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RSPCA appeal over dog's "vile" river death
AN animal charity has branded the drowning of a dog whose body was found in a North Yorkshire river after being weighed down as “vile and unnecessary cruelty”. The male Staffordshire bull terrier was discovered floating in the River Ouse near Overton
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York City midfielder wins international call-up
YORK City midfielder Patrick McLaughlin has been named in an 18-man Northern Ireland Under-21s squad for Wednesday’s Euro 2013 qualifier against the Faroe Islands in Belfast.
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Review: West Side Story, Stage Experience, Grand Opera House, York
HAT’S off to Louise Denison for pulling off another triumphant Stage Experience show. Let’s put to bed straightaway the one negative talking point on Thursday night: the low sound levels on stage. The orchestra, especially the drumming in the
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York City Knights reserves beaten by Featherstone Rovers
SECOND half struggles engulfed York City Knights' reserve grade in their 46-22 defeat at Featherstone Rovers. Tied art 16-16 at the break, the Knights couldn't maintain their fine first half showing after the break playing up the hill and having lost
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Time for supporters to roar, says Knights ace Ford
JAMES FORD has called on York City Knights’ fans to roar the team through the tough times and out of demotion danger. Two crushing defeats have left the Knights on the brink of the Championship relegation zone and with a tougher run-in than
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Win Submarine on DVD
THE Press is marking the release of Submarine on DVD with a competition. Courtesy of distributors Optimum Home Entertainment, there are two copies of Richard Ayoade’s directorial debut feature film to be won. In Submarine (15), schoolboy
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Mills: Still time for players to grab a shirt
YORK CITY’S players will have the opportunity “right up until the very last minute” to show boss Gary Mills they deserve to be in his starting 11 for the Blue Square Bet Premier kick off. As the Minstermen conclude their programme of pre-season matches
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Children celebrate National Playday
SCORES of children gathered together to celebrate National Playday by throwing themselves into an array of fun activities. Events in the York area on Wednesday took place at Dunnington play area and Hurst Hall Community Centre in Strensall, and were
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Jam session at Tadcaster Grammar School
Children have been making fresh jam from fruit they hand picked as part of summer holiday activities being held at Tadcaster Grammar School. The jam session, which ran this week, was included in a four-day course of cooking lessons for children over
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Shooting Super 8
A quick flick through JJ Abrams’s back catalogue will indicate his bias towards science fiction and adventure. After the television series Alias and Lost and the films Mission: Impossible III and Star Trek, his latest film, Super 8, is no exception
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Aviva boss aiming for steady growth
THE boss of Aviva in York says he is proud of the city’s contribution to the global business’s profits. The company as a whole increased operating profit by five per cent to £1.34 billion in the six months to June 30, and David Barral, chief executive
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Willy Mason, Pocklington Arts Centre, August 16
AFTER surviving the “new Dylan” tag in style, New York singer-songwriter Willy Mason is back on the road, trailing songs from his next album. At the tender age of 19, he shot on to the music scene with hit single Oxygen, and his ensuing debut
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Property group dividend up, but profits dip
LSL PROPERTY Services, the York-based estate agency and surveying business, has increased its dividend to shareholders by 12 per cent – despite recording a dip in profits. The group invested £2.6 million in management and a call centre to increase market
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Legal eagles take to the sky for charities
LAWYERS from legal firm Dickinson Dees are skydiving to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance Service, the firm’s chosen Charity of the Year. Carly Jackson, Charlotte Smith, Mark Ashton, Jackie Gray, Helen Roberts, Aidan Thomas, Adam Wilkinson
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Crystal Stilts, In Love With Oblivion (Fortuna POP!) **
IF time flies when you’re having fun, In Love With Oblivion may be the aural equivalent of misery. With this, their second album, Crystal Stilts have managed to create an album which will make any journey feel twice as long. To be fair, there’s
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Woodhouses await Village Cup holders Sessay in semi-final tie
ONLY Manchester side Woodhouses stand between Sessay Cricket Club and a shot at successfully defending the Persimmon National Village Cup title they won at the home of cricket a year ago. Keith Houlston, club secretary, revealed his excitement as the
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Viva Brother, Famous First Words (Geffen) *
IN THE early Nineties, Oasis in their pre-Noel Gallagher days were known as Rain. Liam Gallagher’s judgement on them was that they stank the place out: all attitude, no tunes. Although little evidence of Rain’s awfulness survives to this day, they
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Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi present Rome (Parlophone) ****
OR, to give it its full title, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi present Rome starring Jack White and Norah Jones. After associations with Cee-Lo Green in Gnarls Barkley, Damon Albarn for Gorillaz’ Demon Days and The Shins’ James Mercer in Broken Bells
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Lamb, Five (Strata) ****
THIS is one of the more welcome returns, unlike thrush or the banking crisis. Lamb’s Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes went their separate ways after 2003’s Between Darkness And Wonder, but these long-time Manchester friends and musical partners started
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Joss Stone, LP1 (Stone’d Records) ****
Many were rather surprised to discover that the lady in pink at the Royal Wedding was Anne of Cleves from The Tudors, also known as Ms Joss Stone. Stone is well connected, having collaborated with artists as revered as James Brown, Jeff Beck, John
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Car Park Disgrace Cost Labour York!
