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Review: Jekyll & Hyde The Musical, Leeds Grand Theatre
THIS is the moment to see Jekyll & Hyde because impresario Bill Kenwright’s new touring production of the Broadway musical leaves town tonight. In a nutshell, it is a very good performance of a not particularly good musical adaptation of Robert
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Review: Ryedale Festival: Elias String Quartet / O Duo / Vox Cordis; Castle Howard, Wednesday
Yet again tickets were like gold dust for the return of the now famous triple concert amidst the Baroque glories of Castle Howard. Three-concerts-in-one would be more accurate, as the audience, divided into three, experienced one group of performers
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Review: Armada The Musical, York Musical Theatre Company, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York
The Armada starts out in choppy waters with an albeit sober opening chorus England Or Rome which, after a brief potted history, ends with the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Anyway, this apparently hacked off the Spanish while Queen Bess
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Season ticket delay for York City fans
YORK City season ticket booklets will not be available for collection before and after Saturday’s friendly with Hartlepool United. A delay in production means the booklets are not expected at Bootham Crescent until next week. Sophie Hicks, the club
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Administrators sell second Pindar business
SCARBOROUGH printing group Pindar’s cartography business has been sold by administrators. KPMG, administrators of GA Pindar & Son Ltd and subsidiaries Pindar plc and Pindar Print Ltd, have agreed a deal to sell the Aylesbury-based business to Amersham-based
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Power cut hits Walmgate
A POWER cut left businesses in Walmgate without electricity for about an hour today, for the second time in recent months. A spokesman for CE Electric said an interruption in power struck the area at about 11.35am today. Engineers were
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Number of bike thefts in York doubles
BIKE thefts in York have rocketed to more than 2,000 a year – and only a fraction of the crimes are being solved. New figures obtained by The Press show an average of six bikes a day are being stolen in the city – nearly twice as many as in
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Knights' Chris Thorman close to new deal
CHRIS THORMAN is close to agreeing a new two-year deal with York City Knights, The Press can reveal. The former England captain is also optimistic of defying doctors’ orders and playing again this year – boosting the Knights’ battle to beat relegation
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Hartlepool clue to York City’s opening day line-up
ASSISTANT-MANAGER Darron Gee has intimated the team that takes to the field tomorrow against Hartlepool United could be the front-runners to start to the season proper. Last Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Billingham Synthonia was City’s sixth game of pre-season
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Open ace Simon Dyson mixes it with Ireland’s major players
AS most eyes fixed upon the quartet of Emerald Isle major winners, York’s Simon Dyson sampled his own Irish high back on the European Tour. The world number 66 posted a promising one-under-par 70 on the first day of the Irish Open at the Killarney
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Athlete, The Duchess, York, July 29
ATHLETE are becoming more athletic for their summer tour. Throughout July they have been presenting The Hits – Stripped Back, a trim reinvention of their electronic songs in honour of their tenth anniversary: a celebration that brings the south-east
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Laura Marling, York Minster, October 21
BRIT Award winner Laura Marling, the darling of new folk, will play York Minster on October 21 on her autumn travels to Britain’s best-loved cathedrals. Tickets go on sale at £20 at 9am today for the When The Bell Tolls Tour, when Laura will showcase
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Badly Drawn Boy, The Magic Loungeabout festival, July 31
THE last time Badly Drawn Boy’s Damon Gough played a North Yorkshire gig, he announced he was quitting after 16 years, only to think better of it and return to the Scarborough Spa Theatre stage for an encore. “Yeah, I did do that, but it’s not my intention
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Clare Teal brings performers to Harrogate International Summer Festival
