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York City draw with Hartlepool United
YORK City drew 1-1 with Hartlepool United in their latest pre-season friendly at Bootham Crescent. Sam Collins put the visitors in front, but Richard Brodie netted an equaliser for the Minstermen. * Don't miss The Press on Monday for full report
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Why didn’t they air Scarborough show on TV?
ON Friday July 23, ITV1 Calendar News and BBC1 Look North gave us sneak previews of the reopening of the wonderful open-air theatre at Scarborough (the biggest in Europe, so we are led to believe) and talked to guest artists Kiri Te Kanawa and Jose Carreras
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In support of taxi-based community lifeline
I WAS pleased to read that taxi companies may support their community in providing a lifeline to those who find getting a bus at certain times difficult (July 29). I hope this idea is successful and many of these wheelchair-friendly mini bus taxis
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Victims, not victors of the Blitz
WHILE I agree with the final paragraph of T Scaife’s letter of July 27, I wonder if Mr Scaife was born before or after the Second World War. Does he know the full story of the Blitz? On September 7, 1940, the Luftwaffe bombed the East End of London
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Simply bowled over by competition's success
AS A participant in the York Open Bowls Competition, I would like to thank all the people who work exceptionally hard to make the event such a success. Ladies provide excellent refreshments at the Clarence Gardens venue in quite cramped conditions
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Frolics give the feel-good factor
HATS off to Anthony Chappel-Ross for his success in being named best photographer in the O2 Media regional awards. The photo shown in The Press was more like Lord John Prescott impersonating the late, great comedian Les Dawson than ex-PM Gordon Brown
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Casualties carried in taxis
WITH regard to the letter (The Press, July 29), replying to comments about not being able to get an ambulance for the boy with broken wrists, as chairman of the York Private Hire Association I can say that all the private hire cars in the city – and
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Bring big wheel back to York
THE Press reported on July 22 that hopes of bringing the big wheel back to York seem to be diminishing. We had the wheel outside the National Railway Museum and this brought visitors to York, who spout quite a lot of money into York’s coffers.
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Building traffic gridlock in York
COUNCIL staff say there are health and air quality benefits from cycling – odd, as the hundreds of cars regularly forced to queue over Clifton Bridge will soon be ruining air quality for everyone, including cyclists. The numbers quoted are very surprising
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Dutch House near Easingwold
A couple from Holland are bringing a taste of Dutch food, life, art and gardening to Crayke, discovers CHARLES HUTCHINSON. ASK Cecile Creemers and Sjaak Kastelijn what is unique about Dutch House, their innovative new centre for art, design
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Recipes based on the traditional Yorkshire pudding
Sunday is Yorkshire Day – the perfect time to return to a classic Yorkshire dish, says STEPHEN LEWIS. IT IS Yorkshire Day tomorrow, in case it had slipped your mind. And what better way to celebrate than by enjoying a classic Yorkshire dish? After
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Richard Buck helps Great Britain into relay final
CITY of York Athletics Club ace Richard Buck helped Great Britain storm into the final of the 4x400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships. The 23-year-old teamed up with Conrad Williams, Graham Hedman and Robert Tobin in Saturday's heats
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Rise of the last Halifax bomber
Once the skies above North Yorkshire were full of Halifax bombers, now only one remains. MATT CLARK meets the man who led its restoration. WHEN Ian Robinson made model planes as a boy, it never occurred to him that one day he might build a real one
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Not On My Patch, Lad by Mike Pannett (Hodder & Stoughton, £12.99)
MIKE Pannett, the former North Yorkshire bobby turned top-selling author, is often described as the ‘James Herriot of policing’. That’s not quite true. Yes, Mike writes about Yorkshire folk and the Yorkshire countryside with true feeling. And yes
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Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
WHO would have thought a crime festival could be such fun? From Mark Lawson’s dog to a gloriously foul-mouthed opening turn from Christopher Brookmyre, there were plenty of laughs to be had at this year’s Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
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Ryan Esders back to lift Knights for Swinton encounter
YORK City Knights discarded plans to recruit rugby league legend Stanley Gene – and instead landed arguably an even better coup on yesterday’s transfer deadline day. The Knights are bringing Ryan Esders back to York after agreeing a loan deal
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Garden containers reaching their summer peak
Containers are at their best right now, finds GINA PARKINSON. COLOURFUL containers reach their summer peak by the end of July, with pelargoniums and lobelia, impatiens and bacopa filling their pots with bright flowers. Most will keep
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Country walk around Green Hammerton
