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Four members of family die in head-on crash
FOUR members of a family – including a newlywed couple – have died after a head-on crash. Two men, aged 58 and 63, and two women, aged 57 and 60, travelling towards Scarborough in a Suzuki car died at the scene following a collision with a lorry
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UPDATED: York businessman in "fruitful" talks to take over crisis club York City Knights
FORMER director Gary Dickenson has had detailed talks with chairman John Guildford with a view to taking over crisis club York City Knights with immediate effect. Dickenson has emerged as one of the parties interested in taking on the club, after
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JAILED: Killer who hunted down love rival and attacked him when he left pub
A KILLER who hunted down his love rival and attacked him outside a York pub has been jailed for eight and half years for manslaughter. Kenneth Dunnington posed as a friend of his partner's to find out where Benjamin Treherne was drinking, joined
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Another cat shot in York
A CAT was injured when it was shot with an airgun in York. Police say the cat was hit with a pellet near Aldborough Way, in the Leeman Road area. The attack was reported at 6pm last Thursday. The cat was treated by a vet for a pellet wound
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Seth Lakeman to release Ballads Of The Broken album with harmony trio Wildwood Kin in September
SETH Lakeman links up with emerging harmony vocal trio Wildwood Kin for his eighth album, Ballads Of The Broken, an epic, soulful set of stripped-back songs, booked for September 16 release on Cooking Vinyl. Continuing the Devon folk musician's
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Man who shouted "f******* foreigners" the day after Brexit vote is jailed
A MAN who shouted xenophobic abuse in York the day after the EU referendum has been jailed. Christopher McCann, 45, shouted abuse near the bus stops in Piccadilly in York at about 3pm on Friday, June 24, hours after Britain's decision to leave
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UPDATED: A64 closed after crash between HGV and car
EMERGENCY services and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance were called to the scene of a serious crash on the A64. The road was closed following the crash, which involved a heavy goods vehicle and a car, and happened at about 4.25pm near Flaxton, York.
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Lorry hits tree and brings down phone line
FIRE crews were called to assist at the scene of a crash in North Yorkshire on Monday. The crash happened in Bar Lane, Roecliffe, near Harrogate, at about 6.15am, and involved a large goods vehicle. A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Fire and
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The Theatre Built On Chocolate
It's as well equipped as the Theatre Royal and like the Old Vic in miniature. MATT CLARK meets the volunteers who keep York's only Art Deco theatre running. BEFORE TV what did people do with themselves at night? Some went to the pub, others to
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Stephen Joseph Theatre celebrates the best of Kander and Ebb in The World Goes Round
THE 25th anniversary production of Kander and Ebb’s The World Goes Round opens at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough on Thursday. The show promises "the very best of Kander and Ebb, all in one go", as performed by prominent musical theatre
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Following the Ure
Our tame part time hiker, BOB ADAMS, has been on his travels again. This time to complete the second leg of his Ure Walk, from Boroughbridge to Ripon. Pictures by Bob Adams. IT wasn't until early July that I was finally able to complete day
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Former Watford goalkeeper Luke Simpson signs two year deal at York City
YORK City have completed the signing of former Watford goalkeeper Luke Simpson on a two-year deal. Simpson, 21, impressed manager Jackie McNamara on trial in Saturday’s pre-season friendly against Bolton Wanderers. His capture brings to 20
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Review: Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene, Millennium Square, Leeds, July 23 and 24
YORK’S finest, Shed Seven, wowed the Yorkshire crowd over the weekend with a little “riotous” help from another local favourite. The Sheds played Millennium Square, Leeds, in a mini-festival on Saturday and Sunday, alongside fellow Nineties' indie
