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No need for doom and gloom says York City boss Russ Wilcox despite admitting club are in trouble
YORK City boss Russ Wilcox admitted the club were in trouble following a 1-0 home defeat to Oxford but insisted it’s not all doom and gloom at Bootham Crescent. The fourth-bottom Minstermen have now gone a dozen matches since their last home victory
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York City make it a dozen home games without a win following 1-0 defeat to Oxford
YORK City have now gone 12 matches without a home win following a 1-0 defeat to Oxford United. Teenager James Roberts' first-half strike secured the points for the visitors with the biggest cheer of the afternoon from the Bootham Crescent faithful
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Police seize 400 cannabis plants from resort house and 12 other news snippets you may have missed
DRUGS thought to have a street value of thousands of pounds have been seized from a house in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police raided a property in Durham Place, Scarborough, and arrested a man in his twenties for offences under the Misuse
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Fraudster escapes jail
A MAN who tried to sell stolen jewellery has avoided jail. The Recorder of York, Judge Stephen Ashurst, deferred sentencing Aaron Fairley, 20, for six months. He promised he would not send him to jail if he could stay out of trouble. Fairley
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Sizzling colours Italian style
Often overhyped but never overrated, the Riviera is perhaps the most glamorous place on earth. MATT CLARK travelled its length from France to Italy. Today he crosses the border. HISTORICALLY speaking, we've been on the Italian Riviera since arriving
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Country walk at Lockton
GEORGE WILKINSON sets off to Lockton in the rain and without his navigator. Everything turns out all right in the end, especially by the time he reaches the pub. LOCKTON was my start, solo, without my sandwich-eating navigator, so my plan was for
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Food-friendly Spanish reds
HAVE you ever been to a txoko? No, neither had I until a couple of weeks ago. In fact I had no idea what a txoko was; I thought someone had made a typographical error when I received an email inviting me to one. But it turns out that a txoko, pronounced
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Cheddar cheese and olive rolls
JULIAN COLE passes on a recipe for cheddar cheese and olive rolls. THESE rolls started life in Paul Hollywood’s Bread book as Stilton and bacon rolls. But we were out of Stilton and bacon come to that (and I have a vegetarian for a wife). So I
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Spindleberry brightens up the autumnal gloom
GINA PARKINSON fights off the autumn gloom with some jobs outside and a view of the spindleberry, which comes into its own right now. MID-November and the garden is damp and often misty. I have a confession: despite there being beauty everywhere
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Review: Jersey Boys, Hull New Theatre, until November 22
Boys has been seen by 19 million people worldwide and the London run goes on at the Piccadilly Theatre. Now, inevitably, it is touring too, joining the rising tide of biographical jukebox musicals that has swelled since the original and still the best
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TakeOver Festival, Lip Service in The Picture Of Doreen Gray, Monday; Metal Rabbit in Jonny Got His Gun, York Theatre Royal.
THESE two contrasting shows sum up the diversity of York Theatre Royal’s TakeOver Festival, when the theatre is run by under 26 year olds and innovation and youthful vitality is all the rage. Ironically, Lip Service satirical duo Maggie Fox and
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Review: Kylie, Kiss Me Once Tour, Sheffield Arena
KYLIE Minogue, or Kylie as she now flies in this fashionably singular world, knows how to make an entrance. First show a teasing, tantalising Video Kylie that straddles Kitten Kylie and religious iconography (once the preserve of Madonna), then
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Loan ace Zubar eager to make most of York City stay
LOAN star Stephane Zubar wants to enjoy "every minute" of his spell at York City - and hasn't ruled out an extended stay at Bootham Crescent. The 28-year-old Guadeloupe international was pitched straight in at the deep end as he began his month
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ICC award for Yorkshire's Gary Ballance
YORKSHIRE batsman Gary Ballance has won the International Cricket Council’s Emerging Player of the Year award. Ballance was rewarded for his international performances with the bat between August 26, 2013 and September 17, 2014. In that period
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Simon Dyson's bid stalls as storms hit Turkey
SIMON DYSON was facing a long day of action in the Turkish Airlines Open. The York-born golfer endured a topsy-turvy second round in the $7 million tournament at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course at Antalya before thunderstorms, and the threat
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York City academy pass with flying colours
YORK City's under-18 side will travel to Crewe on Wednesday night hoping to progress to the third round of the FA Youth Cup. But the biggest victory for the Minstermites has arguably taken place off the pitch with the news that the club have passed
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Tournament win sees York teenager soar in tennis rankings
YORK teenager Angus Bradshaw rocketed 58 places in the national under-18s tennis rankings with victory in the Winter National Tour tournament. Already ranked number one for his age group in the county, the 17-year-old Heworth ace is now 14th in
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Rising City of York sprint star targets European Junior Championships medal
EUROPEAN glory is Tom Somers' big wish for 2015. The York teenager, who was asked this week to remain in British Athletics' Futures Programme for the next 12 months, has targeted a medal at the European Junior Championships, in Eskilstuna, Sweden
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Medals galore for York in national tennis event and Special Olympics
TENNIS aces from York scooped a superb medal haul at the 11th National Learning Disability event in Nottingham. Tennisability’s Laura Wells won gold in the ladies singles division three, with Emma Lindsay taking bronze in the same division.
