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Richard Brodie fires winner for York City at Rushden
TOP scorer Richard Brodie fired his 19th goal of the season to earn York City a 1-0 victory at Rushden in the Blue Square Premier. Brodie struck with 18 minutes remaining at Nene Park to extend the Minstermen's winning run to seven games. * Don't
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Villagers demonstrate against waste incinerator near Tockwith
PROTESTERS wore face masks as they staged a mass demonstration against the proposed siting of a hazardous waste incinerator near their homes. Members of North Yorkshire County Council’s planning committee were met by the demonstrators as they inspected
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Large Business Of The Year: BSC Filters
Much has changed for BSC Filters since 1998, the glorious year when it clinched our overall title of Business Of The Year. Since then it has switched its attention from the telecommunications industry to defence and aerospace, when it comes
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York City's double award honour
York City were today celebrating an awards double. City boss Martin Foyle was named the Blue Square Premier manager of the month for November with top scorer Richard Brodie scooping the equivalent player of the month award. Foyle has
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York schools’ results hailed despite ‘drop’
EDUCATION chiefs in York have welcomed the latest primary school league tables which show most 11-year-olds in the city are performing well in maths, English and science. Figures for the city in all three subjects at Key Stage Two put City of York Council
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Business Personality Of The Year: Stephen Kennedy, of CPP York
This time last year Stephen Kennedy was the awards night guest speaker, with a rousing, tough-talking message that “the age of average is over”. Well, he has since proved that as a business personality he is far from average. When he
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Young Entrepreneur Of The Year: Ruth Snowden of Easingwold Bathrooms and Interiors
WHAT exciting times for Ruth Snowden in her 29th year – a successful business, her marriage in August to businessman Nicholas Snowden, and places in the finals of two categories of The Press Business Awards. And now The Press Young Business
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Best Business And Higher Education Link: Northern Rail Ltd
The exciting feature of Northern Rail’s involvement with Higher Education is not only the range, but also the diversity of the links it has made. These links, observed the judges, not only benefit students by giving them structured and valuable work
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Think Green Business Of The Year: Tele-Products Ltd
What set out as a business venture operated in Seggy Segeran’s spare bedroom 20 years ago is now Tele-Products Ltd with offices in Northminster Business Park, a £1 million turnover and employing 11 people. As a manufacturer of telecom test
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Science And Technology Business Of The Year: Isotoma Ltd
Software development company Isotoma is defying the economic downturn with a turnover of £1 million, compared with £800,000 in 2008. The firm, which builds websites, started two years ago by Doug Winter and Andy Theyers, is thriving at its base in Fishergate
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Progress Through People: The Big Blue House Nursery Group
THERE could be no doubting for the judges the massive emphasis that The Big Blue House Nursery Group in Stamford Bridge places on developing staff. Many of the 90 people employed at its three children’s day nurseries were trained at the organisation’
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Best Employment And Education Link: Ryedale Folk Museum
THOUSANDS of schoolchildren are likely to whoop with delight at Ryedale Folk Museum’s victory. All of them annually converge on Ryedale Folk Museum, in Hutton-Le-Hole, to see the best of our regional culture preserved there. They see for themselves
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Growth Business Of The Year: BSC Filters Ltd
Judges said they had “no hesitation” in choosing BSC Filters. Much had changed since 1998, the glorious year when it clinched the Press’ overall Business Of The Year title – and, amazingly, it was for the better. For one thing, it had switched its
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Professor Dianne Willcocks
Prof Willcocks, the first woman to receive The Press’ Lifetime Achievement Award was hailed for her work at the university from which she retires at the end of April. although she does plan to focus on her involvement with other educational, cultural
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Retailer Of The Year: Richardsons of Woodthorpe
Was This a victory that proved that the notion of a family butcher competing against the mighty supermarkets was no longer pie-in-the-sky? For butcher and pie-maker Martin Richardson, who six years ago started Richardsons of Woodthorpe, it is definitely
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Tourism And Hospitality Business Of The Year: The Feversham Arms Hotel & Verbena Spa
NO WONDER Simon and Jill Rhatigan were elated when their victory was announced. They had bought the Feversham Arms in Helmsley six years ago, when it was little more than a pub with rooms and a leisure club/gymnasium – a business in trouble where the
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Family Business Of The Year: Joe Manby Ltd
SO often Joe Manby Ltd, the Harrogate exhibition and conference organiser, plans the limelight and the glory for others. This time the organisation enjoyed the plaudits and applause itself for perfecting the art of being “on display” over the past
