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UPDATED: 91-year-old man found safe and well
A 91-year-old man reported missing from Ripon has been found. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said Bryan Smith was safe and well and thanked the public for their help in finding him.
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Unattended pan starts 999 fire drama in Neville Terrace, The Groves
A PAN of oil sparked a 999 drama when it was left unattended on a hob in a kitchen in Neville Terrace, The Groves, this afternoon, and ignited. The flames damaged the oven, nearby cupboards and an extractor unit before it was extinguished.
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Man arrested in connection with burglary which left 87-year-old in hospital
A MAN has been arrested in connection with a burglary which left an 87-year-old woman in critical condition in hospital. The 33-year-old man was arrested in York yesterday afternoon and remains in custody for questioning about the offence, which
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Latest North Yorkshire speed camera locations announced
THE latest locations for North Yorkshire Police's mobile safety cameras have been announced for the week commencing Wednesday, January 8. The cameras will be in operation at the following sites at various times over the coming week, and will not
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Dimidium art exhibition, New School House Gallery, York, January 8 to 11
FROM painting and drawing to video and performance, the Dimidium art exhibition will showcase the diverse talents of York St John University’s Fine Art students from tomorrow until Saturday. In all, 32 third-year students will be displaying their
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York City manager believes signing's play-off experience can provide boost
NIGEL Worthington believes new signing Russell Penn’s play-off experience can give York City the belief to set their sights higher than the club’s current league position. The Minstermen are 17th in the Sky Bet League Two standings having only
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New York City midfielder eyeing League Two surge
RUSSELL Penn believes York City can climb the Sky Bet League Two standings in a similar manner to his former club Cheltenham. The 28-year-old midfielder has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Minstermen, who have agreed a five-figure fee
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Repair work to start on historic North Yorkshire swing bridge
SPECIALIST engineers will attempt to fix the historic Whitby swing bridge today, after it became lodged in the open position last week. A fault in the hydraulic system led to the failure, which happened when the bridge was swinging open for river
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York Minster Engineering Football League roundup
South Milford defeated Jorvik Blades 7-1 to enhance their chances of promotion from division four of the York Minster Engineering Football League. Cawood edged past LNER Builders 3-2 thanks to goals from Oliver Taggert, Daniel Smith and James Darlison
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Rowntrees RUFC beaten by York thirds in North Yorkshire Cup
ROWNTREES RUFC were beaten 18-12 by York thirds at Clifton Park in the North Yorkshire Cup. ’Trees were starved of the ball for half an hour and trailed 8-0 before they made their way down field and applied enough pressure to win two penalties,
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Spell of league cricket AGMs
A NUMBER of local cricket league annual general meetings will take place this month. They kick off with the Readers Scarborough Beckett League AGM on Wednesday, January 15, at the Downe Arms, Wykeham, at 7.30pm. The Derwent Valley League’s
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Sherburn Bears in victory double over Hoyland Vikings
SHERBURN Bears ARLC returned to Pennine League division five action with a 36-12 victory over basement side Hoyland Vikings. The home win, which completed a double following a 54-12 triumph at Hoyland earlier in the campaign, puts the Bears second
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Yorkshire race crowds top one million in 2013
MORE than one million people went horseracing in Yorkshire in 2013. Strong attendances at York, along with Go Racing In Yorkshire’s Summer Festival which brought more than 100,000 racegoers to the county’s nine tracks, combined with a warm summer
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New literacy workshop gives pupils a slice of life in Dick Turpin's cells
CHILDREN in York are taking a trip back in time at York Castle Museum and experiencing life as one of the city’s most notorious characters. The York Museums Trust has launched a new literacy workshop for schools which gives children a slice of
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General Tufto hoping for repeat success on Southwell return
General Tufto makes a return visit to his favourite venue this afternoon and is assured of a warm reception should he make it into the winners’ enclosure yet again. Trained in Lincolnshire by Charles Smith, the veteran performer has had a love
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Stonebow House 'may be demolished'
THE collapse of a huge property portfolio could allow one of York’s least-loved buildings to be redeveloped at a knockdown price – with demolition among the options. City of York Council’s cabinet will tonight decide whether to spend £62,250 on
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Keith Lowe signs permanent deal with York City
YORK CITY have signed Cheltenham Town defender Keith Lowe on a permanent deal. The centre-back, who has been on loan at Bootham Crescent since November, has been snapped up by Minstermen manager Nigel Worthington on a two-and-a-half year contract
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Homes at Carlton Miniott approved despite objections
A CONTROVERSIAL 40-home development near a North Yorkshire town should go ahead and will bring almost £150,000 of investment into the community, planners have said. Hambleton District Council's planning committee has been recommended to approve
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Solicitors protest over legal aid cuts
JUSTICE started late in York for dozens of defendants as barristers and solicitors refused to attend court yesterday. Members of the Criminal Bar did not appear at York Crown Court until the afternoon and solicitors took a training day. Both
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What future for Stonebow?
