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York darts ace Chris Thompson bows out of UK Open
WORLD number six Ronnie Baxter ended Chris Thompson's interest in this year's UK Open. The Acomb arrows ace went down 9-4 to two-time World Championship runner-up Baxter at Bolton's Reebok Stadium. Thompson will now concentrate on trying to secure
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Search teams called out in river alert
POLICE and firefighters were tonight called to a stretch of river in York after reports of a person in the water. They began searching the River Ouse at Water End, close to the RSPCA centre on Landing Lane, at about 8.35pm when the alarm was raised.
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Simon Dyson moves up the Wales Open leaderboard
A SECOND round of 70 moved Simon Dyson up the leaderboard at the half-way point of the Celtic Manor Welsh Open – but it was a day of highs and lows. Following his opening 71, his efforts left him with a one under par total and comfortably within the
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Thousands of York homes hit by power cuts
ELECTRICITY chiefs have apologised after hundreds of York households were hit by power cuts for four consecutive days. CE Electric said the problems were initially caused by a fault in a high voltage cable, and then by a fault developing in a generator
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York soldier died during weapons store raid
A WAR hero from York was killed while providing back-up for a search of a mosque believed to be used as a weapons store, an inquest heard today. Haxby soldier Lance Bombardier Matthew Hatton, 23, died in a double explosion in Afghanistan last August.
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My England world beaters
AS England light out for South Africa and the world’s greatest team competition – the World Cup – jingoism is bubbling in Blighty. Are the so-called golden generation going to wipe away campaigns of under-achievement by lifting the foot-high
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Riccall gardens to open in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice
TEN gardens in Riccall are opening their gardens to visitors to raise funds for St Leonard’s Hospice in York on June 13. One of the gardens will be “a testament to recycling”, while there will be a life-size Dalek hiding among the greenery in another
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Youngsters experience freestyle football
Children have been given free football training in York in the run up to the World Cup. Throughout the school half-term holiday, football freestylers Collin Bell and Noel Battle performed choreographed shows at York Designer Outlet, near Fulford
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Marie Curie volunteers rewarded at special tea party
CHARITY volunteers were rewarded for all their hard work at a special tea party in York. In honour of National Volunteers Week, Marie Curie Cancer Care said a big thank-you to their volunteers with a tea party at the Royal York Hotel on Wednesday.
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Helpers needed for North Yorkshire summer reading project
YOUNG volunteers with a passion for reading are needed to help with North Yorkshire County Council’s annual summer reading challenge. The council’s library and information service is looking for 25 volunteers aged between 14 and 25 who enjoy reading
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Terrington Hall School artists praised by Shelley Hughes
ARTWORK by pupils at Terrington Hall School won high praise from artist Shelley Hughes when she judged the school’s annual art exhibition. Miss Hughes, who holds an MA in fine art from the Institute for Contemporary Arts at Lancaster University, spent
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Benenden Healthcare Society becomes newest member of Co-operatives UK
BENENDEN Healthcare Society, the York-based organisation which advises and helps a membership of 940,000 former public sector workers, has pledged its continuing support to the ideals of mutuality by becoming the newest member of Co-operatives UK. Co-operatives
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Council leader visits business centre promoting Dutch links
CITY of York Council leader Coun Andrew Waller was wearing his most welcoming “come to York” smile when he visited a business centre promoting links between Holland and the north of England. The centre, set up in Manchester by the Dutch Embassy is seeking
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LSL Property Services continues to grow with £963,968 deal
AN acquisition spree by LSL Property Services Plc, the expanding York-based group, continues. This time the group has bought the assets of the estate agency, land and new home and lettings business of the Goodfellows Group Plc for £963,968 in cash.
