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Artistes needed for 12-hour live charity show
Acoustic musicians, poets and comedians are being sought to take part in 12 hours of live entertainment in York on Saturday, in aid of charity. The event will run from 11am to 11pm at the Space 109 community arts centre, in Walmgate, and will also involve
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Hannah Bartlett and Esha Young raise over £700 for charity by scaling Mount Snowdon
A PAIR of York friends have raised more than £700 for charity by scaling Mount Snowdon in baking heat. Hannah Bartlett and Esha Young, who are both 14 and have been friends since they were at primary school, climbed the highest mountain in Wales –
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Baby meerkats venture outside at Bishop Burton College
Now spring is in the air, thoughts turn to new life – frolicking lambs, fluffy chicks and fledgling birds. However, at Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire new life has taken an altogether more exotic appearance, with the arrival of a litter of baby
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York trainer raises £2,500 for breast cancer research
YORK trainer Hannah Ford and her family have raised £2,500 for breast cancer research during the Playtex Moonwalk. Hannah’s original target was £1,000, but by the time the walk was over she had raised more than double that, thanks partly to a “Bear your
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The Press talks to schoolchildren about the newspaper industry
Updated: STAFF from The Press visited children at St Lawrence’s C of E Primary School in York to inspire them about the world of work. Photographer Frank Dwyer and reporter Julie Hayes spoke to Year Six pupils about the newspaper industry. The children
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John Tomlinson keeps his HGV licence after his lorry pushed vet Rhona Williams’ Renault Clio along the A1 in January
A TANKER driver who drove along a motorway with the car of a York vet trapped in front of his cab has been exonerated. Half a million people have viewed a video clip on YouTube showing Mr Tomlinson's 40-tonne tanker pushing Rhona Williams’
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Cast announced for Grand Opera House pantomime, Cinderella
LISA Riley will join fellow former Emmerdale star Stuart Wade this Christmas in the Grand Opera House pantomime, Cinderella. Lisa, who played Mandy Dingle in the Yorkshire Television soap opera and later hosted You’ve Been Framed, will appear as Cinderella
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Review: Laika Dog, Stereo, York
Can you tell from the chilled-out tones of Terrorvision frontman Tony Wright’s lesser-known band that it was dreamt up by dry-stone wallers on a Yorkshire moor? Or that Tony was taking a break from his music career to labour in the bleak moorland
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Dario Grandich, Snapshot Media
A NEW digital media agency which has built up a list of international clients since its foundation in October is going for New Business Of The Year in The Press Business Awards. Its sales director, Dario Grandich, who co-founded the venture almost as
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york-england.com chief executive to move to City of York Council strategy role
SUCCESSFUL investment organisation york-england.com dies at the end of the month – but long live Denise Stuart, its chief executive. Mrs Stuart will be joining City of York Council’s city strategy team, which is taking over the function of her organisation
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York City chairman’s concern as council reveal there is no timetable for community stadium
NO timetable has been set on delivering a community stadium for York as city council chiefs say just securing a site could take between six and 20 months. Tim Atkins, City of York Council’s stadium project manager, said the authority was “committed
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York Steiner School sees increase in numbers and interest
A NORTH Yorkshire school has said it is experiencing an increase in numbers and interest thanks to its teaching methods. York Steiner School, in Fulford Cross, Fulford, is organised around the philosophy that children should find joy in learning, and
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Identity protection experts unearth fraud loopholes
A York-based card and identity protection group has today disclosed serious loopholes in processing procedures which have contributed towards the corporate identity fraud of nearly 100,000 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The report, commissioned
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GCSE pupils at Tadcaster Grammar School tackle a wacky races challenge
PUPILS who are preparing to take GCSEs at a North Yorkshire school were rewarded for their hard work with an afternoon of team-orientated games. Year 11 students at Tadcaster Grammar School donned fancy dress costumes and entered into the spirit
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Women’s group raises money for Bridlington’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution station
MEMBERS of an East Yorkshire village women’s group have raised £1,500 for Bridlington’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution station. The Foggathorpe branch of the Yorkshire Country Women’s Association sold its meeting place in the old village hall
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Sue Ryder Care charity calling for people to take part in the Run for All 10K
A CHARITY is appealing for runners to take part in one of the biggest and most important dates in York’s calendar to help raise cash for adults with disabilities. Healthcare charity Sue Ryder Care is calling for people in and around York
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The Big Interview with York City centre-back Greg Young
