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Surviving domestic violence

9:50am Wednesday 10th March 2010

AS International Women’s Week continues, NICOLA FIFIELD talks to a York woman who managed to survive domestic violence.

Meet Loose Women star and Yorkshire diva, Jane McDonald

Jane McDonald

9:18am Tuesday 9th March 2010

FASHION has finally caught up with Jane McDonald. The big, glossy, hair, the plunging dresses, the perfect manicure – it’s all so very Cheryl Cole.

Stuart Maconie interview ahead of the DJ’s book signing in York

REVERED: Stuart Maconie, broadcaster, author and Celebrity Mastermind winner

6:59am Saturday 6th March 2010

Stuart Maconie is many things, MATT CLARK discovers ahead of the DJ’s book signing in York next week.

Former teenage mothers talk about parents, sex education and peer pressure

Former teenage mothers Sian Roe,left and Becky Fieldsend.

9:17am Monday 8th March 2010

In 2001, health chiefs set a target to reduce teenage pregnancies in York by 50 per cent by the end of 2010. The latest available figures show the conception rate is still higher than when the goal was set. NICOLA FIFIELD meets two young mums to hear their solutions.

Lights, camera, smile

Lights, camera, smile

7:02am Saturday 6th March 2010

MAXINE GORDON visits a York boutique offering glamour worthy of Oscars night.

Conscience versus duty in the British armed forces

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton at a ‘Stop the War’ demonstration march in London last October.

9:08am Friday 5th March 2010

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, from York, was due to be sentenced at Colchester Military Court today for going absent without leave. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the tension between duty and conscience for soldiers who no longer believe in what they are being asked to do.

Snowdrops herald the end of winter in York

Snowdrops against the backdrop of the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey in the Museum Gardens, York.

9:41am Thursday 4th March 2010

STRICTLY speaking, it’s a winter flower. The poet Wordsworth understood that very well. In part 1 of his Prelude – subtitled the ‘Growth of a Poet’ – he writes about “ere the birth of spring, Planting my snowdrops among winter snows”.

Former Selby miner Steve Shaw-Wright remembers the miners strike of 1984-85

Ex miner activist Steve Shaw-Wright outside the closed-down pit at Riccall where he worked in the 1980s.

10:30am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Twenty-five years ago today, miners voted to end their year-long strike. MATT CLARK met one of the coal workers at his former pit near Selby.

York International Women’s Week

Sue Lister

9:32am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

Bring out the bunting and celebrate International Women’s Week in York. MAXINE GORDON picks some festival highlights.

Farmer Chris Craven tends his flock at Whitethorn Farm near Kexby

hris Craven with one of his new lambs.

10:12am Monday 1st March 2010

It’s a bit early for lambing, but MATT CLARK meets a farmer who has been hard at it since Christmas.

Fashion plays fair

People Tree silk shift dress, £150, (also in green and black);  Artisan Life Tagua jewellery (necklaces £29 & £42);  Blank Recycled quilt coat, £259, made in India

9:57am Saturday 27th February 2010

Fairtrade bananas, coffee and chocolate are big business now, but what about fashion? MAXINE GORDON visits York’s pioneering ethical boutique to find out more.

Just good friends

May Witwit, left, and Bee Rowlatt

9:48am Saturday 27th February 2010

One phone call made during a busy day at work led Bee Rowlatt to a new friend in faraway Iraq, and now their correspondence has been published in a book, reports JULIAN COLE.






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