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  • Bone marrow donor Nick Cottle doing the double

    A BONE marrow donor is hoping to save a life and raise cash for others by being sponsored for the operation. Nick Cottle, of Eva Avenue in Rawcliffe, York, first signed up to the national bone marrow donor register 15 years ago, after hearing about

  • York charity worker’s narrow escape from ID theft

    A CHARITY worker has told how she narrowly escaped being the victim of identity theft after internet fraudsters illegally applied for credit cards in her name. Sally Hutchinson, who works for Age Concern in York, said it was only while her

  • Malton trader backs project to count pedestrians

    FIVE “pedestrian counters” are being introduced in Malton in an effort to attract more people to the town centre, The Press has learned. The box-shaped devices, which record the number of pedestrians walking along a pavement by capturing their

  • Made for sharing

    THERE are many reasons why people choose to rent rather than buy, and sharing is definitely one of them. Students, friends, colleagues and people who just don’t want to live on their own often opt to house-share, with the advantage of splitting the

  • A quality of life boost for Selby residents

    Quality of life for people in Selby has been improved by the council, according to the latest assessment from an independent watchdog. The Audit Commission has rated Selby District Council’s services as excellent – the top rating – after being

  • What can you get for under £200,000?

    OKAY, so not many of us are feeling particularly flash with our cash at the moment. However, those looking to spend some of it on a new home will find plenty of opportunities in the housing market, including first-time buys, family homes and bungalows

  • Food advice is a fat lot of use

    WE LIVE in a time of plenty – and what we have plenty of is advice. What to eat, what not to eat, so much of this, a bit of that, not too much of the other. And to think, all eating once entailed was an open mouth and the insertion of whatever food lay

  • Paolo has his portrait painted

    THERE is no greater way of proclaiming to your fellow man that you have arrived than by having your portrait painted and placed in a prominent position. While some, such as Iraqi tyrants, may be guilty of taking this to an extreme, Diary feels it takes

  • Police appealing for witnesses to shocking street robbery

    A 56-year-old man from Malton was visiting family in Harrogate when he was approached by two youths, one of whom was carrying a bottle. The youth carrying the bottle demanded the man’s wallet. When he refused, the youth hit him in the head

  • Day care concern

    For more than ten years my mother has attended day care, once a week, firstly at Gale Farm Court, and latterly at Honeysuckle House, in Dringhouses. At Christmas they were told the residents of Honeysuckle House had objected to them having the meetings

  • Rail ‘scandal’

    In a debate on the railways in Parliament on March 9, York’s Labour MP, Hugh Bayley, appeared to deny the impact of high rail fares on commuters by claiming that “one can get from York to London for £5 if one buys the right fare”. Working people need

  • Keeping belief at tough time

    THERE is no getting away from it. The rise in jobless figures for York and the surrounding region is alarming. The mounting numbers of those claiming unemployment benefit make for gloomy reading – even if they are in line with the general state of the

  • Anxious waits

    A PATIENT waiting for surgery faces many worries. But what they most want is to get the operation over with so they can have a chance to recover. In light of this, cancelled operations must rank as the greatest frustration of all. All that anxiety

  • Why not tackle bigger hazards?

    Why are city council officials so determined to clear the streets of A-boards and not prepared to take action against the motorists who park on the footpaths around the city? These are just as much a hazard to the blind, the elderly and disabled

  • Ruining the grass

    In my area of Holgate, the city council has recently carried out some very welcome re-seeding of grass verges, which have been badly eroded by regular parking on them, of motor vehicles. Some residents who previously caused this erosion, now seem

  • College park plans

    Regarding the letters about the issuing of parking tickets to cars parked on the verge on Sim Balk Lane, Yvonne Styan (Soccer parking ticket “disgrace”, Letters, March 10) blames the planners for “lack of foresight” in the size of the 600-space car park

  • The wrong lines

    FOLLOWING a doctor’s appointment I decided to go to the nearest chemist, in East Parade, Heworth, though I don’t normally use it. On arrival by the mini-roundabout in East Parade I parked behind a car, looking on the post sign to see that it

  • Church anger

    I AM writing as a disgruntled former resident, concerned about the future of the church which I have known all my life, and was christened in under the Rev David Watson, namely St Cuthbert’s, Peasholme Green. While I appreciate that redundant churches

  • Are we too lazy to even crack eggs?

