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Police release burglary suspect E-fit
POLICE investigating a burglary that left an 87-year-old York woman injured have issued an efit picture of their suspect. The woman was confronted by the intruder in her home in Victoria Court, off Leeman Road, on New Year’s Day. She was discharged
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Rush hour crash on A64
EMERGENCY services were called to the scene of a crash on the outskirts of York during rush hour. The accident happened at 5.10pm on the A64 at Grimston Bar, on the westbound carriageway, North Yorkshire Police said. Although emergency services
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Loan zone task tests York City boss Worthington
NIGEL Worthington remains undecided on whether to extend Middlesbrough winger Ryan Brobbel’s loan stay at York City. The Hartlepool-born 20-year-old has only started one of the Minstermen’s last 11 matches, chiefly because of FA restrictions that
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Traffic jams after Haxby level crossing barrier becomes stuck
BIG traffic jams have built up after a barrier at a level crossing in Haxby became stuck. Network Rail said a response team was on its way to the crossing to tackle the problem, but had been delayed by the jams. A spokeswoman said the barrier
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Run of games proving little difficulty for York City's David McGurk
DAVID McGurk has admitted he is surprised by how well he feels after playing four full games in 12 days. The 31-year-old centre-back is currently enjoying his longest run of successive starts for two years after kicking off the last seven matches
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UPDATED: Complete sell-out looms for this year's Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon in York - despite extra 1,000 places
UPDATED 4.30 pm: DEMAND by runners to take part in this year's Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon in York has massively outstripped supply - despite an extra 1,000 places being created. Organisers say their 'priority pre-sale' of places in the race sold
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Mini John Cooper Works Paceman
IT’S worth reminding ourselves just how the Mini choice has grown since BMW took the reins, because long gone are the days when buying one was a simple affair, with just one body style to choose from. Even when the BMW Mini first went on sale,
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Dagenham & Redbridge winger Zavon Hines returns to face York City
DAGENHAM & Redbridge danger man Zavon Hines will return from suspension for tomorrow’s Sky Bet League Two clash at York City. Former Bradford City and West Ham winger Hines has been a key figure during the tenth-placed Daggers’ encouraging
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Mazda3 Skyactic-G Se-L Nav
UP until last month I had always thought of the Mazda3 as an alsoran when compared with the classleading Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf. A good-looking hatchback, it was a “nice” car that you might tend to overlook when drawing up a shopping list
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Jimmy Reid to open his Selby Town reign with Clipstone clash
UNFINISHED business and a sense of injustice have propelled Jimmy Reid back into Northern Counties East League management. Reid, sacked by NCEL premier division Pickering Town on the first day of November, celebrated the opening day of 2014 with
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Joe Danby’s goal-scoring efforts hailed by Pickering Town boss
SUPER striker Joe Danby’s goal-scoring efforts have been hailed by Pickering Town boss Mitch Cook. The former Scarborough FC centre of excellence forward has left his mark on teams across the Northern Counties East League premier division this
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School cooks up a great scheme
IN THE busy 21st century, far too many of us live on a diet of ready meals and fast food. Little wonder that obesity is reaching alarming proportions, including among children. With culinary skills seemingly becoming lost, there is a danger of
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They all shine
GOOGLE Charlie’s Angels and you will be bombarded by firms of that name offering everything from baby fitness classes and dog grooming to cleaning services. Of course the most famous were TV’s female sleuths from LA. But in York we have our very
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Harrogate Town hope to get 2014 off to a flier
AFTER their New Year’s day derby at Guiseley was washed out, Harrogate Town will hope to get 2014 off to a flier finally when they host Telford in the Conference North tomorrow. Neighbours Harrogate Railway Athletic head to Lancaster Cuity in the
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Leeds United manager looking to bring in support for Ross McCormack
LEEDS United boss Brian McDermott is prepared to take on the pain of the January transfer window to beef up the support for top striker Ross McCormack. In the wake of the New Year’s Day defeat at home to Blackburn, McDermott re-affirmed his intention
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Minster move not good for concert
MY WIFE and I have enjoyed some 25 years listening to the superb Chapter House Choir’s Carols by Candlelight each December in York Minster. How sad it was therefore to see such a change in the recent performance, when, compared with previous years,
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New Earswick All Blacks shelve game in respect Dennis Harrison
NEW Earswick All Blacks’ Pennine League game at Chequerfield tomorrow has been postponed as a mark of respect to one of the rugby league club’s founding fathers, Dennis Harrison. Harrison died of a heart attack in the early hours of New Year’s
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Difficult to swallow
DOES Matthew Laverack (Letters, January 2) not realise, when commenting on poverty and alcohol consumption, that many of us need at least 15 pints of beer to achieve his level of indifference to the genuine poverty that capitalism is creating in one
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Meeting next week
FULFORD and District Branch the Royal British Legion will hold their first meeting of the year on Thursday, January 9 at 730pm in the Sergeants’ Mess at Imphal Barracks. All are welcome to attend and further details may be obtained from the secretary
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The case for coal
COME ON, Christian Vassie (Letters, January 1) – let’s get real! To the best of my knowledge, all coal mined on this earth contains the isotope carbon 14. To use your own favourite phrase, “by definition” according to carbon dating theory coal
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Coozan George to reign supreme for Norton trainer Malcolm Jefferson
Malcolm Jefferson, who has had mixed fortunes over the festive period, can make his long journey to Musselburgh today well worthwhile by saddling a winner. The Norton trainer has hit the target several times lately, with the classy Urban Hymn,
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Bowls: Pairs power provides perfect fare for York IBC
YORK Indoor Bowls Club’s New Year’s Eve pairs competition proved to be as popular as ever. A full complement of players saw three teams finish their qualifying matches on maximum points following three straight wins which provided mouth-watering
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No hotel strategy yet
IN 2011 Coun James Alexander said he was amazed the city had no hotel strategy and that he had asked for one to be written. Since that date, there have been several permissions granted for hotels in the city centre. The old Airspeed factory in
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A&E plans a bad idea
MOVES to ensure that foreign visitors pay for their healthcare needs while in the UK are plainly a good idea. But new government plans to bill migrants who turn up at A&E are as ill thought out as most of their other proposals. The NHS
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Such fantastic care
I HAD a total hip replacement on Christmas Eve and spent four nights on ward 29. The care received from all the staff, from arriving at the hospital to being discharged on Saturday, could not have been better. A big thank-you to all of you and best
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Let’s open Blake Street
NOW that Lendal Bridge is closed to traffic during the day, I have been wondering if anyone agrees with me that perhaps the council should now open Blake Street for disabled drivers to enter town. This would not add to queues in other parts of
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Window worries
HAVING seen the plans for the new £19 million office development in Hungate, my initial reaction was that this was a stark contrast in design from the Stonebow monstrosity. Considering we retain most of our historical buildings in good order, this
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Short memory
NEW Lib Dem Leader Coun Keith Aspden appears to have a very short memory in making his baseless claims about alleged lack of scrutiny of council cabinet decisions (The Press, December 27). Does he not recall one of his first acts as a new councillor
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Volunteer for this
We urge readers to make a New Year’s resolution to become part of a team that helps support vulnerable children. As the UK’s leading children’s charity, we’re looking for people to volunteer in our stores and help us raise money to support local
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Bowls: York IBC ladies rearrange fixtures
York IBC ladies have rearranged two outstanding fixtures cancelled from last month. They will now play Scarborough in the Yorkshire League on Saturday, February 1, and Selby in the North East League on Saturday, March 8. York are back in North
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Planning dilemma
OPPOSITION to the proposal for 100 new homes in Strensall (The Press, December 30) illustrates the dilemma facing the city in the Local Plan policy to be decided in 2014. Labour proposes a plan for 22,000 new homes, half on sites in the green belt
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Key month for York RUFC starts with tough trip to Dinnington
YORK RUFC face a “defining month” in their season, according to head coach Sean Bass. The Clifton Parkers, fourth in the Yorkshire One table, return from the Christmas break with a tough trip to second-placed Dinnington tomorrow (2.15pm). It
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New Year let-down
HAVING witnessed the fantastic celebrations of last New Year’s Eve at the Minster, I can only say that this year was a huge let-down. As usual thousands of people gathered to see in the New Year. The difference was that this year there were no
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Former social club set to be turned into homes
PLANS to turn a former social club in York into new homes look set for approval. Proposals to build 12 one-bedroom flats on the site of the Shepherd Group club in Holgate Road, which is now vacant, will be discussed by City of York Council’s area
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Sink or swim time
WE’RE all in it together? Oh no we’re not! It doesn’t feel like that. It feels like a sinking ship with lifeboats for the first-class passengers, with the second-class passengers rowing, and the rest left to sink or swim. George Appleby, Leighton
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It’s time to reclaim this space
STONEBOW HOUSE is generally regarded as an eyesore and is a consistent winner of the York ‘brick bat’ awards. Well, now that the council is considering purchase of the remaining freehold, the best 50th birthday present that it and the citizens
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Primary’s dedicated Cook School in appeal for volunteers
A RALLYING call has gone out for more helpers to join a team of volunteers in the Heworth area of York teaching youngsters how to cook. As health campaigners press the need for action to tackle childhood obesity across the nation, children as young
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January 3
100 years ago For some years it had been the custom at the Matlock hydros for the guests to take the place of the servants on one day during the Christmas holidays, and attend to all their duties in the hotel. The servants enjoyed all the privileges
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Mum’s heartbreak at death of daughter, 27
A HEARTBROKEN mum from York has paid an emotional tribute to her 27-year-old daughter who died only weeks before Christmas. Helen Race’s daughter Samantha died on December 16, five days after she had heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary.
