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Overseas visits to North-East and North Yorkshire fell last year

6:21pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

OVERSEAS visits to the North-East and North Yorkshire have dropped amid fears the region’s tourism economy is suffering from a cut in global marketing.

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Police seek dog-owner after bull terrier kills cat and injures woman

11:24am Tuesday 21st May 2013

POLICE are hunting the owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier which killed a cat and injured a woman.

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Attempt to smuggle fighting birds through North airport

2:34pm Monday 20th May 2013

ATTEMPTS to bring live fighting birds through a North airport in suitcases were "astonishing", authorities say.

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Engineering boss faces prospect of jail following conviction of manslaughter of worker

5:29pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE BOSS of a heavy engineering firm faces the prospect of jail after being convicted today (Friday, May 17) of the manslaughter of a worker who fell from cherry picker.

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Evacuated North Yorkshire villagers allowed home after gas leak

2:47pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A VILLAGE evacuated during a gas scare earlier today has now been given the all-clear.

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North Yorkshire village evacuated after gas leak

1:29pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A VILLAGE in North Yorkshire is being evacuated after reports of a gas leak.

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Police warn motorists against taking photographs of accident scenes

5:20pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

POLICE have warned motorists against using their mobile phones to take photos of accidents – after several drivers were seen taking images of the scene of a serious rush-hour crash this morning (Wednesday, May 15).

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News from the North

5:32pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

Sports cash: The city of York has been awarded £248,530 of National Lottery funding for grass-roots sport. The authority plans to employ six staff to work with community clubs and organisations to provide sports opportunities for various different age groups, from teens to the over-55s.

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Changes on the way for racecourse known as the Ascot of the north

4:55pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

MAJOR changes are on the way to the racecourse already known as the Ascot of the north.

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Grants scheme to help communities and groups mark the centenary of the First World War

12:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

COMMUNITIES and groups across the North-East and North Yorkshire have been invited to have a share of a multi-million grants scheme set up to mark the centenary of the First World War.

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Major York employer to move hundreds of jobs to India

4:45pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

ONE of York’s major employers, Aviva, has announced it is to move hundreds of jobs to India.

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Farm set to be new attraction

5:57pm Monday 13th May 2013

THE region’s tourism capital could soon have a new attraction.

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North Yorkshire news in brief

5:52pm Monday 13th May 2013

Jobs cash: City of York Council has allocated £200,000 to employment and skills programmes over the next three years. The funding, from the council's £28.5m Economic Infrastructure Fund, will be put towards activities aimed at plugging gaps in the employment and skills offered locally.

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Work to begin on £100m luxury hotel and golf resort this month

3:53pm Sunday 12th May 2013

WORK on what is expected to be one of the biggest hotels in the North of England is to begin this month.

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North Yorkshire Police receives 1,100 applications for 60 jobs

4:51pm Sunday 12th May 2013

North Yorkshire Police has received more than 1,100 applications for 60 police officer jobs.

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Police praise "tremendous" response from public in response to robbery, but still wish to hear from witnesses

3:34pm Sunday 12th May 2013

Witnesses to a robbery close to York city centre are being sought.

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Woman attacked by handbag-snatcher

4:49pm Friday 10th May 2013

DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses following a violent handbag robbery on a riverside towpath.

Discover more about speed cameras

4:20pm Friday 10th May 2013

THE public will get the opportunity to quiz police in North Yorkshire about their mobile safety cameras next week.

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News from the North

5:39pm Friday 10th May 2013

School closure: The 100-pupil Derwent primary school in York is to be closed for good following a local council review and nearby Osbaldwick school is to be expanded. All 24 staff at Derwent school will be made redundant – and encouraged to apply for vacancies at the expanded Osbaldwick school.

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Man killed on railway line

4:17pm Thursday 9th May 2013

TRAIN services were disrupted after an elderly man was on the railway line near York.

Artists sought for annual exhibition in Wolsingham

11:26am Thursday 9th May 2013

ARTISTS are being asked to take part in an annual art exhibition in a Weardale town.

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Drunken train users from Teesside warned they face refusal to travel home from York

12:23pm Thursday 9th May 2013

A WARNING has been issued to rowdy and drunken revellers that they will not be allowed on trains returning to Teesside from York if they are deemed too intoxicated.

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Musician reunited with rare musical instrument stolen in a £10,000 haul

6:05pm Thursday 9th May 2013

A MUSICIAN has been reunited with a rare bouzouki instrument, which was stolen in North Yorkshire in a £10,000 haul.

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Consultation over future waste and minerals plans

4:24pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

VIEWS are being sought on planning issues relating to minerals and waste across North Yorkshire.

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Show's £500,000 bid to prevent repeat of weather disaster

1:35pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

VISITORS to the country’s biggest agricultural event will be greeted with new roads, more parking and better drainage this year.

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Two arrested after drugs raids in York

6:03pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

TWO men have been arrested following drugs raids on York houses.

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Warning over pitfalls of massive benefits shake-up

7:30am Tuesday 7th May 2013

A MASSIVE shake-up of the benefits system will cause “pain, poverty and misery to many thousands of North-East families,” it has been claimed.

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Lost radioactive waste found by workers at metal recycling was traced to University of York

6:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

RADIOACTIVE material found by workers at a metal recycling centre was traced to a science lab at the University of York, where it had been lost during a decommissioning process.

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Police object to supermarket plans

5:38pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

POLICE are fighting plans by two supermarket chains to open new branches in York, claiming they will fuel street drinking and crime.

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Museum's food plan

5:59pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

Food plan: The National Railway Museum in York is planning to use shipping containers to improve its food facilities for visitors. The museum wants to stack adapted and refurbished containers in the south-east garden of the museum so they can operate as an outdoor pizza service and ice-cream kiosk, complete with sliding doors. The local council is expected to decide on a planning application in the summer.

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Washington flower festival

3:21pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

The Holy Trinity Church in Washington Village is holding a Flower Festival, Celebrating the Northern Saints, from Friday, May 17, to Sunday May 19. Admission to the preview evening on Friday is £5, including refreshments, while tickets for a concert by Holy Trinity Choir and Westoe Colliery Band at 7pm on Saturday are £6. The church will be open for free viewing on Saturday and Sunday.

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Man arrested over historic child abuse after Operation Yewtree investigation

11:12pm Monday 6th May 2013

A 73-year-old man has been arrested in connection with historic child abuse in North Yorkshire, police said tonight (Monday, May 6).

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Harrogate shop staff threatened with knife in daytime robbery

10:42am Monday 6th May 2013

STAFF at a North Yorkshire store were threatened with a knife by a robber who demanded cash from the till.

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York music, food and drink festival hailed a success

5:33pm Monday 6th May 2013

A YORK music, food and ale festival saw crowds turn out in their droves to enjoy the good weather on Sunday. (May 5) The YO1 festival, in York racecourse, Knavesmire, was hailed a success by many but the warm weather meant long queues to enter the venue and at drinks tents.

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North Yorks news

5:16pm Monday 6th May 2013

OUTDOOR FIRES: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have been called to a fire on Crombie Avenue, York, on Sunday, May 5 at 6pm after a fire in a wheely bin spread to a nearby fence and out-building.

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Chef proprietor of Ryedale's acclaimed Star Inn plans to open York restaurant

12:50pm Sunday 5th May 2013

ONE of the region’s leading chefs is to open a new restaurant on the edge of York’s historic Museum Gardens.

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Police investigate York village house fire where a woman was found dead

11:35am Sunday 5th May 2013

POLICE are investigating a blaze at a home where a woman in her seventies was found dead.

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