    WELL, I think I have seen it all now with regard to reducing physical activity in the kitchen, thereby adding more calories to the already growing obesity problem. I refer to the new product on the market for people too lazy to crack an egg; the liquid

  • BBC finds no place for children’s radio show

    FOR a generation of children, they were the words that heralded 15 minutes of magic. “Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.” At its peak, Listen With Mother on the Light Programme (and later on BBC Radio 4) attracted an audience of more than

  • 1,500 York Hospital operations cancelled

    MORE than 1,500 operations were cancelled at York Hospital last year – the highest number in four years. An investigation by The Press has revealed 1,592 operations were postponed for non-medical reasons between April 2008 and January 31 this year.

  • Tesco supermarket delivers super Guardian Angels donation

    A SUPERSTORE in York has donated £1,000 to the Guardian Angels children’s unit at York Hospital to celebrate the store’s new makeover. The money was given to the charity’s trustee, Peter Bebb, who was invited to Tesco Extra, in Clifton Moor, to cut the

  • Jobless figures soar in York and North Yorkshire

    Updated: UNEMPLOYMENT in York, North and East Yorkshire is the worst it has been in the last decade, new figures have revealed. In February, 3,395 people claimed Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) in York – which means 361 people joined the dole queue last

  • Thirsk office move for Coles Solicitors

    AN AMBITIOUS firm of solicitors is expanding with a new office in Thirsk. The move, by Coles Solicitors, comes only weeks after it relocated its Northallerton headquarters to purpose-built offices in the town. Peter Gibson, managing director and principal

  • Peasholme Centre build ‘back on track’

    WORK on York’s new Peasholme Centre is now progressing “very well”, officials say. The new building, next door to the Masons Arms pub in Fishergate, had been hit by a series of problems, but City of York Council say work is now back on track. A spokeswoman

  • Cliffe FC beaten 3-2 by Haltemprice Rangers

    CLIFFE Football Club’s second team were beaten 3-2 at home by Haltemprice Rangers in division five of the East Riding County League. The defeat, which ended the Selby club’s promotion hopes, looked on the cards from the early stages after a Marc Brown

  • Double win for York Next Generation in Yorkshire Squash League

    York Next Generation followed their 5-0 victory at Chapel Allerton III with a fine 4-1 home win over leaders Hull and East Riding in division one of the Yorkshire Squash League. York’s win over Hull avenged their earlier 3-2 defeat and consolidated

  • Leeds United v York City reserves fixture switch

    YORK City’s reserve game with Leeds United has been switched to Wednesday, April 1 at KitKat Crescent, kick-off 7pm. The trip to Huddersfield Town on that date has been put back to Wednesday 15th April and the game will be played at AFC Emley

  • Tantalising shots blow for New Earswick bowlers

    New Earswick’s IBC ladies missed out on the North Eastern League by shots difference after boasting the same number of points as Selby. Fielding a near first team, Selby easily beat third-placed York 103-58 to collect the maximum ten points. At

  • York bowlers in Yorkshire League runners-up double

    York IBC’s men claimed runners-up spot in the Yorkshire League first division for the second year running after relegated opponents Hornsea failed to raise a team. Having already won the away leg 4-2 on points, York collected a further 12 under

  • Site proposal for new Haxby rail station

    A POTENTIAL site for a long-awaited new commuter rail link on the edge of York has been marked out – but it could still be four years before the first trains call there. The scheme to build a new station at Haxby has moved a step closer to

  • Charles Hutchinson interviews Mary Coughlan

    MARY Coughlan is the essence of the Irish torch singer. Now 52, her candle has long been burning at both ends, through years of alcoholism (she has not touched a drop for 16 years); betrayal by her cheating second husband, Frank, who confessed to sleeping

  • York taxi drivers keep up Duncombe Place rank pressure

    TAXI drivers have vowed to continue their battle to reopen a 24-hour rank they claim is “the safest in York” despite the city’s civic leaders rejecting their appeals. City of York Council has turned down calls from York Taxi Association (YTA) to allow