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.
View ArticleAudience’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.
View ArticleHundreds 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.
View Article2,000 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.
View ArticleReport 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.
View ArticleYork 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.
View Article3,000 see river campaign film
THE Press’ Think, Don’t Swim film has been seen by more than 3,000 people in 30 days.
View ArticleBar 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...
View Article£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.
View ArticleYork 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.
View ArticleHopes 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.
View ArticleRiver 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.
View ArticleRiver 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.
View ArticleInquest 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.
View ArticleAustralian 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.
View ArticleLife-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.
View ArticleBaroness 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.
View ArticleLandlord 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.
View ArticlePub 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.
View ArticleRiver 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.
View ArticlePoster 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...
View Article‘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.
View ArticleFamily 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.
View ArticleFirefighters 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.
View ArticleGrieving 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.
View ArticleHarrowing 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.
View Article‘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.
View Article‘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.
View ArticleRiver 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.
View ArticleBar 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.
View ArticleCouncil party leaders in river safety call
THE Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign has won all-party support from leading York councillors.
View ArticleRivers 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.
View ArticleVideo 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.
View ArticleEye-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.
View ArticleDiver 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.
View ArticleOuse 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.
View ArticleParalysed 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.
View ArticleDivers 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.
View Article‘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.
View ArticleCoroner 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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