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Women are being told not to run it alone as they train to take part in the city’s Race for Life.

Canoeists have raised thousands of pounds for the air ambulance service in memory of a friend who died in an accident.

Hundreds of hours of pledges have been made on a new website aimed to inspire people to get fit for the Olympics.

York College has been named as a good place for disabled people to go.

Clever bins are being installed in York to cut down on the number of times they need to be emptied.

Tracey Oliver was awarded the title of Super Mum and immediately dedicated it to other families with sick children.

Schoolboys from York have been chosen to carry the Olympic Torch.

University students have played their part in a new high profile drama series. Scenes from ITV’s new drama Eternal Law were filmed in the city and at the University of York.

Patriotic couple Angus and Tricia Mitchell have had Olympic rings painted on the side of their house in an aim to get behind the London 2012 games. And the pair, from Burnby, near Pocklington, on the outskirts of York, are planning to add a crown to the artwork to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee later in the year.

A year of celebrations has been planned for 2012 to mark York’s 800th anniversary of self government. The celebrations, entitled York 800, mark the anniversary of a charter, signed in 1212 by King John, allowing residents to collect and pay their annual tax to the Crown, to hold their own courts and to appoint a mayor.