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‘I’ve lost the best sister in the world... she lived for life and I’m going to miss her so much’
"Funny, compassionate and just so cute." That is how Vicky Bettany will be remembered by her brother, who has paid tribute to his younger sister after she died from cystic fibrosis, aged 31. Vicky, who lived with her partner Nick Roberts in Barton-le-Willows
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Kind-hearted girl, 8, in charity run
A LITTLE girl with a big heart is getting ready to race for life in memory of the grandmother she wishes she could have met. Anna Bertram, of Wigginton, York, will put on her running kit with mum, Jane, to tackle the three miles of this summer's Race
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Knife brawl man jailed
A WINDOW cleaner who armed himself with a bread knife and cut another man's neck in a Christmas revenge attack has been jailed for 18 months. Christopher Michael John Smith, 46, saw red after he and Jason Bostock brawled in the Flag And Whistle pub,
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Student jailed for bite attack
A STUDENT who bit his girlfriend on the cheek scarring her for life has been jailed for five years. Scottish-born Mark Reid, 23, formerly of Redgrave Close, off Huntington Road, York, was described as "vicious" and "wicked" by Judge James Spencer after
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See York Wed. 25th April.
Treat your eyes to this brickwork above Dolland & Aitcheson in Parliament Street, York. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q226/George_079/PIC_0415.jpg Then, walk along to the fountain, turn round and see these chimney pots on the roof of that building
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Bid to revive Castle Howard’s inn
A VISION of a hotel "of national or even international renown" in the grounds of Castle Howard is being actively explored. A detailed feasibility study is being drawn up by the Castle Howard Board, as well as Harrison Developments of Malton and the
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Murton Way
Temporary traffic signals from 15/05/2007 until 25/05/2007.
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A166 Stamford Bridge Road (Church Balk - Straight Lane)
24hr temporary 30mph speed limit 8:00hrs - 18:00 until 04/06/07
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A166 Stamford Bridge Road (Church Balk - Straight Lane)
Temporary trafffic signals until 14/05/07
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Almsford Road
Footway reconstruction 0800-1600 Mon-Fri until 14/05/07.
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Chelwood Walk
Footway reconstruction 0800-1600 Mon-Fri until 30/04/07.
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Holgate Road Bridge
Single lane traffic until 25/05/07.
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Market Street - HSBC Bank
Road closed due to building works until 30/08/07.
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Cleaning up the streets of York
A NEW high-visibility street-cleaning service is being rolled out across York, following a successful pilot in the west of the city. City of York Council is this week beginning the expansion of its front-line Neighbourhood Pride service, across all wards
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Yorkshire Wheel
Photograph by Simon S.Hall © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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GNER headquarters
Photograph by Simon S.Hall © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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York Minster
Photograph by Simon S.Hall © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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Yorkshire Wheel
Photograph by Simon S.Hall © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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Bar Walls
Photograph by Simon S.Hall © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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River Swale from Richmond Castle
Photograph by S.C.Loughrey © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
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Centre of learning
Trainee teachers can now learn on the job, and facilities at one of York's new children's centres make it easier for early years specialists to get on, as education reporter HAYDN LEWIS found. THE idea behind children's centres is to put schools
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Life goes on as beet ends
FORMER sugar beet growers have been finding new uses for their land after York's British Sugar factory took its final deliveries. But farmers still fear how the plant's closure will affect them. They are trying to draw income from in different ways
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It’s great for Les at least
"I COULD shout for joy. I could cry with joy." The words of pensioner Les Howard today, after The Press brokered a deal with a private hospital to save his sight. This time, it is a happy outcome. The Nuffield Hospital stepped forward after we reported
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Young gun takes up hotel helm
AMIE Postings, 26-year-old general manager of York's AA 3 Red Star Grange Hotel in Bootham, has become the youngest-ever chairman of the York Hoteliers Group. This grouping of key city centre hotels represents more than 1,500 bedrooms, and has important
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What a full life
VICKY Bettany was a battler who refused to give up, despite the hand life dealt her. Born with cystic fibrosis, she was originally given only three years to live. She defied the odds to grow up into a bright, beautiful and feisty young woman. Despite
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For and against those cameras
FOR years we have had signs on certain roads in York giving warning of the existence of speed cameras - and yet there has never been a single camera in operation on any of these roads. As a result, the initial benefit has worn off and motorists
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Quiet, please
IN READING coun Ann Reid's letter (Readers' Letters, April 23), I was delighted to learn that the city councillors are now respecting local residents' right to peace and quiet by not supporting out-of-hours work at Holgate Bridge. As a long-time resident
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Le Mans by bike
AS DISABILITY Cycling World Champions, Barney Storey and I are thrilled to invite readers to take part in SeeAbility's Leatherhead to Le Mans 24-hour Cycle Challenge. If anyone wants to be part of an exhilarating cycling event and meet lots of other
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Memories spin by
