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Learning Minster lessons
THE Archbishop of York has been promoting the work York Minster does with children. Dr John Sentamu, dropped in at York Minster's Centre For School Visits yesterday to witness the work it does with children. The centre offers pupils from all over the
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Dealing with disorders
A NEW service has been launched to help people suffering from eating disorders. An estimated 13,000 people in York and North Yorkshire are said to suffer from conditions such as anorexia or bulimia, leading North Yorkshire and York Primary Care
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Fears as centre closure looms
A MOTHER is "beside herself with worry" about what will happen to her severely disabled son when a York day centre closes its doors. Stephen Bell, 42, suffers from cerebral palsy, and has been part of the community at Huntington Road Day Centre for three
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Man’s ‘torrent of abuse’ in hospital
HOSPITAL workers, patients and children were left shocked when a man fired off a stream of abuse as police tried to calm him down in a hospital casualty department. Patrick Neville Jackson had been taken to York Hospital by ambulance after claiming he
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Card cloning victim’s goodwill hope
SHE was promised a full reimbursement by her bank - and £100 as a goodwill gesture - after she fell victim to credit card cloning. So Nicola Chapman was shocked when her bank statement arrived earlier this week telling her she faced more than £300 in
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Cawood Bridge - 070
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New motorbike test centre could be built in green belt
A NEW motorbike test centre could be built on green belt land near York, if plans by motoring bodies get the go-ahead. The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) wants to open a new Motorcycle Driver Test Centre at the junction of the B1224 and Moor Lane in
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Truth behind a policeman’s lot
I am interested in the comments made by Philip Booth of the Institute of Economic Affairs regarding police pensions (Pension report dismissed as "a red herring", The Press, January 15). I make no apologies for the fact that, at the age of 50, I left
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Country living
THERE are many advantages to living outside the city centre, including countryside views, bigger gardens and less traffic. So this week we have sought out some of the best homes in North and East Yorkshire villages, including a four-bedroom detached
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Is Coffee House your cup of tea?
LOOKING for a comfortable, modern home but don't want to compromise on character? Then The Coffee House, in Everingham, could fit the bill. Although this four/five bedroom home has already been extended to incorporate a garden room, games room with
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Keep them out
I WISH City of York Council would do something to stop people who have no right to do so parking in our parking spaces at City Mills, Skeldergate. We have had to put up with it for 17 years and now it is out of hand. I was in a shop next to two women
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Troubled travels
DURING 2007 First York provided a bus service that can only be described as appalling. I therefore find it difficult to start with a catalogue of complaints that so many people have ratified. Shutting doors in people's faces, putting the vehicle into
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Time to peg price of pint
THE cost of a pint is set to soar by up to four pence in many local pubs. For once, it is not the chancellor who is responsible. Instead, brewer Scottish and Newcastle, which owns Tadcaster brewery John Smiths, is blaming huge increases in the cost of
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What a night
MAY I pass on my sincere thanks to the Supermodels, one of York's finest bands, Alan King of SoundsOut Disco, and everyone who attended the Make A Wish Foundation charity night at the Crescent Working Men's Club recently. A total of £1,077.48 was raised
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Decision-makers do not deserve our trust
ANY Government which is capable of treating Parliament and the British public so contemptuously, over the status and function of the Menwith Hill RAF base and RAF Fylingdales (Anger Over RAF Base Decision, The Press, January 11), cannot be trusted in
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Camera madness
THE story regarding so-called "illegal tipping" spy cameras at the James Street skip (Keeping watch, The Press, January 9) , seems to me to be another example of bureaucracy gone mad. By all means use spy technology to catch fly tipping out in the
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Breath test bonus
And now for the good news. Festive drinkers in North Yorkshire seem to have heeded the police's warnings about drink-driving. Despite a massive police winter road safety campaign, just 119 motorists were arrested following breath tests between December
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Identifying snags
So Gordon Brown is now wriggling on biometric ID cards and refuses to answer whether or not he supports them. Now the Prime Minister is being coy on this great Labour initiative, will Hugh Bayley tells us where he stands, or will he wait until he is
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Reducing jobless
I AM glad to see the Tories have come up with a solution to the long-term unemployed. In Germany those who don't work are made to sweep streets and clear away the snow from footpaths. If they don't turn up they don't get paid. It works in America
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A truly great gift
AS A mobile hairdresser in the community of Acomb, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my customers for the kind donations they made last year, in lieu of Christmas gifts. The money raised, along with my own contribution, amounted to
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Tenant hits out at council over 'nasty' units
AN angry woman has hit out at council bosses, claiming they have left her with a sub-standard kitchen - while a perfectly good one sits unused two doors away. Council tenant Marie Metcalfe, of Middleham Avenue, Bell Farm, York, said workers took out
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Is it time to look again at costly police pensions?
