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Venturefest winners receive £50,000 of prizes

TWO early stage technology businesses celebrated winning resources to help them grow at York's annual science and technology conference Venturefest. York company The Law Wizard, which has developed software to guide people through the process of

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Businesses flock to Venturefest

VENTUREFEST has attracted 1,500 delegates to its tenth annual science and technology conference. Businesses and investors flocked to York Racecourse to network, seek advice and investment, discover new businesses and hear from inspirational speakers

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Budget D-Day in York

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Micklegate and George Hudson Street to close for repairs

TWO city-centre roads in York will be closed during the day over the next three weekends as repair and resurfacing work is carried out. The scheme, on Micklegate and George Hudson Street, will start on Saturday and will take place between 8am and

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John Shuttleworth, Out Of Our Sheds, Grand Opera House, York, Wednesday, March 6

GRAHAM Fellows, creator of Sheffield’s sage man of song and life-skills tips John Shuttleworth, is thinking equally about a converted church and sheds at present. On the one hand, Graham is undertaking the renovation and conversion of a church

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Yamato Drummers, Grand Opera House, York, March 5

THE Yamato Drummers from Japan bring their new show, Rojyoh: The Beat On The Road, to the Grand Opera House, York, on Tuesday, as part of their 20th anniversary world tour. Founded in1993 by artistic director Masa Ogawa in Yamato – now known as

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Win Yamato Drummers tickets

Courtesy of the Grand Opera House, The Press has three pairs to be won for Tuesday night, plus one copy of the DVD Yamato The Drummers Of Japan, Kami-Nari, Thunder Tour 2005-2006, Live In Mexico, released by Rub-a-Dub & Company. Question: Who

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2013 programme at The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale

THE Handsome Family’s May 24 concert at the North York Moors haven they call “the greatest small venue on Earth” is two-thirds of the way to selling out. “It will be completely sold within a few weeks, I would have thought, now that these three

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The Winter’s Tale, Grand Opera House, March 19 to 23

ROYAL Shakespeare Company actor Nick Holder, soon to visit the Grand Opera House in The Winter’s Tale, is looking for York cycling enthusiasts to help him train for a charity cycle ride. Nick, who plays the Young Shepherd in the RSC’s touring production

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Win tickets to see Richard Herring

RICHARD Herring presents the tenth anniversary update of Talking Cock, his “exposé of the truth about men and their flutes of love” at the Grand Opera House, York, on March 9 at 8pm. “It’s an object of shame and pride; it inspires laughter and

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Amy Macdonald, York Barbican, March 2

‘I just feel inadequate…’ Inadequate? ‘One hundred per cent. It’s just the person I am’ Amy Macdonald tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON. LUXEMBOURG on Wednesday, York on Saturday, such is the quick change of scenery on the road for Scottish singer-songwriter

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Tickets to win for Abba tribute show

THANK You For The Music!, the Abba tribute show, is in its 20th year. To mark that anniversary, we have teamed up with the Grand Opera House, York, for a competition for three pairs of tickets for the concert show’s 7.30pm performance at the Cumberland

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Breathing Corpses, York Theatre Royal Studio, March 6-16

CHAMBER maid Amy finds yet another corpse in a hotel room. Storage unit manager Jim is growing suspicious of the smell coming from one of his units. Businesswoman Kate discovers a female body while walking the dog. Then add a fourth body but still

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York Late Music Concert Series

THE York Late Music Concert Series is reaping the benefit of a crucial strategy decision taken in 2011. “We decided to focus on audience development by changing from a festival to a concert series with a clear artistic identity,” says concert administrator

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The Great Gatsby, Leeds Grand Theatre, March 2 to 9

THE Great Gatsby first captured the attention of David Nixon when he read F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel at high school in Canada. “It was the same year – 1974 – the movie with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow premièred and I fell in love with this mysterious

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Goodnight Mister Tom, Grand Opera House, York, until March 2

