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Cup win for St Olave’s at Terrington Hall School’s rugby union sevens tournament
YORK’S St Olave’s scooped the cup in Terrington Hall School’s 16th annual under-13s rugby union sevens tournament. A total of 24 schools fielded 260 boys in the competition, largest event of its kind in the north of England. Strong performances
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Swimmers take plunge for big finale
THE annual aquatic action of the Yorkshire Swimming Association Championships come to an end this weekend with York City Baths Club looking to build on their impressive displays so far, writes Matthew Naylor. After two strong weekends in the competition
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Drax Cup places are up for grabs
YORKSHIRE captain Andrew Gale and England women’s fast bowler Katherine Brunt are urging York primary and junior schools to help the Drax Cup reach its target of 500 teams competing in 2014. Some 20 schools from the area took part last year and
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Junior Rugby League round-up
HEWORTH ARLC Under-16s travelled to East Leeds with only 11 men but played their hearts out in a 42-4 Yorkshire Junior League premier division defeat. The Villagers trailed only 16-4 at half-time and for 15 minutes were another man down. Unsurprisingly
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Primulas spring into view
SPRING sprang last Sunday with clear skies and plenty of warm sunshine. Our neighbourhood hummed with mowers and drills and the happy sound of children’s shrieks of laughter. I have been frantically decorating over the past month or so knowing
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Let's see what the fuss is about....
IT’S time to see what all the fuss is about. After all the excitement and bold fighting talk, we’re about to see what Malton is made of. This genteel market town is about to take centre stage in Yorkshire’s beer scene. The very fact we can print
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Arbor (Bristol) Blue Sky Drinking – 4.4 per cent, £2.99
ARBOR Ales have been steadily making a name for themselves, as well as operating the much-loved Three Tuns in their native Bristol, for a good while now. Not satisfied with brewing a core range of beers, they’ve often been a hotbed of invention
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Recipe for flapjacks
JULIAN COLE this week bakes a tray of tasty flapjacks - with a twist or two THE idea for putting salted peanuts in flapjack just came to me. It’s probably occurred to others as well. The basic recipe will work without the peanuts or the raisins
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Mum's the word - wines for Mother's Day
MOTHER’S Day this and Mother’s Day that. My email inbox has been bombarded with gift ideas for mum, from PR executives who obviously think I write about kitchen products; pamper weekends and ‘healthy’ low fat snacks. I have also had one or two
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Labour MP Alan Johnson has a date with York Literature Festival
Alan Johnson’s childhood memoir This Boy is no typical politician’s autobiography. STEPHEN LEWIS spoke to him ahead of his appearance at the York Literature Festival later this month. ALAN Johnson is regularly described as ‘the greatest Prime Minister
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Review: BalletBoyz, theTalent, Grand Opera House, York
HOW frustrating. BalletBoyz founders and dashing Royal Ballet alumni Michael Nunn and William Trevitt did everything right to promote theTalent’s pool of young dancers with plenty of interviews and sensual publicity photographs of the male body at
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Kate Walters: A World Revealed, New School House Gallery, York, until April 26
SWISS psychiatrist Carl Jung once said, “if you don’t answer to your creativity, it will kill you”, or words to that effect. Artist and teacher Kate Walters felt that tug, sacrificing her post as head of a Dorset school’s sixth art department to
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Witness appeal after sexual assault in York city centre
TWO crucial witnesses are being sought by police investigating a serious sexual assault in York city centre. Detectives want two men seen on Coney Street at around 1am on Monday, March 3 to come forward, after a young woman was seriously assaulted
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Sandburn Hall Golf Club hold junior academy taster day
THE first steps in developing a junior academy have been taken by Sandburn Hall Golf Club. The Flaxton-based 18-hole outfit held a junior academy taster day last Saturday to give new young golfers the chance to find out what the sport is all about
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York Schoolboy Under-11s exit county cup
YORK Schoolboy Under-11s bowed out of the West Yorkshire Cup after a 3-1 semi-final defeat at Nottingham. After a goalless first half, a through ball from the Nottingham midfield took an unlucky bounce that beat York keeper Nathan Storr and the
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Jess Wills hat-trick spurs Stamford Bridge Under-14s
STAMFORD Bridge Under-14s hit back from a goal down at half-time to beat Scarborough Ladies 3-1 in the City of York Girls’ Football League. The hosts took the lead with five minutes remaining in the first half, but within two minutes of the restart
