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City of York Athletics Club star Richard Buck books place in indoor championship final
CITY of York Athletics Club star Richard Buck will line-up in the final of the 400 metres at the Sainsbury's British Athletics Indoor Championships in Sheffield tomorrow. Buck finished second to Nigel Levine in the second semi-final, clocking 46.95
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Man seriously injured in crash with taxi
A MAN has been seriously injured after being hit by a taxi as he crossed the road in York. The 31-year-old was crossing Boroughbridge Road when he was in a collision with a silver Octavia taxi travelling towards the city centre. He had been
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Golden syrup and coconut cake recipe
ANITA TASKER bakes an easy cake that’s a keeper - golden syrup and coconut. This is a great cake for those of you that do not have a mixer or processor. All you need is a saucepan, wooden spoon, a 23cm cake tin, and a set of scales! It’s a
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Gjulia Sud, Italy - 8.0%, £5.55
If you were asked to name a nice beer from Italy that isn’t some form of lager, most people would probably be rather stumped. The good news is, however, that of late there have been quite a few nice breweries setting up shop or expanding their
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Plant of the month: Snowdrop
GINA PARKINSON profiles what must be one of the nation’s favourite winter flowers. THE snowdrop has to be one of our favourite winter flowers. At a glance the garden is looking drab, then up pop clumps of white flowers. To begin with we see
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Mike Tipping concludes that only a sparkling idea fits Valentine’s Day
SINCE it is nearly Valentine’s Day again, I have been thinking long and hard about suggesting some alternatives to the traditional fizzy wine recommendations. But I have given up on that idea, having realised that sparkling wine is the only way to
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Zebra spotted in York?
GAVIN AITCHISON recalls the game of pub safari as he tries out the zoological-themed beers produced by one York pub. MANY years ago, when still fairly new to York and on a voyage of discovery, some friends and I embarked on a game of pub safari
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An enjoyable new A-Z guide to York’s history
THERE are already any number of York A-Zs out there. So what on earth do we need another one for, you might think? This latest book is no street plan of the city, however. Instead it is an alphabetical guide to York’s history and culture – one
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The Excecutioner’s Daughter by Jane Hardstaff (Egmont, £6.99)
TUDOR England in the time of King Henry VIII is brought to vivid life in this exciting adventure for ten to 11 year olds. Moss is the ten-year-old daughter of the King’s Executioner. Her job: to catch the heads of the condemned prisoners after
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Big questions on affordable homes
BUILDERS will tell you that having to incorporate affordable housing in a development is akin to telling a mobile phone operator to give away one in every four contracts. It rather puts into context a difficult issue; one that has just come to
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Hoping for donor
BEN WYNNE may be waiting for a heart transplant, but that didn’t stop him joining yesterday’s British Heart Foundation’s “Ramp up the Red” campaign. Ben also suffers from extreme fatigue, but that will change if he finds a donor, and we wish him
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How did cases like these get to court?
