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York City sign right-back Lanre Oyebanjo
YORK City today signed Histon right-back Lanre Oyebanjo. The 21-year-old Republic of Ireland under-21s defender penned a two-year deal after a medical at Bootham Crescent. The move for Oyebanjo comes hot on the heels of deals for midfielders Michael
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The Cult Of Beauty exhibition at the V&A Museum
What and where? The Cult Of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 at the V&A Museum in Cromwell Road, London. Why? It’s the biggest exhibition ever staged about the aesthetic movement, which helped the Victorians escape lives of ugly materialism
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Spicy red wines
Most red wines can be described as spicy, it’s just a question of degrees. Whether it’s top Burgundian pinot noir or bargain basement Chilean merlot, there is usually a hint of piquancy therein. But I reckon the grenache grape, or garnacha as the
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Crambe and phlomis in the garden
In a sunny patch in the garden we have a crambe growing. This wonderful plant towers above me at six feet or so, the long flowering stem topped with branching stems each carrying a mass of tiny, white flowers. The effect is that of a huge gypsophila
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Holiday in Cyprus
MAYBE it was the impossibly turquoise seas, or was it the perfect climate? We will never know for sure, but Mark Anthony was so impressed with Cyprus that he gave it to Queen Cleopatra as a gift. Lucky girl, but really it belongs to another woman. This
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Shortbread recipe
SHORTBREAD is perfect to accompany strawberries – or coffee, or just to eat. This recipe for brown sugar shortbread comes from Bill’s Basics, by Bill Granger, a very useful book. The end product disappears almost
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Hazelnut Coffee Porter - abv 4.6 per cent , £2.20/50cl
Victorian cloth magnate Sir Titus Salt built his colossal mill on the banks of the river Aire near Shipley in West Yorkshire. As a philanthropic employer he also built a model village for his workforce, with everything they needed for a wholesome
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Don't mention the L-word
Your regular Gav is away this week, so beer-blogger and namesake GAVIN FROST steps in to his shoes. HERE’S a word that some regular readers of Pints Of View may find offensive, but I make no apologies for using it – the word is “lager”. Before
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Review: Atrium and The Boy James, Belt Up Theatre, The Studio, York Theatre Royal
THESE two new plays from the York Theatre Royal company in residence made their debut at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe as part of Belt Up Theatre’s bold project The House Above: ten devised works performed in different rooms of a purpose-built house. They
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Fashion with a conscience at the Sustainably Stylish show
BORED with your board game – then turn it into a dress. Computer on the blink – don’t chuck it out, turn it into some statement jewellery. That’s the sort of thinking that is inspiring the young designers behind Sustainably Stylish – a fashion show
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Lulu in York to promote new beauty range
YOU wonder if Lulu has the portrait of Dorian Gray lurking somewhere in her attic. After all, she is a modern miracle – looking more glamorous and smooth-skinned each year, with a mane of hair you’d expect to see on a woman half her age. Lulu has been
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In-form Sheriff Hutton Bridge’s victory double
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge are unbeaten in the York & District Junior Cricket Association Burn & Company Under-11s Hardball League after wins over Pocklington and Ovington. Against Pocklington, C Hudson made 16 and Gabriel McGill hit 15, with M Thomson
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Ovington in command with ball
Ovington made home advantage count as they beat Bolton Percy in Zone ‘A’ of the York & District Junior Cricket Association Burn & Company Under-9s League. Tim Burgess made 12 but it was economical bowling from Finn Baqui and Thomas Kirkland, both with
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Briony Harrison bags honour at York Junior Angling Championships
BRIONY HARRISON proved to be the catch of the day when claiming the York Junior Angling Championships. Held at New Walk Terrace, between Blue Bridge and Millennium Bridge on the River Ouse in the city, 13 hot rods took to the water in a bid to claim
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Jacob Green stars for Bishopthorpe in President’s Cup
JACOB GREEN was the star of the show as Bishopthorpe routed Heworth in the York & District Junior Cricket Association Under-15s 20-over President’s Cup. Heworth were all out for 58 in the round two tie as Green took 4-2, Rory Watson claimed 2-3 and
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Fire boat wins a reprieve
FIRE chiefs considered scrapping one of North Yorkshire’s two rescue boats, leaving England’s biggest county with only one craft, The Press can reveal. But the proposed change, which firefighters’ leaders say could have led to delays in rescuing people
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York swimmers head to Tenerife
An energised swimming club are celebrating after receiving £500 from the Mars Refuel Drink Fund, writes Martin Durrant. York City Baths Club are spending the money on sending 20 of their performance swimmers aged between 12 and 20 to the state-of-the-art
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21-stun salute as Heworth ARLC see off Oulton challenge