RETIRED police officers in North Yorkshire could soon outnumber serving bobbies. North Yorkshire Police paid out pensions to 1,658 retired officers last year - at a time when it employed 1,663 serving policemen. Humberside Police, meanwhile, has an
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Gridlock chaos
THOUSANDS of motorists suffered huge delays today when a fatal crash closed the A64 into York for five hours. A 22-year-old man died in the early hours of this morning after the grey Toyota Aygo he was driving left the road and hit a tree between
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Funeral bungle bosses appeal
THE two funeral directors at the centre of the "baby's coffin" court case are appealing against their sentence. Bungling funeral directors Mark Eshelby and Graeme Skidmore, who worked for Co-operative Funeral Services, in Cromwell Road, York, were given
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Clifton Moor Industrial Estate sold for £33m
THE new owners of York's biggest industrial estate say they are "in it for the long haul" after snapping it up in a £33 million deal. Clifton Moor Industrial Estate is now under fresh management - which could eventually mean the site being further developed
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Green revamp to cost £28.3m
THE cost to the taxpayer of going green at two Government offices in York is a controversial £28.3 million. The bill is being run up during a refurbishment at the Department of the Environment, Food And Rural Affairs' (Defra) offices in Kings Pool, off
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SportBuddie bringing together sporting partners
A FITNESS initiative to help employees easily find sport partners has been launched in York. SportBuddie, which has been in development for the past 18 months, aims to close the "fitness gap" between the amount of exercise needed to stay healthy and
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Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall (Geffen Records CD) ****; Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! Live From The London Palladium (Geffen/Universal DVD) ***; The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Live At Monterey (Universal CD) ****; The Defi
FLAMBOYANCE and daring on stage are to be treasured, but that is not to recommend the Queenly pastiches of predictable BRITS nominee Mika. This week's spotlight instead falls on concert performances 40 years apart but linked by bravura showmanship: Rufus
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British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music? (Rough Trade) *****
WITH heads fixed firmly in the stars, British Sea Power return with their third album, a monumental piece of soaring space rock. Combining the best of English eccentricity, swirling post rock and good old-fashioned stomp, Do You Like Rock Music is
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Wu-Tang Clan, 8 Diagrams (Wu Music Group) ****; Wyclef Jean, Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (Sony BMG) ***
Back after one of the longest hiatuses in rap history (six years), the Wu-Tang Clan return with a new studio collaborative album. The biggest revelation on the set isn't the Beatles reinterpolation' of The Heart Gently Weeps or even that the album actually
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Tom Baxter, Skybound (Sylvan) ****
TOM Baxter could well be tagged the "nearly man" of British singer-songwriting. His excellent first album, Feather & Stone, earned plenty of airtime, but the likes of James Blunt and Damien Rice burst through the tape first. Dropped by his label, Baxter
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Eddie Vedder, Into The Wild, (Columbia) ****
AFTER more than a decade fronting American grunge pioneers Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder's first solo record is as eclectic as much of his band's earlier offerings. Starting out with a soundtrack, for the Sean Penn-directed movie of the album title, is an
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Karine Polwart, The Fairest Floo’er (Hegri Music) ***
KARINE POLWART'S third solo album is dark and intimate. The pared-down arrangements of traditional ballads and love songs feature sparse piano or guitar accompaniment to highlight Polwart's warm vocals and assured storytelling. Florid imagery infuses
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The writers and the issues in the pick of our postbag for 2007
GRAEME ROBERTSON'S annual review of the letters that have appeared in The Press in the past 12 months. IN RELATION to letters to the editor, an Amotherby reader recently thanked The Press "for a good read, occasional errors and some amusing contributions
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Price of a pint to soar
