Police name couple killed in fatal accident
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Claudia's family call for a fresh investigation
Four years since Claudia Lawrence went missing and her family call for a new police investigation.
Police find body in hunt for missing pensioner
Police looking for a 73-year-old woman Sheila Sykes missing from her home near York, have found a body.
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Heritage Lottery money pays for new Minster attraction
The new Undercroft at York Minster, which opens on Saturday 25 May, has been partly paid for by a £10.5m donation by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Spokesperson Fiona Spiers has been checking on progress as finishing touches are made and says the new space is much more inviting than what it replaces.
Dean of York describes new exhibition as a gift
The Dean of York says she hopes that visitors to the new Undercroft at York Minster will learn something about themselves from it. The Very Rev Vivienne Faull, was only appointed last year, says the complicated nature of the below ground chambers echo the complex history of the building.
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New attraction tells 2000 year story of York Minster
The new Undercroft at York Minster tells the story of the building's 2000 year history from the days of the Romans to the present. The contemporary chambers which now fill the below-ground area use the space which dug out during emergency excavations in the 1970s to shore up the susbiding tower.
The team behind the new exhibition describe it as an immersive and interactive journey featuring artefacts never before on public display that will allow visitors to see, touch and hear the building's history.
– The Very Rev Vivienne Faull, Dean of York.The land upon which the cathedral now stands has been a centre, military, political, social and theological [for centuries], influencing not only regional but national history. For the first time, 'Revealing York Minster' brings together the archaeological discoveries and the written archives, dating back to the 7th Century. It will provide visitors with an insight into the evolution of the city and York Minster's central role within that, right up to the present day with a glimpse at the people who work being the scenes, making use of the very latest technology.
New undercroft opens at York Minster
York Minster exhibition
A new exhibition will show off the 2000 year history of one of our region's most famous buildings for the first time.
Finishing touches are being made to a series of a chambers underneath York Minster.
The displays show the archaeological remnants of buildings that used to stand on the site and use the latest technology to show how they have transformed into the famous building that stands there today.
Dog mauls cat and bites owner
Police in York are asking for help to find a Staffordshire Bull Terrier which mauled a cat and its owner.
The dog was on a walk without a lead on 7th May on Townend Street in the Groves area. The dog attacked and killed a cat. The cat's owner tried to stop the dog and was bitten by the dog herself.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101.
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Full Report: Steam train restored to former glory
A rare steam engine arrived at a museum in County Durham back in November in desperate need of restoration work.
The Dominion of Canada needed cleaning, re-painting and original parts replacing.
Staff and volunteers at The National Railway Museum in Shildon have worked tirelessly since then, and today unveiled her to the public. Jonny Blair was there.
Watch his full report below.
Steam train restored by volunteers
A 1937 steam train has been restored by volunteers in York.
It took them six months to complete the makeover of the Dominion of Canada.
The train is now on display at the National Railway Museum in Shildon.
York nurse sacked after care home abuse charges
A nurse who was found guilty of abuse charges at a North Yorkshire care home has been sacked by her employers.
Christina Cooper appeared at a hearing today where she was found guilty of ten charges of verbal and physical abuse towards the residents of the Viking Wing of Connaught Care Home in Fulford.
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Fund, which runs the York care home, has condemned the nurse's actions.
The hearing heard that Cooper branded dementia patients 'disgusting' for soiling their bedding and had threatened to strangle a woman with a scarf.
Former Archbishop of York accused of 'abuse cover-up'
The Times has reported that a former Archbishop of York has been accused of covering up allegations that a senior Church of England clergyman abused choirboys and school pupils.
The paper says Lord Hope of Thornes was made aware of allegations against the Very Rev Robert Waddington in 1993 and 2003, but did not report the concerns to police or child protection agencies.
The alleged abuse by Waddington, who died in 2007, and the Church’s inaction has been reported after a joint investigation by The Times and The Australian newspaper.
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