Easy on the eye and easy on the legs, finds George Wilkinson as he takes a gentle stroll round Green Hammerton. GREEN Hammerton’s green was whirring with lawnmowers while cattle dozed in the adjacent fields. It was a dozy day, a hot noon of hard dark
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Teacupts, The Auction Mart, Pateley Bridge
FANCY a day out? You could do worse than visit Pateley Bridge and find your way to Teacups. We are grateful to the walkers who alerted us to this gem. Teacups is located in the old school and shares its entrance with the Auction Mart. Alternate
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The ghost with the most
GAVIN AITCHISON raises a glass to Yorkshire. AY UP! A fellow Scot asked recently if I enjoyed living in Yorkshire and was taken aback by my enthusiastic response. He laughed off my claims that Yorkshire has everything you could want
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Hansen teams up with Minstermen for pre-season photo-call
SHOULD we play 4-4-2 or 4-3-3? Minstermen boss Martin Foyle and assistant manager Andy Porter look like they are asking advice from young Fraser Hansen as York City held their annual team photocall at Bootham Crescent. Fraser, who plays
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Tough season run-in for Knights
DAVE WOODS admits York City Knights do not have the easiest of run-ins in the race for third place in Championship One – but believes their destiny is all in their own hands. Blackpool’s ten-point deduction for breaches of registration and salary cap
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‘Angry little ant’ Alan can be good for Knights – Woods
HE might not necessarily be the players’ best friend, but York City Knights’ new backroom staff member should have a positive effect on their performances. That’s the view of head coach Dave Woods on Alan Dickinson, who has come on board to help out
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Rower Adam Janes wins gold medal at Home International Regatta
ST PETER’S School rower Adam Janes brought home a gold medal from the Home International Regatta held in Cork, Ireland. His prized haul followed his selection to row for England in the Under-18 eight two weeks ago. After five days at the gruelling Great
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York Lokomotive ARLC's play-off bid
York Lokomotive ARLC go to Scarborough Pirates today needing to win by 34 points and see Thorne win at Milford to sneak into the RL Conference Yorkshire division play-offs. Lokos’ slim hopes of reaching the knockouts were kept alive with a 12-8 victory
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Simon Dyson misses cut at Irish Open
SIMON Dyson suffered a premature finish to his challenge in the 3 Irish Open after a woeful second day. The world number 75’s bid to play across all four days of the European Tour event at the Killarney Golf and Fishing club was shattered by a calamitous
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Ben Johnson reach final of Guy Mitchell Cup
Brothers in arms Bhuddi and Dinuk Mirando bowled Ben Johnson in to the final of the Guy Mitchell Cup. Bhuddi took 4-25 and his sibling 4-49 as Heworth were bowled out for 123, Greg Sykes top scoring with 40. The printers were made to work hard by Ian
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Former ladies champions knocked out of York Open Bowls tournament
THE sound of champions falling graced the ladies pairs event in the 43rd York Open Bowls tournament. First to exit in the second round were the 2007 and 2008 title-holders Carol Williams and Doreen Richardson. They tumbled out 18-15 to J Foulds and
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Fulford Golf Club junior Sam Wilkinson bidding for England honours
NEWLY-CROWNED county champion Sam Wilkinson is bidding for England honours next week. The Fulford Golf Club junior prospect landed the Yorkshire Under-14 title at Wheatley in Doncaster last week. Now the English prize of the coveted Reid Trophy for
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Moxon: Twitter outburst hasn't ended Azeem Rafiq career
Azeem Rafiq’s career is not over, according to Martyn Moxon. But, boy, it hasn’t half been damaged. Yorkshire are understandably furious with their highly rated off spinner for his tirade against England under-19s coach John Abrahams after he left
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Yorkshire have to exact the max from trek to Holland
‘Yorkshire are in Europe, get your passport’. That was the message I got on the day this season’s fixtures were announced. As my mind wandered to a sunny beach in Greece, my boss quickly added: “You are going to Schiedam, near Rotterdam, for the Clydesdale
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Cathy Stevenson sheds seven stone in marathon diet effort
TWO-AND-A-HALF years ago Cathy Stevenson weighed almost 22 stone and could not even run for a bus. Today, the 33-year-old is in training for September’s Great North Run after shedding seven stone and dropping five dress sizes. Cathy has already tackled
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Our Jonathan seeks to prove sprinting status at Chester races
Our Jonathan, one of the top sprinting juveniles of last season, bids to resurrect his career at Chester tomorrow. Trained by Kevin Ryan at Hambleton, the North Yorkshire speedster returns to action in the £37,000 Queensferry Stakes with Neil Callan
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Aggers do may be Aggers don’t
UNDER normal circumstances, former Liverpool goal-getter John Aldridge claiming Fernando Torres should stay at Anfield to repay the Reds for rescuing him from the obscurity of life at Europa League winners Atletico Madrid would have provided my
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One-in, one-out policy at Malton Community Hospital
