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Big ton from Lyth as Yorkshire's build-up continues
ADAM Lyth hit an imperious 194 as Yorkshire continued their domination of Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities at Headingley on day two.Lyth’s 21st first-class hundred underpinned a first-innings score of 543-5 declared in reply to 137.Alex Lees scored 100
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Winger heads out the York City Knights exit door
YORK City Knights have released Adam Dent after the winger fell frustrated at his lack of first-team opportunities. The 23-year-old local lad followed big brother Ben from the under-20s into first grade, but has made only 18 appearances since his
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"Our standards mustn't drop - even by one per cent," insists York City boss Gary Mills
YORK City boss Gary Mills has instructed his players that they cannot let their standards drop by “one per cent” in the scrap for survival. The Minstermen face Bromley tomorrow night knowing that three points will lift them out of the drop zone
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Jason Manford to return to Pocklington Arts Centre at the double this autumn
JASON Manford will play a brace of Work In Progress shows at Pocklington Arts Centre on September 27 and 28 as he limbers up for his 2018 national tour. The 35-year-old Salford stand-up, actor and radio and television presenter promises "a wealth
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Bravery the new ace in York trainer David O'Meara's pack
TRAINER David O'Meara could have another diamond on his hands in the shape of Bravery - the winner of Saturday's Betway Lincoln.Bravery is the half brother of Mondialiste who won the prestigious Arlington Million for O'Meara eight months ago.He
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Rosie Kay Dance Company goes in search of truth amid conspiracy theories in York
RESEARCHING conspiracy theories since 2012 has led to Rosie Kay creating MK Ultra, her new dance piece inspired by the bizarre realm of pop culture, mind control conspiracies and Illuminati imagery. On tour from March 23 to May 18, the work will be
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Autohorn Group invests in Bristol based waste management company
A YORK-based business has linked up with an environmental company and promised new jobs for the city. York's Autohorn Group has this week announced an investment in £2.7 million firm ASL Environmental, based in Bristol, as part of its portfolio
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Top cop application period ends
THE application period for the vacant position of Chief Constable of Humberside Police has now closed.The five-year appointment, which carries a salary of between £130,291 and £159,244, became available following the retirement of Justine Curran, the
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COMMENT: Don't die of embarrassment
AN alien observing us from outer space would think we’re an odd species. We’re such show-offs in some ways, like sharing intimate details of our lives on social media. Yet we’re strangely coy about some of the most natural functions of the human body
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COMMENT: A sporting tale to really move you...
THERE were plenty of fit young men and women at this year’s Active York Sports Awards. And many of them deservingly won plaudits for their sporting achievements. But as usual, these awards were about so much more than just winning at sport.
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COMMENT: Hayley's breaking new ground...
HAYLEY OWEN grew up dreaming of becoming an undertaker. It sounds like an unusual choice for young girl to make, let alone pursue as an adult. But Hayley, now aged 28, is one of the country’s youngest female undertakers and runs her own funeral director
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COMMENT: It's about time tests for seven-year-olds were scrapped
PROTESTING parents, teachers and educationalists are lining up to give top marks to Government plans to scrap controversial tests for seven-year-olds in England. Proposals to end the national Sats tests in English, maths, spelling and grammar,
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COLUMN: The eccentric anarchist who's far from Rotten
Emma Clayton WHO would’ve thought that the sneering, volatile face of the UK’s punk revolution would turn into something approaching a national treasure? John Lydon was the scrawny North London lad who survived a near fatal childhood illness and
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Review: Amy MacDonald, Newton Faulkner, York Barbican, March 29
AT the ripe old age of 29, Amy Macdonald is approaching the tenth anniversary of her music career. Since her first album, This Is The Life, came out in 2007, she has released two more until earlier this year when, after a five-year break, the fourth
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Review: Matthew Bourne’s Early Adventures, York Theatre Royal, March 24
IN THIRTY years, doyen of dandy dance Matthew Bourne had never brought his company to York. It was nothing personal, nothing against York, and all that, but his early shows went elsewhere and then they grew too big. Now, however, Sir Matthew his
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Review: Marc Almond, The Hits And Pieces Tour, York Barbican, March 26
THIS is the most commercial set Marc Almond has played in years, marking both his imminent 60th birthday on July 9 and his new career retrospective double album, Hits And Pieces. A little fuller of figure than in his synth nymph days in Leeds electro-pop
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UPDATED River search for 47-year-old Linda King into third day - daughter speaks out
A HEARTBROKEN daughter has appealed for her mum to get in touch as a police search for the missing 47-year-old enters its third day. Jade Dickinson, 25, believes her mum, Linda King, went into the River Derwent on Saturday afternoon after going
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Review: Please Please You presents Devon Sproule, The Basement, City Screen, York, March 30 (York) Thursday.
