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Knights reserves opener at Dewsbury is called off
YORK City Knights’ reserves match away to Dewsbury Rams tomorrow night has been postponed. The game was the first match of the new reserve league season. It was called off due to potential problems with Dewbsury's pitch given the recent heavy rainfall
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Bands get ready to fight it out in Selby Town Hall Battle of the Bands competition
THE challenge has been thrown down once more. The sixth Selby Town Hall Battle of the Bands competition for young musicians fires up on April 9, as ten more bands get ready to fight it out for a place in the grand final and the chance to perform
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Yearsley Grove School pupils perform in Wizard Of Oz production
THEY might not be in Kansas, but these children from Year 5 at Yearsley Grove School are having a great time with their production of the Wizard Of Oz. Their version of the Judy Garland 1939 classic is bound to have audiences in a whirlwind of laughter
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Warren Li, 12, gains an A* grade GCSE
A YOUNG maths expert from Osbaldwick who began studying the subject at the age of five has gained an A* grade GCSE four years ahead of others his age. For Warren Li, 12, subjects such as trigonometric functions and differential calculus are all in
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Selby College among best places to work
SELBY College is officially one of the best places to work. The college was voted a “first class” company to work for by its staff for the second year in succession in the Sunday Times Best Company survey. The seal of approval from employees meant the
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Kinread Solicitors and law firm Barber Titleys merge
A NEW era has begun at Harrogate law firm Barber Titleys, following a merger with an expanding legal practice in Ripon. Kinread Solicitors, in the city’s High Skellgate, is merging with Barber Titleys, which is also leasing the 700 sq ft Ripon
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Park Grove pupils make quilt in memory of teaching assistant Kath Luck
THIS enormous quilt has been made by children and staff at a York primary school in memory of a much-missed teaching assistant. Kath Luck, a teaching assistant and senior midday supervisor at Park Grove Primary School, died from heart failure in April
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Three-day specialist Easter market to be held in York
FOOD producers’ organisation deliciouslyorkshire will be hosting a three-day specialist market with 24 regional food producers, at York Easter Market, in St Sampson’s Square, from tomorrow. John Hendy, deliciouslyorkshire’s commercial director
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Riccall panto raises £368 for Help For Heroes charity
Riccall-born Hadyn Carney acccepts a cheque on behalf of Help For Heroes from director Chris Walker. Riccallish Allsorts drama group performed the panto Mother Goose in February and raised £368 from the raffle and sale of wristbands.
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Tadcaster Sainsbury’s staff undertake triathlon for Sports Relief
FIVE from Sainsbury’s in Tadcaster took part in a triathlon for Sports Relief. The triatholetes did a 625-metre swim, seven-mile bike ride and finished with a five-mile run. They raised £150 for the appeal. Welcoming the triathletes on the finish
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Furnished holiday let owners facing “more red tape and confusion”
OWNERS of furnished holiday letting accommodation in York and North Yorkshire face “more red tape and confusion”, it has been claimed. The warning comes from John Butler, president of York Society of Chartered Accountants. He says that just
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Westminster revealed to young volunteers
THE workings of Westminster were revealed to three young people from York when they met children’s minister Ed Balls in London. The meeting took place at the launch of a national volunteering programme for 14 to 16-year olds, which York is one of only
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Martin Foyle praises York City striker Michael Gash
YORK City’s leading marksman Richard Brodie scored his first goals since mid-January in a 4-0 win at Grays, but manager Martin Foyle was full of praise for striking partner Michael Gash. Gash won the free-kick that led to Brodie’s second goal and
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SKY are fighting to keep high prices.
