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Harrogate Fringe Festival
GRAHAM Chalmers did not shrink from the challenge of mounting the first-ever Fringe as part of the 2010 Harrogate International Festival. “I was asked by Sharon Canavar, the chief executive, to put together a Fringe with no pay, no staff and no budget
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Yorkshire set 200 to win against Warwickshire
TEA UPDATE: Yorkshire are chasing a target of 200 to win from a minimum of 37 overs against Warwickshire at Headingley. An eighth wicket partnership of 75 between unbeaten centurion Rikki Clarke and Imran Tahir, who hit a crucial 41 for his
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Lab monkeys in “great escape”
Scientists at the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University were shocked when 15 Japanese monkeys used tree branches to catapult themselves over the 17ft electric fence enclosing their forest home. However, despite this feat of intelligence
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Yorkshire on course for victory over Warwickshire
LUNCH UPDATE: Yorkshire are still on course for a County Championship victory after taking three wickets in the morning session of day four. Warwickshire have advanced their second innings score to 270-6 from 100 overs at lunch, and they lead by 98
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City new boy George Purcell sets his sights high
HOT shot George Purcell has one aim for his York City career – goals. Having signed for the Minstermen on a two-year deal, for an undisclosed fee, the 22-year-old has targeted a striking spree in the Blue Square Bet Premier. League and
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Winger Tom Lineham’s tipped for top by York chief Dave Woods
HEAD coach Dave Woods reckons Tom Lineham has all the ingredients to be a 30-tries-a- season man for York City Knights – and ultimately make it to the top echelons of rugby league. The Press can reveal the teenage flier, pictured, is to stay at Huntington
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Leaders win key shoot-out with top flight title rivals Cop
LEADERS Hemingbrough shared more than 400 runs with title rivals Copmanthorpe in their HPH York Vale Cricket League division one victory. Copmanthorpe made steady progress after a poor start, with Darren Hughes (57) the mainstay. Peter Northfield hit
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Tykes denied a three-day win
A composed half-century from Rikki Clarke held up Yorkshire’s pursuit of a crucial LV= County Championship victory at Headingley. Another impressive display from leg-spinner Adil Rashid ensured the hosts will be the happier of the two sides after three
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Haxby Road and Dunnington ‘A’ into extra time in cup clash
An extra end was required to decide the York Amateur Bowling Association Williamson Cup tie between Haxby Road and Dunnington ‘A’. After 21 ends the score was 73 each and all four rinks played the additional end with Haxby Road winning by six shots.
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Champions show
INTERNATIONAL bowlers are heading for the city as York RI host the Bowls England Champion of Champions Singles regional finals on Sunday. The event has attracted England aces Mark Dawes and Amy Monkhouse, who is the reigning Women’s Champion of Champions
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Tour de Force
Alessandro Petacchi won the fourth road stage of the Tour de France into Reims. Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese) won his second stage of the 2010 Tour, the 153.5-kilometre leg from Cambrai to Reims. The overall standings were unchanged with Fabian Cancellara
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Dyson’s ticket to Ryder in balance
SIMON Dyson’s dreams of making the Ryder Cup squad rest on the York-born golfer lighting up the course over the next few weeks. After failing to make the cut at the French Open in Paris last weekend, the 32-year-old dropped out of the automatic places
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myroo skincare
BEAUTY – and profits – are skin deep. Rachael Dunseath, of Harrogate, has been proving the point as people clamour for her own myroo skincare brand. It all began when her husband, Philip, was made redundant early last year and she began experimenting
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Up and coming sprinter set to rule on Knavesmire
GILT EDGE GIRL, winner of her last two starts, looks a sprinter on the up and at York tomorrow she can complete a notable hat-trick in the feature race on the card. The £65,000 Cuisine De France Summer Stakes, a Group 3 event, is the target for Clive
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Miles Templeman calls for public sector action
ONE of Britain’s top bosses is convinced public sector cuts will not put the economic and other advantages of York and North Yorkshire at risk. Miles Templeman, director general of the Institute of Directors (IoD) told The Press in an exclusive interview
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Steely outlook for railway track firm
FIFTH generation steelman George Thompson has appointed business director for Sersa (UK) Ltd, at the York branch of the Swiss group. Mr Thompson, 53, who for 26 years worked for steelmaker Corus as commercial sales director for railway tracks throughout
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Players will follow the footsteps of luminaries
THESE pupils from Lord Deramore’s School are about to follow in some famous footsteps on Sunday as they take part in Moses and Pharaoh, part of the 2010 cycle of Mystery Plays in the Treasurer’s House gardens. Luminaries such as Robson Green and Christopher
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Images with depth
Matt Durrant is in the middle of a love-hate affair with photography. Bored of digital, but intrigued by analogue, his art practice now consists of “neurotic creative investigations conducted into the elusive ether of snapshot photography”.
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Service... with a snag or two
This accursed recession shows no sign of abating. Weak, almost nonexistent growth during the first quarter looks set to be followed by an equally gloomy prognosis when the next figures are published on Monday. The markets are in turmoil once
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Where will fans park their cars?