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Table tennis: York RI derail title rivals Coneysthorpe
THE top two teams clashed in division one of the SLT FM Solutions Ltd York & District Table Tennis League and York RI 'A' beat visiting Coneysthorpe 'A' 8-2. Coneysthorpe were rocked by the withdrawal of Martin Lowe and Ashley Hodgson, while
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Darts: Maximum impact spurs Severus ‘A’
DEAN CAIRNS hit the max as Severus beat Tramways 'A' 5-2 in the York Black Sheep Mixed Darts League. Cairns hit a 180 and a 100 in singles as he notched a 20-dart leg, while team-mate Wendy Storr fired a 100, a 140 and a 121 in her singles, and
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Yorkshire's Jack Leaning revelling in 2014 glory
YORK ace Jack Leaning has revealed how spending last winter playing grade cricket and working with former Australia Test batsman Phil Jaques proved instrumental in him starring for Yorkshire in their recent LV= County Championship title success.
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Ryedale trainer John Quinn targets a big Saturday double
JOHN QUINN has good prospects of winners at Wetherby and Cheltenham this afternoon. The Norton trainer who has a useful bunch of jumpers under his care, is fancied to hit the target at his local course with Arthurs Secret and at Cheltenham with
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Ilkley Brewery, UK, Rye N' Dry – 5 per cent, £2.99
ONE of Ilkley's latest in their 'Origins' series of beers inspired by different cultural and geographic traditions, Rye N' Dry is a traditional Bavarian Roggenbier. Think of a traditional German Weizenbok but brewed with rye instead of wheat, combined
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Black magic in York
GAVIN AITCHISON finds some dark beers perfect for autumn drinking. I’VE been having dark thoughts this week. I always do at this time of year. As winter looms large, temperatures drop and nightfall creeps earlier and earlier into the afternoon
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Easingwold cadet squad praised for fundraising effort
CADETS from the 2487 Easingwold Squadron have been thanked after raising £458 for the Royal Air Forces Association Wings Appeal through a collection in Haxby and Wigginton. A further £168 was raised by Cpl Rhiannon Parker-Nicholls through a sponsored
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Pub wins its licence back after appeal
A PUB which had its licence revoked after a man was beaten unconscious there has won an appeal to have it reinstated. JT Mellanby’s, in Finkle Street, Selby, has also been awarded costs of £23,751.76 which must be paid by Selby District Council
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Replica war-time trench constructed as part of school's Armistice Day events
A PRIMARY school in York has dug deep to replicate life in the trenches of the First World War. A 30 metre-long channel has been excavated at Lord Deramore’s School in Heslington as part of an ambitious project to construct a replica war-time trench
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Traders fighting to secure future of popular York pub
A GROUP dedicated to the longevity of a York high street is fighting to secure the future of a popular pub. Bishy Road Traders Association has applied to City of York Council to get The Winning Post listed as an asset of community value to stop
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Major bows out with his 51st and final royal salute
A ROYAL birthday was marked by a huge display of military firepower from three of the city's canons. Prince Charles's 66th birthday was announced by the impressive salute in the Museum Gardens, and was also used to celebrate the retirement of Major
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17-year-olds to be kept out of police cells
YOUNG people who are arrested in York will no longer be held in police cells from next year. Policing Minister Mike Penning announced this week that while anyone aged 17 who is arrested is currently held in the same police cells as an adult would
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Benefit fraudster is given six months to repay £81k
A BENEFIT fraudster faces a year behind bars if she does not pay back more than £80,000 within six months. Karen Fligg, 55, formerly of Jute Road, Acomb, concealed her marriage for seven years when claiming housing benefit, income support and council
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Pupils’ work brings cheer to care home
SCHOOL children have brightened up a York care home by using art to bring the outside indoors. Year 9 pupils from Millthorpe School painted a large mural that the children had created to brighten up a communal area at Amarna House in Boroughbridge
