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Nestlé lorry driver stranded in snow for two days
HIS eventual destination was York’s Nestlé factory – but this lorry driver’s journey turned into a nightmare when he became stranded in snow for two days. Steve Alderson, 53, has told how police had to rescue him from his freezing cab after
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Malton hotdog manufacturer brought down by pensions deficit
MALTON-based hotdog manufacturer Westler Foods has gone into administration. The profitable business, which employs 200 people, found a funding gap of more than £15 million in financing its defined benefit pension scheme, during an evaluation in early
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28 Pavement - an address with a long history
STEPHEN LEWIS visits the pizza restaurant in Pavement where, almost 200 years ago, York’s Rowntree story began. AT FIRST glance you might mistake 28 Pavement for any other branch of Pizza Hut. There’s the bright, clean interior; the contented
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York City manager’s warning for easy sliders
York City manager Gary Mills insisted all of his players should be disappointed with their performances after being dumped out of the FA Trophy. Part-timers Boston United won 1-0 in Saturday’s first round tie at Bootham Crescent following
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Review: York Early Music Christmas Festival: Eclipse/Joglaresa; National Centre for Early Music
Eclipse, five players, all but one from Iberia or Latin America, advertised a Christmas Fiesta. Fiesta? Certainly. Christmas? Not really. But the presence of Catalan dancer Mariona Adell Castells added more than a little sparkle. The source of much
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Let’s all go the extra mile in this weather
HOPEFULLY by the time this appears the snow will be sidling down drains because temperatures have soared to dizzying heights above freezing. I’m fed up of pinching my son’s thermal socks and wearing not one, but two, pairs of gloves. I’ve gone through
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Review: A Christmas Carol, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until January 15
THIS marvel of a macabre musical production may have begun life at Birmingham Repertory Theatre last December, but it is truly a Yorkshire success story. Director Nikolai Foster, writer Bryony Lavery and composer and lyricist Jason Carr all have
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Keeping the ancient craft of lacemaking alive in Pickering
NATALYA WILSON finds out about a group of skilled people who are keeping an ancient craft alive and well in Pickering. ON the third Saturday of every month, a group of people meet in the village hall at Middleton, just outside Pickering. Their mission
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Stilt walkers to give outdoor performance in Bridlington
STILT walkers will give a free outdoor performance to help launch a revamped community venue in East Yorkshire. Visitors will have the chance to watch a rendition of the walkabout stilt act The Georgian Couple in the area next to The Spa in Bridlington
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Oxbridge event at York College
YORK College is to hold an Oxbridge event in January. In order to help students reach their full potential and reach their goals, the college will be holding the event on Wednesday, January 12, at 6.30pm for 7pm. It is aimed at Year 10 and 11 students
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Co-op Travel collecting craft donations to help NSPCC charity
STAFF at Co-op Travel have been collecting donations in order to make Christmas a bit merrier for disadvantaged children. The Clifton Moor branch has been collecting arts and craft gifts from local businesses and customers which included play dough
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Zandra Rhodes praises work of fashion students
STUDENTS from an East Yorkshire school were delighted to be praised for their artwork by a genuine fashion legend. Eight pupils from Pocklington School had their artwork appraised by Zandra Rhodes at an event launching her new range of handbags
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Review: Jack And The Beanstalk, York Theatre Royal, until January 29
BERWICK Kaler has broken every rule in the book of pantomime in pursuit of taking the Theatre Royal institution a little further each year. Consequently, the show makes as much of a joke out of its own life force as of pantomime convention, and
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Ofsted success for East Yorkshire school
PUPILS and staff at an East Yorkshire primary school are celebrating after getting an outstanding Ofsted report. Holme-on-Spalding Moor primary school, which has 274 pupils, was given the highest possible mark by inspectors when they visited.
