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Pub to give home to flood-survivor Noah
A HEDGEHOG rescued from floodwaters is to be given a new home with two mates – thanks to a York pub. Staff and regulars at The Golden Ball in Bishophill are to provide a home for Noah, Sugar and Spice in the community garden opposite the pub.
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York pub attack suspect remains on the run
A FUGITIVE suspected of committing a violent pub assault in York is still on the run more than two months on, police say. Detectives searching for Ryan MacLeod believe he is still in York, and have warned they will take action against anyone helping
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Wolds pub scoops award
A VILLAGE pub that launched its own brewery has collected an award after being named the best in all of East Yorkshire. The Goodmanham Arms in Goodmanham, near Market Weighton, won the village pub of the year award from the Hull and East Yorkshire
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Richard III's face reconstructed
MEET Richard III, England’s last Plantagenet king. Experts at the University of Dundee made this reconstruction after carrying out a CT scan on remains found in a council car park in Leicester – remains now confirmed to have been Richard’s.
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On-loan full-back chasing Premier League dream
CURTIS Obeng has declared himself happy to be playing for York City despite being told he would get his chance in the Premier League this season. The on-loan right-back, who made his York debut during Saturday’s 4-1 home defeat to Morecambe, was
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McLaughlin credited with goal against Gillingham
MIDFIELDER Paddy McLaughlin has been credited with York City’s goal in the 1-1 draw at Gillingham by the Dubious Goals Committee. McLaughlin netted direct from a corner in the npower League Two game at Priestfield on Saturday, January 26, as recorded
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Three charged over Robert Adamczyk death
THREE men have been charged over the death of Robert Adamczyk, who died after being attacked on a night out. The 28-year-old engineer, who lived with his girlfriend in Saxton near Tadcaster, was on a stag do in Leeds when the attack happened in
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Venturefest Yorkshire is bigger and better
YORK’S science and technology festival has lined up its biggest range of seminars and speakers. Venturefest Yorkshire, organised by York Professionals, expects to attract 1,500 delegates when it takes place at York Racecourse on February 28.
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Curtis Obeng up to mission of feel good City
ON-LOAN full-back Curtis Obeng knew he was coming to a “good club” when he arrived at York City from Premier League Swansea City. Obeng was no stranger to the Minstermen’s potential, having won only one of his six meetings against his new club
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Matthew Lamb, managing director of Potter Logistics
Matthew Lamb joined family business Potter Logistics in 2005 after experience in a number of large logistics and business services companies. “I was forever bumping into Derek Potter travelling to and from London and Ely and I was working for a
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On dismissing a senior executive
An executive director, who is employed by a company, has the same employment rights as any other employee. This means that he or she can claim compensation for redundancy, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal or breach of contract. If they suspect
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Latest business appointments
PROPERTY consultant Carter Jonas has expanded its York-based energy division with the appointment of senior energy surveyor Deirdre McDonald. Deirdre, who has expertise in environmental impact assessments and negotiating option and lease arrangements
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Review: Moscow City Ballet, The Nutcracker, York Barbican
A wag once remarked that every note Tchaikovsky wrote was ballet music. Certainly he understood more about dance than any front-line composer before or since. That suggests much of what lies behind Moscow City Ballet’s success: a native instinct
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Walking the walk in the ‘real world’
I always read the Times Higher Education with great interest and was particularly drawn to a recent report on its investigation into UK universities increasingly pushing for academic staff to hold PhDs. We’re very much pro our lecturers progressing
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Football: Dring ring changes from draws
OF the four matches played in reserve ‘A’ of the York Minster Engineering Football League, three finished locked at 2-2. The exception was the 10-2 hammering of Hamilton Panthers by Dringhouses. Sam Kitson, Mitch Carter and Tom Hawksby all
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Harrogate Town debut for Michael Woods
EX-CHELSEA midfielder Michael Woods will make his Harrogate Town debut at Bootham Crescent tonight, kick-off 7.45pm. Town host Workington in York with their troubled Wetherby Road pitch unplayable and Pocklington-born Woods has signed for Simon
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Home discomfort for New Earswick All Blacks ARLC
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC suffered a 46-10 home defeat against championship promotion-chasers West Bowling in the Pennine League. The White Rose Avenue side trailed 28-6 at the break and were unable to make inroads against their Bradford-based
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Green Hammerton Cricket Club seeking new players
Green Hammerton Cricket Club are currently looking for new players. It fields teams in the third and sixth divisions of the Wetherby League. Nets have just started at Tadcaster Lordswood cricket school between 7pm and 8pm each Wednesday.