AUDIENCES, young and old, are flocking to David Wood’s stage adaptation of Goodnight Mister Tom at the Grand Opera House, York, much to the delight of actress turned novelist Michelle Magorian. At the heart of Michelle’s novel – a moving story

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Petula Clark, Lost In You (Sony Music) ****

HERALDING in the New Year, Petula Clark surprised more than a few guests on the Jools Holland Hootenanny with her rendition of Cee Lo Green’s Crazy and a bluesy jazz arrangement of her signature hit Downtown. You suspect that at 80, Clark still

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Johnny Marr, The Messenger (Warner) ***

LET’S not skirt around it: Johnny Marr is a genius. Noel Gallagher summed up one of the finest musicians ever to strap on a Rickenbacker as well as anybody when he said: “You can’t play what he plays”. Marr’s first solo album – if you discount

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Balthazar, Rats (Play It Again Sam) ***

THERE’S a long-standing joke among lazy comedy writers that there is nothing remarkable or outstanding about Belgium, but sadly, Balthazar’s latest effort does little to contradict it. That’s not to say the second album from the Belgian five-piece

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Jim James, Regions of Light and Sound of God (V2 Records) ****

THIS solo outing from the singer, songwriter and guitarist from the band My Morning Jacket is a thing of floating, shifting wonder, cinematic in its widescreen scope. James said he wanted the album to “sound like it came from a different place in time

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Caitlin Rose, The Stand-In (Names) ****

ROSE by name, rose by nature, Caitlin is a new breed of Nashville country singer who is fragrant, of course, but watch out for the prick of her thorns. Her 2010 debut album, Own Side Now, alerted the country cognoscenti to her emotionally frank

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Blithe Spirit, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, March 7 to 9

JUST A QUICKIE WITH... Caroline Heppell, director of Rowntree Players’ Blithe Spirit. Will this be the first time you have directed a Noel Coward play, Caroline? “Yes it is, and I’ve found it totally different to anything else I’ve directed

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Rick Redbeard, Basement at City Screen, York, March 21

THE Phantom Band’s alliteratively named front-man, Rick Redbeard, brings his charming folk musings to the Basement at City Screen, York, on March 21, the closing night of his first full-blast solo tour. He leads his Glasgow indie-rock band as Rick

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Nige, Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, March 2

NIGE, the Scouse comedy creation of Keith Carter, headlines this weekend's Saturday Night Lounge at the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club in City Screen’s Basement bar in York. Introducing Nige, Hyena Lounge promoter Toby Clouston-Jones says: “He’s been

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Sam Carter, The Basement, City Screen, York, March 8

EVER since Sam Carter released his debut album, Keepsakes, in 2009, mounting excitement has accompanied this acoustic folk songwriter, guitarist and singer. At the time he was an emerging artist in residence at the Southbank Centre in London, and

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Jazz notes

TONIGHT’s jazz at the Old White Swan, Goodramgate, is with the Mardi Gras Band, featuring the Invisible Guitarist, who makes a 100-mile round trip to play with the band (01904 540911). Pianist Nikki Iles is tomorrow night’s guest with the University

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Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, London Vocal Project, Mirrors (Edition Records)

Until now, most of Kenny Wheeler’s music has been conceived instrumentally and he has had the good fortune to have Norma Winstone’s lyrics. This time he sets texts by Lewis Carroll, Stevie Smith and WB Yeats to music and alongside the 24 wonderful

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Johnny Marr, The Duchess, York, March 5

IT has been a long time coming, but at the grand old rock age of 49, perennial sideman Johnny Marr is releasing his debut solo album this week. York will have the very earliest chance to hear how Marr sounds on The Messenger when the former Smiths

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Knights poised to sign Batley Bulldogs prop Craig Potter

YORK City Knights are poised to sign prop Craig Potter from Batley Bulldogs and, given the dearth of fit front-rowers, he could go straight into the side that takes on champions Sheffield at Bramall Lane tomorrow night. The Kingstone Press Championship