I AM so very glad that common sense prevailed in the case of William Roache’s trial for historic sex offences. How did the women concerned, who are old enough to know better, dream up these claims with no basis of reality? First it was Michael
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Getting personal
I DON’T understand why the Conservative and Liberal Democrat opposition in York continue to be so personal. Politics is about ideas and ideals, not petty squabbling. Coun Ian Cuthbertson said about a Labour councillor that if he “had paid a little
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Please be flexible
I WOULD like to point out to employers that a commonsense approach to getting the right people in the workplace is mainly down to time flexibility. I don’t mean starting at 8.30am instead of 8am. I mean if you want a part-time worker, be it cleaner
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Casualties of crises
WITH regards to the sale of the Military Medal by Captain Bradley (The Press, January 29), I was in the 1st Battalion, the Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire and served two times in Aden in 1965/66 and in 1967. I was deployed with the
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Pietersen should have gone earlier
THE disruptive Kevin Pietersen has rightly been sacked, but this should have happened in August 2012 after his traitorous exchanges with our South African opponents, instead of being indulged by the selectors. When the media dubbed him KP, this
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Ban all from walls
I HAVE been following the Lendal Bridge saga with interest. I assume City of York Council has struck a deal with Selby District Council to enable it to use the services of Dick Turpin? But has it gone far enough with the plans to keep motor vehicles
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Our DIY bunker
WITH reference to the article Bunker revealed (The Press, February 5), the miner’s house where we lived in New Lambton, Co Durham, had a garden lower than the road which ran past the side of it. At the beginning of the war, my father dug a bunker
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Time for a change
ONE of the nice features of York is the variety in the styles and types of clocks. This is where it stops. Many clocks are broken, damaged, dirty or just don’t tell the right time. This seems a problem when a company is leased from a landlord
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Costs of parking
I FULLY support the call made by Coun Andy D’Agorne (Letters, February 5) for a full review of the recent 5pm to midnight residents’ parking. Success cannot be measured on the tinkle of retailers’ tills alone. Some commentators to The Press
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Missing out on us
DO other computer illiterates feel, as I do, that charities and others miss out on contributions, financial or otherwise, because we do not go online, email and the like? Quite often I would respond to such appeals if there was a phone number or
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Rights issue
I BELIEVE it was Voltaire who said: “Common sense is not so common.” This is best illustrated by the European and British justice system, where the courts have high-jacked the Human Rights Act, in particular Article 8 – the right to a family life
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Knights new boy Iain Morrison poised for bow in ‘tough’ friendly
YORK City Knights fans could get their first sight of marquee signing Iain Morrison tomorrow – as well as the best team outside Super League. James Ford, the new number two to boss Gary Thornton, will also make his 2014 bow on the pitch as the
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Lowe ‘know-how’ is crucial for York City
KEITH Lowe has been heralded for his “know-how” ahead of York City’s meeting with his former club Cheltenham Town this afternoon. The Minstermen have conceded less than a goal a game since the 28-year-old defender arrived at Bootham Crescent in
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York City boss welcomes awards ceremony
YORK City manager Nigel Worthington has welcomed the announcement that the club will stage a player of the year awards night at York Racecourse on Thursday, May 8. The event, to be held in the Ebor Suite, will be attended by the full Minstermen
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Clubs taking a stand on terracing at Football League grounds
THE Football League have agreed to lobby the Government with a view to changing the current policy on standing areas at their members’ grounds. Championship clubs are currently required to play football in all-seater venues. The Football Stadia
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Putting phys and fizz into team talk
NIGEL Worthington has joked that he is considering letting physio Jeff Miller conduct this afternoon’s team talk at York City, following Chelsea masseur Billy McCulloch’s successful speech prior to Chelsea’s 1-0 win at Premier League title rivals Manchester
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Eagles hooker grateful as Knights step in to host testimonial
ANDREW HENDERSON has been quick to thank York City Knights for staging tomorrow’s match against Sheffield – and is hoping for a big turnout from both home and away supporters. The 34-year-old hooker – and television pundit – was granted a testimonial
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Knights boss delighted despite U20s defeat
GARY THORNTON said he was delighted with York City Knights’ under-20s despite their defeat to Championship big guns Halifax. The visitors won Thursday night’s U20s friendly 20-10 in the Huntington Stadium rain, thanks to two tries in the last six
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Snooker: Last-16 spot Taylor made for Malton ace
