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York | Archive | 2007 | June

Stories for 14 June 2007

Gazette & Herald Business

Work gets underway on £100 million business park

BUILDING work has started on the £100 million Scarborough Business Park which will create up to 1,000 jobs when completed. more...

York Press Business

Plenty of optimistic signs for region’s economy

BUSINESS people in Yorkshire are smiling more broadly than elsewhere in Britain when they look to the future. more...

Pedal power firm launch

THEY are modern, sleek, green-trendy and about to be added to the mix of rival pedicabs in and around York. more...

York Press News

Punters wait on weather for weekend meeting

RACING at York Racecourse looks set to again be dogged by bad weather - but the top spots at restaurants and boxes have already been reserved. more...

Thieves target play area slide

HEARTLESS thieves have tried to steal a slide from a children's play area in York only hours after it was installed. more...

‘Devastating for families’

The circumstances of this case were so unusual that there was no statutory offence to cover them. more...

Voluntary "chemical castration" of paedophiles and a "Sarah's Law" offering mothers the chance to check whether new partners are sex offenders are among the Government's new proposals to protect children from predators. STEPHEN LEWIS and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL report. more...

The shame of burial men

CONDEMNED to lifelong shame - that is only one of the punishments for two undertakers who betrayed two grieving families. more...

Puzzle over responsibility for littered footpath

MYSTERY surrounds who is responsible for a Selby district footpath covered in shattered glass and other debris, which parents use to take their children to school. more...

Councillors raise concerns about cuts to short-stay spaces

PLANS to cut the amount of car parking space in a York suburb have angered local councillors. more...

Town’s summer swim shutdown

A SWIMMING pool at Tadcaster looks set to be shut for the summer, after hundreds of tiles on the floor of the tank suddenly came loose. more...

‘The loss of such skilled and experienced staff concerns me’

VITAL specialist nurses have been lost following the closure of York Hospital's neurology ward, a motor neurone disease charity nurse claimed today. more...

D-Day veterans unveil memorial stone

NORMANDY war veterans have commemorated comrades who never made it home, with the unveiling of a memorial stone in York. more...

A great effort

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Court shame of coffin duo

TO err is only human. It is what we do when we discover our mistakes that counts. more...

TV spotlight on cemetery’s wildlife role

YORK Cemetery came alive when the BBC filmed it for part of a new nature series - to be presented by gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh. more...

Police step up arsonist hunt

DETECTIVES investigating two arson attacks in York are appealing for witnesses. more...

Passports office boost

A NEW passport office is to open in York, where first-time applicants will go for interviews under a new crackdown on fraud and identity theft. more...

What that logo says about us

WELL, that logo certainly got everyone going. By chance, and the sort of opportunity it seems a shame to miss, the unveiling of the new 2012 Olympic branding came about just as understudy Prime Minister Gordon Brown started talking again about what it means to be British. more...

Cops suffer a shower of jokes

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Now you can text to park

CAR parking in York has moved into the 21st century with a new pay-by-text service. more...

Police investigation after bodies found

DETECTIVES are investigating the suspicious deaths of two people after their bodies were discovered at a house in North Yorkshire. more...

New top cop wins praise

A NORTH Yorkshire MP has praised the "consumer friendly" approach of the county's new police chief Grahame Maxwell. more...

Killer bug kids inspire DIY shop

THESE two youngsters have both survived meningitis and now their parents are throwing their weight behind our Guardian Angels appeal by supporting a city store's fundraiser. more...

Vision for Shipton Street School site

THESE are the long-awaited plans for the regeneration of the former Shipton Street School, in Clifton, York. more...

Fuel spillage on A19

POLICE were dealing with a fuel spillage on the A19 today. more...

York scoops top tourism honour

YORK has been crowned Europe's top destination for tourists after scooping an international award. more...

14 jobs lost as depot is closed

MORE jobs are to be lost in York following the decision to close the depot of a home delivery firm. more...

Burglar targeted elderly in village

A HEROIN addict who burgled elderly women to feed his drug habit - on the same day as he was given a community order by magistrates - has been jailed for more than three years. more...

Japanese get Ratty runaround

YORK'S pub-going bus-riding dog is now an international star after a day's filming with TV Tokyo. more...

Schools’ daily dose of crime

AT least one crime is reported in a York school every day of the school year. more...

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