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Nine top council jobs in East Yorkshire to be axed
NINE senior managerial posts at East Riding of Yorkshire Council are to be scrapped to save more than £500,000 a year. The authority has confirmed the posts will be shed as it looks to cut its overall spending this year by £7.5 million.
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Review: Under Milk Wood, A1 Theatre Productions, Minster Residents’ Gardens, York
TIME passes on, as Dylan Thomas is fond of saying in his play for voices. One constant, however, has been the steady stream of talent that has blossomed under the guidance of John Cooper. He first staged Under Milk Wood in the open air of York in
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Twinnie-Lee Moore lands West End role
YORK musical star Twinnie-Lee Moore has landed a year’s contract in the West End run of Flashdance this autumn. She will open in the original London cast of the American show at the Shaftsbury Theatre on September 24. “I’ll be playing Jazmin, who’s
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Female driving instructors to take on charity driving challenge
THREE female driving instructors are taking on a driving challenge with a difference to raise money for charity. Kay Blackburn, from Stockton-on-the-Forest, Pat Winterton, from Pocklington and Debbie Bather, of Selby, will test their skills at driving
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York homes get boxes for recycling
MORE than 30,000 homes across York have now received new boxes to store materials left out for recycling. The first phase of the delivery programme carried out by City of York Council has seen the houses given two additional boxes with lids, one to
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Sensory garden plea
GARDENERS and landscapers are needed at a York care home to help make the dream of a sensory garden come true for residents. Birchlands, in Haxby, is appealing for green-fingered helpers or garden supply companies to help make reality a plan for a new
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Tony Williams, 68, to swim Windermere in aid of diabetes research
THE grandfather of a three-year-old diabetes patient is to swim across Windermere next month as part of a gruelling fundraising programme. Since starting his challenge on May 9 in the Bristol 10K, 68-year-old Tony Williams has also climbed Ben Nevis,
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St Nicholas Fields receives Green Pennant Award
Updated: THE site of a former rubbish dump in York has been recognised as one of the best parks in the country. The St Nicholas Fields nature reserve in the Tang Hall area of the city has received a Green Pennant Award in recognition of the
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Barlby pensioner to cycle from Selby to York in memory of former neighbour
A NORTH Yorkshire pensioner will do a lone sponsored cycle ride on Sunday from Selby to York and back in memory of her former neighbour. Brenda Lawton, 68, has been completing the ride for many years having first cycled the course with Bill Taylor before
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Malton's Fitzwilliam Estate joins calls for Wentworth Street car park decision delay
Malton’s biggest land and property owner, the Fitzwilliam Estate, has added its weight to calls for a decision on the future of Wentworth Street car park to be delayed. Ryedale District Council is expected to discuss plans to sell the car
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Knights in bid to bring Stanley Gene to Huntington Stadium
YORK City Knights are eyeing a sensational move to bring rugby league legend Stanley Gene to Huntington Stadium for the rest of the season. The Press understands the Papua New Guinea and Super League veteran has verbally agreed terms with the Championship
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Mitrefinch Ltd
NEW technology devised by Clifton Moor-based Mitrefinch Ltd, specialists in employee management software systems, is certain to produce fresh food for thought. Not least because its new creation, PCTerminal.Net, has been successfully trialled at The
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Busy Bees Day Nursery gets creative at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show
Staff and children at Busy Bees Day Nursery in York got creative in their gardens for a top national flower show. The team from Busy Bees and Leapfrog Nurseries in the North of England helped to showcase a spectacular garden at the RHS Tatton Park Flower
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Zak & Flo
RUTH Holden-Harris started her children’s boutique Zak & Flo in Bishopthorpe, York, in March 2008 – just in time for the recession. Having survived it she now quips: “I just hope that what they say is true – that after every recession there is a baby
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Expecting
EXPECTING, a shop selling fashionable clothes for pregnant women, was founder Heather Booth’s second baby when she opened it in Gillygate, York in 2000. The business was born out of Heather’s experience during her pregnancy with first baby Jack, when
