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Police appeal to help trace missing pensioner
POLICE have appealed for help to trace a 76-year-old man who has gone missing from a North Yorkshire hotel. George Wood, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, was last seen at the Norbreck Hotel in Castle Road, Scarborough, at 11.45am today. North Yorkshire
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Michael Ellis stars for Wigginton Grasshoppers in U14s final
PENALTIES were needed to split Wigginton Grasshoppers and Pocklington Town in one of the most “fantastic” York FA Cup Under-14s finals seen for many years. After the two teams had held each other 1-1 at the end of normal time in the showpiece at Bootham
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Last-gasp woe hits York Schoolboys U12s
York Schoolboys Under-12s came agonisingly close to claiming the point they needed to take the title race into a last-day decider before losing 4-3 at Spen Valley, conceding the winner with virtually the last kick of the match. York created the better
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Carnegie Challenge mixture for York U13s
MIXED fortunes befell York Under-13s in the three-team Carnegie Challenge. In a storming display they beat Leeds 1-0 with a Ben Hirst strike. But luck was out in the second match, perishing to two penalties in as many minutes against Liverpool, who
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Predators put paid to Rawcliffe's double York FA cup final bid
THERE was joy and woe for Rawcliffe footballers in York FA cup finals. The delight was furnished in the Senior Minor Cup Under-16s final, where Rawcliffe beat Fulford United 3-1. Jordan Spencer broke the deadlock for Rawcliffe who netted at the far
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Nine goal victory for Stamford Bridge Scorpions
Stamford Bridge Scorpions under-12s girls routed Knaresborough Celtic 9-0. Millie Templeman’s five goals took her past 100 in three seasons. Sophie Tinson hit a hat-trick and Natalie Hart also scored as the team finished with 16 wins and a draw from
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Ben Tilley’s brace brings U15s final glory to Bishopthorpe
BEN TILLEY was the two-goal star in Bishopthorpe White Rose’s 2-0 conquest of North Duffield in the York FA Under-15s final. Chances were traded at each end – with Duffield’s Luke Pearse foiled by Bishops goalkeeper Aaron Johnson, whose opposite
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Ten tries for New Earswick All Blacks U9s' Lewis Young
LEWIS YOUNG broke a club record when scoring ten tries for New Earswick All Blacks ARLC under-9s against Doncaster Toll Bar. Young was unsurprisingly named man of the match after his record 40-point haul in the end-to-end game, and he also took the ‘
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Fantastic final sees spoils shared between primary school tag rugby sides
CARR Junior and New Earswick shared the mixed York Primary Schools Tag Rugby League Trophy after a fantastic finals day at Huntington Stadium. Thirty-two schools took part in the heats throughout March, and this was whittled down to nine for the grand
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Coaching camp at York Cricket Club
A SUMMER coaching camp will be held at York Cricket Club between Monday, May 30 and Friday, June 3. The sessions, from 10am to 3pm, are open to boys and girls of all abilities aged between seven and 13. A soft ball will be used so no helmets are required
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York Cubs claim York FA Acaster Steel U11s Cup
YORK Cubs roared to lift the York FA Acaster Steel Under-11s Cup. They showed plenty of mettle to counter an opener from opponents Brooklyn in an entertaining final at Poppleton Juniors’ ground. Brooklyn’s Josh Berry took off on a run down the left
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Touch of success as sixth-formers try their hand at rugby league
THE sixth-form centres at York schools Huntington and All Saints’ have been getting into adult tag rugby league after new student sessions were launched for 16 to 19-year-olds. The project, which saw 50 youngsters take part, aims to combat the drop-off
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Girls only junior sessions at York Cricket Club