STAFF shortages have been blamed for the loss of five beds at Malton Community Hospital. The 43-bed facility in Middlecave Road has now been reduced to 38, all of which were full yesterday, and the hospital said it was handling admissions on
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Driver jailed after city centre chase
A DANGEROUS driver is unlikely to be free again until 2013 after a hair-raising journey through the centre of York, the city’s crown court heard. John Paul Harris was on parole after a jail sentence when he drove backwards into a car waiting
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Call for community stadium talks to clear the air following criticism
OPPOSITION councillors have called for fresh assurances on York’s community stadium project after a stinging attack on the scheme from the city’s rugby league club. John Guildford, executive chairman of York City Knights, told The Press this
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Dog threats delay York bus service
A RUSH-HOUR bus service was delayed by 30 minutes after a man allegedly threatened queuing York bus passengers and a conductor with a pitbull terrier-type dog. Duncan McGraw, spokesman for bus operator First, said the man was refused entry
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Heroic marine’s parents receive Elizabeth Cross medal
A SOLDIER killed in Iraq has been honoured posthumously. Christopher Maddison was killed in 2003 during a fierce gunfight. His parents, Tony and Julie Maddison, of Pickering, have now received the Elizabeth Cross. The medal is awarded to the next
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Yorkshire Forward assets must not be sold to the highest bidder
ASSETS owned by doomed regional development agency Yorkshire Forward must not be sold to the highest bidder, Kersten England, chief executive of City of York Council has told business and enterprise minister Mark Prisk. Ms England told delegates at
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Hat collection to go on show at Railway In Wartime event
A NEWLY-qualified hatmaker is displaying her collection of 1940s hats at The Railway In Wartime event in Pickering this year. Suzanne Gill, from Ampleforth, will show her hats on October 15, 16 and 17 in Pickering and at stops along the line of the North
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Elected mayor deadline for York residents
RESIDENTS in York have another month to give their views on whether they want to see an elected mayor for the city. A City of York Council consultation is providing people with two possible options for how its executive, which makes decisions on key
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East Yorkshire woman found safe
AN EAST Yorkshire woman who sparked a police appeal after going missing from her home has been found safe. Humberside Police issued the plea for help to find Jayne Ann Stabler, 32, from Pocklington, earlier this week after she was not seen
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Three of a kind nominated for Community Pride awards
ONE provides a lifeline service for families of children with disabilities, another has launched a massive fundraising campaign despite recovering from breast cancer and a third has helped hundreds of women at York Hospital to breastfeed. Lorraine Kerr
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St Leonard’s Hospice supporters prepare for fundraising trek
A GROUP of supporters of St Leonard’s Hospice, York, spent two days climbing hills in the Lake District in preparation for a fundraising trek in the mountains of Nepal at the end of October. They have all signed up for the adventure with charity
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Sherburn-in-Elmet girl hurt in collision
AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl has suffered serious injuries in an accident in a Selby village. The girl, from Sherburn-in-Elmet, has been discharged from intensive care, but remains in hospital, and police are appealing for witnesses. She was in collision with
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Local people set to celebrate Yorkshire Day
TOMORROW is a very special day for residents of York and North and East Yorkshire. It is that time of year again to celebrate and relish all that is local. It is Yorkshire Day. Yorkshire Day, first celebrated in 1975 by the Yorkshire Riding Society
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Homes in Douglas Street, Selby to be demolished
A HOUSING association has won permission to demolish a row of houses in Selby and replace them with modern homes – at the second time of asking. Planners at Selby District Council threw out proposals in April to build six new three-bedroom properties
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Eggborough residents in housing scheme protest
RESIDENTS of a housing estate claim their views are being ignored when it comes to a housing scheme. People living on the Westfield Estate in Eggborough say both Selby District Council and Chevin Housing Association are not giving them a say about
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York Civic Trust attacks St Maurice’s Road hotel scheme
PLANS for a new hotel in the shadow of York’s Bar Walls have been condemned as “disastrous” by one of the city’s heritage bodies. The scheme would see a three-storey building created near the junction of St Maurice’s Road and Monkgate, with the developers
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Amanda Lamb in York to film Street Market Chefs TV show
TWO North Yorkshire-based RAF servicemen went head-to-head in a cooking competition for a new TV programme in York. The Street Market Chefs show, presented by Amanda Lamb, will be shown on channel Five. RAF Senior Aircraftmen Ian Mark, 23, and James
