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Boss hails Paterson and Potter partnership
YORK City Knights boss Mick Cook reckons giving captain's roles to the 'P' team of Lee Paterson and Dan Potter will bring the best out of the two players. As reported by the Press, Paterson was unveiled as club captain and Potter team captain this week
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Who decides what is wrong?
I ATTENDED the public debate on Jerry Springer - The Opera, which was held in York St John College on Thursday. Having heard the arguments both for and against this production I found myself better able to understand, though disagree with, the motivation
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Barbican dismay
YOUR report on the Guildhall Orchestra at the Central Hall of the University of York (February 6) only confirmed my utter dismay at the Barbican fiasco. The Barbican concert hall had reasonable acoustics with comfortable seats, a good bar and a central
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Food for thought
ON Saturday I read in The Way We Were that 25 years ago all textiles and clothing had to be labelled with country of origin. If only this applied to food Mike Bentley and everyone else would be able to see where "Basic" and "Value" food actually comes
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Working mothers should feel guilty
HOW much more do we have to hear "help parents with care costs"? I may be old fashioned, but don't we have children to look after them ourselves? Needs must is different. Why would mothers want to miss out on the everyday care of their children? Yes,
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Good buys at Sainsbury's
Dark clouds may well loom overhead but at least a good bottle of wine raises the spirits. Fortuitously, there are some splendid, morale-raising potions on offer at Sainsbury's from the 15th of this month. There's 25 per cent off all Australian and North
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Married To Albert, Annie Waller (Boltneck, £6.99)
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to a Yorkshire lass whose high-flying romantic comedy is making a stir. ANNIE Waller has got some killer one liners: but then, what else would you expect from a former PR girl? "It's like having three in a marriage - but at least my
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Snow growth
Snowdrops are starting to appear in the garden and Gina Parkinson gladly welcomes the first flowers of spring. I was out in the front garden last week planting up some primulas as an elderly lady walked by and stopped to chat. She liked a stroll in February
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Sunday disservice
SUNDAY worship has been in short supply at York City in recent seasons. The Minstermen's last three Sabbath outings at KitKat Crescent have not mustered a single home goal and all ended in significant defeats. City boss Billy McEwan will certainly be
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"It made me feel Mum and Dad were not completely gone"
Jo Haywood talks to a Stamford Bridge woman who has booked a place in her own family history. THERE is nothing more boring than looking through someone else's family photos. You don't care who is married to who; your interest in their holiday in Skegness
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Win-shy shots
TRAVEL-SICK Aldershot will be hoping to improve their dismal away record this season against York City at KitKat Crescent tomorrow. The Shots have been beaten in their last five away matches and their last triumph on their travels came on November 19
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Emma makes cut
NORTH Yorkshire's most-travelled and talented amateur women's golfer is to focus on the Brit parade. Emma Duggleby this week decided to quit international team golf at which she has excelled for more than a decade at the highest level. A star of no less
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Tourism operators urged to look to the future
"LET'S celebrate this new dawn and raise the bar." These were the inspirational words of Terry Hodgkinson, chairman of the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, as he addressed a gathering of business leaders eager to hear how they can increase
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Star turn Mart
A NEW record was set in the York Knavesmire Racing Darts League division one when the match between Clifton 'A' and Huntington WMC produced an amazing 70 ton-plus scores. Martyn Turner set the pace with six 100-plus scores for 18 and 21. Mark Hartley
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Hunt for city jewel raider
THIS is the man detectives want to speak to about the theft of three bracelets worth a total of £10,000. The image was captured on CCTV at Beaverbrooks Jewellers, in Spurriergate, York. A man snatched the diamond encrusted bracelets from the store in
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Bootham step up the pace
Bootham Conservative Club 'A' are making a late bid to retain their York and District Table Tennis League division one title. They posted a 7-3 win over second-placed Holgate WMC 'A', led by Graham Cook winning three. He was well supported by Jon Wooldridge
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Cue maestro
YORK teenager Steve Gregson has shot to new heights just a step behind snooker maestro Ronnie O'Sullivan. A magnificent break of 144, which the 16-year-old from Stockton-on-Forest made in a recent tournament, is the fourth highest on record in the English
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Crash driver pulled from freezing river
A DRIVER had a lucky escape after smashing through railings and plunging his car in to the river Foss. The accident happened at around 6.25am today at Foss Bank in York when the driver of a silver Vauxhall Omega estate lost control on a bend in the road
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Billy shrugs off recent discontent
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has asked critics of his team's recent form to consider the progress the club has made during the first year of his reign. McEwan celebrated his first anniversary this week and can point to a ten-place improvement in the club's
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Smooth operator
WHEN Arthur Robson started drinking at The Knavesmire, rock'n'roll was in its heyday and Britain was caught up in the Suez Crisis. But almost every day for the past 50 years he has returned to his favourite York pub for a few pints of his favourite "smooth
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Lessons in love
IT is a risky business, loading the dishwasher. This is partly because I am forever banging my calf on the corner of the open door, resulting in some spectacular bruises. Mostly, however, it's because my other half seems to regard the loading of domestic
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Way we were
Saturday, February 11, 2006 100 years ago The Chief Constable presented his report to the York Licensing sessions, which were opened at the Law Courts, Clifford Street. It stated that there were within the jurisdiction, 331 premises licensed for the sale
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Knights well up for the fight
HEAD coach Mick Cook reckons York City Knights fans could be in for a cracker tomorrow as the 2006 season opens at Huntington Stadium. The Knights begin their Northern Rail Cup campaign against holders Hull KR (4pm), and while the visitors should be big
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Polly's Pantry, West Park Pavilion, Harrogate
SUGGESTIONS for places to visit have been arriving thick and fast since the turn of the year. This week we are responding to a recommendation from a Dringhouses reader. The name struck a chord with us. On inquiry we discovered that this venue only opened
