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Do the bankers win again ?
If Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems take the bait fed by David Cameron on behalf of his friends the bankers and big money investors, rather than the people, the rest of us will feel even more pain for them. Those who gambled our money and brought
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The waiting game
ACE of Base were number one with All That She Wants and Graham Taylor was hanging on to his job as England manager. Leader of the Conservatives John Major, meanwhile, was still enjoying majority support in the House of Commons and a 30-year-old Martin
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Wembley pressure will be on Oxford, says York City boss
YORK City manager Martin Foyle is unfazed about the prospect of the club’s supporters being heavily outnumbered at Wembley on May 16. At the end of office hours yesterday, Blue Square Premier play-off final opponents Oxford had sold 25,698 tickets
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Perfect ten lifts McGurk
DAVID McGurk’s ten-out-of-ten performance during the Blue Square Premier play-off semi-final at Luton Town saw him leapfrog Richard Brodie at the top of the Press Player of the Year standings. The star rating earned McGurk three points towards the contest
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Coneysthorpe take the title
SESSIONS ‘A’ dismissed Bootham ‘A’ 9-1 in division one of the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League – but it was not enough to stop Coneysthorpe ‘A’ sealing the title for the first time in their history, writes John Temple. Coneysthorpe overcame
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Yorkshire embroiled in row over English version of IPL
Yorkshire are one of three counties in the middle of a row between the England and Wales Cricket Board and deposed Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi. ECB chairman Giles Clarke has accused Modi of negotiating a parallel IPL in England behind his
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Ratcliffe has ‘full confidence’ in his stuttering Knights side
JAMES RATCLIFFE has every faith his current charges can turn York City Knights’ season around – starting with their most difficult challenge of the Championship One campaign so far. The Knights go to joint-leaders Oldham tomorrow (3pm) on the back of
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York fighter Matt Doyle lands third straight win
UNBEATEN York boxer Matt Doyle hailed his vocal travelling support after clinching a third successive professional triumph. The 26-year-old Heworth fighter out-pointed Gavin Putney 59-55 over six two-minute rounds at Hull’s Gemtec Arena. Having sold
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Emma Brown's county agony
GOLF ace Emma Brown came desperately close to winning a third Yorkshire Ladies’ Championship – but suffered sudden death heartbreak on the fourth extra hole. On her home course of Malton & Norton, North Yorkshire’s most successful female amateur player
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Dyson pulls out
YORK golfer Simon Dyson pulled out of the BMW Italian Open as a precautionary measure after suffering from a sore back. Dyson, who carded a four-over-par first round 76, retired ahead of yesterday’s second round in Turin. He was keen not to aggravate
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Shepherd’s start with Whitewashes
SHEPHERD’S have started the John Smith’s Darts League summer season with two 10-0 wins. In the first game, Heath Scaife (18, 109 c/o & 100 c/o) and Tony Cooper started in the whitewash of Cueball. Their second game saw Scaife (2 x 18 & 2 x bull c/o),
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New injury blow for prop ‘Benno’
ALEX BENSON suffered a new injury blow in York City Knights reserves’ defeat to their Sheffield Eagles counterparts. As reported on www.thepress. co.uk yesterday, Mick Ramsden’s side staged a second-half fightback at Huntington Stadium on Thursday night
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Greta a great bet in night race
Bollin Greta, who made a most promising comeback at Doncaster last week, can show her rivals a clean pair of heels at Thirsk tonight. Trained by Tim Easterby, whose horses are in fine form, Bollin Greta finished fifth on Town Moor, beaten less than three
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Sweet on you
THERE is plenty to do in the garden now May is here. The sunshine and showers, together with hoped-for warmer weather, really gets the plants going; before we know it they are filling beds and pots with colour. One of the top May jobs is hardening off
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Thornton-le-Dale
MY NAVIGATOR did this week’s walk; she went off to Thornton-le-Dale with her photographer friend, Colin. I decided to do some research. In The Ryedale Story, by John Rushton, I came across the local and ‘notorious’ Lucy de Thweng whose “five husbands
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Player pathway for RL starlets to be relaunched
TRIALS will begin on Wednesday for budding rugby league aces to take the next step up the sport’s ladder. Rugby Football League chiefs are re-launching the Service Area set-up at the end of the summer, giving it a slightly new look and new place in the
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Jack bags four-try haul as Acorn show flair aplenty
York Acorn ARLC Under-11s put on a fantastic display of free-flowing rugby league to beat Townville 48-0. Man-of-the-match Jack Wyard led the way with four tries as Acorn showed off all their skills and ball handling, taking the Townville team apart
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NE joy for N Yorkshire starlets
THE North Yorkshire girls’ under-15s hockey team were crowned North East champions at Leeds. The county side enjoyed victories over teams from Durham, Northumberland and Humberside. Draws with West Yorkshire and runners-up South Yorkshire mean that
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Plea over new team