GIRLS only junior sessions have started at York Cricket Club. The Clifton Park club have started a section for girls aged between eight and 14, which meets at the Shipton Road venue every Friday between 6pm and 6pm. Anyone interested in attending
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Royal event raised the nation’s spirits
READING Aled Jones anti-Royalist rant (Letters, May 2), I felt quite sorry for him. I was reminded of the poem which starts: “Breathes there a man with soul so dead”, or of a voice crying not in the wilderness but against the millions in this country
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York City Baths Club’s squad make the grade
YORK City Baths Club’s 14-strong squad made a splash at the Doncaster Dartes’ Minster Graded Meet. The York contingent came away with a resounding 40 personal bests, two first place finishes, five seconds, six third, two fourths, five fifths and
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Showing no bias
A CORRESPONDENT (Letters, May 5) takes issue with your editing, changing the word “lady” to “woman”. I well remember, about 30 years ago, talking to Press reporter Ian Lockwood, a fellow rugby league referee, about this constant word of the word
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A neat little lesson
WITH reference to Mike Laycock’s messy desk (Letters, May 5), I worked for 25 years at Hunter Gee Holroyd Chartered Accountants. Early on my desk was covered in various client files, etc. One day the senior partner, David Hunter, came up to
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A first-class stay at York Hospital
I WOULD like to tell your readers of my exceptional stay in York recently (April 21 to 26). The food was more than adequate and tasty too, drinks and help available round the clock. Clean linen on the bed every day. Staff doing their jobs efficiently
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Where power lies
JULIAN COLE’S interesting discussion of tolerance and the balance between Christianity and secularism (The Press, May 5) does not mention that, in this country at any rate and I think in some others, secularism controls the police and the army, and
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Final thoughts at the end of a crucial campaign
WHERE would you expect to find the leader of the local Conservative group at 8.30pm on election night when the polls close at 10pm? On the streets canvassing would be my answer – something I did 30 years ago in John Clout’s era. You knocked on
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Review: Opera North in The House of the Dead; Grand Theatre, Leeds
IT is not the most alluring of titles. But Dostoyevsky’s tales of four years in a Siberian prison camp provided Janacek with the inspiration for his last, and arguably most powerful, opera. Acting as his own librettist, the composer poured his remaining
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The day I made lunch for Raymond Blanc
MAXINE GORDON spends a day at Raymond Blanc’s Cookery School to discover his real-life kitchen secrets. IT’S not every day you make lunch for Raymond Blanc – and “la poule au pot” simmering away in a large soup pan is just what the French chef
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Musing on minerals
In this week’s Tipping’s Tipples, MIKE TIPPING muses on minerals. I DECIDED that this week I’d highlight wines that had mineral flavours. “Minerals,” I blurted out at the dinner table. “I’ll write about minerals this week”. My suggestion was met with
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How one day turned Steve on to the horses
It is the horses that are the stars of the show in Press racing correspondent Steve Carroll’s new book about York Races. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. STEVE Carroll had never been particularly interested in racing before he came to York. He’d been
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Country walk at Faceby
GEORGE WILKINSON offers up a walk with a bit of adrenalin. FACEBY magpies chivvied each other along a fence and my navigator said: “Let’s go.” Whorl Hill overlooks the village, a field away, and we climbed its smooth worn paths. If you get a feeling
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Sweet charity
GAVIN AITCHISON looks at beers for good causes in York. CHARITY begins at home, they say. Not this week. Nope, tomorrow it begins at the bar – when four big-hearted beer drinkers hold a fundraising event ahead of the Edinburgh Marathon.
