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Thief steals post office safe
A THIEF stole a safe from a Selby post office in an early morning raid. The offender broke into East Common Post Office in Barwic Parade at about 6.15am on Saturday - the second time the post office has been targeted by thieves in six months
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Man, 27, dies in York
A 27-year-old man has died in York, in a possible drugs-related tragedy. An inquest was opened and adjourned today into the death of Heworth man Daniel Anthony Bellamy who died at York Hospital on Friday. The inquest heard he died
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York business to create new jobs as turnover almost triples
PARAGON Creative, the Elvington-based designer of visitor attractions, has outperformed expectations in its first year as part of new company Paragon Entertainment Ltd, the company said in its first annual results. The business, which employs
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York is open for business, cities report says
YORK is open for business, according to a new report by Centre for Cities. The think tank categorised the city as open for business, but less entrepreneurial in its latest report, which dissects the business base of city economies. The report, supported
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Knights swoop to sign Italian World Cup hopeful Esposito
YORK City Knights have concluded their deal to sign a Rugby League World Cup hopeful from down under – and he could well be thrown straight into the side for Friday night’s visit of Dewsbury. Dario Esposito, an Italian Kiwi living in Australia, who
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Final London 2012 chance for Richard buck
CITY of York Athletics Club ace Richard Buck has been handed a final chance to earn a place in Great Britain’s team for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The 25-year-old 400 metre runner has been picked in the GB team for this week’s European Championships
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Family devastated by bike death of York mum
A MUM-OF-TWO from York who died in a motorbike accident has been described as “inspirational, upbeat and loving”. Amanda Heather McNichol, 49, was on holiday on the Isle Of Man with her husband, childhood sweetheart Philip, when the bike they
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Swinegate Quarter past and present
Swinegate has come a long way since its rather insalubrious early days. In the latest in his occasional series on York’s streets, MATT CLARK takes a look round one of the city’s most cosmopolitan quarters. IT’S funny how places change over
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More details on York's bin cull - 36% to go
MORE than a third of York’s litter bins are being axed under the city council’s controversial cull, according to figures seen by The Press. Council officials are removing 344 litter bins from around the city to save £40,000 on collection rounds
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When the circus came to town
MORE wonderful old photographs of the village once described as the “most beautiful in Yorkshire” this week, courtesy of local historian Alan Whitworth’s marvellous book Thornton-le-Dale Through Time. Our favourite photo this week, taken in the early
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Have your say at NHS public forum
THE influential GP group set to take hold of the purse strings for the millions of NHS cash in our region is holding a public forum on Thursday. The Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), announced it was holding its second patient congress
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Michael Davey exhibition, Stone Trough Books, Walmgate, until July 28
WHY is it that the libraries of writers and artists are especially interesting, asks George Ramsden owner of Stone Trough Books in Walmgate, York? The question is prompted by George exhibiting paintings and drawings by the late Michael Davey.
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Better to arrive than travel dismally
BY THE time you read this I’ll have run the gauntlet of prodding, poking security types, strapped myself in to a steel Smartie tube and trusted my life to some bloke living in the Home Counties, which basically means he hasn’t a lot going for him, and
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Cuts inviting disaster
OVER recent years many famous regiments have been amalgamated, even disbanded, by Government bureaucrats in the name of cost-cutting. My late father-in-law and relatives served with distinction in both world wars, under the colours of the Middlesex
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Week will highlight the benefits of breastfeeding
NATIONAL Breastfeeding Week is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the natural and best way of feeding your child. The week-long awareness campaign, which started yesterday, has the full-backing of the York-based Treasure Chest group, which advocates
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Housing lessons of ‘realistic’ rules
I WAS interested to read in The Press two sides to the housing debate. In the first instance, Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing was explaining how her party would sort out the housing crisis in York (The Press, June 14). However, in the letters page
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Thanks from the Paras
ONCE again I request your assistance to thank the people of York, and the many visitors, who were so generous at the street collection conducted by the York branch of the Parachute Regimental Association. On Saturday, June 9, we collected a total
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Horses untended near Gate Helmsley
I HAVE been driving daily from York to Hull and notice that the travellers’ horses remain on the grass verges near Gate Helmsley. I worked in the rural district north and east of York more than 60 years ago and know that the traditional stopping
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Stadium seating doesn’t add up
