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PICTURES: Woman banned from keeping snakes after admitting causing unnecessary suffering
A WOMAN who kept 200 snakes in her York home has been handed a 12 month community sentence for nine animal neglect offences. Pauline Wallace, 64, had the snakes in specialist tanks, plastic tubs and stacking boxes all over her house on Osbaldwick
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Police probe new lead in Edward Machin search
POLICE searching for missing York man Edward Machin are focusing on an East Yorkshire village after a reported sighting. The 39-year-old was reported missing on Monday after he failed to log on for a webchat with a friend and did not turn up for
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Positive attitude from York City boss Nigel Worthington ahead of Fleetwood trip
YORK City boss Nigel Worthington is approaching Saturday's trip to Fleetwood Town in a positive frame of mind. The Minstermen chief is refusing to dwell on the disappointment of Tuesday's 2-0 defeat to Sky Bet League Two leaders Chesterfield at
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The bear facts about Grayson Perry’s night out in York
Why all the fuss over Grayson Perry and his toy bear coming to the Yorkshire Museum? STEPHEN LEWIS finds out. A STUFFED bear stands in the library of the Yorkshire Museum. You can’t have missed it if you’ve been there. It’s quite a favourite with
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Hot Mikado, York Theatre Royal, March 4-15
RICHARD Blackburn was in for a shock at his audition for the role of Nanky-Poo in York Light Opera Company’s Hot Mikado. Little did he know he would be expected to learn the trumpet. “The show is a jazzed-up, swing-style version of the original
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Ashville College Arts Festival, March 12 to 22
DOWNTON Abbey butler Jim Carter, above, is to return to the Harrogate school where he was head prefect to take part in the Ashville College Arts Festival. Solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, West Yorkshire poet Simon Armitage and pianist Alessandro
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Jon Richardson, Nidiot, Leeds Grand Theatre, June 5
JON Richardson is checking his tyre pressures, cleaning his floor mats and putting an emergency packed lunch in the boot of his car in readiness to hit the road with his new touring show, Nidiot. The British Comedy Award 2013 nominee and team captain
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Counterfeit Sixties, Helmsley Arts Centre, January 31
THE Counterfeit Sixties re-live the sounds of the swinging Sixties in tomorrow’s tribute show at Helmsley Arts Centre. More than 25 acts from that era are covered in the 7.30pm performance that incorporates the fashions of the period, flashbacks
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Win tickets to see Roy Orbison And Friends
THE tribute show Roy Orbison And Friends celebrates the music of The Big O at the Grand Opera House, York, on February 15. Tickets for the 7.30pm performance are on sale on 0844 871 3024 and at atgtickets.com. Courtesy of the Cumberland Street
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The Brighouse and Rastrick Band, Grand Opera House, York, February 2
THE Brighouse and Rastrick Band members happily adapt to wherever they play. In York alone, the West Yorkshire musicians have performed in the Nave of the Minster with folk group The Unthanks and at York Barbican. On Sunday night, the Briggus
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York fare-dodging figures revealed
A CRACKDOWN has been launched after York was highlighted as a hotspot for rail fare-dodgers. Northern Rail said the journey where most people in the region try to travel without paying is between York and Leeds, and has released two online videos
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The songs of war
FIFTY five men and boys from the parish of St Margaret’s Church, now the Walmgate home of the National Centre for Early Music in York, gave their lives to the Great War. The 100th anniversary of the outbreak of war is being marked by NCEM in a
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Miles Kane, York Barbican, March 19
Only two questions for…Birkenhead singer-songwriter Miles Kane, who will play York Barbican on March 19 What are your recording plans for 2014, Miles? ”I’m writing material at the moment and I’m trying to get as many tunes and ideas down as
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Ghost Town tour, Pilot Theatre, February 6 to March 4
YORK company Pilot Theatre’s new production, Ghost Town, began as a call-out in The Press for young writers to submit a synopsis for a play for 11 to 15 year olds. This Generation Z competition elicited around 50 responses, which had to be entered
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The School For Scandal, Upstage Theatre, 41 Monkgate, York, February 4-8
ACTRESS, director and school teacher Clancy McMullan bought a copy of R B Sheridan’s The School For Scandal so long ago that the book’s price was 99p. She rediscovered her copy when she “hit the books” to make her pitch to direct Upstart Theatre