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Women In Enterprise: Janice Dunphy of Creepy Crawlies Adventure Park
Ex-teacher Janice Dunphy of Creepy Crawlies Adventure Park, Clifton Moor has now proved that she is hard to beat – a true icon among women. She has successfully defended her title against powerful opposition, having won this category last year. Janice
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Small Business Of The Year: PureNet
PureNet, the design and e-commerce company based at the York Science Park has proved and improved its pedigree time and again in these awards. The firm clinched the New Business Of The Year title in 2007. It was also a finalist in the Small
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Motoryclist killed in collision on A61 near Ripon
A MOTORIST has been arrested after a 23-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a smash on a North Yorkshire road. Police are seeking witnesses to the collision, which happened shortly after 6pm yesterday on the A61 at Hutton Conyers, near Ripon. Police
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New Business Of The Year: Jollydays Luxury Camping Ltd
This was a triumph for the new concept of “glamping”. That is, the art of putting the “glam into camping”. And Jollydays Luxury Camping Ltd, based at Village Farm, Scrayingham, near Stamford Bridge, offers precisely that. It is marketing
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The Press Pub Awards 2009/10: A big welcome at The Little John
MORE than 25 different York watering holes are now in the running for a gong in The Press Pub Awards 2009/10. Drinkers and staff have been rushing to have their say in the contest, with nominations pouring in to our offices every day. In total
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Chamber comment
AT THE chamber we know that in order to make your business better we need to ensure that our members have access to the key influencers in British business and politics. This is why we arrange regular events where members can come along to hear
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Key moves to boost economy
IT’S hard, I know, with all parties gearing up for electoral advantage, but what does York and North and East Yorkshire really want from Alistair Darling’s pre-Budget report on Wednesday, December 9? Well, in broad-brush terms we all want to see
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Hunters Property Group acquires Gateway Lettings of Easingwold
Hunters Property Group, the York-based estate agency, has acquired Gateway Lettings of Easingwold for an undisclosed sum. Gateway was owned by North Yorkshire businesswomen Margaret Calvert and Helen Marden. Its portfolio includes properties in
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New help in pulling out of downturn
THE Alternative Board (TAB), the Harrogate-based peer support and business coaching organisation, is launching a new operation in York, which will be run by former Nestlé executive Ed Reid. Mr Reid originally worked for British Steel before
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Huge delays for commuters after A19 in York closed by flooding
HUGE traffic jams built up on the A64 near York after a major route into the city was blocked by flooding today. A low-lying stretch of the A19 at Fulford was closed in the early hours after the River Ouse rose to almost 4.5 metres above normal
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Foyle: FA Cup fever won’t derail City’s play-off bid
YORK City manager Martin Foyle does not expect his players to be distracted by next month’s FA Cup trip to Premier League Stoke. Foyle claimed he had not yet discussed the third-round tie with his team following Sunday’s draw and is trusting his third-placed
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Faz to be fall guy in a Rush
RUSHDEN and Diamonds striker Craig Farrell is likely to be dropped to the bench for tonight’s home match against his former York City team-mates. Farrell played the full 90 minutes of Saturday’s 3-2 FA Cup second round defeat at Brighton – Diamonds’
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Pitch appeal for flooded Minstermen
YORK City are looking for local assistance to help their preparations for next month’s FA Cup trip to Premier League Stoke City. The Minstermen, who are also chasing a Blue Square Premier play-off place, are searching for alternative training facilities
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Bailey Cooper Ltd launch photographic exhibition to raise funds for Briar House Resources
A MULTI-AWARDWINNING York photographic firm has launched a permanent exhibition to raise funds for community-based activity centre Briar House Resources. Bailey Cooper Ltd, of Geldof Road, Huntington, has created the images for Briar House Resources
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Rawson and Evans double up as Selby side down Moor Lane
CLIFFE closed the gap on the leaders in division three of the York Minster Engineering Football League with a 6-1 win at Moor Lane. Ben Rawson and Dave Evans scored a brace apiece for the Selby side, while Shane Cawkhill and sub Paul Fenton were also
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Adams flies Harriers flag
YORK Knavesmire Harriers runner Lizzie Adams starred at the Gateshead Cross Country Challenge at Gateshead Stadium. Adams, running for her first claim club Hallamshire Harriers, finished a creditable 19th in 30 minutes 25 seconds on the eight kilometre
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Toilet tissue role for York-based design team, Anthem Worldwide
NEW packaging for Andrex toilet tissue has been devised by a York-based strategic design agency, Anthem Worldwide, based on the Nestlé site, was commissioned to relaunch Andrex’s coloured toilet tissue range under the “Colours Of Nature” banner.