GROWING up in the tiny village of Kildwick, only15 minutes away from Harrogate, Clare Teal remembers visiting “the posh town with the posh tea room” as a child. Now, the North Yorkshire singer is a guest programmer for the 2011 Harrogate International
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Diane Taylor - The Beauty Lounge
WHILE the economy may be in bad, or even hideous, shape people are increasingly striving to look good and feel great. That is one reason suggested by Diane Taylor, owner of The Beauty Lounge, in Tadcaster High Street, for her business thriving where
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Terry Anne Scholes
FOR many, business is no laughing matter. But Terry Anne Scholes, a laughter practitioner from Wigginton, spends her days encouraging people to look at the fun in their lives. Terry Anne, who is also a hypnotherapist and NLP trainer, found she was
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Louise Goodger
IN the many accolades heaped upon Happy Jays Ltd the North Yorkshire children’s nursery group in past Press Business Awards, the focus of attention was on its founder, Jacqui Gernon. She was a finalist in the Business Personality Of The Year
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Lisa Hogg & Allison Daniel - The Wedding Affair
MANY industries have suffered during the recession, but two York women found an exception. Lisa Hogg and Allison Daniel, who met while attending the Acorn Business Development Programme at York St John University in 2009 to improve their
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Andrew Lawrence and Lloyd Langford, Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, City Screen, York, July 31
This Sunday’s double bill of Andrew Lawrence and Lloyd Langford is the last in the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club’s nine-week season of Edinburgh previews at City Screen, York. Lawrence will be returning to the city where he launched his career in 2004 by
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Ella Gascoigne - Startup PR
IT was a clear gap in the market for public relations and Ella Gascoigne spotted it: A start-up company that looked after the promotional welfare of other new ventures. Thus Startup PR was born at her home in Hilton Lane, Knaresborough. Within its
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Biffy Clyro, Revolutions Live At Wembley, (14 th Floor) ****
IT took Scottish rockers Bifffy Clyro long enough to grow into a band that would sell out Wembley Arena, so you can’t blame them for milking it with this CD and DVD set of their winter 2010 gig. This review comes with a caveat. They might not be
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Jon Fratelli, Psycho Jukebox (Island) ****
IF ONLY all jukeboxes were like this, pubs would not be dying on their albums. Fratelli, former front-man of raucous Scottish three-piece The Fratellis, whose Costello Music was the uproarious soundtrack of 2006, has delivered a stoater. On this
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Danny & The Champions Of The World, Hearts & Arrows (SO Recordings) ***
Album number three for ex-pat Aussie Danny Wilson is all change: hello, entirely new line-up, Stratocaster guitar and party mood and goodbye to new folk music. “I love folk music, I always have, but I’m so bored of new folk and the trendiness that
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Erasure, Circus, Special Expanded Version (Mute) *****Erasure, Wonderland, 25th Anniversary Special Edition (Mute) *****
ALTHOUGH Andy Bell’s decision to participate in Pop Star to Opera Star was more than a tad ill judged, at least Erasure as a live act thrilled their loyal core audience at Dalby Forest in June. As part of the band’s 25th anniversary, their already
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Burn beat Kelfield to earn cup final place
BURN stormed into the final of the Guy Mitchell Cup on the back of a fine all-round performance by Adam Prescott. They beat HPH York Vale Cricket League second division strugglers Kelfield by 64 runs in an entertaining encounter. Underdogs Kelfield
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Alice Gold, Seven Rainbows (Fiction) ***
In certain quarters, the name Alice Gold is being banded around as the one to watch. As a bright young talent, Gold takes influence from certain 1960s starlets, notably Julie Driscoll, Sandie Shaw and pre-Broken English Marianne Faithful. But mostly
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Jazz notes
TONIGHT’S Festival of the Rivers Party sees the end of an exciting experiment in York, the floating Arts Barge Project, which has hosted music, drama, art workshops and exhibitions every day for three weeks. Several sold-out nights are a tribute to
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7,000 runs and counting for York Cricket Club ace