THE cost of a pint in many York pubs looks set to soar by more than four pence, following a hike in wholesale beer prices by one of Britain's biggest brewers. A leading city landlord warned today that, coming on top of the smoking ban, last summer's
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Post office closures petition is presented to Downing Street
THE Press has presented its readers' demands to save post office branches in York, North and East Yorkshire to 10 Downing Street. Since we launched our Cut The Closures campaign in late November petition signatures and letters of support have flooded
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Council backs bid to secure funding to create new facility for young people
CITY chiefs have backed plans to try to tap into £70million of Government cash to tackle the growing problem of homelessness in York. If the bid for funding is successful, it could pave the way for a new dedicated facility for homeless 16 to 20-year-olds
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Homes braced for flooding
FLOODING fear continued to grip the region today as worried residents watched the skies - and the rivers. More heavy rain was predicted to lash North Yorkshire and the East Riding on the back of downpours which have seen waters rise and two flood warnings
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Drink-drive crackdown pays off
A POLICE crackdown on festive drink-drivers has pushed North Yorkshire well below the national average for the number of motorists failing the breath test. During December, only 2.7 per cent of all drivers stopped by North Yorkshire Police either refused
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Beadle’s up for a meatier mission
YORK City new signing Jimmy Beadle has turned his back on "soft" Scandinavian football to return to the cut and thrust of Conference life. Beadle, 19, has come back to England after playing first in the Swedish fourth division and then for Norwegian
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Wakefield ace Blaymire’s salute to former club Knights
MATT Blaymire has been quick to praise the role York City Knights played in his rise to Super League stardom ahead of his return to Huntington Stadium. The 25-year-old full-back will captain Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the pre-season friendly on Sunday
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Traffic chaos as A64 shut by fatal smash
A MOTORIST is believed to have died this morning and thousands motorists faced a nightmare journey into York after the eastbound carriageway of the A64 was shut following a smash. The major artery into the city was closed after the accident which early
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Flat fear for dairy site
THERE are fears that apartments could spring up near York city centre, in an area already "awash with flats". The transfer of the Dairy Farmers Of Britain's York Depot on Saturday will create a new site for redevelopment, triggering calls for it to be
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Getting on swell with the Atlantic
AMEN me hearties! Meet York's intrepid vicar of the high seas, the Rev John Lee - or Captain John Sparrow as he is now known to his flock. While most clergymen might spend a three-month sabbatical putting their spiritual feet up, John decided to fulfil
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And so to bed
IT WAS quite a feat in its way. A double bed transported home on and in an MG Metro. The mattress was tied to the roof, and assorted wooden slats, legs and so on were slotted inside the car. The front seat was tipped forward and the passenger accommodated
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Win or lose, Hill is not bothered by cup
HEAD coach Alfie Hill has admitted the National Cup is of little concern to York Acorn ARLC and as such will rest several of his big-guns on Saturday. Acorn travel to Widnes St Marie's for a second round tie in the ACE Europe Insurance-sponsored
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All Blacks seek improvement in season’s second half
COACH Chris Judge has set his New Earswick All Blacks side a target of four wins from their remaining six Pennine League premier division games. The York side, in a bit of a transitional phase, have fallen to fourth bottom, but Judge reckons his side
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Higher city charges for errant parkers
PARKING fines in York are to be restructured, leading to increased revenue for city chiefs. The current £60 fine is to be replaced by a two-tier structure, with fines of £50 or £70 depending on the offence. City of York Council's ruling executive has
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Si clubs in for appeal
GOLF swing-king Simon Dyson took time out from his assault on the world's top 50 to aid the cash-strapped York City Centre of Excellence. Before developing into international club class, Dyson was a promising teenage footballer at the academy. So when