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Grayson glosses over Old Trafford tie
LEEDS United boss Simon Grayson is refusing to get carried away by the prospect of a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in round three of the FA Cup. United have the small matter of a replay against Kettering Town at Elland Road next Tuesday
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Basement boys New Earswick hit by seventh defeat
A SEVENTH straight defeat kept New Earswick All Blacks ARLC rooted to the bottom of the Pennine League premier division. The York side lost 30-6 to leaders Drighlington at White Rose Avenue, leaving them two points adrift of Kippax Welfare at the foot
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Captain Bruce seals victory for Ox ladies
CASTLE Howard Ox were 7-4 winners over Tiger in division one of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Maggie Tottie closed on 71, giving Ox a 4-2 advantage going into the pairs. Tiger’s Clair Frank and Gill Wilson narrowed the margin, before
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City of York men’s 1st XI 13, Rotherham 0
City of York men’s 1st XI showed no mercy as they crushed bottom side Rotherham 13-0 away in North Hockey League division one. The visitors were soon in front when Tom Feasby found the bottom corner with a reverse-stick strike. With nerves settled York
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Brace of collapses befall Acomb men
HEAVY defeats struck both Acomb Hockey Club’s men’s teams. The first XI, missing ill goalkeeper Mike Brown, lost 10-3 to Yorkshire League division three hosts Grimsby I, while the Tangerines’ second XI were beaten 5-0 at home by Harrogate IV in division
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Ex-champion jockey primed for second triplicate feat
Kieren Fallon, who rode three winners at Kempton on Sunday, can produce a repeat performance on the same course tomorrow evening. The former champion jockey has been in tremendous form since returning from an 18-month suspension in September
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Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, celebrates fourth anniversary of his enthronement
THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has celebrated the fourth anniversary of his enthronement. To mark the occasion, Dr Sentamu recited the Litany in St Cuthbert’s Chapel at York Minster. He also asked the people of York to pray with
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Queues of bargain hunters built up at Borders in York after news it was closing down
QUEUES of bargain hunters have built up at the Borders store in York after signs went up saying it was closing down. But administrators who were called in last week by the struggling bookshop chain said today the shop would not be closing, at least for
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The cry of “bah humbug!” echoed around York’s Castle Museum as Ebenezer Scrooge made an appearance in his Victorian parlour
But the rest of the museum was keeping the festive spirit alive. The museum’s recreation of a Victorian Street, Kirkgate, has been decked with holly and decorations, carols fill the air and street vendors are selling traditional gifts. Mince pies made
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York headmaster reminds school of road safety as pupil, 12, recovers after accident near Archbishop Holgate’s
THE head teacher of a York school has reminded pupils of the importance of crossing roads safely, after a 12-year-old boy was hit by a car last week. The message was issued after a pupil at Archbishop Holgate’s CE School was in the incident at the
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People in North Yorkshire urged to remember the importance of safe sex as a new awareness campaign called 'Contraception: Worth Talking About' is launched
Figures released by NHS Yorkshire and the Humber have shown the number of people attending genitourinary medicine clinics – which deal with sexually transmitted infections – in the county has soared. In 2008/09, 123,781 visited these facilities, compared
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More drivers face festive crackdown during Christmas anti-drink and drug driving campaign in North Yorkshire
POLICE will stop more drivers than ever before during a Christmas anti-drink and drug driving campaign, a senior officer pledged today. North Yorkshire deputy chief constable, Adam Briggs, said it was “only a matter of time” before motorists who get
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Police seek witnesses after baseball bats gang smash up Old Ebor pub in Nunnery Lane, York
A PUB in York was smashed up by four men armed with baseball bats or similar weapons. The incident took place at the Old Ebor pub in Nunnery Lane at around midnight on Saturday. A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police said the four men had smashed
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‘Sex attack’ arrest following alleged incident at Cross Keys pub, Tadcaster Road, Dringhouses, York