LIKE Linda Hill's mother, I too have only a vague memory of the portable roundabout (Magic Roundabout, April 16). It used to visit the Poppleton Road area on summer evenings, setting up at the end of Poplar Street opposite the school canteen entrance
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Pull out of Iraq
YORK Against the War calls on all local election candidates to publish their stance on the war in Iraq (Iraq pull-out plea to poll hopefuls, April 21). The York Green Party's position is clear. Our manifesto for the City of York Council election May
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Lacking in spirit
YOUR correspondent J E Douglas (Readers' Letters, April 13) is not alone in wondering what has happened to the "stiff British upper lip", and the latest suggestion that the Iranian kidnap victims qualify for the VC is a travesty. The captives say they
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Day centre has to be saved
CITY of York Council must listen to public opinion. I am talking about the threatened closure by the city council of Yearsley Bridge Day Care Centre in Huntington Road, York. Please listen to reason or wake up to shock defeat at the local elections next
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Dual concerns
I WOULD like to reassure VL Bradshaw, of Earswick, that he has the full support of Conservatives regarding traffic problems on the northern ring road (Readers' Letters, April 18). As the Conservative Parliament-ary Candidate for York Outer, I can confirm
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Air ambulance mission saves heart attack victim
THE LIFE of a North Yorkshire woman was saved thanks to the skills of medical staff on the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Janet James suffered a heart attack at her home in Hovingham, near Malton, while her husband, Alick, was out walking. "I was out of range
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‘When I called the police, they told me not to touch anything. I phoned again, but nobody came around’
A FURIOUS York mum has hit out at police after it took days for them to come and gather evidence from a burglary. Mandy Hughes and her nine-year-old daughter, Chantelle, had to stay with friends while they waited for scenes of crime officers to investigate
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Review: James, Newcastle Academy
THIS is like Life On Mars - I've just gone time-travelling. It's the end of the night, for two hours I've been transported back in time and now I've been taken 18 years into my past and the hairs on the back of my neck (they're aren't any on my head
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First class youngsters
TEACHERS are encouraging people to nominate the best school projects in the city for a York Community Pride award. Staff at last year's winning schools - New Earswick Primary and Archbishop Holgate's - today spoke of the benefits of scooping the community
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Let's show the world
Council bosses are to consult local businesses and the people of York about whether the city should bid to become a World Heritage Site. That would see York standing on the world stage alongside the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal, not to mention
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Wherever I lay my hat...
IT was a friendship which blossomed immediately - but almost as soon as they had found each other the pair were cruelly torn apart. There are few bonds deeper than that forged between a follicly-challenged man and his favourite headgear. It had been
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What is wrong with the NHS?
HANDS up all those who really know how the NHS works. I certainly don't, even though it is now more than 20 years since I first sat down to dissect the workings of what was then called a local health authority. It ran hospitals, and oversaw most other
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OAP’s joy at eye op offer
"I COULD cry with joy. It's wonderful news." Those were the delighted words today of a York pensioner who gave his heartfelt thanks to The Press after we brokered a deal which saved his sight. Yesterday we published the shocking story of Les Howard,
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Resident’s anger at ‘school break’ graffiti attacks
PUPILS at two York schools have come under fire from residents concerned about litter and graffiti. One resident living in the Scarcroft Road area of York is blaming youngsters at nearby Millthorpe and All Saints' RC schools for dropping litter and
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Ascent into league fires City’s ‘Donaldo’
TOP scorer Clayton Donaldson has insisted he remains fully committed on taking York City back into the Football League. Speculation concerning Donaldson's commitment to the Minstermen inevitably grew after the 23-year-old striker signed a pre-contract
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River body identified as missing local man
POLICE have identified a body pulled from a York river as missing man Dean Findlay. The Press told yesterday how divers from Northumbria Police's marine section had found the body in the River Foss, near Clifford's Tower. Detectives investigating the
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Nets cast far afield
WITH the use of overseas players in the Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League being restricted to the premier division in 2008, there has been a scramble by first division clubs to get players from abroad. Nine of the 12 recruiting clubs have
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Rush is on for grand finale
TICKETS for York City's crucial Conference clash with Oxford United on Saturday are selling fast. Minstermen officials are expecting a 5,000-plus crowd for the all-ticket match with 3,500 already gone for the home end and visitors Oxford having sold
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Welton tipped
Newcomers Welton should be capable of winning division four following their switch from East Yorkshire-based cricket. Both Harrogate and Castleford will be looking to reverse their downward journey last year in order to reduce the gap between their
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Champions open season with more silverware
CHAMPIONS Easingwold pulled off a final over victory to lift the President's Challenge Trophy from under the noses of York Senior Cricket League rivals Woodhouse Grange. The annual pre-season challenge game between the Hunters Premier Cup winners (Grange
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Clifton Kit’s off to a flier
CLIFTON Cycling Club rider Kit Gilham crowned a fantastic start to the 2007 season by gaining sufficient points to move up to First Category by winning the Pete Gannon Memorial Road Race at Kippax. Gilham is only starting his third season of racing
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Vaughan’s Scot to do... what Vaughan’s Scot to do