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Snow reason to stop running in the winter
THE snow and ice have been with us for so long now it’s hard to remember a time when a walk down to the shops didn’t mean risking a twisted ankle or worse, ending up on your posterior and having to haul yourself to your feet with all the grace of a newborn
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Banks music store gets £200k revamp
A REFURBISHMENT and rebranding of Banks in York, Britain’s oldest music store, is now complete at a cost of £200,000. Banks, of Lendal, which was established in 1756 sharing a birthday with Mozart, was bought out by Musicroom Group in 2004. With
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North York Moors through time
THE North York Moors have a stark beauty that we tend to think of as timeless. Yet as the pictures we reproduce today demonstrate, time has moved on here as elsewhere. The photographs are taken from Knaresborough bookshop owner and local historian Paul
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Savers urged to withdraw funds from PIGS banks
SAVERS with banks in Eurozone trouble spots are being urged to withdraw their funds by a major York-based wealth management company. Pearson Jones Plc, of Northminster Business Park, which advises more than 2,000 private clients and 500 businesses, is
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Nigel Brunt appointed as Skelwith Group's sales director
The Skelwith Group, the York-based developer, has appointed Nigel Brunt as director of sales and marketing for its 80-acre Raithwaite Hall Country Retreat at Sandsend, in North Yorkshire. With construction of the luxury 45-bed five-star hotel under
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Champagne moment for Quartz Travel
YORK-based independent travel agency Quartz Travel has been named by the industry as the top regional travel agency in the whole of the north of England. The Heworth Road agency was chosen by travel operator Travel2, which organised the awards and
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York sport stays trapped in grip of ice
ALTHOUGH York City’s FA Trophy clash was able to beat the freeze, there was precious little of local sport to get the better of the wintry wipe-out. Volunteers came to the aid of the Minstermen in helping to shift snow off the Bootham Crescent pitch
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Riccall beaten at home by Copmanthorpe FC
Despite the sterling efforts of club and players, Riccall’s hosting of their Minster Engineering Football League premier division fixture was not rewarded. Visitors Copmanthorpe posted a 2-1 triumph in the only Minster League game to beat the freeze
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Precise pre-season programme puts Yorkshire County Cricket Club on path to plunder
Yorkshire batsman Anthony McGrath has hailed the county’s pre-season preparations as a reason why they were so consistent during the summer of 2010. The White Rose county went close to winning two competitions last season, the LV= County Championship
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York mother in ‘don’t drink and drive’ plea
A MUM who almost lost her life and that of her unborn baby in an horrendous crash has relived her ordeal in a bid to stop drink-drivers getting behind the wheel. Life changed for 31-year-old cyclist Angela Scott, when she was hit by a drink-driver
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York City 0, Boston United 1 - FA Trophy, first round
THERE is, of course, one “l” of a difference between Boston and Bolton. York City manager Gary Mills, though, was demanding the same approach from his players to Saturday’s meeting with the part-time Pilgrims that he is no doubt guaranteed
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Tadcaster Albion win five-goal FA Vase thriller against Formby
FA Vase glory still beckons for Tadcaster Albion who won a five-goal battle of the roses thriller. The Northern Counties East League premier division outfit travelled west and teased out hosts Formby 3-2 in the third round tie to keep alive their hopes
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Match report: Burnley 2, Leeds United 3
Leeds United showed true fighting spirit coming back from two goals down at half-time to win 3-2 and send their 4,000 travelling fans home deliriously happy. United who have made a habit of going behind before making a fight-back did so again in their
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Trendy Ladies syndicate can strut Southwell’s winner’s enclosure with racehorse Fashion Icon
Trendy Ladies, the North Yorkshire-based syndicate of owners who have enjoyed a memorable year with Fashion Icon, are hoping to see their favourite horse turn on the style yet again at Southwell tomorrow. Trained at Nawton, near Helmsley, by David O
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Selby RUFC celebrate win over Bridlington
IN one of only three Yorkshire One games to beat the freeze hosts Selby RUFC fended off the challenge of Bridlington for a valuable conquest. The hosts held sway over their east coast rivals for a precious 22-10 win. The success lifted the Swans no
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Music teaching shake-up plan
THE way thousands of children learn to play a musical instrument in York schools looks set to change due to Government funding cuts. Currently in York about 25 peripatetic music teachers, most of them teaching part-time, go to York’s primary and secondary
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Police U-turn on overtime
A U-TURN on overtime is set to be made by North Yorkshire’s police chiefs as they continue to battle savage spending cuts. North Yorkshire Police launched a fresh analysis of the extra hours being worked by its officers and staff earlier this
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New man takes charge of RAF Linton-On-Ouse base