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Wow – The Show: A Celebration of the Music & Artistry of Kate Bush, Grand Opera House, York, March 7

DUTCH singer, dancer and pianist Maaike Breijman shares her July 30 birthday with Kate Bush and Emily Bronte. Perhaps it was fate she should end up presenting a tribute show to the English singer-songwriter whose career was kick-started by a teenage

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Win tickets for ‘Disney’s Oz’ at City Screen, York

WHAT’S On is linking up with City Screen, York for a “Watch the Trailer Trivia Contest” for Disney’s Oz The Great And The Powerful in 3D. To enter, you must watch the trailer online at disney.co.uk/oz-the-great-and-powerful/ and then email your

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Safe Haven, Certificate 12A, 115 mins **

CERTAIN things are demanded of a film taken from a Nicholas Sparks book. North Carolina, good-looking couple in love, thunderstorms, a river – that sort of thing. If you’ve seen The Notebook, Dear John, The Lucky One or any of the other adaptations

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York baby-shaking trial: Jury hears from medical expert

THE trial of a York woman accused of killing her baby has heard today that he had "features consistent with a brain injury". The fourth day of Gemma O'Donnell's manslaughter trial heard evidence from paediatric consultants who saw baby Leighton

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Broken City, Running time:109 mins, Certificate 15 ***

I WAITED in vain for Russell Crowe to burst into song a la Les Miserables as the corrupt mayor of New York in this fashionably bleak story of corruption in high places. It would have given that extra something to what’s essentially a story the

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Automotive contract bringing 200 jobs to Pickering

AUTOMOTIVE manufacturer Rosti McKechnie Ltd is to create up to new 200 jobs in Pickering after winning a new long-term contract. The company, which employs more than 700 people at its bases at Stamford Bridge and Pickering, including 400 at Pickering

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£12m food factory to create 100 jobs

A NEW £12 million food factory which is expected to create 100 jobs in Norton is on track to open in April. The Cranswick Gourmet Pastry Company is a new company created through a collaboration between Hull-based butchers Cranswick and Norton firm

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York technology company commissions new research and development facility

A YORK technology company has taken control of the biggest new research and development facility built in York in the last five years. Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL), a family business which specialises in eye-safe laser measurement and was recently

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Capital conference call draws crowds

A TRIP by York conference venue representatives to London has proved so popular that more than 200 event buyers wanted to take part. Laura Freer, business tourism manager for Visit York, is taking 21 conference venues and members of York Hoteliers

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ACAS head to speak at conference

THE new chairman of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) will speak at a conference in York. Ed Sweeney will speak at the fourth Northern Employment Conference, held on March 4 at the Royal York Hotel in the city. The event

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Accountancy firm's environmental move

ACCOUNTANT CGA has signed up to the Investors in the Environment (iiE) scheme. Stacey McVeighty, director, said the scheme would confirm the financial savings and efficiencies the company has made. She said: “CGA has been conscious of its environmental

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Insurer moves Bedale office to Ripon

INSURER NFU Mutual has moved its Bedale office to Ripon. It hopes to recruit two new staff to add to its existing eight-strong team in the new office. Andrew Webster, senior agent for Bedale, Ripon and Nidderdale said: “We are excited about

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Medieval treasures

In the first of an occasional series of features on North Yorkshire churches, STEPHEN LEWIS visits a church in Pickering famed for its stunning medieval wall paintings. THE painting of St George slaying the dragon hits you as soon as you step through

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Review: Goodnight Mister Tom, Grand Opera House, York, until March 2

THE West End comes to the Grand Opera House, and no, it is not a sparkly musical. Instead, retaining the cast from the Phoenix Theatre, Angus Jackson’s touring production is the highest-quality drama you could wish to see this year in York.

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Too quick to jump on the news bandwagon

WHAT a flapdoodle that all was. One minute a leading novelist was delivering a high-minded lecture about how the public relates to royal women and the next she was accused of making an attack on the Duchess of Cambridge that was ‘venomous’ and ‘outrageous

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Third time lucky for police appointment?

I READ with interest the letter of February 25 from an interested party in the election of Julia Mulligan as police commissioner – a process that was decried by the executive councillors and James Alexander, then by all and sundry within The Press

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Restoring faith

WHILE it would be impossible for the supermarkets and frozen-food suppliers to recompense consumers caught up in the horsemeat rumpus, there could be a way ahead. Farmers have long had their profits on fresh veg, fruit, milk and meat screwed down

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Border control

BEN YOUNG distorts the truth (Letters, February 26). After the San Remo Conference of 1922, article 22 of the convention setting up the League of Nations, Palestine was entrusted to Britain “as a sacred trust of civilisation” for “the establishment

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Waiting for change

THE letter from Mr Bloom of February 21 exemplifies the insurmountable hurdle of getting other EU countries to support changes benefiting the UK. On treaties, article 48TEU states that proposals to amend competencies conferred upon the EU have

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Giving with one hand and taking with the other

THE Government is to use £37million of taxpayers’ money to subsidise the installation of charge-up points for electric cars in homes and businesses. This is to encourage more people to buy battery-powered cars which carry green discounts and lower

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Power for the people

I WAS suspended from the local party for whistling blowing on the failure of the Lib Dems to discuss the Allerton incinerator plans properly within the party when they ran the city and approved the incinerator. Now we have seen warnings that energy

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Democracy dodgers

IN response to Dennis Barton’s letter, Give us answers, The Press February 18. All UK councils have been offered millions of pounds of Government money to freeze council tax, including the Labour council in York. But the council is proposing not

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Cost of privatisation

I THINK many railway-men in York will scoff at the £33 billion estimate for the new high-speed railway. We have all seen experts’ estimates before, so probably double the estimate will be nearer the mark. If the Tories are in power when the

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Losing the plot

FOR some reason the council seems to have embarked on a destructive binge lately, with the cutting down of perfectly healthy, mature, well-established trees in the city. The one in front of St Crux, one of the flowering cherries in Queen Street

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What a drag

ON my way home after shopping, I decided to make my way home through the Coppergate Centre and view the Viking exhibition. I enjoyed the attractions but ended up chuckling all the way home. Seated outside their hut were two Viking Warriors, resplendent

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Sharing good news

LET’S share some good news. On Friday February 15, I reported to the council that someone had dumped eight bags of rubbish at the end of Landing Lane, Haxby. On Tuesday, February 19, I found it had been cleared. Well done. S M Porter, St Mary

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Pies in the sky

Too many pigeons in York, I think. Time for pigeon pie? Makes a change from horse lasagne. Barbara Hudson Eastfield Crescent York

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February 28

100 years ago Mrs Pankhurst had been released from Holloway Prison. As no Assizes would be held at Guildford until the end of June, the authorities had considered it reasonable that the trial of Mrs Pankhurst should be expedited and they had

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Simon Dyson among top company at the Tshwane Open

MAJOR winner and one-time Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria-Olazabal was the distinguished partner accompanying York’s Simon Dyson on his return to European Tour duty today. Dyson was one of the early starters from the tenth hole in the first round

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Championship clubs look to restrict dual-reg system to fringe Super League players

YORK City Knights general manager Ian Wilson says the dual-registration system should be restricted to up-and-coming Super League players. Arguments have raged about the new ruling, which allows five players from a Super League club to turn out

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Heworth ARLC set for inaugural division three season

HEWORTH ARLC head into the unknown on Saturday as the inaugural division three season of an expanded National Conference League kicks off. The Villagers, with new boss Tim Rumford at the helm, begin at Featherstone Lions, who have gone down with

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York Acorn ARLC optimistic over top grade return

YORK Acorn ARLC return to the elite tier of amateur rugby league this weekend with boss Scott Rhodes insisting they have the capablities to consolidate at that level and possibly push on for the play-offs. The Blue and Golds went down from the