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Little Fidgets
With the UK economy looking towards an export-led recovery, Little Fidgets sees the role of inspiring children to enjoy learning languages as an important one. Lucy Amos, a qualified primary school teacher who speaks five languages, set up Little Fidgets
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Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café
HAVING been a finalist in last year’s Tourism And Hospitality Business Of The Year category, this time Karl and Mandy Avison are gunning for the Family Business Of The Year. The couple, who run the Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café on the A170 Thornton Road
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Inspire Audio Visual
FAST becoming a reality is what was once the stuff of sci-fi novels – the “smart home” or “intelligent home”. Now the housing market and homeowners are coming to expect as standard a level of integrated audio, video and control in living rooms all over
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DigitSign Ltd
IF there is a distinct international outlook for York-based web development business DigitSign Ltd, then it is hardly surprising. Its chief executive is Iranian-born Masoud Gorbani who was raised in York, lived and worked in Canada, then met and married
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Electric Angel Design
THERE is an angel watching young students with a talent for graphic design. Actually it is a firm called Electric Angel Design, a collection of three independent designers working out of a studio in Museum Terrace, Scarborough. One of them is Adrian
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RJB Couriers Ltd
HAVING reached the finals in the Small Business Of The Year in 2009, this time Jane Bond of RJB Couriers Ltd plans to scoop the title. Her Clifton Moor courier company last year powered through the recession, only slightly below its sales target
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Joseph Rowntree School students win Green Griffins’ Nest competition
Students from Joseph Rowntree School celebrate winning the Green Griffins’ Nest competition. The Dragons’ Den-style eco contest required pupils to to develop a new method to reduce waste in their community. The Year 9 team came out top after impressing
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Knights' request to play season finale matches at Bootham Crescent is rejected
YORK City Knights have asked York City if they could play end-of-season matches at Bootham Crescent – but the football club turned them down. Knights executive chairman John Guildford said the rugby league outfit requested to stage the last match of
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Williams Investment Management
CALL Williams Investment Management “rather old fashioned” and they will not only admit it, but positively assert it. The six-year-old firm in Victoria Avenue, Harrogate, manages about £100 million of client capital and its four partners use the old
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Mosleys of Topcliffe
A North Yorkshire waste disposal company has announced completion of the first phase of a £10 million investment in the business which will increase its turnover by £5 million over the next two years – and create 20 new local jobs. Mosleys of Topcliffe
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Martyn Miller Bike Ride raises money for cancer and rugby charities
MORE than £5,000 was raised on a charity bike ride in memory of Martyn Miller. The father-of-two, from Huntington, was diagnosed with terminal cancer a year ago and died just six weeks later. Phil Seymour, Martyn’s brother-in-law, organised the event
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Badly Drawn Boy gig announced at Spa Theatre, Scarborough
BADLY Drawn Boy will open his first tour in three years on October 16 at the Spa Theatre, Scarborough. The seven-date tour coincides with the October 4 release of his new album, It’s What I’m Thinking Pt.1 – Photographing Snowflakes, preceded
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Yearsley Grove pupils taught hospitality skills
PUPILS learned the art of table service ahead of the annual Year 6 leavers’ party at Yearsley Grove Primary School in York – courtesy of staff at the Best Western Monkbar Hotel. Traditionally, Year 5 pupils are taught hospitality skills – which include
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Property focus: country cottages in Yorkshire villages
As we’ve suddenly fallen in love with the idea of a countryside cottage we thought we would take a tour of Yorkshire villages to see what else is on offer in the shape of rural retreats. Our travels took in Tollerton, Askham Richard, Bolton Percy and
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Brian Howard centuries in three successive York Vale Cricket League innings
HIRST Courtney batsman Brian Howard blasted his way into the HPH York Vale Cricket League record books. He is believed to be the first man to have scored centuries in three successive innings, his 107 against Thixendale on Saturday following 100 against
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Selby bowlers' treble dream