A VETERAN of air combat in Iraq and Afghanistan has taken up the post of station commander at a North Yorkshire air base. Group Captain Terry Jones, 45, is the new commander at RAF Linton-On-Ouse, and he flew with an air cadet for the first time in
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Taxi driver told to remove England badge from his car
A TAXI driver has hit out after he was told to remove an England badge from his car, claiming his bosses labelled it “offensive”. Gary Hannigan, a private hire driver for Six Five Nine cars in York, had a small shield-shaped magnetic England badge, bearing
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Singers raise the roof at Community Carol Concert
FESTIVE cheer and audience participation saw the 2010 Community Carol Concert raise the roof at the Central Hall of the University of York. Viewed by many as the city’s official start to Christmas, Sunday’s event was the 53rd annual community carol concert
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Rise in number of burst pipes in York council homes
A HUGE increase in demand for pipe and heating repairs has seen City of York Council’s workload double during the recent cold weather. The council has had more than 1,300 calls in the past week – more than twice as many as normal. Engineers are said
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Call for delay to privatisation of care service
UNIONS are making a last-ditch attempt to force a delay on a decision to privatise part of the social care network for elderly people in York. City of York Council is planning to outsource its “reablement” services, which help residents reduce their
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Yorkshire firms chase £87m in late payments
BUSINESSES in Yorkshire could be losing more than £87 million a year chasing customer late payment, according to new research. A national survey of business owners and managers by Bibby Financial Services has revealed that firms in the region spend a
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Too promiscuous
HOW I agree with Tom Mitchell about responsible citizens having to subsidise single mothers (The Press, December 6). Only in one respect would I correct him – and that is to assume these scroungers (and there are far too many around) are reckless
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York roads set for £2.4m resurfacing boost
ROADS and footways across York could benefit from an estimated £2.4m of resurfacing and improvement works next year. A proposed list of nearly 80 roads and footways has been published today by the City of York Council. Among the roads listed is the
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Colleges attack EMA payment cuts
COLLEGE principals from across York and North Yorkshire have signed a letter in The Press today appealing to the Government not to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). The seven heads from colleges from across our circulation area
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Cut to EMA is not fair
WE WISH to express our concern at the Department for Education’s decision to stop paying Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) in July 2011 to 16-18 year olds, including those who will be halfway through their course and those whose household income
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Move pavement cafés to Newgate
WITH regard to the “problems” with York’s Newgate Market (The Press, December 8), why can’t the events presently staged in Parliament Street be transferred to a cleaned-up Newgate? The pavement cafés are only suitable for proper use for about four
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Labour hypocrites
IN THE interests of truth, objectivity and the York way – Coun Fraser apparently needs reminding that as a Scot, he requires the Lord Mayor’s prior permission to enter York’s city walls, else he remains liable to face the pointed end of an arrow (Letters
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Virus hits band concert sales
A COMPUTER virus has devastated ticket sales for a York brass band’s forthcoming Christmas concert. The Shepherd Group Brass Band’s annual show is due to take place over two nights this week, but the computer glitch means a huge mailing list of potential
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Tadcaster to shut council offices
COUNCIL offices in Tadcaster are closing in a bid to cut costs. Selby District Council will shut the current office at Westgate from Thursday. From Tuesday, January 4, information and advice will be available from North Yorkshire County Council staff
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£8.6m new track for Holgate rail junction
WORK on fitting an extra track to a bottleneck junction at one of York’s rail gateways is set to start next spring. Network Rail is planning to spend £8.6 million on installing a fourth rail line at Holgate junction which is intended to speed up journeys
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Festival of Angels returns to York
WHILE many were glad to see the back of the region’s snow and ice this week, one event in York was busy creating its own. The Festival of Angels is an annual tradition in York, featuring ice carving and outdoor music and entertainment, and this year
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Elvington Airfield noise order to stay
THE owners of an airfield near York have been thwarted in a fresh legal bid to overturn a ruling which leaves them facing prosecution if they fail to keep the noise down at the site. The brakes were put on the noise levels being created by high-powered
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Bench in memory of council stalwart
A PLAQUE has been unveiled in honour of a former Lord Mayor of York. Hugh Bayley, MP for York Central, joined Brenda Brooking, daughter of Jack Archer, and the three ward councillors for Holgate, Couns James Alexander, Sonja Crisp and Denise