A REGULAR and always welcome guest, Devon Sproule is one of the most consistently imaginative, lyrical and adventurous singer-songwriters currently recording. Now reunited with her native Virginia and with a young baby, the newer songs capture
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Curtis Stigers to play York Barbican in July as Great Yorkshire Fringe expands
THE Great Yorkshire Fringe is adding the York Barbican as a new location for the 2017 festival, already signing up American singer Curtis Stigers and German comedian Henning Wehn to head the summer line-up. They will be joined by tribute shows
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Wehn-Wehn situation for Henning as he returns to Great Yorkshire Fringe in July
THE Great Yorkshire Fringe is adding the York Barbican as a new location for the 2017 festival, already signing up German comedian Henning Wehn and American singer Curtis Stigers to head the summer line-up. They will be joined by tribute shows celebrating
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Poppleton United promoted from York Minster Engineering League first division
POPPLETON United are celebrating promotion to the York Minster Engineering League premier division after a 2-0 weekend win over relegated Heslington. Will Edmond scored both goals for Poppleton who now need victory in their final game against York St
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Wigginton Grasshoppers win York Minster Engineering League premier division
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers have won the York Minster Engineering League premier division for the first time in their history after a 2-1 weekend victory over local rivals Huntington Rovers. Grasshoppers, who finished second last season, were crowned champions
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Vulnerable people top of police plan survey
THE priorities for North Yorkshire Police over the next four years have been laid out in the latest Police and Crime Plan. Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan released the plan today, which stated the force’s priorities were to care for
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Beer - it's lovely! Who needs Mad Men with a punchline like that?
FORGET the sophistication of the Sixties advertising execs in TV's Mad Men. Advertising back them was really quite straightforward. Just look at the massive poster at the end of a row of soon-to-be-demolished houses in the photo of Rougier Street in
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York City midfielder Simon Lappin has outside chance of making Wembley squad
SIMON Lappin is hoping to make a late bid for York City’s FA Trophy final squad at Wembley. The 34-year-old midfielder, who once played for Norwich in the Premier League, has never graced the hallowed turf and his hopes of changing that this season
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Danny Baker to play Grand Opera House on debut Cradle To The Stage tour
BROADCASTER Danny Baker is making his stage debut in Cradle To The Stage, playing the Grand Opera House, York, on April 26 as part of a 35-date tour. "The stage has always been my first love," says the 59-year-old radio and television presenter, comedy
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Whatever happened to York's Boer war gun?