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Zumbathon event for ‘amazing’ girl, 5
A MOTHER-OF-TWO is appealing to fitness fans and donors to support a marathon workout session to raise funds for a five-year-old girl battling a rare cancer. Tina Fiorentino, of Northallerton, said dozens of people have signed up to take part in
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York Shakespeare Project presents Twelfth Night, York Theatre Royal Studio, April 3 to 12
DIRECTOR Mark Smith promises a fast, fun and folky Twelfth Night when York Shakespeare Project stages Shakespeare’s rustic comedy in the York Theatre Royal Studio this spring. “YSP has tackled a series of more serious plays recently, including
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Let’s all resolve to see each other
HAVE you made a New Year resolution? I won’t bore you with mine, it’s not very original. Once when I was a child I renounced sweets for Lent and proudly kept that up for years, before I finally gave in to a butterscotch. What I didn’t let on was
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Christmas Day sex assault in Scarborough
A WOMAN was sexually assaulted in Scarborough on Christmas Day. Police said the local woman, who is in her 20s, was “touched inappropriately” by a man while she was at the William Street coach park between 7.50pm and 8.15 pm.
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Reservoir to be built to combat Pickering floods
WORK to build a reservoir upstream from a town with a long history of flooding is set to start more than two years after a scheme was abandoned after costs doubled to £3.2m. The Environment Agency’s £2m flood storage reservoir scheme in Newtondale
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Council leader's New Year message
YORK’S council leader said a “cost of living crisis” is hitting many people in the city as he delivered his New Year message. Coun James Alexander praised York’s food banks for their work in tackling poverty and said he hoped 2014 would see the
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Parked car crash damaged in Bridlington crash
A PARKED car was damaged after being crashed into. The blue Honda Jazz was parked in St Andrews Road, Bridlington, when a silver Peugeot hit it.
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Man hurt in fall at Bridlington flats
A MAN was taken to hospital after falling down a stairwell in a block of flats in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Fire crews put the man on a spinal board after the fall from the third floor of the building on Fort Terrace, in Bridlington. His
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Woman injured in attack on driveway in Bridlington
TWO women were injured when they were attacked by a man in the driveway of their East Yorkshire home over Christmas. The assault happened on Queensgate, in Bridlington, at about 3pm on December 27, with a fight also believed to have broken out
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Jewellery grabbed in Holme-on-Spalding Moor raid
Burglars stole large amounts of jewellery during break-ins at two houses in Moor End, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, on Monday, December 9. Police are linking the raids with one at a house in Ferry Road, South Cave, on December 1.