WITH regard to letters about the proposed community stadium for our fantastic team: in 1984 when we won the Fourth Division, 11,297 went to the match against Doncaster. The following year 13,485 saw York play Liverpool at Bootham Crescent. In 1993
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Memorials of war
AS the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War approaches, August 2014, much attention will be given to those service men, woman and civilians who gave their lives during the four years of 1914 to 1918. The names of those from York, 1,441 men
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A poor comparison
MY generation, those of us who are still around, sigh with disbelief at what is nowadays referred to as children living in poverty. For the record, I can recall a time in the 1920s when our family lived on my father’s weekly wage of £3. Less if
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Tax loopholes are morally wrong
I ONCE thought K2 was only about Everest mountain climbing but obviously not any more. K2 is apparently a legal tax avoidance scheme for the very wealthy; Jimmy Carr is only one of many. This really comes as no surprise because we all know that
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Key interim director questions
SOME important questions need to be asked regarding the interim director of city and environment services costing us £3,000 a week. First, where did Kersten England come up with this figure? Are we being told that this is the going rate in the
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Football-free zone
WITH the current economic climate as it is today, pubs and clubs are trying everything to get customers through the doors – happy hours, quizzes, promotions, etc – so you would think that the European Championships would be a welcome bonus. Not
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That time of life
I HAVE reluctantly decided to tear up my organ donor card. What few parts I have left that work, I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Incidentally it’s a damned diabolical disgrace that our Government can fund £218 million per year to the likes
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Not kept in dark
THE story headlined “Energy saving hits streets lights” (The Press, June 20) suggested that in the Harrogate area certain street lights would be turned off from midnight to 5am. Could I suggest the idea of a sensor on each lamppost, so when someone
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York Acorn survive a late Oldham blitz
Depleted York Acorn managed to hang on for a valuable 34-32 win at basement boys Oldham St Annes in National Conference League division one. The Blue and Golds had the game in the bag after 77 minutes as they led 34-16, but a 16-point blitz by the
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Cyclist Sharon Laws makes point after Olympic snub
Sharon Laws, who was dropped from the squad for the Olympic Games, felt she proved a point by winning the British Championships title in Ampleforth. The 37-year-old put the disappointment of failing to make Britain’s London 2012 team to one side to claim
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Senior Cricket League: Acomb hold nerve against Driffield
LEADERS Acomb were made to work hard for their two-wicket win at Driffield in division one of the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League. Home batsman Mick Drury’s fine knock of 63 not out put Driffield in command when they took first innings
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Senior Cricket League: Deadly duo Dawson and Linsley skittle sorry Whitkirk batting
MALTON & Old Malton took maximum points from their Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League division two clash with Whitkirk. Wayne Dawson’s 5-31 and Mike Linsley’s 5-26 saw Whitkirk whipped out for only 65. The latter then made 22 not out
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Senior Cricket League: Josh Barrett produces match-winning performance for Dunnington
DUNNINGTON beat champions Woodhouse Grange to move into second place in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League premier division. On yet another rain-affected weekend, former Stockton & Hopgrove bowler Josh Barrett produced a match-winning
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Senior Cricket League: Acomb old boy runs riot as in-form Pickering power into second spot
One-time Acomb player Leon Sacks returned to his old club and made an unbeaten 67 to help Pickering II gain a nine-wicket win in division four of the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League. The victory lifted the Pikes into second place in
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Senior Cricket League: Heworth II beat York IV
HEWORTH II were 45-run winners over York IV in division five. Paul Neal’s 59 helped the hosts to 155-7 before Graham Knott (5-25) and Tom Neal (3-16) had York out for 110. Leaders Patrington were handed 30 points as Thirsk could not
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Yorkshire's t20 match against Nottinghamshire abandoned
Yorkshire’s latest Friends Life t20 clash with Nottinghamshire at Scarborough yesterday was abandoned after only 14 overs. Both sides remain joint top of the North Division with seven points from five matches, with the White Rose county’s next outing
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Senior Cricket League: Hovingham have no answer to Duncombe Park’s batting power
Division three leaders Duncombe Park clocked up their sixth outright victory when they made the short trip to Hovingham in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League. Tom Collard hit 51 for the hosts but had little batting support as Peter
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York Cricket Club thwarted by wet weather
CHAMPIONS York remain 19 points off the pace in the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League after a fourth washout in 11 games. The club’s trip to leaders Harrogate was one of four games to fall foul of the weather on Saturday.
