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River safety campaign film premieres in York

A HARD-HITTING film aimed at driving home the message of The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign is being premiered today at York’s City Screen cinema.

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Audience’s 'stunning' verdict on river safety film

STUNNED silence greeted the premiere of The Press’s new hard-hitting film aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of York’s rivers.

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Hundreds watch river safety campaign movie

HUNDREDS of people watched an emotive campaign film aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of York’s rivers within 24 hours of its launch.

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2,000 view The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim film

THE Press’ Think, Don’t Swim film has been seen by almost 2,000 people within a week of its premiere at York’s City Screen cinema.

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Report reveals full scale of river deaths as Press campaign gathers pace

THE full scale of the tragic loss of life in Britain’s rivers has been highlighted in a new report – as The Press’s own campaign to reveal the dangers of water gathers pace.

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York bartenders bare all for river safety campaign

A CALENDAR featuring naked York bartenders was launched last night in support of The Press’ Think Don’t Swim campaign.

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3,000 see river campaign film

THE Press’ Think, Don’t Swim film has been seen by more than 3,000 people in 30 days.

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Bar staff strip off for river appeal

YORK bar staff who posed for a nude calendar in support of The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign have made a profit of almost £600 to help buy equipment to help rescue people who have jumped or...

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£1k boost for river safety campaign

A CALENDAR featuring naked York bartenders has raised more than £1,000 in support of The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign.

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York police officer writes poem for Think Don't Swim campaign

A YORK police officer has used her experience of rescuing people from the River Ouse as the inspiration for this hard-hitting poem to back The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign.

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Hopes for safe 2012 on York's rivers

THE mother of a young bartender who drowned in the River Ouse last July says her biggest hope for 2012 is that no one else will die in York’s rivers.

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River tragedy plaque to be unveiled at York bar

A PLAQUE is to be unveiled at a York riverside bar this week in a bid to prevent another tragic death in the River Ouse.

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River tragedy plaque unveiled

A PLAQUE has been unveiled in memory of a worker who drowned in the River Ouse and whose death sparked The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign.

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Inquest warning on river dangers

A POLICE officer has issued a fresh warning about the dangers of the Ouse after telling how a bartender jumped in and drowned in the bitterly cold river.

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Australian newspaper uses campaign as model for its own

AN AUSTRALIAN newspaper has launched a life-saving drive – using The Press’s Think Don’t Swim campaign for inspiration.

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Life-saving gesture on anniversary of Richard’s river death

FRIENDS and colleagues of a York bartender who drowned a year ago today have marked the anniversary by helping to save other people’s lives.

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Baroness backs safety campaign

A GOVERNMENT minister has vowed to spread The Press’s Think Don’t Swim message as she backed our river safety campaign.

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Landlord receives bravery award for river rescue

A PUB landlord who waded waist-deep into floodwaters to rescue a woman from York’s River Ouse has won an award for his bravery.

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Pub doorman calls for rescue boat to patrol York river

A DOORMAN who has helped prevent two women from drowning in the Ouse is hoping to launch a new river rescue boat.

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River safety idea backed by family

THE family of a York bartender who drowned after jumping in the Ouse is backing plans to launch a new rescue boat on the river.

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Poster blitz to spread the message

THE Think, Don’t Swim campaign aims to raise awareness of the dangers of the rivers, initially through a poster blitz of York’s pubs, clubs and shops, and also the city’s two universities as freshers...

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‘I will never stop hurting. I don’t know if I can help prevent another...

THE moment will be forever imprinted on Vicki Horrocks’ mind: 11am on July 24, 2011.

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Family backs campaign to halt river deaths

YORK’S rivers are potential death traps – that is the stark message from the emergency services as The Press today launches a campaign to tackle the dangers.

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Firefighters deliver hard-hitting safety message to students

FIREFIGHTERS have taken The Press’s “Think, Don’t Swim” campaign out to thousands of students at York St John University.

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Grieving mother warns youngsters: ‘You’re not invincible’

A MOTHER left in a “never-ending nightmare” after her son drowned in the River Ouse when he slipped off a bridge has today backed our Think, Don’t Swim campaign.

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Harrowing tales from from the riverbank

As part of our Think, Don’t Swim campaign, JENNIFER BELL joins the team whose aim is to prevent more river tragedies.

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‘They have a drink and think they’re invincible, when in reality they’re not’

CITY-centre pub landlords have thrown their support behind The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign, saying they have witnessed too many people risking death in York’s rivers.

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‘The theory is, they have had a few drinks and then fallen in. It leaves many...

A FORMER York coroner’s officer and leading councillor has thrown his support behind The Press’s campaign to prevent tragedies on the city’s rivers.

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River victim's mother backs safety campaign

THE mother of a young man who drowned in a York river has thrown her full backing behind The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign.

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Bar staff trained on river safety

FIRE chiefs have launched a series of river safety training exercises for staff at pubs and bars alongside the Ouse in York city centre.

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Council party leaders in river safety call

THE Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign has won all-party support from leading York councillors.

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Rivers group backs ‘excellent’ campaign

A SAFETY group responsible for dealing with emergencies on York’s rivers has backing The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign – and warned about the dangers of the waterways during this week’s heat wave.

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Video puts rivers risk in focus

AN ACTOR starring in a fictional dramatisation of a drowning for The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign has told of his own near-death experience.

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Eye-catching beermats help get river safety message across

THE Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign will be taken into the pubs and bars of York, thanks to the printing of 1,000 beer mats carrying our message about the dangers of jumping into York’s rivers.

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Diver recalls rescue of drowning soldier

A DIVER who is backing The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign has told how he witnessed a young soldier come within minutes of drowning after being thrown in York’s River Ouse.

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Ouse victim’s family lend their support to river safety campaign

THE devastated family of a man who drowned in the River Ouse have backed The Press’s campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of York’s rivers.

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Paralysed river victim in ‘don’t jump’ plea

HIS life changed forever when he dived off York’s Ouse Bridge on his 25th birthday and broke his neck and spine, leaving him a quadriplegic.

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Divers warn of hidden dangers in York's rivers

DIVERS who took part in filming for The Press’ Think, Don’t Swim campaign have warned of the hidden hazards they found lying under the surface of the River Ouse.

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‘Idiots’ blasted for removing lifebelt

“IDIOTS” who stole a lifebelt on York’s riverside and then dumped it 100 yards away have been accused of putting lives at risk.

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Coroner calls for longer rope on York’s rescue lifebelts

YORK’S Coroner has called for measures to prevent further tragedies in the River Ouse after hearing how a 26-year-old man drowned.

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