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The Chuckle Brothers, A Space Oddity, Hull New Theatre, February 18
TO me, to you, to infinity. South Yorkshire children’s comedy duo The Chuckle Brothers are promising an out-of-this-world adventure in their new touring show, A Space Oddity. Among the destinations for Chucklevision double act Paul and Barry Elliott
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A Trip To The Coast exhibition, The Coast Gallery, Mill Lane, Cloughton
YORK artist Kate Kenney is exhibiting at The Coast Gallery, Mill Lane, Cloughton, near Scarborough, from tomorrow until the first week of March. She will be sharing space with fellow North Yorkshire artists Sue Slack and Adam King in an exhibition
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Aspects Of Love, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, March 31 to April 5
YORK Musical Theatre Company will stage Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects Of Love with a cast of 28 at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, from March 31 to April 5. Director Paul Laidlaw has picked Matthew Ainsworth to play student Alex Dillingham,
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Metronomy, Leeds O2 Academy, March 18
METRONOMY are posting Love Letters as their new album on April 14, preceding its arrival with a tour that comes to Leeds O2 Academy on March 18. Over the past 18 months, Metronomy’s sole musician, singer, writer and producer, Joseph Mount, has
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Sophie Ellis Bextor, Wanderlust (EBGB) ***
WAY before Strictly Come Dancing, Sophie Ellis Bextor had made it clear she was not happy being cast solely as a pop princess and that she had designs on broadening her range. After she was robbed of a better position on Strictly, an obvious path
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Beth Nielsen Chapman, UnCovered (BNC Records) ****
BETH Nielsen Chapman wouldn’t give away only her last Rolo; she would part with the whole packet on the evidence of her songwriting generosity. UnCovered, so named at the suggestion of Whispering Bob Harris, brings together songs she wrote but
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Mary Chapin Carpenter, Songs From The Movie (Rounder Records) ****
WHEN Mary Chapin Carpenter decided to reinterpret ten of her classic songs with the help of a full-blown orchestra, there were inevitable fears that her voice, that gorgeous blend of velvet and honey, would be swamped. Thankfully these fears have
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Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From The Bones (Sugar Hill Records) ****
EXPECTATION sits lightly on these young shoulders. The 22-year-old is already being acclaimed as one of acoustic music’s most promising talents. Her third record is an assured and exemplary set which has commercial appeal and sufficient guile to
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Ward – Original Cast Recording (Decca) ****
ON paper the story of playboy chiropractor Stephen Ward, caught in the eye of the Profumo storm, seems far more accessible than the locomotives, Argentine dictator’s wives, moggies and Old Testament stories that have forged the backbone of Andrew Lloyd
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Mogwai, Rave Tapes (Rock Action Records) ****
COMING to Mogwai without prior knowledge, it’s easy to be swept away by the moody instrumental music on their eighth studio album. Starting with Heard About You Last Night, the Scotsmen set out their stall as a kind of Celtic Pink Floyd – all dark
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Stewart Lee, York Barbican, February 2
WRITER and comedian Stewart Lee follows up his Carpet Remnant World ventures by serving up a new stew of anti-populist ideas on the road in preparation for his third BBC television series. Making his York Barbican debut this weekend, the 45-year-old
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Ant Law, Entangelment (33 Records) ****
LAW has devised his own “perfect fourths” tuning system, which he believes makes the guitar easier to play and opens up some chords that can only be played with this system. Perhaps some of these chords were utilised on the title track and For
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Jazz notes
NEWS this week of the reissue of Buster Keaton film The General chimes nicely with York pianist Kieran White, who has written an original piano soundtrack to the film, greeted with thunderous acclaim at York City Screen last year. He has given a number
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Tonight’s The Night, Grand Opera House, April 28 to May 3
BEN Elton is revisiting his Rod Stewart musical comedy, Tonight’s The Night, 11 years after its West End premiere for a tour that will visit York in the spring. “I’ve always loved this show for the same reasons that I’ve always loved the theatre
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A Winter’s Tale tour, Common Ground Theatre, February 1 to April 4