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R&R Ice Cream acquire French rival Rolland
A NORTH Yorkshire ice-cream manufacturer has agreed to buy out its major French rival. R&R Ice Cream of Northallerton, has acquired the 400 million-euro turnover Rolland – France’s third largest ice cream manufacturer – for an undisclosed sum. The
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York City Knights reserves beaten by Leigh
A YOUNG York City Knights reserves side lost 42-10 to Leigh last night, but coach Mick Ramsden was still happy with his side's display against the unbeaten Reserve Team Championship leaders. The only players with any real first-team experience – winger
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Pandering to survive
BEAR Grylls eat your heart out. Giant pandas are to be sent to survival school, to help teach them how to survive in the wild. Zhang Zhihe, head of the giant panda breeding research base in Chengdu, China, said a £6 million training centre was
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Mainly Rag Rugs exhibition, York Cemetery Chapel, until June 13
TEN York Crafters are holding their Mainly Rag Rugs exhibition at York Cemetery Chapel for a fifth time until June 13. Members display and sell their work in the chapel every three years and their latest show includes wall hangings, baskets, prints
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Jessica Alys exhibition, The Carriageworks, Leeds, June 5 to July 5
JESSICA Alys’s exhibition at The Carriageworks in Leeds will open tomorrow, two days earlier than first planned. This will be the York artist’s first show since The Outdoor Cat and Other Paintings at the Blake Head Bookshop, York, in March
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An English Country Garden, York Art Gallery, until September 1
IRONICALLY, this sunny spell may keep you outside this weekend, but it will never last and so there will be buckets of time to step inside the indoor garden of ceramic delights at York Art Gallery. “This summer we’ve decided to turn the new Gallery
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Elemental vs Experimental, The ArtSpace, York, until June 22
THE June show at The ArtSpace is a clash of the elemental versus the experimental and Greg versus Ails McGee. The co-owners allotted each other a room each at their gallery in Tower Street, York; Ails curated the front room, Greg the back one.
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Anne Lamb: An Artist For All Seasons, Kentmere House Gallery, York, June 5 to July 15
LINCOLNSHIRE artist Anne Lamb is exhibiting at Kentmere House Gallery for the first time from tomorrow, although she is not new to York. Twenty years ago, she showed her work at the former Grape Lane Gallery, set up by Kentmere House owner
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Summer exhibition by Neil McNab and Jane Schaffer, 59 Derwent House, Osbaldwick, near York, June 6
A SUMMER exhibition of photographs by Neil McNab and ceramics by Jane Schaffer will be held at 59 Derwent House, Osbaldwick, near York, for one day only this weekend. Their new work will be on display and for sale in the gardens from noon to 4pm
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Gambia signed up for 2012 pre-Olympic Games camp in York
ATHLETES from Gambia are coming to York for the 2012 Olympics – and the team that brought them here have targeted the Commonwealth Games to persuade more countries to sign up. A memorandum of understanding has been signed in the African country for
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Wolfe Bowart in LaLaLuna, York Theatre Royal, June 8
What if the light in the moon went out one evening and you alone were responsible for finding a replacement bulb? This is only the beginning of one very strange night, the night called LaLaLuna when the lunar caretaker struggles to re-light the
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Katie Melua, The House (Dramatico) ****; Sandi Thom, Merchants And Thieves (Essential) ***
MANY will be surprised to see William Orbit credited as producer of Katie Melua’s fourth studio LP. Famous for his work with Blur and the umpteenth reinvention of Madonna, Orbit specialises in dance remixes with an edge. Yet Mike Batt retains his post
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Band Of Horses, Infinite Arms (Columbia) ***
THE beardy boys from South Carolina via Seattle produce their most mainstream album yet, hitting harmonies in a way that suggests a blissful union between Neil Young and the Beach Boys. At times, and certainly with On My Way Back Home, Band Of Horses
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Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment (Sony) ****
ADAM Lambert is among many US singers with reason to thank Simon Cowell for giving him a lift through American Idol. Although already established in musical theatre, it took Idol to launch his rock career. He may have come second to Kris Allen in
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Faithless, The Dance, (Pias) ***
FAITHLESS have been wandering the wilderness for a while, but The Dance is a welcome return to form. Partly it’s because they have gone back to the kind of sound that gave them their greatest success and with Dido back complementing Rollo and Maxi
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Mary Gauthier, The Foundling (Proper) ****
GAUTHIER’S pain at discovering she was adopted and then being denied a meeting with her birth mother, whom she finally finds 45 years after her abandonment, informs an album of unalloyed solemnity. Here, she searches through a journey of loss. Each
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Bullet For My Valentine: Fever. (Columbia ****
WELSH rockers Bullet For My Valentine have just released their third album and while they cite the likes of Metallica and Megadeath as influences, fans of Therapy? and the Almighty will find much to admire on it. Maybe it’s the Celtic connection
