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Late leveller stuns United

A LATE, LATE leveller thwarted Leeds United's bid to play catch-up in Coca-Cola League One as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Luton Town. Defender Paul Huntington had headed United into a 27th minute lead at Kenilworth Road and that seemed to have guaranteed

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Pikes beaten in Vase thriller

PICKERING Town were beaten 4-2 after extra time in their fourth round FA Vase clash with Merstham. Steve Baxter scored twice for the Pikes, who were level at 2-2 after 90 minutes. However, their hosts scored twice in extra time to settle the tie. In

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Drax fault causes 'deafening' noise

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched at Drax Power Station after a fault caused a deafening noise that could be heard for miles around. Residents were woken from their sleep in the early hours of Friday morning by a noise they said sounded like an aircraft

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Super City topple league leaders

YORK City toppled Blue Square Premier leaders Aldershot with a scintillating display at KitKat Crescent. The Minstermen were fully deserving of a stunning 2-0 victory which extended their unbeaten run under manager Colin Walker to 13 games. Striker

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More people afraid of crime in N Yorks

MORE people in North Yorkshire are living in fear of crime despite a dramatic fall in the number of incidents, new figures have revealed. The Press told earlier this week how North Yorkshire Police is better at fighting crime than any other force of

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Searching for holiday heroes

A FATHER-of-two who fell and broke his leg in Turkey is trying to get in touch with the North Yorkshire Good Samaritans who helped him to safety. Mark Johns said he would have been lost without the help of a group of people from the county who were

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Ton of stardom

COLIN Addison, Minstermen legend Dave Dunmore and York City fans favourite Barry Jackson all set off on the path to football stardom thanks to the York and District Minor League. The organisation is celebrating its centenary year and is confident of

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Dunnington to spring into Northern delight

DAREDEVIL Dunnington School footballers have won the honour of representing the schools of York and North Yorkshire in the English Schools' FA North of England Finals in Blackburn in spring. The school bagged its prized position after beating Huntington

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Fulford go nap in the rain

Due to the deluge, only one York FA Under-19s Football League game was played. But it allowed leaders Fulford to get back to winning ways with a 5-0 victory over New Earswick. Fulford were awarded a penalty in the first half but New Earswick goalkeeper

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Thorpe undone by Albion duty

Tadcaster Albion came away with a league double over current York Minor League Under-15 division one leaders Thorpe United but they won't have to defend throughout a game like this in a month of Sunday's. Thorpe's title hopes took a severe knock

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Sixes appeal

Dunnington Football Club's under-six team requires teams to play on a Sunday morning or maybe Saturday mornings. They will also consider games against under-seven teams. Contact Duncan Griffiths by phone 07971 496832 or duncan.griffiths@orange-ftgroup.com

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Heworth go forth with a vengeance

Heworth go forth with HEWORTH ARLC Under-13s began their defence of the Yorkshire League Cup with an emphatic 52-0 win over Garforth Tigers. The scoreline does not do justice to the Leeds side who gave 100 per cent and at times showed excellent skills

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County call-up for Pock pairing

POCKLINGTON School duo Tarek Mursal and Charles Parkinson have joined the county set. The talented pair have been named in the Yorkshire RFU squad in their respective age groups after trials. Mursal, 16, was selected to play for the Yorkshire RFU

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A fresh look for juniors

A MATT finish was applied to a sponsorship deal for Poppleton Junior Football Club's under-12 girls' team. Minster Decorative Services agreed to back the team and the arrangement was sealed with the help of owner John Hackett and his Dulux' dog, Matt

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Big winn for blue and gold

MATT Winn scored four tries and Tyler Dawson a hat-trick as York Acorn ARLC under-16s fired on all cylinders to thrash Scarborough Pirates 64-4 in the Yorkshire League Cup. The young Blue and Golds showed from the off what a good ball-handling side they

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Ice and easy for Lloyd

ICE hockey player Lloyd Gibson is aiming to be the best of British. The Selby College student is on course to fulfil his dream of selection for the Great Britain men's team after figuring for the national Under-20s side. Gibson, a second year BTEC

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Revenge mission

REVENGE was sweet for Lady Lumley's School basketball team as they won the area under-15s tournament at Pindar School. The Pickering school side lost to Ryedale School in the group stages, before beating Malton 19-2 and Whitby School 10-9 to earn

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Bootham on map

THREE of Bootham School's basketball teams are on course for the National finals, including the newly formed and highly popular girls' team. The Under-15 and U19 boys' teams at the York school have won all their regional league fixtures in the English

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Sticking to task

SOLID team performances were produced by all three City of York Hockey Club Under-10s' girls' teams in the latest Yorkshire Youth League programme. The A' team got off to a good start beating top of the group rivals Wakefield 1-0, with Lauren Ellwood