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Review: Amber Rubarth, York House Concert, July 23
IT MIGHT have been just another stop on an endless tour, but for those lucky enough to see Amber Rubarth, we felt like chosen ones. Having supported Mary Chapin Carpenter with her Americana trio, Applewood Road, at the York Barbican last Friday
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Ebor: Owen and Lingard guide leaders Dringhouses to big win
DRINGHOUSES remain top of Hunters York & District Senior League Ebor division two following a 94-run win at Malton & Old Malton II. Batting first, Tom Owen (80), and Sam Lingard (61) led the way to an all-out 236 with Ryan Gaughan taking 3-40.Owen (3-
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Galtres: Whatmore on form in Thorp's winning draw
GUY Whatmore's fine 87 helped Thorp Arch & Boston Spa earn a winning draw at top of the table Pannal in the Hunters York & District Senior League Galtres division two.George Gibson (64) and Eshaan Kapour (45*) also contributed as the travelling side
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Family of drowned bar tender distraught after memorial plaque disappears
THE family of a York bar tender who drowned in the River Ouse five years ago is distraught after a plaque in his memory disappeared. Abbi Horrocks discovered that the memorial plaque had gone when she went early yesterday to lay flowers to mark
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Heworth ARLFC return to winning ways in Yorkshire Men's League
HEWORTH returned to winning ways with a comfortable 36-16 victory over Skirlaugh Bulls A in Yorkshire Mens League division one.The Villagers led 22-12 at the break and, despite a spirited effort by the visitors, were always in command.The Bulls opened
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Priceless victory for York Acorn in battle against the drop
With both clubs battling for survival in the National Conference, this game was always going to be a thriller. York Acorn's 40-24 victory lifts them within four points of safety and keeps the pressure on opponents Lock Lane who are still the club
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Vandals cut Union Flag off Second World War memorial
VANDALS have torn the Union Flag from a memorial to some of Britain's Second World War heroes. The flag was cut down from the flagpole beside a memorial in Pocklington. Darran Walker discovered the damage at 12.30pm on Sunday, while visiting
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York City Knights latest: at least THREE parties interested in taking club over - including York City owners
THE immediate future of York City Knights is likely to become clearer in the next 48 hours – though The Press understands there have been at least THREE serious expressions of interest in taking over the crisis club, including one from York City's
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Review: TakeOver Festival 2016, York Theatre Royal, July 12 to 17
IN response to York Theatre Royal's homecoming after a year on the other side of the tracks at the National Railway Museum, the week-long TakeOver Festival took the theme of home. "Our programme looks at how home is ever present within our everyday
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COMMENT: Well done Flossys
FOSSY’S Flossys has been a fixture in Huntington Road since the Boxing Day floods. The food van set up by Michaela Robinson and her daughter Jade has served countless free meals and hot drinks to flood victims, emergency workers and (for a donation
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COMMENT: Demands on our teachers becoming unsupportable
YOU might be feeling envious of schoolteachers just now. Most schools in York have either already broken up for the summer, or are about to. Long weeks of idleness, toasting themselves on a foreign beach or sipping wine in the garden, stretch ahead
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Review: Platform Festival, The Old Station, Pocklington, Lucinda Williams, July 12; Platform One, Two, Three, July 16
THE Platform timetable at Pocklington Arts Centre's annual festival of music, comedy and beers at The Old Station began and ended with American country singer-songwriters, Lucinda Williams and Gretchen Peters. Chalk and cheese characters maybe, but
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Wish you'd been there: 8 great York postcards from the past...