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The Divine Comedy, Bang Goes The Knighthood (Divine Comedy Records) ****
NEIL Hannon is more than a whimsical smart ass or a Noel Coward for the modern age of cynicism. Not content with simultaneously penning a musical, a film score and an album about cricket under the name of The Duckworth Lewis Method with fellow Irishman
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Jazz notes
BASS player Geoff Gascoyne steps out from his usual gig as musical director for Jamie Cullum with his own band and music from his new CD, Pop Bop (Jazzizit Records), and enterprising Wakefield Jazz has bagged the band tonight. Drummer Sebastiaan de Krom
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York Stage Musicals present Billy Elliot The Musical, Grand Opera House, York, June 7 to 12
HENRY Rhodes and Josh Benson were destined to play the leading roles in York Stage Musicals’ production of Billy Elliot The Musical. “Seeing the film made me want to dance, especially Billy’s angry dance,” says Henry, a 13-year-old pupil at Manor School
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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Dreamboats And Petticoats for Grand Opera House
A Dreamcoat and Dreamboats are on the way to the Grand Opera House, York in quick succession this autumn. Keith Jack, runner-up to Lee Mead in the BBC talent contest Any Dream Will Do, will play the title role in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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Lee Miller’s War, Nunnington Hall, near Helmsley, until June 20
Vogue model, pupil of Man Ray, wife of Roland Penrose and friend of Picasso, the enigmatic Lee Miller led a vibrant and exciting life. She was a remarkable wartime correspondent too, as a new photographic exhibition at Nunnington Hall, entitled War,
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Northern Broadsides present The Canterbury Tales, York Theatre Royal, June 9 to 12
THE Northern Broadsides production of The Canterbury Tales is certainly doing the rounds, in the spirit of Geoffrey Chaucer’s travelling stories. After April dates at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough
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York Cricket Club set to square up to bowlers Phil DeFreitas and Dean Headley
THEY have played 59 Test matches and more than 100 one-day internationals between them – putting fear into the hearts of the world’s best batsmen. Now former England fast bowlers Phil DeFreitas and Dean Headley turn their attentions to York
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Hyena Lounge Comedy Club summer season
HYENA Lounge Comedy Club promoter Toby Clouston-Jones has only a couple of gaps to fill before his Edinburgh Preview season is complete. Kicking off this weekend with Carey Marx and Pippa Evans, each Sunday’s line-up in The Basement at City Screen, York
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Tykes toppled by a Yorkshire-man in Twenty20 match against Derbyshire
Yorkshire’s Friends Provident Twenty20 campaign got off to a disastrous start last night as they were smashed to all parts of Headingley by Loots Bosman, a man with strong links to the White Rose. Bosman plays his club cricket in South Africa for Yorkshire
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Piano recital by Ian Pace, Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York, June 5
HAPPY birthday, Steve Crowther, artistic director of the York Late Music Concert Series. To mark the occasion, Ian Pace will give a piano recital at the Unitarian Chapel, in St Saviourgate, tomorrow at 7.30pm, when he will play two pieces written for
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Wayne Westmoreland tops round 11 of Bob-Co Spring Angling Series
ANGLER Wayne Westmoreland topped the weights in round 11 of the Bob-Co Spring Series. A field of 37 tackled a very windy Carpvale complex and it was the quieter pegs on the Cyprio and Match pools that produced some excellent weights. Westmoreland led
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Recalls for Guys And Dolls, Grand Opera House, York June 12
DIRECTOR Louise Denison will hold recalls for Guys And Dolls, this summer’s Stage Experience show, at the Grand Opera House, York on June 12 at 5pm. “We’re hoping for more talented boy singers and dancers aged 15 to 21 to come forward,” says
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Les Richards nears personal best in Inter Counties athletics event
THROWING ace Les Richards was close to his personal best when he took part in the CAU Inter Counties meeting in Bedford. The in-form City of York Athletics Club international threw 55.25 metres, his second best ever effort, in the discus before hurling
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Damien Jurado to play a House Concert, September 28
RECLUSIVE Seattle singer-songwriter Damien Jurado will play a House Concert in York on September 28, much to the delight of organiser Tony Fothergill. “He has a huge cult following but rarely plays in the UK,” says Tony. “We’ve been after him for years
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Dirty Frank charity gig, City Screen, York, July 17
YORK musician and physiotherapist Jonny Trumble is organising a charity concert at City Screen, York, on July 17 to raise awareness of the Prostate Cancer Charity. Jonny’s band Dirty Frank and guest musicians Mark Wynn and Lizzie Sykes will perform in
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Chance to see boxer Harry Matthews in action
THEY call him the Pocklington Rocket, now there is a chance to see boxer Harry Matthews in full flow as he gets into gear for his next fight. The middleweight is opening the doors of his training camp on Saturday at the Layerthorpe gym at York Amateur
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Steady start for Simon Dyson in Wales Open
YORK golfer Simon Dyson carded a level par first round of 71 in the Wales Open. The 32-year-old was tied for 40th place in the European Tour event at Celtic Manor, the venue for October’s Ryder Cup. Having dropped a shot at the par four first hole
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Late-night screening for Peter Jackson horror film Braindead at City Screen, York, 5 June
Peter Jackson’s Braindead (18) is the second film to be selected for the new late-night horror showcase run by the website Still Raising Hell in tandem with City Screen, York. Looking forward to tomorrow’s 11.15pm screening at City Screen, marketing
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Owners of The Flaxby Country Resort target European Tour event
EUROPEAN Tour golf may soon be on its way back to North Yorkshire with The Flaxby Country Resort reportedly in line to host a re-established British Masters. Sources close to the course, near Knaresborough, say The Flaxby has been offered the event,
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Fast five furlongs at Epsom is tailor made for Tim Easterby's runner Captain Dunne
Captain Dunne can clinch tomorrow’s speed test at Epsom for Tim Easterby – after just missing out in the same race last year. The £75,000 Investec Entrepreneurial Class ‘Dash’ Handicap over the fastest five furlongs in the country is the target for the
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Popular trainer Henry Cecil tipped to land Derby at Epsom
Henry Cecil can spoil Aidan O’Brien’s party by winning tomorrow’s Investec Derby at Epsom with Bullet Train. While O’Brien will be doubly represented by Jan Vermeer, the favourite, and Midas Touch, Bullet Train is fancied to prove at least their equal
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Steve Carroll meets Ann Duffield from Constable Burton’s Sun Hill Farm
MARK TWAIN said there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. He could have been talking about Ann Duffield’s Flat season. A look at the bare form isn’t the most encouraging – two wins from 48 runners and £8,862 in total prize money for 2010. That’s compared
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Row over £90,000 cost of council consultations
YORK’S civic leaders have been accused of wasting tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on half-a-million “pointless” consultation documents. New figures have revealed City of York Council spent £90,000 on a series of 11 questionnaires
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Police appeal for patient to ‘get in contact’
POLICE are appealing for help to locate a patient who has gone missing from York Hospital. Derek Hatfield, 66, who is from Staffordshire but was living temporarily in the York area, was last seen by nursing staff leaving the south entrance of the hospital
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Fears for missing York postal worker
A POSTAL worker from York has gone missing, prompting an urgent police appeal. Steven Gaffney, 39, was last seen by his friends at the Tiger pub, in Haxby, at about 2.30pm on Monday. The last time he made contact with anyone was in the early hours of
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Upper Poppleton music event sparks traffic fears
ANGRY residents of a narrow village lane fear a music festival planned on their doorsteps could cause serious traffic problems. The first Summerfield family music festival will take place from June 18 to 20, at Summerfield Nursery, on Burlands Lane
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Campers evacuated as North York Moors fires rage
TEAMS of firefighters were working through the night to tackle two massive moors fires. About 200 people were evacuated from a campsite as a result of one of the blazes. The first fire, at the Eller Beck Bridge, Goathland, close to the
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Sun seekers enjoy the hot weather across York and North Yorkshire
Sun seekers have been out and about enjoying the heatwave as temperatures rose across York and North Yorkshire. Forecasters predicted today would be even hotter than yesterday – reaching 23 degrees and staying the same tomorrow. It was more like a
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Watchdog ends inquiry into North Yorkshire police chief’s laptop
AN investigation into inappropriate material found on the work laptop of North Yorkshire’s deputy chief constable has been downgraded. DCC Adam Briggs was investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) after inappropriate, but not
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Bus lanes and cycle tracks on Fulford Road
AS A regular user of Fulford Road and its many junctions, both on cycle and driving various motor vehicles, it is hard to believe the traffic planners could make such a mess of trying to improve a highway that was not broken in the first place. This
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York city centre uncared for and scruffy
MY wife and I have just visited York, as we have done annually for years. It is a fine place, packed with historical interest. But last month we visited – and were deeply impressed by – Rouen in Normandy, and looked at York this time as a foreign
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York to host top cancer conference
A MAJOR international health conference is coming to York next week. More than 50 of the top prostate cancer research scientists and clinicians from across the globe will attend a three-day conference at the Royal York Hotel on Wednesday, Thursday
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Solidarity over Gaza
IT WAS heartening to see so many people in St Sampson’s Square on Monday protesting about the Israeli government’s attack on an unarmed aid flotilla in international waters. It now seems at least 19 people were killed in this terrifying, illegal
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Market Weighton road to be closed
AN EAST Yorkshire road is expected to be closed for three weeks to allow repair work on culverts to be carried out. The closure will be put in place to stop cars travelling along part of The Archway in Market Weighton from Monday, June 14.
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Put your name to online comments
IT IS with bemusement and amusement that I note the harshness of social comments in the online version of The Press. Up they pop, materialising from pixels like ghosts in the machine whenever anyone dares to offer egalitarian solutions to unemployment
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York parents to have say on city’s childcare system
PARENTS across York are being urged to have their say on the state of the city’s childcare system this summer. City of York Council will be carrying out its second Childcare Sufficiency Assessment during this month, July and August, with parents
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Change at York library
ON reading CS Jeffries’ letter (The Press, May 31), I felt I should also say I too have visited the library since it opened, and I am impressed with what has been done. Yes, there are teething problems and we should accept there will always be some
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Malton & Norton Musical Theatre production of Oliver! to showcase newcomers
Malton & Norton Musical Theatre are putting newcomers to the fore in Oliver!, in keeping with the society’s history of launching talented youngsters on the path to a professional stage career. Many of the young performers in this month’s
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Parliaments debate
When I decided to vote at the recent Parliamentary elections, it was in the hope (well one must hope) we might see the establishment of democracy at last. I define a democracy as a nation having a constitution approved by the majority of people. Is
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Memories of the Home Front in York
I AM researching the management of the Home Front in York during the Second World War for my MA thesis. For part of this, I would very much like to interview people who worked for York Council or at the railway during the years 1939-1945, or who owned
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John Craig Innes, Grand Opera House, York, October 3
John Craig Innes, The People’s Tenor from Scotland, is to play the Grand Opera House, York, on October 3. His powerful and emotive voice has made him a favourite performer at major sporting events where he has sung with Katherine Jenkins before crowds
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Labour’s principles
COUNCILLOR David Scott writes about the Labour Party and principles (Letters, June 1). Would one of those principals be taking the country into an illegal war and lying about it before, during and after, including to all the so-called inquiries?
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First-hand friends
WITH reference to the splendid feature headlined “A bird’s eye view” from Bempton Cliffs, near Bridlington (The Press, May 27), there is nothing more rewarding than experiencing nature first-hand, especially the feathered variety, who return year in
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Delivery van becomes stuck in hole near Clifford’s Tower
TOURISTS gathered to watch when a delivery van got stuck in a hole that opened up in the road outside a York hotel. Half the vehicle’s right-hand front tyre became submerged when the asphalt gave way while it was pulling out from the roadside
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Eco shopping and recycled fashion
I had a revelation recently, and it came as quite a shock to someone who thought herself a girl-about-town. It occurred as I dodged hordes of inebriated race-goers on my way into town on Saturday evening a couple of weekends ago. Being (a) entirely
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Police appeal to victim of Ouse Bridge attack
POLICE are appealing for the victim of a late-night assault to come forward. At around 2.20am on Tuesday a young man was walking home over Ouse Bridge in the direction of Micklegate. He was approached by three men, one of whom punched him to the ground
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Council set to spend £620k on creating healthy lifestyle posts
MORE than £620,000 of York taxpayers’ money is to be spent by the city’s cash-strapped council on setting up a string of healthy lifestyle roles. The move will include creating a post with responsibility for sports participation and an active living
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York robberies ‘did not take place’
POLICE have said that two alleged robberies in York did not in fact happen. The first alleged incident was reported to police as having happened at 9.30pm on Friday, May 28, on the cycle track between the bridge of Haxby Road and Ashville Street. The
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Photojournalist David O’Neill exhibits at Grays Court, York
THERE are some photographs a photographer never forgets taking, however long ago it was. “You feel them in your heart,” says David O’Neill. One such picture, for the former Mail on Sunday chief photographer, was the shot he took of George Adamson, the
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Blaze tragedy of disabled smoker
A BEDRIDDEN woman died when her cigarette sparked a fire that ripped through her York home, an inquest heard. The husband of 61-year-old Linda Winzar said he would regret his decision to let his wife smoke unsupervised for the rest of his life. Mrs