In the early 1900s an artillery piece popularly known as the 'Boer War Gun' was kept near the Green Howards monument on York's Tower Street. It was a actually a facsimile used for competitions and training in gun manoeuvring - so it would never have
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York's Little Festival of Live Music seeks acts for September line-up by May 30
AFTER their successful Girl Power Mini-Fest in March, the team behind York’s Little Festival of Live Music is seeking 28 acts to join the main festival line-up this autumn. Co-ordinated by director Ellen Cole, the festival will run from September
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Big changes to police bail from today
FEWER people will be released on bail by North Yorkshire Police from today. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 has limited pre-charge bail to 28 days, with extensions required by Superintendents after that. Any extensions past three months will now
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Not impressed by new hotel building in York (letter)
WHILE stuck in traffic in Fossbank, I had time to have a good look at the new Travelodge now the scaffolding has gone. It reminded me of the many Soviet block apartment buildings I have seen in Russia and former Soviet block countries. I’m not impressed
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Left in the dark over production of Vera (letter)
THE latest Vera production on ITV as usual is excellent. Shame the director thought it necessary to film every scene in half light. Peter Rickaby, West Park, Selby
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Ask questions ahead of council elections (letter)
ALL around the world we see areas of conflict and we fear the action and reaction of some heads of states. At the same time we hear the predictions of climate scientists about what will happen if we don’t reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Thought Police are coming for us all (letter)
SO many injustices envisioned by George Orwell in his prophetic novel 1984 are what dominate the political agenda today in the corridors of Whitehall. Each government that comes into power seems to bring us ever closer to this nightmarish world
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It’s only fair to applaud a job well done by City of York Council (letter)
FINDING things to praise City of York Council about can sometimes prove difficult, so well done West Offices for again funding the York Job Fair (The Press, March 24). Where my generation could walk into a job on leaving school, today’s youngsters
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Five Things We Learned from York City's 3-0 home win against Braintree
1 3-4-3 presents a strong antidote to 4-4-2 It might have been Mike Bassett’s favoured formation, but Gary Mills has never been a supporter of the system that was, for so long, an old English staple. His team’s current shape, initially experimented
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Golden oldies would be music to my ears (letter)
I HAVE been reading with interest the letters on the choice of music at the St Sampson’s Centre. As a young 57-year-old, I cannot go to the centre but would have liked the choice of music. Following the reasoning of N Green, I should only like
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Teaching empathy for animals is vital (letter)
NEWS that Yorkshire has one of the UK’s highest instances of complaints of animal abuse (“North Yorkshire second in the country for animal cruelty convictions - ‘outrage’ over brutality”, The Press, March 29) serves as a stark reminder of the importance
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York City cup replay was test of marriage (letter)
THE letter from W J Drummond (The Press, March 30) brings back some memories. He does not say if the picture was taken for York City’s first replay against Southampton or the second. I well remember the first on a very wet night. Myself and some
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Don't sever York's links to the Army (letter)
THE presence of the armed forces in York stretches back hundreds of years. As the armed forces champion on the council, I know from many conversations with military and civilian personnel the huge contribution that the armed forces in our city make
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ON THIS DAY: April 3
From our archives: 85 years ago Farmers from the Ryedale Heavy Horse Society gathered round to feast their eyes on some fine shire horses during the Society’s annual parade around Helmsley market. The main attraction was the Earl
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Tough military course for employees
EMPLOYEES from across Yorkshire and the Humber will be pushed to their limits at a challenging two day course at a York Army barracks.They will descend on Strensall Barracks to take part in Exercise Executive Stretch, an initiative based on military training
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York medical lawyer re-accredited
THE head of Langleys medical law team has been re-accredited to the Law Society’s Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel.Andrew Cragg, a partner at the York-based firm, had to undergo rigorous evaluation of his work to achieve re-accreditation, including
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New deal for garden lovers
MEMBERS of two Yorkshire gardens will have the chance to visit the other for free.Scampston Walled Garden, near Malton, and Burnby Hall Gardens, Pocklington have agreed that from April 14 to May 10, and September 4 to October 29, anyone with a membership
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Centenary celebrated in style by James and his family
A NORTH Yorkshire man celebrated his centenary surrounded by his friends and family.James Draper marked turning 100 with a celebration with family members at the Old Lodge Hotel in Malton.Mr Draper, who is originally from Devon but lived for some time
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£1m boost to Elvington firm
A LEADING supplier of plant products for farmers has invested £1million in its liquid fertiliser site near York.Yara UK-owned Chafer has received a boost to increase its handling and storage facilities, which have been updated to keep pace with the increased