SKY has been ordered to reduce its wholesale price to other suppliers, as it stops them competing, and SKY are fighting it. Murdoch, who has his eye on the BBC, has taken his support away from Labour to the Tories in readiness for the elections
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Five wins in a row for Riverside in York Badminton League
RIVERSIDE made it five wins in a row after a superb 5-4 triumph at Clifton ‘B’ in men’s division one of the York Badminton League. Alex Fowler and Andy Newby were the visitors’ match-winners after taking their best return of the season with three straight
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Champion jockey Ryan Moore has Folkestone double in sights
Paul Hanagan may have stolen a march on Ryan Moore in the opening days of the Flat season, but the reigning champion is expected to dazzle at Folkestone tomorrow. While Malton-based Hanagan rode a remarkable seven winners in the first three days of
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The Big Interview with dressage star Laura Milner
Young dressage star Laura Milner is a teenager with a big reputation. She tells STEVE CARROLL how she is dealing with Great Britain expectation. LAURA is one of the most talented youngsters that I have ever come across in all my years of working with
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Speed camera debate gathers speed
ONCE again the council wants to introduce speed cameras into North Yorkshire, the only remaining county not to have them in the country, and at a time when other councils are removing them. I fully support their use at accident black-spots to reduce
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Ryan Harris omission set to lift Yorkshire
Yorkshire’s plans for filling their main overseas slot for 2010 could be set for an unexpected boost after news broke that Ryan Harris was left out of Australia’s squad for the World Twenty20 in May. The White Rose county had resigned themselves to
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Andrea Mayne wins York & District Ladies Squash Veterans’ tournament
THIRSK’S Andrea Mayne beat Malton’s Sue Preston 3-0 in the final of the York & District Ladies Squash Veterans’ tournament. Number three seed Preston set off at a blistering pace and took a commanding lead in the first game at Dunnington Squash Club,
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Tang Hall memories
DID your family move into the new Tang Hall Estate during the late 1920s or early 1930s? If so you may be able to help us. Tang Hall Local History Group is looking for photographs of these people to use in a display planned for October. If
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Say it straight
IS ANYONE else fed up with the hackneyed use of euphemisms on TV and indeed in real life today, many of which originated from other lands? We hear so often that people need to “chill out” – I take it they need to go to the Arctic? Or they need “space
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Plant your future
SO here’s a spring-like message to go with the springing forward of the clocks last weekend: “The key to any aspect of life is similar to good gardening…successful planting, careful nurturing, rigorous pruning.” I’m not much of a gardener myself
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Nestle Rowntree RUFC beaten in tournament final
NESTLE Rowntree RUFC were beaten by a solitary score in the final of the Phil Addy Associates tournament at Yarnbury. ’Trees finished top of their group to qualify for the final against army side Blues & Royals, who starved them of possession and won
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Heroes one and all
A Cutting Edge documentary shown on Channel 4 on March 25 told the moving story of seriously wounded military personnel being brought home from Afghanistan. The aircraft, a Galaxy G70, which is generally used to transport heavy military hardware,
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HPH York Vale Cricket League pre-season meeting
HANDBOOKS and the first batch of official league balls will distributed to clubs at the HPH York Vale Cricket League pre-season meeting at Fulfordgate Working Men’s Club on Tuesday, April 6, at 7.30pm. If any clubs have any questions about the meeting
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Backing the BBC
THE BBC is a non-political broadcasting organisation which stands alone in the world with its scope, reputation and presentation of news and culture (Soapbox, March 29). Rupert Murdoch puts his weight where he thinks he can get the best returns for
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Northern Counties East League fixtures washed out
SELBY Town, Scarborough Athletic, Tadcaster Albion and Harrogate Railway were thwarted by the wet weather last night. The Robins’ home game with Thackley in the Northern Counties East League premier division was postponed, along with Scarborough’s trip
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Sport Relief mile
I WOULD like to congratulate the organisers of the Selby Sport Relief Mile. The venue provided by Selby RUFC was excellent, particularly the seating for spectators (my parents are in their eighties and were very appreciative), the stewarding was friendly
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Westie walkies
I WOULD be grateful if you could again let us mention our yearly Westie Walk. This will be our 18th walk for Westie Rescue Charity; when we first started, there were about six Westies taking part and last year there were more than 30 walking
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Every Lidl helps
LIDL food store propose to start building in Thanet Road, York, in May and hopefully open in the autumn of this year. This is really good news for this area and will be an asset. The next decision is what is going to happen to Borders empty store in
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Good news – but organs still needed
MOST people will have read in these pages about the problems people face securing organs for donation. It is because of these difficulties that MEPs recently voted in favour of new legislation to improve systems for human organ donation across
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School students visit Auschwitz-Birkenau
SIX million Jews murdered. Experiments conducted on children. Families ripped apart, never to see one another again. The facts and figures of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed at Auschwitz-Birkenau are well-known and can trip off the tongue lightly
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Grays Athletic 0, York City 4
York City enjoyed their biggest win of the season after thumping bottom-of-the-table Grays Athletic 4-0. Top scorer Richard Brodie scored his first goals since mid-January with a first-half double-strike and he was joined on the scoresheet
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Teenager in court over Sean Hamilton’s death
