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Superlicks perform at the Selby Family Fun Day on Portholme Road Community Field.  (BUY THIS PHOTO L0407TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

VIDEO: Selby family fun day video

This exclusive Selby Times video illustrates why this years Selby family fun day has been called the best yet.

Representatives from local organisations carry out a feasibility study for the cycle track along the canal bank from Rawcliffe Bridge to Goole.  (BUY THIS PHOTO L0202TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

One step closer to Snaith bike route

East Riding councillors, cyclists and other interested parties have been checking out a potential new route for a cycle path between Snaith and Goole.

Blood Donor session.

Selby blood donors are needed

The NHS is urging people in Selby who have never given blood before to donate blood as part of National Blood Week.

NEWS: News.

Selby incinerator opposition gets going

A Selby district councillor has kicked off a campaign opposing plans for an incinerator to be built on the Kellingley pit site.

At Selby Library are Vicky Ramskill and Edward Watson of Selby District Vision. (BUY THIS PHOTO L0263TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

Selby library makes a noise

Selby Library is shouting about the services it offers to visually impaired people as part of a county-wide initiative.

COURT: Court Case

Selby man falsely claimed £18k

A Selby man has admitted to an £18,000 benefits fraud which saw him claim benefits despite owning his own home.

COURT: Court Case

Stillingfl​eet Gardens Wildlife Day

A woman who has been encouraging wildlife into her four acre garden for over 35 years is holding a Wildlife Day on Saturday June 15 at Stillingfleet, just outside Selby.

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Jeremy Nolan of Glentrool who wants to develop at the side of Sherburn Enterprise Park. (BUY THIS PHOTO L0324TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

VIDEO: Glentrool Director on Sherburn business park plans video

Property development company,The Glentrool Estate Group have submitted plans to Selby District Council to build a £50 million business and employment park in Sherburn, which they hope would create 2,500 jobs.

COURT: Court Case

Sherburn man found guilty of dumping boxes

A Sherburn-in-Elmet man appeared before magistrates on Thursday June 6 for dumping cardboard boxes beside the road.

COURT: Court Case

Council prosecutes Selby fly-tippers

Access Selby’s enforcement and legal teams, working on behalf of Selby District Council, have brought three successful fly tipping prosecution in the last week.

NEWS: News.

Selby library launches free digital magazine service

North Yorkshire libraries are giving their users the chance to access over fifty magazines for free on their computer, tablet or phone.

COURT: Court Case

Council prosecute Sherburn takeaway

A Chinese takeaway in Sherburn been prosecuted by Selby District Council for failing to comply with food hygiene regulations

Runners from Selby take part in the Race for Life event at York.

Crick’s Chicks race to raise £1,800

Staff and customers from Cricketers Arms pub on Market Place, Selby, took part in York Race for Life on Sunday to raise a grand total of approximately £1,800 toward cancer research. Pictured left to right are Dawn Webster, Claire Colvin, Courtney Colvin, Carol Higgins and Laura Page.

HOLOCAUST:At Barlby High School is  Iby Knill who experienced Auschwitz, with associate assistant headteacher Vanessa Smallwood, teacher Louise Robson and Hayley Roberts. (BUY THIS PHOTO L9761TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

Video Auschwitz survivor tells Barlby pupils her story video

Holocaust survivor Iby Knill was a visitor at Barlby High School as part of a study into Auschwitz.

Transport problems

Xscape this summer

Selby Town Council has announced it has created a bus service to Xscape which will run over the summer months.

Transport problems

Burn site plan re-submitted

Selby District Council has announced it will re-submit the planning application to the extend the travellers site at Burn Airfield.

Nigel Adams MP

Selby’s smokers cost taxpayer £20m a year

Taxpayers fork out nearly £20million per year on care for Selby’s 12,000 smokers, new figures have revealed.

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An aeriel picture of the proposed Sherburn site

£50 million Sherburn business park plans

A planning application to build a £50 million business park in Sherburn, which would create 2,500 jobs has been submitted to Selby Council.

An aeriel picture of the proposed Sherburn site

Pirates hijack last ship built in Selby

The last ship built in Selby, the MT Matrix, is believed to have been hijacked by armed pirates off the coast of Nigeria last month.