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Chocolate orange cake recipe
MAXINE GORDON makes chocolate orange cake. This week, my inspiration came from my first effort at making orange curd. It spurred me on to another first – a chocolate orange cake. I made a basic chocolate sponge, added some juice and zest from an
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Yorkshire Blonde - abv 4.5 per cent; £2.20/50cl
Ossett Brewery started operations in 1998 in the West Yorkshire town of the same name. Demand for the ales soon required larger premises and the company was forced to move in 2005 to new site, all of 50 yards away. Over recent years, the
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Minster appearance for Melvyn Bragg on Bible book tour
FORMER South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg will be at York Minster on Thursday evening to talk about the best selling book in the English-speaking world: the King James Bible. The King James is 400 this year. And Lord Bragg has written his own bestseller
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Busy time ahead in the garden
The beginning of May finds plenty to do in the garden, reports GINA PARKINSON. THE start of the month brings plans for the weeks ahead and May is perhaps the busiest time of the gardening year. Beds and borders are filling, the vegetable
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James Meredith signing is a big deal for Gary Mills
YORK City manager Gary Mills has hailed James Meredith’s decision to commit his future to Bootham Crescent for another season as a “major signing”. Meredith has put pen to paper on a new one-year deal despite interest in his services from promoted
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All change for Knights in big Challenge Cup tie against Hull KR
DAVE WOODS has stressed York City Knights have not given up the ghost in tomorrow’s Challenge Cup tie against Hull KR (3pm) – despite naming a weakened team for the fourth-round clash. Talismanic pair Chris Thorman and Jack Lee, along with
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Simon Dyson back in the running at Spanish Open
A FLOCK of birdies soared high in the Catalan sky for York-born golf ace Simon Dyson. The world number 84 got his Spanish Open campaign back under par on a scintillating second day at the Real Golf de El Prat course in Barcelona. Stuck in the doldrums
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Hull KR's Peter Fox wary of upset as he relishes his return to Huntington Stadium
PETER FOX admits stuttering Hull KR will aim to kick-start their season by putting his home-town club to the sword tomorrow – but he has stressed they won’t take anything for granted. There had been rumours in Hull that Rovers boss Justin Morgan might
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York City season ticket prices frozen
SEASON ticket prices at York City will be frozen next season – but match day admission will go up by £1. The Bootham Crescent-based club have announced that, despite the VAT increase in January, the cost of a campaign-long ticket at the ground will remain
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Tom Lineham set for run with Knights reserves
SPEED machine Tom Lineham will be back in a York City Knights shirt tonight as the second team go to Widnes Vikings for a reserves league game (5pm, at Widnes RUFC). Lineham, the 19-year-old flier who burst on the scene with 11 tries in 18 appearances
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Can York Knights shock RL’s world?
HULL Kingston Rovers might be going through a rough patch in the engage Super League, but they are still ranked at 1-200 (200-1 on) to win tomorrow’s Challenge Cup tie at Huntington Stadium. York City Knights are ranked at 20-1 to win, and have been
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Rich Corner edged out of UK darts push
YORK’S Rich Corner has narrowly missed out on joining fellow Minstermen Chris Thompson and Martyn Turner at next month’s Speedy Hire UK Open. Corner agonisingly lost 6-5 to Nick Fulwell in the second round of the regional qualifier at Wigan when a win
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Veterans’ bowls league season begins
GLORIOUS sunshine heralded the start of the York Amateur Bowls Association veterans’ league season. The YABA comprises five divisions this year and opening day results were: Div 1: West Park ‘C’ 15, West Park ‘B’ 26; Bootham ‘B’ 11, RI Corinthians
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Yorkshire lack KO blow against Nottinghamshire
Letting teams off the hook is rapidly becoming the theme of Yorkshire’s season so far. For the fifth time in 2011, the Tykes had an opposition on the ropes yesterday, before ultimately failing to land the crucial knockout blow which would have seen
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York RUFC miss out in Yorkshire Shield final
YORK RUFC were comprehensively outplayed as Ilkley triumphed 26-10 in the Yorkshire Shield final at Pontefract. The Clifton Parkers were unable to deal with their opponents mauling forward domination and struggled for possession throughout the game
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New golf league to be played at York Golf Centre
SUMMER will be a whole new swinging time for York’s golfers. A new golf league for individuals is to be played at the York Golf Centre in Skelton. The pioneering venture is the brainchild of Martin Alderson-Crombie, a former local footballer who turned
