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East Coast train services from York to London expected to return to "near-normal" tomorrow
TRAIN operator East Coast said it was planning a “near normal” service from York to London tomorrow after passengers suffered nightmare journeys today. It said northbound services from London would take 15 minutes later than normal tomorrow
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Inspection ahead of York City's Boxing Day fixture
YORK City’s Boxing Day clash with Gateshead in the Blue Square Bet Premier is facing a Christmas Eve pitch inspection. The Bootham Crescent pitch is frozen and the club said it was “unlikely” the game would go ahead. Meanwhile, the abandoned fixture
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Some East Coast trains resume
Train services on the East Coast mainline have resumed between York and Peterborough, but remain suspended nearer London. Thousands of passengers have faced disruption today following the collapse of overhead power cables in Cambridgeshire. Many were
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Stranded passengers tell of East Coast misery
Yaing Juin Kim, 21 - I am supposed to be travelling down to London today to visit for a week and then go over to Poland so I am very worried that I won’t be able to get there. My flight is meant to be from Stansted Airport with Ryanair but I don
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Pub firm raises cash for homeless charity
KNARESBOROUGH-based pub company Market Town Taverns is asking customers to raise a glass to the forgotten few this Christmas in bid to raise funds for the charity Shelter. The specially commissioned We Three Kings Ale, brewed by award-winning Saltaire
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Knights star signing in talks over Cougars coaching role
YORK City Knights’ marquee signing, Jason Demetriou, is having talks with Keighley Cougars today over the vacant coaching job at Cougar Park. However, he has stressed that “everything would have to fall into place” quickly if he were to quit Huntington
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Volunteer Jean Young nominated for award
A DEDICATED volunteer from York has been shortlisted in veterinary charity PDSA’s annual Volunteer Awards for her outstanding passion and commitment to the charity. Jean Young, who lives in York and works at the PDSA shop in Goodramgate, is up against
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GAP store raises money for St Leonard’s Hospice
A SPECIAL fundraising weekend by GAP store staff at the York Designer Outlet has raised more than £400 for St Leonard’s Hospice. The store sold some of the Hospice’s small gifts and also held a collection. They are currently holding a competition to
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York sisters met up for Christmas meal
NO FEWER than seven sisters from a York family have met up together for a Christmas meal. The elderly daughters of Margaret and Harold Taylor – Zilphy, 79, Annette, 74, Lyn, 72, Dot, 68, Carole, 67, Irene, 65, and Hilary, 64 – gathered at the Roman Bath
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Safe sex reminder to teenagers
TEENAGERS in York and North Yorkshire are being urged to practise safe sex during the festive season. National figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a staggering 20 per cent increase in conception rates during December
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York City to battle for Luton trip compensation
YORK City’s board will make every attempt to ensure their supporters are compensated for Saturday’s wasted trip to Luton Town. A travelling army of 201 City fans made the 180-mile trip for a noon kick off at Kenilworth Road despite advance
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Knaresborough flat blaze drama
FIREFIGHTERS broke into a smoke-filled flat in Knaresborough to rescue a pensioner. They were alerted to the fire by a neighbour, who raised the alarm at 6.50pm on Sunday. Two crews attended the scene and had to force entry to the flat in Fisher
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University staff get in the swing for student hardship fund
STAFF from York St John University raised more than £1,300 for its student hardship fund at a talent competition. The university’s first Staff Big Band Idol was held to raise funds for the Securing Potential and Releasing Knowledge fund (SPARK), and
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Mac Luccock honoured at York Railway Institute RUFC lunch
DECADES of service to York Railway Institute RUFC have been marked by the New Lane outfit’s Survivors Club. Mac Luccock, who has given 73 years to RI as a player and administrator and is known through the Holgate club as “Mr RI”, was honoured at the
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Ernie Fairclough Memorial Trophy game called off
THE Ernie Fairclough Memorial Trophy game between the York Minster Engineering Football League side and the Yorkshire Old Boys, scheduled for tonight at Bootham Crescent, has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.
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Priceless memorabilia leaves lasting legacy of Wilfred Rhodes
Yorkshire have been handed an early Christmas present in the form of a priceless collection of memorabilia belonging to the late great Wilfred Rhodes. It has been donated to the club by Rhodes’ granddaughter, Margaret Garton, who is the sole surviving
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Jockey Kieren Fallon joins forces with Kevin Ryan in bid for Breathless win
Kieren Fallon, currently dividing his riding time between Britain and Dubai, has been snapped up by North Yorkshire trainer Kevin Ryan at Kempton tomorrow in the hope that the multiple champion jockey can work the oracle on the luckless Breathless Kiss
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Ryedale trainer targets Rowland Meyrick Chase on Boxing Day
NORTON trainer Malcolm Jefferson plans to be double handed in the Rowland Meyrick Chase – the feature contest of Wetherby Racecourse’s Boxing Day meeting. Rising star King Fontaine and According To Pete are set to compete in the £40,000 Grade 3 race
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Green light for jockey Freddie Tylicki to return
FREDDIE TYLICKI is back riding out in Malton as his return to action from a major shoulder injury draws closer. The champion apprentice of 2009 missed the vast majority of the Turf season after a fall at Musselburgh in June and needed pins inserted into
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Huntington Cricket Club seeking new players
NEWLY-PROMOTED Huntington Cricket Club are appealing for new players to join ahead of the 2011 season. The first team, captained by Jason Halliwell, won promotion to division five of the York & District Senior League last term, while the second team
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White Rose Polo Club bloom in 2010
EAST Yorkshire’s White Rose Polo Club are celebrating a year of growth and success that has seen membership soar to an all-time high, and record numbers of people taking part in polo lessons and taster sessions. The club, based at North Cliffe, near
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St Paul's losing run ends in John Smith’s Ladies Darts League
ST PAUL’S claimed their first win of the York John Smith’s Ladies League division two season at the expense of Cueball ‘A’. Faye Hawksby fired in a 70 bull finish as Cueball ‘A’ scooted into a 2-0 advantage. But captain Chris Lamb started the Saints
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Van driver admits killing soldier
A van driver has admitted causing the crash that killed a York soldier. Joao-Paolo Agusto Garcia, from Portugal, may have been at the wheel for too long when his Sprinter van collided with a Suzuki Swift driven by Air Trooper James Richard Ashdown on
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University expels student in child porn shame
A HISTORY student on a £90,000 government scholarship has been expelled from the University of York for child porn computer offences. Jonathan Wong’s studies were financed by the Ministry of Education in Singapore so that he could become a
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Why Ken Clarke is not right on prison
WHEN will the politicians of this country start to take notice of the vast majority of the population when it comes to the treatment of prisoners? They are in prison because they have committed crimes against society, yet the politicians treat them
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Great WRVS volunteers
WRVS would like thank all the volunteers who have given up their time throughout 2010 to help us support older people across Great Britain. Especially those who battled through the snow to deliver hot meals, to ensure shops and cafés at busy hospitals
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Our recycling moan
DOES City of York Council really care about recycling? Two weeks ago they were unable to collect due to weather conditions. We accepted that, but then our glass and paper collections were not emptied again. A genuine mistake perhaps? So
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Don’t harm school music tuition
I WAS saddened to read of City of York Council’s plans to ‘change’ – in effect end – school music tuition (The Press, December 16). It is short-changing children to attempt to teach them an instrument in groups of 30. Perhaps councillors have a vision
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NHS walk-in centre moves to York Hospital
THE York walk in centre will be relocating to York Hospital A&E department in anticipation of the Christmas rush. The temporary move will apply from December 25 to 28 and January 1 to 3. Kaye Grannon, service manager for unscheduled care, said:
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£60k roads revamp in Haxby and Wigginton
ALMOST £60,000 of council funds could be ploughed into resurfacing roads and footpaths in Haxby and Wigginton. Councillors and residents have welcomed proposals by City of York Council to resurface Briergate, Springwood, Appleby Glade and Pinelands
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Labour just as bad as ConDem over cuts
