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  • Cadet’s amazing royal day

    A STRENSALL cadet has spoken of her “amazing” day as a Royal Wedding guest inside Windsor Castle.Natalie Dixon, 17, and her father Simon had a close-up view of guests from the world of music, showbiz and sport arriving at St George’s Chapel and of Princes

  • No Royal celebration for Yorkshire in the cup

    JEETAN Patel starred with 4-33 before Sam Hain hit a superb unbeaten 102 as Warwickshire secured their first win of this season’s Royal London one-day Cup against Yorkshire at Emerald Headingley.Patel, the Bears captain and talismanic overseas off-spinner

  • Bridesheadnew faces

    PALACE and cathedral expertise will guide Castle Howard into the future.Rebecca Thompson, who ran a £20 million restoration of York Minster as its superintendent of works, has been appointed the new head of built environment at the stately home. She will

  • The Press Camera Club: your pictures

    WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page? More than 1,030 readers of The Press have now joined our Camera Club, which we launched last June and which brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire

  • Problems for train passengers

    NORTHERN Rail is warning its passengers could face problems after sweeping changes to the national rail timetable. More than four million trains across the country were rescheduled from yesterday in the biggest rail shake-up for years. Northern

  • Pujara hits form again as Yorkshire make 247-9

    India overseas batsman Che Pujara top-scored with 73 as Yorkshire posted 247-9 during the first half of their Royal London one-day Cup clash with Warwickshire at Emerald Headingley.Pujara hit 82 in Friday’s win over Durham and backed it up with seven

  • Ashraf takes perfect 10 as Dunnington destroy Bolton Percy

    FORMER Yorkshire bowler Moin Ashraf took extraordinary figures of 10-21 for Dunnington as Bolton Percy were routed for just 78.George Drury made an unbeaten 38 as the visitors eased to their second win of the season by eight wickets.Hunters Y&DSCL Premier

  • York emerge victorious in battle against Stamford Bridge

    JONATHAN Tattersall scored his maiden century in Hunters ECB Yorkshire Premier League North as current champions York thrashed last season's runners up, Stamford Bridge, by a comprehensive margin of 117 runs. The victory maintained York's 100 per

  • Acorn send Bridge tumbling down with impressive away win

    Ince Rose Bridge 10 Acorn 28 ACORN got back to winning ways on Friday night, playing at Ince Rose Bridge to accommodate those players who were venturing to Magic Weekend in Newcastle. The journey was worth it as they recorded a fine away win.

  • Skydive challenge for slimmed-down Izzie

    A WOMAN who will undertake a skydive for Yorkshire Air Ambulance is able to do so because she lost six stone. Izzie East, from Malton, will be doing the tandem skydive with SkyDive GB on July 1. Izzie said: “I am doing the skydive as it is

  • Record-breaking collection for Yorkshire Cancer Research

    FUNDRAISERS have helped Yorkshire Cancer Research raise, with Gift Aid, a record £8,014 during their March house-to-house collection, beating last year’s total by nearly £500. The collection covered Pickering and surrounding villages and this year

  • Green light to turn chapel into a house

    A FORMER methodist chapel will be turned into a house under new plans. Harome Methodist Chapel, in Chapel Lane, dates back to 1909, but closed to worshippers last year. The chapel, which has historic features such as stained-glass windows and an elaborate

  • Captain Cook's Endeavour returns to Whitby

    CAPTAIN Cook’s famous Bark Endeavour, is returning to its spiritual home in Whitby. The North Yorkshire coastline is to get a permanent new visitor attraction next week, when a full-scale replica of the historic ship docks in Whitby, where the

  • L-driver's drink drive shame

    A LEARNER driver who drove when two and a half times the drink drive limit on April Fools Day has been banned from the roads for two years. York magistrates heard uninsured Daniel Peter Lomax, 23, took a friend’s car without permission and crashed

  • York teen eye cancer survivor opens new opticians

    A YORK teenager who survived eye cancer was the guest of honour at the opening of a new opticians. Tabitha Walker, 14, from Askham Bryan, cut the ribbon at the opening of the new Vision Express at Tesco, on Tadcaster Road during Retinoblastoma