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting another man. The incident is said to have taken place in the Cross Keys pub in Tadcaster Road, Dringhouses, on Friday, November 27. North Yorkshire Police said a 20-year-old man had been arrested
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Customers at Elizabeth Wells in Shambles, York, treated to cup cakes to celebrate successful first year of trading
A WOMAN who opened a lingerie shop in York after suffering a serious injury has defied the recession and celebrated a first year of trading. Customers at Elizabeth Wells in Shambles were treated to cup cakes, while models donned a new range
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43-year-old mother from south York area jailed for nine months after letting lodger sleep with her 13-year-old daughter
A MOTHER who turned a blind eye to her 13-year-old daughter’s sexual relationship with their lodger has been jailed. The 33-year-old man was a stranger to the pair when he travelled from Lancashire to move in with the family at the mother’s invitation
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Transport and parking problems in York
On Friday we had tickets to see The Full Monty at York Grand Opera House. Unfortunately, we did not get to see the show that we were looking forward to, because of an insufficiency of parking places in that part of York. We weren’t helped either
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Dintingdales Restaurant, at Scarthingwell Golf Course near Tadcaster to host carol concert for for Help For Heroes and Peter Pan Nursery
A CAROL concert near Tadcaster tomorrow is set to raise more than £1,000 for Help For Heroes and Peter Pan Nursery. The event is being hosted by Dintingdales Restaurant, at Scarthingwell Golf Course near Tadcaster, and is now in its 16th year. The
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Burnholme Community College youngsters push for self-sufficiency at their York school
THESE pupils from Burnholme Community College in York have a growing concern on their hands as they look forward to producing their own food. The year seven pupils intend to sow the seeds of self-sufficiency and reduce their school’s dependency on bought
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Pedestrians and cyclists on footpaths
Regarding the letter from Peter Ashton (Not so simple, November 24) on the proposed Beckfield Lane segregated cycle path. It seems Mr Ashton comes from the same planet as Coun Steve Galloway – Cloud Cuckoo Land, that is. If Mr Ashton believes that
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Staff fears over ‘suicide cells’ at York Crown Court
SECURITY staff will not work at York Crown Court unless there are vital safety improvements to stop prisoners injuring or killing themselves, it has been claimed. The building’s cells are a major risk, according to a health and safety audit
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20mph zones for residential areas in York
Today a city strategy meeting of City of York Council was set to discuss 20mph zones for residential areas, without humps. Recommendations are for a South Bank scheme for streets with speeds currently under 24mph. This approach lacks conviction
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Decision due on City of York Council HQ site
THE site for York’s new council headquarters will be revealed within weeks – amid warnings the city cannot afford a repeat of the “farce” which has dogged the project so far. City of York Council will announce which of two locations is the preferred
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Viking ‘recycling’ centre discovered at battle of Fulford site near York
HISTORIANS and metal detector enthusiasts believe they have found York’s first metal recycling centre – dating back to 1066. A ten-year project aimed at discovering the site of the battle of Fulford, which preceded the better known battles of Stamford
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Dim lighting in York Hospital car park
Have we lost some lighting in the York Hospital car park? At present the lighting is exceptionally dim when parking and one has to be careful in the grounds at present. I do hope the situation is temporary, as at the moment one does need to carry a
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Energy source for Poppleton Junior Football Club’s new clubhouses
I READ with interest about the proposed Poppleton Junior Football Club’s new clubhouses, and its wind turbine and solar panels (The Press, November 14). Firstly, being a sportsman, and knowing the popularity of the football club, I wish the management
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Thanks to Hugh Bayley over York Station barriers
York Labour MP Hugh Bayley is to be congratulated on helping to achieve the wishes of numerous York and district people, by getting the plans to erect barriers at York Station cancelled. As soon as I became aware of National Express’s idea to install
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Shedding light on York County Hospital history
WITH reference to this picture of a group of soldiers and ladies, circa 1944/45. I do not know the names of the ladies, for my research into a book on York County Hospital. I have no idea of the location, and maybe some of the ladies were nurses?
