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Ryedale Travel sold as managing director retires
RYEDALE Travel, has been sold to Sunderland-based Hays Travel, as managing director Phil Cornelius retires after almost 30 years in the business. The business, which was based in Helmsley, will continue to trade from its branches in Thirsk, Malton, Pickering
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York rail consultancy branch bought by Amey
WYG GROUP has sold its rail consultancy division WYG Engineering, which has a branch in York, to national contractor Amey. Leeds-based WYG Group, formerly White Young Green, restructured last year after being hit by the downturn in the construction market
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Tributes paid to Laura Smith
THE heartbroken parents of a woman believed to have been murdered in North Yorkshire have paid tribute to “an angel”. Laura Smith, 29, died after being found unconscious at a house in Southwold Rise, Eastfield, in Scarborough, on Sunday. The young mum
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Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet
SUN in the sky, mercury nudging up the thermometer, rain and snow a distant bad memory... yes, it’s the cabriolet season. How we Brits love our open-top motoring, more so than almost any other country you care to name. Classics, two-seater sporty jobs
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A birthday to remember for police-mad Elliott Hayden
A YOUNGSTER from York won a special birthday treat from the police. Claire Hayden, the mum of 14-year-old Elliott Hayden, of Badger Hill, won the prize at this year’s Community Idol event in a charity raffle in aid of SNAPPY, Special Needs Activities
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New attack on Allerton quarry incinerator plan
BUILDING a new waste incinerator in North Yorkshire would be an unnecessary burden on taxpayers, a campaigner has claimed. Steve Wright, chairman of North Yorkshire Waste Action Group, said the proposed multi-million plant at Allerton quarry
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Historic churches come to life in 3D
A NEW interactive DVD developed by the University of York has given a glimpse of how iconic churches would have looked hundreds of years ago. The English Parish Church Through The Centuries interactive DVD was launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Stamford Bridge In Bloom committee raises £350
Stamford Bridge In Bloom committee has been raising cash from its annual plant sale. The fundraisers have raised more than £350 this year and the money will go towards the committee’s work around the village. More hanging baskets have been put on display
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Red letters day for best spellers at York schools
High-flying pupils from York primary schools took part in a tense spelling final. The youngsters from Westfield Primary Community School, Hob Moor Junior School and Woodthorpe Primary School got some tricky words – including “claustrophobic” and “arachnophobia
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York Mystery Plays, July 18
AFTER taking to the York streets last Sunday, the 2010 York Mystery Plays return for a second run this Sunday. Charles Hutchinson turns the spotlight on one of this year’s new participants, the Square Pegs Theatre Company from St Peter’s School, and a
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The Railway Children, Welcome To Yorkshire Theatre at Waterloo Station, London, until September 5
Bring together York, the railways, the National Railway Museum, olden Yorkshire and The Railway Children, and this is one of those special creations that makes you proud it was Made In York. “Take it to London,” as the watching panto dame Berwick
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Tell Me On A Sunday, Grand Opera House, York, Grand Opera House, York, October 12
Claire Sweeney will star in a re-worked version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s song cycle Tell Me On A Sunday, which will feature an exclusive new song, I Still Believe In You, as well as Take That Look Off Your Face, Unexpected Song and the title
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Martin Foyle's anger at rumours about York City duo
YORK City manager Martin Foyle has categorically stated that star striker Richard Brodie will be kicking off the new season at Bootham Crescent. Foyle has responded to frenzied speculation that last season’s 37-goal striker is poised to leave the
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Theatre of the Ayre, St Michael le Belfrey Church, York, July 17
THE closing concert of the 2010 York Early Music Festival brings together a galaxy of star names: Sophie Daneman, Giles Underwood, Rachel Podger, Pamela Thorby and Elizabeth Kenny, pictured, among them. Elizabeth, who is to join the festival’s
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Seth Lakeman, Hearts And Minds (Virgin/Relentless) ***
A popular fixture on the festival stages this summer, Lakeman is among the poster boys of the new folk revival. Having established his reputation for singing of the yore and gore of the old west (country), Hearts And Minds moves him into more populist
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Busting Out, Grand Opera House, York, September 27
Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe, after playing to 250,000 people Down Under, Busting Out is a show in the vein of Vagina Monologues, Hot Flush, Calendar Girls and Mum’s The Word. “No matter what your age, shape or size – or gender! – you’re in for
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Feeder, Renegades (Big Teeth) ***; Mystery Jets, Serotonin (Rough Trade) ***
IT’S 13 years since Cardiff three-piece Feeder released debut album Polythene and with their seventh album, Renegades, they’ve gone back to those grungy roots. Another drummer change – Karl Brazil is their third, after Jon Lee, who killed himself
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Robyn, Body Talk Pt 1 (Koniciwa) ****
Who would have believed that the very same Robyn who bought us Show Me Love in ’97, would 13 years on be a real contender with the likes of Christina Aguilera, P!nk and belle du jour Lady Gaga? In the same vein as Britney Spears’ Piece Of Me, which
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Zero 7, Record (Atlantic)***
CRITICS love to hate this band, and their fans too, dismissing them as lightweights with an appetite for dinner party music, which always struck me as unfair. This double CD begins with a 16-track collection of Zero 7 highs: Futures, Destiny, Home
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Judy Collins, Paradise (Wildflower Records) ***; Bettye Lavette , Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook (Anti) **
Chanteuses each of more mature years, but deeply contrasting in styles and content. La Lavette belts out her offering with a gusto befitting a voice blasted by brimstone and garnished with gravel. The release does exactly what it says on the sleeve
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I Am Kloot, Sky At Night (Shepherd Moon) ****
ALONG with David Ford, Manchester’s John Bramwell is the cult English songwriter that should be far better appreciated. While Ford is running his career as a cottage industry, releasing latest album Let The Hard Times Roll from his Eastbourne bunker
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Dr Kin Kam
GADGET guru Dr Kin Kam of York will today appear at University College London, sporting his iicap. He is hoping his sports cap, which allows people to secure their spectacles or sunglasses below the peak, will catapult his company, Inclusive Innovations
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Mumbai Lounge restaurant
FOR comedian Billy Connolly, a good curry is serious business. Ask Rakib Ali, owner of the new Mumbai Lounge restaurant in Fossgate, York. The Scottish funnyman was a regular at Rakib’s former restaurant, the Nawaabs, in Aberdeen, and was so impressed
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Margherita Blair, CalmBride.co.uk
Margherita Blair and her husband both worked as lawyers until they bit the bullet and started their own business. Margherita stopped working at the Leeds firm where she was a property lawyer when she had a first child, but it was two years ago when
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New School House Gallery
TOWERING and flowering talent will be on display at a major two-week arts exhibition in York, starting tomorrow. The venue will be the New School House Gallery at The Old Schoolhouse in Peasholme Green, and it is in itself a powerful argument for the
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Urchin Ltd
ROD Hall keeps the wheels of the green machines turning smoothly. He is managing director of Urchin Ltd, a sports lubricant company of Main Street, Wheldrake, which is pitching for the Think Green Business Of The Year title in The Press Business Awards
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Stacey McVeighty, CGA accountants
THE PAPERLESS office is a trend that never really caught on at most businesses, despite a lot of talk at the time. CGA accountants and business advisors in Escrick, however, has not let the dream fizzle out. In 2010, it comes to the completion of a
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Knights won’t let Northern Rail 9s competition derail play-off push
STAYING injury free is the number one priority for York City Knights at tomorrow’s Northern Rail 9s, according to coach Dave Woods. The Huntington Stadium club are sending a 14-man squad to Fylde RUFC’s Memorial Ground for the annual nine-a-side competition
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Leslie Buxton, Yorvale
THINGS are lickin’ good for Leslie Buxton and Yorvale, her dairy ice cream factory in Acaster Malbis. It was 21 years ago that Lesley, and her husband, Ian, exploited a gap in the market for real dairy ice cream made from premium local ingredients
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Anita Robinson, Poppy & Rose Vintage Boutique
A SOFA is a sofa, a rug is a rug, but accessories tell the story of what a home-owner is all about. With that in mind, Anita Robinson and her daughter, Suzanna, have just launched the Poppy & Rose Vintage Boutique in Bishopthorpe Road, York. And it
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Jazz notes
Back in February, all of York’s resident bands got together to play a charity concert for Haiti and the event was a great success at a packed Post Office Club, Marygate. Chris Moore and Rosie have organised a second six-band bash at the same venue
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Four Of The Best season of French cinema at City Screen, York