THE new York company Common Ground Theatre Ensemble is launched on Saturday with a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s problem play, A Winter’s Tale. Based in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York’s Heslington
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Royal Forest development in Huntington
A new development in Huntington may be on the site of a historic royal forest, but its new homes are very much designed for modern life, Brian Page reports. THIS week we will begin with a history lesson… Back in the Middle Ages, the area of Huntington
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Simon Dyson fires promising opening round in Dubai Desert Classic
YORK’S Simon Dyson maintained his searing run of sub-par form to produce a promising opening round in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. The 36-year-old posted a healthy three-under-par 69 at the Emirates Golf Club to follow on from his joint 16th
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Lettings: Town and country living for the family
Looking for a fine family home to rent? Brian Page takes a look at some good candidates in both town and country. I READ one of those business selfhelp books recently. It said that if you have writer’s block or can’t think of an answer to a particular
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Council tax could rise and libraries at risk under budget plans
COUNCIL tax bills in North Yorkshire could rise for the first time in four years if budget plans are approved, with children's centres under threat and some libraries and recycling centres possibly facing closure. Conservative-controlled North
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Airspeed project’s wings clipped
York looks to have missed out on a new attraction in Piccadilly that would have celebrated a unique 1930s aircraft factory and an extraordinary ‘age of adventure’. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the ‘missed opportunity’ of Reynard’s garage. THE early
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Why City of York Council rejected Airspeed bid
York council leader James Alexander made clear what he thought of proposals for an Airspeed attraction at Reynard’s garage as early as September 26 last year, when he tweeted: “First it’s save York’s 1970s cobbles – now it’s save derelict eyesore tramshed
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York to host season of Ingmar Bergman’s classics
CITY Screen, York and the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of York are joining together for an Ingmar Bergman season in March. “We’ve been running Spring Saturday morning seasons in collaboration with City Screen for more than ten
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The Four Tops and The Temptations, Leeds First Direct Arena, April 1
MOTOWN legends The Four Tops and The Temptations return to Britain in March and April to relive the R&B and soul classics from the heart of Detroit. They will be joined at their only Yorkshire show at Leeds First Direct Arena on April 1 by
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Sour times help smaller parties
HAVING a go at Nigel Farage is not difficult, but does it make any difference? Let’s begin by considering the fun part of that question. Has anyone else noticed what might be called Farage’s trout face? This is the expression he adopts when asked
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Duncan McIntyre appointed as new CPP chairman
YORK credit card insurer CPP has appointed a new chairman as the business embarks upon its redress scheme. Earlier this month the High Court approved a compensation scheme which will see CPP pay an estimated £65.8 million to customers who were
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New tenant for Escrick business park
ESCRICK’S business park has welcomed a new tenant as architectural consultants Hay Associates relocated its headquarters. The business has acquired a two-year lease of a unit at The Holmes in Skipwith, part of the Escrick Park Estate between York
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It should be a great fun night
HE’S a Turner Prize-winning artist – but also a cross-dressing transvestite with a wicked sense of humour. Now, following York’s triumph in a national vote, Grayson Perry will be coming to the city in May, with his beloved teddy bear Alan Measles
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A tour de force
ANOTHER coup for Yorkshire is the Tour de France. Tourism chief Gary Verity says our Grand Départ will be the best ever and should attract more than two million spectators, 180,000 of them to York. But you don’t have to wait for July to get in
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Letter: We won’t return to York
A COUPLE of weekends ago my wife and I visited York for the first time and found York to be a beautiful and very interesting city. We spent hundreds of pounds in the various restaurants, shops, a hotel, the Minster and museums and decided to return
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Angels were seen at Mons
WE WATCHED Jeremy Paxman’s BBC1 programme Britain’s Great War on Monday night and found it informative, with old film and photographs shown. But when he said there were no angels at Mons, I thought: “How does he know; he was not there?” But the
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Sign of the times
IF THE number of people penalised for using the Lendal Bridge bus lane is in the region of 2,500 per week, and it is, then it is quite clear that the problem lies with the signage. I refuse to believe that there are this many drivers who willfully
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A peak into the future
HAVING listened to the plethora of comments regarding Lendal Bridge pantomime which comes a close second to Berwick’s show, I find I have a newly acquired talent myself, in that I can see into the future (by reading between the lines). Also things
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Wait for vaccine
ON REACHING my 70th birthday, I assumed I was eligible for the shingles vaccine. However, due to a shortage of the vaccine I have had a three-month wait and then put on a waiting list. This week I visited the surgery for my MOT and offered
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Provide quality
I WAS disappointed to read that Coun James Alexander believes dualling the outer ring road is the only long-term solution to congestion (The Press, January 27). However, if we can do nothing to reduce car use perhaps he can ensure that quality
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Snooker: Paul Davison revels in German Masters conquest of Marco Fu
PAUL DAVISON bagged the biggest win of his 20-year snooker career after dumping world number nine Marco Fu out of the German Masters. The Pickering-based potter produced a superb display to shock the Hong Kong ace 5-2 and secure a second round
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Knights to table quest for Dennis Tuffour
GARY THORNTON has not ruled out a return to York City Knights of winger Dennis Tuffour – although he did not expect it likely. The 24-year-old, who scored nine tries in 11 appearances the last time the Knights were in Championship One, has left
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Success for York’s Chokdee Academy
FIVE fighters from York’s Chokdee Academy enjoyed a successful outing at the Manchester Fight Academy. The quintet of Cameron Harris, Joe Robinson, Ben Owens, Dan Wright and Lewis Haskins all gained points decisions in a series of demonstration
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Simon Brown learns from time – and relegation – at York Knights
SIMON BROWN has declared no regrets with his time at York City Knights – barring relegation obviously. The stand-off was a marquee signing at Huntington Stadium last winter having won the 2012 Championship Grand Final with Sheffield Eagles.
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Scott Rhodes eyes upset in Acorn’s tough return
BOSS Scott Rhodes is under no illusions about the task his York Acorn ARLC charges face on their return to action – but he reckons they could well pull off a shock. Acorn, relegated to the National Conference League first division last year, entertain
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Victory over York propels Selby RUFC into Yorkshire Shield semi-finals
A SECOND-HALF fightback saw Selby RUFC surge into the Yorkshire Shield semi-finals after a 34-24 derby victory over York. Under the floodlights at Clifton Park, the Swans trailed 17-0 at one point in the first half but a try on the stroke of half-time
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Basketball: York Eagles count cost of inconsistency
A LACK of consistency and confidence proved decisive in the 74-62 home defeat suffered by York Eagles Under-14s basketball side against Bradford Dragons. York were never able to fully exert pressure on the England North Conference title-chasers
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Bowls: New Earswick’s pip Hornsea in Yorkshire League nail-biter
New Earswick IBC were involved in a Yorkshire League division one nail-biter before topping Hornsea 79-78 to pick up 11 valuable points. Brian Gray’s team were the only winning rink. They only lost two ends between the seventh and 18th ends as
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Bowls: York blow Yorkshire League title chances
TITLE chances were blown by both York Indoor Bowls Club’s Yorkshire League sides. The ‘A’ team crashed to bottom club Selby in division one, while the ‘B’-team bid to stay in the hunt for the end of season third division Challenge Cup was blighted
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Two-car crash on A19 leaves person injured
A TWO-CAR crash on a road between York and Selby has seen one person taken to hospital this morning. The collision happened at about 7.50am on the A19 at Deighton, near the White Swan pub, with the injured person being treated by off-duty paramedics
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Bowls: York ladies continue Yetton Trophy run