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Richard Fahey's Glen’s Diamond wins at Chester
MALTON duo Richard Fahey and Paul Hanagan teamed up yet again for big race glory after 2-1 favourite Glen’s Diamond won the Group 3 Addleshaw Goddard Dee Stakes at Chester. Musley Bank trainer Fahey’s charge was taking a step up in class from a Musselburgh
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Charity golf day pride
YORK Against Cancer’s golf day, to be held on July 7 at York Golf Club, will herald the arrival of a new main sponsor. Your Move Anscombs have succeeded Garbutt & Elliott whose stint, which ended last year, realised more than £25,000 for the charity
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Put your tipping to test in Bodugi’s £400 Dante competition
THINK you know a thing or two about horseracing? Now is your chance to prove it by beating your fellow Press readers. The Press is promoting a competition from new social betting website Bodugi to offer readers a big money exclusive competition on
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Farewell to Our Enery
BRITISH boxing’s present moribund condition was highlighted yet more by the death this week of Henry Cooper, genuinely this nation’s best heavyweight never to win the ultimate world championship. ‘Our Enery’, as he was affectionately known, had a
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Mowbray House contingent primed for fitting tribute to trainer David Chapman
There could be no better compliment paid to former Stillington trainer David Chapman, a legend of North Yorkshire racing, than to see winners from his Mowbray House continuing in abundance, following his sudden death earlier this week. Ruth Carr, Chapman
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YORK ELECTION: Waller and Galloway lose seats as Labour crush Lib Dems
LABOUR swept to power in York after a sensational local election victory which saw the city’s council leader ousted and his party crushed. Andrew Waller and his influential predecessor Steve Galloway, the city’s longest-serving councillor,
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RYEDALE: Barman Luke Ives, 19, leads the Tory charge
A TRAINEE accountant became the youngest councillor to be elected in Ryedale, as the Conservatives took outright control of the district for the first time. Luke Ives, who won the seat for the Tories in the Norton West Ward, turned 19 last
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SELBY: Bitter-sweet victory in Barlby seat
VOTERS descended on the polls in higher numbers than usual to ensure Selby retained its Conservative majority. Just over 44 per cent of voters turned out at polling stations across the district on Thursday, and selected Conservative councillors
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REFERENDUM: York says no to alternative vote
Updated: YORK voted overwhelmingly against the alternative vote in the national referendum on electoral reform. The no campaign won 41,137 votes, against 24,980 for yes. Turnout in York was confirmed as 45.5 per cent. UK voters
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Fashion show boost for baby unit
AN eye-catching preview night has been held to help raise money for York Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit. Fashion label L K Bennett hosted the catwalk show in its Low Petergate store as a warm-up for the fundraising charity and catwalk show in Grays
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Yorkshire Water fined £7.5k after sewage released into beck
YORKSHIRE Water has been fined £7,500 after sewage was found in a beck which runs on to a North Yorkshire beach. The company admitted failing to comply with its environmental permit when a fault at a Yorkshire Water pumping station caused sewage to
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Fenwick store family second richest in North-East
MARK Fenwick and his family, who own the Fenwick department stores, have been listed as the second richest family in the North East in the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List. The family grew their wealth by £18 million in the past year, with £438 million in
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On the run antiques raider back in jail
A BURGLAR convicted of stealing valuables worth more than £35,000 from North Yorkshire country houses has been arrested after nearly four years on the run. Michael Edward Kenny, 50, was named one of the “most wanted” criminals in Britain when he skipped
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Focus DIY deal agreed
THE administrators of Focus DIY have agreed to sell up to 31 of the debt-laden retailer’s stores to Kingfisher plc. They could not reveal whether the deal includes the store in Selby, which employs 17 people, Harrogate, which employs 30, Beverley,
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Patients urged to think twice before heading to A&E
A CAMPAIGN is being launched in York in a bid to prevent hundreds of thousands of pounds being spent on unnecessary Accident and Emergency treatments. The See Your GP campaign has been created after York Health Group ran a study with York Hospital
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York Barbican ready to rock ’n roll
FINISHING touches are being applied to York Barbican at the end of a £2 million refurbishment, prior to its reopening next week. The entertainment venue, which has lain mostly unused and empty since 2004, will host a pre-opening charity concert featuring
