1) A NEW retailer is opening in York’s Coppergate Shopping Centre with the creation of ten new jobs.

National DVD, CD and computer game retailer That’s Entertainment is officially opening on Saturday, though doors to the store are already open. 

The chain previously operated at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet York, but closed earlier this year. Around 12 jobs have transferred to the new Coppergate store, alongside at least ten new positions.
 

2) A MULTICULTURAL market selling goods from around the globe opens to visitors tomorrow.

The Unitarian Chapel in St Saviourgate, York, is hosting stalls from Tibet, Rwanda, Nepal, Mongolia and Uganda from 11am to 4pm.

Entry is free and refreshments are available.
 

3) THIEVES stole more than 50 flagstones when they raided a property in Harrogate.

The men stole 12 paving slabs from the garden on Kent Road between the builders leaving the site at 4pm on October 16 and them arriving for work the following morning. 

The suspects then returned to the property overnight on October 29 to 30 and stole another 40 flags. Anyone with information should call police on 101 or email john.jakes@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk


4) THE next Selby Green Party meeting is at Selby Squash Club at The Maltings, Long Trods, Flaxley Road, Selby, at 7.30pm on Monday.

People are beinginvited to attend and share their views on local issues and suggest areas for future campaigns, including the local elections in May 2015. To find out For more information contact selbygreenparty@outlook.com


5) CHEERLEADERS from York took part in a competition in Blackpool Tower Ballroom last weekend.

The York Hotshots Cheerleading Club were at the national cheerleading competition last Sunday, and the club’s eight-year-old member Chloe Twose came fourth out of 25 in the newcomer solo section for her age group.

The club currently has availability in the junior section (age six-11) on Wednesdays, when it meets at Burnholme Community College. Phone Anna Murray-Twose on 07507 638804 or yorkhotshots@hotmail.co.uk.


6) THE transformation of a popular North Yorks stately home has begun. More than 60 Christmas trees are going up in the grounds of Castle Howard, lining the drive and adding extra sparkle to the grounds.

The attraction will be open during the festive season from Saturday, November 22 November to Sunday, December, 21.


7) FUNDRAISERS and volunteers are appealing for more volunteers to help with Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Christmas Collection Appeal.

People are needed to help with collections at venues across York during November and December to help raise funds to provide one-to-one nursing care for terminally ill people in their own homes.

Last year, Christmas collections in North and East Yorkshire raised more than £25,000, which funded more than 1,250 hours of one-to-one home nursing care. Local fundraisers are needed at: Sainsbury’s, Foss Islands, Friday November 14 and Saturday November 15; The Co-operative Food, Hull Road, November 22 and 23; York City Centre, Saturday, December 6; and Morrisons, Acomb, December 19 and 20.

To help, contact the charity on 01904 755260 or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk to book a collection near you.


8) AN INSPECTOR of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage, Dr Keith Emerick, will give a talk about community heritage at 2pm on Saturday, November 22, in Thornton le Street village hall.

The village is recorded as the site of a Roman settlement and road and a deserted medieval village, and a community heritage project there will examine ground evidence by landscape and earthwork survey, geophysical survey and targeted excavations.

The meeting, for which admission costs £2 on the door but with prior booking required, is open particularly to those who would like to participate in the forthcoming project.

To book a place, call 01609 771878, or email jgsheehan@btinternet.com.


9) A LOCALLY made Christmas Craft and Gift Fair takes place tomorrow from 10am to 3pm at Stillingfleet Village Institute.

On sale will be cards, decorations, toys, keepsakes, clothes, accessories, homewares, art and foodstuffs. There will be a Christmas card design competition for children, plus face-painting. Admission is free.


10) A PLACE of safety has opened in North Yorkshire for vulnerable adults detained by police under the mental health act.

A new assessment suite which provides a Section 136 place of safety has opened at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. It will help people to recover from episodes of ill health, provide timely access to treatment and specialist care in a safe environment.

A Place of Safety is where a person can be detained for up to 72 hours if they are in mental health crisis and the police believe they are in immediate need of care for their own, or another person’s safety. Until now the police had no option but to take these people to a custody suite.
 

11) NORTH Yorkshire’s Police Commissioner has announced a £1 million investment in number plate recognition technology to help in the fight against travelling criminals.

At present, a quarter of all detected crimes in North Yorkshire are by cross-border criminals, and as well as theft and rural crimes, cross-border criminals they can be involved in a wide range of other offences, including child sexual exploitation.

Now PCC Julia Mulligan has announced the force is spending £1 million for Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) so the force can increase its coverage of the road network.

Mrs Mulligan said the investment would help officers stop criminals in their tracks and, in conjunction with other changes the force is making, could make a positive difference.


12) A VILLAGE hall near Selby is getting a make-over thanks to York’s Community Payback team, who have stepped in to paint and brighten it up the much loved facility. 

Community Payback sees offenders pay back communities for their crimes when they have been given unpaid work as part of a community sentence. Residents can request Community Payback help for their projects.

And in Ryther, the village hall committee hopes the newly-decorated facility will attract more bookings for parties and events.

The village hall has recently had a new storeroom extension built and sound proofing put in – and the committee is currently raising funds for a kitchen extension.


13) COUNCILLORS have had a chance to see progress on an affordable housing development in Beckfield Lane.

Nine of the 27 homes being built by Gentoo Construction are for the City of York Council, to help alleviate the shortage of smaller council homes and free up bigger houses for families.

Allan Thompson, managing director of Gentoo Construction, said: “These new homes have been designed and built in what has proven to be a very successful partnership with City of York Council who has been a fantastic client to work for.”

Cllr Tracey Simpson-Laing said the council had already had 30 expressions of interest for the new homes from people keen to downsize.