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Council approves stadium funding
PLANS to build a new sports stadium for York's football and rugby clubs have moved one step closer to reality. A full City of York Council meeting tonight approved a further £198,000 of funding towards the project, with support from 33 out
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York soldier's body flown home
HUNDREDS of mourners paid silent tribute to a York servicemen killed in Afghanistan as his body was repatriated back to the UK today. The body of Royal Marine David Hart, of 40 Commando, arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire earlier today where a private
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Vehicle on fire on the A64
FIREFIGHTERS from York have been called to a vehicle fire on the A64. The vehicle is located on the westbound carriageway of the ring road between Fulford and Bishopthorpe. Drivers are advised to avoid that section of the road, as heavy
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Malton fuel merchant sold as CEO retires
JOHNSON Fuel Supplies, the Malton-based coal merchant, has been bought by a one of the UK’s largest coal merchant and smokeless fuel manufacturers as its chief executive retires. Howard Johnson, chief executive of Johnson Fuel Supplies,
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Pensioners receive online training
PENSIONERS at a York church are learning how to tweet and sell things over the internet. Ed Cooke, the IT expert for Trinity Methodist Church and Clifton Moor Church, already tweets to raise awareness of the churches’ events and has his own blog. After
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Rail technicians raise money to help runaway children
Rail technicians from York are swapping trains for bikes to help raise money for runaway children. John Gilbody, Ray Toulson and five of their colleagues, who work at Siemens Mobility Leeman Road depot, have set themselves a challenge to cycle the Transpenine
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Marriage theme to Early Music Festival
YORK’S annual Early Music Festival is in full swing, with a packed programme of concerts continuing until Saturday. A theme of marriages is running through the 30 or so events that make up this year’s festival, which was launched last Friday with a reception
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Fishing tournament in aid of sports wheelchair
A FISHING tournament has raised money to buy a sports wheelchair for pupils of Easingwold School. The Fish 4 Wheels event, organised by Steve North and Graham Newbold, took place at Raker Lakes, Elvington. The presentation took place at the Cueball
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Charity golfers club together for York cancer charity
GOLFERS raised more than £7,000 when they teed off at a fundraising event for a York cancer charity. York Golf Club played host to 21 teams at the annual golfing challenge laid down by York Against Cancer. This year, for the first time, competitors
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Pennine trek success raises funds for children’s medical equipment
OFFICE workers from a York business have completed a 50-mile trek across the Pennines in 24-hours to raise funds for charity. Eight members of software licensing company Trustmarque Solutions entered as two teams of four in the endurance trek called
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Lack of rain hitting farm food supplies
DAIRY farmers could face feed shortages over the winter after a lack of rain forced them to use supplies earlier than usual, writes Rebecca Pocklington. Mansel Raymond, NFU dairy board chairman, said: “Forage stocks are starting to run seriously low
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Making the most of food waste
THE LOVE Food Hate Waste campaign is searching for households from Yorkshire to take part in its Food Lover challenge. The challenge, which will run from October 4 to November 28, aims to urge households to save money, make the most of their food and
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Witness appeal following robbery on York cycle path
TWO offenders threatened a man with a stick before robbing him in broad daylight as he walked along a York cycle track. Police said the men hid in bushes along the cycle path behind Tang Hall Lane and stopped the 33-year-old victim as he walked past
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ChrisThompson primed to be bold debutant on World Darts Championship stage
CHRIS Thompson is bang on course to qualify for the PDC’s prestigious World Darts Championship after his Las Vegas heroics. Acomb arrows ace Thompson defeated 15-time world champion Phil Taylor in the desert and now occupies the fifth of 16 qualifying
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Sharon Cain, Quest PR
Ex-broadcaster Sharon Cain seems effortlessly to attract awards. The accolades keep pouring in, not just for her six-person Harrogate firm, Quest PR, but also personally. Hers is the only UK company to have won the Chartered Institute of Public Relations
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Lettings: stylish homes to rent in York
The very pleasant people at Red Move lettings were in touch this week blowing the trumpet for “something a bit special” in the shape of a super period home in Union Terrace, York. “This is a really nice home in a great position,” they told us. Well
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Sarah Wells, Elizabeth Wells
SARAH Wells set up lingerie boutique Elizabeth Wells in a shop in York’s Shambles after a sledging accident changed her life. In 2005, she broke her back in three places and had to wear a back brace for six months. Now, completely healed, Sarah, said
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Dom Smith, spheremag
JOURNALISTS are usually the ones reporting on the exploits of entrepreneurs. Journalist Dom Smith, however, is hoping to be crowned Young Entrepreneur Of The Year at The Press Business Awards 2010. Dom set up music magazine spheremag in 2009, after