I think I should point out that the proposal to site the York City stadium at Monks Cross raises one major question: where are the spectators going to park? This area, with three supermarkets as well as a large shopping complex, is very crowded, on
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Not real reform
THE Deputy Prime Minister has made a big thing of the alternative voting system, and that the coalition Government will hold a referendum on electoral reform sometime in 2011. Personally, I could not care less. AVS is not what the Lib Dems
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Pressure point
IF we had to listen to things that so called health experts told us – sup 250ml of beetroot juice, per day to lower our blood pressure being the latest one – we would be walking about looking like tomatoes, and our socks rotting on our feet. Ken
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Why school loves the great outdoors
A WOODLAND area at a York primary school that offers children endless opportunities for learning in the outdoors has been nominated for an award. Youngsters at Carr Infants School, in Acomb, have spent many happy hours over the past two years helping
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Double dip fears
The national debt is the amount our Government owes to buyers of a sort of IOU called gilts. It is about 60 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). The national debt as a percentage of GDP fell to 29 per cent by 2002. Then went up to 37 per cent
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Sadistic cravings
I HAVE just read Christine Keller’s letter on fox hunting (June 29), saying that “foxes are not hunted for fun”. I have been on fox hunts as a saboteur, and for her to say a fox being hunted in other ways can result in them being injured is absolutely
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Hunting is humane
I AM grateful to D Fillingham (Letters June 29) for putting me right on approximate fox figures for rural and urban foxes. I would also like to say that I am not a strong advocate for the return of fox hunting. I have never hunted, and indeed
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Shining example
On Monday I was fortunate to attend a short screening at the City Screen of a film made by young people in the city. Considering the youth of today often get a bad press in the media, I thought it only right to highlight the great work
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Company has only got itself to blame
I refer to the letter from Mr S Stephenson regarding his “disgust at Elvington Airfield losing its fight over noise”. It needs to be understood that the main impact of some motor sport/testing activities have not been on the residents of Elvington, but
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Learning’s a family affair for Caroline and Lauren Stott of Pocklington
TENSION has dropped a level in one household after a mum and daughter successfully graduated from York College together. Caroline Stott, 51, of Pocklington, said she had found the studying tough, but was spurred on by the commitment of her 20-year-old
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Heritage Lottery Fund grant helps York school children to participate in archaeology
YOUNGSTERS from three York schools have been taking part in an archaeological dig. Pupils from Lord Deramore and Badger Hill primary schools and Archbishop Holgate CE secondary school are spending this week working with experts from the University of
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Maxine Sans of Tadcaster admits £2.4k benefit fraud
A TADCASTER woman has pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming more than £2,400 in council tax benefit and income support. Maxine Sans, 42, of Westfield Terrace, Tadcaster, appeared at Selby Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. She was charged with two offences
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York rail firm Jarvis attacked at inquest into tragedy at Potters Bar
A YORK rail firm sub-contracted to carry out track maintenance put forward a “preposterous” sabotage theory after seven people died when a train hit faulty points and derailed, a lawyer representing victims’ families told an inquest. Jarvis’s suggestion
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Pocklington residents urged to ‘shop’ graffiti yobs
POLICE in an East Yorkshire town are urging residents to shop those responsible for causing graffiti in the area. Daubings have been discovered at several different locations around Pocklington, including The Avenue, Union Street, London Street and Maxwell
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Selby Magistrates’ Court battle taken to the Commons
THE fight to save Selby Magistrates’ Court has reached the House of Commons, where MPs and the Government discussed its future in a special debate. Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams called for the courthouse to stay open because of its specialist facilities
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Castlegate, in York, to close because of sewer maintenance works
CASTLEGATE, in York, will be closed between its junction with Tower Street and 29 Castlegate from today until midnight on Friday night because of sewer maintenance works. Traffic will be diverted through Tower Street, Clifford Street and Castlegate. Sewerage
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Insights of art shows
TWO new exhibitions at York’s Quilt Museum will give insights into the Second World War and Africa. Opening tomorrow, Sewing in Wartime features quilts made by Canadian women who sent them to Britain as war relief. Generally the quilts were made quickly
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Entries now open for second annual Fishergate in Bloom contest
GREEN-FINGERED residents living in a York neighbourhood have the chance to put forward their garden for a floral award. Entries are now open for the second annual Fishergate in Bloom contest, which is organised by Green Party councillors Dave Taylor
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Terror as inflatable collapses on students from Selby College
END-OF-TERM celebrations ended in terror for students at a North Yorkshire college when an inflatable broke loose from its moorings. The 29ft-tall slide was hired by Selby College, but hours into the event the inflatable toppled over and injured three
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Help for rape and sexual assault victims in York from Survive
VICTIMS of rape and sexual assault in York are being given a new support lifeline as one of the city’s charities expands the help it provides. Survive, which currently offers a helpline for people who were sexually abused as children, is now extending
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Greyhound pub in Riccall baring up well