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Barbican afternoon show cancelled
YORK Barbican's afternoon performance has been cancelled. The theatre's staging of Anton du Beke's Ballroom to Broadway was due to go on at 3pm but had to be cancelled after a fire at a theatre in Derby prevented the show's technical equipment
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County cup dream for York under-12 aces
A GROUP of York rugby union juniors are hoping to be crowned the kings of the county next weekend. York RUFC Under-12s have reached the final of the Yorkshire Cup and will play Morley on home soil on March 23. The young Clifton Parkers came
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Ex-boss Dave Woods not a spur for Knights chief Gary Thornton
HEAD coach Gary Thornton says there are several reasons for York City Knights to go out all guns blazing against Whitehaven - but upsetting ex-boss Dave Woods isn’t one of them. Woods returns again to Huntington Stadium for tomorrow’s Tetley’s
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John Quinn hails future stars after Cheltenham adventure
JOHN QUINN believes there will be “plenty of good days” ahead for Rutherglen and Pearl Castle after they finished fifth and seventh in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The Norton trainer has targeted the Grand National meeting
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Easingwold golfer Nick Marchant in EuroPro Tour drive
EASINGWOLD golf ace Nick Marchant is hoping it will be third time lucky in his bid to make the EuroPro Tour. The 25-year-old assistant pro to Alastair Grindlay at the North Yorkshire club goes to qualifying at Slaley Hall in Northumberland at the
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York City’s Sander Puri hopes to appear at Wembley for Estonia
ESTONIAN international Sander Puri believes his country are capable of causing an upset against England during qualification for the 2016 European Championship. York City winger Puri, who has won 55 caps for Estonia, is relishing the chance to
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Table Tennis: Coneysthorpe's Martin Lowe prevails in all-club tie
CONEYSTHORPE ‘A’ remain hot title favourites in the first division of the York and District Table Tennis League following an 8-2 triumph over their ‘B’ team. Martin Lowe was again unbeaten, including a comprehensive victory over James Rule, the
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York City Ladies foiled at the last
YORK City Ladies drew 2-2 with top of the table Norton & Stockton Ancients in the North East Regional Premier Division. The share-all maintained York’s unbeaten record in 2014, although they are a point behind Norton having played two more
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Success is made in York by York for York
IT went largely unnoticed at the time but it is very much worth mentioning - and indeed highlighting - that last week’s momentous win over Hunslet was made in York, by York, for York. The victory was York City Knights’ first in the league away
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Another opportunity knocks for jockey Lucy Alexander
ANOTHER MATTIE, who has created a sequence of placed efforts, can finally get his head in front at Newcastle this afternoon, writes Tom O’Ryan. Lucy Alexander takes the mount, as usual, on the seven-year-old, trained by her father, Nick, in the
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Yorkshire Head Race takes place on River Ouse
THE Yorkshire Head Race - the first major rowing event of the 2014 calendar on the River Ouse - will be staged today. The Yorkshire Head, a time trial over a 5.1 kilometre downstream course from Rawcliffe Landing to the city, finishes just above
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Lord Windermere fans flames of stewards’ controversy at Cheltenham Festival
LORD WINDERMERE survived a stewards’ inquiry to win a hugely dramatic Betfred Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival. The Jim Culloty-trained eightyear- old, a 20-1 outsider, shocked the big guns of Bobs Worth and Silviniaco Conte to beat Own His
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Broken eyelash clan shamed by ski aces
TAKE a peek at any professional football match this weekend. Whether it be at an actual game, a live televised showdown, or highlights of several matches, there’s going to be one certainty. Even more sure than a loud appeal for a throw-in, corner
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Spiked drink ordeal of York woman
A WOMAN has thanked an RAF medic who she believes saved her life after her drink was spiked on a night out in York. Melissa Wilkinson, 30, of Acomb, said off-duty medic Paul McMahon spotted her plight after a friend managed to get her to a taxi
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River safety summit called for York
A SUMMIT on river safety will be held in York later this month, following the recent death of student Megan Roberts. The body of the 20-year-old was discovered in the Ouse at Acaster Malbis on March 2, six weeks after she went missing on a night
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Council chief turns down performance pay rise
THE chief executive of City of York Council has turned down a pay rise because of the “austere financial climate” facing the authority. Kersten England confirmed she would not be accepting a performance-related incremental pay increase in a letter