CITY Screen’s Four Of The Best season of French cinema opens on Sunday night at 8pm with the epitome of Parisian cool, Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 debut Breathless (A Bout De Souffle). The seminal film of the Nouvelle Vague – the French new wave, in English
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The Rat Pack Is Back, Grand Opera House, York, July 18
BUDDY Greco used to perform with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr at The Sands in Las Vegas. Now the last survivor of the original Rat Pack is on tour with David Alacey, Des Coleman and Andrea Morelli, alias Frank, Dean and Sammy in the
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Alessi's Ark, Rachael Dadd, The Hand and Ichi, The Band Room, Farndale, July 16
ALESSI’S Ark, Rachael Dadd, The Hand and Ichi make up the four-handed line-up at The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale, near Kirkbymoorside, tonight at 7.30pm. “We were looking for a dream double bill, but got a quadruple one instead,” says promoter Nigel
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Martin Foyle’s big crowd plea to bolster transfer reserves
YORK City boss Martin Foyle is hoping Hull City’s household names can help him sign another player before the start of the new season. The Tigers are expected to bring ten full internationals for tomorrow’s pre-season friendly and Foyle is counting on
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University of York degree graduation ceremonies - Day 3
HUNDREDS of proud students were receiving their degrees today – the third and final day of 2010 graduations at the University of York. Ceremonies in Central Hall, on the Heslington campus, will see students collect degrees in a host of subjects and
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Rob Rouse and Markus Birdman, Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, City Screen, York, July 18
ROB Rouse is a late addition to Sunday’s Edinburgh Preview double bill of hour-long sets at the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, joining atheist vicar’s son Markus Birdman in The Basement, City Screen, York, at 7.30pm. Rouse, star of 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Friday
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Lasting Impressions by Colin See-Paynton, Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, until August 21
Lasting Impressions, a selection of wood engravings by Colin See-Paynton, will be on show at Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, until August 21. The exhibition ties in with the publication of his latest book, Of A Feather, in a limited edition of only 750
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Simon Dyson produces three-under-par 69 on first day of The Open
WHILE The Open watchers gasped at Rory McIlroy’s record opening round of 63, York-born Simon Dyson stealthily cemented his love of all things St Andrews. Swing star Dyson produced an impressive first day three-under-par 69, which meant that his last
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By Hammer By Hand, Saltbox Gallery, Helmsley, until September 11
By Hammer By Hand, the summer exhibition at the Saltbox Gallery in Helmsley, focuses on the artistic combination of brute force and finesse. Running until September 11, the show features fine art and craft produced in wood, steel, stone and
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Yorkshire's Twenty20 qualifying hopes shot to pieces
Yorkshire’s director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon has bemoaned the shot execution of his batsmen as the county’s hopes of qualifying for the Friends Provident Twenty20 quarter-final hang by a thread. The White Rose simply have to win their
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Tanzanian footballers wear donated York City strip with pride
EAST Africa has never been a hotbed of support for York City but a team of Tanzanian footballers are now Minstermen mad. The Yale Yale Puna village side, who play matches deep in the African bush despite having no ground or changing facilities, have
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York Cricket Club aiming to stretch unbeaten run to 30 games
HIS side’s incredible unbeaten run in the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League could stretch to 30 games tomorrow, but just don’t mention it to York Cricket Club skipper Marcus Wood. The Clifton Park outfit have not lost a league fixture
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Illness forces Charlie Wegelius’ out of Tour de France
YORK rider Charlie Wegelius has been forced to pull out of the Tour de France due to illness. Wegelius, 32, did not start stage 11 yesterday with the illness preventing the Omega Pharma-Lotto climber from eating. “He’s not been well,” said Omega Pharma-Lotto
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York City favourites to star in Yorkshire Masters event
FORMER York City favourite Jon McCarthy will be rolling back the years when he takes part in the Yorkshire Masters a week on Sunday. McCarthy is a member of the Sheffield Wednesday team at the Sheffield Arena event, having played four games on loan with
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Tadcaster Albion make signing to underpin Northern Counties premier bid