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Volunteers needed for European golf tournament
VOLUNTEERS interested in helping at this summer’s European Women’s team championships to be held at Fulford Golf Club between July 6 to 13 should phone the club on 01904 413579 to express an interest. For more information on the championships visit
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Referees’ Association meeting
York Referees’ Association will hold their monthly meeting this Thursday at the NHS Social Club, in Whitecross Road, off Haxby Road, starting at 7.30pm. The evening’s guest will be ex-Premier League assistant referee, and now FA level 3 referee
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Victory for Rowntrees RUFC
ROWNTREES RUFC romped to a 29-5 conquest over Castleford thirds. Castleford led at half-time after sneaking a try late in the first period but, after the break, Trees’ speedy backs scored four tries through Chris Judge, Stu Davies, Dave Harder
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Rare military collection stolen from elderly man
AN 85-YEAR-OLD man has been left “shocked and upset” following the theft of his collection of military memorabilia. The rare items - which have been collected over 40 years - were taken from the man’s home in Easingwold. Collectors are urged
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Darts: Cueball pocket Flag win
TABLE-TOPPING Cueball ‘B’ produced a total clearance in the pairs to beat basement side Flag & Whistle 9-2 in division one of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Tracey Farmeary gamed in 24 darts, and wins from Gina Whittaker, Sue Turpin
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Hockey: Danny’s double fails to stave off York men's premier division defeat
UNDER-STRENGTH City of York Hockey Club men’s I were edged out 3-2 at Bowden in the North League premier division. Missing a host of players through illness and unavailability, City of York performed superbly in the first half and held a 1-0 interval
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Hockey: Wigton win for York's ladies firsts
CITY of York Hockey Club ladies I climbed to fifth in the North League premier division with a 3-0 win at basement side Wigton I. Returning from a weather-enforced break, City of York were determined not to take victory for granted against an improving
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Hockey: Acomb men’s II edged out by Huddersfield Dragons
ACOMB Hockey Club men’s II were edged out 1-0 by promotion-chasing Huddersfield Dragons IV in Yorkshire League division six north. The defeat leaves the Tangerines’ second string in sixth place in the table, a point behind local rivals City of
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Sweet success primed for McCain and Maguire at Sedgefield
Donald McCain and Jason Maguire, enjoying another tremendous season, can maintain their remarkable momentum at Sedgefield this afternoon by completing a double. The powerful Cheshire duo, on a high after the multi-talented Overturn had highlighted
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York Cocoa House wins in Local Business Accelerators competition
A BUSINESS which has strived to establish York’s reputation as a chocolate city has won help to grow from The Press’s Local Business Accelerators competition. York Cocoa House, owned by Sophie Jewett, has won the main prize in the local competition
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Don’t let killjoys spoil York Wheel
I SEE the killjoys are protesting at the York Wheel again. I happen to know that at least one objector does not and has never lived in the Westgate building, or anywhere near that area. The so-called objection is more to do with maintaining the
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That’s enough now
WILL Paul Hepworth please give it a rest writing about cyclists. I am 75 and had bikes for a number of years I even worked at at Claude Butler Cycles when I was 17. I passed my test on motorcycles at 17 and have driven motorbikes and sidecars,
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Snooker: Paul Davison to face Michael White in Welsh Open qualifer
PAUL DAVISON must overcome one of snooker’s up-and-coming stars to qualify for the final stages of the Welsh Open. After the thrills of the Blackpool Tower Circus Arena and the Snooker Shoot-Out, it’s back to the bread and butter for the Pickering
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What a real trooper
WITH regards to On This Day (The Press, February 1), I would have thought it worth a mention that George Beverly Shea was born in 1909 in Ontario, Canada. He has been soloist with Billy Graham since 1946 and still occasionally sings in public.
