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UPDATED: York house cordoned off by police
POLICE cordoned off a house in York, while they negotiated with a man threatening to harm himself. Officers were called to Osbaldwick Lane just before 8pm on Friday and were there for more than six hours. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman
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Two head-on crashes within minutes in York
TWO men have been taken to hospital following separate crashes on a York road. Emergency services are currently at the scene of the two vehicle crashes on the B1363 Sutton Road in Wigginton. The first crash happened at about 5pm. A spokeswoman
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Review: The Tiger Lillies: Lulu: A Murder Ballad, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
IT took ten years to bring The Tiger Lillies back to the West Yorkshire Playhouse, an absurdly long hiatus after their unforgettable Shockheaded Peter show. Only Kneehigh have rivalled them for making such an instant, deep impact, but unlike the
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Man suffers broken leg in York hammer attack
A MAN suffered a broken leg in an unprovoked attack in York in the early hours of this morning today. North Yorkshire Police said the 22-year-old man was attacked by two or three men at the junction of Howe Hill Close and Sowerby Road, at about
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Woman admits driving at nearly 5 times drink-drive limit
A WOMAN who crashed at a petrol station has admitted driving while nearly five times the legal drink-drive limit. Angela Richings, 50, was arrested at 4.10pm last Tuesday after her car hit a petrol pump in Scalby Road, on the outskirts of Scarborough
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Free parking in York tomorrow
RESIDENTS and visitors to York are reminded that there will be free car parking in the city tomorrow. City of York Council has scrapped charges at 13 car parks for residents and visitors as a one-day move to help traders. The move covers the
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North Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson stays in contention in Dubai Desert Classic
A REPEAT in more ways than one kept alive the hopes of tournament success for York's Simon Dyson. A second successive three-under-par 69 at the Emirates Golf Club ensured a promising position at the midway point of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic
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Coastguard scour Yorkshire shore for two missing men
LIFEBOATS, helicopters and moutain rescue teams are scouring the North Yorkshire coast for two missing men. The coastguard, RNLI, police, RAF and volunteers from the Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue (SRMRT) are all involved in the hunts
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185 years on from the York Minster arson
Saturday is the 185th anniversary of a devastating arson attack at York Minster. Here, we recall how the church was saved and recount the Army's role in its rescue. We owe it all to the boy Swinbank. He was the hero. If it hadn't been for him,
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Murder accused due in court
A former soldier accused of the murder of a York estate agency worker is due to appear in court this afternoon. Jeremy Peter Andrew Green, 25, was charged in November with the murder of Nicole Waterhouse, 32, and the attempted murder of her work
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Lorry spills clay onto A64
A LORRY has shed a load of clay onto the A64, causing a car to spin out of control. Police are at the scene of the accident on the A64 at the Hogrove roundabout, where the clay was between 30 centimetres (one foot) and one metre deep, police said
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Miles Kane, York Barbican, March 19
BIRKENHEAD indie singer and songwriter Miles Kane has graduated to the York Barbican after gigs at The Duchess in 2012 and 2013. Not only is the Barbican’s capacity far bigger, by more than 1,000, but Kane’s songs have expanded too, as you can
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York Art Gallery gets £300,000 grant towards major redevelopment
YORK Art Gallery has been awarded £300,000 towards its £8 million refurbishment project. Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has announced the grant from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport and the Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund
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York City ‘closed’ for business on transfer deadline day
THERE will be no comings or goings at York City before the transfer window closes tonight. City boss Nigel Worthington has insisted his January business is complete and that there will not be any further permanent additions to his squad until the
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Match preview: Fleetwood v York City
YORK City loan signing Will Hayhurst is ready to upset one of his biggest idols in football tomorrow. Hayhurst, recruited on loan by the Minstermen from Preston this week, has crossed paths with Fleetwood Town boss and former Deepdale legend Graham
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Fleetwood's Jamille Matt sidelined, but Jon Parkin looms to face York City
RECORD signing Jamille Matt will continue to be sidelined as Fleetwood Town prepare to play host to York City tomorrow. The former Kidderminster striker has been ruled out with an ankle injury for three months and his last appearance came in the
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‘I’ll never play for Taddy boss again’ - goalkeeper