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York City shirts bound for Cape Town
TEACHERS and students from Archbishop Holgate’s CE Academy will take 250 football shirts to Cape Town in South Africa next month. The shirts - donated by York City FC sponsors Benenden Health - will go to community projects in the township of Khayelitsha
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Appeal for new foster carers for teenagers
FOSTER carers are needed for older children and teenagers in East Yorkshire. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is holding an event where anybody wanting to find out more about fostering can talk to social workers, meet foster carers and their birth
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Motorbike stolen in Strensall
POLICE in York are appealing for public help after the theft of a motorbike near the city. The bike - which had been securely chained up in a driveway in Toby Court, Strensall - was taken between 9.30pm on Saturday and 5.30am on Sunday. The
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Tribute to former head teacher
A FORMER head teacher from York has died after a year-long battle with cancer, aged 82. John McCreadie, of Fulford, passed away peacefully at The Beaumont Home in Stamford Bridge. He is survived by his wife Ann, three sons, Andrew, Douglas and
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Report into children’s heart surgery unit in Leeds is questioned
A REPORT into the poor treatment of families at the children’s heart surgery unit in Leeds did not allow the unit to respond to claims, the charity supporting it has said. The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund has said it welcomes the findings of an
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Minimum wage needs overhaul
A REVIEW carried out by a team including a York economist has called for the Government to launch a major reform of the minimum wage. Professor Karen Mumford, of the department of economics and related studies at the University of York, is among
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York stonemasonry apprentices create Lee Rigby memorial
THREE York stonemasonry apprentices have created a memorial to be installed at the former school of murdered fusilier Lee Rigby. The trio from York College have crafted a bird bath after being approach by North West stonemasonry firm Stone Central
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Rival breweries team up for the Tour de France
TWO North Yorkshire brewing families are putting their competitive rivalry aside to help their town celebrate the arrival of the Tour de France. Masham-based T&R Theakston Ltd and Black Sheep Brewery have teamed up for the town’s role in the
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Railway station billboard appeal on Claudia Lawrence anniversary
THE appeal for missing York chef Claudia Lawrence will appear on digital billboards in railway stations across the country from Monday, the fifth anniversary of her disappearance. Claudia’s appeal will be shown on the screen at Leeds station between
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Rocking horse raises £1300 for hospice
A hand-made rocking horse donated to York’s St Leonard’s Hospice has raised £1,300. The five-year-old horse was donated to the St Leonard’s Hospice Furniture Shop in Heworth by a generous local resident. Made by the Rocking Horse Shop at Fangfoss
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Councillor in primary school 'complacency claim'
COMPLACENCY is in danger of creeping into York primary schools and leading to their achievement rates “flatlining”, a senior city councillor has warned. Janet Looker, City of York Council’s cabinet member for education, children and young people
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Hospice offers places in Yorkshire Marathon
ST Leonard’s Hospice says it still has places available in October’s Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon in York for runners who want to raise money for it. Places are also available for the York 10k run on August 3. Sue Bonarius, who manages the hospice
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Warm weather brings early display of daffodils in York
THIS week’s glorious sunshine has caused daffodils to bloom in York’s Museum Gardens – and there’s some more sun on the way in coming days. Weathermen said the sun was expected to come out this afternoon in York after a cloudy morning, and there
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Time for school challenge
THERE was a time when York primary schools regularly outstripped national performance averages, especially those in London. But these days the tables have turned. Janet Looker, City of York Council’s cabinet member for education, reckons complacency
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Be vigilant, be safe on your nights out
YORK may be one of the country’s safest cities to enjoy a night out, but dangers are out there, even for the most vigilant. Just ask Melissa Wilkinson, whose drink was spiked the other evening. Melissa says she is always cautious and didn’t leave
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UK in need of proper energy policy
