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UPDATED: Armed police called after axe attack

12:02pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

ARMED police were today called to a home in York after a man was attacked with an axe.

Malton couple make desperate plea after daughter excluded from three schools

10:03am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A COUPLE have made a desperate appeal for help after their eight-year-old daughter’s violent behaviour spiralled out of control.

Labour accused of withholding vital study into York’s housing needs before consultation

9:56am Thursday 23rd May 2013

CITY leaders have been accused of blocking a key report used to justify plans to build 22,000 new homes in York.

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Tributes paid to ‘valued friend and consummate professional’

9:54am Thursday 23rd May 2013

STAFF at a York estate agency have been left shocked and saddened after a colleague was found dead in woodland.

It’s a family affair for York’s new Lord Mayor

9:38am Thursday 23rd May 2013

York’s new Lord Mayor, Julie Gunnell, is being sworn in today. Ahead of her inauguration, she spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS.

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Tragedy boy’s dad in Hadrian’s challenge

9:29am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE father of a York boy who died from a serious heart defect is to undertake a gruelling 24-hour marathon across the north of England to raise money in his memory.

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Charity woman shows off her new tattoo

9:12am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A WOMAN from York who agreed to be tattooed for charity with a design chosen at random has gone under the needle.

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Long-lost Joseph Rowntree portrait donated to school

8:58am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A COPY of a long-lost painting of York chocolate boss and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree – which lay hidden for decades behind a false plaster board wall – has been presented to a York primary school to mark its centenary.

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Visitors flocking to see Richard III ‘tomb’

8:43am Thursday 23rd May 2013

AS campaigners battle for King Richard III’s remains to be buried in York, a city museum is enjoying a boost to visitor numbers – and has now installed its own “interim tomb” for the controversial monarch.

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Acomb man’s roof misery as warranty proves worthless

8:35am Thursday 23rd May 2013

WHEN Wilf Precious got the roof on his York house replaced, he was reassured that the work came with a 30-year unconditional guarantee.

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Memorial unveiling honour for niece of Normandy hero

8:32am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE niece of a York soldier killed in Normandy in 1944 is to attend the unveiling of a memorial in France to her uncle and five comrades who also died.

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Lottery winners help to transform animal centre

7:58am Thursday 23rd May 2013

LOTTERY winners from North and East Yorkshire volunteered their time and graft to help transform part of an animal sanctuary.

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Dementia Awareness Week gets on a rock ‘n’ roll

9:52am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A pop-up vintage rock ’n’ roll coffee bar was organised by the Alzheimer’s Society in York as part of Dementia Awareness Week.

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Jobseekers engage with employers at York Jobs Fair

4:37pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ABOUT 1,000 jobseekers are expected to have engaged with employers at the third York Jobs Fair.

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Veterans remember fallen comrades at Minster service

3:33pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

VETERANS of one of the Second World War’s most important allied victories gathered at York Minster to remember the thousands of comrades who lost their lives.

Disabled man’s fury as bedroom tax hits

1:19pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A DISABLED man has spoken of his anger over changes to the Government’s welfare benefits which, he says, are putting severe pressure on the vulnerable.

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Heart attack man’s skydive challenge

9:54am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Nine weeks ago he almost died, now Robert Gray is going to jump out of a plane to raise money for the charity which helped to save his life.

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McDonald’s to appeal over opening hours

9:46am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

FAST food giant McDonald’s has appealed against a decision by York councillors to cut opening times at its city-centre restaurant.

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York church window damaged by vandals

9:45am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE CONGREGATION at a church in York escaped injury when vandals shattered a stained glass window during a service.

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York Cycle Show cancelled

9:33am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ORGANISERS of York Cycle Show have blamed poor weather and the economic climate for its cancellation.

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Traffic police in daily effort to keep driving safe

9:26am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

SINCE the beginning of April, there have been 85 serious collisions on North Yorkshire’s roads, including eight deaths. Crime reporter KATE LIPTROT went out with the traffic officers to find out how they try to reduce accidents.

Horse is killed on A166

9:21am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

CITY leaders have been accused of gambling with drivers’ lives after another horse was hit and killed by a car near York.

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Security stepped up at former Terry’s chocolate factory site

8:33am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

WORK has started on protecting the former Terry’s chocolate factory from vandalism and the weather.

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Tributes paid to well-known 1960s charity singer

8:07am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A SINGER from York who raised thousands for charity in a career spanning six decades has died at the age of 71.

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Macmillan Charity Race Day to be held at York Racecourse next month

8:02am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

PEOPLE from around Yorkshire who have been touched by cancer gathered in York ahead of the annual Macmillan Charity Race Day.

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Inspectors praise York women’s prison for low reoffending rate

7:58am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A WOMEN’S prison near York has been hailed as “remarkable” by inspectors despite concerns being raised about the turnover of its management.

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Antisocial behaviour and concerns over traveller sites in focus at meeting

7:46am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

CONCERNS over travellers sites and antisocial behaviour will come under the microscope tonight at a meeting organised by a York MP.

Hundreds walk through York in aid of Crohn’s And Colitis charity

7:44am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ALMOST 400 people from all over the country walked through York to raise funds for the charity Crohn’s And Colitis UK.

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North Yorkshire police chief leaves for job in Cleveland

9:31am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A LONG-SERVING senior officer for North Yorkshire Police has taken up a job with a neighbouring force.

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