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Country walk on the North York Moors
GEORGE WILKINSON heads to Moorend for a nice easy walk on the fringes of the North York Moors. MOOREND is the start of the moors; north there is heather for miles. As we pulled on our boots at 800 feet, the cloud settled, rubbing out horizons.
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Evergreen groundcover provides interest during a quiet period in the garden
Evergreen groundcover is a blessing at this quiet time of years, finds GINA PARKINSON. INTERESTING, evergreen groundcover is a welcome sight at this time of year, in a large garden or a small one. In compact areas, wall shrubs can be extended over
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New era for York pub
GAVIN AITCHISON raises a glass to the couple who have finally got their pub just the way they want it. THE routine became wearisome for Mike and Maggie Hird, and no wonder. They certainly went through it often enough. Here’s what would happen
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Redchurch Brewery, Hackney Gold - 5.5%, £2.40
SNEAKING in just before Christmas, among all the novelty beers, came a few crates from the Redchurch Brewery – yet another one of those new breweries in London that seem to crop up every month or two with a range of delicious new beers. And since
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Anita Tasker shares a favourite biscuit recipe
THIS biscuit recipe, given to me by my favourite French pastry-chef friend, never fails and is great for children to make on a wet and cold Sunday. When you have had enough of them all bouncing off the walls and sofas, get them to make these and it
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Dinner party wines
In this week’s Tippings Tipples, MIKE TIPPING suggests what to bring to a dinner party. Let’s establish some housekeeping rules before you come round to my house for dinner. Not that you would really want to dine chez moi, I’m a grumpy old so and
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Knavesmire prize money breaks £6 million barrier for 2014 season
YORK Racecourse’s total prize money for 2014 has smashed through the £6 million barrier – with the Group 1 Juddmonte International setting a new mark as the richest race ever staged on Knavesmire. Racecourse chiefs have announced a third consecutive
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2014 York Literature Festival preview
This year’s York Literature Festival promises to be better than ever. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. IF YOU love books, writing and writers, you’ll be in for a treat this March. As we reported last week, there is a stellar line-up of names for this year
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Strategy’s scope for improvement
FOR years hoteliers and tourism officials have called for studies to determine whether York has too many hotels. They have also pressed for a strategy to address what has been dubbed “unsustainable development” in the sector. Of late this debate
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Recipes for good food on the cheap
I DISAGREE with Richard Bridge’s comments (Letters, January 7) when he states that “most cheap food is over-processed junk, while good-quality, nutritional food costs more”. A nourishing meal can be made from scratch very cheaply and quickly. All
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It’s still a sad day
FOR half a century Barbican Bookshop in Fossgate has been supplying customers with speciality Christian books, but today it will close its doors for the last time. It is appropriate that there will be a thanksgiving service at 3pm because manager
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Contrasted campaigns
RICHARD BRIDGE claims I have attacked the poor (Letters 7 January). I have not. He knows nothing about my character or he does know but is quite prepared to assassinate it to further his political ambition to become a York councillor. Previous
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Views on gambling
THE Press of January 8 reports that Hugh Bayley MP “blasts fixed-odds betting terminals the crack cocaine of betting”. Is this the same man who voted in favour of the 2005 Gambling Act? An Act which, in spite of evidence presented at the time
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Save us from sex-perts
HEAVEN preserve us from interfering sex-perts wading in with their ridiculous advice. The latest nonsense from Lucy Emmerson, co-ordinator of the Sex Education Forum, about children not giving granny and other relatives a kiss on the cheek is another
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Panto just gets better and better
HURRAY for Aladdin And The Twankeys at York Theatre Royal. Last year’s pantomime was one of the best in years, but this year’s is even better. The wonderful staff who recognise us year on year, the orchestra with Barry are superb. Berwick and
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A Minor miracle?