AS J BEISLY says (Letters, March 12) it is generally recognised that the burning of fossil fuels is contributing to climate change. This February wind energy generated 11per cent of the UK’s electricity needs, but with the best wind power resources
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Clean-up heroes
I HAVE no doubt that over the years the residents of Haxby, who use the alleyway running from the top end of Elden Grove to North Lane, have been appalled by the dreadful state of the alleyway. The pathway is never properly swept and is covered
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Royal bones
I HEAR the bones of King Richard III are up for grabs. Please could I be considered? Fido King, The Poplars, Thorganby, York
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Beware Germany
I FEEL history is beginning to repeat itself within the European Union. Only this time it is being done very cleverly without the horror of war. Germany are now the power house of the EU in Brussels. Germany in the last war overran European
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Loo and behold
MAY I respond to Mrs Barker’s recent letter regarding York Art Gallery. I note her point regarding the large number of people just calling in to use the loos at the gallery before it was closed for the refurbishment, but in fact I think it was
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On the right track
IN THE 1970s York was a thriving city. When the railway carriage works and apprentice college was in operation, it was a job for life working on the railway. Then it all ceased. York’s main employer was the railway. So it’ s refreshing to know
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Parking fees
IN Sue Nelson’s column of March10 regarding the hospital parking fees, I take exception to the argument she puts forward. When the new hospital opened in 1976 the car park was free of any charge . The “owt for nowt “ brigade of motorist commuting
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Tenancy hell
ANYONE who thinks renting out property is all profit and problem-free knows nothing. It costs money to buy houses and flats to let. That money has to be paid back. A cap on rents often means repayment cannot be made, so the tenant has to leave
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Euro questions
RECENT proposals regarding the EU ‘in/out’ referendum seem to omit the crucial details of how such a vote would be carried out. Given that our country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (a union of four countries) that
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Kiev conundrum
HUGH BAYLEY MP (The Press, March 12) has given a good, comprehensive, description of the present situation in the Ukraine. However, there is no obvious solution that can be offered by Britain or any other country. The last paragraph of the
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Postcard memories
THE other day I received a surprise postcard from one Matthew Laverack, thanking me for my support of his writings, and asking me if I remembered him helping his brother Harry put our central heating in. Yes! I remember well, a very personable
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Owt for nowt, lad
Ee bah gum lad, keep thi’ sen calm Mr Robb, put t’kettle on, make a nice cuppa and snaffle yer favourite piece a’ cake while I put raight wha’ I meant. Nah then. Yer don’t get owt for nowt Mr Robb. And placing this good old Yorkshire advice into
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Stray animals
I UNDERSTAND the concern of the people living alongside Monk Stray when faced with the prospect of a month’s use of the Stray as a campsite. They might find it useful to be reminded that the nominal owners of the Stray are the Freemen of the City
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Mobile disco
I was woken late one night this week and also recently again woken by what I can only describe as the loudest noise I have ever heard coming from a car. The driver of this vehicle had some kind of sound system which had a bass level so high that
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Entrance is saved for history fans
THESE days I don’t get into York as often as before. When I do, therefore, I keep my eyes open for changes. The King’s Manor has a special attraction for me. When I joined the university in 1964, everyone was in the Manor. It felt like a club with
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March 15
100 years ago The King had paid a private visit to the Aero and Marine Exhibition at Olympia, and inspected many of the exhibits there. During his tour of the stands his Majesty frequently inquired whether the machines or engines were entirely
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Pirate fun at Lakeside Primary School, Clifton Moor
BUCCANEERING youngsters at Lakeside Primary School, Clifton Moor, enjoyed a pirate picnic as part of activities for the school’s storytelling week. During the week parents, carers, grandparents and special guests were invited in to read to the
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Police appeal after theft of Ford tipper truck
POLICE are appealing for information following the theft of a Ford Transit tipper. The vehicle, registration HG60 CXW, was taken between 7.20pm and 8.15pm on Sunday, March 9, from the rear of S B Utilities on Market Flat Lane, Lingerfield, near
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Stunning wildlife photographs go on display at Nunnington Hall
