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Rotary helps York special school cover costs of minibus repairs

The new minibus donated to Hob Moor Oaks School

7:30pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A CHARITY donation has helped a special school bounce back after vandals damaged its new minibus.

Golden day for North Yorkshire’s Heartbeat author

Peter and Rhoda Walker, preparing to celebrate their golden wedding at their home in Ampleforth

6:40pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A WRITER and former police inspector whose books inspired the hit TV drama series Heartbeat will celebrate 50 years of marriage this weekend.

Army awards Imperial Service Medal to military stalwart

6:10pm Thursday 8th January 2009

SHE has given more than four decades of faithful service to the Army – now a York woman has been honoured for her efforts.

Geoff Potter joins North Yorkshire and York health team

Geoff Potter

5:30pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A NEW director has joined the team of NHS North Yorkshire and York.

No jail for jockey Anthony Betts

FLASHBACK: Police at the scene of the attack in Norton in July

4:50pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A YOUNG jockey from North Yorkshire has escaped jail after pleading guilty to punching a 44-year-old man in the face – leaving him with serious brain injuries.

Nuisance neighbour Abigail Alexander locked up

Abigail Alexander

4:20pm Thursday 8th January 2009

IT was her last chance but she blew it.

Holgate bus service to return after parking wrangles

3:40pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A BUS service will return to a York estate after ruling councillors decided to press ahead with imposing controversial parking restrictions in the area.

Former dealership turned into temporary car park

A sign at the entrance to the car park

2:50pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A FORMER car dealership on the outskirts of York city centre has been converted into a car park offering cut-price parking.

York RSPCA find new home for Richard the cat

Richard the cat with Mandy Castle

2:00pm Thursday 8th January 2009

IT’S not so much a case of putting the cat among the pigeons as among the chickens for a York family which has rehomed this RSPCA stalwart.

Diesel spill on A19 causes major diversion for motorists

The scene at the diesel spillage at Escrick

1:21pm Thursday 8th January 2009

MOTORISTS faced a big detour today after a main road near York was closed because of a diesel spillage.

Court fate of York’s 8,000 council tax non-payers is revealed

1:10pm Thursday 8th January 2009

MORE than 8,000 people were summonsed to court last year after failing to pay their council tax bills or falling behind with the payments.

York family’s joy at diabetes breakthrough

Diabetes sufferer Joseph Hadden, who is looking forward to having an insulin pump fitted

12:20pm Thursday 8th January 2009

LIKE any other ten-year-old boy, Joseph Hadden loves sport, playing outdoors and is a football fanatic.

Asbestos hold-up for British Sugar site development

The British Sugar factory site in Boroughbridge Road, York, which is being demolished

11:30am Thursday 8th January 2009

THE demolition of the former British Sugar site in York has been delayed by at least four months, The Press can reveal.

Cigarette blamed for fatal Huntington blaze

Fire crews investigate at the blaze property in Whitethorn Close, Huntington

11:00am Thursday 8th January 2009

A blaze which claimed the life of a housebound woman may have been sparked by her own cigarette.

Gaza protesters stage York rally

Protesters calling for an end to Israel’s military intervention in Gaza stage a rally in Parliament Street, York

10:40am Thursday 8th January 2009

CAMPAIGNERS staged a one-hour vigil in York city centre to highlight the plight of residents in the war-torn area of Gaza.

Monks Cross Aldi supermarket hit by ram-raiders

The damaged entrance to the new Aldi store at Monks Cross, York, after thieves smashed a car into the building to steal a computer

10:10am Thursday 8th January 2009

A YORK supermarket was today set to reopen after ram-raiders smashed their way through its doors – to steal a single laptop computer.

York festive lights display raises £5,900

FLASHBACK TO 2007: Residents with their Christmas lights at Twin Pike Way, Wigginton, York

9:40am Thursday 8th January 2009

A DAZZLING display of Christmas lights in a York cul-de-sac has pulled in the pounds for good causes.

Mass tribute to cancer victim Wayne Thompson

Teresa Singleton, the mother of Wayne Thompson, wears a red coat as she is escorted into church at her son’s funeral in Acomb, York

9:20am Thursday 8th January 2009

HUNDREDS of mourners packed into a church to say goodbye to a 24-year-old York man who lost his battle against a rare form of cancer.



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