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Police reassure residents following rape of York woman

6:58pm Thursday 11th March 2010

DOZENS of residents have attended a drop-in session to seek reassurance from police following the rape of an 18-year-old woman in a field near their homes.

High-speed rail plans cause fears in York

5:23pm Thursday 11th March 2010

GOVERNMENT plans for a new high-speed rail link have been given a mixed response by York’s political leaders – after they left the city without any guarantees.

York Lidl plans get green light

2:50pm Thursday 11th March 2010

THE site of a former York swimming pool is set to become a food store after planners gave their backing to the scheme.

Body of York student found in River Foss

A police diving team at the scene where the body was found in the Foss Basin, York

9:40am Thursday 11th March 2010

THE devastated family and friends of teenager Jonathan Havron are in mourning today after police recovered his body from the River Foss in York.

Girl, 16, beaten unconscious in grounds of Lady Lumley’s School

9:50am Thursday 11th March 2010

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl is recovering after she was attacked by two teenagers.

German truck driver appears in court on A64 crash charge

Lorry driver Michael Burkert, 39

9:51am Thursday 11th March 2010

A LORRY driver has appeared in court accused of dangerous driving following a pile-up on a main road near York in which a man was seriously injured.

British Transport Police hunt train louts

9:34am Thursday 11th March 2010

THREE drunken youths who racially abused a woman as she and her friends travelled to York on a train are being hunted by police.

Praise for the work of North Yorkshire Police

9:40am Thursday 11th March 2010

POLICE in North Yorkshire have been praised by a watchdog as report cards of forces’ performance are revealed for the first time.

Teenagers ‘ignoring’ mephedrone warnings

9:38am Thursday 11th March 2010

TEENAGERS are still ignoring the warnings about mephedrone, but parents are now aware of the issues.

Gaza Ambulance team welcomed back to York

The civic party and members of the York To Gaza Ambulance team and councillors at the reception at the Mansion House, in York

9:36am Thursday 11th March 2010

MEMBERS of the York To Gaza Ambulance team have been welcomed back to the city.

Grant will help Jorvik Viking Centre put baffling remains on show

Jorvic “Vikings” celebrate news of the Wolfson Foundation grant.

9:17am Thursday 11th March 2010

THE Jorvik Viking Centre is celebrating a huge cash boost only weeks after the completion of a £1million upgrade.

Traders stunned by plea for cash to fund local business support scheme

9:20am Thursday 11th March 2010

TRADERS have hit out after being asked if they would like to pay hundreds of pounds to City of York Council – for a scheme to support local businesses.

The Press looking for people to join reader panel

9:48am Thursday 11th March 2010

ARE you looking forward to the General Election? Are you interested in discussing the issues that matter to our region and its people? Do you care about who is elected to represent us? If so, you could be just the person we’re looking for.

Teen receives suspended sentence over stolen goods

9:08am Thursday 11th March 2010

A TEENAGER has a 50-week jail sentence hanging over his head for the next two years because he mixed with burglars who targeted Sherburn-in-Elmet, York Crown Court heard.

Selby chemical sites get new life

The Tate & Lyle plant in Selby

9:06am Thursday 11th March 2010

TWO of Selby’s most prominent industrial sites are to get a new life in a massive regeneration boost for the town.

Man’s email address used in mugging scam

Geoff Nichols, of Badger Hill, whose email address was used by fraudsters

8:46am Thursday 11th March 2010

FRIENDS of York man Geoff Nicholls were startled to receive an email from him, saying he had been mugged at gunpoint during a trip to Wales and needed money.

Heart operation dad in health insurance alert

Roger Whitehead: Being forced to sell his house after heart attack

8:51am Thursday 11th March 2010

A SELBY area father who suffered a heart attack at the age of 39 has undergone a successful triple heart bypass operation.

Mum organising events to highlight meningitis threat

Debs Woollin, right, and her daughter, Katie

8:40am Thursday 11th March 2010

A NORTH Yorkshire furniture retailer is holding events at her store to raise awareness of meningitis – a decade after her daughter was struck down by the killer disease.

Call to honour former Lord Mayor Jack Archer

Jack Archer in his Lord Mayoral robes in May, 1990

8:16am Thursday 11th March 2010

CIVIC chiefs are being urged by charities and politicians to organise a memorial service for former Lord Mayor Jack Archer.

Outrage over pet rabbit killings

Claire Haskins with some of the rabbits that survived the attack at Strensall

8:18am Thursday 11th March 2010

THE RSPCA has joined police in condemning a raider who entered a garden in a York village and killed two pet rabbits.







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