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Train driving trio clock up 132 years

York train drivers retiring after a combined service of 132 years - Chris Clements (38 years), Eddie Sibley (47 years) and John O’Connor (47 years)

7:50pm Friday 5th September 2008

WHEN they started working on the railways, it was still the age of steam – but now a trio of York train drivers have brought 132 years of life on the tracks to an end.

Free admission to county’s secret buildings

Church of St Martin-cum-Gregory, in Micklegate, York

7:00pm Friday 5th September 2008

ONE of York’s most beautiful secret buildings will throw open its doors to visitors as part of a weekend of heritage events across North Yorkshire.

£3,000 raised in memory of Guy

Taking part in GFete are, from left, Abbey Hands, Richard Fletcher, Vicki Smith, Nina Hands, Lauren Heslop, Mike Fletcher and Louise Duffy.

6:20pm Friday 5th September 2008

FRIENDS of a brave bone cancer sufferer who battled his illness for six years before it claimed his life have raised almost £3,000 for a charity in his memory.

Fine dodgers made to pay

5:30pm Friday 5th September 2008

FINE defaulters were hauled before York Magistrates’ Court to make them pay the money they owed.

Councillors agree to vary licence despite opposition from Minster

The Lamb & Lion Inn, at Bootham Bar, York

4:40pm Friday 5th September 2008

VISITORS to a York city centre hotel will be able to drink alcohol in its garden after councillors agreed to vary the licence – despite opposition from York Minster.

Did Romans give us HIV?

3:50pm Friday 5th September 2008

HEALTH experts have denied suggestions that people living in North Yorkshire could be more vulnerable to AIDS because of the region’s Roman heritage.

York slips out of tourism Top 10

York’s skyline

3:00pm Friday 5th September 2008

TOURISM chiefs are gearing up to launch York’s official souvenir guide in their latest bid to lure visitors to the city.

Oxford student took own life

2:10pm Friday 5th September 2008

A BRIGHT young man who had been preparing to take up a place at Oxford University killed himself before his studies started, an inquest has heard.

Council’s Newgate Market income drops by £65k in two years

Shoppers at Newgate Market

1:20pm Friday 5th September 2008

THE declining appeal of outdoor markets has been blamed for a £65,000 loss in income at City of York Council.

Guilty verdict in attempted murder trial

12:47pm Friday 5th September 2008

THE girlfriend of a man who tried to murder his mother was today convicted of attempting to murder her as well.

Heritage groups join forces to safeguard Fairfax House

Philip Thake, chief executive of the York Conservation Trust,  and Graham Miller, chairman of York Civic Trust, formalise the sale of Fairfax House

12:30pm Friday 5th September 2008

TWO leading heritage groups in York have joined forces to safeguard the future of an historic house in the city.

Developers eye swimming pool

Edmund Wilson baths, in Acomb, York

11:40am Friday 5th September 2008

A STRING of developers have shown an interest in building a food store on the site of a York swimming pool.

Council’s secret list of HQ sites

There are 14 options for the site of the new council HQ ,  including one at Layerthorpe

11:00am Friday 5th September 2008

COUNCIL chiefs in York are considering building new offices on the Barbican site, in the latest shock twist in their headquarters saga.

Crane plunge costs York firm £15,000

The cherry-picker hit by a lorry

10:30am Friday 5th September 2008

A CHERRY-picker “accident waiting to happen” that left a father-of-three in a month-long coma has cost a York firm a £15,015 court bill.

No prosecution over dog attack

Storm soon after the attack in May last year

10:00am Friday 5th September 2008

IT WAS one of the worst animal cruelty cases York has seen – but after a 16-month investigation the RSPCA has decided not to prosecute anybody over the stabbing of Storm.

Locked-up building site to get daily checks to deter break-ins

The troubled site in Fishergate

9:40am Friday 5th September 2008

DAILY security checks are to be carried out at the abandoned site of York’s new Peasholme Centre, after the company building it folded.

Facelift for Museum Gardens?

Facelift for Museum Gardens?

9:36am Friday 5th September 2008

ONE of the entrances to York’s Museum Gardens could get a new look if councillors agree to proposals next week.

Woman had ‘no idea’ partner was trying to kill mother, 82

8:50am Friday 5th September 2008

THE jury was today considering its verdict in the case of a 82-year-old York woman nearly smothered to death by her son.


UK News

Soldier hoped for Afghan peace

Justin Cupples, 29, who was killed in Sangin, Helmand Province

Updated 2:08am Saturday 6th September 2008

A British Army soldier killed in Afghanistan had spoken of hopes of bringing peace to the war-torn country.


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