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York College rugby kings could be on rise after taking title

YORK College’s rugby league team are the champions of the Yorkshire Colleges Conference One league – leaving coach Jack Stearman contemplating pushing the outfit into the elite tier next season. The team have lost only once this season and were

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York Vale: Big-hitter Matty Clark switches to Selby

PROLIFIC batsman Matty Clark has left HPH York Vale Cricket League club Hemingbrough for Selby. Clark, who skippered the village side to the 2010 division one title, is one of the most prolific batsmen in the Vale League’s history. He had a

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Bowls: York face huge Yorkshire League task against Featherstone

A HUGE task faces York Indoor Bowls Club in the final round of Yorkshire League division one matches on Saturday. They play leaders Featherstone needing three winning rinks and an overall aggregate win after disappointingly only picking up 12 points

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Bowls: Conquest of derby foes lift York's chances

York Indoor Bowls Club’s chances of finishing second in the North Eastern League were boosted as they beat Scarborough 109-71. Their reward was to collect eight of the ten points at stake. At home, both rinks had convincing wins with Pat Bracken

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Famous pub remains derelict and unsold

A FAMOUS Yorkshire pub that shut down six years ago is continuing attract interest but remains unsold, the owner says. The Saltersgate Inn on the road between Pickering and Whitby closed in 2007. It was bought by local builder Joseph Woodhead the

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Bowls: Walker and Clayton plot Victory march

YORK’S Helen Walker rallied to get over the disappointment of losing in the National Ladies fours quarter-final at Melton Indoor Bowls Club, where her team lost 14-13 to Norfolk after dropping a single on their last end. Walker and June Clayton

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Steel company seeks to raise £46m after announcing losses

STRUCTURAL steel business Severfield-Rowen Plc is hoping to raise £47.9 million through issuing new shares to its shareholders to help reduce its debt. The company, based at Dalton, near Thirsk, said it had renegotiated its £35 million of debt

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King and Lee axis to reap dividends at Wolverhampton’s all-weather meet

Anybody noticing that Alan King and Graham Lee are joining forces tomorrow might be tempted to think of a hurdle or a chase. But the top jumps trainer, who has a handful of Flat horses, has booked Lee, now a top-flight Flat jockey after a wonderful

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Cheltenham Festival preview night at Holgate WMC

A CHELTENHAM Festival preview night is being held at Holgate WMC on Friday, March 8, starting at 7.30pm. Norton trainer Malcolm Jefferson, who saddles Cape Tribulation in the blue riband Gold Cup, is on the panel along with columnist Nick Robson

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Wheldrake Cricket Club seeking new players

Wheldrake Cricket Club are seeking new players to join for the coming season, where they will be playing in division two of the HPH York Vale League. Anyone interested is most welcome to come along to the indoor nets at The Mount School Sports

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Malton and Pickering meet in snooker showdown

MALTON Cons ‘C’ and Pickering Cons ‘A’ will meet in the final of the Norton & District Snooker League’s Hope & Anchor Trophy after both edged semi-finals 3-2. The former beat Malton Cons ‘A’, Phil Hart beating Steve Pawson in the deciding

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One-lap specialist Richard Buck targets Moscow mission for medals

RICHARD BUCK is gearing up for a shot at a seventh international athletics medal convinced he made the right decision in resting a niggling hamstring injury. The 26-year-old, who is part of the Great Britain 4x400 metres relay team that goes for

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Baby death jury hears York mother's 999 call

THE 999 call made by a York mum accused of killing her baby has been played to the jury in her manslaughter trial. Gemma O’Donnell, 27, told the call-handler that she had tried everything to get her son Leighton to respond, but that he was “gasping

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New homes: The Nunings in Nafferton

The Nunings provides stylish value-for-money new homes in a wonderful rural village. A winning combination, says Brian Page. WE’VE always been attracted to the delightful Yorkshire Wolds village of Nafferton. And this is not, despite what many