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Best Western Monk Bar Hotel, York
BEST Western Monk Bar Hotel, York, hopes to climax its 20th birthday celebrations with a victory in The Press Business Awards that could turn other hotels in the region green with envy. The 99-bedroom, 74 employee hotel in St Maurice’s Road is not only
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Swinton Park
IT'S a luxury castle set in 200 acres of parkland in the Yorkshire Dales – and with four AA Red Stars and Three Rosettes, Swinton Park in Ripon is one of the highest rated hotels in the north of England. Now Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, the managing director
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The Royal York Hotel and Events Centre
SUCCESS in grooming efficient staff means The Royal York Hotel and Events Centre has for years been ahead of the game when it comes to customer service. The 167-bedroomed hotel has reaped the rewards, not least winning the Progress Through People title
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The Grange Hotel
FOR two years running The Grange Hotel in Clifton, York, has been a finalist in the Tourism And Hospitality Business Of The Year in The Press Business Awards. So could this be the year when the 36-bedroom finally wins the category? It got a fine head
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Property focus: cool and trendy modern family homes in York
This week I’ve decided to come over all young and trendy. Well, not me, you understand (it’s a long time since we’ve been either of those, if ever). No, young and trendy refers to the properties we’ve picked out for your viewing pleasure. They are
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University of York degree graduation ceremonies - Day 2
THOUSANDS of students will receive degrees from University of York this week, including the designer of a mobile phone application which helps office workers watch their weight. Electronics student Luke Scott-Berry, 22, will be graduating with an MEng
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Simon Dyson hoping for St Andrews venue inspiration in Open Championship
ST ANDREWS’ hallowed course – and Europe’s increasing primacy in world golf – will provide a double lift for York-born Simon Dyson. The 32-year-old, who was out today as the tenth man to start the 139th Open Championship at the feted Scottish venue,
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Knights prodigy Tom Lineham looks to the future
TEENAGE prodigy Tom Lineham has revealed he was “never going to go anywhere else” after he ended rumours about his future by signing a new York City Knights deal. As revealed by The Press last week, the 18-year-old flier has agreed to stay at Huntington
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Ian Holmes century helps Bishopthorpe to York Vale Cricket League win
Bishopthorpe captain Ian Holmes scored his maiden HPH York Vale League century in the division one victory against Heworth. Batting at number three, he hit an undefeated 112, putting on an unbroken partnership of 148 with Scott Reeves (40 not
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Headingley appeal for Test Match backing
Stewart Regan hopes next week’s match between Pakistan and Australia will not be the last neutral Test staged at Headingley. The Yorkshire chief executive wants the county’s strong Asian community to vote with their feet to ensure the club has the backing
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Yorkshire lose to Warwickshire in Twenty20 clash
In the build up to Yorkshire’s Friends Provident Twenty20 clash with Warwickshire, captain Andrew Gale stated his side “need to win their last three games” to qualify from the North Division. However, his team fell at the first hurdle in Birmingham
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Pocklington Minstermen to raffle York City shirt
POCKLINGTON Minstermen are raffling off a framed Neil Barrett home shirt. Strips of five tickets are available for £1 and will be sold in the Pitchside Bar, formerly the Social Club, at Saturday’s first pre-season game against Hull City. The draw
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Nestlé Ladies Hockey club seeking new players
Nestlé Ladies Hockey club are looking to recruit new players for the 2010/11 season. Pre season training starts on Monday, July 19, at 7.30 pm at Oaklands Sports Centre, Cornlands Road, York, YO24 3DX. Fixtures start in September and are played on
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Three York RI bowling teams advance to national championships
York RI Amateurs Bowling Club are revelling in three of their teams advancing to the national championships in Worthing from August 14 to 28. In the fours, Mike Bruce and team-mates Stuart Smith, Russ Barton and Paul Humphreys qualified for the third
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Scott Burrell aiming for fifth junior singles crown in York Open Bowls Tournament
SCOTT Burrell will target a high five in the 43rd York Open Bowls Tournament which rolls from July 26 to July 31. Burrell’s aim will be on a fifth junior singles crown after dropping out last year because of other commitments in the men’s pairs and mixed
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Bring our soldiers home from Afghanistan
How tragically prescient the letter, “End the misery of Afghanistan”, from Maurice Vassie was in “The Press” to-day as it coincided with the news of three more fine young men being killed in Afghanistan. Horrifically, these young soldiers were murdered
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Gallant Holgate battle RI to end in York Amateur Bowling Association Williamson Cup
Holgate WMC seized on home green advantage to push division one champions RI Amateurs to a close finish in the York Amateur Bowling Association Williamson Cup. After 15 ends they led by eight shots before the RI revival was led by Eric Haughton’s rink
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Death of former Yorkshire bowls champion Tom Delaney