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New recruit for science park
A GROWING science park at Sand Hutton, near York, has welcomed another fledgling technology business to the site. Aptamer Diagnostics was started up in its owner’s terraced home, but is now looking to expand after winning more than £240,000 of funding
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Thirsk pig farmer strikes double gold
Thirsk-based rare and traditional breed pig farmers Taste Tradition have been presented with two prestigious gold awards in a national catering competition. Their triumph came in the BPEX Foodservice Pork Product Of The Year competition 2012, which recognises
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Yorkshire sprinting star Borderlescott aims to roll back years at Thirsk
Borderlescott, former Yorkshire Horse of the Year, gets the opportunity to roll back the years at Thirsk this evening. Now aged ten and in the twilight of his career, Borderlescott has been the shining sprinting star of the north for several years, thanks
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Partners Group retains key Viking account
A YORK public relations agency has retained a key tourism account. The York Archaelogical Trust PR account, held by the Partners Group, includes publicising the organisation’s work in archaeology and conservation, as well as the JORVIK Viking Centre
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Yorkshire business event a huge success
MORE than 7,000 people have attended a Yorkshire business event which has been hailed as the most successful ever staged. Humber Business Week saw more than 7,000 people attend an array of events, ending with the Yorkshire International Business Convention
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Intensive course aimed at small businesses
BUDDING business owners in York are being invited to a week-long intensive programme aimed at getting small businesses off to a flying start. The Acorns Plus programme takes place this week at York St John University and will feature workshops and
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Knife threat man is jailed
A KNIFE-WIELDING husband subjected his wife to a terrifying six-hour ordeal in which he repeatedly threatened to kill her because he believed she had formed a new relationship. Police had to break into the home of Louise Millington in the early hours
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Squatters are still a headache at former garage site
POLICE have said it is proving difficult to remove squatters from a York garage that has become vandalised, but have vowed to try to tackle related problems. Local people and businesses have complained about the damage to the former Citroen garage and
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20mph speed limit to go on trial in York streets
TRANSPORT bosses in York have applied to introduce a 20mph speed limit on a number of streets. City of York Council plans to bring in the reduced speeds in the South Bank area as the first stage of a move to implement the 20mph rule on all residential
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England fans’ Euro 2012 misery
It was the longest night yet in Euro 2012 for the crowds in York’s pubs and bars - and it ended with England fans singing the blues. When Italy hit the post just a few minutes into the Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy, the fans knew it was going
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Radio link for Alabama Julie
AN AMERICAN fan of a York radio station travelled across the Atlantic to meet with fellow listeners. Julie Jackson-Steele won a competition to come to England from Alabama, and decided to use the prize as an opportunity to meet up with her online friends
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Historic aerial photographs of York and Yorkshire made available online
STUNNING aerial photographs of York and Yorkshire more than 80 years ago are among thousands made publicly available today through a new online project. Conservationists have digitised thousands of rare and fragile photographs and published
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Kate’s little cat is a big winner
THE winners of The Press’s Pet Icon competition have expressed their delight at having readers vote their pets the most popular in York. More than 360 readers entered their pets into The Press’s annual Pet Icon competition, and all were published in
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Is your pet a show stopper?
