FRIENDS and supporters of the York soldier facing court martial for refusing to return to Afghanistan have welcomed news of his release. Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is believed to have been freed by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on Wednesday
Police are warning householders to be on their guard against door-to-door callers offering money for gold. A number of people have answered their door to people claiming to be from a company who offer money for gold items. The callers claim to offer
HOSPITAL chiefs in York are moving closer to winning their battle against a dreaded winter bug which has returned to dog their operation. Just one ward was fully closed to new admissions at York Hospital today following the reappearance of norovirus,
PRAYERS were said for all absent friends this Christmas, as the families of two missing York women joined together to light a candle in their honour. More than 100 people attended The Press’s carol service in St Denys’ Church, Walmgate, which
Leeds United booked their place in the 3rd round of the FA Cup after an extra time win over non-league side Kettering Town. Leeds had enough chances to be home and dry by half time, but a combination of poor finishing and some excellent saves from Lee
Pleas by Dame Judi Dench for the proposed site of a model village to be turned into a nature reserve look set to be rejected by York councillors. The Oscar-winning actress revealed in September she had been following with great interest the
St Tropez can keep its summer season; by all means, head to Switzerland if you want to ski; but let’s face it, York has got Christmas cornered. It is impossible to walk the streets and not feel the joys of the season. The city’s Dickensian
AN ambulance has been involved in a crash while on its way to a 999 call in North Yorkshire. The accident happened at 10.50am in Hungate, in the centre of Pickering. The ambulance was heading to a medical emergency in the area when it
IN his third visit to City Screen, York, one-man anti-folk machine Thomas Truax hosts his Christmas Party in The Basement on Saturday night. New Yorker Truax fashions his quirky, storyteller songs around experimental music, played with loop pedals
Robin James follows up the November 30 release of his album Saint Jude by playing the Cabaret In The Basement night at City Screen, York, next Tuesday, December 15, at 8.30pm. No sooner had the self-taught guitarist finished the recording sessions
THOSE who try to buy goods with forged money will go to jail, York’s top judge warned as the Christmas shopping frenzy continues. The Recorder of York, Judge Stephen Ashurst, was sending Leon Michael Moyniham, 25, to prison for four months after he
CHILDREN’S services in York are among the best in the country, national inspectors have said. City of York Council is one of only ten in the country, and only two outside London, to get the “excellent” rating from Ofsted. The others were Blackburn with
I came across these words recently and they stopped me in my tracks: Life is too short for second best and not long enough for regrets. As we draw near to the end of 2009 there are many people feeling that they have been simply unable to take
RAWCLIFFE Lane and Eastholme Drive are supposed to be on “recommended safe cycling routes” according to my cycle map of York published by City of York Council. The fatal accident there on Saturday is by far not the first such incident between a cyclist
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY concur with Barbara Sim (Readers’ Letters, December 4). I wonder just what considerations were tabled at the meeting in Arriva’s boardroom. Did anybody give any thought to access to doctors or hospitals? For those residents who live
SOME years ago, new contracts drawn up for dentists meant some of them were not prepared to carry out NHS work. A large number of dentists went private, with those patients who could afford to pay the extra charges going with them. Those whose dentists
DAVID Cameron recently dropped his “cast-iron guarantee” to a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and received a backlash. However, not many people realise that Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems have done something very similar. According to the BBC, the Lib
I HAD been craving a portion of fish shop chips and curry sauce all week until Sunday, when I finally decided to succumb. There was a slight problem, however, because every fish and chip shop apart from the Wetherby Whaler seemed to be closed, but I
PARKING for residents in the Bishopthorpe Road area has become increasingly difficult in the five years we have lived here. Many people working or shopping in the city centre use the main road and side streets as a car park making it, at times, almost
MY GRANDMOTHER was knocked down by a tram in 1923 and while she was on the ground, a thief ran off with her handbag. She was 43 and had luxuriant raven black hair, but it turned white almost overnight as a result of the shock. Dr Robert Brech, Alne
ON Thursday and Friday of last week, complete mayhem was brought about because the sequencing of the traffic lights along Barbican Road, around to Walmgate Bar and into Lawrence Street to James Street, had been tampered with. Do the people responsible
IT IS clearly nonsense for Dr Haq to suggest that the earth’s resources “will one day run out” (The Press, December 4). What is already happening, with oil and gas for example, is that the cost of exploration, extraction and transport is increasing
COUNCIL officers are to go ahead with extending the 40mph speed limit southwards on Strensall Road, Towthorpe, despite a lack of support from police. Coun Steve Galloway, City of York Council’s executive member for city strategy, said the police
Referring to taking up the offer of the board of directors of Royal Bank of Scotland in my previous York Press blog. All of the income of my wife Sylvia and myself comes to us through the RBS, as well as our share of the billions of pounds of public
HARRY Atkin and fellow pupils at Canon Lee School in York proved they can work hard outside the classroom when they served Christmas lunch to 47 elderly party guests. The event, held at the school every year, was attended by older people in the local
SINGER “Little Lizzy” and Jimmy Dunning take part in a carol concert at Scarthingwell Golf Course, Barkston Ash, near Tadcaster, to raise money for Help For Heroes and Peter Pan Nursery. The concert, held for the 16th consecutive year, featured club
St John Ambulance Cadet Chris Whitwood has been given a national voice on the British Youth Council. Chris, 18, of Riccall, near Selby, is a pupil at All Saints’ RC School, York. He is one of only five St John Ambulance members nationally to be elected
SCHOOLCHILDREN from York who complete their Bikeability cycling proficiency training will be inducted into a retail discount scheme, designed to get more youngsters riding their bikes. The city has been chosen by Cycling England as one of three locations
YORK soprano Rebecca Newman is to give a concert in aid of ChildLine this evening at 7pm at the Bar Convent, