A PUB landlord from a village near York has reached the semi-finals of a national competition.
Ashley McCarthy, of Ye Old Sun Inn at Colton, is one of 12 semi-finalists for the British Institute of Innkeeping’s Licensee of the Year Award.
Further judging will now take place before the winner is announced in May.
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