Linda McAvan, local Member of European Parliament and the leading MEP on Europes new draft tobacco laws, is calling on the government to reconsider its plain packaging u-turn.

MEP calls for smoking law

A Yorkshire MEP has urged the government to “think again” after abandoning plain cigarette packaging laws.

Carol Mackman, Diane Walker, Janet Vause, Beryl Breen, Anne Young, Edward Young and Maureen Brooksbank at their Selby District Vision fundraising stall at the Selby Hands of Hope Coronation Celebrations. (BUY THIS PHOTO L0149TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

Selby library makes a noise!

Selby Library will be shouting about the services it offers to visually impaired people as part of a county wide initiative.

At Abbey Lodge Care Home on Leeds Road are senior carer Joanne Mayes, Margaret Dye, manager Emma Dodgson, carer Jean Campbell, Norman Wilkinson, Kathleen Birdsall and ex senior carer Elaine Tyrrell.  (BUY THIS PHOTO L9967TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

Residents forced to find new homes

Elderly residents are facing an uncertain future after it was revealed their care home is to close.

Landlord of the Albion Vaullts Mal Patterson with his cat Dori. (BUY THIS PHOTO L0046TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

Meet the Selby pub moggie...who thinks he is a dog

Pub goers are familiar with the pint that thinks it’s a quart, but a Selby boozer has a unique special feature – a cat that thinks he’s a dog.

100km Charity Jungle Trek.

Jungle challenge nets £35k

A team of football fanatics has just returned from a charity challenge in the jungles of Indonesia, which netted over £35,000.

Bill Stevenson of Highfield Cresent Barlby with his view of the new roundabout.  (BUY THIS PHOTO L0090TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

New road drives Barlby man made

Selby’s new £1.8million roundabout has turned into a circle of hell for one sleep-deprived resident.

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Staff at Mister C's with their Fish and Chip Quality Award.

Chippy retains plaice among nation’s elite

A Selby chippy has battered the competition to maintain its place among Britain’s frying elite.

CRIME: Crime scene.

Police appeal for information on Drax fuel theft

Selby Police are asking anyone with information on a theft, which took place on a farm in Drax, to contact them.

CRIME: Crime scene.

Three males arrested in Temple Hirst for attempted theft

Selby Police have arrested three males in connection with an attempted theft from a garden shed in Temple Hirst.

NEWS: News.

Sherburn debit centre celebrates anniversary

A charity has celebrated a year of helping Sherburn residents to get out of debt.

Gareth Dadd, NYCC councillor

Parking charges set to be implemented in Selby

Motorists are being reminded that new parking regulations will come into force in Selby.

Scott Road Medical Centre. Picture: Tony Saxton

Selby surgery raider is jailed

A burglar who ransacked a GP surgery needed medical help himself after leaving a pool of blood behind at the scene.

Traffic wardens are to start patrolling Selby's streets.

Parking fines in Selby to rise by up to 133 per cent

Parking fines in Selby are to more than double in a controversial move which business chiefs fear will make the area a ‘ghost town’.

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Craig and Martin Blakey at their new environmental site in South Milford with landowner Stephen Batty (BUY THIS PHOTO L9929TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

50,000 reasons for Trust to be thankful

The Wildlife Habitat Protection Trust has recently been awarded £50,000 to help with the restoration of a 12-acre woodland at South Milford.

COURT: Court Case

Selby benefits cheat in court

A benefits cheat has been ordered to pay back more than £1,300 after he was caught fiddling the system.

Chris Page

VIDEO: What’s in this week’s Selby Times video

This week’s Selby Times has all the news and sport from across the area as well as a newly expanded lifestyle section and great reader offers.

Millionaire winner Bryan Sellars of Selby. (BUY THIS PHOTO L9857TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

Selby plumber has money on tap as he appears on TV this evening

A Selby plumber is feeling flush after scooping a shedload of cash on a top TV quiz show.

At Cable's Butchers on Gowthorpe Selby are owner Andrew Cable and shop assistant Ann Harris. (BUY THIS PHOTO L9985TS) Picture: Tony Saxton

We’ll meat again as Selby shop reopens

It’s back to the chopping board for former Selby butcher Andrew Cable, who has taken over the Hunters store on Gowthorpe.

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