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Nestlé's York factory cuts out all waste
Nestlé's York factory has achieved ‘zero waste,’ four years ahead of the company’s 2015 target. The confectionery site, where more than a billion KitKats and 183 million Aeros are made each year, now sends no waste to landfill. The move
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Yorkshire v Lancashire - Lunch, Day 1
The first morning’s honours have been shared as Yorkshire take on Lancashire in the Roses match at Headingley today. Andrew Gale, who won the toss, bravely decided to bowl first with overhead conditions overcast, and Ryan Sidebottom has rewarded
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Miss York reaches last 15 but fails to secure Miss England crown
MISS York Anastasia Smith reached the last 15 in the Miss England contest – but failed to win the crown. Anastasia, 20, from Norton, near Malton, said she found the two-day competition at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham ‘absolutely exhausting.’
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Knights boss braced for a tough relegation run-in
DAVE WOODS reckons the pressure is on Dewsbury and Hunslet – far more than on his York City Knights team – as the Championship survival race heads into the home straight. The three clubs are embroiled in a relegation dogfight – two are set
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Gary Mills salutes Grantham after York City's win
YORK City manager Gary Mills praised his former club Grantham Town for giving his players an “excellent workout” in last night’s friendly win. The Minstermen won 2-0 after second-half goals from Adriano Moké and Jason Walker but Mills was pleased by
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Serious car crash closes A64 for six hours
Updated: A SUSPECTED car thief was under police guard in hospital last night after driving the wrong way up the A64 and causing a three-car crash. Witnesses said they had to swerve to avoid the Vauxhall Insignia as it careered towards them
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World Championships place for York rower
YORK City Rowing Club star Tom Ransley is bound for the World Championships in Slovenia next month. The 25-year-old University of York graduate was named in the Great Britain eights crew and will line-up at the event in Bled between August 28 and September
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Elderly people’s homes consultation launched
RESIDENTS will have their chance to have their say on the future of elderly people’s homes in the city via supermarkets and libraries among other places as City of York Council launch a major three-month consultation. Details of five options will
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We have to cut pollution in York
LAST week I called for Gillygate to be part-pedestrianised to help attract more footfall to independent businesses (The Press, July 15). Naturally, some people are concerned about closing a main route to private vehicles, but something has to be
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Why Tadcaster parking is free
REGARDING the article on July 16 about parking to stay free in Tadcaster and Sherburn in Elmet, when all the houses and buildings in the centre of Tadcaster were demolished in the late 1960s, the owners put a covenant on the land that parking should
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Turn up to have a say on bus changes
MORE than 30 bus users in Rawcliffe, Skelton and Clifton Without attended parish council meetings last week to let councillors know their concerns about the bus cuts at the end of August to the 22 and 14 bus services and the proposed new routes and
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Regrettable social housing comments
I FOUND some of John Reeves’ comments on social housing disturbing (Letters, July 13). Mr Reeves seems to suggests that “pepper-potting” of social housing on new developments devalues properties for sale on the open market. I would say
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Hooray for the Territorial Army
THE Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, plans to reduce the number of regular army soldiers by 101,000 and instead offer more training and better equipment to the Territorial Army. This could be a good move if it means our politicians will at
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Let’s be Scot free
WHY do our politicians keep indulging the Scots? They now have their own parliament, their own currency, their nationalist party is in power, and yet they financially discriminate with student fees against British students, while favouring Scottish
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Poppy field memories
I FELT the urge to write when I saw the beautiful pictures taken by your photographers (Poppy Love, The Press, July 9). It stirred a lot of memories from 1943. There was an advert in the then-Yorkshire Evening Press – “Poppy petals wanted, to be
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Maritime nation? Hardly
BRITAIN likes to think itself a maritime nation. Yet a survey carried out last month by the charity Seafarers UK revealed huge gaps in knowledge of merchant ships and the seafarer. Barely one per cent of the population knows that more than 90
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Car left abandoned
WHEN walking, I have noticed a car parked on the grass verge which does not seem to move. I wondered if it had been stolen and abandoned, so I attempted to report it to the police using the non-emergency phone number. After being shunted around
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Protect Clifton Without's name and boundaries
TWO recent letters (Letters, July 4 and 13) referred to David Lodge’s efforts to protect the name and boundaries of Holgate. I would like to speak up for Clifton Without, in itself an unusual parish name. Looking at last Thursday’s Property
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Thanks for bringing donkeys into York
I WOULD like to thank Penny Chaplin and her council colleagues for the fantastic donkey rides they organised in St Sampson’s Square on Saturday. It was a brilliant idea on a dark wet day. My daughter, Leah, had a fantastic time, as did all the children
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Do you remember car with drum of water?