DRINKERS at a North Yorkshire pub threw caution to the wind when they stripped off for a charity calendar. Regulars at the Greyhound pub in Riccall, near Selby, shed their inhibitions to raise money for breast cancer charities and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance
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Praise over action on accident spots on the A1079 at Barmby Moor and Wilberfoss
CAMPAIGNERS have praised councillors and officials for helping to make life safer for pedestrians at two accident hotspots in East Yorkshire. Pressure group Action Access A1079, supported by MP Greg Knight, started campaigning for safety improvements
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York train driver Perry Webb has lost his unfair dismissal case against Transpennine Express
A TRAIN driver from York who claimed his company was “playing Russian roulette” with people’s lives because of recurrent horn failures has lost a case for unfair dismissal. An employment tribunal yesterday threw out Perry Webb’s claim that his sacking
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Students from the York area have designs on future at the Yorkshire Air Museum
Pupils from schools from across the region attended an education challenge at the Yorkshire Air Museum. Students from the York area did particularly well at the “inspirations” event which was based around science, engineering and design. All Saints
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Princess Royal to attend this year’s Great Yorkshire Show
She will be guest of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society at the Harrogate show on Tuesday, and she will meet exhibitors. Also on site will be celebrity chefs Rosemary Shrager and Ainsley Harriott plus the national weather presenter John Kettley. It
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16-year-old from Acomb had taken mephedrone and valium with alcohol before riding a motorcycle
A TEENAGER shut his mother out of their home and vandalised her car after she objected to him and his friends using drugs, York Youth Court heard. Then he rode off on a motorcycle while high on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol and crashed into the back
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Pupils at St Oswald’s Primary School, in Fulford, raise £431for the charity Water Aid
TEACHERS were pelted with wet sponges during a fundraising day for the charity Water Aid. Pupils at St Oswald’s Primary School, in Fulford, raised £431 thanks to initiatives including a temporary tattoo sale and raffle. The youngsters also held a swap
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Support for new football and rugby stadium site in York
THE chairman of York City FC says supporters unhappy at the potential move to an out-of-town stadium will have the chance to “build new memories”. The Minstermen will leave Bootham Crescent, their home of 78 years, if the dream of a purpose-built 6,000
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St Michael-le-Belfrey church to screen World Cup final
CHURCHGOERS will be the winners when the World Cup Final is held on Sunday – they will be able to watch the entire match live on a big screen from their pews. St Michael-le-Belfrey, next to York Minster, will be showing the final between The
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York College student Elin Box awarded Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation Psychology prize
The prize is presented each year in memory of ex-York College student, Caroline Stuttle, who was murdered during her gap year in Australia in 2002. Caroline’s mother, Marjorie Marks-Stuttle, who set up the charity Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation which
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Halifax shuts more branches in York and Ryedale
SEVERAL Halifax agencies in the York and Ryedale area are to close this autumn following a review by the bank. The independent agencies in Heworth, Bishopthorpe, Pickering and Filey, which are operated by third party businesses and offer a range of
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Problems over timings mean Lord Mayor of York is late for parade
A “MISUNDERSTANDING over timings” has been blamed for a gaffe which saw the Lord Mayor of York late for a salute by parading servicemen at the weekend. Troops made their way through the city on Saturday led by the Marching Band of the Royal
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York Theatre Royal may expand using the De Grey Rooms for theatre workshops
PLANS for a historic building in the centre of York to become a hub for the arts are set to be approved. City of York Council planners are expected to give the go-ahead for a scheme to turn the De Grey Rooms into a site for theatre workshops when they
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Drivers warned over closure of A1 in N Yorks
PART of the A1 in North Yorkshire will be closed to traffic in both directions this weekend. The A1 between Dishforth and Leeming will be closed overnight on Friday and Saturday for the removal of scaffolding installed during construction of the new
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Bill Read’s aerial accolade
York-based journalist Bill Read has received two nominations for the Aerospace Journalist Of The Year Awards. The York Opera member has been shortlisted in the propulsion and systems and technology categories. As features editor of Aerospace International
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Controversial junction at Water End, York may be changed
A CONTROVERSIAL York junction could be changed because of the traffic problems it has sparked. Roads experts at City of York Council are to look at whether a left-hand filter lane removed when the Water End cycling scheme was introduced last year might
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City of York Council reject scheme to build three new units at Monks Cross Shopping Park
HOPES of 100 jobs being created have been shattered after plans for a multi-million-pound expansion of one of York’s shopping parks were thrown out. City of York Council’s east area planning committee yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a scheme to build
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Make-York gets "suited and booted" for fundraiser
MAKE-York is getting suited and booted for this year’s York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge on Sunday. The local young professionals’ networking group is dressing up in formal business wear for their first major fundraising event. The group, which was
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More than 400 monuments across North Yorkshire urgently need work to protect them
THREE of York’s conservation areas are under threat of damage and decay as a heritage body warns the historic gems of North Yorkshire could face an “uncertain future”. The 2010 Heritage At Risk report, compiled by English Heritage, says more than 400