DUNNINGTON Football Club are looking to introduce a new girls’ team next season after a successful inaugural under-13s campaign. The addition of an extra side would take the total number of Dunnington teams to 12. The club are aiming to recruit girls
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Drive for junior golfers
YOUNG golfers in York and North and East Yorkshire are being urged to get in the swing and help save lives with the British Heart Foundation. The charity is staging a series of fundraising competitions around the region, all gearing towards a grand finale
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Charles Hutchinson previews Lorca Is Dead Or A Brief History Of Surrealism
ALTHOUGH the performance officially starts at 7.45pm in The Studio, please be advised that the Bureau Of Surrealist Research – Dali, Bunuel, Breton, Magritte et al – will be in the foyer from 5.30pm onwards. Your involvement, dear audience member, will
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‘Nothing to fear from a hung Parliament’
THE biggest surprise in this General Election has been the fall of the Liberal Democrats despite their high hopes, said a senior lecturer in politics from the University of York. Dr John Parkinson said the most interesting result locally was Conservative
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York community choir Millegro to perform at York Theatre Royal
NO ONE could accuse Ewa Salecka of holding back when she moved to York. Barely had the Polish musician, vocalist and composer unpacked after arriving in the city last year than she decided to set up a community choir, working with her partner Greg
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Gallop this way
AND they’re off! In just a few days, York’s Knavesmire will be swarming with crowds as the city’s 2010 racing season gets under way. I’ve come up trumps a few times in recent years at the races, but much more by luck than judgment – so I’ll
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Little Chef, Bilbrough Top, off the A64
IT DOESN’T pay to look back, but the day we introduced our family to Little Chefs and enjoyed a meal for six with change from £3 is long past. When we read that our local branch had been refurbished and acquired a new menu, we were keen to investigate
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Lib Dem call to ‘vote tactically’
THE Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Thirsk and Malton has been described as “desperate and weak” by his Tory counterpart after calling for tactical voting to beat her. The traditionally Conservative area will go to the polls two weeks after
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Andrew Jones pledges to help less well-off
THE new Tory MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough has pledged to focus on the less well off in his new constituency. Conservative Andrew Jones became MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough after a close race with Liberal Democrat candidate Claire Kelley.
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Can shaken Clegg seize his moment?
THIS election began explosively with the Clegg performance and the Clegg specifics. He was clear, comprehensible and radical with it. Cameron was all uplift and piety. What sensationally followed was a leap of around ten points into rough parity with
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Nigel Adams vows to bring in new jobs to Selby district
SELBY’S new MP says his top priority is to bring jobs to the district. Conservative Nigel Adams took the town seat with a huge majority, polling 25,562 compared to his nearest rival, Labour’s Jan Marshall who received 13,297 votes. Speaking shortly
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Anthony Roy Revill in court accused of Halifax Bank raid in York
THE man accused of carrying out a knife robbery at Halifax Bank’s branch in Parliament Street, York, has appeared before the city’s crown court. Anthony Roy Revill, 34, of Lumley Gardens, Gateshead, did not enter a plea during the preliminary hearing
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Joe Longthorne book signing in York
SINGING star Joe Longthorne signed copies of his autobiography for fans at a York bookstore. The book talks candidly about his rise and fall from grace during the 1980s and 1990s, his near brushes with death from cancer in 2005 and his latest
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Norton murder trial: Fire deaths ‘tinderbox’ claim
THE stairwell of the Norton block of flats where young jockeys Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson died was “like a tinderbox”, a jury heard. Peter William Brown, who described himself as a former “manager” of the flats, told police boxes and other items were
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Family of Ruby Milnes mark 2nd anniversary of her death
THE family of a teenage cyclist killed by a lorry on a York cycle path two years ago today is still waiting to hear whether anyone will be prosecuted. Ruby Milnes died when she was in collision with a lorry while cycling home from York College
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Final journey of Melsonby murder victim Diana Garbutt
HUNDREDS of people gathered to pay their last respects to a North Yorkshire postmistress who was the victim of a brutal murder. Almost seven weeks ago the body of Diana Garbutt was found in the living quarters of the North Yorkshire post office and shop
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Selby theft ‘menace’ Paul Anthony Frith is sent to prison
A PROLIFIC offender has been arrested by police in Selby as part of a campaign to crack down on crime in the town. Paul Anthony Frith, 22, was arrested on Tuesday in Selby town centre following a foot chase with officers. Frith, from Pontefract, was
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Teachers revolt against exams
Hundreds of primary school pupils across York, North and East Yorkshire will not sit national tests which teachers plan to boycott. Participation in the action against tests for ten and 11-year-olds is set to involve as many as 75 per cent of schools
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Cedar Court Group open five-star hotel in York