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The search for Richard III

As the dust settles over the frenzy surrounding the unearthing of King Richard III’s remains in a car park, Alexa Copeland talks to Philippa Langley, who led the search to find the bones of the last Plantagenet monarch. THE millions who watched

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Four-year-old child allegedly assaulted in York

A WOMAN has been arrested after a four-year-old child was allegedly assaulted in York city centre. The alleged assault - which involved "excessive use of force" - happened on the footpath between High Ousegate and Coppergate at around 1.30pm on

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Thornton house hit by fire

A HOUSE in Ryedale was badly damaged after a chimney fire spread to the roof and a bedroom. Emergency crews from Pickering, Snainton and Scarborough were called to Westgate, in Thornton le Dale, yesterday afternoon. They suspected the fire

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East Yorkshire man arrested over murder

AN East Yorkshire man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 76-year-old in his Cambridgeshire home. John Smith, 66, of Wold Gate, Bridlington, was arrested on Tuesday and has been charged with assisting an offender. He is the

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Ice rink is planning new attraction in York

THE firm behind York’s annual Christmas ice rink is looking to provide extra entertainment when the festive attraction returns this year. Lunchbox Theatrical Productions Limited, which operates the Ice Factor and the Winter Wonderland at York Designer

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Amazing progress of cerebral palsy girl, 9

A GIRL who underwent a life-changing operation one year ago is preparing for more hard work in the coming months. Willow Emmison-Neal, nine, from Skipwith, between York and Selby, was born with a form of cerebral palsy which affects her legs.

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York spotlight on council budget

IT’S one of the crunch nights in York’s year as the city’s councillors meet to thrash out their annual budget – and The Press will be keeping you posted every step of the way. City of York Council will decide its budget tonight for the next two

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Selby District agrees to keep freeze on council tax

COUNCILLORS in Selby have agreed to freeze the district’s share of council tax bills for another year. Mark Crane, leader of Selby District Council, said the authority had put itself on a “sound financial footing” to be able to support residents

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Creative recycling workshop

YORK Environment Centre will host a creative recycling workshop where participants can learn how to turn their “rubbish” into useful items. The session will take place at the centre in St Nicholas Fields on Saturday, March 9, from 1pm till 3pm,

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Derwent School closer to closure

A PRIMARY school in York has come a step closer to closure. City of York Council’s cabinet member for education, Coun Janet Looker, agreed yesterday to follow officer recommendations to close the 100-pupil Derwent School in Tang Hall and expand

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University sports complex go-ahead

ONE of York’s universities has secured approval for the next stage of a new sports complex on the edge of the city. Two full-size all-weather football and rugby pitches, three netball courts and three tennis courts, with floodlights, will be created

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War hero’s memorabilia auctioned to pay for care

THE son of a highly decorated Second World War pilot has told how he must sell his father’s medals to pay for his care. Bransome Burbridge was a conscientious objector and pacifist before the war, but when the full horror of what the world was

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Empty space above city-centre shop to become apartments

EMPTY space above a York city-centre shop is to be converted into apartments. Property investment company The Helmsley Group has bought the building, which contains four retail units, including Thomas The Bakers, and three empty upper floors, on

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Great Yorkshire Show tickets go on sale

Tickets for this year’s Great Yorkshire Show have gone on sale as organisers the Yorkshire Agricultural Society plan to make the event as “weatherproof” as possible. About £500,000 has been set aside for measures aimed at ensuring England’s premier

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Coroner calls for mobility-scooter driving tests

A CORONER has said mobility scooter users should have to pass a test before they are allowed to travel in public at an inquest into the death of a North Yorkshire pensioner. Ron Archbold, 85, of Queen Ann’s Drive, Bedale, who suffered from serious

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Chocolate orange eating record attempt