LEE TAYLOR reached the knockout stages of the York Masters snooker tournament following an epic struggle against Clive Whyte. The Malton potter, who holds the highest break in the York Conservative Clubs’ Snooker League this season, booked the
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Cliffe run riot in FA Qualifying Cup
CLIFFE stormed to a club record 15-1 victory over East Riding Rangers in round three of the East Riding County FA Qualifying Cup. Chris Jackson scored four goals and team-mates Lee Carter and Tom Robinson both weighed in with hat-tricks. Jackson
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University at a loss in face of poor weather
MISERABLE weather and miserable results were experienced by the University of York in their latest round of British Universities and Colleges Sport fixtures, writes Alex McDonald. The men’s and women’s hockey first teams struggled against superior
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Massimo Cellino closes on Leeds United purchase
Controversial Italian Massimo Cellino has agreed a deal to buy a 75 per cent stake in Leeds United. Eleonora Sport, a company owned by the Cellino family, has purchased the stake subject to Football League approval. Cellino’s relationship with
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Cruel cut for Simon Dyson
DESPITE a second sub-par round Simon Dyson missed the cut for the weekend half of the Joburg Open. The York ace posted a second successive one-under-par round of 70 at the Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club to leave him two under-par. But
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Table Tennis: Rule treble feat seals share-all
THE top game of the week in the first division of the York and District Table Tennis League was a 5-5 draw between Coneysthorpe ‘B’ and second-placed York RI ‘A’, writes Dave Quinlan. James Rule picked up a treble for Coneysthorpe and York RI needed
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Volleyball: York rally eclipses Darkstar opponents
NEVER-SAY-DIE York Volleyball Club hit back from two sets down to beat Darkstar Derbyshire 3-2 and book their place in the semi-finals of the National Shield. The York men won the deciding set 15-13 at Joseph Rowntree School to avenge their 3-2
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So glad to be SHOTT of pesky Pietersen
WHEN the clamour gets too much in the newsroom we have an arts writer who will often treat us to a hollered imprecation – albeit in plum-rich, stentorian tones – declaring “SHOTT OPP”. If only such a plea had been heeded these past few days since
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Trainer David Pipe strongly represented at Newbury showpiece
Update: Newbury and Uttoxeter have passed inspections. Rain, rain, go away, come back another day... that’s surely the mantra of National Hunt enthusiasts as they keep fingers crossed that two cracking cards this afternoon at Newbury and Uttoxeter
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Heart transplant hope for Ben, 35
A FORMER sailor from York who is awaiting a heart transplant has told how he also fought back from a debilitating stroke to get back to work. Ben Wynne, 35, now works at CPP and is waiting for a transplant to overcome the “third heartbeat” which
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Fast actions of York family and wildlife centre saves orphaned chicks
A PAIR of dove chicks, which were each the size of a two-pence piece, are alive thanks to the fast actions of a York family and Selby Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. The doves, which are just over a week old, were left orphaned before they were
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‘Air archive’ project given £200k funding
MORE than £200,000 has been awarded to a team from the University of York who are developing a “virtual air” archive. The money from the National Environment Research Council will go towards new computer equipment which will allow atmospheric chemists
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Electricity company backs drive to beat the metal thieves
ELECTRICITY company Northern Powergrid has teamed up with Crimestoppers to protect its network from metal thieves. The organisations have renewed their partnership, which started in 2011, to raise awareness of the safety risks and public disruption
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Confusion over housing policy after council loses legal challenge over 200-home scheme
UNCERTAINTY hangs over York’s housing policies after city leaders lost a legal challenge, allowing developers to build 200 homes without including any affordable ones. The High Court yesterday dismissed City of York Council’s attempt to overturn
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York College apologises for the death of three-year-old Lydia Bishop
YORK College has apologised for the death of three-year-old Lydia Bishop in its nursery, the day after being found guilty of failing to ensure children’s safety on its grounds. College principal Alison Birkinshaw yesterday issued a written apology
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Acomb woman claimed £78,000 while husband worked
A BENEFIT fraudster from York will be sentenced next month after she admitted obtaining more than £78,000 she was not entitled to. Karen Fligg, 54, of Jute Road, Acomb, admitted two charges of dishonestly failing to inform City of York Council
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York plays host to LGBT events
EVENTS will be taking place in York throughout February to celebrate the LGBT History Month. Organisations including York City FC, the city’s two universities, Aesthetica Magazine, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and York Pride are all set to take