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Prestigious recognition for work of volunteers
VOLUNTEERS have been honoured by the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire for their contribution to the Cadet and Reserve Forces.The group included Sergeant Major Instructor David Shaw, who volunteers for Yorkshire North and West Army Cadet Force (ACF)
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Traders’ drive-washing con
TWO traders from Ireland who charged an 86-year-old York man £650 after pressure washing his drive have been convicted of aggressive, misleading and fraudulent commercial practices. York Magistrates issued warrants for the arrests of Michael O’
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Family raise concerns over house damp fears
A FATHER claims his family’s health is suffering due to damp conditions in their home.Ian Blanchard, who lives with his partner Rebecca Boyington and their two-year-old daughter Iona, in Station Way, Norton, said the property, which is owned by Yorkshire
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New role for York female undertaker
A WOMAN from York, who is believed to be one of the youngest female undertakers in the country, has taken on a county-wide role. Hayley Owen, of Moor Monkton, set up her her own funeral business just over a year ago, in York's Boroughbridge Road
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Parents welcome Sats consultation
PARENTS have welcomed a new Government consultation which could spell the end for controversial Sats tests. The Department for Education has started consulting parents and teachers about the future of primary school education in a bid to revamp
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Success for family-run letting agency
AN independent family-run lettings agency near York has been named top managing agent in this year’s Good Landlord Awards. McCartney Lettings, in Bishopthorpe, was launched six years ago by mother-of-two Gill McCartney with just one client. Today
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Nomination for Poppy Appeal man
A GREAT grandfather from York who was a Poppy Appeal organiser for nearly 20 years and helped raise half a million pounds for the annual collection has been nominated for a Community Pride Award.Richard Shaw, 76, of Anson Drive, Fulford, stepped down
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Runner with rheumatoid arthritis faces first marathon
A RYEDALE runner has decided to take on his first marathon - despite having just been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.Dave Pearson, who lives in Kirkbymoorside and is race director for the town's annual 10k, will run on behalf of the British Heart
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A Christmas Carol in Selby
A NEW version of a literary classic is being filmed in a North Yorkshire market town.Filming on the latest adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is under way in Selby, made by local production team, Runestone Pictures.Runestone was started
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Fundraiser under way with charity golf day
THE fundraising drive is under way for the Lord Mayor's Charity Golf Day.The event in aid of Lord Mayor of York Cllr Dave Taylor's charities will be staged at Pike Hills Golf Club on Friday, April 28, with Vantage York Toyota as chief sponsors.Cllr
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Reports of drone-related incidents rise in North and East Yorkshire
NORTH Yorkshire Police recorded 19 reports of incidents involving drones last year. The figure was far higher in Humberside as new figures show forces around the country have been inundated with reports about drones after a dramatic surge in incidents
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Shock reaction to bank closure announcement
THE closure of two banks in Selby is “devastating news” for the district, two councillors have said. Nat West announced last week it would close almost 160 branches around the country, at the cost of up to 362 jobs. Among the branches confirmed
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York man cleared of hitting three-year-old
A MAN has been cleared of hitting a three-year-old York boy in the stomach.Peter John Foy, 53, who denied common assault, was acquitted by York Magistrates of attacking the child at his home in Albert Street, off Walmgate, York, last November.The child
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Posthumous honour for York health visitor Yvonne Hill
AN INSPIRATIONAL health visitor from York who died suddenly last year has posthumously won a prestigious award for the valuable support she provided to women and families. Yvonne Hill, who lived near Poppleton Road, was as a health visitor for
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Jail for attacker who put victim in hospital
A WORKMAN with Asperger’s Syndrome has been jailed for breaking a man’s chestbone and putting him in intensive care. Thomas Junior Marshall, 21, pictured, accepted an invitation from the victim, who was a much older man, when they encountered each
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North Yorkshire sees a rise in the number of grooming cases
THE number of people in North Yorkshire meeting children after grooming them has risen by 80 per cent, according to Home Office figures. In the year April 2015 to March 2016, there were nine offences for meeting a child after grooming, compared
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Nurse slept while working at care home
A NURSE responsible for running a care home was seen sleeping with her feet up while on duty, a professional standards hearing has heard. Caroline Diana Cook was working at Sowerby House Nursing Home near Thirsk, when she was seen sitting in a
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RACING TIPS: Boardwalk looks good for Ludlow win
HUNTINGDON: 2.20 Katy P, 2.50 Coyoacan, 3.20 Miracle Cure, 3.50 Duke Of Sonning, 4.20 Peal Of Bells, 4.50 Double Chocolate, 5.20 Cresswell Legend. KELSO: 2.10 Ruby Who, 2.40 Finaghy Ayr, 3.10 Lochnell, 3.40 Chidswell, 4.10 Floramoss, 4.40 Trustan