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Billiards: Acomb rattle Faber Shield title holders Heworth
HOPES of Heworth retaining the championship of the York Conservative Clubs’ Faber Shield Billiards League for the seventh time suffered a blow as they went down 5-1 to current leaders Acomb. Ken Bowser (22bk) defeated Gary Rogers (41, 36, 36 bks
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Rights and wrongs
I AM appalled at the Government’s preoccupation with gay rights. I can envisage, in the not too distant future, when it will be illegal for a man to marry a woman. Les Hornby, Kirk Hammerton, York.
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Still think I was right
ADRIAN ELLIOTT (Letters, January 28) accuses me of using selective evidence when I said the world of the 1960s was a much better place than now. He cites the huge unrest taking-place in Algeria at that time. Such violence was going on, but not
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Faster downloading
BROADBAND is more or less essential for modern businesses, searching the internet and downloading entertainment. The Superfast North Yorkshire programme will enable the Dringhouses area with fibre broadband during spring of this year. Most
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Choo does it for me
May I suggest ‘Choo Choo House’ as an appropriate name for the new council offices? Easy to remember, spell and pays regard to the railway history. No doubt there is a ‘Fat Controller’ somewhere in the system. Richard Fletcher, Fifth Avenue, Tang
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An empty slogan
THE Get York Building initiative championed by Coun James Alexander (The Press, February 1) is just another empty slogan, which I predict will not do what it says on the tin. I’ve read the report, which proposes to reduce affordable housing requirements
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Still need trains
THE Letters page of February 2 asked if the railways had had their day. While I may agree with RS Scruton when he says communication technology is tomorrow and business people won’t have to travel to business meetings to talk, the ordinary members
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Snooker: Heworth’s set to retain Pairs League title
HEWORTH look certain to successfully defend the championship of the York Conservative Clubs’ Slater Cup Snooker Pairs League after defeating Bootham 5-2. After three games Heworth led 2-1 in frames but were only three points ahead in the aggregate
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I waited, gave up
IS THERE any wonder people don’t want to use the First buses in York? Recently, I waited in the bitterly cold wind with several other people at Exhibition Square for a number 6 bus to Clifton Moor. I was there from 6.55pm to 8.25pm and there
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Festival not right
I ACCEPT the view of Sue Taylor (Letters January 31) that the Galtres Festival may be operated very efficiently. It does not, however, change the basic facts. These are that there is a proposal to hold a three-day festival of music and alcohol
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New LED system mostly works
COLIN CLIFFORD (Letters, January 28) asked why, after many months, the lighting on Millennium Bridge was still not working. This is the question I have been repeatedly asking over the years. This culminated in significant investment in the ‘new
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Bus driver drank vodka at wheel
A BUS driver from York has been banned from the roads after he was spotted drinking from a bottle of vodka while at the wheel. Daniel Flannery, 45, of Osbaldwick, was reported to police after he was seen drinking from the bottle at Monks Cross,
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February 5
100 years ago At several of the churches and chapels in Whitby and at a Church of England Men’s Society meeting, strong protests had been made against the proposal of the Whitby Golf Club to permit golf on the Upgang links after one o’clock on
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New date for The Dublin Legends at York Barbican
THE Dublin Legends, alias Sean Cannon, Patsy Watchorn, Eamonn Campbell and Gerry O’Connor, will play their rearranged York Barbican concert on June 3. The Irish folk musicians have even acquired the moniker of The Dublin Legends since The Press
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Web company invests £1.2m in new data centre in York
A YORK web hosting business has invested £1.2 million in its own data centre. Bytemark Hosting has bought the freehold on the building at 8 Opus Avenue, York Business Park and hopes to open the data centre by May. Once complete, the data centre
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Chameleon Business Interiors merges to create £5m turnover company
OFFICE fit out business Chameleon Business Interiors has merged with warehousing specialist iGSG Group. The new company, called ISIS Commercial Environments, will have a combined turnover of more than £5 million and a 17-strong workforce. Shaun
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Villagers angry over planned HS2 rail link