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Back in business

BROKEN leg victim Mark Robinson has returned to training ahead of schedule and could be back in action within a month. Full-back Robinson was injured making a vital block during York City's 2-1 victory at Ebbsfleet on December 8. But the 26-year-old

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March set to ring changes

BOSS Paul March will try a couple of experiments tomorrow as York City Knights wrap up their pre-season preparations. The Knights take on a young Leeds Rhinos side at Huntington Stadium in their final friendly, with March fulfilling his promise to

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Vics reject City’s request for Setanta Shield switch

NORTHWICH Victoria have turned down York City's request to bring their third round Setanta Shield meeting at KitKat Crescent forward by seven days to Tuesday night, writes Dave Flett. The game will now take place on Tuesday, February 5, as originally

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Rollercoaster ride for Dyson in Qatar Masters

NORTH Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson heads into the weekend tied for 26th place in the Qatar Masters in Doha. Dyson's second round was sprinkled with five birdies, but dropped shots stalled his progress up the leaderboard. After a level par opening round

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Family takeover at East Yorkshire course

FULL circle is an apt phrase for the rounds of golf now to be made by James Drinkall. At the age of 28, Drinkall has just been appointed the new head professional at Allerthorpe Park Golf Club. Indeed, it is a full family takeover with he and his wife

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Leaders take top honours

BOOTHAM A' maintained their lead at the top of division one of the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League with a hard fought 6-4 win over second placed RI A'. Paul Robertson was unbeaten for RI, but was unable to stave off defeat. University A'

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Under scrutiny

DON'T be surprised if Sven Goran-Eriksson, Glenn Hoddle or Sir Bobby Robson are lurking in the David Longhurst Stand this afternoon - former England managers can't seem to get enough of York City at the moment. It is hard to imagine that two ex-Three

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OAP’s secret world of child pornography

A LONELY pensioner who retreated into a virtual world of hard-core child abuse has been jailed. David Robert Griffith had never been in trouble with the police in nearly 70 years, but the videos and pictures on his computer were so appalling, Recorder

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Jubilee woe in Selby tie

THE battle of the Selby clubs in Men's Division Two of the York Badminton League saw Selby/Drax B' beat Selby Jubilee 5-4 in a tense encounter. The match was tied at 4-4 going into the final rubber, in which Steve Falkingham and Mike Ross kept their

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Selby starlet 'besotted by union game'

IT is going to mean a lot of hard work and no fair amount of pressure, but Jay Robinson is up to the task. The Selby RUFC Under-14s player has been tearing up trees at Sandhill Lane this season and his reward is selection for Leeds Carnegie County

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Prestigious award for York rugby league stalwart Spen

YORK rugby league stalwart Spen Allison has received a top award. He was named the winner of the Rugby League All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Committee merit award for his services to the sport. Allison has been involved with the grassroots game

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Mitre back on top form

Mitre A' bounced back to form with a 6-2 victory at Dringhouses A' in the York John Smith's Bulmers Original Sunday Pool League to consolidate second spot. Glen Day won twice for Mitre, with Dringhouses' only success coming from a Nigel Macdonald double

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Champs get back on track

IT Sports Wigginton returned to winning ways in the Yorkshire Squash Premier League with a 3-2 win over Harrogate. The win was a much- needed boost for reigning champions Wigginton, who have lost ground to leaders Chapel Allerton. Starting the match

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Bookies celebrate as MP committee backs pitch claims

BOOKMAKERS in York and North Yorkshire who are fearful their livelihoods may be destroyed by controversial changes on racecourse pitches have been buoyed after they were backed by a Government committee. A select committee report from the Department

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Southwell chase provides Cheltenham pointer

Roll Along has been off for a while since making a satisfactory debut over fences at Plumpton, but looks the one to be on in the Brian Smith Septuagenarian Novices Chase at Southwell. Carl Llewellyn has always thought the world of his eight-year-old

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Super hyped

AT last, at long last, raise your hands and declare hallelujah - and I don't mean in a Sir Alex Ferguson style, either. As Sky Sports try to inflict upon us, the watching public, the tedium that is Super Bowl, something truly worthy of the word super

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Touch of marble

I WAS given my first bunch of daffodils this year at the weekend and they have cheered me no end. We have had such a lot of rain recently and it has been frustratingly difficult to get out into the garden, but this jug of bright yellow blooms has brought

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Arden Great Moor

THE upper reaches of Ryedale are a delight, especially around the sad and forlorn Dale Head Farm with its fine views across rolling pastures and woodland copse framed by swelling heather moors. The climb up on to the huge moorland plateau of

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Judges Lodgings, Lendal, York

WE Intended to act on a recommendation for a snack, only to find the business discontinued. So it was by chance that we found ourselves in Lendal. How the Judges Lodgings has changed. The cellar area still serves sandwiches and jacket potatoes, but we