GOALKEEPER Leon Wrigglesworth has vowed never to play for Tadcaster Albion boss Paul Marshall again after leaving the club amid a busy week of transfer activity at Ings Lane. The ’keeper – who left the Brewers this month and is to join Northern
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Tadcaster Albion unveil new stadium plans
TADCASTER Albion are in talks about relocating from their Ings Lane ground to a new community stadium. The Northern Counties East League premier division high-fliers, who are owned by York employment firm i2i, are meeting with “stakeholders in
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Pickering Town manager longing for a repeat display
DEJA VU is what Pickering Town boss Mitch Cook wants to feel when his men host Long Eaton United tomorrow. The Pikes chief was “delighted” with a 3-1 home Northern Counties East League premier division victory over Worksop Parramore last weekend
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Last-gasp hit yields White Swans maximum points against Hambleton
A goal two minutes from time from Jamie Sedman kept Bubwith White Swan’s promotion hopes on track after they came from behind to beat visitors Hambleton 2-1 in division two of the Ian’s Cars of Barlby York Sunday Morning League. Hambleton took
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CCTV of Helmsley National Park thieves
CCTV footage of the moment thieves towed away a National Park display trailer has been released by police. The image shows a white transit style van towing the battleship grey trailer - owned by the North York National Park - along Sawmill Lane
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McDermott plays the positive card ahead of Huddersfield Town derby
AHEAD of the West Yorkshire derby at home to Huddersfield Town tomorrow, Leeds United boss Brian McDermott is trying to dispel all negative feelings. The loss of two points against midweek visitors Ipswich against whom Ross McCormack levelled with
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Mr Mulligan tops roll of honour for Yorkshire track’s Grade 2 showpiece
BLOOD is rarely spilt in the Towton Novices’ Chase. Unlike the event after which it is named, the 1461 Battle of Towton, the clash of racing titans at Wetherby Racecourse is, by comparison, somewhat more sedate. A major conflict in the War of the
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Renewed Championship challenge is main goal for Yorkshire's Jason Gillespie
Yorkshire have a new motivation ahead of the forthcoming county season. Last year it was about trying to complete a fairytale story by winning the LV= County Championship title in their 150th anniversary campaign. This year it is about starting
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York RUFC chase cup win
IT is a losing streak that now runs to five games. But what better place for York RUFC to get back to winning ways than in a national cup competition? The Clifton Parkers, who were pegged back by Selby in the quarter-final of the Yorkshire Shield
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Appeal to send four-year-old with brain tumour to the USA
PARENTS from York are in a race against time to raise money to allow their four-year-old son lifesaving treatment in the US. Two weeks ago Harvey Thompson, of Foxwood, was found to have a tumour the size of an orange on his brain and he underwent
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Caravan theft attempt near Selby
A THIEF tried to steal a caravan from outside a property in Temple Hirst, near Selby. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said a white Ford Transit van was seen backing up to a caravan parked in the driveway of a house at about 12.30pm on Wednesday
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Asda Foundation extends York 10k support
THE organisers of the York 10K run are celebrating after the Asda Foundation announced it will continue supporting the Jane Tomlinson Run For All 10K series for a further four years. The series covers road races in Leeds, York, Hull and Burnley
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Farmers’ Market sets out its stalls
ALMOST 40 local traders were today heading to York for the first Farmers’ Market of the year. The city-centre market is traditionally held on the last Friday of the month in Parliament Street and celebrates the best of local produce, including
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GPs urged to back hospital model
Doctors are being urged to back a North Yorkshire council’s fight to save a hospital’s consultant-led maternity and children’s services. GPs and practices within the Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group area will decide
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Cancer research unit receives £190,000 grant from Movember Foundation
A GROUNDBREAKING research unit at the University of York has been awarded a £190,000 grant made possible by the Movember fundraising drive. Prostate Cancer UK has given the grant to the Yorkshire Cancer Research Unit to drive forward understanding
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Housing questionnaires for Huby villagers
VILLAGERS near York are being asked to flag up their housing needs through a local survey. The exercise in Huby, near Easingwold, is designed to assess the housing required in the parish. Completed questionnaires should be sent to Hambleton
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Final frame agony for North Yorkshire snooker player Paul Davison in German Masters
PAUL DAVISON suffered German Masters agony after losing 5-4 to Rod Lawler. The Pickering-based potter was looking to reach the last 16 of a snooker ranking tournament for the first time in his career and led 4-1 at the Tempodrom in Berlin.
