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           <title>‘Jewel of York ’ is set in stone</title>
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  A RARE beetle whose only UK habitat is small patches on the banks of the River Ouse is being recorded in stone by a York sculptor.
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           <title>Children get chance to play part in York 800 celebrations</title>
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  YOUNGSTERS at schools across York are to get the chance to play their part in the York 800 celebrations.
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           <title>Special beer for York 800 - and a chance to win some!</title>
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           <title>Residents join in with King John play</title>
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  RESIDENTS from a City of York Council care home are visiting a school to take part in an inter-generational playwriting project in
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           <title>Traders praised for getting into spirit of York 800</title>
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           <title>Now here’s an idea for you</title>
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           <title>York Stories help offered</title>
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  A FREE training workshop is being organised for any groups, organisations and freelance artists wanting to run a York Stories activity, workshop or project.
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           <title>Gospel choir forms for York 800 celebrations</title>
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  A NEW community gospel choir has been formed to take part in the York 800 celebrations.
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           <title>Share your York stories</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE team behind a storytelling project which is helping celebrate a milestone in York’s history is appealing for people to share their tales of the city.
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           <title>Bringing pupils up to date with York’s history</title>
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  THOUSANDS of school children in York are taking part in celebrating the 800th anniversary of the city’s Royal Charter.
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           <title>Poet’s rhyme wins Ebor Vox contest</title>
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  A FORMER York St John University student is to have his poem set to music by an award-winning composer after winning a citywide
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           <title>Service to mark those who died in York Blitz</title>
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  A SERVICE will be held in a city-centre church next month to commemorate the 70th anniversary of York’s blitz, in which 72 residents were killed and the church was destroyed.
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           <title>Ebor Vox community choir launched as part of York 800</title>
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  As part of York800 celebrations, hundreds of choir singers in the city will be coming together to form a huge community choir called Ebor Vox.
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  PEOPLE around the world will be able to watch the York Mystery Plays as they are streamed live on the internet this summer.
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           <title>Course for visually impaired jobless people will culminate in river exhibition</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[  JOBLESS people with sight problems will have the chance to learn employable skills and show them off as part of the York800 celebrations.
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           <title>Shrove Tuesday celebrated with pancake races in York</title>
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  SHROVE Tuesday was celebrated throughout the region with pancake races through the streets of North Yorkshire’s towns and cities.
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           <title>In good voice for York 800 celebrations</title>
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  HUNDREDS of singers in York will join voices for a huge community choir this summer – and rehearsals are about to get under way.
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           <title>Dear sir, your train nearly blinded me!</title>
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  IT will be a familiar story for many passengers – a railway journey isn’t all it should be, and an angry letter to the train company follows.
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           <title>Search on for York 800 poems</title>
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  HUNDREDS of choristers from across York will come together this summer to perform music specially written for the city.
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           <title>Charity Gala Concert revived for York 800 celebrations</title>
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  IT was last staged in the early 1980s – but now the Lord Mayor of York’s Charity Gala Concert is being revived as part of the York 800
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           <title>International Women’s Week events lined up</title>
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  WOMEN have “pulled out all the stops” to stage a record 78 events in York to mark International Women’s Week during the city’s 800th anniversary year.
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