Duncan Snell’s innings of 114 last time out at Doncaster Town saw the 24-year-old to pass 7,000 runs for York Cricket Club. Snell, who made his first appearance for the club in 2003, is topping this year’s Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier
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Troubadours, Carole King and James Taylor (Hear Music) ***
IN A week where Carole King praised the talents of Amy Winehouse, Troubadours makes for interesting viewing. This feature-length DVD showcases the roots, highs and lows of the 1970s singer-songwriter movement, centring around King and James Taylor
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Gerry Rafferty, City To City 2CD Remastered Collector’s Edition (EMI) ***
IT IS deeply ironic that Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty’s heartfelt cry for sanity, peace and simplicity, brought him the chaotic fame that ultimately destroyed him. That searing sax solo, that desperate wish to “give up the booze and one-night stands
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Alex Papachristou acts up to find his fees
FIRST the good news: the ever-busy Selby actor Alex Papachristou has won a place on the one-year masters course in musical theatre at the Royal Academy of Music in London – no mean achievement as only 15 boys and 15 girls are selected from more than 1,500
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Jacques Rudolph weighs up future at Yorkshire
Jacques Rudolph is back at Yorkshire for the last two months of the season – but he is already looking to the long-term. The prolific 30-year-old left-hander has played one LV= County Championship and one Clydesdale Bank 40 match since returning to
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Get fit while having fun at orienteering club sessions
YORK orienteering club Eborienteering are putting on sessions at Acomb Primary School in an attempt to get people fit while having fun. The ‘Club Night’ is staged every Monday from 6pm to 7.30pm with prices set at £2 for adults, £1 for children and
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Peter Pan, York Theatre Royal, until September 3
CORNELIUS Macarthy is disarmingly honest about his prior knowledge of the roles he is playing at York Theatre Royal this year. First it was black labourer Tom Robinson in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird and now it is Peter Pan in Mike Kenny’s new
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Summer holiday cricket courses
THREE-DAY cricket courses will be taking place at Sheriff Hutton Bridge and Pocklington Cricket Clubs during the school summer holidays. The sessions, run by SA Sports Coaching, will cost £75 and are open to boys and girls aged between seven and 14,
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Tessa Newcomb, Home And Away, Kentmere House Gallery, August 6 to September 29
DEMAND for Tessa Newcomb’s paintings is so high that she is able to work with only half a dozen galleries throughout Britain. Kentmere House in York is the one northern gallery on the Suffolk artist’s roster. “It’s always a privilege to show her new
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Legally Blonde The Musical, Grand Opera House, York, August 9 to 20
Just A Quickie with… Liz McClarnon ...the former Atomic Kitten now prowling the stage as trailer trash Paulette Buonufonté in Legally Blonde, this summer’s pinkest show at the Grand Opera House, York. The first Legally Blonde tour opened
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West Side Story, Grand Opera House, York, 4 to 6 August
TILDA O’Grady and Peter Fisher will lead the cast of 70 for Louise Denison’s production of West Side Story, this summer’s Stage Experience project at the Grand Opera House, York. Tilda, who will play Maria, has appeared on the Opera House stage
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Former City defender on trial at Crewe
FORMER York City defender Chris Hogg is currently having a trial with npower division two outfit Crewe Alexandra. Hogg, 26, the former England Under-15 skipper who left City for Ipswich as a teenager, played for Crewe against a Derby County side in midweek
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The Experience: Jimi Hendrix At Mason’s Yard, RedHouse Originals, Harrogate, until August 28
RENOWNED rock photographer Gered Mankowitz will attend today’s opening of his exhibition of classic and unseen photographs of Jimi Hendrix at RedHouse Originals in Harrogate from 4pm to 7pm. Mankowitz is exhibiting at the Cheltenham Mount gallery for
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Mick Easterby's Hoof It en route to strike gold at Goodwood
Hoof It, trained by Mick Easterby for the world’s number two golfer Lee Westwood and his manager Chubby Chandler, and a winner at York last Saturday, can strike it rich at Glorious Goodwood tomorrow by lifting the £100,000 Blue Square Stewards’ Cup.