IN YOUR On This Day column of January 3 that in the year 1961 it is mentioned the making of the millionth Morris Minor. In the mid-1960s and into the 1970s we went as a family on holiday to Bridlington. The house we stayed in was in Belvedere Road
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Festive market survey
BEFORE Christmas I visited the festive German market in Leeds. I bought something to eat from a stall and asked the assistant whereabouts in Germany she was from. I discovered that she and her colleague were from Romania. At another stall I
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Chasing grey vote
I AM amazed it has taken the Prime Minister so long to patronise pensioners (Pledge to protect pensions, The Press, January 6). He is cosying up to pensioners, of which I am one, because he knows they go out to vote. Can the grey-haired gents and
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Rotary Club thanks
ON BEHALF of the Rotary Club of York Ainsty I would like to express our thanks to York residents for their support and generosity during our annual Christmas “Santa” tour around York housing estates, and also including bag packing in the Foss Bank
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Arthur Scargill's just deserts?
NO ONE should apologise to Arthur Scargill (Letters, January 7). Clearly there must have been a good deal of elective memory loss over the past 30 years. The miners brought down the Heath government in 1974, and were determined to do the same
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Knights starlets tipped to shine in Championship One
BOSS Gary Thornton says he has been so impressed with the young guns in York City Knights’ squad that he would have “no qualms” about throwing them in at the deep end when the new campaign starts. Highly-rated centre Greg Minikin has continued
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Helping businesses
WE BOTH regularly visit small and medium-sized businesses around the region. On these visits many owners raise with us that one of the biggest hurdles they have to overcome is access to finance. To tackle this problem we are pleased to support
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Worthington happy with York City strike force
YORK City manager Nigel Worthington is unlikely to add another centre forward to his ranks during the transfer window. The Minstermen chief has revealed that he would not have been interested in bringing summer target Rene Howe to Bootham Crescent
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Minsterbelles kick off 2014 on a High
YORK City Ladies kicked off 2014 with a return to winning ways by beating Lepton Highlanders 5-0. Girl-of-the-game Ellie Harding and Jazz Whitwell both bagged braces after Sara Renfrew had opened the scoring after just 14 seconds. Harding doubled
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Ashley Chambers’ exit highlights end of Wembley era
FOLLOWING his York City exit this week, Ashley Chambers admitted it has been disappointing to see the Wembley double-winning team of 2012 broken up so quickly. But the Cambridge United transfer-window signing believes those victorious Conference
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Former Knights boss to end playing career this year
FORMER York City Knights player-boss Paul March has confirmed he is to hang up his boots at the end of the coming season. The 34-year-old scrum-half, currently player-coach at Keighley Cougars, has intimated he will only play a bit-part role on
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John Bowness takes over as Selby Golf Club captain
FORMER menswear outfitter John Bowness has stepped into the blazer of Selby Golf Club captain. The 20-handicap player has taken over the captaincy of the club from John Huddlestone. Retired from mensweer, Bowness has been a member of the Selby
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New partnership for golfer John Parry
KNARESBOROUGH’S European Golf Tour ace John Parry has linked up with new sports management company MB Partners. The 27-year-old turned pro in 2007 and has been playing on the prestigious European Tour for three years. In 2010, during his rookie
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An Evening With Boycott And Aggers at Harrogate Royal Hall, January 17
IT’S not just cricket that makes Boycott & Aggers the best double act on the radio with almost one million hits for their podcast. The blunt Yorkshireman and the urbane Leicestershire wily fox form the perfect partnership of analyst/assassin
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Triathlon first for York Sport
THE first City of York Triathlon – open to 400 competitors – will be held at the York Sport Village on Sunday, April 27. The event is the first of 15 on the 2014 calendar for organisers UK Triathlon, who run a range of contests from childrens’
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Alfred Hutchinson eyes Ladbrokes Mile All-Weather Championship
GEOFF OLDROYD is hoping Alfred Hutchinson can bag a berth in April’s £150,000 Ladbrokes Mile by winning at Lingfield today. The Norton handler takes his sand star south in a bid to scoop the £19,000 Ladbrokes Conditions Stakes at the course – a
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All in the hate game