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Man's skull fractured in York attack
A MAN has been left with a fractured skull after being attacked in York city centre. The 25-year-old was on his way home from a night out in the city centre when he was assaulted by another man on Lendal Bridge. The attack happeend at around
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Horsing around for Chinese New Year
CHILDREN at schools and nurseries across York, North and East Yorkshire have been celebrating Chinese New Year with a host of activities. As the Year Of The Horse got under way today, youngsters at Happy Jays Nursery at Clifton Moor were taking
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River search for missing student Megan Roberts continues
SEARCHES will continue this weekend for missing York student Megan Roberts, after new specialist equipment was brought in by police. Megan, 20, was last seen on a night out with friends in York in the early hours of Thursday. North Yorkshire
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Ford Fiesta St-2
OVER a cup of coffee with a Ford executive after two days of roadtesting the then barely-off-theproduction line Fiesta ST, I ventured to suggest that this little gem might well be the best new car of 2013. I still had a daft smile on my face as
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Hope for Harvey
IT was the news every parent dreads – your four-year-old has a brain tumour. But if that wasn’t bad enough, Dave and Kerrie Thompson were also told the specialised form of radiotherapy their son Harvey requires is not available in this country.
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Amazing team is tackling a killer
THERE was a time when sniffy medical opinion held that prostate cancer was “an insignificant disease of old men”. You were more likely to die with it (from old age) than from it, this view held. In fact, it is one of the most common forms of the
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What we’re doing to keep area alive
IN RESPONSE to David Quarrie’s letter of Wednesday regarding the sorry state of the shopping area in Acomb, such was the concern of some of the local traders at the alarming decline that the Acomb Alive Traders’ Association was formed. As traders
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Blame PM, not the MP
I AM dismayed at the tenor of some of the letters to The Press decrying the abilities of Miss Anne McIntosh as MP for the Malton/Thirsk area. My letter is factual and I can only speak as I have always found her. She has always responded rapidly
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Right to take refugees
I am fed up with all this pussyfooting around over how few Syrian refugees we as a nation can take. If York is truly a City of Sanctuary, then we should take the moral high ground and offer home to as many Syrian refugees as we can. How to pay
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Holgate Windmill volunteers plea
WE HAVE always appreciated the strong support we get from The Press so I wonder if I could ask you to help us find some volunteers. We are keen to increase the number of visits by school parties, particularly in the secondary and older primary
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War milestone’s irony
Let us hope that the 1914 Great War commemoration does not turn into the usual attempt by our politicians to transform the violence and the misery of war into a noble gesture of humanitarian concern. The 1914-1918 war was the penultimate full-scale
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Reflecting our city
Recently there have been letters suggesting that only York-born businessmen should be councillors and that no allowances should be paid. This was the position more than 100 years ago and even as recently as 40 years ago. However, was it a reflection
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Scam gang leader jailed for six years
THE ringleader of a nationwide scam which targeted vulnerable people in North Yorkshire and fed his cocaine habit through the proceeds has been jailed for six years. William King, 35, from Newark, led a team which operated in groups throughout
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Bridge ban video
FURTHER to the ongoing saga of Lendal Bridge, I received a PCN (penalty charge notice) for allegedly crossing Lendal Bridge in October. I filled in the form stating that as far as I was aware I had never crossed Lendal Bridge during prohibited
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Insect extinction
I WONDER how many readers can look back to the post-war decade and remember what the country looked like. Fields were smaller, hedgerows abundant, and if you went for drive at night in the country a veritable snowstorm of insects plastered the
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Wheel wishers
ON READING that the company that owns the York wheel was looking for a new site, one of which was Monks Cross, all I can see is: “Don’t bother.” The council should only be able to grant one fixed site for this wheel, and that’s on their own doorstep
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A sea change
It is not surprising that Tom Mitchell (Letters, January 29) has such a cavalier dismissal of the problems of people in other countries, when he clearly has no idea of where these countries are. If the Ukraine has shifted location to the Baltic
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New electric vehicle chargers to be installed around York
EIGHT new rapid chargers for electric vehicles are to be installed around York after the city secured £244,500 in extra funding for the low-emission transport scheme. The points will be able to charge an electric car in about 20 minutes and will
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A political panto
ALTHOUGH we are approaching the end of the pantomime season it is apparent that the Conservative/ Lib Dem opposition on City of York Council is determined to prolong it, as we approach the next council elections. Once again (The Press, January
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Commons comedy
HAVING just subjected myself to the Wednesday lunch-time comedy spot known as Prime Minister’s Question Time, can I respectfully suggest an ACAS training course in the art of negotiation be adopted as part of the compulsory training for all MPs.