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Selby District Council cuts warning
HARSH decisions are going to have to be made about services in the district over the coming months and years, Selby council has warned. With potential financial cuts being touted of anything from 20 to 40 per cent, councillors are warning some services
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David Fisher nominated for Public Sector Hero award
AN ESTATE worker in York who takes real pride in his job has been nominated for a community accolade. David Fisher, who is employed by City of York Council, has been put forward in the Public Sector Hero category of our Community Pride Awards
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18 years of Simon Thackray's The Shed music venue
TOMORROW is The Shed’s 18th birthday party, an occasion to be marked by the Snake Davis Band’s night of hot sax action and the inimitable hospitality of Simon Thackray at a sold-out Hovingham Village Hall at 8pm. Charles Hutchinson has a
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CrimeFighters to have premiere in Edinburgh
THE first feature film to be shot entirely in York will receive its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this month. Made on a shoestring budget of only £7,000 by York writer-director Miles Watts, with financial support
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Pocklington mother wants sex text pervert jailed
THE mother of a Pocklington teenager who was sent a stream of obscene text messages by a 59-year-old man has called for him to be jailed. The woman told The Press: “As far as I am concerned, they should throw the book at him. He should be locked up and
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Students quizzed over missing teen Russell Bohling
STAFF and students of Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, are being interviewed by police investigating the disappearance of a teenager. Russell Bohling, from West Ella near Hull, was last seen on March 2 when he left home for the college where
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New tanks delivered to award-winning brewery to help keep up with demand
A YORK brewery has more than doubled production to keep up with demand for its award-winning beer. Rudgate Brewery, in Tockwith, has been enjoying bumper sales since August 2009, when its Ruby Mild was named the Champion Beer of Britain. It was the
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Minster funeral for York conservation champion John Shannon
TRIBUTES have poured in for York conservation champion John Shannon, as it emerged his funeral will be held at York Minster. Dr Shannon CBE, who was chairman of York Civic Trust for 38 years and died earlier this week aged 92, has been described as a
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English Heritage backs new council headquarters plans
AN INFLUENTIAL conservation group whose objections helped scupper the original scheme to create York’s new council headquarters has backed revamped plans for the project. English Heritage’s criticism of the design of City of York Council’s
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York residents to be quizzed over CO2 emissions
EVERY resident in York is to be asked to play their part in helping the city meet tough climate change targets. City of York Council is set to canvass residents over proposals for a blueprint to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the city by 40 per
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New bid for 20mph limit for Sovereign Park
TWO ward councillors will try to overturn a decision by the city council’s transport leader not to introduce a 20mph speed limit. A petition to bring in the safety measure for Sovereign Park, off Boroughbridge Road, got the support of 223 out of 257
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Campaign to curb drinking louts to be launched
A NEW campaign aimed at cracking down on revellers during the summer months will be launched in York tonight. The Safer York Partnership says as the warmer weather arrives and people spend more time outdoors in the city, agencies will be working together
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New lock-keepers trained as narrow boat passes through Castle Mill Lock
TRAINEE lock-keepers have been honing their skills on the River Foss. Volunteers opened Castle Mill Lock for the Ynot narrow boat, owned by Tony Fenton, to pass by. They are members of the Inland Waterways Association’s North Riding Branch, which
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Former customers and friends Linzis gather to toast Les Simpson
NEARLY 200 former customers and friends of Les Simpson, the proprietor of Linzis, the former Selby coffee bar, attended a reunion at Selby Working Men’s Club. The event coincided with Les’s 80th birthday and among the guests were three members
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Half Moon pub in Strensall shuts down
A VILLAGE pub near York has shut down suddenly – and signs on the doors and windows say it will remain closed “until further notice”. The Half Moon, in Strensall, run by Heather Wright and her husband, Paul, was open for business as normal last weekend