THOMAS HITZLSPERGER, the latest in a very select band of professional footballers to admit to being homosexual, has been rightly and loudly acclaimed for his revelation this week. There is no denying the courage of the former German international
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Yesyoucan do well at Wetherby, Brian
Brian Ellison, who completed a treble at Catterick on Thursday, can continue his purple patch at Wetherby this afternoon. The Norton trainer saddles nap selection Yesyoucan in the Star Sports Cheltenham Preview Night Novices’ Chase, with the nine-year-old
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Police twice catch York woman over drink-drive limit
A MOTORIST who was caught over the drink-drive limit by police in York on two occasions has been banned from driving for 16 months. Charlotte Carruthers, 21, of Rose Tree Grove, New Earswick, was also ordered to do 40 hours unpaid work in the community
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Demolition of The Press’s former offices begins
DEMOLITION work on The Press’s former offices in York has begun to clear the way for a new student flats complex. Plans by York-based S Harrison Developments Ltd to build more than 350 flats and apartments on the Walmgate site were approved by
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MP brands army HQ shake-up as ‘ludicrous’
AN ARMY reorganisation which will see Civil Service jobs switched from York to Catterick has been branded “ludicrous” by a York MP after it was revealed the cost of the move is still unknown. North East Brigade is to move its HQ from Imphal Barracks
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Flood alert at Naburn Lock
A FLOOD warning was today in place for the River Ouse at Naburn Lock. The Environment Agency updated the warning at 3pm yesterday, saying the river level in York was 3.1 metres, but was expected to recede throughout the day. The water at Naburn
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University of York in quest for fusion power
A NEW centre at the University of York is leading the quest for carbon-free, safe energy. The university is to lead a new centre for doctoral training which also involves the universities of Durham, Liverpool, Manchester and Oxford, and will receive
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Marie Curie in appeal to Tadcaster residents
Kyla Collins, Natalie Atherley and Sarah Brooks, fundraisers with Marie Curie, who are appealing to people in Tadcaster to help with the charity’s activities in 2014. They need volunteers to collect at daffodil collections in Sainsbury’s on February
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Barbican Bookshop to close after 53 years of trading
A FAMILY-run York bookshop is closing today after more than half a century. Staff at Barbican Bookshop in Fossgate, which specialises in Christian books, has run for 53 years including 46 in its current location. It will say a final farewell
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Political rivals open talks on improving York’s Outer Ring Road
POLITICAL rivals have opened cross-party talks aimed at securing Government cash to improve York’s Outer Ring Road. The city’s Labour and Conservative MPs and the leaders of City of York Council’s four political groups yesterday discussed what
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Council agrees to buy office block dubbed ‘worst eyesore’
CITY leaders have agreed to buy the site of a York office block regarded by many as the city’s worst eyesore, with the aim of moving its redevelopment forward. The freehold of Stonebow House will come under the sole control of City of York Council
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Drains problem closes McDonald’s restaurant
FAST food outlet McDonald’s in Blake Street, York, was closed for several hours on Friday after a problem with some drains. The restaurant was closed until about 3.30pm while outside contractors repaired drains at the back of the building, close
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MP calls for ban on Chinese lanterns
YORK MP Julian Sturdy has thrown his weight behind calls to ban flying Chinese lanterns and urged the Government to follow other countries’ lead by outlawing them. Mr Sturdy dubbed the lanterns “flying death traps” when he spoke in the House of
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Motorcyclist may have lived had he worn crash helmet
A MOTORCYCLIST who died after crashing in front of his teenage son could have survived had he been wearing a crash helmet, an inquest has found. Andrew Christopher Harrison, of Osgodby, who was 37, died after he fell from his 250cc off-road bike
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York woman's baby shock
A YOUNG woman went to York Hospital to be checked for a possible infection – only to be told her waters had broken and she was about to have a baby. Stunned Chelsea-Vove Child had absolutely no idea she was pregnant, having never missed a contraceptive
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Acomb couple sound off over strange buzzing noise
A couple say they have been plagued with ill health since they noticed a mysterious buzzing sound in their York home. Paul Croft, 61, and his wife Keiko, 48, say they have not had a single full night’s sleep since December, when they first noticed