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Knights return for Peter Fox “highly unlikely”
A SENSATIONAL return to York City Knights for former favourite Peter Fox has been labelled “highly unlikely” by the club – but another winger has agreed terms to stay at Huntington Stadium in 2012. England international Fox, the former York Acorn
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Here And Now, Grange Hotel, Clifton, York, August 6
MILMODA Art will bring its pop-up, touring fine art exhibition Here And Now to the Grange Hotel, Clifton, York, for one day only on August 6. From 9am to 6pm, a selection of contemporary, original paintings will be on show and for sale. MilModa proprietor
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From The Wolds, Grays Court, York, 1 to 31 August
Simon Palmour unveils his latest exhibition at Grays Court, Chapter House Street, York, on Monday when you can meet the York photographer between 6pm and 9pm. From The Wolds presents monochrome images of the Yorkshire Wolds, both on canvas and as conventional
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Beyond The Pale, Backo’theshop Gallery and Café, Terrington, July 30 to August 27
RYEDALE photographers Richard and Janet Burdon are holding their monochromatic exhibition Beyond The Pale at The Backo’theshop Gallery and Café in Terrington from this weekend. Tonight’s preview will be a chance to meet the artists ahead of
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Hot-shot trio make their mark for darts league leaders Mitre
Mitre stayed top of division one in the John Smith’s Darts League after Rich Corner(19 & 180 for 18), Steve Atkin (180) Lutz Leutzsch (16) and Neil Long (180) sealed a 7-3 win over Tree whose Steve Snowden (113 c/o & 180), Alex Renton (21) and Simon Brind
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RFL Volunteer award for York St John’s Matt McDonald
Student Matt McDonald has been rewarded for his efforts as president of York St John’s Rugby League side with the RFL Yorkshire Young Volunteer award. The 21-year old, going into his final year at the university, has organised the club for the past
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The Possibilities Are Endless, 108 Fine Art galleries, Harrogate, until August 27
IN A COUP for the Harrogate International Fringe Festival, Scottish musician and artist Edwyn Collins launched his festival exhibition with an impromptu performance at 108 Fine Art’s new gallery last Friday evening. The former Orange Juice singer, who
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Rivals line up repeat Open Bowls Tournament showdown
DEJA vu is is on the cards in the battle for solo female honours at the York Open Bowls Tournament. The semi-finals have been reached in the ladies singles in which last year’s champion Brenda Benson is in the other half of the draw against
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Angling: Veterans’ Jack Cross Trophy match
THE York and District Amalgamation of Anglers are staging their Veterans’ Jack Cross Trophy match on Wednesday, August 10. The contest will be held on Marley pool at Laybourne Lakes, taking up all pegs. The draw will take place in the venue
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Weighty matters yield a new man
IMAGINE knowing you had to lose a stone and a half if you wanted a chance to pursue your dream job. Now imagine having to do that while hardly having an ounce of fat in the first place. That was the challenge facing Sutton Bank jockey Justin Newman.
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£50m wiped off Selby council’s assets
MORE than £50 million has been wiped off the value of Selby District Council’s assets, an annual report has revealed. According to the document, released this week, the net worth of the council, including land and property values, investments, stock
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Time for a U-turn on Union Terrace
I AM a regular visitor to York, having attended the College of Ripon and York St John in the early 1980s. I would like to add my voice to the concerned residents who are unhappy with the possible decision to sell a strategic coach park to the now
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Antiques Roadshow comes to York
THEY came in hope; one clutching granny’s old painting that she joked was by Gainsborough, others with boot sale finds they believed must surely be long-lost Ming vases. For most though, it was a chance to learn the history of treasured family
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Time to take the moral high ground
WHEN did you last see the hero of an action movie wearing a cardigan? It’s not exactly Bruce Willis gear, is it? Bulging pecs and ripped vests tend to be the norm, not hand knits. Let’s hear it, then, for Neville Longbottom, who, for my money, out-classes
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Number plate on Lord Mayor's limo valued at £100k
WHAT’S in a number plate? Experts say the DN1 registration plate on the Lord Mayor of York’s limo could be worth £100,000 or more. A businessman, John Jones, posing as the owner of the car, obtained the figure from Regtransfers.co.uk, which
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Union Terrace car park campaign in EU plea
THE campaign to save a York coach and car park has been taken to a member of the European Parliament as opposition to its sale continues to grow. City of York Council’s ruling cabinet will meet next week to discuss selling the Union Terrace site to