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‘Bored’ teenager went on mobility scooter joyride
AN ABLE-BODIED teenager took a mobility scooter for an illegal ride because he was bored and wanted something to do, magistrates heard. Sandra White, prosecuting, said Callum Brown took the scooter from the Shop Mobility area in the Piccadilly
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New village plan for Flaxby Golf Course
A GOLF course on the outskirts of Knaresborough could become the site for 2,500 new homes under new plans by York developer Skelwith. The company, which secured planning permission to build a hotel at Flaxby Golf Course four years ago, says it
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Review: An Evening of Comedy with Noel James, TakeOver 14 Festival, York Theatre Royal Studio
NOEL James is a confusing comedian to watch. At times I was convinced his act was concerned with cheesy one-liners; at other times, a surreal comedian doling out absurd concepts; and at other times he seemed purely deadpan. I never knew what to
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Show will encourage youngsters to take up crafts
A NATIONAL campaign to encourage creative skills in young people will culminate at one of Yorkshire’s biggest public craft shows. Organisers of the Knitting & Stitching Show, which annually attracts about 25,000 people to Harrogate International
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Extra buses for festive shoppers
EXTENDED Park&Ride services will take place during the Christmas period, with free boxing day travel in York. City of York Council have organised buses from 7am on Boxing Day from Askham Bar, the Designer Outlet and Monks Cross which will run
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Dual ring road is what York needs
ANYONE who uses York's outer ring road will tell you it's no longer fit for purpose. And that's on a good day. Snarl ups affect most of the roundabouts, most of the time; rush hour on the ring road couldn't be more of a misnomer and it becomes
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Digging into history
IT'S fitting that during Remembrance Week primary school pupils dug a replica trench as used by First World War soldiers on the Western Front. The 30 metre-long channel isn't quite as deep as the originals. It doesn't need to be, after all the
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A landlord’s view of pub troubles
IN RESPONSE to The Press campaign about public houses closing and being replaced by convenience stores, I wish to air my views as a publican. There are a few reasons why public houses are struggling to make the business pay. In 1988, the law was
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Local Plan is key
FURTHER to Cllr Aspden’s letter of November 10 about protection for pubs such as The Saddle in Fulford, there is potentially a means by which the Saddle and other pubs can be given a measure of protection. This is the Local List of Heritage Assets
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Café was agreed
A BELATED response to your article of October 21. What mainly caught my eye was regarding Mr Gianni Crobeddu, with his problem over the pavement café area that was at one time situated on the market. I find it strange that Gill Cooper has stated
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Party shambles
FURTHER to reports relating to financial losses incurred by the failure of the Grand DeParty in July, I bought tickets for the event which were advertised as being for disabled patrons and their carers. On arrival at the venue, we were dismayed
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Wrong venue
I, LIKE many, enjoyed the Tour de France coming to York. It attracted many new visitors, French and Dutch, who may not have come to York otherwise. The Grand DeParty concert was obviously over budget and would have been better at Bootham Crescent
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Deteriorated stadium is an indictment
I WAS one of the Lib Dem councillors on Ryedale DC when it raised the money and supervised the development and building of the Ryedale Stadium and the planning of Waterworld, though construction was finished after it was transferred to York in 1996
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Energy cost shame
WHAT a disgraceful situation in this, the 21st century: 25,000 deaths of elderly people in England and Wales every winter, either because they can’t afford to or dare not heat their homes adequately because of the high energy costs. How can this
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Who will use this bridge?