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Hotel du Vin

THINGS didn't start well when I attempted to book a table in the Bistro of York's Hotel du Vin, which opened not long ago in The Mount. My telephone call (you can also book online, I have since found out) went through to the hotel reception. I tried

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Father shook 8-week-old baby

A FATHER will never have a normal family life again after he shook his tiny baby in a fit of temper, York Crown Court heard. Paramedics had to resuscitate the eight-week-old boy and take him to hospital following the incident, said Nicholas Barker, prosecuting

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Wowed by Iowa

BARACK OBAMA sweeps into the room like a Hollywood A-Lister. He is followed by half-a-dozen secret service men, whose eyes dart about suspiciously. The presidential hopeful does a round of handshakes, picks up a baby for a photograph and thanks his supporters

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Fruity reds from the Languedoc

I MISSED out on making wine recommendations in time for Burns night, but I am English after all. Anyway, my kilted friends tell me the only suitable accompaniment for the "Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!" is a wee dram or six. But really, the

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The other war

IN HER native Vietnam, writer Huong Keenleyside is something of a celebrity. She is invited to parties with the President, photographed at book-signings and regularly asked by the national press to give her perspective on current affairs. Her hectic

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Mixing it with the modern barman

A JOB'S a job as they say, but can someone's true calling really be as a Mixologist? I haven't made it up, I swear. They had one on that awful Sunday morning programme (which has more fluff on it than an army of bunnies) last weekend. If you haven't

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His Illegal Self, by Peter Carey (faber and faber, £16.99, hardback)

A RICH young boy is raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother in 1972. Grandpa is squirreled away with his fancy woman somewhere, and the boy's parents are political outlaws, radical Harvard students on the run. Young Che dreams of his

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Driver dies in Castle Howard crash

A MAN has died after a fatal crash at a North Yorkshire stately home. The motorist was driving his light blue BMW along The Stray from the direction of the A64 towards Slingsby when the car hit the right hand side of the historic stone arch at Castle

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You don't say!

Celebrities are interviewed for our enjoyment, with whom we have nothing at all in common, and they would not admit it if there was. Taking notice of people around us can be far more rewarding. The face gives you a good idea about what is behind it.

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Tackling hate in a tolerant city

IT is good to see that the local authorities are taking positive action to combat hate crime (Tackling Hate Crime in York, The Press, January 22). What we are talking about here is racism, and fortunately York is relatively free of this dreadful scourge

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Gap not bridged

I am writing in response to the Yearsley Bridge article involving Barrie Stephenson (The Press, January 22). At People First, a self-advocacy group, we were asked to support the parents of those who go to Yearsley Bridge. We could not help but disagree

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No to nuclear

The Government's decision to support the construction of a new generation of nuclear power stations is a huge and expensive mistake. The Government considers that nuclear power is a clean, cheap, reliable form of energy which will reduce our dependency

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It’s a man thing

I was pleased to have just squeezed into the list of "star correspondents" (That was the year..., The Press, January 17) with 21 letters published in The Press during 2007. I think I understand why more letters from male readers are printed than

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Police on march

WHATEVER one's opinions are, for or against the police demonstration in London, I never thought that I would witness in my time police officers, namely the Metropolitan Police, having to be on duty, controlling their own kind in a demonstration.

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So what is the point of our politicians?

What is the point in York's councillors and MPs? Have they managed to stop post office closures and build plenty of council homes? Did they keep Terry's, British Sugar and Remploy open or prevent redundancies at Nestlé? Have weekly perishable rubbish

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School in kidnap alert

HUNDREDS of parents have been put on alert after reports a hooded man attempted to abduct two young children near a school. Hob Moor Community Primary School, in York, has written to parents and pupils advising them to beware of strangers after

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Boots confirms move into former Woolies

CLOTHING giant Primark could be set to open an outlet in York city centre. Speculation was mounting today that Primark would be moving into the city, as Boots The Chemists revealed it would be relocating to the former Woolworths store in Spurriergate

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Brothers jailed for selling drugs at York’s public toilets

TWO brothers who sold drugs at venues across the city, including the infamous "Splash Palace" have been handed jail terms totaling more than five years. Lee and Christopher Bossons used the public toilets in Parliament Street, one of their homes and

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Ex-Coronation Street star joins Heartbeat

FORMER Coronation Street star Nikki Sanderson has arrived in North Yorkshire to join the cast of Heartbeat. These exclusive pictures show the actress on set in Goathland for the first time - playing the role of Dawn Bellamy. Nikki is best known to many

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Union leaders descend on York

UNION leaders are converging on York today (Sat 26) as the TUC brings its regional annual general meeting to the city. The Royal York Hotel is preparing for the arrival of almost 200 delegates as the Yorkshire and Humber region annual general meeting