As the Union Terrace Car Park fiasco continues. Will it lead to the loss of the York Constituency for Hugh Bailey? The Press readers will no doubt be staggered that the Labour led City of York Council has again ignored the very public voice
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Jazz Notes
“IT’S EVERY festival organiser’s nightmare,” said Mike Gordon, Scarborough Jazz Festival director, hearing that headliner Jacque Loussier will be unable to play because of illness. “However, I can guarantee that audiences will be dazzled by his replacement
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Yorkshire's Andrew Gale refuses to rule out a declaration deal
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale cut a frustrated figure last night as their LV= County Championship match against Hampshire heads for a draw on a flat Rose Bowl pitch. The below-par White Rose attack toiled during a rain-affected third day, failing to
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Teamwork key to stop Knights' defensive rot
YORK City Knights’ relegation-haunted players need to get on the same wavelength if they are to stop the defensive rot which has seen them ship a whopping 122 points in the past two games. That was the message from boss Dave Woods ahead of tonight’
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Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, Rare Bird Alert (Decca) ***
IT WOULD be easy to dismiss this bluegrass album as a rich man’s plaything. After all, Steve Martin, comedian turned Hollywood star, is not alone: Tim Robbins brought out a pretty dire album last year, while Billy Bob Thornton has had a go too.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela, Live in France (Rubyworks) ****
THESE hot, sticky evenings have made York feel more like Acapulco than North Yorkshire. So what better way to recall steamy nights in Mexico than a bit of flamenco guitar? In Rodrigo y Gabriela you have two virtuosos, both with a passionate drive
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Captain Wood wary of York Cricket Club’s pair of visitors
York Cricket Club continue their pursuit of an unprecedented fifth straight Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League title this weekend with key home games against Sheffield United and Castleford. United visit Clifton Park tomorrow and Castleford
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O’Dea okay to make Leeds United debut
Leeds United boss Simon Grayson welcomes Celtic defender Darren O’Dea into his side’s ranks in time for tomorrow’s Championship curtain-raiser at Southampton, writes George Bouras. Grayson spoke of his new loan signing as a “versatile, strong defender
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New Alan Ayckbourn play off to New York
ALAN Ayckbourn’s 75th play, Neighbourhood Watch, will head for New York after its world premiere at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. Following the September 8 to October 15 run at the North Yorkshire resort, Ayckbourn’s cast will switch east
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Hemmings could make Knights debut
JOE HEMMINGS could be thrown in at the deep end for his York City Knights debut tonight – if he passes fit in time. The former New Earswick amateur, a mainstay of the reserves this year, was seeking the all-clear from doctors following an ear problem
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Selby Town ready to spring surprise Northern Counties league
AHEAD of a potentially explosive first-day derby, Selby Town manager Leon Sewell claimed his side can be the “surprise package” of this season’s Northern Counties East League premier division. Selby entertain Pickering Town tomorrow with both sides
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Spirit of Albion can yield more glory for Tadcaster
Tadcaster Albion’s assistant manager Rob Hunter confidently predicted an improvement on last season’s history-making exploits, writes George Bouras. Besides a fourth-place finish, Albion also lifted their first trophy at NCEL premier division
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Busy Scarborough Athletic seeking a flier
Scarborough Athletic have had a busy pre-season, playing 11 games in just over a month, but have done well despite the hectic schedule, winning eight. Manager Rudy Funk has done a lot of rebuilding, signing 10 new players, with 13 players remaining
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Chapterhouse Theatre Company's open-air garden theatre shows
CHAPTERHOUSE Theatre Company returns to York this evening as part of its 12th year of open-air garden theatre shows that will take the Lincoln travelling troupe to Northallerton, Tadcaster, Helmsley, Harewood and Fountains Abbey too. Tonight, August
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York Hockey Club fundraiser challenge
City of York Hockey Club men’s firs team raised £1,800 for the development of new club facilities by taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge. They climbed the peaks of Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough – a distance of 25 miles – in under
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Natalie Ward, The Tempest, Pyramid Gallery, York, until August 30
BLOSSOMING York artist Natalie Ward is accompanying her new exhibition of mixed-media paintings, The Tempest, with a soundscape by David Lawrie at Pyramid Gallery from this weekend. The sight-and-sound experience opens at Terry Brett’s gallery in Stonegate
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Facing It – Reflections On Images Of Older Women, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough until September 3