BACK in the 1960S and 1970s, there was a song with the line “suppose they built a bridge and no one came”. It referred to the Humber Bridge. Could not this song be re-issued and dedicated to the bridge now being built to carry pedestrians and
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Change must come
THERE is an overwhelming feeling for change that will generate a feeling of wanting to take part in the right system for all, not just the few. More voting, because everyone would see it as belonging to them and their families personally. Not just
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November 15
100 years ago Some of the members of the military division of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' Association had invited the wives of all the men currently serving their country, and currently residing in York, to tea at the Exhibition Buildings
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Top two step up York FA Under-19s Football League title battle
DRINGHOUSES beat York FA Under-19s Football League rivals Tockwith - but lost top spot to free-scoring Haxby Town. Haxby are top of the table on goal difference after an 11-0 home win over Stillington, while fellow leaders Houses edged past third-placed
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Festival weekend provides double delight for film-maker Robert Hackett
FILM-MAKER Robert Hackett is celebrating double delight from his Aesthetica Short Film Festival visit to York. First his wife Rachel gave birth to daughter Agatha three weeks early last Saturday afternoon at York Hospital. Next he capped the
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Church to be demolished and replaced by three-bedroom house despite objections
PLANS to demolish a 19th Century church and build a house in its place have been approved despite public objection. The plans, which went before Selby District Council at a meeting on Wednesday, will see St Aidan’s Church in Stutton, south of Tadcaster
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Top athletes visit St Oswald’s Primary School
TOP athletes Lee Whiteley and James Denny led the way as St Oswald’s Primary School pupils staged a sponsored fitness circuit. Paralympic sprinter Whitely and Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning diver Denny visited the Fulford-based school as
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New kit and 9-1 win for Kirkbymoorside Under-14s
KIRKBYMOORSIDE Under-14s celebrated the unveiling of their new training jackets with a 9-1 win at Strensall. Dan Ward hit four goals, Jack Edwards got two and Oliver Magson, Matty Tarry and Thomas Hutchinson also scored for Kirkby. The U14s
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Hannah Baker's gold boosts York City Baths Club
YORK City Baths Club’s squad claimed sixth place in the B/C Grade Halloween Meet hosted by South Axholme Sharks in Beverley. Hannah Baker, 15, secured the top girl title ahead of 15 other swimmers in her age bracket. She won gold in the breaststroke
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Robert Wilkinson Primary School win Cade Trophy
FOOTBALLING pupils at Robert Wilkinson Primary School are celebrating after lifting the Cade Trophy. The Strensall school’s team topped their local cluster group after games against Wigginton, Ralph Butterfield, Huntington and Yearsley Grove.
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Springhill and Springwater come out top at Tag Rugby Festival
SPRINGHILL and Springwater came out on top at the annual SportsSpecial School Sports Partnership Tag Rugby Festival at Heworth ARLC. A total of 74 young people with disabilities took part, with York City Knights community development officer Jack
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York Railway Institute Under-13 girls boosted by new kit
HIGH-FLYING York Railway Institute Under-13s are blazing a trail at the top of the City of York Girls’ Football League. The youngsters moved three points clear of rivals Brayton Belles with a 14-0 win over Bishopthorpe White Rose Purple, their
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Young scientist Joe picks up national award
A YOUNG scientist from York has bagged a national award from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Joe Turton, who works at the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) at Sand Hutton, was named Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year 2014. The
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Four point lead for Wilberfoss Under-15s in Girls’ Football League
WILBERFOSS Under-15s stretched their lead to four points at the top of the City of York Girls’ Football League with a 5-3 win over Scarborough Ladies. Wilberfoss, sponsored by Jorvik Construction, had the perfect start. In the fifth minute, striker
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Defeat by Thorpe Under-16s rocks table toppers Horsforth St Margarets Earthquakes
THORPE United Under-16s enjoyed a 3-2 victory at leaders Horsforth St Margarets Earthquakes in division one of the Garforth Junior League following goals from James Arnold, Bradley Smirthwaite and Richard Buckthorpe. In an uneventful first half
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Four-timer thrill for York under-13s Rob Guilfoyle
Four-timer thrill for Rob MAN-OF-THE-MATCH Rob Guilfoyle struck the first four goals as York Schoolboy under-13s enjoyed a 5-1 victory over Spen Valley. Danny Allinson joined Guilfoyle on the scoresheet during a convincing triumph. Early on
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Semi-final surge for York Under-11s
BRAVE York Schoolboy Under-11s bowed out in the semi-finals of the nine-a-side Yorkshire Cup in Leeds. The unbeaten Minster city boys topped their group after games against Sheffield ‘B’ (0-0), Derby (1-1), Leeds (2-0) and East Riding (3-1), before
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First World War film by former Bootham School scholar tipped for success
A FILM directed by a BAFTA award-winning former York school boy is tipped for success. Bootham School old scholar, James Kent, has received a plethora of plaudits for his debut cinema film – the First World War epic Testament of Youth, based on
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Fresh plea to dual York's outer ring road - Business groups to take their case to the Prime Minister
CALLS to dual York’s ring road are to be taken directly to the Prime Minister as a petition is launched in a bid to seek £200 million of funding. Lobbying business groups have collaborated to launch what they hope will be a “mass public campaign