MAYBE someone else could throw more light on this subject than I. But I remember about 20 to 25 years ago, maybe more, a man in the Bradford area who owned a Jaguar and a Morris 1000. Under the bonnet or somewhere on the motor was a drum of water
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Sense on MOTs
For the first time in my seven years of office, the EU has come up with something sensible! MOTs on a 4-2-2 system – as in the first MOT after four years and then every other year – instead of a 3-1-1 system. I look forward in 2018 to
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Are they all mad?
AFTER reading the Letters page in The Press, I am of the opinion that the whole of the political parties allegedly running City of York Council should visit a shrink. The powers that be in charge of York are promoting more nutty ideas as the years
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Seeds of hope in Afghanistan
York civil servant and TA Major Kerry Hutchinson describes efforts to tackle the Afghan poppy trade. Juma Gul grows poppies not because he supports a campaign to fill the West with heroin, but simply because he can sell the raw opium to
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Marguerite Porter’s Summer Gala evening, Grand Opera House, York, July 24
MARGUERITE Porter is determined to take part in Sunday’s Summer Gala at the Grand Opera House, York, despite damaging her knee. Usually, the former Royal Ballet principal ballerina from Doncaster busies herself with overseeing the song-and-dance extravaganza
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Get ready to party
York is gearing up for a massive celebration next year to mark 800 years since the granting of its city charter. STEPHEN LEWIS can’t wait. NOBODY in York needs much prompting to throw a good party. But if we did, next year provides the perfect
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Mario’s Restaurant 27
RELIGION and race-going meet at one happy family-run Italian restaurant in Ripon. Mario’s Restaurant 27 in Kirkgate, a stone’s throw from Ripon Cathedral and a brisk walk from Ripon Racecourse, is run by Marco Chessa and his wife, Maria, who look after
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Ashley Mason - YorMed Independent Ambulance Service
MOST young men of 21 parade in their super cars. What is more, he has two of them, and while his contemporaries are out having a good time on weekends, he is literally waiting to help should a disaster happen. Ashley is the founder
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CGC Events
CAN CGC Events, which trades as York Racecourse Hospitality, retain the title it earned last year as Tourism & Hospitality Business Of The Year? The 130-employee organisation, whose latest figures show group sales at £18.5 million, is also targeting
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Ruth Newton - Young Discoverers Ltd
AS A former bank manager for HSBC, Ruth Newton not only knew a gap in the market when she saw it, but also knew how to fill it. Ruth became acutely aware of the need for great quality child care for her own two children, so she formed Young Discoverers
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Henry Richardson - Your Marquee Ltd
THERE seemed to be a lot of sense in 25-year-old Henry Richardson of York switching from a promising career as a lawyer to running his own marquee hire business. Henry is director/ project manager of Your Marquee Ltd, based in Church Street, Copmanthorpe
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theBigBuzz
NO prizes for guessing which category Anneliese Emmans Dean, director of theBigBuzz, is entering in The Press Business Awards Anneliese, of Peel Close, Heslington, set up theBigBuzz four years ago to “inspire people of all ages and in all walks of
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Hob Moor Oaks School cooking up a new way of learning life’s skills
YOUNGSTERS at a York school have been sharing their culinary secrets with the public as part of an ambitious project. The seven pupils in Class Eight at Hob Moor Oaks School shop for, prepare, and cook their own lunch every Friday as part of the school
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Grantham 0, York City 2
YORK City enjoyed a third pre-season victory against an eager and competitive Grantham team last night. Adriano Moké and Jason Walker – scoring his fourth goal in five friendly fixtures – were the second-half marksmen in a 2-0 triumph.