THE doors of York’s first five-star hotel have finally been flung open to guests with a promise they are experiencing the “best in the county”. The hotel was opened by nine-year-old Alex Georgiou, the grandson of Cedar Court Group owner George Demetriou
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Dove collars a top flight address at Henry J Bean’s Bar and Grill, in Tower Street, York
THIS collared dove has made a nest in the top floor exterior light of a York building. The bird has set up home at Henry J Bean’s Bar and Grill, in Tower Street. The bird is seemingly unfazed by the noise from the nearby Castle car park and busy Coppergate
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Asbestos victim Philip Gowland was top apprentice at carriageworks
HIS talent and hard work as an apprentice at York Carriageworks resulted in him being named British Railways Apprentice Of The Year in 1970. That achievement led to him meeting and presenting Prince Charles with a handcrafted wooden novelty box during
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549 arrests in North Yorkshire crime blitz
A crackdown on North Yorkshire’s most wanted criminals has seen hundreds arrested and tens of thousands of pounds of cash and drugs seized. Operation Drystone, which ran from October 2008 to March 2010, aimed to cut down on offending which affects the
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Monica Garrity’s African trip of a lifetime
A YORK woman has described her visit to a Tanzania primary school as the experience of a lifetime. Monica Garrity, of Dringthorpe Road, York, sold her residential lettings business last year after 15 years and decided to volunteer with the Village-To-Village
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Alison Skilbeck’s a ‘ray of sunshine’
A VOLUNTEER who brings a “ray of sunshine” to the fundraising events of a York charity has been nominated for a Community Pride award. Alison Skilbeck does not let her learning difficulties hold her back from being an invaluable member of the volunteer
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Charity goodies sell like hot cakes
Youngsters have had their cake and eaten it, raising £100 for a hospice by selling cakes. Lauren Wood, 11, and Paddy Burkenshaw, 10, of Bishopthorpe, who both go to Archbishop of York’s CE Primary School, Bishopthorpe, have been baking and
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£657,000 cost of swine flu
SWINE flu is estimated to have cost NHS York and North Yorkshire £657,000 last year. The figures were revealed in a Freedom of Information request made to all primary care trusts in England by the magazine GP. The PCT said it had covered the cost
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Former Lord Mayor’s widow, Ena Archer, dies aged 87
THE widow of former Lord Mayor of York Jack Archer has died at the age of 87. Ena Archer, who would have been 88 tomorrow, passed away at York Hospital yesterday morning. Her death comes only two months after she lost her husband Jack, who twice served
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The last chorus for York choir
A YORK choir has disbanded after 19 years. About 25 former members of the Parish Singers travelled from across the UK to attend a final choral evensong and reunion held at St Chad’s Church, York. Mary Batchelor, wife of the choir’s director, Robert
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Romans to drop in for a cuppa
ONE of York’s hidden gems is to host York’s Roman Festival later this month. The festival will take place on May 29 and May 30 in the grounds of Grays Court, one of York’s most historic buildings, beside the city walls and alongside the Treasurer’s House
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Dial & Ride buses in York may go private
A TRANSPORT service which ferries elderly people around York could be “outsourced” to a private company. City of York Council is to consider whether the running of the Dial & Ride bus initiative, which is currently delivered by the York Wheels charity
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Pocklington Town hosts City of York Girls’ League knockout day
A KNOCKOUT day of football saw nine cup finals played out in the City of York Girls’ League. Pocklington Town played host to the end-of-season jamboree, which kicked off with Fulford beating Poppleton Tigers 4-3 on penalties to lift the Under-10s
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Queen Margaret’s School pupil selected for Great Britain junior skiing team
WHAT a swish miss! Teenager Violet Miller has rocketed into a national junior skiing squad. The 15-year-old pupil at Queen Margaret’s School, in Escrick, is on top of the world after she was selected for the Great Britain junior team. In advancing
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40 players compete in York & District Junior Tennis Singles Championships
THE cream of junior tennis talent have been battling it out for York & District honours. A total of 40 players entered the York & District Junior Tennis Singles Championships, organised by Bob Shread. In the under-18 boy’s final, Dominic Shread
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Crisp, quaffable white wines and chillable reds
In this week’s Tipping’s Tipples, MIKE TIPPING turns towards crisp, quaffable whites and reds that will chill. THE swallows have arrived and everything is beginning to look a bit like summer. Admittedly, the temperatures aren’t acceptable yet
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Rawcliffe Tigers seal York FA Under-15s Minor Cup glory
A HAT-TRICK from Lewis Rhodes helped Rawcliffe Tigers trounce Tadcaster Albion 8-1 in the final of the York FA Under-15s Minor Cup. Rhodes netted the opener only six minutes into the match at Tockwith, and Sam Martin added a second from
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York Schoolboys U13s crowned Carnegie Cup kings
YORK Schoolboys Under-13s secured a famous triumph when beating Leeds and Liverpool to take the three team Carnegie Cup at Leeds Metropolitan University. In their opening match against their West Yorkshire rivals, York had to survive strong