ROYAL Shakespeare Company actress Dame Harriet Walter has put together an exhibition of photographs under the title of Facing It – Reflections On Images Of Older Women. On display at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough until September 3, it brings
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High on the Hoof and mad for IT
THOSE in the know have always considered Hoof It to be a Group horse masquerading in handicaps. Later this month, we will find out how right they were. The Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse could be next for Mick Easterby’s brilliant four-year-old
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Trainer Tony Coyle looking for Redcar success with Thatcherite
Norton trainer Tony Coyle, who has made a dream start to his month-old career, can enjoy further success at Redcar tomorrow. Coyle, a former jump jockey, who, for the past five years has run a livery, breaking and pre-training yard, switched to training
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Beached Festival at Scarborough Fair, August 13
BEACHED Festival is back for the first time since 2008. Ten years since it was first launched, the East Coast music event returns on August 13 as part of Scarborough Fair at Scarborough Open Air Theatre. The Beached renaissance features headliners
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Dudestock 2011, Bustardthorpe Fields, Knavesmire, York, August 6
FROM the splendidly named email address grandoldudeofyork comes news of Dudestock 2011, tomorrow’s family-friendly music festival at Bustardthorpe Fields, Knavesmire, York. “The best part? It’s all for charity,” says the Arch Dude of York, Rev Kristian
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Barbican date off as Celtic Woman tour cancelled
The Celtic Woman tour has been cancelled, putting paid to the York Barbican show on Saturday, September 17. “As Celtic Woman are now confirmed to film and record their new show for television, DVD and CD release this September in the USA, their previously
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Thompson clan at heart of Ainsty's darts league win
Ainsty took advantage of Mitre’s free week to move to the top of the John Smith’s men’s darts league division one table, writes George Bouras. In a rearranged fixture, Adam and Chris Thompson (both 15, 17) helped Ainsty to a 7-3 win at Cueball. Kris
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A Sense Of Place, Inspired By…Gallery, Danby, from August 25 to September 6
THE mysteries, beauty and nature of North Yorkshire’s moors and coast can be discovered through the eyes of artists Gail Hurst, Sue Morton, Jayne Hibell and Jennifer Tetlow, who will be exhibiting at the Inspired By…Gallery, Danby, from August 25 to September
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Irish high thrills York rally star Matt Whattam
York’s Matt Whattam co-drove his way to an eighth-placed finish in the prestigious Lurgan Park Rally in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Competing against 11-time former winner Kenny McKinstry and rallying legend Jimmy McRae, Whattam and driver Ray
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Rutger Hauer back as ‘Hobo’
THE Picturehouse Culture Shock selection for Monday night at City Screen, York, is Jason Eisener’s loving new tribute to the Seventies’ grindhouse movie era, Hobo With A Shotgun (18). Rutger Hauer – welcome back tough guy – plays the hobo of the
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Sprotbrough success savoured by York angler Matthew Crowl
MATTHEW CROWL was a clear winner of the Shepherd Angling Club’s Summer Outing Trophy on the River Don at Sprotbrough. The river was running low, but the fish responded fairly well and the York club had their biggest turn out of the season, with 18
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The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, Hull Truck Theatre, until August 20
TEN years ago, Lauren Hood first caught the eye on a York stage at 13, playing the title role in Annie for the York Light Opera Society at the Theatre Royal. “Miss Hood, who cannot be much older than Annie’s 11 years, reflects the passing moods wonderfully
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Legally Blonde The Musical, Grand Opera House, York, August 9 to 20
YORK turns pink from Tuesday when the first British tour of Legally Blonde The Musical makes its Yorkshire debut at the Grand Opera House in a fortnight-long run. Should you need a crash course in all things Blonde, this is the Olivier Award-winning musical
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Bid to block sale of Union Terrace car park fails
A BID to scupper controversial plans to sell a York coach and car park has been thwarted. Calls for City of York Council to withdraw from the proposed sale of the Union Terrace site to York St John University for a campus expansion were narrowly
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No doubt which is the beautiful game
MUST admit to being totally underwhelmed by the prospect of tomorrow’s beginning of another Football League season. This is a sport whose business model simply does not bear examination, and where a scenario of cheating, and foul and abusive language
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Pensioner robbed in own home
POLICE have issued an urgent appeal after an elderly woman was robbed in her own home. The woman, in her 80s, of Askham Lane, Acomb, was left badly shaken, but was not admitted to hospital after the incident, which was reported at about 4.30pm yesterday