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Biker hurt in crash
A MOTORCYCLIST was injured in a collision with a car at the junction of The Mount and Scarcroft Road, in York, at 2.45 pm yesterday. Police said the biker was left lying on the ground but conscious after the acccident. Yorkshire Ambulance Service
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Paperboy is left bruised by attack
TWO young boys have attacked a paperboy on a York street, leaving him with bruises to his face. The 15-year-old boy was delivering papers in Bell Farm Avenue at about 2pm on New Year’s Eve when two other boys jumped on him from behind. The
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The wartime story of York man Jack Barker, 1922-2009
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the First World War. But it will also see the 70th anniversary of the Second World War’s Battle of Arnhem. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the remarkable story of a young paratrooper from Wheldrake who fought at Arnhem
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Charlie’s Angels fundraisers near £100,000 mark
AN exceptional team of fundraisers called Charlie’s Angels is celebrating after raising nearly £100,000 for MS patients. Kind-hearted great-grandmother Pat Hardy, 79, and her friends Dianne Fairclough, Brenda Dobson, and Judith Murgatroyd – who
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Letting agent homes in on £20,000 charity total
A YORK residential letting agent is homing in on its target to raise £20,000 for its inaugural Charity of the Year. Linley & Simpson, which has ten offices across North and West Yorkshire including one in Micklegate in York, is ahead of schedule
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Lifeline operators receive more than 7,600 calls over festive period
LIFELINE operators in East Yorkshire dealt with more than 7,600 calls over the Christmas and New Year period as they helped the region’s most vulnerable people. Staff at East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s lifeline control centre provided responses
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Plan for homes at former depot is withdrawn
PLANS to build 18 new homes on the site of a former council depot in Ryedale have been withdrawn. North Yorkshire County Council and the Fitzwilliam Trust Corporation submitted proposals to Ryedale District Council to redevelop the disused highways
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Rugby club’s founder dies on Benidorm trip
ONE of the founding fathers of New Earswick All Blacks Amateur Rugby League Club has died while on holiday in Benidorm. Dennis Harrison, 77, was in the Spanish resort with his wife, Jean, niece Denise and her partner, Eric. They were due to fly
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York woman's fears after car repeatedly attacked by vandals
A YORK woman is living in fear she may be attacked, after vandals repeatedly poured paint stripper on her car and slashed the tyres. Holly Town, 27, moved to her flat in Haxby Road in May last year, and since then her Citroen DS3 has been attacked
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Rail campaigners urge councillors not to develop on former York to Hull rail line
CAMPAIGNERS whose hopes of securing the revival of a rail line between York and Hull hang in the balance are to call on councillors to leave the door open for its reopening. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s draft Local Plan, mapping the development
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North Yorkshire woman's 12-year wait for kidney almost over
A NORTH Yorkshire woman is finally set to be given a new kidney – after her husband agreed to give one of his to someone else. Karen Williams, from Thirsk, has been on dialysis for 12 years after her kidneys failed, waiting for a suitable donor
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Youth theatre director John Cooper dies aged 70
YORK youth theatre director, producer and musical composer and playwright John Cooper has died aged 70. Mr Cooper set up BYTES Youth Theatre, followed by Stagecoach Youth Theatre York and subsequently converted Trinity Methodist Church Hall into
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Fascinating pictures of York scuba club’s early days found in New Zealand
A PREVIOUSLY unknown cache of evocative photos unearthed on the other side of the world has brought the history of a York sports club to life. Pictures from the early days of the York Sub Aqua Club, a branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC),
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Godfrey Bloom rides out with York and Ainsty Hunt from Howden
INDEPENDENT Yorkshire MEP Godfrey Bloom has taken part in the York and Ainsty Hunt - riding one of the oldest horses in hunting. The former UKIP MEP rode Mr Cracker as the horse celebrated his 30th birthday on New Year’s Day, when the hunt set
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Lodging of time capsule at Fairfax House
A CEREMONY has been held to lodge a time capsule within a historic York house marking the end of its 250th anniversary celebrations. Documents and items gathered throughout 2013, including memoirs from staff, poems, letters and details of a costumed
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Police launch children’s home abuse probe
A CRIMINAL investigation could be launched against former members of staff at a North Yorkshire children’s home after two separate reports of abuse. North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire County Council have begun a “thorough investigation”
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‘Unique’ marina development set for approval
PLANS for a £50 million development which would see a new marina built in Selby could get the go-ahead next week. Selby District Council’s planning committee has been recommended to approve proposals to transform the site that once housed the Rigid
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Family of murdered mum visit roadside
THE uncle of a murdered mum has visited the stretch of North Yorkshire road where police believe she is buried. Rania Alayed was reported missing from her home in Manchester in July last year, and detectives think her body was buried along the