A TEENAGER has been summoned to court over an alleged hit-and-run crash that led to the death of a ten-year-old boy from York. Sean Hamilton died when he was hit by a blue Ford Transit panel van while crossing Holgate Road as he made his way home following
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York Station traffic congestion to be analysed
WAYS of tackling congestion around York Station are to be analysed by council officers as they prepare to hold talks with rail companies about improving traffic flows. City of York Council’s ruling executive yesterday agreed to launch discussions with
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Praise for York’s Central Library refurbishment partnership
THE work of library and adult learning teams in York has been highlighted in a Government policy document. City of York Council and insurance giant Aviva joined forces last year as part of a £540,000 refurbishment of York’s Central Library
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Outlook looks bleak for Jarvis workforce
IT could be crunch day tomorrow for 2,200 workers at the ill-fated Jarvis Group of York, including 350 of them in the city. A meeting between administrators from Deloitte and the RMT Union yesterday revealed a financial package was being put to Network
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Five-star Flaxby Hotel is set for go-ahead
PLANNERS in Harrogate have told their top official to approve the new £100 million five-star hotel project in Flaxby – subject to conditions. The scheme for the five star 298-bedroom Flaxby Hotel on the A59 between Harrogate and York will now go to
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Brave mum-of-two, 36, loses her fight with cancer
FRIENDS and family of a 36-year-old mum who lost her year-long battle with breast cancer this month have paid tribute to her determination to stay positive to the last. Cerys Hudson, who had a six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter, was
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Rail chiefs in services pledge despite strike action
RAIL bosses have confirmed they will still operate services through York if four days of industrial action go ahead next week. Talks are continuing over the proposed strike by the RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) between April
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Drivers quizzed in Melsonby murder hunt
POLICE hunting the killer of postmistress Diana Garbutt carried out stop checks of vehicles exactly a week after the murder. The operation took place as the vicar of Melsonby, near Richmond, said the village was finding it difficult to come to terms
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Eileen Rhodes, 86, to take part in Jane Tomlinson York 10K
A DEDICATED fundraiser who suffers from an incurable condition that leaves her barely able to walk is set to take part in the York 10k to help suffers of the disease which robbed her of two husbands. It will be the second consecutive year that
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New Yorkshire Air Museum display hails aviation pioneers
A NEW exhibition has opened at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, celebrating some of the leading figures in aeronautical history. Pioneers Of Aviation, a project partially funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, includes rarely seen images, models
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Parents shocked over nursery closure decision
PARENTS of more than 70 children have been told their nursery is to close within months. Tang Hall Squirrels, based at Tang Hall primary school, is set to close on June 18, after the charitable committee which runs it said it was not financially viable
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A64 barrier changes call after Whitwell-on-the-Hill tragedy
FRESH safety improvements could be carried out on the A64 after a motorist died when his Land Rover flipped and crashed into the central reservation. Inadequate brakes on a boat-carrying trailer and a “chronic lack of maintenance” have been blamed for
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Spooner’s Boat goes on display at the National Railway Museum
IS it a boat? Is it a train? The latest arrival to York's National Railway Museum (NRM) confused visitors yesterday when it travelled along the rail track powered by the wind, before going on display in the Museum's Great Hall over Easter. Spooner
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Education key to tackling the scourge of mephedrone
EDUCATION is as important as punishment to tackle the scourge of mephedrone, say teachers and councillors. As Home Secretary Alan Johnson began moves to ban mephedrone after the official drugs watchdog recommended it be made a class B drug, calls were
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Bishopthorpe residents divided over new playground
A playground which opened only a week ago has divided residents in a village community. Some people whose properties back on to Keble Park, in Bishopthorpe, near York, claim the playground attracts noisy youths and invades their privacy. Writing on
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York Minster restoration bugged by more problems
DEATH WATCH beetles and damp will keep restoration workers busy at York Minster over the coming weeks and months. Minster bosses say they hope the scaffolding which currently covers the St William window will be removed by August this year, but admitted
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Widow’s heartfelt plea for bikers to cut speed
THE widow of a biker who died on North Yorkshire’s roads has led fresh calls for motorcyclists to kill their speed. Sarah McCarthy’s husband, Stuart, was killed last July when his bike left the road on a corner. Yesterday, at Squires Café, in Sherburn-in-Elmet
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Luxury Ice Cream Company to open in Back Swinegate
ICE cream lovers will be offered a taste of continental culture when a new Mediterranean-style parlour opens in York this weekend. The Luxury Ice Cream Company will sell 24 different flavours of the sweet stuff in a stylish café in Back Swinegate that
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Criticism for plan to pay less for green energy
GOVERNMENT plans to pay less for renewable energy created in North Yorkshire have led to criticism from energy producers. Officials from the Department of Energy and Climate Change have announced that producers of energy from food and animal waste
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Hutton-Le-Hole home insurance saga rumbles on
FIRST it trebled Brian Simmonds’ home insurance premium after official maps showed his property was at risk of flooding – even though it is five metres above the nearest stream. Then insurance giant Legal & General apologised and agreed his home in