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Aimson was just the best
I'VE followed York City since 1963-64, and in all those 40-odd years watching City play, I've seen some great strikers, but Paul Aimson to me was the complete striker in every way possible. On the ground he could use either foot, and in the air total
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City ace almost got his desire
IN his City scene column in The Press (January 12), Dave Flett quotes former City player Pat Lally as saying (about Paul Aimson): "It surprises me he never played at a higher level because he would have done himself justice." Thereby hangs a tale
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York riding prospect Gee out to flare in Grand National bid
HAYLEY Gee's dreams of riding in a race on Grand National Day face their first big test this weekend. The 28-year-old York solicitor's secretary will have to find a path through the competition when she attends an assessment programme at the Northern
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Winning reign forecast for Stillington trainer’s star
It's Grand National Day at Catterick tomorrow and King Killone is fancied to reign supreme. Sponsored by Weatherbys Bank, the £10,000 North Yorkshire Grand National promises to be a competitive affair, but King Killone, trained at Stillington by Harry
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Sixth appeal for York stars
League leaders York Indoor Bowls Club secured the Yorkshire Ladies League for the sixth year running. With a game to play, they secured the title when beating second-placed Harrogate 88-57. At home, Helen Walker's team had a slender 6-5 lead with
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’Moors wipe out rivals
REIGNING division one champions in the RJF Homes-Beckett League Kirkbymoorside Reserves had their best result of the season when they beat Aislaby United 5-1. In the first half, the Moorsiders cruised into a 3-0 lead with a goals by Shaun Cox and
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Zoe’s zeal
YORK'S 16-year-old bowls prodigy Zoe Eagles has been selected to play for England Under-25s in the Home International Series this weekend at Lincoln Indoor Bowls Centre. The first game will be against Ireland on Saturday at 9.30am, with the second
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Man is killed on railway line
A MAN has been killed after being hit by a train on the outskirts of York. The man, said to be in his late 40s or early 50s, was struck by the TransPennine Express train at 7pm on Tuesday, near St Helen's Road, in Dringhouses. An ambulance and rapid
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Three airlifted after smash
THREE casualties were airlifted to hospital after a two-vehicle smash near York that left one man fighting for his life. The accident happened at 11.40am yesterday, when a motorist lost control of his car on the A1079 at Wilberfoss and veered into the
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Support for joint hall plan
VILLAGERS in Selby keen to see their disused hall given a new lease of life flocked to a meeting with church leaders proposing a joint enterprise. Camblesforth Village Hall, in Brigg Lane, closed last year following a valiant but unsuccessful campaign
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Traffic chaos as A64 shut by smash
THOUSANDS of motorists faced a nightmare journey into York this morning after the eastbound carriageway of the A64 was shut following a smash. The major artery into the city was closed after the accident which early reports say involved a car leaving
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Residents braced for further flooding
FLOODING fear continued to grip the region today as worried residents watched the skies - and the rivers. More heavy rain was predicted to lash North Yorkshire and the East Riding on the back of downpours which have seen waters rise and two flood warnings
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Flats planned for old dairy building
MORE apartments could spring up just outside the city centre in an area "awash with flats" as one of York's employers moves to Leeds. The transfer of the Dairy Farmers Of Britain's York Depot on Saturday will create a new site for redevelopment on
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Council plea for cash to fight homelessness
CITY chiefs have backed plans to try and tap into £70million of Government cash to tackle the growing problem of homelessness in York. If the bid for capital funding is successful, it could pave the way for a new dedicated facility for homeless 16
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Parking fine increases given the green light
PARKING fines in York are to be restructured, leading to increased revenue for city chiefs. The current £60 fine is to be replaced by a two-tier structure, with fines of £50 or £70 depending on the offence. City of York Council's ruling executive