STONEBOW House is widely regarded as one of the ugliest buildings in York. There must be many a passerby who has wondered how on earth it could ever have been allowed. Even in the early 1960s, when it was built, critics were describing it as ‘hideous
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Sprint start
IT may take five hours to run for some people, but places for this year’s Yorkshire Marathon were snapped up in only ten minutes. This is great to see and shows that the ‘Y’ has already established itself as an important date in North Yorkshire
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Tories should say sorry to Scargill
IN VIEW of papers released under the 30-year rule that vindicate Arthur Scargill and show the Thatcher regime up for the liars they were, shouldn’t Mr Scargill receive an apology from David Cameron for the Tory brutality against miners and their families
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How cricket used to be
THE appalling performance of the England cricket team in Australia has been well chronicled. However, could the extended family in the dressing room have anything to do with it? After all there is the chairman of the ECB, the managing director
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Disguised humour?
DAVID QUARRIE’S letter of January 2 is a misguided attempt at humour; isn’t it? Or does he genuinely believe that Afghanistan, where a sizeable majority of the population is seeking to end US occupation, is more corrupt than this country where a majority
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Meaning of poverty
MATTHEW LAVERACK pretends his latest attack on the poor is merely constructive criticism of the Stamp Out Poverty campaign. Sadly his letter of December 31 gives the lie to that assertion. “If children are obese, they cannot be poor” goes his line
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We are poorly served
I HAVE done a survey among my friends and have discovered that Christmas dinners and Christmas Day lunches are, on the whole, very disappointing and not value for money. To quote but a few – meals were cold, meat was tasteless, service was bad
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Carbon dating...
KEN BARNES (Letters, January 3) has his facts completely wrong when he says coal is not millions of years old. A lot of it was laid down in the carboniferous period, between roughly 360 million and 300 million years ago. Alan Robinson, Lindley
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Heartfelt thanks
ON THE afternoon of December 31, my brother collapsed in Coney Street. I would like to thank the doctor, nurses, beaver scout leader, shop first aiders and police officer who came to our aid. You are all amazing people and although I didn’t get
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Deciding on Anne
I GATHER that the membership of the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association is shortly to be asked to vote about Anne McIntosh being re-adopted as the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for the Thirsk and Malton constituency. What
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Characters from The Fidgit book to be unveiled at York Book Fair
A YORK author has seen her own fantastical creations for the first time and is set to show them off at the city’s book fair this weekend. Toni Bunnell is a writer and wildlife biologist, and will be at the book fair this weekend showing off her
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More Lendal flow
IN The Press of December 31, it was stated that the total number drivers going over Lendal Bridge and receiving a fine was now 34,500. This was in three months. This statistic tells me two things. One: drivers have not been warned as well as they
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Not what I’d call an anthem
I WAS horrified to read the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of ‘anthem’ as “an arousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body or cause” (Feature, January 4). My copy’s definition is more circumspect. Alas! a check reveals
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January 7
100 years ago The way in which children’s instinct for handicrafts could be developed was described at a meeting of the Teacher’s Guild, at the University of London, by Miss Dora Walford, of the City of Leeds Training College. She said that
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The School For Scandal, Upstage Theatre, 41 Monkgate, February 4 to 8
THE Upstart Theatre Company will set Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18th century high-society comedy The School For Scandal in a trendy 1960s bar in next month’s production in York. Explaining this decision, director and cast member Clancy McMullan
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81-year-old motorist suffers serious injuries in B6271 crash
AN 81-year-old motorist suffered serious injuries in a crash on the B6271 Yafforth Road, near Northallerton, at about 3.50pm on Saturday. She was taken to James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough, where she remains in a stable condition. The road
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Small steps of protest I’ve handed on to my girls
LAST week my eldest daughter returned a jumper she adored to a shop. It wasn’t that the top was too small or shoddily made. She’d splashed out almost £40 on it to wear over New Year, but when she got it home she noticed that it was partly made from
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Cooltec Services invest in growth
A YORK-based refrigeration specialist has secured a £40,000 loan to help the business grow following a recent acquisition. Cooltec Services is to use the investment to support its working capital, having recently taken over Hotelware Suppliers.