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Ladies from York pose naked for 2010 calendar sponsored by the Red Lion and White Horse pubs in Poppleton, Calpin Landscape Services and Molly Maid
THIS group of women from a York village have come together to bare all to raise money for people affected by cancer. The ladies, from Poppleton, with ages ranging from their twenties to their fifties, have put together a village pub themed naked calendar
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Review: Stuart Francis, Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, Basement Bar, City Screen York, Sunday
HE’S a tall man, Stuart Francis. And the Basement Bar has a low ceiling. So that’s the pogo dance routine ruled out, he says, as he comes on stage. This Canadian comedian is very amusing if puns are to your liking. They are certainly to Stuart’
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Review: Grumpy Old Women, Grand Opera House, York, Sunday
TIPS on how to survive the credit crunch may not sound like a barrel of laughs, but when they are delivered by Jenny Eclair with a pair of knickers on her head, giggles are guaranteed. So it was that Captain Eclair commanded the grumpy of York for
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It’s too early to turn festive
I’M no Scrooge. Last year a friend and I were so disappointed when the British Heart Foundation’s annual Santa Jog in York was cancelled due to flooding, we decided to don our Father Christmas outfits anyway, run madly through the city centre and then
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Coffee morning in aid of York Against Cancer at Nightingale Street Farm, Full Sutton
There will be a coffee morning in aid of York Against Cancer at Nightingale Street Farm, Full Sutton, on Saturday, from 10am to noon. Various stalls, including cakes, Christmas cards, tombola and raffle. Admission £1, including coffee and biscuits
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Victoria Havercroft organises personal development event at the Royal York Hotel to raise funds for Refuge charity
A CHARITY event to raise funds for Refuge – which supports women and children at refuges across the country – is to be held in York with the aiming of teaching people to think positively about themselves. The personal development event is to be held
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‘A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.’
THE significance of this line from the well-known song is lost on today’s youngsters. They are not like the children of my generation, who used to do anything to avoid taking medicine. Nowadays they love it. My daughters only have to suffer a slight
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Children from Heslington and Badger Hill Pre-Schools, York, plant trees at St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve as part of Sainsbury’s Active Kid’s Scheme
Children from Heslington and Badger Hill Pre-Schools have been digging in to plant a copse of trees. The youngsters won the 30 native trees, made up of rowan, birch and cherry, as part of the Sainsbury’s Active Kid’s Scheme. They planted them at St Nicholas
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Action plan is launched to improve city’s parks
PARKS officials in York have drawn up an action plan to improve the city’s open spaces. City of York Council’s leisure and culture box, Coun Nigel Ayre, is next week set to approve a raft of proposals aimed at regenerating parks, improving play areas
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Acorns line up ‘cabaroke’ night for hospice
A MIXTURE of cabaret and karaoke is coming to a York theatre in a fundraising push for a city charity. The newly-formed Acorns Theatre Workshop will stage a “cabaroke” evening in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice at the Railway Institute Theatre in Queen Street
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Review: Will Young, Harrogate International Centre
Everyone has an opinion of The X Factor, but more than most, original Pop Idol winner Will Young has a vested interest in how well each act performs. Indeed, very early in Saturday’s proceedings, he held an impromptu straw poll as to which contestant
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A19 in Fulford area of York blocked by flooding
THOUSANDS of York commuters faced a lengthy diversion this morning after flooding blocked one of the city’s main roads. A low-lying stretch of the A19 at Fulford was closed in the early hours, with motorists from Selby and the A64 instead
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Traffic update: A19 Fulford Road closed both ways due to flooding between A1036 Fishergate / Grange Street and B1222 Naburn Lane
We have also received an unconfirmed report from a reader via our text service that the road between Kelfield and Cawood is closed, and that Cawood Bridge may also be closed. To keep up-to-date with the latest situation on the roads