ATTENTION all animal lovers – an annual show celebrating the region’s most adorable pets will be staged in York this summer. Scores of animals, including cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs and those of the less fluffy variety such as reptiles, will take
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Fulford Show to be ‘even bigger’
ORGANISERS of the Fulford Show are promising this year’s event will be “even bigger and better.” The show, which nearly folded last year, will take place on August Bank Holiday Monday, August 27, from 1pm until 5pm. A local band will play and there
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Navy makes it a special seaside day
THE Royal Navy made it a day to remember in Scarborough when the town celebrated Armed Forces Day a week early. Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Band Scotland gave a 40-minute performance and the Royal Marines Fitness Challenge and Climbing Tower gave Yorkshire
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Thousands attend tattoo convention at York Racecourse
TATTOO artists and enthusiasts came from across the world to attend a convention on their favourite art form at York Racecourse. Between three and four thousand people attended the two-day event on all matters concerning body decoration. Organiser
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Cyclists brave rain to make York Cycle Rally a hit
ORGANISERS of the York Cycle Rally made the right choice after deciding not to cancel the annual event at an emergency meeting only hours before it was due to begin. As the rain fell - parts of the country experienced torrential downpours and even the
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Review: The Chapter House Choir, York Minster
The Chapter House Choir purred into fine form with a moving performance of Elgar’s As Torrents In Summer. The composer’s My Love Dwelt proved to be another choral gem and the choir clearly relished the beautiful sound world – the call and response
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Review: Dance To The Music, York Barbican Centre
As a fan of Strictly Come Dancing, and missing it not being shown at the moment, I was very much looking forward to an evening of dance. The fabulous Dave Arch and the Strictly House Band (and the pork pie hat!) were on stage throughout, leaving
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Mock accident stuns York pupils into silence
A DRAMATIC reminder of the consequences of careless and dangerous driving was given to pupils of York High School by fire and emergency crews. A realistic reconstruction of a multi-vehicle crash was staged in the school’s playground, complete with walking
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Fashion show aids cancer support charity
A CHARITY fashion show has raised hundreds of pounds to help families stricken by cancer. Models took to the catwalk in clothes from LK Bennett’s Petergate store, where the event was held, and York-based Kathryn Rolfe Lingerie and Swimwear. Organiser
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Annual beer festival will be ‘bigger and better’
THIS year’s York Beer and Cider Festival will be the biggest and best yet, organisers say. The event, to be held on Knavesmire in September, will run for four days instead of the three in previous years and will include more than 250 beers and 100
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Miss York bids for national glory
MISS York Alice Czyz will find out tomorrow whether she has been crowned Miss England. Alice, 23, who was crowned Miss York last month, has been taking part in four days of competition in Birmingham and Leicester. She is joined at the
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Race organisers in appeal for volunteers for York 10K
VOLUNTEERS are needed for York’s fourth annual charity race set up in memory of charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson. About 6,000 people expected to take part in the York 10k Race For All on August 5, raising money for a variety of charities.
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Forestry airborne branch looks out for tree disease
FOREST experts have taken to the skies above North Yorkshire in a bid to tackle the spread of a deadly plant disease. Forestry Commission experts have flown over North Yorkshire taking hundreds of aerial images of woodland to spot tell-tale signs of
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Rooney laments shoot-out exit
Wayne Rooney admitted "it was a horrible way to go out" after England suffered yet more penalty heartache in Kiev. For the sixth time, England bowed out on penalties, losing 4-2 to Italy after their Euro 2012 quarter-final had finished goalless. This
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Prandelli hails star turn by Italy's Pirlo
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli labelled Andrea Pirlo "a star" after the Juventus midfielder helped end England's dreams of European Championship glory. Pirlo, 33, was named as UEFA's official man of the match after controlling the tempo of the game during
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Hodgson: Shoot-out situation unique
Roy Hodgson insists no amount of practice can prepare you for the trauma of a penalty shoot-out. Once again, England are coming to terms with their failure from the spot. Sunday night's Euro 2012 quarter-final defeat to Italy means they have now bowed
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England knocked out of Euro 2012 on penalties
England's penalty shoot-out misery continued in Kiev as they crashed out of Euro 2012 4-2 on penalties after the score against Italy was tied 0-0 after extra-time. After Mario Balotelli's talk of Peter Pan, the semi-finals of a major tournament
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Travel agency aiming for award
Award-winning travel agency has been shortlisted for a major award. The company, with branches in Helmsley and Boroughbridge, has been named by the British Travel Awards (BTA) as one of the contestants for the Best Small Travel Retailer 2012. Spear
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Lake cries spark emergency search
FIRE crews and a police helicopter searched Burton Salmon, near Selby, for an hour on Friday night after a member of the public reported hearing a woman shouting for help near a lake in the village. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service water rescue
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Showcase for skills at Shiptonthorpe
AN East Yorkshire village showed off its residents’ skills during a special open weekend in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Shiptonthorpe, near Market Weighton, holds a visitors welcome event each year featuring one particular kind of activity
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Newcomers display their artistic talent
MORE than 1,000 people are expected to attend the 35th Ryedale Open Art Exhibition celebrating the work of artists in the district. The show, which opens on July 7 in the Milton Rooms, Malton, will feature hundreds of paintings, sculptures, ceramics
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June 25
100 years ago The Gateshead and District Tramways Company had inaugurated a new system of collecting fares. It was known as the “pay-as-you-enter” method, and it was claimed that it ensured greater safety, comfort, and saving of time for the travelling