TADCASTER Albion manager Paul Marshall hopes his new signings will help keep the Brewers in the Northern Counties East League premier division. Albion won the division one title last season, the first trophy in their 118-year history. It was a stark
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Memories wanted of wartime internment camp on York Racecourse
DID you know that German avant-garde artist Kurt Schwitters spent six weeks in York in 1940 when he was interned on York Racecourse? “Do you think any readers of The Press would have photos of the camp or even second-hand memories ?” asks York artist
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Selby Town take on Birds Eye Athletic in friendly
SELBY Town step up their preparations for the Northern Counties East League premier division campaign at home to Birds Eye Athletic tonight, kick-off 7.30pm. The Robins have already played two pre-season friendlies under new management team Mick Gray
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Neville Tutill dies aged 83
NEVILLE TUTILL, a well-known former cricketer and footballer, has died in York, aged 83. Tutill, father of former York City centre-back Steve, was a fast bowler for Huntington Cricket Club in the York League and played as a striker for Huntington Rovers
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Richard Barnes, York: Shaken And Stirred, The ArtSpace, York, until September 5
YORK artist Richard Barnes returns to The ArtSpace with his third solo show, York: Shaken And Stirred, from this weekend until September 5. The first chance to see his latest wildly inventive, digitally enhanced portrayals of the Minster, Monkgate
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Life drawing session, ArtEstee, Goodramgate, York, July 17
STROLL along Goodramgate tomorrow afternoon, and you may well stop in your tracks outside ArtEstee. “I’ve organised to have a life-drawing session from 1pm to 3pm,” reveals gallery and café owner Estee Roberts. “A model will come and lie half nude
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Deer Shed Festival, Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, near Thirsk, July 16
NORTH Yorkshire’s new family music gathering, tomorrow’s Deer Shed Festival at Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, near Thirsk, has sold out. The Wedding Present, Justin Adams and Juldeh Camera and The WonderStuff’s Miles Hunt and Erica Nookalls and Danny &
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Lucy Staniforth makes World Cup impact
FORMER Copmanthorpe footballer Lucy Staniforth set up England Women’s first goal in the Under-20 World Cup. Staniforth, on as a sixth-minute substitute for injured Everton midfielder Jessica Holbrook, provided the inswinging corner that saw Kerys
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Mr H presents Elizabeth Cook, The Dark Roads and The Troubadours in The Basement, City Screen, York, July 16
Only One Question for… Florida country singer Elizabeth Cook. Is it important for you to defy the Nashville expectations of being a blonde, pretty country singer? “I would be bored to death if I was just a country girl. “To be
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Julie Camacho’s runner is one to Beat in Ripon Bell-Ringer Handicap
Norton trainer Julie Camacho saddled Beat The Rush to win at Ripon last month and she takes her stable-star back to the same course tomorrow in the hope that he’ll ring the bell. The £20,000 Ripon Bell-Ringer Handicap is the target for the progressive
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Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival gets under way
ALL eyes are on Yorkshire racing – and Graham Orange could not be happier. The timing of this season’s Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival – which gets under way at Ripon tomorrow – could scarcely be better for the Go Racing In Yorkshire chief. Malton
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St Paul’s extend lead in John Smith’s Men’s Darts League
MARTYN Turner (18 & 180), Chris Thompson (180 for 16), Paul Botterill (17, 20) and Paul Cropper (2 x 18) ensured St Paul’s extended their lead at the top of division one in the John Smith’s Men’s Darts League with a 9-1 win over Sun whose only success
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Late Night Horror Club at City Screen, York: Child’s Play (18), July 24
THE Late Night Horror Club at City Screen, York, will continue with Tom Holland’s 1988 killer doll movie Child’s Play (18) on July 24 at 11.15pm. “York Goth Festival, DV8, being on this weekend, we decided to delay Child’s Play so it wouldn’t clash
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Busy angling programme at Laybourne Lakes
A BUSY weekend of angling action is in prospect at Laybourne Lakes. Cygnet Angling Club fish there on Brown’s Lake today, with Shepherds Angling Club taking over tomorrow. On Sunday, Acomb WMC Angling Club and Seahorse Angling Club also stage matches
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Confident Ladies plan unusual networking event
BUSINESSWOMEN in York have the chance to let their hair down at a children’s play centre. Confident Ladies is holding its next networking event on Tuesday at Creepy Crawlies in Wigginton Road, York. Participants are advised to wear trousers
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Lies, damned lies and jobs statistics in North Yorkshire