CELEBRATED former England and Yorkshire bowls player Tom Delaney has died at the age of 86. The Scarcroft Bowls Club member won the Yorkshire singles outdoor title in 1981, crowning his most successful year on the greens. The county title earned him
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Ollie Pears trained Ishetoo fancied to return to winners’ enclosure at Pontefract races
Ishetoo, who gave notice he was returning to top form in last month’s Gosforth Park Cup, can fulfill that promise in Pontefract’s feature race tomorrow night. The £15,000 Simply Red Handicap is the target for the six-year-old, who won a major handicap
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Vikki, 23, becomes a mum after liver transplant
A WOMAN from York who was told she could never have children has told the incredible story of how she became a mum – thanks to a liver donated by a teenage car crash victim. Vikki Medlicott had only days to live when she was saved by 17-year-old
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Concern for society
I AM writing with reference to a reader’s letter dated July 5 regarding social cutbacks. Having a conscience, I feel extremely worried also about this country’s situation at the moment. Many of our forefathers worked hard to achieve a great welfare
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Free school for Holgate
WITH regard to the item Progress on free schools (The Press, July 7) it really makes my blood boil (as did previous articles about this) that a bunch of Holgate professional men have decided that neither York High School nor Millthorpe School (both close
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Eco-community site suffers cash blow
THE dream of an eco-community on the site of York’s former British Sugar factory has suffered a cash blow in the wake of Government cutbacks, a Labour councillor has revealed. The York North West site, off Boroughbridge Road, site is intended to be a
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School segregation
In the last month we have seen increasing ineptitude from the new coalition Government – it has got education data wrong and is also forcing segregation and academic selection on the poor. There are two schools in York, Archbishop Holgate and Manor
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Tales of direct sales
NOW enjoying the fruits of retirement, I have time to look back on my working years. Once, when at a low ebb, I joined the direct-selling “commission only” brigade. A canvasser would call, then the salesmen follow up. Thankfully, this practice is
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Spotlight on level crossing dangers
DANGERS of level crossings were driven home during a day-long safety campaign at Poppleton. Officers from the British Transport Police spent two days at the level crossing in Millfield Lane talking to people about the danger of using the crossing incorrectly
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The Carrivick Sisters, Black Swan Folk Club, York, July 15
The Carrivick Sisters, 20-year-old twins Charlotte and Laura from Devon, will make their Black Swan Folk Club debut in York tonight. Last winter they were finalists in the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards and this year they will be appearing at no
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Selby District Council aims to save £3m
SELBY District Council aims to save £3 million over the next five years. The efficiency drive – which will not result in redundancies – is part of a long-term programme to make better use of resources given that Government funding is expected to be cut
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Sandi Thom exhibition, Nunnington Hall, near Helmsley, until July 31
SANDI Thom may once have wished to be a punk rocker, in the words of her number one hit, but she never envisaged a new career path as a photographer. Then came the invitation from Nunnington Hall, the National Trust country house that has already given
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Funeral of fallen soldier Ashley Smith
THE funeral of heroic York soldier Ashley David Smith will be held this afternoon at the Minster. Trooper Smith, 21, of Acomb, was killed by an explosion last month in Afghanistan’s Helmand province as he tried to protect his comrades. He has been
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A1079 Hull Road gas repair work is postponed
PLANS to carry out gas repairs on a main road into York have been postponed until later this summer. The repairs were due to take place on the A1079 Hull Road later this month, and would have installed temporary traffic lights only yards from ongoing
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Church service for ex-librarian Maurice Smith
FRIENDS and colleagues of a former Spitfire pilot and senior librarian who has died will have a chance to remember him at a special church service in York tomorrow. The Press reported earlier this week how York-born Maurice Smith, formerly of Osbaldwick
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Beryl Cox receives MBE at Buckingham Palace
AN ADMINISTRATOR from York has returned from Buckingham Palace where she collected her MBE from Princess Anne. Beryl Cox, from Skelton, received the honour in recognition of her services to the administration of justice over the past 24 years. The 64
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Burglars ransack Selby flat
TWO burglars ransacked a man’s home then spent several weeks living there causing thousands of pounds of damage. The break-in was discovered just before lunchtime on Sunday when the owner of the apartment in the Nautica development in Ousegate, Selby
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88 cannabis plants seized in house raid
DOZENS of cannabis plants were discovered when police raided a house in Cliffe. The 88 plants were in various stages of development when they were seized, with some being grown inside the property in Station Lane. The majority were housed in sheds
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OAP had sex with girl, 15