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Three sought over fatal bike crash
POLICE are seeking three vital witnesses as part of the investigation into an accident in which a 31-year-old motorcyclist died on Wednesday. Tyrone Cunningham, from the Dane Park area of Hull, was riding his black and red Yamaha motorcycle when
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York Against Cancer donation provides wheelchairs for York Hospital
A CHARITY has donated £14,500 to provide wheelchairs for York Hospital. York Against Cancer donated the money to buy 24 wheelchairs for the new multi-storey car park. The chairs will help patients and visitors to travel between the car park and
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Farmer trades in his tractor for television role
A FARMER in a York village has become a television star after being selected to feature in the latest advert for Hovis bread. Richard Burniston, 58, who owns the North End Farm in Long Marston with his mother, Madge, was approached by the bread company
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Stranded badger rescued
THIS little badger cub has been reunited with its family after being found stranded near Selby. The cub was spotted above ground and running up and down the perimeter fence of a factory just outside Selby. He was trapped between residential gardens
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City spotlight on loneliness
“WHAT makes people lonely” is the question being asked in two York neighbourhoods as a major study gets under way. People living in New Earswick and the Carr Estate in Acomb along with two areas in Bradford are being asked to act as researchers to help
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£15 rail fare to London on offer
PASSENGERS are being offered an opportunity to travel between York and London with Grand Central for only £15. The York-based train company is offering standard class £15 single fares, from Monday to Saturday until July 25, on specific trains on the
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Artefacts boost for Selby’s new hospital
HISTORICAL artefacts from the Selby War Memorial Hospital will be preserved and refurbished before the new hospital opens. NHS North Yorkshire and York have incorporated artefacts and objects from the Selby War Memorial Hospital’s legacy before it moves
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University chef in running for award
A UNIVERSITY of York chef is in the running to win an award at the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards 2011. Executive chef Andrew Wood will join a host of talented UK chefs in London on June 2. The winners of 14 categories will be announced at the event
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Second World War veteran to be honoured at funeral
THE North Yorkshire woman who campaigned tirelessly for a national memorial to women of the Second World War is to be honoured by fellow veterans at her funeral. Wartime Royal Artillery gunner Edna Storr, of Cedar Crescent, Selby, who died
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Summer exhibition at York’s Quilt Museum and Gallery
THE summer exhibition of York’s Quilt Museum and Gallery has opened after weeks of preparation. Themes for this season are Celebrations and Made In Yorkshire which will see an array of interesting textile works grace the museum. An apt display in the
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Readers to vote on title for York locomotive
READERS of The Press have a unique opportunity today to vote for the name of a train locomotive to represent the city of York. A host of suggestions was put forward by readers after rail operator East Coast revealed it was reviving the tradition
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Husband and wife assaulted outside nightclub
POLICE are investigating after a couple were assaulted outside a North Yorkshire nightclub. At about 3.10am on Sunday, a man, 31, and his wife, 26, were approached by a group of men and women outside Matrix nightclub, in Kirkgate, Ripon. The husband
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Selby gig for North American roots band
A POPULAR North American roots band comes to Selby this month. The Good Lovelies, a female trio, will perform at Selby Town Hall on May 21. The band won the Canadian equivalent of a Brit Award (Juno Award) for their self-titled debut album in 2009,
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York pub wins top award for second time in four years
BRIGANTES, in Micklegate, has been named pub of the year by the York branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) for the second time in four years. Branch officials handed over the award at a special presentation evening on Wednesday. Chairman Matt
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Petition calls for A1079 safety measures
CAMPAIGNERS calling for new safety measures on the A1079 between York and Hull have handed in a 1,000-name petition to their MP. The petition was given to East Yorkshire MP Greg Knight yesterday at the Market Weighton Town Council offices. Residents
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Oxjam charity music festival heading to York
A CHARITY music festival is coming to York for the first time in its history. Oxjam, a nationwide festival, will take place for one day in October this year. Organisers are looking for volunteers to manage production, fundraising and marketing