AS WE reported in The Press last week, a collection of about 1,000 York historical postcards will be going on sale to the highest bidder in an auction in Malton on Wednesday. The cards belonged to an anonymous private collector. Auctioneers Boulton
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Review: Ryedale Festival, Triple Concert, Castle Howard; Joshua Ellicott, Easingwold Church; Llŷr Williams, Duncombe Park, July 21 to 23July 21-23
RYEDALE Festival’s unique triple concert – with the audience in three groups revolving around Castle Howard – involved harpist Catrin Finch in a world premiere by James MacMillan (resident composer at Ryedale this summer), the Phoenix Trio in Shostakovich
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Review: Ryedale Festival, Quartets For The End Of Time, All Saints' Church, Helmsley, July 24
SUNDAY'S concert, set in the delightful venue of All Saints’ Church in Helmsley, opened with Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, the composer’s last completed work before his death in 1918. Despite some slight intonation issues, I thought the
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Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter, York Barbican, July 22
AMERICAN singer, songwriter and musician Mary Chapin Carpenter brought her award-winning talents to York, playing classic country hits alongside new material from her latest album, The Things That We Are Made Of. Carpenter has won five Grammy awards
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Review: Kaiser Chiefs, York Racecourse Music Showcase Weekend, July 22
THE last time Kaiser Chiefs were in town it was 2013 and they were playing the annual York Racecourse Music Showcase Weekend, an ever popular meeting in the racing calendar. Between then and last weekend's return to Knavesmire they have released
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Review: The Corrs, York Racecourse Music Showcase Weekend, July 23
MINUTES after the Irish-bred Tahoo raced to victory in the 5.20pm, the Irish sibling quartet took to the stage. Caroline and Jim appeared first, announcing the set with a thunderous drum solo that showed, for Caroline at least, a decade-long break
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7,000 teaching days lost to stress in 5 years in York
HUNDREDS of York teachers have taken time off as they are too stressed to work, figures have shown. A Freedom of Information request found 280 members of staff at schools in York have been recorded as off sick because of mounting pressure and 7,124
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How a York man's photo became a worldwide sensation
A PHOTOGRAPHER from York has told of his amazement, after his stunning images from a whale-watching trip became a global hit. John Goodridge, 52, captured these unfortunate whale-watchers in Australia looking out to the right of their boat – and
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It’s time to move on from Brexit vote (letter)
I AM hoping that we are coming to the end of these rather childish letters from the leave group saying to the rest of us: “Ha, ha. We won, so the rest of you can just put up with it.” It is time to move on. There is just so much to be done.
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Creating a wildlife oasis in Acomb (letter)
EVERYTHING David Craven says is correct (Letters, July 16). That is why Green Lane Growers - a group from Green Lane allotments - are creating a wildlife oasis in the middle of Acomb. With the help of City of York Council’s allotment officer
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Memories of a colourful Foreign Secretary (letter)
I WELL remember Boris Johnson’s predecessor as Foreign Secretary, George Brown, who arguably was instrumental in getting us into the Common Market in the first place. George Brown, who served under Harold Wilson, was notorious for getting “tired
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Tory rule has left us all in a sad state (letter)
AFTER five years of coalition government, 2010 to 2015, and a further year of Tory government, 2015 to present, what a sad state of affairs this country and York are in. I refer initially to Mike Laycock’s report “Fighting and drunk groups deter
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Scruffiness of York city centre beggars belief (letter)
IT beggars belief. Oh dear, poor Cllr Ashley Mason is out and about late at night and sees beggars making York scruffy (The Press, July 20). It’s a pity the councillor is not out during daylight where he can see scruffy York. Potholes in
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Begging in York is ‘unwelcome and unnecessary’ (letter)
THE problem of street beggars in York is nothing new and was addressed by The Press some years ago. It was determined that giving money was counter productive. It simply encourage more individuals to sit on their backside with hand outstretched
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Former York student named as rising star in transport world
A FORMER University of York student has been named as Rising Star of the Year, in the Freight Transport Association (FTA) everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards.Rachel Beckett, 25, a coaching team leader at Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company
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We must be more constructive on York's rough sleeper problem (letter)
IT betrays the true colours of Lib Dem Cllr Ashley Mason when he highlights the problem of rough sleepers in York without providing any solution apart from that implied, which is to move them on because they make the public realm look “scruffy”.