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Concerns raised over GP admin ‘tidal wave’
THE manager of one of York’s biggest GP surgeries said its administrative workload has increased by at least 60 per cent since last year’s NHS reorganisation. David Forster, who manages the Jorvik Practice in Stonebow and South Bank, also said
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Call for council tax revolt after attempts for bus cuts rethink blocked
RESIDENTS should consider refusing to pay their council tax in protest after attempts to force a rethink on North Yorkshire bus cuts were blocked, a councillor has claimed. Seven councillors, led by independent Richmond member Stuart Parsons, called
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Poverty issue and jobs lead project’s aims
TACKLING poverty and creating more jobs could boost our region’s economy by hundreds of millions of pounds a year, experts have said. Campaigners, politicians, local authority officials and charity workers gathered in Leeds yesterday for the launch
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Road-rage driver threatened security guard
A MAN who told a security guard I “will kill you” has been fined £135. John Martin Williams, 38, of Windsor Drive, Wigginton, made the threat after he had been arguing while driving in a car with his girlfriend on Ordnance Lane, York on October
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Number of burglaries down in York, but more to do
THE number of burglaries in York is significantly down but further work is needed, a leading detective has said. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show burglaries fell by five per cent during the 12 months ending in September 2013,
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Head teachers draw up their own general election manifesto
A GROUP of influential head teachers focused on revolutionising education converged on a York secondary school to draw up their own general election manifesto. John Tomsett, head teacher at Huntington School, is one of about ten heads from across
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Selby author launches national writing competition for children
AN author and poet from Selby has launched a national writing competition for children. Christina Gabbitas wants youngsters aged from seven to 11 from schools across York, North and East Yorkshire to turn their hands to poetry and write an eight-line
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York church welcomes new ‘constable’
A CITY-CENTRE church in York has ushered in the new holder of a role which has its roots in the history of law and order. John Jessop has been installed as parish constable of All Saints on Pavement, a job which was a forerunner of the modern-day
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Students given opportunity to make their mark on new landmark building
Specialist insurer Hiscox and York St John University have joined forces to launch a design competition that will give students the opportunity to make their mark on the insurer’s new landmark building in the city. The Tomorrow’s Workplace design
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Former golf club captain’s drive for charity cash
A FORMER captain of Selby Golf Club has raised £7,066 for the NSPCC. Joe Huddlestone raised the cash during his year in office, which ended in December 2013, with various events he organised, including a captain’s weekend in the summer. “I
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University of York athletics track set to be upgraded
PLANS to replace and upgrade an athletics track at the University of York have been lodged after a scheme to build a new sporting facility nearby was dropped. City of York Athletic Club was originally expected to move to a new base at the York
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February 8
100 years ago Judgement had been given in the Court of Appeal in the appeal by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, in four actions for damages brought under Lord Campbell’s Act by the relatives of four Irish emigrants who had been lost in the
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York supermarket raises £3,500 for RSPCA
Workers at a York branch of a supermarket raised £3,500 for animal welfare charity RSPCA. Dawn May, 52, of Leeman Road, works in Sainsbury’s Blossom Street store and is its fundraising ambassador. She said customers voted for the charity, with
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Crime falls in York park since 24-hour opening
CRIMINAL damage and antisocial behaviour has fallen in a York park in the months following a decision to leave it unlocked overnight. Concerns were raised by local residents when City of York Council decided last year to leave Hull Road Park open
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Search for missing people to be highlighted by national charity
VOLUNTEERS from a national charity were in York today to highlight the searches for three missing people from the city and thousands more across the country. Peter Lawrence, father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence, was joining members of Missing
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Country walk at Rosedale Abbey
GEORGE WILKINSON braves the seasonal squelch at Rosedale Abbey and dreams of drier days ahead. ROSEDALE Abbey is in the Walkers Are Welcome network and the village hosted a walking festival last year, by accounts successful, and there will be another
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Top pharmacists visit army medics
BOSSES of two major pharmaceutical organisations have visited army medics in York. Helen Gordon, the chief executive of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Duncan Rudkin, head of the General Pharmaceutical Council, visited medics from 202 Field