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Burglar’s sentence ‘not long enough’
A RETIRED couple who are afraid to leave their home after it was burgled by a man with 113 previous convictions have branded his 27-month jail sentence as “insufficient”. They were on holiday in France when Gavin Johnson, 33, and an accomplice
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£50m marina plan gets the go-ahead
A £50 MILLION marina development is to be built on the site of a former paper mill in Selby. The district council’s planning committee has approved plans by Immowell NV to create 302 homes, shops, leisure facilities and a 32-berth marina where
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Teenage singer-songwriter to appear on The Voice
A teenager from York will try to win over the judges on the first show in a new series of the BBC’s The Voice tonight. Beth McCarthy, 16, from Rawcliffe, gets her chance to try to make the four judges spin their red chairs round and pick her by
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Press Deliverer Of The Year winners receive their prize
TWO deserving newspaper deliverers were picked as the winners of The Press Deliverer Of The Year award. Anthony Murphy, 50, who does a round in Tadcaster with his stepson Adam Hawksworth, joined Adam Livingston, 17, who delivers in Huntington,
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Knaresborough Rotary Club Swimarathon
The third Knaresborough Rotary Club Swimarathon will be held at the town’s pool on Saturday, February 22, from noon to 1pm, to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and a campaign to tackle polio. Swimmers are encouraged to obtain sponsorship
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Harrogate Borough Council expected to freeze council tax
Harrogate Borough Council is expected to freeze its council tax demand for the fifth year running. The authority’s cabinet said the council could balance its budget without the 1.95 per cent increase it had previously predicted.
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‘Control needed on new hotels’
NEW hotels in York should have been blocked until a study into whether they were needed was produced, claimed the head of a hoteliers’ group. Lionel Chatard, Middlethorpe Hall Hotel director and general manager and chairman of York Hoteliers Association
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Aviva team crowned top fundraising team by British Heart Foundation
A team of workmates who got wet and muddy to raise more than £2,000 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have been crowned top fundraising team by the charity. Paul Collier, who also raised more than £900 by himself in 2012, was named as top
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MP discusses compulsory purchase order of Foxwood property with local councillors
YORK Central MP Hugh Bayley has met local councillors to discuss a house that was an eyesore for several years. The property in Bradley Drive was empty for more than 15 years and was targeted by squatters, vandals and fly-tippers. Last July
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Head teacher’s pledge after school's Ofsted rankings drop
THE head teacher at a York primary said she was working hard to make the most of pupils’ potential after the school dropped down the Ofsted rankings. Park Grove School, in The Groves, has been rated as “needs improvement” under the new, tougher
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Drop-in service to help the homeless
THE fight against homelessness will be stepped up in North Yorkshire next week when a new drop-in advice service is launched. The free service is being provided by housing charity Foundation, which works with Hambleton District Council on accommodation
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Student film-makers in plea for funding
Student movie-makers are appealing for financial support as they try to make their North Yorkshire film project a reality. “A Man, Sinking” follows the story of an ex-convict turned deep-sea diver, who faces his murky past as he is submerged at
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Volunteers plea for Selby waterways project
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help look after Selby’s historic waterways and join a team that helps maintain and improve the River Ouse and Selby Canal which run through the town. The call comes from the Canal and River Trust which is recruiting people
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Police roadshows to help businesses
North Yorkshire Police will host a series of roadshows aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses tackle crime. The Crime Prevention Roadshows will be held at selected business parks across the county this month. The first event will
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January 11
100 years ago Today was “Plough Monday,” the first Monday after Twelfth Day. The name was supposed to indicate the resumption of work after the Christmas festivities, but the mediaeval way of keeping the day as a festival was against this explanation
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Council's look into impact of ‘bedroom tax’ blunder