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Picnic for Peace brings community together
AN EVENT to promote peace and celebrate diversity and multiculturalism was held in York on Saturday. A Picnic for Peace took place on Saturday at Millennium Fields, next to the Millennium Bridge, in response to what the organisers called "post-Brexit
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Partnership aiming to drive down emissions
A FAST-GROWING motor retailer is aiming to drive down harmful emissions in York city centre by supplying local business, with new ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV). Vantage Toyota York has supported the City of York Council’s pledge to support
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£44,000 appeal to keep Roman coin hoard in York
AN APPEAL has been launched to save the largest Roman hoard found in the north of England. The Yorkshire Museum needs to raise £44,200 in the next four months to keep the hoard of more than 1,800 Roman coins discovered in the region, which date
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Thousands join North Yorkshire run
CELEBRITY stars from stage and screen joined almost 3,000 runners to take part in the Great Yorkshire Run in North Yorkshire. Runners pounded the pavements of Harrogate, lining up on Montpellier Hill before passing the sights of the Valley Gardens
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York supermarket shoppers donate 9000 meals to foodbank
SUPERMARKET shoppers in York have donated more than 9,000 meals to help people in need. Tesco stores in the city have donated a total of 9,209 meals, as part of its Neighbourhood Food Collection for The Trussell Trust, helped by donations from
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Former member of military sentenced for possessing indecent images of children
A MAN who served his country with distinction in the Armed Forces has been given a suspended jail sentence for possessing indecent images of children. John Joseph Dundon, 58, of Hope Street, York, obtained the pictures from a Russian website, York
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York mum tells of how stranger tried to take her baby
A MOTHER has told of her shock after a stranger attempted to grab her baby from her in a York street. Max Rodgers was returning from a bike ride with her partner and children in the Navigation Road area of the city when the incident occurred.
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Pins sold for flood victims
MORE than £11,000 has been raised to help the victims of the devastating floods in Tadcaster last winter. Tadcaster Flood Support and Fundraising Group member Gillian Hainsworth has sold 2,000 Yorkshire Rose pins which were donated to her by Adrian
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Famous York pub re-opens
A MUCH-LOVED York pub which closed earlier this month has re-opened. The Minster Inn, in Marygate, opened its doors to the public once again on Saturday and has a new licensee - Antony Pratt. The pub had closed after its previous licensees,
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Disgust at "plaster in kebab" takeway find
A CARE home worker has said she found a plaster inside a meal delivered by a York takeaway. Jodie Wilkinson, who works at Rosedale Care Home, sat down with her partner, sister and her sister’s partner, to eat a doner wrap from Acomb Kebab House
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Alex Lees Column: New boy Willey is hitting form at the right time
THERE has only been one point this season when I have doubted whether we would qualify for the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals, which we are now close to doing with one group game left.We were bottom of the table with one win from our first six games
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Flood heroes Fossy’s Flossys call it a day
A MOTHER and daughter who have been helping York flood victims since late last year have finally closed their roadside cafe. Michaela and Jade Robinson, affectionately dubbed Fossy’s Flossys, began serving hot food and drinks to people who were
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Arrest over Valium laced with Rohypnol
A MAN has been arrested for allegedly being involved in the supply of a drug. The arrest comes after North Yorkshire Police released information last week about increasing calls to help people in the Scarborough area who had overdosed on street
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York school bids farewell to long-serving deputy heads
A YORK secondary school is losing two long-serving deputy headteachers, with one of them set to bid farewell to the school and the other relinquishing his role and staying on part-time. Helen Bickley, who work at All Saints RC School, near South
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Q&A with a York custody sergeant
Who are our local police officers, and what do they deal with day-to-day? We've teamed up with North Yorkshire Police to introduce you to some of their officers. This semi-regular series will help you get to know them a little better. This
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York drains crisis: 150 gullies found to be blocked
MORE than 150 highways gullies were found to be blocked after surface water flooding hit parts of York last month, a senior councillor has revealed. Cllr Andrew Waller said investigations had shown that a lack of routine maintenance had led to