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No cowboys here
WITH regards to a letter in The Press on August 3, my husband and I run a small joinery and building business, which was established in 2005 – we are verified by trading standards. We would be happy to quote for any repairs required by the couple
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It’s not acceptable
I HAVE hesitated to write this letter, but having heard so much grief and anger concerning the reporting of the death of Dr Andrew Stanford in Riccall, I feel the need to express concern. The loss of Dr Stanford is hard enough to bear, but when
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Death penalty plea by MEP
AN MEP for York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire has called for the death penalty to be restored. Godfrey Bloom, of UKIP, has signed an e-petition that if it collects 100,000 signatures could trigger a House of Commons debate on the issue.
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Losing Libyan plot
THE short-sighted decision by NATO countries to bomb Gaddafi’s forces to protect the “rebel” forces in Libya has been tragically unsuccessful, resulting in many civilian casualties and deaths from the very beginning. It has never been possible to
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Selby welcome for Chernobyl children
CHILDREN from a nuclear disaster site have been welcomed in towns and villages around Selby. The visit has been organised by the Chernobyl Children’s Project, and hopes to give the nine to 12-year-olds a change from their home environment in Ukraine
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New rules ‘endanger countryside’
IF, LIKE me, you love the sight of our beautiful local countryside, you may be shocked to learn that the Government has published a new set of planning rules which could give an automatic green light to any new development in the countryside outside the
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Where’s option six for Union Terrace car park?
IN THE Press of August 3, five proposals are shown for the future of Union Terrace car park. Surely there is one missing? Number six should be that things are left as they are and an alternative site found for York St John University. Is there
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Action over road
IS it right to rely on a letter to The Press to get something done? Given that the repairing of roads is a national problem, and we are at best a dot on the landscape tucked into a cul-de-sac, one would hope that problems acknowledged in print
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Greatest threat to climate change
IF WHAT we are constantly being told is true about carbon footprints and climate change, and gas-producing 4x4s, and dairy cows, etc, the biggest threat to our planet has got to be online shopping. Everything that is ordered online has to be delivered
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A strange world
JUST a thought, but would the Yorkshire electrician who hit the headlines for displaying a palm cross in his works van still be working if he had been Muslim or Hindu? We all thought Colin Atkinson’s problems had been resolved and his job secure
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Children deserve right to grow up
PETER Pan, Captain Hook and the Lost Boys have all set their compass for York Theatre Royal this summer. And what a spectacle it is; with flying children, giant crocodiles and Martin Barrass as an enormous floppy dog. JM Barrie’s play about the boy who
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Review: Carmen, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
IF you saw Chris Monks’s irreverent, self-aware musical theatre refurbishments of The Pirates Of Penzance in 2009 and The Mikado last summer, you are in for a shock after those affectionate, spoofing, spiffing takes on Gilbert & Sullivan – and not
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Snails help date Ice Age
SCIENTISTS at the University of York have completed an 11-year study to accurately date locations from the last ice age by using fossilised snail shells. Dr Kirsty Penkman and Prof Matthew Collins, from the university, took part in the largest ever
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Warning over sale of illegal contact lenses
COSMETIC contact lenses are being sold illegally in East Yorkshire. People are being warned they could be putting their sight at risk by wearing lenses that are unsuitable for the eye or if they are using them incorrectly. East Riding of Yorkshire
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Villagers count the cost of storm damage
A CRICKET club is counting the cost of storm damage after freak summer weather which swept across York wrecked its new £32,000 nets. The facilities at Dunnington Cricket Club’s Common Road ground were only unveiled a month ago and were intended
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Goole beach festival to go ahead
A ONE-DAY beach festival is still taking place in Goole tomorrow, despite the floods. The Goole Beach Festival will see tonnes of sand used to create a man-made beach in the centre of the town. East Riding of Yorkshire Council will lead a day of games
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Community Pride Awards finalists announced
A celebration of people who help make York such a special place to live is approaching its climax, as DAN BEAN reports. THESE are just some of the people who have made a difference to their communities and touched the lives of others.