SELBY will take on York RI Amateurs in the final of the York Amateur Bowling Association Williamson Cup. Selby were 81-59 winners over Haxby Road in the last four, while RI beat Nestlé Rowntree 70-69 in a tight semi-final. The final will be played
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National contest to be hosted at York RI Bowls Club
York RI Bowls Club hosts the national men’s club two fours regional finals this Saturday, starting at 9.30am. Northumberland’s Gosforth BC play Blaby BC of Leicestershire, while the 2008 champions, White Hart BC of Huntingdonshire, will meet Felixstowe
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Departing Yorkshire chief executive - Done “all that I wanted to do”
Yorkshire’s departing chief executive Stewart Regan insists he is leaving the club having done “all that I wanted to do”. The 46-year-old will exit Headingley in September after four and half years to take up a similar position at the Scottish Football
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Innovation programme to launch in York
YORK is hosting the launch of an ambitious strategy to attract investment to the region and stimulate the local economy this week today. Leeds City Region, in association with York Business Forum, will launch its new Innovation Capital Programme
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43rd York Open Bowls Tournament
DEFENDING men’s pairs champions Scott Burrell and Josh Cahill are determined to hold on to their crown in the 43rd York Open Bowls Tournament. The title-holders swept through the first two rounds to take their place into the quarter-finals. Men’s pairs
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South Bank take York CIU Bowls Afternoon League title
SOUTH Bank beat St Clement’s ‘B’ in their last game to clinch the York CIU Bowls Afternoon League title. The new champions looked to have the game sewn up when leading 13-2 after ten ends against their championship rivals. St Clement’s scored a
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York Multi Masters Academy land cage-fighting double whammy
FIGHTING-fit expectations have been mightily exceeded at York’s Multi Masters Academy. Barely four months after first opening, the Layerthorpe-based martial arts Academy has notched a brace of cage-fighting conquests. Middleweight Dean Croft and light-heavyweight
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Richard Fahey looking for Marine Commando follow up at Goodwood
Marine Commando, who strutted his stuff in style at Royal Ascot last month, bids to follow up at Goodwood tomorrow for Malton trainer Richard Fahey. The unbeaten juvenile, who had made a winning debut at Carlisle, lines up for the Richmond
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‘Surprise’ as rugby boss hits out at ‘lack of detail’ in stadium move proposals
York City Knights executive chairman John Guildford has accused the city council of wasting taxpayers’ money over the proposed community stadium. He also said the present plans lacked substance and would not benefit York City, the Knights
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UK relying on imports
THE decline in UK industry and increased reliance on imports was highlighted by two pieces in The Press of July 27: 1. Ready for winter (page 4) – Government to import 250,000 tonnes of road salt 2. Bridge swinging back into action – parts ordered
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£600k grants boost for York groups and organisations
GRANTS totalling more than £600,000 have been helping groups and organisations improve in York. City of York Council awarded the £658,681 available from its Local Area Agreement (LAA) Delivery Fund to 17 different projects last year. Funding was
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Allerton incinerator scheme is good
WHEN Councillor Andy D’Agorne speaks on environmental issues (Letters, July 27) I listen, because he often speaks good sense. However, why for once can he not support a scheme that ticks every environmental box – the Allerton energy from waste plant
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Truth about Bomber Command
I TRUST T Scaife (Letters, July 27) can produce hard evidence to back-up his claim about “certain crew members refusing to bomb any more” in his character assassination of those brave young men of Bomber Command. I recently had the great honour of being
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This shows how we miss grammar schools
SURELY it is no bad thing to be governed by people who’ve had the best education money can buy, whether Conservative, Lib Dem or Labour? With the abolition of most grammar schools, this is why there are so many in the cabinet and shadow cabinet who
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Aid needed at home too
ONE must reply to Heather Causnett’s letter, Let aid continue (Letters, July 24) in reply to my letter, Scrap overseas help, of July 19. Yes, where our aid has gone before, let them support themselves. We have a massive debt to clear and all Government
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Why we rang 999
I WOULD like to reply to the comments made on the Readers’ Letters page about calling an ambulance for our son. First of all, can I say that taxis are not insured to take an injured person or even a child to a hospital, especially with severe breaks