CHOCOLATE lovers were given the dream challenge of attempting to eat an entire Terry’s chocolate orange in world record time, writes Sean Haggerty. The event took place yesterday at Goddards on Tadcaster Road in York, home of Noel Terry of the

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Egg-stra special gift to help child victims of domestic abuse

HELP a child victim of domestic abuse this Easter – that is the plea from a York landlady who is urging local residents to donate a seasonal egg. Wendy Hyde, landlady of the Ainsty pub in Acomb, is urging all customers and local residents in York

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Oscar winners on show at the Selby Globe

COMMUNITY cinema Selby Globe has released its latest programme, which includes a number of Oscar winners. The films are shown at Selby Town Hall, and tickets can be booked by phoning 01757 708449, or bought on the door. • March 18, Life Of

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Weekend opening of Malton Minor Injuries Unit agreed by NHS chiefs

THE controversial weekend closure of Malton Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) looks certain to be reversed following the latest meeting of the region’s NHS bosses. The governing body of NHS Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) met

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School governor rejects Ofsted chief inspector's criticisms

A SCHOOL governor in York has rejected criticisms made by Ofsted’s chief inspector about the way they operate. The chief inspector of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, wants to launch an online at-a-glance report card for each school, which he wants

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Medieval bog myrtle beer revived by North Yorkshire micro-brewery

A MEDIEVAL beer made from the plant bog myrtle – harvested from wild moorland peat bogs – is helping raise awareness of the endangered habitat. North Yorkshire micro-brewery Treboom Brewery is using the deciduous shrub in its latest beer. It

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Review: The Yiddish Twist Orchestra, The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM), Walmgate, York

I don`t know how often the NCEM has seen audience dancing and clapping along in time to the music, but the performance by this hilarious, spirited 7-piece left no alternative. Frontman/vocalist Natty Bo, in retro spats, faux leopard-skin hat and

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New row over council's ‘rainy day’ fund

CITY leaders have been accused of trying to stockpile “rainy day” cash at the expense of front-line services. City of York Council’s budget for the next two years will be decided at a Guildhall meeting tonight. The ruling Labour group’s proposals

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York Hospital A&E department in £20,000 appeal

A MAJOR £20,000 fundraising campaign has swung into operation to fund an extra emergency resuscitation bed in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department of York Hospital. Hospital bosses say the money will be used to increase the number of

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Dementia care home opens

A NEW care home for people living with dementia will open its doors in Harrogate this week. After being officially certified by the Care Quality Commission, the £5m purpose-built facility which offers full day and residential care home Vida Hall

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North Yorkshire’s slavery links documented online

North Yorkshire’s links to the slave trade have been documented as part of a free online encyclopaedia project. Records were kept of people who claimed for compensation in the years following the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. Those

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Community champion ‘will be sadly missed’

A WOMAN who has been described as a treasured community champion and cornerstone of local politics has died, aged 89. Tributes have been paid to great-grandmother Winnie May, of Flaxley Road, Selby, who was a Selby town and district councillor,

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Hotel in well puzzle plea

AN ancient well unearthed in a York hotel garden is posing something of a quandary. The owners of York’s Mount Royale Hotel are searching for an expert who can tell them more about it after the well was rediscovered during winter maintenance work

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Lettings: Lots of choice – and it won’t break bank

Brian Page, shocked by rental prices on a visit to London, finds you get a lot more for your money here in York. I MAY or may not have mentioned this, but my youngest daughter lives and works in London – and last week I ventured into the deep south

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A Pen of Damascus Steel by Laura Hughes

Ali Ferzat’s hands stand as a screaming symbol of Syrian resistance. On Thursday 25 August 2011, masked state-sponsored militia from President Bashar Assad’s regime, beat Ali and brutally broke his hands. It was a bid to silence this caricaturist into

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Am I a human being? by Laura Hughes

“English people need to know that there are concentration camps in their country where aliens are tortured and oppressed. Please help me! I cannot go back to Cameroon and cannot endure this anymore.” Marie Therese Njila Nana is a victim of torture