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It’s panto time in Cawood - oh yes it is
Cawood Players are getting ready to put on their annual pantomime. Babes in the Woods will be performed at The old Boys’ School in the village on Friday, February 21, with two shows on Saturday, February 22. Tickets, priced £5 for adults and
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Night patrols to help tackle rural crime
POLICE and wildlife enthusiasts will be on night patrols this month to tackle rural crime. Operation Jumbo is run by North Yorkshire Police with volunteers from the Rural Watch organisation. It focuses on areas around the Selby district. Several
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One ‘L’ of a mistake on village hall sign
IT IS easy to be blind to your own faults, and for almost a year it would seem the people of Pannal have done exactly that. The signwriter obviously needed some L-plates when he worked on the “Pannal Villlage Hall” sign, but is has taken months
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Big charity gig organised in aid of Alzheimer’s Society
A YORK singer and trainer of care workers has organised a special benefit gig for a national charity. Ian Donaghy, who usually fronts party band Huge, has set up A Night To Remember at York Theatre Royal to support the Alzheimer’s Society and raise
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Church stalwart dies aged 89
A woman who was involved with the Catholic church in York for more than six decades has died, aged 87. Kitty Heslop, of Telford Terrace, South Bank, was born in Dublin in 1926, the eldest of nine children. She moved to York having married her husband
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Tributes paid to Kirkbymoorside's ‘Auntie Rosie’
AUNTIE Rosie, one of the best-known personalities in Kirkbymoorside, has died aged 100. Charity fundraiser and great-grand mother Rose Magson, or “Auntie Rosie” as she was affectionately known, joined a select group of people to be honoured by
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Poppleton Road Primary School concert raises £300
A school choir in York raised £300 by holding a fundraising concert attended by family and friends. Fifty pupils from Poppleton Road Primary School participated in the event at Poppleton Road Memorial Hall to raise money for their school, and were
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Squash: Twigge and Jaram celebrate Inter-Counties success
YORK squash starlets Joe Twigge and Poppie Jaram helped Yorkshire reign supreme on the national stage. Wigginton Squash Club’s Twigge and Jaram, of Dunnington Squash Club, played crucial roles as Yorkshire’s Under-15s boys and U15s girls won their
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Haxby beat Copmanthorpe in eight-goal extravaganza
HOT-SHOTS Haxby came out on top of Copmanthorpe in an eight-goal extravaganza in the York FA Under-19s Football League. Rowan Todd was the star for Haxby, hitting a perfect hat-trick of header, right-foot shot and left-foot drive. His header
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York Schoolboy U14s remain unbeaten following 6-0 walloping of Wakefield
ALEX McMILLAN hit a first-half hat-trick to ensure York Schoolboy under-14s remain unbeaten in the league this season following a 6-0 walloping of Wakefield. The Minstermites have now won four and drawn one of their five fixtures this term with
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Up to £50,000 available for small community groups in North Yorkshire
GROUPS working to create better places in which to live and work in North Yorkshire communities are invited to apply for grants of up to £50,000. People’s Health Trust has just launched Active Communities in the area – a funding programme for local
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Elvington Harriers U11s celebrate biggest-ever victory
ELVINGTON Harriers under-11s recorded their biggest-ever victory following an 8-1 triumph at Gilberdyke. Jimmy Gore (4), Archie Sherwood (2), Lewis Walton and Luke Chadwick were the Harriers’ marksmen in the Selby & District Junior League encounter
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Tockwith setting standard for North Yorkshire junior football
TOCKWITH Juniors have become one of only 650 football clubs in the country to be awarded with the FA Charter Standard Community Club award. The club, formed in 2003 and located between Harrogate and York, saw their achievement recognised on York
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Tadcaster swimmers make a splash at Leeds Grand Prix
TADCASTER Swim Squad stars landed two gold medals at the City of Leeds Swimming Club Grand Prix (50 metre) gala at the Leeds Aquatic Centre. The gala was the last chance for swimmers to register a county qualifying time for the forthcoming Yorkshire
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Hockey: Major plate plus for City of York U18s boys
CITY of York Hockey Club’s Under-18s boys have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the National Plate competition. City won 3-2 at Southport in the last 16 and they will now travel to Neston South Wirral with a place in the semi-finals
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Alex Harvey scores winner for Stamford Bridge U14s
STAMFORD Bridge Under-14s booked their place in the second round of the City of York Girls’ Football League Cup with a last-minute winner in a 2-1 home win over Cayton Corinthians. The deadlock was broken in the 26th minute when Ellie Fitzmaurice
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Late show from leaders Thorpe United U15
IN-FORM Thorpe United Under-15s were 2-0 winners at home to Ossett Town in division one of the Garforth Junior Football League. The league leaders scored a goal towards the end of each half to beat a dogged Town team. Lewis Griffiths, Jordan