HEWORTH ARLC Under-11s visited Oulton for the fifth and final time this season but saved the best till last. They swept aside a brave Viking side to record their 21st victory of the campaign. Their tackling, at times, was brutal and their line
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Brooklyn Junior Football Club player appeal
A PLAYER appeal has been launched by Norton-based Brooklyn Junior Football Club. The club need new players for their under-eights mixed boys and girls team (for school Years 2 and 3), U9s mixed boys and girls (Years 3 and 4), U10s mixed boys and girls
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Rufforth Junior Football Club looking for under-sevens players
A fantastic opportunity for young footballers has opened up in Rufforth. Rufforth United Junior Football Club are looking for six-year-old boys and girls to become part of their new under-sevens team. They are holding an open day on
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City sign Adriano Moké as Mills pledges to entertain Bootham Crescent crowd
NEW signing Adriano Moké will help York City manager Gary Mills in his bid to entertain the Bootham Crescent crowd next season. Moké, 21, has agreed a one-year deal with the Minstermen after spending last season at the Glenn Hoddle Academy where he
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York Under-11s primed for duty
THE waiting is over – Yorks Schools FA have settled on their under-11s’ squad for the upcoming season. Trials were held over three Monday nights this past month during which close to 65 boys were sent by their primary schools to take part. Coaches
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Wigginton Grasshoppers trains pre-school footballers
YOU’RE never too young to learn football...just ask these mini Messis, who are learning the beautiful game with Wigginton Grasshoppers, the only club in York which is training pre-school children, writes Simon Ritchie. Many of the three and four-year-olds
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Win ugly is Knights chief’s mantra
DAVE WOODS doesn’t care how York City Knights pick up a win at Dewsbury Rams tomorrow – as long as they do. The head coach proclaimed he would take an “ugly” victory in the key Co-operative Championship clash at the Tetleys Stadium as his side look to
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How Phil Howden keeps York City in the frame
YORK City media centre manager Phil Howden hopes he will be out of a job this time next year. The life-long city supporter has just produced his 30th DVD for the Bootham Crescent club but is looking forward to the day that he vacates the camera gantry
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York Football Association's shock net gain
GRASSROOTS football in York is bucking the cost-cutting economic trend. As organisations nationwide tighten their purse-strings, the York Football Association are celebrating a clean sweep of sponsorships for their junior cup competitions. Delighted
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Wes Nunns aims for Cage Confrontation 3 title at York
FIREMAN Wes Nunns is aiming to apply the heat at York’s Cage Confrontation 3 bill next month. Nunns, who has been battling through the Fighting Legions’ championship this year, has earned a crack at a British title on the Cage Confrontation 3 card
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Dave Woods consults his run-in ready reckoner
THE run-in has begun. York City Knights have eight games left to secure their Co-operative Championship survival. With the focus falling first on tomorrow’s vital clash at Dewsbury, Knights coach Dave Woods has been poring through the fixture list to
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Rowing stalwart Wilf Mellor dies aged 86
WILF MELLOR, a former past president and stalwart of York City Rowing Club for more than 60 years, has died aged 86. Mellor first joined the club in 1942 but his rowing was interrupted by war service. Returning in 1946, he was elected honorary secretary
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Tickets for the Olympics ... but it’s no-go for the velodrome
YISSSSS, double-yisssss as Mooey, the friend of TV’s Scully, used to exhort whenever something “dead good” or “sound as a pound” happened to him in his native Liverpool. The reason for my exaltation is that my wife and I have got tickets for next year
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Teen golf ace Emma Harris prevails over land and sea
DRIVE, determination and dedication – three key ingredients needed to succeed in any sport and all coursing through the veins of teenager Emma Harris. Each month the 14-year-old and either her mum Caron, her dad Ash, or both parents, travel to Sandburn
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Teachers strike chaos expected
THOUSANDS of families are facing disruption and businesses are expected to be significantly affected by teachers’ strikes in York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire next week. In York, at least 40 schools will be wholly or partially closed
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York Triathlon Club duo qualify for World Championship events
YORK Triathlon Club duo Richard Whitfield and Sean McDermott have both qualified for different races at this year’s World Championship events. Whitfield had an amazing result at the Ironman UK 70.3 event in Wimbleball, finishing 16th overall
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Yorkshire's match against Warwickshire abandoned because of rain
Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon admitted to being deeply frustrated after his side’s Friends Life t20 match with Warwickshire was abandoned because of rain last night. The Tykes had reduced their hosts to 138-5 after 18 overs at Edgbaston