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Hands-on top flight training for Pickering Town ’keeper
PICKERING Town goalkeeper Toby Wells was put through his paces Premier League style – by the man who worked with former Dutch international Edwin Van Der Saar. Manchester United goalkeeping coach Jack Robinson attended a training session with Pikes
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Thorpe Willoughby Cricket Club handed £10,000 boost
SELBY MP Nigel Adams will unveil Thorpe Willoughby Cricket Club’s new practice equipment on Friday, writes Henry Cowen. A £10,000 grant courtesy of Sport England and the National Lottery has enabled the HPH York Vale League club to purchase the equipment
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Simon Dyson a ‘credit’
HATS off to Simon Dyson for his supreme effort in golf’s Open Championship. He has proved beyond doubt that he is a world class golfer. It is only a matter of time before he wins a golf major. He looked very smart in his colour co-ordinated purple
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Ambitious manager outlines big plans for Pickering Town
NEW Pickering Town manager Pete Vasey is hugely ambitious about what can be achieved at Mill Lane this season. Vasey has taken over from Mitch Cook, who left for Bridlington Town at the end of last season. Pickering chairman Keith Usher was immediately
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Darron Gee to speak at Harrogate Minstermen event
YORK City assistant boss Darron Gee has been confirmed as a guest speaker for Harrogate Minstermen on Thursday, July 28. The evening with Gee will take place at Harrogate Conservative club on East Parade and anybody present will also be free to become
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Wheels in motion for York cyclist Greg Melia
FOR one York cyclist the Tour de France is not the only two-wheeled test of endurance happening this summer. Research student Greg Melia, 26, is undertaking the prestigious Paris-Brest-Paris Audax event which sees riders cycle 1,230 kilometres in only
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Knights backing Rugby League World Cup training bid
YORK City Knights are backing a bid by Ampleforth College and Ryedale District Council to be a training base for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. England and Wales are hosting the tournament in October and November 2013 and areas of the country have
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Harvey’s Hope tipped to add to Redcar racecourse success
Harvey’s Hope can provide this column with a second winning nap in five days at Doncaster tomorrow evening. The progressive five-year-old, trained by Keith Reveley, will have the assistance of Paul Hanagan as he bids to complete a quick double in the
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Yorkshire batsman warns England against looking too far ahead
Anthony McGrath says England will be playing with fire if they are aiming to secure top spot in the ICC rankings during the forthcoming series with India. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side are currently ranked the world’s number one, but England will jump
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Liam McKendry leads Thirsk back to top of Pilmoor Evening Cricket League table
A win for Thirsk over Helperby saw them overtake leaders Sessay to top the first division of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League. Batting first, they reached 153-7 with Liam McKendry (51) and Ben England (45) in good touch. Geoff Macfarland enjoyed a
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North Yorkshire furniture firm goes into administration with loss of 45 jobs
DOZENS of people have been made redundant from a North Yorkshire furniture company, but have been given a glimmer of hope. RK Furniture, of Tholthorpe near Easingwold, has gone into administration with the loss of 45 jobs, after trading for more than
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Police in hunt for seaside flasher
POLICE in East Yorkshire are appealing for information after a man exposed himself to two young girls. The girls, aged 12 and 15, were walking down a passageway, close to the tennis courts in Saint Stephen Road, in Bridlington, between 2.15pm and 2.40pm
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Artist planning giant cityscape of York
Artist Ben Johnson, who has won worldwide acclaim for his giant cityscapes, has set his meticulous eye on the city of York. Johnson, whose works have included panoramas of Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Liverpool and most recently Trafalgar Square, has met with
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University of York campus parking shake-up
PARKING problems near the University of York may be tackled with new restrictions by City of York Council. Residents in Badger Hill have raised increasing concerns about students parking outside their properties, as the university continues with a
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Shorter council reports plan is defended
COUNCIL bosses in York say a “common-sense” approach will be taken to writing reports after new guidance was criticised. As reported in The Press yesterday City of York Council officers are being asked to keep reports shorter and use larger
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University of York makes data security pledge
THE University of York has been found to have breached the Data Protection Act by accidentally leaking students’ personal details online. In March, The Press reported that the details of 17,000 students, including names, ages, addresses, A-level results
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Knifepoint robbery charges
THREE teenagers have been charged in connection with a knifepoint robbery in York. An 18-year-old man and two boys aged 16 will appear at York Magistrates’ Court on August 3 following the attack in the Bootham area of the city in the early
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Charity quiz night in aid of School For Deaf Children
A CHARITY quiz will be held at Severus Club in Milner Street, Acomb, at 8.30pm next Wednesday. Jean Prior, fundraiser for St John’s School For Deaf Children, who is organising the event, said there would be good prizes, a raffle and an optional
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Helpers wanted for York Mystery Plays
ORGANISERS of next year’s spectacular production of the York Mystery Plays have urged up to 1,500 people from across the community to get involved. In August next year, the world-famous plays will be staged amid the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey in the Museum
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Youth told to apologise to under-age sex girls
A YOUTH has been spared a custodial sentence after he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual activity with two 14-year-old girls in his school’s toilets. A district judge said the boy had treated the girls “really quite badly” and told him he should
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Sites for new drug centre are proposed