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New exhibition sheds light on York's 'Roman Gladiators'
EERIE light flickers across a solitary face, its fixed gaze concealing a centuries old secret that has confounded experts such as Anwen Caffell for half a decade. The lips are sealed and it offers clues, nothing more. This is a skull, part of a collection
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New A1079 roundabout officially opened
A NEW roundabout to ease traffic on the A1079, near Pocklington, has been officially opened. The ceremony was carried out yesterday by Coun Kay West, the chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Other dignitaries also attended the opening after
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Police hoping to return stolen jewellery to rightful owner
DETECTIVES want to reunite some stolen jewellery with its rightful owner, after it was discovered during a raid on a York home. Police found five items of distinctive jewellery during a search warrant at a property in the city and officers suspect
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Victim knocked out in Bridlington door fight
A MAN was punched unconscious after a fight broke out between six men outside an East Yorkshire bar. Police are appealing for witnesses following the assault at the Loop Bar, The Esplanade, Bridlington. The incident happened between 3am and 3.30am
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Tragic biker was 37-year-old man
A MOTORCYCLIST who was killed on Wednesday in a collision with a tractor near Selby was a 37-year-old man from Goole. The man, who has still not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on the A645 between Eggborough and Knottingley
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Snake spotted by workmen near Scarcroft Road
AN unusual visitor to a York street caused quite a commotion when it was spotted by workmen as it slithered along the footpath. Mystery surrounds the appearance of this Californian king snake, which was found in Dale Street, off Scarcroft Road.
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Four Yorkshire MPs face losing seats
FOUR Yorkshire MPs could find their seats in the House of Commons abolished under a redrawing of the UK’s political map. The results of a parliamentary constituency boundary review are set to be published with the aim of reducing the number of MPs
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Festival highlights gruesome stories of medical glories
WHEN William Beckett was a barber surgeon, all he could call upon were instruments more suited to a carpenter’s shop than an operating table. And his spattered apron says it all. Back in the middle ages, surgery was more like butchery; there were no
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Eight arrests over help for fugitive
Police have arrested eight people on suspicion of assisting a man wanted in connection with a serious assault in North Yorkshire. Robert Henry Foster, 22, is wanted in connection with a serious assault on a 43-year-old man at Seamer Caravan Site, in
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Artist thanks hospital team
AN ARTIST who suffered a life-threatening illness which ended his career as a college lecturer is exhibiting work at York Hospital as a thank-you to staff. Patrick Smith, of Clifton Moor, York, was admitted to the hospital ten years ago suffering health
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£4.5k raised for Air Ambulance and SNAPPY charities
A FUNDRAISING day for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the SNAPPY charity raised more than £4,500. The Escrick Park Estate hosted stalls and family activities with the help of more than 200 volunteers. The event raised £4,533.
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Venturefest sponsors Women In Enterprise awards category
VENTUREFEST Yorkshire, York’s annual exhibition of innovative science and technology businesses is backing The Press Business Awards 2011. The event, which is now in its ninth year, has sponsored the Women In Enterprise category of The Press Business
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Serbian fan angling for advice
A FISHING fan from Serbia has travelled more than 1,000 miles to meet his idol – a Selby legal advisor who is one of angling’s top names. The trans-European visitor, known only as Jova, used air travel, public transport and a bike to ensure he caught
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Unions hit out over fire officer’s retirement pay deal
A UNION has criticised the retirement of a Humberside fire chief less than a month after he was given a temporary promotion which increased his settlement. Mark Rhodes, who spent two months in the role of assistant chief officer with Humberside Fire
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Sutton Bridge weight limit to be lifted
A 7.5 TONNE weight limit on an East Yorkshire Bridge is to be lifted despite the structure being damaged by a lorry last year. Sutton ridge, which links Elvington with Sutton-on-Derwent, was closed for months last year for repairs when a HGV smashed
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Barmby Moor teacher retires
THE longest-serving teacher at Barmby Moor Primary School, near Pocklington, has retired after 25 years of service. Penny Simmons was the subject of a special leaving assembly on her final day at Barmby Moor, where she was described as the “backbone