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Stalled bid in Simon Dyson’s BMW drive
DESPITE a valiant fight-back York’s injured Simon Dyson was sweating on whether he had dented his chances of making next month’s 140th Open Championship, writes Tony Kelly. The 33-year-old, who missed the cut in the BMW International Open in Germany
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Brian Ellison's Travis County goes south in search of Salisbury prize
THERE may be no racing in the north or even the midlands tomorrow, but that has not deterred Norton trainer Brian Ellison, who is sending Travis County on the long haul to Salisbury to bid for his second success of the campaign. Ellison has high expectations
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University of York sets fees at £9k a year
TUITION fees at the University of York are to be set at the highest level of £9,000 a year from next October. The University Council agreed the plans for full-time home and European Union undergraduate students yesterday, although their proposals will
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Miss York prepares for Miss England boot camp
MISS YORK Anastasia Smith has been preparing for a Miss England boot camp next week by taking up Thai boxing. The boot camp on Monday will be an army style training day, which has replaced the swimwear round of the beauty contest and tests contestants
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Pickering motorcylist, 49, dies after crash
A 49-year-old motorcyclist from Pickering has died in hospital after his vehicle collided with a car in Scarborough. The motorcyclist was travelling westbound on a black Yamaha motorcycle at 1.20pm on Saturday, June 11, and a black Kia Sorento
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Work to start on £10 million hotel in York
WORK will start next week on a new £10 million hotel in York after developers signed a deal with hotel operator Hampton By Hilton Hotel. The six-storey 119-bed contemporary hotel, in Toft Green, will create up to 100 jobs in the construction sector
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Meat off the menu for Morrissey at York Barbican
YORK’S new-look Barbican centre has taken meat off the menu for the arrival of rock legend Morrissey tonight. The former frontman of The Smiths will be the biggest name to appear at the refurbished venue since it reopened earlier this year and his
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Police in new appeal over bike crash on B6164 near Knaresborough
POLICE have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses after a serious crash between a car and a motorbike on a North Yorkshire road. The collision happened at about 5.40pm on Wednesday on the B6164 between St James Retail Park and Little Ribston, near Knaresborough
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North Yorkshire Police seize thousands in drugs cash
THOUSANDS of pounds of drug cash have been seized by police in North Yorkshire. Northallerton Magistrates’ Court has signed off a Forfeiture Order amounting to £14,000 which was confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act last year. The cash was seized
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Appeal bid over Baby Peter boss Sharon Shoesmith
THE Department of Education is seeking an appeal against a ruling that a former York council officer was unfairly sacked following the Baby P tragedy. Sharon Shoesmith, who worked for City of York Council in the 1990s, was the director of Haringey
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Supermarkets cut cost of fuel
Supermarket chains have begun cutting fuel prices. Tesco slashed 3p a litre from the cost of its petrol and diesel yesterday to launch a price battle on the forecourts. Sainsbury’s and Asda said they would be bringing in the same level of reductions
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Uncertainty over York Habitat store after retailer goes into administration
YORK’S high street could be dealt another blow as uncertainty shrouds the future of one of the city’s flagship retailers. The city’s branch of home furnishing store Habitat, in High Ousegate, which employs about 20 staff, is one of 30 stores which have
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Public give views on new community stadium for York
PLANS for a new community stadium to house York City FC and York City Knights at Monks Cross in Huntington went on show to the public yesterday. Richard France, of Oakgate, the developers of the scheme, which also include a new Marks & Spencer store
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Explore the past with York Festival Of Ideas
STUDENTS at the University of York are inviting people to explore York’s past at the Yorkshire Museum tomorrow. Visitors will have the chance to handle Viking ice skates, see a “dragon” stone and hold Roman hair accessories at the event which is
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‘Crisis-hit’ dairy farmers win support of MPs
DAIRY farmers from North Yorkshire have won support from MPs after travelling to London to voice fears over the future of their industry. The ten-strong delegation headed to Westminster to lobby for political backing and highlight what they say is
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Gearing up for York Cycle Show
THOUSANDS of cycling enthusiasts are expected at Knavesmire this weekend for one of the highlights of the bicycling calendar. The annual York Cycle Show will see a huge range of events over today and tomorrow aimed at everyone from biking experts to
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HMS York heads home
HMS York has reached Bermuda on her way home from the Falklands. The Type 42 destroyer called at Key West in Florida before setting out across the Atlantic and will call at The Azores before returning to Portsmouth early next month.