JAMES Alexander bemoans the cut in state funding for City of York Council as “political vandalism”. While he is right about this, it is rather disingenuous not to mention the fact that a Labour government would have done largely the same. Does Coun
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Greta wins Britain’s Goat Talent
THOUSANDS of people voted to make Greta the goat Christmas number one. The goat from St Helen’s Farm at Seaton Ross, in East Yorkshire, sang Hark The Herald Angels Sing in an X Factor-style competition held at the farm. Greta competed against her yard-mates
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Labour Party fluffed it
ONE of the great misconceptions harboured by the public over the past 50 years is that somehow the Labour Party could vastly improve their quality of life. In Gordon Brown’s book, he states that he is not a financial expert, nor a great economist, so
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Trains to be hit by strike over holidays
Workers at Northern Rail, which runs trains in Yorkshire, are to strike on December 27 and 28 in a row over Bank Holiday pay, it has been announced. The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said about 1,000 of its members at the company
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Review: Sacconi String Quartet; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
Over the last nine years, the Sacconis have been quietly building themselves a reputation, which they enhanced at last week’s concert for the British Music Society. Currently they seem to be on a Czech mission. This gave us not only Smetana
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Choirgirl CD is flying off shelves
A CHOIRGIRL from York had a taste of fame when she spent an hour signing copies of her new album in a city centre music shop. Isabel Suckling, whose debut album, The Choirgirl, reached Number 3 in the classical music chart, had a chance to meet some
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All East Coast trains cancelled
ALL East Coast trains between York and London have been suspended for the rest of today after overhead power cables were severely damaged. Hundreds of passengers are stranded on several East Coast trains which are stuck along the route.
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A first-class job from postmaster
I WISH to applaud the postmaster Paul Abbott and his wife and staff for their outstanding patience with all the work of coping with the demand which Christmas brought. Too few post offices trying to deal with the many in the community sending off
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We have to stop all drink-driving
TO deter drink-driving, make it law that if caught drink driving, the culprit’s car should be confiscated, sold and the money raised be given to charity; plus they should be given an automatic jail sentence. Why should an innocent person such as Angela
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Lendal Bridge crash man stable
THE 62-year-old man injured in an accident on Lendal Bridge, York, remained in a “serious but stable” condition at York Hospital, police said yesterday. The bridge was closed for several hours last Thursday night after the man was struck by two cars
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Mystery winner claims £77k lottery prize
A MYSTERY Lottery winner from the York area has finally claimed their five-figure prize from a draw made more than two months ago. Camelot UK Lotteries Limited, which runs The National Lottery, has announced the £77,120 prize from the Lotto
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Farm buildings hit by arson attacks
ARSONISTS caused thousands of pounds in damage to farm buildings near York after they struck twice in one night. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service was first called to a fire at a Dutch barn in the village of Hessay, shortly after 10.45pm on Sunday
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Just let the NHS get on with it
I RECALL many years ago the government of the day brought in “sweeping reforms” of the health service. The upheaval was trumpeted as a means of bringing enterprising new people in to reinvigorate the moribund system, a bit like a blood transfusion
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York counts cost as worst winter bites
HIGHWAYS chiefs are facing soaring bills for gritting and repairing roads in the wake of York’s worst winter weather in 30 years. City of York Council says it has already spent more on gritting roads than it normally spends in an entire winter. And
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Post office service returns to Melsonby
POST office services are to return to a North Yorkshire village, nine months after the alleged murder of the previous postmistress. Robin Garbutt, 45, will stand trial in March for the murder of his wife Diana, 40, whose body was found in the flat
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Streets to close for Lord Mayor’s Carol Service
DRIVERS have been warned a number of city-centre streets will be closed in York for the Lord Mayor’s Carol Service on Friday evening. City of York Council said that between 6pm and 9pm traffic will not be permitted along St Helen’s Square and Coney
