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Tributes to retired police chief inspector Sidney Smith
7:50pm Friday 18th July 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Selby police chief inspector who has died, aged 85.
Comments (1)‘Highly organised’ gang blamed for plates theft
11:40am Friday 18th July 2008
Steel plates worth thousands of pounds have been stolen from a business park near York - the latest in a growing tally of scrap metal crimes.
Country shows hoping for blue skies
11:30am Friday 18th July 2008
AS COUNTRY show season approaches, organisers are hoping for better weather than last year.
Council facing bill for strike
11:10am Friday 18th July 2008
Binmen paid overtime to clear uncollected rubbish.
Homeless action plan
10:50am Friday 18th July 2008
THE threat of homelessness in York could be eradicated through a new action plan approved by councillors, it has been claimed.
Anger over timing of swimming lessons
11:03am Friday 18th July 2008
LEISURE bosses at City of York Council have been criticised over the timing of a new course of swimming lessons.
Land Rover in drive for charity
10:40am Friday 18th July 2008
STAFF from the British Red Cross found themselves struggling to negotiate flood waters three-feet deep in a Ford Focus during last summer’s devastating flooding in Yorkshire.
‘Barbican fury cost city dear’
10:10am Friday 18th July 2008
A COMMITTEE has blamed a protest group for a delay in the sale of York’s Barbican Centre which caused City of York Council to lose out financially.
Paramedics to quit city base
9:50am Friday 18th July 2008
PARAMEDICS in York are to move to a new temporary base on the outskirts of the city within two months – as they wait to hear whether plans for a new ambulance station will be given the go-ahead.
Crime in N Yorks lowest in England
9:50am Friday 18th July 2008
CRIME in North Yorkshire is the joint lowest in the whole of England, according to new figures.
Van driver avoids serious injury in A64 crash
9:30am Friday 18th July 2008
FIREFIGHTERS said the driver of a van which was “mangled” after hitting a tree beside the A64 was “very lucky indeed” to escape with his life.
Harry bowled over by honour
9:30am Friday 18th July 2008
A YORK-BASED TV anchorman has been honoured for his contribution to sports broadcasting. BBC Look North presenter Harry Gration, an old boy of St Peter’s School, in York, has been given an honorary doctorate of the University of Bradford.
Funeral date for Dean Dawson
9:34am Friday 18th July 2008
THE funeral of the young father tragically killed in an alleged hit-and-run accident will be held next week after his body was returned to York.
Fears grow for safety of missing York camper
9:20am Friday 18th July 2008
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a man who has been missing from his York home for four months.
Traffic blackspots alert as schools start summer holiday
8:50am Friday 18th July 2008
MOTORISTS were warned today they are facing one of the busiest weekends of the year on the roads of North and East Yorkshire as the great summer getaway begins.
Exam results delay anguish
9:08am Friday 18th July 2008
THOUSANDS of school pupils in York, North and East Yorkshire could face an agonising wait until September to find out their Sats exam results.
Terry’s factory planning delay
8:40am Friday 18th July 2008
PLANNERS behind the redevelopment of the former Terry’s factory in York are facing another month’s delay.
York parks receive national honours
8:40am Friday 18th July 2008
Three of the city’s parks and gardens have received a prestigious award.
UK News
Man quizzed over abduction bid
Updated 8:40pm Friday 18th July 2008
A 62-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl, police said.
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Garden of honour
IF you want to know why a group of York youngsters is in the running for one of our Community Pride Awards, a stroll around the city’s hospital will provide you with the answer.
The master’s coda
Stephen Lewis talks to York Minster’s master of music, who is retiring after 25 years.
Historic home to host Blake exhibition
A NORTH YORKSHIRE stately home is hosting an exhibition of drawings by Quentin Blake.
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