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‘Taxibus’ idea to beat congestion
SHARING taxis with other passengers for a flat £1 fare is the latest idea to be considered by councillors looking to ease traffic congestion in York. The revolutionary plan has been sent to every member of City of York Council by taxi driver Richard
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They’re called books
THE photograph of the late Maurice Smith (The Press, July 22) must have puzzled many of today’s young web-wise paperback explorers: wall-to-wall ceiling-high shelving crammed with such curious artefacts. These first became popular during the first
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Review: Peter Cincotti, Royal Hall, Harrogate, 27 July
THE air of excited expectation was shattered by a sound so deafening as to render lyrics unintelligible. The sound man was obviously a Spinal Tap cast-off, treble and reverb settings up, volume up to Tap’s eleven-on-the-dial. At the interval, the
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Left confused by veil issue
SOMETIMES this is a funny place in which to sit and watch the world go by. Same spot on a Thursday and it’s him again, fulminating about this and that, but mostly that. As columns tend to deal in certainties, it would be easy to assume I always know
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Steam locomotive sand sculpture created at National Railway Museum
THE ultimate sandcastle is set to wow visitors to the National Railway Museum this summer. The sculpture of a steam locomotive, built using 20 tonnes of sand, is a recreation of the giant steam loco, City Of Truro, which is pulling daily steam rides
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Show truly is a great Yorkshire event
THE Great Yorkshire Show is well named, what a show indeed! Something for everyone, the magnificent livestock from cattle, sheep, pigs and horses to goats, cavies, poultry and pigeons, fashion shows, and a wonderful array of cars and more farm machinery
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Review: Ryedale Festival Triple Concert; Castle Howard
THREE for the price of one is irresistible anywhere and concertgoers are not immune: the format has worked well for Ryedale Festival over the years. But it’s hard work for the musicians. Chamber choir Consortium, guitarist Craig Ogden, and the Fitzwilliam
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Police seek woman for breaking release rules
HAVE you seen this woman? Police in York are asking for the public’s help to locate Abigail Alexander, also known as Abbi Tudor, who is wanted for prison recall for failing to comply with the terms of her release licence. She was sent to prison in October
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Fears growing for missing woman
POLICE have appealed for help to find a missing East Yorkshire woman who has not been seen for three days. Jayne Ann Stabler, 32, from Pocklington, was last seen just before 11am on Monday at Hull Royal Infirmary, and fears about her safety have
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Witness comes forward in mystery body investigation
DETECTIVES working to identify a body found in North Yorkshire more than 20 years ago have received a new lead. Police made an appeal in The Press last week after reopening the case of a middle-aged man found in the Scarborough harbour on May 4, 1989
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York Minster's newest grotesques are lifted into place
MEET some of York Minster’s newest grotesques. Stone carvers have been at work on these stunning figures for two years or more down in the Minster stoneyard. Now 20 of them have been lifted into place high above the streets of
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£40k drugs seized in raid
POLICE seized cannabis plants with a street value of £40,000 during a raid in Selby. The raid took place at 12.30pm yesterday in Carr Street, near the former Cochrane’s shipyard, and involved six police officers and the fire service, who used cutting
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Spate of crime in Selby area
DOZENS of chickens were killed, a tractor stolen and a Land Rover taken in a mini crime spree around the Selby district. The tractor was the first to be taken, at around 8.40pm last Thursday. The green and yellow John Deere vehicle, with a green bale
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Caravan set alight in Acomb
A CARAVAN was destroyed by fire after it was set alight by arsonists. Two fire crews spent an hour and a half tackling the blaze, which broke out at 2.11pm yesterday. The caravan was parked outside a property in Wenham Road, Acomb. The fire cased
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Bus service takes Selby youngsters to ski centre
A NEW bus service has been set up to ferry teenagers in Selby direct to the snowy pistes for a spot of skiing. Rather than the Alps, the bus will be taking young people to Xscape, near Castleford, but the service is a major success for Selby Youth Council
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Selby travellers site search begins