New York City recruit Greg Young aims to use his own play-off anguish to provide a tonic for the Minstermen troops as he outlines to The Press York City reporter DAVE FLETT. YORK City’s new signing Greg Young is hoping he can provide the
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Dalbyology Fun Day at Dalby Forest, near Pickering
SOME of the myths and mysteries of the world of wildlife will be explained at a North Yorkshire forest next month. The Forestry Commission’s third Dalbyology Fun Day at Dalby Forest, near Pickering, will take an in-depth look at folklore surrounding
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Tadcaster Albion successes celebrated at annual presentation evening
THE players who took Tadcaster Albion to the first trophy in their 118-year history were celebrated at the club’s annual dinner and presentation evening. Danny Pitts took a double award at the Riley Smith Hall, winning both the manager’s player of
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Tadcaster Albion manager Paul Marshall heads out for Seniors World Cup
ENGLAND’S footballers may be tasked with ending 44 years of World Cup hurt, but Tadcaster Albion manager Paul Marshall is heading straight into a stern defence of the World Cup. Marshall, who capped his first full season in charge of Albion by leading
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Kate Oldfield is awarded Acomb Hockey Club accolade
KATE OLDFIELD was awarded the sportsman of the year accolade at Acomb Hockey Club’s end of season presentation night. While event organiser Oldfield carried off that gong at the Elmbank Hotel in front of 64 Tangerines’ members, Paul Yoward
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York Phoenix Ladies win Yorkshire Volleyball Association Plate Cup final
York Phoenix Ladies beat North Riding Eagles 3-0 in the final of the Yorkshire Volleyball Association Plate Cup final in Leeds. Having done the double over the Eagles in the league, Phoenix were intent on making it a hat-trick of victories and they made
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Déjà vu for Yorkshire after batting collapse at Hampshire's Rose Bowl
It was déjà vu at the Rose Bowl after another batting collapse from Yorkshire saw them lose the initiative in their LV=County Championship match with Hampshire. Just as at Taunton in their last fixture, which they ended up losing, a wonderful overnight
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Crayke beat Newburgh in Pilmoor Evening Cricket League
Crayke won a hard-fought Pilmoor Evening Cricket League first division tie at Newburgh. Jamie Perkins with 26, Peter Carr (36) and Will Bartlett (29), did most to take Crayke to 118-5, David Taylor returning 2-31. When Newburgh replied, Bartlett
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Woodhouse Grange make most of home advantage in Foss Cricket League
Champions Woodhouse Grange were the only side to make the most of their home advantage in week three of the Foss Evening Cricket League. Heworth prevailed in a low- scoring match at Barmby Moor and that saw them retain the leadership of division one
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Sprinting star racehorse poised for a fourth win in five outings
Sprinters in form are worth following blindly, which makes Jigajig hard to overlook tomorrow as he makes the journey to Ayr from North Yorkshire. Trained by Kevin Ryan, who took him over from Noel Wilson, the three-year-old son of Compton Place is
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Mother of Claudia Lawrence opens her heart
THE mother of missing chef Claudia Lawrence has criticised police for focusing on her daughter’s private life. Joan Lawrence also claimed she felt the investigation team never treated her as if she was Claudia’s mum. Speaking on television yesterday
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Claudia Lawrence police search East Yorkshire house
A MAJOR search of property and land has been carried out by police hunting for missing York chef Claudia Lawrence. The two-day search took place in and around a home near Ellerton, which is between Thorganby and Bubwith, near Selby.
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Thea Stein chosen as new Yorkshire Forward chief executive
THEA Stein has been chosen as the new interim chief executive of Yorkshire Forward. Ms Stein, who is the currently executive director of economic inclusion at the regional development agency, is believed to be taking over for one year after current chief
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North Yorkshire County Council acquitted over death of Joe Lister
NORTH Yorkshire County Council has been found not guilty of breaching health and safety laws over the death of a teenager who drowned on a school caving trip. A jury at Leeds Crown court returned their verdict yesterday at the end of a month-long
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Joe Lister’s family’s long wait for answers
Joe Lister’s parents have endured the inquiry into their son’s death for more than four and a half agonising years. Martin and Paula have never understood why Joe and Tadcaster Grammar schoolmates were allowed to go into Manchester Hole Cave
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Cuts ‘could lead to jobs disaster’
THE ConDems are determined to reduce the nation’s deficit in the only way politicians seem to understand. Not only are they daring to plan savage public spending cuts, they are to set alight a bonfire of jobs and welfare benefits. Real people in the
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Dreading World Cup
I do not think I am alone in dreading the next few weeks when the World Cup is being played. All television programmes will be disrupted with no advance warning so that a minority of people can watch a sort of bladder kicking between two countries
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Why not say YES today?