Well, well, well. Can we really believe what we are told concerning falling unemployment in the York and North Yorkshire region? Of course we can’t – so much for the honest politics promised from le grande coalition of ConDems. Our current crop of
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Weather forecast cancels Rowntree Park celebrations
While the council parks department cancelled the Rowntree Park annual birthday celebration last weekend for fear of strong winds, Monday’s Press was full of pictures of the Dragon Boat Race on the River Ouse and the York Mystery Plays in glorious sunshine
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Dog rescue thanks
ON behalf of the Yorkshire Bikers Forum, I would like to thank everyone from Yorkshire who gave donations for the recent Pet Run To Plantation Dog Rescue, High Catton. Also, the members of the forum. They certainly are a generous bunch of
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History of Parliament
William Dixon Smith (Letters, July 9) has a tenuous grasp of Parliamentary history if he genuinely believes the House of Commons was filled with selfless individuals before the advent of political parties. In fact, up until the mid-19th century, our
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Combatting dementia
IT’S a scream a minute. Scientists from the University of California are now telling us exercise and a regular intake of tea and/or coffee will help to stave off and combat dementia of men and women aged 76 or over. I take more exercise than most
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New sports stadium complaint
I WOULD like to respond to Mike Usherwood’s complaint (Nowhere to park, Letters, July 8) about the new sports stadium venue. I know this “bike v car” debate is getting rather boring, but surely Mike has given his game away. He can’t find anywhere
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Crowds line streets by Minster to pay their respects to fallen trooper Ashley Smith
Updated: THE eldest sister of York soldier Ashley David Smith paid an emotional tribute as hundreds of mourners gathered in York Minster to say their final farewell to him. Trooper Smith, of Acomb, was killed last month when he was caught in an explosion
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Rubbish problems at student properties
I HAVE written to The Press on a couple of occasions regarding the state of student gardens and one of your correspondents suggested I get a life! Now, we have seen The Press photograph of Siward Street and its rubbish problems, which surely supports
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The nation's favourite words
WHAT’S your favourite word? That was the question answered by 50,000 people in a bid to raise funds for a children’s charity. The results showed a real north- south divide – the most popular words in the UK were “love”, “hope” and “family” – but matters
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Bus pass nonsense
On Wednesday morning I got on to a No 1 bus and showed my senior citizen’s pass, but was told I was too early to use it. “At one minute to nine” I said to the driver, but she pointed out firmly my watch was wrong and the correct time was actually
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A date to remember Bomber Command
As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain we should never forget the sacrifice of Bomber Command. It flew its first operation on September 3, 1939, and its last on May 3, 1945. Churchill stated: “The fighters can save us from
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Review: La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata; Chapter House, York Minster
Every schoolboy knows – well, a few do – that the music of the German Baroque was built upon the works of three composers, Schütz (Heinrich), Schein (Johann) and Scheidt (Samuel), all born within three years in the mid-1580s. The first three letters
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Tackling ‘big boys clubs’
THERE seems to have been a rapid expansion in “big boys clubs” over the last ten years or so, who operate like wolf packs. Their motto – “safety in numbers”. They make sure they are all obscenely overpaid for what they do, to the detriment of a general
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Anger at ‘ninth bus fare rise in 7 years’
BUS passengers in York will have to pay more, after the city’s main operator announced it was increasing fares by up to ten per cent. The announcement from First York came only days after a leading councillor called for the company to be penalised for
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2010 Ryedale Festival opens today
THE 2010 Ryedale Festival, the first under the artistic directorship of Christopher Glynn, opens today with a theme of Voyages and Homecomings. The 17-day event is launched with the first of two performances of Odyssey, the Ryedale Festival Community
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City of York Council cash crisis ‘worse’
THE budget crisis at City of York Council could be even worse than first feared, a new report has warned. The authority expected to have to save £10 million in 2011/12, but officials have now revised that estimate to £12 million – and say it could
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Would a free school work for York?
