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Attractive Grade II Listed Home in Maxey is on the Market

An attractive Grade II-listed house is on the market. The detached period property is located on West End Road, Maxey, and is set on three floors. It includes four bedrooms, two with en suites, and a garden room. On the ground floor, the hallway opens to the kitchen, dining room and garden room. Through these rooms are the utility, snug and lounge. The fitted kitchen has been installed with a central island, range-style cooker and Belfast sink. Across the hall, the dining room features a stone ingle...
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Freemasons Make Donation to Victoria Hall, Oakham

A society has made a donation towards the upkeep of a struggling historic hall. The Old Oakhamian Freemason’s School Lodge has given £500 to Victoria Hall in High Street, Oakham to help with running costs. The Lodge said it recognises the importance of the hall as a centre for charity events in town. Built in 1839 as a meeting place for the Rutland Agricultural Society, the Grade II-listed building was 125 years old this year. Victoria Hall is now a charity run by a team of volunteers and relies on...
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Stamford Arts Centre Christmas Craft Market

Plenty of people turned out for a Christmas craft market at Stamford Arts Centre. The market ran between 10am and 4pm on Saturday, December 14, and featured a variety of homemade gifts and crafts. Pieces for sale included woven baskets, jewellery, candles, Christmas ornaments and baked goods. Helen Burke, founder of Foxy Felting, had a stall showing off her festive felt figurines. Among these were Father Christmases, nativity scenes, red-breasted robins and garlands of gingerbread men. Sue Parker of...
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Stamford and Rutland Photographic Society Reveal their Top Photos of 2024

Rushing water, a blackbird mid-flight, and an elegant butterfly were among images that featured in Stamford and Rutland Photographic Society’s Print of the Year competition.Members were encouraged to put forward their best work from 2024 at the December meeting of the club. A range of artwork was accepted, with categories including portrait, landscape, macro, street and composite.The competition was judged by Nottingham photographer Sue Hartley.Sue offered in-depth critique of all the entries an...
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Fix First Win: First Bus Bring Back Free Zones Between University Campuses

On 25 January, YUSU Wellbeing Officer Hannah Nimmo announced on Instagram that her ‘Fix First’ campaign had won. As of 5 February, the free zone of the 66 and 67 First Bus services will be restored, as well as a reduced single fare buffer zone.
Both the 66 and 67 run from the York Sport Village to the York Railway Station. In September 2023, First Bus disposed of the free zones between East and West Campus and replaced them with the C1 and C2 services. These free buses run exclusively around...
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YUSU Campaign for £1 Million in Support of Cost-of-Living Crisis

YUSU President Pierrick Rogers and Wellbeing Officer Hannah Nimmo have campaigned for £1 million from the University of York to support students during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

YUSU has set up various initiatives since summer 2023 in support of the cost-of-living crisis, including cheap campus meals and the Fruit and Root scheme. The money has come from the University as a result of four months of campaigning and lobbying.

YUSU have provided a full breakdown of the areas in which the
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The Pedestrianisation of York

We live in an age of walkable cities. The word ‘walkable’ has seen an increase of around 160 percent since1800, and has been on a steady incline since the 1990s. The benefits of walkable cities have been coming to light in recent years – they reduce carbon emissions, promote active living and minimise road accidents, to name a few. While it is important to note that walkable cities are not completely vehicle-free (they refer to cities whose infrastructure facilitates the accessibility of ameniti
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Nouse Interviews YUSU Academic Officer Meely Doherty

On 17 November, Nouse sat down with newly-appointed Academic Officer, Meely Doherty, to ask her about her role.

What exactly does your role involve?

Unsurprisingly, the Academic Officer deals with academics! It’s assessment, feedback, timetabling, graduation issues and also employability. It means that the role tends to deal with less campaigning than some of the other SABBs [Sabbatical Officer] roles - it’s a bit more operational. I call them ‘little fires’ - we tend to deal with more departm
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Jeremy Corbyn Argues for a Wealth Tax in Latest York Dialectic Union Debate

On 1 December, Jeremy Corbyn spoke at the York Dialectic Union’s final debate of the semester, arguing in favour of the motion ‘This House Would Introduce a Wealth Tax’. President Adam Moses chaired the debate in which over 350 students attended.

The proposition included Corbyn, former Leader of the Labour Party from 2015-2020 and Joe Seddon, founder of tech company Zero Gravity. The opposition consisted of Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a
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‘For a long time, I lived for death’: York Dialectic Union Hosts Ex-Jihadist Speaker

On 10 October 2023, the York Dialectic Union invited Muhammad Manwar Ali to speak at their second event of the year. Ali is an ex-Jihadist who now works for the UK’s Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service. From the 1980s, he spent 15 years radicalising, recruiting and fundraising for organisations such as the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Union offered him the chance to reflect on his experiences of fighting, his reasons for turning to jihadism, and what we can do to combat the issue of radicalisa
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