SELBY District Council is to start looking for a new travellers’ site which would accommodate ten pitches in the district. The provision is 16 fewer than previously suggested. But Labour leader Coun Steve Shaw-Wright, said that providing a site with
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UK’s largest inflatable slide attraction at York Maze
WANT to have a go on the UK’s largest inflatable slide? Towering more than 40ft high, the latest attraction at York Maze is the equivalent of three double- decker buses stacked one on top of another. Maze master Tom Pearcy said: “I couldn
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Tributes paid to East Yorkshire osteopath John Nield
PATIENTS have paid tribute to a “marvellous” East Yorkshire osteopath who was killed in a motorcycle crash near his home. John Trevor Nield, 47, died when the grey Triumph bike he was riding collided with a grey Toyota Prius on the B1246 near Pocklington
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Gillies Jones exhibition - The Beautiful Bowl, Rosedale Abbey, until August 22
Glass makers Gillies Jones are opening up their rural studio, in the village of Rosedale Abbey on the North York Moors, today and tomorrow from 11am to 3pm to demonstrate the making of their signature Beautiful Bowl. Stephen Gillies and
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Boost for vulnerable patients at York Hospital
PATIENTS at York Hospital who are vulnerable to falls will be the first in the country to benefit from a new system designed to eliminate such incidents. With the costs of falls in hospitals estimated to cost the NHS £15 million every year, York is leading
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Coach operators to get help with York navigation
COACH drivers are being given the chance to use a new online guidance system to help them make their journeys around York. City of York Council’s transport planning unit will give those in charge of the vehicles and the companies which operate them extra
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York hairdresser reaches national final
Chris Wood, of leading hair salon Dannie Lea Hair and Beauty, in York, has been recognised as one of the UK’s top professional stylists after reaching the UK final of the Wella Professionals Trend Vision Award 2010 in the Young Talent category. This
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£400,000 UK Film Council grant to fund rural cinemas
HOLLYWOOD blockbusters in big-screen high definition are coming to rural North Yorkshire – thanks to a huge lottery grant. Easingwold, Whitby and the town hall in Selby are some of the venues which will benefit from the latest 3D and digital cinema technology
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Nurses to run York 10K in honour of colleague
IN ONLY three days time, up to 6,000 runners will set out on this year’s Jane Tomlinson 10K run in York. Among those taking part will be three nurses running for personal causes. For Ann Coverdale, 55, and Karen Scullay, 60, both nurses at York’s Nuffield
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Temporary weight limit could be put on reopened bridge
A TEMPORARY weight limit is set to be put in place across an East Yorkshire bridge which has just reopened after being damaged by a lorry. Villagers in Sutton-on-Derwent launched the call for a weight restriction to be installed on the river
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Community Pride: Entries flood in for Spirit Of Youth and teaching categories
AN ENTERTAINER who has overcome illness to fulfil his dream, a teenager who is dedicated to championing young people and a team of enthusiastic volunteers are all nominees in our Community Pride Awards. Dan Slater suffers from a condition that makes
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York couples celebrate diamond wedding anniversaries
TWO York couples are each celebrating 60 years of marriage today. Arthur Hall, 87, and his wife, Lillian, 81, met at a dance in 1948 and were married two years later at St Peter’s Church, in Norton. The couple moved to New Earswick in 1956, where they
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It's not our history we should be concentrating on but our future....
A letter in the Northern Echo yesterday bemoans the lack of interest and pride the young have about our history. Any pride which ordinary people have is for those among us who have fought the established authority to get what decent life improvements
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Local brewers to head to Great British Beer Festival
BREWERS from York and North Yorkshire are preparing to head south to showcase local talent at the country’s biggest beer event in London next week. The Great British Beer Festival, at Earl’s Court in London, sees thousands of small breweries from around
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University of York campus gets buildings link go-ahead
A YORK university’s planned expansion of its library has taken a step forward after a new link between two of its buildings was approved. The University of York is aiming to provide extra space for staff and students at its JB Morrell Library after its