Hundreds of people crammed into a North Yorkshire village hall last night to discuss the implications of Britain's new high speed railway for their community. Householders at Church Fenton, near Tadcaster, have been told several homes in the village
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West End Dickens show beams live to city cinema
THE West End gala opening of Great Expectations at the Vaudeville Theatre will be screened via satellite at City Screen, York, from 6.45pm on Thursday. The Coney Street cinema will be one of more than 150 in Britain and Ireland and another 450
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Thieves burgle Settrington house for car keys
NORTH Yorkshire police are investigating after a vehicle was stolen during a two-in-one burglary. A black Range Rover Discovery 3 was taken between Sunday night and yesterday morning when thieves broke into a property on Chapel Road in Settrington
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We footsloggers have rights too
I’VE suggested previously that pedestrians should have their own lobby in York as other transport users do, so partly to promote the idea I thought I’d present my personal view on a few little hassles and hazards affecting the walking community in
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Bike stolen from South Milford railway station
British Transport Police (BTP) is appealing for information after a bike was stolen from South Milford railway station sometime between 7.30am and 5.50pm on Wednesday, January 20. The owner had secured it to the racks and returned later to discover
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Sandwich billed as ‘foot long’ is only 11 inches
AN international fast food company has apologised after The Press found customers were being shortchanged by their meal deals. “Foot-long” sandwiches were bought from three Subway outlets in York – in Pavement, Clifford Street and Feasegate – and
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York Racecourse revamp plan submitted
PLANS for the first phase of a £5 million revamp of York Racecourse have been handed in. The project, scheduled to take place in stages, is designed to improve facilities for racegoers, horses and jockeys. The venue’s bosses say the scheme
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How men annoy us
“He goes to the toilet with an open door…” I was pleased to see these words on a list of the ten things women find most annoying about their partners. Why? Because my husband never closes the door, and I hate walking past and seeing him there,
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Villagers highlight bus stop dangers
RESIDENTS of a village between York and Selby have urged action on moving a bus stop from a busy main road. The 415 service used to run through Escrick until a change in funding by North Yorkshire County Council saw subsidies removed from the route
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Raiders steal feed from Selby stables
THIEVES broke into a stables at Camblesforth, near Selby, and stole a wheelie bin filled with horse feed. The offenders cut through a barbed wire fence and padlocks securing the stable doors. Anyone with information should contact North Yorkshire
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Remains confirmed as Richard III
THE remains found underneath a car park in Leicester have been confirmed as that of Yorkist King Richard III – but he will not be returning to the city. Following a long wait it was announced the remains of a man buried on the site in Leicester
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Thieves steal food from cafés in York
THIEVES broke into two city centre cafes in York at the weekend. The offenders stole food and drink from Dyl’s Café Bar on Skeldergate Bridge, which is undergoing renovation work, and Hartley’s Café, on Lendal Bridge. Police believe the thieves
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Lib Dem election candidate named
A YORK lawyer has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate to fight the York Outer seat at the next General Election. Nick Emmerson, who was born and brought up in North Yorkshire and has lived in York for nine years, is a partner in an
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York Theatre Royal announces 2013 pantomime
ALADDIN And The Twankeys will be the York Theatre Royal pantomime for the 2013-2014 winter season. Dame Berwick Kaler announced the show title from the stage on the last night of Robin Hood And His Merry Mam! last Saturday, when ticket sales for
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Thieves steal singer’s guitar
A TEENAGE singer-songwriter has had to cancel gigs around the region after her guitar was stolen. Thieves broke into a car belonging to Lauren Varley, 17, and took the instrument, and also a bag belonging to her friend, while the pair were at York
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Helicopter flight crash instructor jailed
A Helicopter flying instructor has been jailed for six months for lying to get a licence for a millionaire pupil who later died in a crash. Former army captain Ian King, 53, falsely signed off businessman Paul Spencer’s incomplete training records