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Treasure trails around East Yorkshire
A GREAT new way to entertain children has arrived in the region this summer. Treasure Trails is a unique range of murder mystery, treasure hunt and spy mission trails all over the UK – including 20 in the York and Humber region, with three in York
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York woman creates labour-saving device for hospitals
A YORK woman with an eye for innovation has seen one of her designs brought to reality and into use on the wards of York Hospital. After searching in vain for a device to easily transport heavy hospital mattresses, portering manger Brenda Swales
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Witnesses appeal after B1257 collision
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a crash between a motorbike and a lorry in North Yorkshire. The collision was just before 7.30pm on Wednesday on the B1257 route between Stokesley and Helmsley, near Laskill, and involved a blue BMW bike and
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Pocklington in appeal for more firefighters
POCKLINGTON Fire Station is appealing for people within the local community to become a retained firefighter. These fully trained personnel will be part of a dedicated emergency team that works within the community and is ready to respond to incidents
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Grate danger in Selby
CYCLISTS, motorists and pedestrians near Selby are being put at risk by thieves who have stolen more than a dozen drainage grates around the region. In the last week alone, 13 drainage grates have been reported stolen to North Yorkshire Police from
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Council’s £7k bill for stolen goods
CASH-STRAPPED council bosses in York have been saddled with a bill of almost £7,000 to replace lost or stolen mobile phones and computers. City of York Council employees misplaced 76 phones – all of which were uninsured – in the space of two-and-a-half
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Youngsters making music at summer school
MORE than 100 young musicians from North Yorkshire and York schools have been coached to achieve at their highest level as part of the annual band and orchestral summer school run by North Yorkshire County Council’s music service. The courses enable
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Neighbour praised after seaside town burglaries thwarted
THREE men were arrested after two properties were burgled in Scarborough. North Yorkshire Police were called by a concerned resident of Wheatcroft Avenue after she saw three men enter her 81-year-old neighbour’s bungalow at about 7.30am on Monday.
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Musical treat at Applefields School
STUDENTS at a school in York enjoyed a real end of term treat when musicians gave them an afternoon of music and merriment. After being contacted by the school, staff and students from the Jam Factory recording studios in York, performed a
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Dine At My Table event to be dished up at food festival
STAYING in is definitely the new going out at this year’s York Food & Drink Festival as people throw open their homes to discerning diners. Masterchef finalist Sara Danesin Medio is one of those who will be entertaining in her own home as part of the
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Doctor receives driving ban
A MEDICAL scientist has been banned from driving after she misread insurance documents twice in two months. Police clocked Dr Edith Millan doing 42mph in a 30mph limit on the A63 in Hambledon, near Selby, in February, Martin Butterworth told
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Flowery calm after the storm
The Britain in Bloom judges have been in North Yorkshire, but the British weather threatened to rain on their parade. IT was meant to be a leisurely breakfast; a last-minute spot of pruning and a final douse with the watering can. But after
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Charity fun day to aid special care baby unit
GENERATIONS of families who have benefited from York Hospital’s special care baby unit are rallying together to help more children in future. Residents at Mulberry Court Care Home, at Clifton Park, Shipton Road, York, are staging a charity fun day in
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Bargeman’s book selling well
A BOOK about the life of a Selby bargeman, written by a local historian has raised more than £1,100 for charity. Laurie Dews, aged 87, started work on the Selby Taurus barge on the River Ouse with his father during his school holiday in 1930s, and worked
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East Yorkshire police in thefts plea
POLICE have released CCTV images of people they are looking to trace after three separate thefts at an East Yorkshire supermarket. The pictures show a man officers want to speak to following the theft of a ‘3’ mobile broadband dongle from the Tesco
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Water supply disruption hits large areas of York
A FAULTY pumping station near York disrupted the water supply for up to 5,000 of homes in the city. Residents throughout large areas of York reported low water pressure yesterday at about 7.30am, a time when many people were trying to use showers and