For the third time in recent years, England captain Michael Vaughan is expected to choose Yorkshire's match against Scottish Saltires as the starting-point for recovering either his batting form or fitness ahead of a return to international duties
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End of the road
YORK City reserves will make their last trip of the season when they travel to North Ferriby United to face Hull City tonight, kick-off 7pm. The Minstermen will then complete their Pontin's League campaign at home to Sheffield United on Monday night
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Reunion for the veterans of Kohima
VETERANS of a crucial Second World War battle gathered in York for their annual memorial service. The reunion in the Minster Gardens, with a wreath-laying at the Minster, was held yesterday for former soldiers who fought in the Battle Of Kohima. The
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Academy’s Dale duel
YORK City Knights' Under-21 Academy side will be looking to continue their good form when they travel to Rochdale tonight. They upset the odds to draw 24-24 last time out against Halifax and head across the Pennines in good heart. An 18-man squad
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Choc-a-bloc choice for jockey-fest
Have-saddle-will-travel is a policy set to be adopted by Flat jockeys now that the evening meetings have started, a fact illustrated tomorrow when Paul Hanagan takes in a double-header at Beverley and Southwell. The Malton jockey has good prospects of
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Upset at Kartiers crowns Rovers
HUNTINGTON Rovers are this season's Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division champions. They clinched the title without even kicking a ball this week after defending champions Dringhouses - the only side able to stop Huntington
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Battling Ampleforth upset the odds
NINE-MAN Ampleforth enjoyed an unlikely 2-1 victory at Norton United Reserves in the second division of the RJF Homes Beckett League. The under-strength villagers began the game with ten men and trailed 1-0 at the break after a Lewis Cottam goal. But
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Capital showing by Bilton
DASHING Darren Bilton was top of his class at the London Marathon. The Pickering-based runner won the Over-40 section after beating the heat to finish 19th overall from a field of over 36,000 runners. Running for Leeds City, the Ryedale bed and breakfast
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Kingfisher TEST
ANGLERS will be tackling the third annual Gerald Leslie Kingfisher Cup at Tollerton Pond on Sunday. All 58 pegs at the lakes will be in use with the draw at 9am. Fishing is from 10am to 4pm and sweeps are £15 all in. Anglers who wish to enter
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Elvington take honours in new-look event
ELVINGTON 4 emerged top of the pile in the new North Yorkshire Netball County Championship competition. The divisional winners of the leagues in Harrogate and York took part in a round robin handicap score format which proved to be an enjoyable challenge
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Eastern promise
THE East Yorkshire rugby union merit table finals will be played on Sunday at Pocklington RUFC when Malton & Norton A' will face Driffield Cententarians in the Division One final (3.30pm kick-off). That will be preceded by the Division Two final between
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Madrid mission
AFTER his mixed bag of fortunes in the Far East, North Yorkshire swing commander Simon Dyson returns to Europe's putting fields. Dyson is in a strong line-up for the Spanish Open, which makes history tomorrow when it is played for the first time at
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Rush-hour jam as caravan topples over
MOTORISTS were caught in rush-hour tailbacks after a caravan overturned on one of North Yorkshire busiest roads. The vehicle toppled over and crashed into the central reservation barrier of the A64 at Whitwell-on-the-Hill, between York and Malton, at
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Violence report ‘is misleading’
YORK'S top policeman has hit back after an NHS report claimed violent crime in York was much worse than the national average. Chief Superintendent Iain Spittal said there had been a substantial cut in such crimes recently, following sustained hard work
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City must make more of its café culture says chief
YORK risks losing out to other cities if it doesn't make the most of its café bar culture - that is the verdict of city centre bosses. The Press told last month how bar and café owners across the city had slammed council regulations - which are beginning
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First of 50 crime-busting gates put in place in city
THE first gate in North Yorkshire's largest alleygating scheme has been put in place. Gateposts for more than 50 crime-busting gates in Clifton's "ring of steel" are now being fitted across the ward and offenders in York are helping to install the
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Bats take up residence at homeless centre
AN EMERGENCY survey has been commissioned to find out whether a building - scheduled for demolition to make way for a new York homeless centre - is home to bats. Council bosses ordered the survey after a student claimed if bats are roosting in the
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History is being brought back to life at three different sites
RELICS of the way we used to live in York and North Yorkshire are being put under the spotlight. English Heritage is putting three rare coffin lids on display for the first time at its store in Helmsley, after solving an archaeological riddle. The heavyweight
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Top Tory helps town clean up its act
"IT'S about social responsibility, and action, not words." This was the message from the Conservative's prospective parliamentary candidate for Selby and Ainsty, as he led a group of volunteers in a litter pick. And he was joined in the work at Sherburn-in-Elmet
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Castle keeps children smiling
REGULARS at a village pub have come to the rescue of a hospital appeal. The Castle Inn, at Sheriff Hutton, raised more than £500 over the last 18 months and kitted out the children's ward at York Hospital with three new televisions and DVD players.
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Indefinite jail for 'danger to women'
A DANGER to every woman and girl in the country has been sent to prison indefinitely in a bid to change his ways. Patient David Peter Curry, 24, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and was receiving treatment for twice attacking a woman sexually