A PENSIONER had sex with a missing schoolgirl before police tracked her down to his flat, York Crown Court heard. The 15-year-old girl’s sister called in officers on August 15 to help locate the child, who has emotional problems, said Adrian Strong,
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York firm wins DWP contract
YORK-based recruitment agency Renovo has become an official contracted supplier to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The firm will support the DWP’s Response to Redundancy initiative and has already assisted more than 8,500 job seekers in England
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Wrong division
EVER get fed up of hearing about the north-south divide? Well perhaps you should take a closer look, because what emerges is a very different picture. According to the Nationwide Building Society, the average house price in England is £170,111, while
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Revamped Sainsbury’s supermarket at Monks Cross reopens
THE newly revamped Sainsbury’s supermarket at Monks Cross opened its doors to its first customers yesterday. The new-look store was opened by Anne Stamp from the disabled children’s charity SNAPPY, and the supermarket’s oldest employee, 86-
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Call to penalise First bus company
A LEADING York councillor has claimed bus operator First should be penalised for rising ticket prices, poor punctuality and the withdrawal of services. Coun James Alexander, leader of the Labour group on City of York Council, has demanded the
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Man in court for taking items out of rubbish skip
A JOBLESS man was arrested and charged after he took two old bicycle frames out of a rubbish skip. Kevin Gilligan, 48, thought they had been thrown away and did not belong to anyone, said his solicitor Sally Howard. But items in a skip belong either
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Move to tackle obesity in East Yorkshire
DOCTORS across the East Riding are being asked to refer obese patients to a new weight management service rather than invasive surgery. NHS East Riding of Yorkshire has launched a trial programme this month which will see overweight people offered one-on-one
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Police fail to find drug dealers’ £137k profits
A PAIR of heroin dealers netted themselves nearly £140,000, but the taxpayer will only get £3,100 of it, York Crown Court heard. Alfred Philip Dear, 37, and Thomas Lee Tunney, 28, had heroin worth between £12,000 and £14,000 on them when detectives caught
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NHS reforms are attacked by Labour councillors in York
SWEEPING Government plans to reform healthcare funding in the UK has prompted Labour councillors in York to table an emergency motion against the changes. This week’s full meeting of City of York Council will see members of the Labour group oppose what
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Offenders clean up cigarette ends from York’s streets
OFFENDERS in York helped clear thousands of cigarette butts from the city’s streets as part of a scheme to help convicted criminals give something back to the community. The day of action saw offenders, who have been handed community punishment sentences
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Clifton Park Hospital extension action group launched
RESIDENTS have formed an action group to fight plans for a £10 million extension to Clifton Park Hospital on York’s outskirts. People living near the proposed building – aimed at plugging a hole in mental health care for women patients – claim it would
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Packed programme of events at Dunnington fayre
A TRADITIONAL village fayre, which has been reinvigorated by local residents, has lined up an action-packed few days of events. A group of volunteers brought the Dunnington Playing Fields Fayre back to its former glory four years ago, after 15 years
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Reel Cinema hopes to transform alleyway
YORK’S Reel Cinema is hoping to transform an alleyway into a sweetshop. Kailash Suri, owner of the former Odeon picture house, has submitted plans to City of York Council to allow a retail unit to be built in the alley which runs alongside the cinema
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York Disabled Workers Co-operative receive donations and orders
GLASTONBURY organiser Michael Eavis is believed to be one of the first customers of a new business set up and run by disabled people in York. The York Disabled Workers Co-operative, created by former Remploy workers and the GMB union, has this week moved
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East Coast rail firm poor for punctuality
YORK’S flagship train company, East Coast, has again suffered the poorest punctuality record, according to figures from Network Rail. The nationalised business achieved a trains-on-time figure of only 87.7 per cent in June – the only company to fail
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Great Yorkshire Show - ‘A fabulous spectacle’
Britain’s premier showcase for countryside pursuits is in full swing. MATT CLARK reports from the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate. NO royal presence at the Great Yorkshire Show yesterday and while the heavens finally opened overnight, nothing
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Jobless total falls in York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire
Updated: JOBLESS levels in York and North and East Yorkshire have fallen by more than a thousand in a month, official figures have revealed. The number of people claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA) in York dropped between May and June by
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Aerial inspection of electricity cables west of York
Electricity engineers are to fly over the west of York between Monday and July 30 to inspect the condition of the area’s electricity network after a winter of gales and blizzards. They will be taking high-resolution digital pictures of about four metal