annually run on the first Saturday in May, remains a keenly-contested race in North Yorkshire and Wind Star is fancied to emerge with the spoils tomorrow. The
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Golf tee times
THE Lewis Trophy, one of York Union of Golf Clubs' events, will be staged at the Union's newest member Sandburn Hall on Sunday. The full draw is: 8.00 S Appleton B Pinder (SH), M Rushton R Baker (FP); 8.08 J Emmerson T Markham (Y), M Chalmers I Bainbridge
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Champs collared
PREMIER division champions Huntington Rovers fielded an understrength Leeper Hare York and District Football League side against Old Malton and paid the price. They were humbled 4-1 at home with Steve Baxter grabbing a hat-trick. Division three champions
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Fine for sex shop owner
A BUSINESSMAN says he will go bankrupt after magistrates handed him a £15,000 court bill for running a sex shop without a licence. Andrew Clark sold adult and sex items for years at XES, in Goodramgate, York, despite warnings from council officers that
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Sam’s the man for the Villagers
SAM Clarke was the big winner at the Heworth ARLC end-of-season presentation evening. Clarke jointly won the Atkinson Memorial Trophy as player of the year alongside Luke Judson, and he was also voted the Players' Player of the Year. Jon Jewitt
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Injury blow for Vaughan
MICHAEL Vaughan was involved in yet another injury scare at the Rose Bowl yesterday. He had to retire hurt after being struck a painful blow on the middle finger of his right hand by Australian fast bowler, Stuart Clark. The England captain, who had
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Preview: The York Realist, York Settlement Players, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, May 9 to 19
Philip Wilkinson returned to the stage for the first time in a decade to play the deadpan manservant Azalan in Les Liaisons Dangereuses in March. Now he follows up that cameo at the Friargate Theatre, York, by a speedy graduation to the lead role in
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Presidential race for Pock
POCKLINGTON RUFC will face a useful President's XV made up of friends, contacts and former players of the club at Percy Road on Sunday. The line-up will include ex-Premiership stars, and former junior internationals, and will mix youth with experience
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Come on, shoot me
A KNIFEMAN who targets women has been jailed after he challenged armed police to shoot him. Jonathan David O'Hare grabbed a knife from his father's York kitchen and threatened his neighbours before throwing gravel and hitting Sandra Scrivener, said prosecutor
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Election hit by college votes row
THERE was anger on campus after students turned up to vote in the local election, only to find they were not registered. Students are routinely placed on the electoral roll when they register at the University of York and begin their course. But dozens
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City visit for Duke of York
THE Duke of York is to visit the city next week to join in the Merchant Adventurers' 650th anniversary celebrations and open a £10 million new train depot. Prince Andrew, who is the Royal Honorary Member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers, will spend
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Boarding party
Scarborough Pirates ARLC will again be entering a senior team into the Rugby League Conference. The season lasts for ten weeks during the summer and the Pirates will be in a regional division with teams from places like Leeds, Bridlington and Lincoln
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Sex fiend faces jail
A TEENAGE sex offender could be locked up indefinitely after he abused a nine-year-old girl during childhood games. The girl told a jury how Simon Paul Anthony Goode, 19, took her away from her friends as they played in a field and tried to rape her
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Out for the count
THE people of York and North Yorkshire will today learn who will run their councils for the next four years, after a massive day of voting throughout our region. Tens of thousands of people took part in yesterday's local elections in York, Ryedale, Hambleton
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Disabled woman’s postal vote anger
A WHEELCHAIR-bound woman who has voted all her life claims she has been left disenfranchised by City of York Council after a blunder with her postal vote. Janet Slessor, of Highfield, in Osbaldwick, has the condition dystonia - a painful nerve disorder
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Conservatives seize control in East Yorkshire
THE Conservatives enjoyed a superb night in the East Riding of Yorkshire, taking outright control of the council for the first time. They went into yesterday's election with 29 seats out of 67, but extended their share to more than 40, as the Liberal
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Polling pints
DRINKERS in one York village didn't have far to go to cast their vote - the polling station was in the pub cark park. Regulars at the Red Lion, in Knapton, had to saunter just a few short yards to City of York Council's mobile voting station. Pub owner
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David’s ‘lucky mascot’
A 90-year-old "lucky mascot" could be the key to success for one sitting York councillor. David Horton, in Acomb, has been giving the same elderly woman, Mary Myers, a lift to the polling station for every election since 1986 - and always come up trumps
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Chic choc blend
CHOCAHOLICS stand by - your dreams are about to drown in brown. How about a restaurant with a room chock-a-block with choccie? The award-winning J Baker's Bistro Moderne in Fossgate, York, is blending chic with choc in a bid to pay tribute to the Chocolate
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Pupils put spotlight on election issues
THEY may be too young to vote, but pupils at one York school took time out to focus on the elections, with a special visit from the city's MP. Hugh Bayley spent polling day talking with Year 8 students from Millthorpe School, about the importance of
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Big thanks for little Joseph
HIS grandson was saved by surgery after being born with a serious heart defect. Now the managing director of York-based Shepherd Homes, Steve Murray, has said thank you by handing over £15,000 to the Children's Heart Surgery Fund at Leeds General Infirmary
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Siblings lighten lives of puppies
TWO animal-loving siblings and their partners will take on a steep challenge in an effort to bring in the pounds for puppies in need. Two couples from Strensall, York, will tackle the Yorkshire Dales Three Peaks this month, with all sponsorship money
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Bridge repair team on home straight
ENGINEERS say they are on track to finish major bridge repairs before York Racecourse's first meeting of the season. They have stressed to impatient motorists that they are working flat out on the refurbishment of Holgate Bridge - even when they might
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City science festival plays host to hundreds of experts from across UK
HUNDREDS of Britain's top scientists will head to York later this year to throw light on some of the world's latest scientific discoveries. They will be taking part in the BA Festival Of Science, which the city will be hosting from September 9 to 15.
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Easingwold and Sherburn schools in business triumph
THE Richard Bransons of the future gathered together to discover whose start-up business would be judged the best. All the contestants were young people from local schools involved in the Young Enterprise Scheme, which challenges pupils to set up their
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Police issue bank holiday road rage warning
POLICE are warning motorists about the "potentially deadly" combination of warm weather and long car journeys. As the RAC has predicted the worst ever May Day Bank Holiday congestion, North Yorkshire Police issued a "stay cool" set of safety tips for
