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Local Olympic stories
Olympic spirit lives on at Haxby store
8:38am Tuesday 9th October 2012
THE Olympics may be over, but the spirit of the games lives on in Haxby, where a paralympic torch visited a local supermarket.
Family stumble across Paralympic ceremony on holiday trip up Snowdon
8:16am Thursday 30th August 2012
A YORK family has told how they inadvertently witnessed the lighting of the Paralympic flame while on holiday in Wales.
Cheering crowds line up to welcome the Paralympic flame to York
10:29am Saturday 25th August 2012
THE Paralympic flame arrived in York to a warm reception from cheering crowds yesterday.
City of York's Richard Buck misses out on Olympic relay spot
10:29am Thursday 9th August 2012
CITY of York Athletics Club star Richard Buck has missed out on a place in the Great Britain quartet for today's heats of the 4x400 metres at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
‘High hopes’ in city for Buck’s London 2012 relay dream
12:00pm Wednesday 8th August 2012
PROUD Geoff Barraclough says he will wear a placard around York declaring he is Richard Buck’s grandfather if the runner gets the nod for Great Britain’s 4x400 metres Olympic relay squad tomorrow.
Laugher tipped to bounce back from London 2012 agony
9:54am Wednesday 8th August 2012
JACK Laugher has been tipped for a long Olympic diving career despite having a torrid Games debut in the three-metre springboard at London 2012.
North Yorkshire man charged following Olympic bottle-throwing incident
9:40am Tuesday 7th August 2012
Updated: A MAN from the Selby area who was charged with a public order offence after a bottle was thrown at the start of the men’s Olympic 100m final has pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court.
Brit Volleyball plays catch-up
11:06am Tuesday 7th August 2012
BEN Pipes insists it could take more than a decade for Britain’s men’s volleyball team to be competitive internationally – but with their Olympic debut done he’s adamant they’ll get there.
Rio is next target for North Yorkshire handballer Larsson
10:51am Tuesday 7th August 2012
STEVEN LARSSON cut an emotional figure as his London 2012 handball journey came to an end – but he insists it’s so long, not goodbye to the sport.
No final spot for diver Jack Laugher
10:48am Tuesday 7th August 2012
RIPON Grammar School pupil Jack Laugher missed out on a place in the three-metre springboard diving final at London 2012.
Handball goal ace Steve Larsson on ‘tough’ times
10:27am Monday 6th August 2012
STEVEN Larsson’s Olympic handball adventure is nearing its end following a fourth defeat that exposed Great Britain’s inexperience.
Medal-winning York rower drenched in confusion
11:50am Friday 3rd August 2012
SOME 48 hours after he stepped on to the podium to collect an Olympic Games bronze medal, York rower Tom Ransley was still immersed in confusion.
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National Olympic stories
Winchester paralympian wants to keep Olympic legacy alive with new sports team
10:08am Monday 18th February 2013
A PARALYMPIAN has launched a new sports club for Winchester's blind and partially sighted.
Wood sticks the knife in Daggers then says: I want more goals
4:34pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013
WANDERERS winger Sam Wood is looking to add more goals to his game after putting the Daggers to the sword on Saturday.
Christmas leftovers aid charities
9:00am Sunday 20th January 2013
CHRISTMAS leftovers from a special festive lunch for residents who would have spent the big day alone will go towards helping two Marlow charities.
London 2012 Olympics BBC DVD boxset competition: Share your favourite Games moments
12:35pm Tuesday 27th November 2012
NEWS Shopper has teamed up with the BBC to give away five copies of the London 2012 Olympics DVD boxset.
Video: Jessica Ennis 'most inspirational athlete' at London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics
11:21am Friday 19th October 2012
NEW research has revealed Londoners have been the most inspired by the Olympics in the whole of Britain.
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Olympic torch in York
Olympic torch crowd total announced
3:16pm Wednesday 20th June 2012
CROWDS of more than 80,000 celebrated the Olympic flame as it passed through in York on Tuesday, council officials have said today.
Crowds in York bid farewell to Olympic Torch
9:20am Wednesday 20th June 2012
The Olympic flame left York this morning to the sound of cheering crowds at the National Railway Museum (NRM).
Thousands turn out to see Olympic torch in York
11:11am Wednesday 20th June 2012
THOUSANDS of cheering spectators lined the streets of York as the Olympic torch relay made its way through the city.
Olympic festivities at York Knavesmire
11:01am Wednesday 20th June 2012
THE Olympic flame ended its first day in York to the sounds of thousands of cheering spectators in glorious sunshine.
LIVE: Olympic Torch in York
Follow this story for rolling coverage throughout the day, as the Olympic flame is carried through North Yorkshire to York.
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National Olympic stories
Caborn unhappy with stadium decision
12:21pm Friday 22nd March 2013
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has branded the deal to lease the Olympic Stadium to West Ham as "the biggest mistake of the London Olympics".
Wrestling stunned by 2020 exclusion
4:38pm Tuesday 12th February 2013
Wrestling's world governing body FILA has said it is "greatly astonished" by the International Olympic Committee's decision to remove it from the programme for the 2020 Games.
Olympics end £377m under budget
11:18am Tuesday 23rd October 2012
The cost of the London 2012 Olympic Games has come in at £377 million under budget, according to Government figures.
Games finish £377m under budget
11:42am Tuesday 23rd October 2012
The cost of the London 2012 Games has come in at £377 million under budget, according to Government figures.
Olympic Games 'failed to inspire'
5:30am Thursday 10th January 2013
The Olympic Games inspired fewer than one in five people to take part in more sport, according to a new poll.
£6m cost of Olympic Torch relay
3:46am Sunday 19th May 2013
England's largest local councils spent more than £6 million hosting the Olympic Torch for last year's Games, figures published on the one-year anniversary of the start of the relay show.
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