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City fans to sing up for our appeal
THEY will be chanting it from the terraces - and raising cash for our Guardian Angels appeal at the same time. The fortunes of York City Football Club have been immortalised in a new song penned by an enthusiastic fan - and the club has offered part of
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Wear your heart on your sleeve
That St Valentine has an awful lot to answer for. To be fair, he has very little to do with the whole roses are red deal. But there's a certain something about curing the blind daughter of your jailer (who just happens to be the love of your life), then
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Tolerant society
WE are being asked by the powers-that-be to respect religion. Ought we to do so? The answer hangs on us making an important distinction. Of course, all liberal-minded people ought to respect the right of others to propagate any view, provided that it
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Uncle Sam
IN answer to the letter about the expense of Jorvik (February 4), I have a few American friends and I'm always ribbing them about them whining about the cost of fuel and, as a result, they have told me several things. Their minimum wage is half that of
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York dates
I WONDER if any York-based readers can assist me in clarifying a number of dates in the recent history of the city? I am keen to establish when the following events took place: The re-introduction of portcullises on each of the city gateways. The introduction
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Haunting concert
WHETHER by luck or design it was appropriate that Richard Thompson should finish his Grand Opera House concert with Ghosts In The Wind, in Europe's most haunted city (Review, February 6). Indeed, it was a haunting performance by the veteran guitarist/
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Waiting game
I TOTALLY sympathise and empathise with Mrs Sutton's plight with reference to her foot operation (February 6). I too was in a similar position, my first appointment being on March 10 last year and I finally had the operation on December 15 - a bit more
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Actions speak
BEING able to travel and attend more than 175 home and away games to support our national football team, with no banning orders or offences. Being able to serve alcohol to up to 100 mainly football supporters of different teams without trouble or incident
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Listed building
I WRITE in regard to your article about the expansion proposed by Morrisons supermarket (January 25). I just cannot see how the retailer can justify demolishing the Abbey School, which is part of Selby's heritage. My property is on New Lane and will be
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Slight excuse
SO we will not talk to the new government of Palestine, or not until, at the very least, it renounces violence. Of course the many suicide attacks upon the Israelis were awful and unforgivable. We all feel that. But the "Christian" coalition, with slight
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Agar Arms, Warthill
Nadia Jefferson-Brown savours a 30-year steak tradition at a village pub outside York. A MEAT treat awaits those who venture off the beaten track and head to the pub by the pond in the village of Warthill. I made it my mission to check out the Agar Arms
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Striking setback
YORK City strikers Andy Bishop and Tcham N'Toya could both be out of tomorrow's home match against Aldershot. Top scorer Bishop limped out of shooting practice yesterday at Wigginton Road, while on-loan Chesterfield striker N'Toya has also missed training
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Volunteers earn high praise
INTERNATIONAL volunteers working in the Selby area have been praised for their work in the community. Young people working on the Global Xchange programme in the district have organised a series of community events, from painting murals to sports tournaments
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Conned out of £2,000
by Tom Stirling malton@ycp.co.uk ELDERLY victim Geoffrey Cawthra today welcomed the tough sentence imposed on a conman who cheated him out of thousands of pounds. Mr Cawthra, 81, of Snainton, in Ryedale, who was speaking out to warn others about the dangers
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MP to press for A64 improvements after station plan is withdrawn
AN MP is pressing Ministers to finally agree road improvements to the A64 north of York, after the Highways Agency halted plans for a new bus station on safety grounds. John Greenway, pictured, said it was time to consider upgrading the road or widening
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City fans to sing up for our appeal
THEY will be chanting it from the terraces - and raising cash for our Guardian Angels appeal at the same time. The fortunes of York City Football Club have been immortalised in a new song penned by an enthusiastic fan - and the club has offered part of
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House price drop in city as county values rise
HOUSE prices in York fell last year, official Land Registry figures revealed today. The average price of a property in the last three months of 2005 was only £177,308, compared to £185,191 in the final quarter of 2004. But it was a different story in
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Knights well up for the fight
HEAD coach Mick Cook reckons York City Knights fans could be in for a cracker tomorrow as the 2006 season opens at Huntington Stadium. The Knights begin their Northern Rail Cup campaign against holders Hull KR (4pm), and while the visitors should be big
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Taxpayers face 5.5% rise
COUNCIL tax in York is set to rise by more than double the rate of inflation - as city residents dig deep to fund authority budgets. The Evening Press can reveal that City of York Council is planning a council tax increase of 5.49 per cent, or a near
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It will be tough - so be loud and proud
I just want to say a big thank you to all concerned with the York City Knights for giving me a great excuse to leave the missus running the pub on a Sunday! Like so many people who follow the club, I've enjoyed the ups and downs of the last few seasons
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Rugby is not bigger than football in York
WHILE not taking sides in any discussion about the respective merits of York City and York City Knights, as I like to see both teams doing well, I note in your readers' letters on February 4 that correspondent David Barker trots out the well-worn and
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Kicking off well
MANY thanks to the Evening Press for your mini-campaign to get staggered kick-off times for the City and Knights matches on Sunday. When I wrote two weeks ago suggesting this I did not really expect any success, so I was delighted when the story was all
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Second to none
Its customers range from poverty-stricken students to the Royal Family. Chris Titley delves inside York's Aladdin's cave. "HE'S in the back." So I set off into the recesses of The Banana Warehouse realising that about the only thing it doesn't sell is
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Standard-bearer
SKIPPER Dan Potter can't wait to get the season started. The former Widnes and Leigh centre, who was named team captain in midweek, reckons the new-look Knights have not hit their peak in pre-season but says kicking off against Hull KR will be an excellent