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Plans for out-of-hours childcare help backed by council commitee
PARENTS struggling to get childcare outside normal working hours in York could soon be given a helping hand by City of York Council. A series of measures to provide more information about the care available for children whose parents need to go
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Yorkshire Credit Union loan inquiry row
YORK’S council leader has accused political opponents of shying away from a full investigation into North Yorkshire Credit Union’s collapse. The organisation, previously York Credit Union, folded last year and a £100,000 loan agreed by City of
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York College students are Ox-Bridge bound
Seven students from York College who have been offered places at Oxford or Cambridge this year. They are: Dan Kozelko (formerly of Barlby High School) who hopes to study law at Downing College, Cambridge; Harriet Gray (formerly of Manor CE
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Snowdrops herald brighter times
THE tiny white flowers of snowdrops are springing up in gardens and churchyards across York and North Yorkshire. One of the first signs that spring is just around the corner, snowdrops are already carpeting the ground at the historic home of the
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School garden gets Royal approval
A YORK primary school has received the royal seal of approval for its “outstanding” garden. Pupils at Dringhouses Primary School have been presented with a prestigious Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) award, as part of the the society’s Campaign
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Council tax to rise 1.9 per cent as city leaders reveal budget plans
COUNCIL tax will rise by 1.9 per cent, parks will be left unlocked and parking charges will increase under budget plans unveiled by York’s city leaders. City of York Council yesterday revealed proposals to save £20 million over the next two years
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New bin charges to be put to York residents
RESIDENTS in York face having to pay for green waste collections and replacement bins, under plans drawn up by council leaders. Opening hours at Towthorpe waste centre could also be cut, following on from the closure last May of the Beckfield Lane
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Running the Yorkshire Marathon is child’s play for Mike, 40
A MARATHON-OBSESSED fun runner who has won the title “fastest marathon by a man dressed as a baby”, will be among those competing in the Yorkshire Marathon in York on October 20. Mike Brigham, 40, of Clifton Moor, only took up marathon running
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Can you help make the Yorkshire Marathon run smoothly?
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help ensure the Yorkshire Marathon runs smoothly. Running places in the marathon are now full - although people may still be able to get a place in the race by signing up to run for a charity. However, people can still
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60 years ago today marked the end of sweet rationing
EXACTLY 60 years ago, British children were finally able to do what today’s youngsters take for granted – they could buy as many chocolates as they liked. February 5, 1953, was the day when sweets stopped being rationed. Throughout the Second
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Don’t forget us, says polio veteran
A POLIO campaigner who was left in a wheelchair after contracting the disease aged six is asking people to be aware of thousands like him in Yorkshire. Following the announcement by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates that he intended to eradicate
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London to Paris cycle ride raises almost £9k
A CYCLIST who pedalled from London to Paris in less than 24 hours raised almost £9,000 for a new charity which helps stroke victims across Yorkshire. Nick Lally handed a giant cheque for £8,831 to his mother Sue, of Sutton-on-the-Forest, who is
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Cabbies’ dismay at York Station taxi rank changes
ANGER is growing among York taxi drivers and passengers over the moving of the drop-off point outside York Station. Barry Hamer, chairman of York Private Hire Association, has called for a meeting with officials at rail company East Coast to discuss
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When horses raced on the frozen River Ouse
ONE of the most remarkable horse races ever held in York will be discussed tonight at a meeting of local historians. Members of the Bishophill History Group will hear about the events of 1607, when horses raced on the frozen River Ouse. The
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Two arrested over North Yorkshire cannabis farm discovery
A MILLION pounds worth of cannabis has been found in a secluded country house in North Yorkshire. Officers with a warrant searched the rented detached property in Garnet Lane, Tadcaster, where they found 800 plants on Friday. Several rooms