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Call for witnesses to Acomb cycle accident
POLICE are calling for witnesses to an accident where a cyclist was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken collar-bone in a crash with a car. North Yorkshire Police have just released details of the incident, which took place at the junction
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York conference puts focus on health care
A GROUP of medical students in York is organising the city’s second Pre-Hospital Care Conference. The event will help teach other student doctors, nurses and paramedics about the work of first aiders, paramedics and on-call doctors. The conference
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York Art Society exhibition, St Leonard’s Hospice furniture shop, January 17 - February 1
A NEW art exhibition will be held this month at St Leonard’s Hospice furniture shop in Heworth, York. The exhibition, featuring work from the York Art Society and now in its second year, will run from Friday, January 17, to Saturday, February 1
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Rail campaigners set to burn line petition
CAMPAIGNERS calling for council bosses in East Yorkshire to leave open the possibility of a rail line between York and Hull being reopened plan to burn a 10,000-name petition at a protest tomorrow. The petition was compiled in 2005 by supporters
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New Year’s thieves raid Birstwith home
THIEVES stole an iPad, cash and jewellery from a house in Wreaks Road, Birstwith, near Harrogate, on New Year’s Eve. Anyone who has been offered the items – which included cufflinks and rings – for sale, or who has information should phone North
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Kate Atkinson's wartime novel wins major book prize
A YORK author’s eighth novel has scooped a major book prize. Kate Atkinson, whose Case Histories detective tale was adapted into a TV series starring Jason Isaacs, claimed the Costa novel award for Life After Life, which is set in wartime Britain
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New Year’s Honours for community-minded neighbours
Two neighbours and friends who live in the same road in the same village have celebrated being honoured in the New Year’s Honours list. Alison Cunningham has been awarded the OBE while Sheila Bruce, wife of former Selby GP John Bruce, was honoured
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Hockey: Acomb Ladies battle back to snatch thrilling home draw
A LAST-GASP penalty corner goal saw Acomb Ladies I snatch a 3-3 draw with Wakefield Wanderers in Yorkshire Hockey League division two. The hard-fought game at Energise in York was punctuated by a string of injuries as the mid-table rivals battled
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Hockey: Acomb Men’s I hit City of York for six in derby win
ACOMB men’s I stormed to a 6-2 derby triumph over City of York V in Yorkshire Hockey League division four north. A superb passing display proved to be the key to the Tangerines’ victory over an out of sorts City of York side at Energise as league
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Refit for York cycle store
A CYCLE store is ready to embrace the arrival of the Tour de France in York following a major refit. The Giant Store, in Lord Mayor’s Walk, is the first of 13 Giant shops in the UK to be updated after partnering with the brand two years ago.
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University of York to share its knowledge at free event
A free event highlighting research carried out at the University of York will be held tomorrow. The York Talks event is a series of 15-minute presentations by professors and academics from the university and will be opened by new Vice-Chancellor
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New Monks Cross stores start to take shape
A £90 MILLION shopping complex on the edge of York which will include a John Lewis store is taking shape as the clock ticks down towards its April opening. The framework of the buildings at the Vangarde Shopping Park at Monks Cross, also housing
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Community stadium expansion clause ‘not required’
FIRMS bidding to build York’s community stadium will not have to agree to expand it in the future if city leaders approve changes to the venue’s design. City of York Council’s original criteria for the new £19 million Monks Cross venue, which would
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Trial date set for York father
THE trial date has been set for a York father who denied attempted child abduction. The man and his two-year-old son were spotted on board an aircraft at Luton Airport on Saturday, December 28, after the child’s mother reported the boy missing.
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Record numbers take to ice at York skating rink
A FESTIVE York visitor attraction has enjoyed a record breaking Christmas after drawing bigger crowds than ever before. Yorkshire’s Winter Wonderland and the Ice Factor, which operated at the York Designer Outlet before the festive period, said
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Council 'heavyweights' going head to head in weight loss challenge
TWO of York council’s biggest characters are taking up a six-month challenge against each other in a bid to shake off their “political heavyweights” label. Councillors Dafydd Williams and James Alexander will both be battling to lose weight over
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Mother had drink spiked on night out
A YORK mum has warned people to keep an eye on their drinks after she believes hers was spiked on a night out. Mum-of-three Rachel Griffiths, from Acomb, said she had been on a night out with her brother, sister and her boyfriend, when her drink
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Approval urged for 850 homes in Selby
A £300 MILLION development which would mean more than 850 homes being built in Selby is set to be approved this week despite a legal challenge against a council’s planning blueprint. Selby District Council’s planning committee had been recommended
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‘Ambassador’ in plea to raise awareness over dementia care
A YORK campaigner is calling for more to be done to care for people with dementia in the year ahead. Kim Pennock is a “Purple Angel Ambassador”, raising awareness and encouraging businesses to be dementia friendly. York’s Grange Hotel, Stillingfleet
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Yorkshire Marathon places sell out in minutes
THE final release of places in the second Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon has sold out in only ten minutes. All the remaining places for the event on Sunday, October 12, were snapped up after the sale opened at 9am yesterday. The marathon’s priority