York Indoor Bowls Club’s ladies’ run in the Yetton Trophy continued after they easily beat Cumbria 89-52 with the Cumbrians waving the white flag with 12 ends to go across the board. The home teams got off to solid starts with Carol Instone’s leading
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York court clerk foils prisoner's escape bid
A QUICK-THINKING legal advisor has been praised by a judge for foiling an escape attempt from a York court. Mark Ainsley was in the dock at York and Selby Magistrates’ Court on Christmas Eve, on charges of affray and a public order offence, when
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Cars vandalised at South Milford station
TWO cars have been vandalised at a North Yorkshire railway station, leaving their owners with a repair bill of more than £3,500. The Ford Focuses were attacked at South Milford station between 6.45pm and 10.15pm last Friday after being left locked
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Euro candidate at York meeting
A EURO election candidate for Yorkshire will host a public meeting in York tomorrow. Andrew Cooper, the Green Party’s lead candidate for the region in May’s European elections, will give a speech entitled “What has Europe ever done for us” at Millers
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Pals’ village run for Malawi schools
TWO York schoolboys are striding out in their onesies to raise money for pupils in Africa. Joseph Rowntree School pupils Elliot Ritchie, 12, and Robert Gowland, 11, both of Wigginton, are to run 5km around the streets of Haxby on Saturday, February
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Factory raiders sought
POLICE are trying to track down burglars who broke into an engineering factory in North Yorkshire after forcing their way through a window. The break-in happened at Park Engineering on the York Road Industrial Estate, in Malton, overnight between
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Dringhouses Primary pupils show their appetite for school dinners
THIS is a sight council bosses in York want to see more of – children enjoying their school meals. Pupils at Dringhouses Primary School showed their appetite for the dinners served up in their canteen as City of York Council asks for views on how
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Crime Commissioner to meet Harrogate residents
NORTH Yorkshire’s top police officer and its Police and Crime Commissioner will meet residents and businesses in Harrogate next month to discuss their crime concerns. The event called Time To Talk, which will be attended by North Yorkshire Police
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Cash boost for Joseph Rowntree Theatre
THE Joseph Rowntree Theatre has received a £1,500 cash boost from a city charity. The York Common Good Trust has presented a cheque to the community theatre on Haxby Road as a way of marking a landmark in the organisation’s history. Christine
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Kilburn Road allotment path closure
A FOOTPATH in York will be closed for six days from tomorrow so repairs can be carried out. The closure on the Kilburn Road allotment path, between Kilburn Road and the Fulford Road and University of York cycle path, will start at 8am tomorrow
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Lydia Bishop trial: Worker denies death charges
A NURSERY worker accused of the manslaughter of a girl in her care has denied she did not look after the child properly. Sophee Redhead, 25, told a jury of the moment she saw three-year-old Lydia Bishop motionless on a slide at York College nursery
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York care home receives warning notice
A WATCHDOG has taken enforcement action against a York care home over its “unsafe” management of residents’ medicines. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says it has served a warning notice to Limetree House in Poppleton to ensure it protects the
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Fake iPhones alert
A RESTAURANT owner in North Yorkshire has been conned into buying “dummy” iPhones, leading to police sending out a warning. Two men offered to sell the owner of the Scarborough restaurant two iPhone 5Ss last Thursday, with a price being agreed
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Knifeman abused York builders
A man was arrested after he turned up at a neighbour’s home armed with a knife and being abusive, a court heard. The house adjoining Terry Edward Exelby’s address in Croftway, Acomb, was being renovated by builders, one of whom had already had
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Burglars remove window to raid Selby house
BURGLARS removed a living room window to raid a house near Selby. They took out the front window of the bungalow in Osgodby by removing the external beading from around the glass. The glass was then carefully laid on the floor, North Yorkshire
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Museum‘s First World War diary entry decoded by Australian legal secretary
AN eagle-eyed retired legal secretary from Australia has been able to shed light on a 97-year-old war diary from across the globe. Trudy Holdsworth has contacted The Press from her home in Sydney after she spotted our story about previously unknown