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Leader of York branch of Freecycle nominated for Community Pride Award
THE leader of a recycling group in York has been nominated for Person Of The Year at The Press’ Community Pride Awards. This is the eighth year The Press has run the awards, in partnership with City of York Council and other local businesses, which celebrate
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Jon Palmer takes part in Great North Swim at Windermere
A NORTH Yorkshire man has completed a watery challenge to raise cash for a children’ hospice. Jon Palmer, 50, from Tadcaster, took part in the Great North Swim at Windermere, finishing in 33rd place in his age category out of 10,000 swimmers.
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Lots of questions on sports scheme
I urge York residents to ask lots of questions about the proposed new retail development underpinning the latest Community Stadium proposals at Monks Cross, such as: • How many jobs and businesses will be lost in the city centre (and elsewhere) if this
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Risks of car park plans
Coun James Alexander is proposing to dispose of not one, but two car parks. Union Terrace is being sold to a university poorly graded in the university league tables, when tuition fees have tripled, and Government policy is to restrict the number of
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Better use of cash
I have just read the article “School bids to boost security” in The Press (June 22). Although I appreciate there may be a security problem at Wheldrake with Thorganby CE Primary School, where is the money coming from to install this security
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Why should we pay?
So the leader of the Unison union has come out all guns firing, huffing and puffing about the pension reform plans. He is threatening sustained and indefinite strike action over the Government’s proposed changes to the public-sector workers’ pensions
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McCanns debate
I wish to thank Sylvia Dunn for voicing what many of us have festered and grumbled about for some time (McCanns anger, Letters, June 20). I am of the old school whereby I always took my son everywhere with me – if I couldn’t take a pram with me
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Don’t put her off
A “Brief encounter” Christian Potter would win his wager on cycling more than me (Letters, Kept Our Modesty, June 18). I don’t ride pedal cycles these days, my main pastime is motor cycling, I walk to keep fit and, when tired, use my bus pass. I
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Helping lifesavers
Many local residents have signed up already to take part in the York 10k Run for All on July 31 at York Racecourse. This is a wonderful event, and many thousands of pounds are raised each year for local and national charities. Two local mental health
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Memories of youthful farm visits
Seeing the photographs of the harvesting scenes on the Yesterday Once More page (The Press, June 20) brought many memories flooding back. A cousin of my mother had been in the Land Army during the Second World War and was “stationed” on a farm in Suffolk
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Be early or patient
I WRITE in response to A Bambridge on nuisance tractors (Letters, June 16). According to a recent survey co nducted by a national newspaper, only two minutes are added to a journey by tractors. Food is the most important commodity, they often have
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Paying tribute to our armed forces
THE third annual Armed Forces Day is being marked across York and North Yorkshire this weekend. A Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire will perform a fly-past in front of veterans and current servicemen and women at the Yorkshire Air Museum at 3.30pm
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Special tandem changes life of York couple
YORK couple who bought a very special tandem bike have used it at their wedding. Paul Stanton, 63, and Belinda Noda, 53, of Fulford, arrived at their outdoor wedding reception on their specially-made bike and used it to cycle around and
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York High School presents award in memory of soldier Ashley David Smith
THE former school of a York soldier who lost his life in Afghanistan has presented a prize in his honour. York High School presented an award in the memory of 21-year-old Ashley David Smith, who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan in
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Fire service hold car crash staged rescue
THESE were the startling scenes when emergency workers held a special staged rescue at a North Yorkshire power station. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service’s extraction team showed the effects of a car crash with the assistance of staff from Eggborough
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Film event in Museum Gardens
THE Museum Gardens will be turned into a cinema tomorrow with a showing of a feature film, as well as the work of the city’s film students. Visitors to the event, which will take place at St Mary’s Abbey in the Museum Gardens between 9pm and midnight
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Labour plan to build 800 new York homes
FRESH targets for the number of new homes to be built in York each year are set to be approved next week. City of York Council’s controlling Labour group wants to outline building 800 new properties annually through the city’s Local Development Framework