TWO streets in York city centre have been identified as potential sites for a new drug treatment centre. City of York Council hopes to locate an integrated drug treatment centre at 38 Monkgate or in Melrose Yard in Walmgate, following a survey
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Union Terrace protesters brace weather to voice opposition
PROTESTORS braved torrential rain showers to voice their opposition to the proposed closure of the Union Terrace car and coach park in York. Campaigners lobbied members of City of York Council cabinet before it met at Priory Street Centre yesterday
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Disabled driver’s anger at parking ticket
A DISABLED motorist says he ended up receiving a parking ticket after disabled parking bays in York were illegally used by able-bodied drivers. Michael Shepherdson, of Camblesforth, near Selby, who is registered disabled and able to walk only about
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Prayers to stay before Ryedale District Council meetings
THE prayer said at the start of each meeting of Ryedale District Council will stay despite an attempt to have it moved to a private room before proceedings start. A vote was held on Monday following protests from Liberal councillors, who said
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Flash flooding causes problems for drivers and pedestrians
HEAVY rainfall across York, North and East Yorkshire caused flash flooding and sent shoppers scurrying for shelter. In places, up to 40mm of rain fell yesterday which caused problems for drivers and pedestrians alike as blocked drains overflowed and
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Patient started fire at psychiatric hospital
A PATIENT from Stockton Hall, near York, has been jailed indefinitely for starting a fire on a ward at the psychiatric hospital. Two nursing staff members, Nkosilathi Moyo and Steven Bull, won judge’s commendations for tackling the blaze which Joey Dunlop
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Mallard and Olton Hall head to York
ONE of the most iconic exhibits at the National Railway Museum has returned to York. Mallard, which has been on loan to the museum’s sister museum in Shildon, was brought back to the York museum by a famous movie star. Olton Hall, known to Harry Potter
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Getting set for York Pride 2011
THE finishing touches are being put to this year’s York Pride festival. The main event will be staged in Rowntree Park on July 30. It will feature live music, cabaret, stalls, food and an adult bouncy castle. The event is a celebration
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Millthorpe School teacher put forward for award
A “COOL, funny, inspirational” teacher is among those in the running for the title of Teacher Of The Year at the 2011 Community Pride Awards. Gareth Davies, assistant head teacher at Millthorpe School, Nunthorpe Avenue, York, was nominated only days
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Pickpocket targeted man, 69, at York cashpoint
A MAN out shopping with his wife helped catch a pickpocket who is now facing more than six months in jail. Gary Mason, 27, was caught out when he picked the pocket of Norman Overstone, 69, in Haxby Shopping Centre, York magistrates heard. The pensioner
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Boost for York to Beverley rail line campaign
A RAIL campaigner has claimed there are a host of good reasons for reopening a link between York and Beverley. Engineering consultant David Wells, who is involved in the launch of a York branch of the Minsters’ Rail Campaign this weekend, said
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Search for missing dog
A FAMILY pet is thought to have been stolen after CCTV footage captured a man leading a dog away from a York village. Maisy, a golden Cocker Spaniel, has been missing since July 5. The footage shows a man arriving in Naburn on a bike and then
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Review: Harrogate Summer Festival, Andras Schiff, Royal Hall
As mouth-watering prospects go, this one was right up there: a former Leeds Piano Competition prizewinner, long since risen to international renown, headlining for Harrogate with Beethoven and Schubert. Not just any Beethoven. This was to be the
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Review: Script Factor All-Winners Final, York Theatre Royal
SCRIPT Yorkshire’s showcase for new writers played to a packed Studio Theatre. Winners of five previous rounds created a 15-minute original piece, performed by members of the York Settlement Players, with just one day’s rehearsal. Pack Up, by Hannah
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Male underwear models turn heads in York
THIS male underwear model turned heads when he appeared at Brown’s department store. Shoppers at Brown’s in St Sampson’s Square, York, were treated to Jockey Underwear models promoting a two-for one-deal on items in the store. The models could be seen
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Bricklaying apprentices help out in park transformation project
A PROJECT to improve a community park has been given a helping hand by a team of apprentices from York College. As part of the ongoing project to transform Back Park in Leeman Road, bricklaying apprentices from York College are helping to repair and
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University of York team gets £2m funding
MEDICAL researchers at the University of York have been awarded £2 million to help their research into how wounds heal. A team led by the University of York and the Hull York Medical School has been awarded the cash as part of a five-year programme
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Pet shop boys on their bikes for charity
WORKERS at a York pet store got on their bikes to raise money for charity. Staff at Clifton Moor Pets At Home carry out monthly events including cake stalls and raffles, to help abandoned and abused animals. Workers cycled from Clifton Moor to Selby
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East Yorkshire wins affordable homes grants
EAST Yorkshire is to benefit from a Government scheme to build more affordable homes. The Homes and Communities Agency has named East Riding Council as one of the successful bidders to its £1.8bn investment programme to deliver more than 150,000 affordable
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Open-air gym to open in Harrogate
An open-air gym for the Harrogate district is to be formally opened on Friday. Coun Les Ellington, the Mayor of Harrogate, will be assisted by the Fit4Fun team at the opening event. Harrogate council has provided the free gym in Belmont Park at
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East Yorkshire mums set up self-defence business
TWO East Yorkshire mums are using their expertise in martial arts to set up a business teaching women self-defence. Debbie Potter, from Londesborough, and her colleague Cathy Henworth, from Nunburnholme, have just gained their first and second and
