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York Brewery’s managing director Tony Thomson

Investors – hop to it!

Updated 7:50pm Sunday 6th July 2008

York Brewery seeks cash for vital expansion.


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Former football hooligan Gram Seed with volunteers from Summer Soul

Updated 2:00pm Sunday 6th July 2008

MEET former football hooligan Gram Seed, who bears the scars of fights with fans all over England, but who began a new life after becoming a Christian.

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Spectacular sunset in Wilberfoss taken by Press photographer Anthony Chappel-Ross.

Sail boat in front of Whitby Abbey taken by Press photographer Anthony Chappel-Ross.

Picturesque cottages on Robin Hood’s Bay by Press photographer Anthony Chappel-Ross.

Picture postcard shot of Helmsley Parish Church was caught by picture editor Martin Oates.



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Knights coach loses patience and axes star Mapals

Updated 12:37pm Saturday 5th July 2008

LEE MAPALS’ future at York City Knights is shrouded in doubt after he was dropped because of “attitude problems” for the second time in six weeks.

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Former City boss returns to the hotseat with the Stags

Updated 12:34pm Saturday 5th July 2008

FORMER York City boss Billy McEwan has been revealed as the new manager of Blue Square Premier rivals Mansfield Town.

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Osborne plan to slash fuel duty

George Osborne promised to link tax levels to oil prices

Updated 6:52pm Sunday 6th July 2008

Fuel duty would be slashed to help hard-pressed families deal with soaring prices, under radical Tory plans.


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Here are my salty thoughts

LAST YEAR it was a shark off the Cornwall coast that saw The Sun through the silly season; this year it’s little green men in flying saucers over Shropshire. Both stories, of course, are utter tosh.

Janet Mountain and Kath Webb look through items from the NHS’s archive at the University of York
Birthday wishes to the NHS at 60

IT’S an institution which has saved lives – and provided many people with a new lease of life.

Racing at the Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud in Paris. Picture: Steve Carroll
’Vive le difference’ is my French lesson

IT was a bit of an eye-opener to say the least. The highlight of a friend’s stag party in Paris last weekend saw a group of hardened racegoers, including your correspondent, take a trip to the Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud in the west of the city.

Radio York staff in October last year with the book of children’s stories which saw the station nominated for a Sony Radio Award.
A special day for a North Yorkshire radio station

BBC Radio York celebrates its 25th birthday today. Reporter NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN looks back at the station’s history.

Authorized, ridden by Frankie Dettori, left, wins the 2007 Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse. The Group 1 race will feature in racing’s new ‘Champions League’ competition
York welcomes Champions League spot for flagship race

RACING’S equivalent of the Champions League has been given the thumbs-up by York Racecourse chief executive William Derby.

John Brain, the Langwith victor
Clever Brain leads the way with massive victory haul

There were some brilliant matches on local stillwaters at the weekend with 100lb bags needed to make the top of the prize list.



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