WHEN I work with my coaching clients on time management, one of the things we focus on is saying NO. It often takes a bit of courage to say NO to requests that will overburden us and stop us being productive. And sometimes we need to say NO to
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Fears growing for missing woman Dawn Thompson
POLICE in York are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing woman who is vulnerable due to health issues. Dawn Thompson, 43, was last seen in the Heslington area of the city at 5.30pm on Monday. She is diabetic and is not believed
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Deputy Speaker role for York Central MP Hugh Bayley
YORK’S MP will have the job of keeping his colleagues in line in Westminster for the next two weeks, after taking on a new role. Hugh Bayley will be one of Parliament’s two temporary Deputy Speakers until the three permanent holders of the position are
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Monk Stray priorities
It is my understanding that the Straymaster, and consequently The Freemen of York, are not averse to Monk Stray being used for occasional events (Who are they?, Letters, May 21). However, they were not advised of the extent of the licence requested
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Climate getting warmer
It is very helpful of Thomas Driver to explain how, despite global warming, we in the UK experienced an exceptionally cold winter (Cooling the Stream, Letters, May 24). However, he could also have said that assuming a cold winter meant global warming
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Chivalry’s alive
On a recent visit to your lovely City of York, my friend and I were lost and unsure of our bus pick-up point. We met a very nice young man. I unfortunately did not get his name but discovered he was a lecturer at the university. He went out
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A racing outcast
GENUINE, regular race-goers have been the bread and butter for race courses ever since I can remember. I first visited York racecourse when I was a 16-year-old apprentice jockey, 64 years ago. I attended the Dante meeting this year and had the feeling
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Matt Martinson to be ordained as priest in York Minster ceremony
WHEN Matt Martinson is ordained to the priesthood at York Minster this weekend, it will mark the climax of an extraordinary transformation of his life. For the Rev Martinson used to sleep rough in York, took drugs and became involved in
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Sarah Ferguson should lose her ‘York’ title
SARAH Ferguson, our “Duchess of York”, should now have that title removed (Duchess regrets “Andygate” tapes, The Press, May 24). I feel that she has never given York a visit or support, in the past. It is a shame that this publicity has caused so much
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Review: Jus’ Like That – Grand Opera House, York
The world is made up of people too young to know Tommy Cooper’s material, and people who love and cherish it. The difficulty is trying to keep 30-year-old material fresh and energetic for the unfamiliar crowd, while retaining Cooper’s pace and style
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Review: Resonances, featuring Natalie Clein, Nunnington Hall
WHEN is a concert not a concert? When it is a “sound and music experience” with a sensory tour and a sensational performance to follow. Welcome to Resonances, the latest creative project from SoundUK, a pioneering organisation dedicated to
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The naked truth
Reading the article in Monday’s Press entitled “Bishop ‘rescues’ naked woman” brings to mind the corny joke pay-off of “...and as the actress said to the bishop...” Neil Raw, Oriel Grove, Clifton Without, York.
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Football is such a manly game
I always enjoy Cynthia Glasby’s letters so much (And for the ladies..., May 21), but clearly, we have been watching very different football matches. Where on earth has she seen footballers wearing “pretty pastel slippers” and “knickers” to
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Crash car ‘sped past me on A64’
A DRIVER has described how a car involved in an A64 crash which ended in the deaths of two young women sped past him, despite his own vehicle travelling at about 100mph. Taiwanese national Tien Cheng is accused of using “grossly excessive” speeds on
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Yobs set fire to portable toilet valued at £4,000
POLICE are hunting for witnesses to turn in the arsonists who set fire to a £4,000 portable toilet only yards away from a York infants school. The incident happened some time between 12.15pm last Friday and 1.30pm on Monday on a building site in Smeaton
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St Leonard’s Hospice to mark milestone at York Minster
ST Leonard’s Hospice in York, which is currently marking its 25th year, will stage a thanksgiving service at York Minster next month. The service is to be held on Sunday, June 6. There will be a range of speakers, including palliative care experts the
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Selby police to use Facebook to communicate with local community
POLICE in Selby have introduced a new Facebook group to communicate directly with their local community. In a joint initiative with York St John University, Inspector Richard Abbott of the Selby Rural Safer Neighbourhood Team, has recruited the services
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Selby Town Council go shopping for Christmas trees
THE barbecues may have been fired up, the sun lotion splashed on and shorts given their first airing of the year – but that hasn’t stopped Selby Town Council thinking about Christmas. The season of roasted chestnuts and red-nosed reindeer maybe months
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Osbaldwick residents' concern over student home application
VILLAGERS are calling on York council chiefs to use new powers to control the growth of student households with a “test case” in Osbaldwick. Local residents and Osbaldwick Parish Council say an application to turn a semi-detached home in Thirkleby Way
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Former homeless hostel in Peasholme Green is demolished
DEMOLITION workers have moved in to flatten a former homeless hostel in York as controversy continues over its destruction. The old Peasholme Centre, in Peasholme Green, is being knocked down after a replacement complex for homeless people
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Emergency services to hold day of action as part of 95 Alive road safety campaign
EMERGENCY services and highways chiefs are joining forces with a lifesaving message this Bank Holiday weekend. The police, fire service and North Yorkshire County Council are holding a day of action on Saturday as part of their 95 Alive road safety campaign
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Number of criminal offences committed on trains falls 15.4%
CRIME has plummeted on the region’s railways, but police have vowed to not be complacent in cracking down on offenders targeting passengers on trains. Figures released by British Transport Police (BTP) show in York the number of offences committed on
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Fulford School pupil chosen to play music for Yorkshire anthem
A BUDDING young pianist from York has been chosen to play the music for the Yorkshire anthem, written by a 98-year-old woman from Harrogate. Sean Greenheld, 13, a pupil at Fulford School, auditioned to bring the BBC’s Symphony For Yorkshire
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Cut in university places unlikely to hit York St John University
CUTS in the number of university places announced by the Government are unlikely to hit York St John University. In a bid to make £200 million worth of savings in the higher education sector, the Government has allowed only 10,000 extra university places