FREE Schools – brand new state schools, set up by parents or other interested groups and run more or less free of local authority control – are one of the key planks of the new coalition government’s education policy. The idea is not without its doubters
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Pair use stick to rob man on cycle track
TWO men threatened a walker with a stick before robbing him in broad daylight on 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 male victim as he walked past. They
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Jamie Inglis ‘clear of cancer’
YOUNG cancer battler Jamie Inglis is still clear of the disease six months after he finished his high-dose chemotherapy treatment. The four-year-old has recently undergone three different scans to detect any cancer cells – with all three results coming
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Builder Darryl Glynn loses appeal battle
A COWBOY builder from Selby who conned nearly £55,000 out of customers then became aggressive has been told he deserved every day of his jail term. Top judges heard Darryl Glynn, 45, put his victims in a “Catch 22” situation where he started work then
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Villages at odds over Sutton Bridge HGV ban
Divisions have been sprung up between East Yorkshire communities over plans to limit HGVs using a popular bridge. Villagers in Sutton-on-Derwent signed a petition calling for a weight limit be put on the Derwent River Bridge – known locally
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Great Yorkshire Show comes to a close
ORGANISERS celebrated as the 2010 Great Yorkshire Show came to a close. About 125,000 people visited the show this year which had its final day yesterday after a night of torrential rain which saw the food hall partially flooded. Among the highlights
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Report shows 41,800 York adults ‘obese’
TENS of thousands of York residents are clinically obese, a report from City of York Council has claimed. The Childhood Obesity Task Group report investigated whether current council provision was effectively tackling childhood obesity in the city.
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Plan to upgrade Strensall sports facilities
A MASSIVE upgrade of sporting facilities for young people in Strensall could be approved on Tuesday. Strensall and Towthorpe Sports Association is hoping City of York Council agrees to a request for £25,000 towards an upgrade of the sporting facilities
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Plans revealed for hotel located next to York's Bar Walls
DETAILS of a major new hotel development for the centre of York which could bring 50 new jobs to the city have been revealed. If approved, the scheme would see the construction of a three-storey, 26-bed hotel and restaurant in St Maurice’s Road, in the
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Tributes paid to Richard Henshaw
FRIENDS and family will gather today for the funeral of a York man who lost his lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. The parents of 31-year-old Richard Henshaw, who died earlier this month, said their son always strove to gain as much independence in
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Joe Armer receives two nominations for Spirit Of Youth award
A TEENAGER who has given up hours of his spare time to make York a better place for young people is the latest nominee in our Community Pride Awards. Joe Armer, a Year 11 pupil at Millthorpe School, has received two nominations in the Spirit Of Youth
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Two-day festival to give York’s international community centre stage
MORE than 60 people from around the world who now live in York are to stage a two-day festival in the city centre later this month. YUMI Celebrates!, the result of eight months’ preparation by volunteers, is intended to give centre stage to York’s international
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Peter and Lili Hull celebrate golden wedding anniversary
A COUPLE who fell in love while learning to dance were celebrating 50 years of happy marriage today. Peter and Lili Hull, of Acomb, in York, were only 17 when they met in 1957 at the former Court School of Dancing, in High Ousegate. Three years later
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Parents of car crash victim raise money for Brake and NSPCC charities
PARENTS of a teenage car crash victim walked through scorching sun and pouring rain, covering 125 miles on foot in nine days to raise nearly £3,500 in their daughter’s memory. Alex Pickering died in September 2007 when the car she was a passenger in