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York City Knights beaten in Championship opener at Whitehaven
NEW coach Gary Thornton started his York City Knights reign with a 32-22 defeat at Whitehaven in the Championship. The Knights trailed only 8-6 at the break and 14-12 early in the second half, but Whitehaven pulled clear midway through the second
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Firefighters rescue girl from tree
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl had to be rescued from a tree in East Yorkshire by firefighters this afternoon. The youngster became stuck 25ft from the ground in the conifer tree on Schofield Avenue, Beverley, just after 4pm. Fire crews used a triple extension
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Police speak to motorists as crash investigation goes on
POLICE carried out stop-checks on a road where a 39-year-old woman was badly injured, as they continued to investigate the crash. The victim, named locally as mother-of-two Rosina Seabright, is still in a serious condition in hospital following
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New twist in saga of derelict cinema
PLANS to demolish a derelict former cinema in Pickering and replace it with houses have been withdrawn. The company Mortgage Guarantee Plc applied last year for permission to knock down the building which once housed the Castle Cinema, on Burgate
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MP backs fight against wind turbine
YORK residents fighting plans for a wind turbine on Green Belt land near their homes have won support from their local MP. Plans for the 36.4-metre mast at Grange Farm, on Hodgson Lane in Upper Poppleton, were submitted to City of York Council
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People power scuppers parking charge plan
PLANS to charge motorists for using council-run car parks across East Yorkshire have been dropped. East Riding of Yorkshire Council began considering the idea in 2010, but more than 20,000 people signed a petition opposing it, with traders in areas
