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MS sufferer cycles from London to Paris to raise £6,500 for charity

Richard Gleadhill in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

8:10pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

ONE bike, four days, 327 miles and lots of blisters.

Mother’s anguish over son’s injuries

Charlie Anderson

7:20pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A MOTHER told today of her heartbreak after her son suffered serious head injuries in a street attack in a North Yorkshire town.

Many happy returns for York charity

Sheila Smith with the cake she made to mark York Wheels’ birthday, with founder and present members of the charity at The Marcia pub, in Bishopthorpe

6:30pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A YORK charity celebrated its 20th birthday with a party for volunteers and staff members.

Is this the face of jewel thief?

Is this the face of jewel thief?

5:40pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Detectives investigating the theft of £100,000 of equestrian-themed jewellery have released this efit of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.

Heart attack victims could be taken straight to Leeds

An aerial view of Leeds General Infirmary

4:50pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

VICTIMS of the most serious kinds of heart attacks in York will no longer be taken to the city’s hospital, but will instead be transferred directly to Leeds.

Grand Central back on track

A Grand Central train leaves York Station

4:00pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A TRAIN operator has re-launched a full service on the East Coast Mainline route from York to London, following major repairs to several power cars.

A64 bus stop row

3:10pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A WAR of words has broken out over a long-awaited bus stop beside the busy A64 at Bilbrough Top.

Beatles tunes to ring out across York

Carillonneur Trevor Workman tries out the baton clavier at York Minster.

2:20pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

THE streets are to come alive with the sound of music as people across the city set to be serenaded by Beatles classics – thanks to the bells at York Minster.

Judges have faith in ’search for star’ hopefuls

Kevin Ibbotson impersonates George Michael watched by his mother at the auditions at York Racecourse

2:23pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

HALF a dozen hopefuls have auditioned for the chance to perform during a night of solo tribute acts at York Racecourse on Friday.

Birthing battle blow

1:30pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

THE fight to save three North and East Yorkshire maternity units which are set to be replaced with a new purpose-built facility is set to rumble on.

New music venue gets licence approved despite objection

 F.O.Y on stage at York’s newest music venue, The Duchess

12:30pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

THE team behind a new York music venue reckon they are striking the right notes after being awarded a 14-hour licence to play live music.

Cultural quarter plan for heart of city

How St Leonard’s Place might look if the plans for a cultural quarter get the go ahead

11:40am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

CIVIC chiefs have started the ball rolling for a cultural quarter in York which could see a new bridge built across the River Ouse and new traffic restrictions introduced in the heart of the city.

Miss York hurt in nightclub attack

Miss York, Helen Jackson, and her boyfriend, Henry Richardson, who were assaulted in The Gallery nightclub, York

11:00am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

SHE was the pride of York when she glided down the catwalk in the glamorous Miss England pageant – but just 24 hours later she was the victim of a terrifying assault in her home city.

More York buses may face the axe

ELVINGTON: Could village lose its bus link with York?

10:10am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

FRESH fears have been raised for bus services in York, after city transport bosses recommended cutting a number of subsidies.

Museum Gardens ban was ‘a mistake’

Visitors to York’s Museum Gardens enjoy the sun

9:50am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

MUSEUM bosses have insisted that some of York’s best loved gardens are open to visitors of all ages after security guards wrongly barred entry to teenagers.

Council inquiry over Hungate

SCUPPERED: An artist’s impression of the ill-fated Hungate HQ plan

9:30am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

AN inquiry is to be held into City of York Council’s ill-fated Hungate project.

Barlby zones in on trouble

9:23am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A SELBY village’s first weekend protected by a new dispersal zone passed off without incident, with no arrests made.

Quiet school break-up

A police officer near the Millennium Bridge, in York, where an increased police presence was in force yesterday

8:50am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

POLICE have praised pupils in York for their good behaviour as the summer holidays started.


UK News

Parents call for scrapping of Sats

A teachers' union has called for pay offer review

Updated 1:42am today Thursday 24th July 2008

Parents feel "totally let down" by this year's national curriculum tests fiasco and want to see them abolished, a parents' group has announced.


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