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Mystery of Arabic text on manor's stained windows
MYSTERIOUS inscriptions on the windows of a Jacobean manor have left its owners baffled, writes Lewis Pennock. Clare and Mark Oglesby are on a mission to discover the meaning of the text that appears on some of the stained glass windows at Goldsborough
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Low emission buses unveiled
FOUR brand new buses with the lowest possible diesel emissions have taken to the roads in York. The Optare vehicles, built at Sherburn-in-Elmet, have been acquired by Arriva to run on three routes in the city which it took over last autumn from
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Call to think again on bus cuts
A GROUP of councillors is calling for the decision to cut North Yorkshire bus services by £2m to go before a scrutiny committee. A total of 11 services have been hit by the subsidy cuts, which were approved at a North Yorkshire County Council executive
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Teenagers secure cash for SNAPPY charity
THREE teenagers have secured a £500 grant for a project helping disabled people find volunteering opportunities in York. The group helped Special Needs Activity and Play Provision for York (SNAPPY) get the funding from Lloyds Bank’s Money For Life
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Work on new leisure centre to start soon
CONSTRUCTION of the new Selby Leisure Centre is set to begin next month, it has been confirmed. The new centre will be built on the site of the former Abbey Leisure Centre in Scott Road, and is expected to cost about £6 million – a lower figure
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Recognising people who make a difference in East Yorkshire
AN AWARDS scheme has been launched to recognise people who make a difference in East Yorkshire. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Chairman’s Awards are given to individuals and companies who make a contribution to the area in five categories:
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Treemendous effort to make York green
VOLUNTEERS have teamed up with a garden centre to plant hundreds of trees in a York park. The group from The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) are in Rawcliffe Country Park this week putting 800 saplings into a new copse. The trees – a mixture
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Acomb buzz remains a mystery
FRUSTRATED residents in an area of York are still searching for the explanation behind a mysterious noise keeping them awake at nights and blighting their lives. Paul and Keiko Croft, of Clay Place Acomb, first noticed the unexplained buzz in mid
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New fund launched for International aid
PEOPLE who have served overseas with a York-based charity have launched a new fund to help vital projects around the world. A group of former volunteers with International Service have set up an alumni board and a small grants fund, to support
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Demolition of former Press buildings continues
CONTRACTORS are demolishing former press buildings in York ready for student accommodation to be built on the site. Disused store and transport buildings behind the offices of The Press in Walmgate have already been torn down. Demolition contractors
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Councillor could win chance to boost democracy
A YORK councillor is in the running for a national scholarship which would see her take forward plans for encouraging more people to get involved in local democracy. Skelton, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without member Linsay Cunningham-Cross has been
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Greens protest at rail sell-off
GREEN campaigners gathered at York Railway Station to urge travellers to oppose Government plans to re-privatise the East Coast service. Members of York Green Party handed out leaflets and talked to passengers at the station at the weekend.
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January 30
100 years ago The York Minster ring of 12 bells, which were currently undergoing repairs in London, had been cast in the year 1844, and the tenor or largest bell had been re-cast five years later. Since that time, the bells had had little or
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Woman was punched by her secret lover
A NORTH Yorkshire man has been convicted of assaulting his lover of five years by punching her in the head four times. Christopher Brown, 45, of Middlecave Drive, Malton, was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after a two-day
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York wins competition to bring Grayson Perry to museum
ONE of Britain’s most famous artists is coming to York - and those are the bear facts! Turner Prize-winning potter Grayson Perry will be visiting the Yorkshire Museum in May, after it won a campaign spearheaded by the visitor attraction’s “Curator