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Review: The Christmas Office Party, Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, until January 15 2011
YOU can take this bullish revival of John Godber’s updated Office Party on surface level and nod in amused recognition at the festive party shenanigans and the morning-after headaches. Or you can look deeper and detect the whiff of office politics
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Coach’s drink driver stopped by passengers
A COACH driver whose passengers ordered him to stop after he hit a bollard has admitted being almost twice the legal alcohol limit at the time. Patrick Joseph Burke, 52, was taking a coach-load of shoppers, including children, on a trip from Manchester
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Green power plant boost for Drax Power Station
THE boss of Drax Power Station has welcomed Government plans she says boost its plans for the future. Dorothy Thompson, chief executive of Drax, said the new proposals would help provide reassurance for investors and low-cost fuel for customers. She
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Men never get a hint
“WHY don’t you just say that you’d like a cup of tea?” my husband says to me after I’ve picked up my mug several times and swung it about on my finger, drawing attention to its emptiness. As hints go, it’s not very subtle. But with men you can’t make
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Calendar presenter helps give out campaign presents at Monks Cross
CALENDAR presenter Carolyn Hodgson dropped in to Monks Cross to help hand over presents collected in the shopping park’s Give A Gift campaign. The campaign, which began at the end of November, asked shoppers to pick up an extra gift to help brighten
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Drug use survey launched in East Yorkshire
A CONFIDENTIAL survey has been launched in an attempt to understand the extent of performance and image enhancing drug use in East Yorkshire. Performance and image enhancing drugs are often associated purely with competitive sport; however, they not
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Two injured in crash on A64
TWO people were taken to Scarborough Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the A64, east of Rillington. The collision on the eastbound carriageway involved a Peugeot 307 and Peugeot 206 and happened at about 9am yesterday. Firefighters had to
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Hope for Barringtons printing jobs
THERE is hope for jobs being threatened by a property dispute between a council body and a manufacturing business. City of York Council agreed at a meeting yesterday not to buy a site currently being used by a printing business for York Museums Trust
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Costcutter supermarket group cautious
COSTCUTTER, the York-based convenience store chain, has said it remains cautious about 2011, despite expectations the sector will grow. Research from food and grocery analysts IGD predicted the convenience market would grow by a third, to be worth £42.6
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Santa makes patients’ day on York Hospital’s children’s ward
YOUNGSTERS being treated on York Hospital’s children’s ward were given an early Christmas surprise when Santa Claus arrived with a sack of presents. The festive character put smiles on their faces when he dished out gifts donated by staff at Taps, a
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MP voices concerns over York's fire cover
AN MP has intervened in the controversy over changes to fire cover in York city centre, which conservation watchdogs claim will put hundreds of historic buildings at risk. York Central MP Hugh Bayley went to the Clifford Street fire station to discuss
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Langlands garden centre wins Christmas display award
AN EAST Riding garden centre has won an award for having the best Christmas display the second year running. Langlands, at Shiptonthorpe, was awarded The Garden Centre Association award for the best Christmas display in the north east for a destination
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Knights workshop to get hearts beating
Primary school pupils from across York will be learning to keep their hearts healthy with York City Knights thanks to support from Yorkshire’s own Heart Research UK. The heart charity has given a grant of £7,000 to enable about 1,500 year four pupils
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A-Level students commended at York College awards evening
YORK College hosted an awards evening for students who excelled in their AS and A-Levels this year. The event was held in the college atrium and the college principal, Dr Alison Birkinshaw, gave the introductory speech. The awards were presented
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Wife’s novel golden wedding gift to her husband
AS Janet Pigott prepares to celebrate her golden wedding, she has decided to give her husband Peter a novel gift – literally. The former York resident has written her first novel and intends to present Peter with a golden wedding edition, encased in