COUNCILS in North and East Yorkshire are looking into the impact of a Government blunder which left thousands of people across the UK being wrongly identified as liable to pay the so-called “bedroom tax”. Up to 40,000 people could reportedly be
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Planning tussle over future of wooden home
PLANNERS have to decide whether to allow a timber cabin home in a field north of York – after it has already been built. Lena Banks has just applied to Ryedale District Council for retrospective planning permission for three years for the two-bedroom
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Free NHS exercise classes for older people
OLDER people in York and Easingwold are being offered free exercise classes to reduce the risk of falls and help balance, stability and confidence. York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is holding the classes to be run by Angie Hampton, a
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Thorpe United Under-15s thump Garforth rivals
THORPE United Under-15s stayed top of Garforth Junior Football League division one with a 7-0 success at Garforth Villa. Thorpe enjoyed the lion’s share of possession and comfortable overturned the disappointing 1-0 defeat at home to Garforth last
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York Schoolboys Under-14s kick off 2014 with trip to Spen Valley
UNBEATEN York Schoolboys Under-14s kick off 2014 with a league trip to Spen Valley today. York have started their league campaign with two wins, 3-0 at Leeds and 5-2 at home to Scarborough, and a 1-1 draw at Barnsley. The Minster city U15s
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York FA Under-19s Cup reunion
HOLDERS Rawcliffe and beaten finalists Wigginton Grasshoppers have been paired together in the last four of the York FA Under-19s Cup. Rawcliffe triumphed 4-1 in the final last season, but Wigginton will be gunning for revenge in the semi-finals
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Showjumper Laura Robinson takes huge leap forward
STAR of the future Laura Robinson has received her British Showjumping advanced apprenticeship in sporting excellence (AASE) award. The 18 year-old North Yorkshire rider picked up her certificate at the London International Horse Show at Olympia
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Heworth ARLC under-10s seek new players
HEWORTH ARLC under-10s are seeking new players for when they get back into action. The team will train today at 10.30am at their Elmpark Way ground. Anyone interested in joining up can phone Dave Edgar on 07957 982826.
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Dringhouses go clear of pack in Under-19s Football League
DRINGHOUSES took advantage of a slip by Harrogate Town to move three points clear at the top of the York FA Under-19s Football League. The game of the weekend saw third-placed Haxby Town beat Harrogate 4-2 to dent their title hopes. Dan Clipston
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Pocklington RUFC Under-13s lose to Castleford in first outing of 2014
A SALUTARY lesson was dealt out to Pocklington RUFC Under-13s in their first outing after the yuletide break. Visitors Castleford arrived at the Percy Road ground boasting a considerably heftier physical presence. Even the Castleford backs
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New Year cheer as Wilberfoss Junior Football Club win new Co-op kit
IT’S a case of new year, new look for Wilberfoss Junior Football Club under-10s. The East Yorkshire club’s junior side have netted a fresh kit from the Co-operative. The team, pictured right, which plays in the York Mitchell Sports League,
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Shiptonthorpe panto returns
Villagers in an East Yorkshire community are hoping to repeat the sell-out successes of their four previous pantomimes when they perform a modern day take on the classic tale Robin Hood next week. Robin Hood And The Merry Maids Of Shiptonthorpe
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Royle Family’s Ricky Tomlinson to star in supernatural comedy set in York
A NEW supernatural comedy starring Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson is to be filmed and set in York and the production team are looking for local actors and extras to take part. Psyched is a 20-minute short about a down-on-his-luck psychic called
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Designer’s reusable crackers idea proves a year-round success
A YORK designer is proving crackers, rather like puppy dogs, are not just for Christmas. With a patent pending, Bea Thackeray has been selling her range of reusable crackers at independent retailers and trade fairs since launching her business,
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Crackdown on nuisance youths in Howden
POLICE in East Yorkshire are cracking down on underage drinking and criminal damage in Howden. Police have responded to complaints about youths congregating on The Ashes Playing Field in the evening. Patrols have been increased and police say
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Impatient drivers put highways workers at risk
COUNCIL officials say impatient drivers are putting lives at risk on North Yorkshire’s roads as workers are having to dice with death while trying to control traffic. Ambulances have had to be called to two incidents in which workers were hurt,