AN EXHIBITION of the most stunning wildlife photographs of 2013 is to go on display at a North Yorkshire country house. Nunnington Hall, near Helmsley, will host the British Wildlife Photography Awards Exhibition, starting today. The exhibition
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Weekend curfew for binge drinker
A BINGE drinker will be unable to have a weekend night out for six months after he made two unprovoked attacks in York city centre. The Recorder of York Judge Stephen Ashurst spared Patrick Stephen Ryder Hall, 28, an immediate jail term as his
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‘We just want Ben back,’ says mother
THE mother of missing Ben Clarkson has joined friends, family and volunteers helping in the search for her son. Lynda Clarkson has spoken of her frantic efforts to find -Ben, 22, who has been missing for nearly two weeks. Lynda and her partner
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York politicians pay tribute to Tony Benn
YORK politicians paid tribute to Tony Benn following the former cabinet minister’s death, aged 88. The ex-Labour MP, who served Parliament for more than 50 years and was also a renowned public speaker and diarist, passed away yesterday at his London
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York City striker Ryan Bowman happy to take penalties if needed
RYAN Bowman would jump at the chance to become York City’s regular penalty taker if Wes Fletcher relinquishes the responsibility at any stage in the future. With Fletcher and fellow spot-kick specialist Ryan Jarvis both on the bench, Bowman converted
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Woman escapes injury as car and tractor crash
THIS was the scene after a car and tractor collided in North Yorkshire. Police were called to the B1222 between Cawood and Stillingfleet just after 6.50pm on Friday. An Audi car was left severely damaged after colliding with the back of a tractor
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Poppies will flower in time for First World War centenary
A YORK MP has planted poppies as part of a project to commemorate 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. The Poppy Road Poppy Project is aiming to create wildflower meadows along Poppleton Road, in memory of those killed in the conflict
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Pupils present case to York Environment Forum
STUDENTS from a York school have presented a case for new economic models to the York Environment Forum. Sam Rippon and Ethan Lewis, both 16, from Archbishop Holgate’s CE School talked about the need for industry and businesses to reuse all their
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Students flood fighting ideas are being sought
BOLD and innovative solutions for combating flash flooding will be rewarded as part of an Environmental Agency initiative. Students from across the north of England will gather in Leeds on Wednesday to showcase ideas at the Flash Flooding Challenge
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Pocklington ex-soldier held in Indian jail
THE UK Government has been urged to help a group of former soldiers - including one from Pocklington - who have been jailed in India over their involvement in an anti-piracy scheme. Paul Towers, from Pocklington, understood to be married to Ann
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York woman cheated her way to £76,000 in benefits
A WOMAN cheated her way to £76,473 she was not entitled to by pretending she was a single mother, York Crown Court heard. Karen Fligg claimed benefitsfor seven years on the grounds she was living alone with her children at an address in Jute Road
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Wigginton Grasshoppers to face Pocklington in U16s final
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers will meet Pocklington Town Predators in the final of the York FA Under-16s Senior Minor Cup. The Grasshoppers were 1-0 winners over Tadcaster Magnets in the semi-finals, with a tight, physical game settled by Ryan Foster’
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York scientists take their work to Parliament
TWO York scientists are heading to Parliament to present their research to MPs after being shortlisted in a national competition. Jenny Tomlinson and Ian Adams, molecular biologists at the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) in Sand Hutton
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Children build satellites in York competition
York has hosted a space race with a difference - in which pupils competed to squeeze satellite technology into a soft drinks can. The Priory School in Hitchin Hertfordshire, won the contest run by the UK branch of the European Space Education Resources
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Stamford Bridge U11s seek national football glory
PUPILS from Stamford Bridge Primary School are celebrating after reaching the national finals of the Danone Nations Cup, the world’s biggest football tournament for ten to 12 year olds. Stamford Bridge Under-11s triumphed in the midlands regional
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City of York athletes multi-talented on county stage
CITY of York Athletic Club under-15s pentathlon duo Lucy Hadaway and Alice Linaker are ranked one and two in Yorkshire after starring at the British Indoor Multi Events Championship in Sheffield. Hadaway, 13, produced an excellent display of high