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If Pete was living in old York
THE folk singer Pete Seeger has passed away in New York, leaving behind some catchy folk/protest songs. People of a certain age can recall Where Have All The Flowers Gone?, If I Had A Hammer, Turn! Turn! Turn! and We Shall Overcome. If Pete
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January 31
100 years ago The well-known Government delegate from Ontario, Mr John Farrell, had just arrived in this country on his annual visit in order to give the latest information and advice with regard to the prospects for intending settlers in the Dominion
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Eclectic line-up for Deer Shed Festival
JOHNNY Marr, British Sea Power and Stornoway are to headline the fifth Deer Shed Festival at Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, near Thirsk, this summer. The independent festival “run by a family for families” will be held on three stages on 90 acres of
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Hospital apologises after patient death
A NORTH Yorkshire hospital has apologised to the family of a vulnerable patient who died after going missing. Graham Roskell, 65, left Harrogate District Hospital, where he was receiving treatment, on November 3, 2012, and was missing for 11 days
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Head teacher pays tribute to former pupil killed in crash
A NORTH Yorkshire head teacher has paid tribute to a former pupil who died in a car crash. Georgina Taylor, 22, suffered serious head and neck injuries after she lost control of her car on a motorway near Manchester on Saturday, and died later
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Rainforest insight for Park Grove School pupils
YOUNGSTERS at a York primary school have been getting in to the swing of life in the jungle. Children in Key Stage 1 at Park Grove School have been learning about rainforests this term. The pupils have been learning about the flora and fauna
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Write way to get a message across
I may be old-fashioned, but I love the process of writing with pen and ink on paper. I can touch-type and I type all my copy for The Press whether it is for the newspaper or the website. I am touch-typing this. But when I am writing for myself,
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Beales department store in Harrogate to be demolished
A DEPARTMENT store at the heart of a North Yorkshire town is set to be shut down and demolished from September. A spokesman for the Beales store in Albert Street, Harrogate, said it tried to extend its lease of the building, formerly known as Sunwin
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Butcher Michael Smith named Young Sausage Maker of the Year
A BUTCHER’S career is going with a bang-er after he was named Young Sausage Maker of the Year. Michael Smith, 24, of Pocklington, took the champion title at the BPEX Regional Roadshow at Harrogate Showground. Michael has competed for the title
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Fears over new health data sharing programme
NOT enough people are aware of a new NHS data sharing programme, a health watchdog has warned. From April people’s medical histories with their GPs will be shared with researchers and pharmaceutical companies on a database unless they ask to be
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Six rare Civil War coins sell for £3,600
A COLLECTION of silver coins struck in York during the English Civil War failed to fetch the expected £30,000 at auction. A private Welsh collector is selling 37 rare coins issued in 1643 and 1644 featuring the word “Ebor” and a lion, both denoting
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York digital jobs boom
THE creative and digital economy in York has shown strong growth, according to new figures. Data from the Business Register and Employment Survey show rapid growth in the sector in the city which has seen 18.4 per cent growth between 2011 and 2012
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David Bowie's aunt celebrates her 104th birthday
PLENTY of games to keep your brain active – that is the secret to a long and healthy life according to Roma Teal, who has just celebrated her 104th birthday. Mrs Teal – aunt to music legend David Bowie – plays Scrabble and whist and even has a
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Health team scoops safety awards
A NORTH Yorkshire organisation has won recognition for its achievements in making the workplace safer and healthier. Leading organisations within the Safety Groups UK network were presented with Gold, Silver and Bronze honours during a ceremony
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Fibbers taking part in Independent Venue Week
FIBBERS, the long-standing live music bar in Stonebow, York, is taking part in Independent Venue Week by presenting three of the city’s most popular acts on Sunday. Zakk Taylor’s band A Joker’s Rage, Glass Caves and Blind Eye will form the 8pm
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New independent chair of Safeguarding Children’s Board is appointed
MEET the man who will play a vital role in ensuring York’s children are protected from abuse and neglect over the next three years. Simon Westwood, 59, has taken over as independent chair of the city’s Safeguarding Children’s Board, which is charged
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Backing for retirement complex on former York pub site
PLANS for a retirement complex on the site of a former York pub could move forward next week after councillors were advised to back the scheme. Retirement living developer McCarthy & Stone wants to build 28 “later living” apartments on the
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Friends and family say farewell to much-loved mum
FRIENDS and family have paid tribute to a much-loved woman who died following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Anne Heward’s funeral was held at St Michael’s Church in Malton yesterday, followed by interment at Norton cemetery. It had
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Meals on wheels for villagers
A MEALS on wheels service which serves two North Yorkshire towns is to be rolled out to neighbouring villages. Thirsk, Sowerby and District Community Care Association delivers more than 40 meals a week to isolated, lonely and vulnerable people
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Council tax bills set to rise in North Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire
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Further council tax freeze hope for East Yorkshire
COUNCILLORS in East Yorkshire will be asked to approve a council tax freeze for the fifth year. East Riding of Yorkshire Council will settle its 2014/15 budget and has said its plans will not see any public facilities closing, despite needing to