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Ghostfinder General to run York 10k dressed as a cavalier in aid of Help for Heroes charity
York’s Ghostfinder General, Rachel Lacy, gets in training for tomorrow’s Jane Tomlinson 10k run dressed as a cavalier. Five years after she did the Race for Life in costume, Rachel Lacy is going to do it all over again but this time doubling the distance
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Review: Henry IV Part One, York Shakespeare Project, The Church of St Martin-cum-Gregory, Micklegate, York, in tandem with Part Two until August 15
THE blood-red ribbons tied to the railings of the St Martin-cum-Gregory Church indicate that this deconsecrated church in Micklegate has come alive again. Time was when rather more grim messages to the masses were posted on Micklegate, such as the severed
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Steve Suter scales Yorkshire peaks to aid British Heart Foundation
A YORK walker has scaled the three highest peaks in Yorkshire for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in memory of his wife’s uncle. Steve Suter, 34, joined 500 walkers on Saturday (24th) to take on the 25-mile challenge climbing Pen-y-Ghent
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Police in hunt for £4,500 mountain bike
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an expensive mountain bike was stolen from the University of York. The Ibis Mojo bike, worth £4,500, was stolen from the roof rack of a black Vauxhall Corsa in the north car park of the campus some time between
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Fifth junior cricket title in six years for York ‘A’ youngsters
ALL-CONQUERING York ‘A’ lifted the York & District Junior Cricket Association Under-11s League Championship for the fifth time in six years. The Clifton Park youngsters totalled 246-6 in their final clash at Londesborough Park with previously unbeaten
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York Cricket Club U15s take North East title
YORK Cricket Club Under-15s have been crowned North East champions after beating County Durham outfit Greenside by 67 runs. York now progress to the regional finals and if they are victorious they will compete in the prestigious national finals
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Leeds Carnegie stars pass on tips from the top at Tadcaster Grammar School sessions
IT WAS the talk of the school when 40 professional rugby union players invaded the pitch at Tadcaster Grammar School. Leeds Carnegie players and coaching staff, led by head coach Neil Back, swapped their usual Kirkstall training ground for the pitches
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Final meeting of Ingrams Athletics League
PRIZES will be up for grabs tomorrow when Huntington Stadium stages the fourth and final meeting of the Ingrams Athletics League. Youngsters have been competing in the league competition over the course of the summer, with league trophies being awarded
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William Spencer and Sean Evans win Middlesbrough Tennis Summer Open U16 Doubles Championship
NORTH Yorkshire tennis aces William Spencer and Sean Evans are celebrating success in the Middlesbrough Tennis Summer Open Under-16 Doubles Championship. The David Lloyd York team-mates beat leading Teesside players Joshua Coulthard and Andrew
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Fishergate Primary School's 100 per cent record at Girls’ Tag Rugby Finals Day
A 100 per cent record earned Fishergate Primary School pride of place at the Girls’ Tag Rugby Finals Day at Huntington Stadium. The Fishergate victory was the school’s third title success at the tournament in the last four years. Teaching assistant
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Heworth Under-11s seeking players
Heworth Football Club Under-11s are looking for new players. Training takes place at the Hopgrove Playing Fields, in Malton Road, York, starting on Thursday, August 5, at 6.15pm. For further details about the club and training, phone Nick Myers on
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Network Rail plans to remodel Holgate Junction near York Station
Updated: PLANS to ease the strain on a “bottleneck” rail gateway to York Station could move forward after proposals for new signals were drawn up. Network Rail has applied for permission to install the posts on two platforms as the company looks to remodel
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Sheriff Hutton Bridge shot out for 36 runs as York seal U13s final place
YORK beat Sheriff Hutton Bridge by 35 runs to book their place in the Hirepoint Plant & Tool Hire Under-13s Cup. York batted first in the semi-final and totalled 71-7, with only Cameron Lynde (24) and Andrew Brewster (12) coming to terms with a slow
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Derwent Primary School claim York District Schools’ Primary FA Cup
A FOUR-GOAL blast from Casey Stewart saw Derwent Primary School footballers surge to cup final glory. Stewart’s haul and a goal from Conor Calam helped the Osbaldwick school to a 5-1 victory over Dunnington in the final of the York District Schools’
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Rawcliffe Junior Football Club to face Warren High School
A TRANS-ATLANTIC clash awaits for youngsters from Rawcliffe Junior Football Club. The York club’s Under-16s squad are taking on a team from Warren High School in New Jersey, USA, on Wednesday. The fixture will be played at Rawcliffe’s ground at the
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Brooklyn Under-14s looking for players
Brooklyn Football Club Under-14s are on the lookout for new players. The Ryedale-based club hold pre-season training sessions on Tuesday from 6pm at St George’s Field, Norton. Phone Steve Mills on 07977 519796 for more details.