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Parents of young mephedrone victims back campaign

Elaine and Tony Smith, the parents of Nick Smith, 19, who died after taking the “legal high” mephedrone

10:00am Monday 22nd March 2010

THE families of two teenage boys who died after taking the danger drug mephedrone have backed The Press’s campaign to outlaw the “legal high” saying: “No family should have to go through what we have gone through”.

York vet tells of motorway crash horror

9:52am Monday 22nd March 2010

A vet from York has told of the incredible moment when her car forced down the motorway by a giant tanker.

Plan could bring super-fast internet links to York

9:26am Monday 22nd March 2010

SUPER-FAST internet links could be on the way for residents and businesses in York.

Secret East Coast rail deal denied

9:13am Monday 22nd March 2010

TRANSPORT chiefs have denied a secret deal was struck with an MP at the centre of a cash-for-contacts storm over the future of a crucial rail link through York.

CCTV images show Tanner Row car park raider

These CCTV images show the robber at the NCP car park in Tanner Row, York

9:17am Monday 22nd March 2010

THESE CCTV images show the moment a knife-wielding raider targeted a York car park attendant in his quest for cash.

Readers to receive exclusive shopping discounts with passport scheme

Kate McMullen, of Visit York, left, and Amy Watkinson, of the York Designer Outlet, promote the shopping passport in Stonegate

9:00am Monday 22nd March 2010

Readers of The Press are about to get exclusive access to a fabulous range of shopping discounts and in our March 24 edition, we will be giving away a unique Shopping Passport to launch Visit York’s Shop & The City Campaign.

York ‘shrugging off the recession’

9:03am Monday 22nd March 2010

NEW figures have revealed how York shrugged off the recession last year, with 80 more businesses being launched than were closed down.

Acquitted man given jail term after skipping bail

9:06am Monday 22nd March 2010

A MAN was arrested and given a prison sentence despite being acquitted of attacking a York resident with a cricket bat.

Decision to fill in historic Stonegate cellar a ‘blow to heritage’

8:57am Monday 22nd March 2010

TWO councillors have hit out at a decision to allow historic vaults below a shop in the heart of York to be filled in with foamed concrete.

Hammer vandals target Acomb chip shop

Lyn Barton and Stuart Brown, who are offering a £1,000 reward to help track down two vandals who smashed the windows of their fish and chip shop

8:59am Monday 22nd March 2010

THE owners of a York fish and chip shop are offering a £1,000 reward to help catch hammer-wielding vandals who targeted their premises and left a trail of costly damage.

Asbestos ruled out as cause of former gamekeeper's death

9:01am Monday 22nd March 2010

A FORMER gamekeeper did not die of asbestos-related illnesses, a York inquest heard.

100-year-old Doris’s secret of a long life – a tot of brandy in her morning tea

Doris Justice who is 100 years old today

9:09am Monday 22nd March 2010

A WOMAN born and bred in York was today celebrating her 100th birthday.

Brides-to-be gather for York Racecourse wedding event

The York Press Wedding Fair at York Racecourse

9:24am Monday 22nd March 2010

BRIDES-TO-BE took the chance to make the perfect preparations for their big day.

Drive on to find new big wheel site in York

The Yorkshire Wheel at the National Railway Museum

8:42am Monday 22nd March 2010

ORGANISERS say they are still committed to bringing a big wheel back to York, despite delays in lodging a planning application.

Ryedale councillors expected to back Malton Museum location switch

Old Town Hall, Malton

8:27am Monday 22nd March 2010

A NEW museum aimed at becoming Ryedale’s version of York’s world-famous Jorvik Centre could come a step closer to reality this week.

Parents in charity trek in memory of Alex Pickering

John and Jill Pickering who are doing a 125-mile sponsored walk in memory of their daughter, Alex, in aid of NSPCC and Brake

8:31am Monday 22nd March 2010

PARENTS of a York teenager who was tragically killed in a car accident are set to embark on a 125-mile sponsored walk in her memory.

Planners back new £3m creative media centre at Manor CE School

Manor CE School

8:17am Monday 22nd March 2010

A MULTI-MILLION pound plan to build a community media centre at a York school has been unanimously approved by the city council’s planning committee.

Hundreds run for fun in North Yorkshire to raise money for Sport Relief

Katy Wood, 14, who has just been selected to run for England, quickly hands over the starter horn as she sets off to join    others running the six mile event at Rawcliffe Bar Country Park. Picture: Jo Hughes

8:13am Monday 22nd March 2010

RUNNERS from across York and North Yorkshire laced up their trainers to do their bit for the big BBC Sport Relief push.

Cancer sufferer took his own life

7:47am Monday 22nd March 2010

A CANCER patient chose to end his life rather than live with the pain of his condition, a York inquest heard.

Police hunting on-the-run sex offender

Edward Braime

7:50am Monday 22nd March 2010

POLICE hunting a “dangerous” sex offender who has escaped from a Lincolnshire prison say he could be hiding in North Yorkshire.







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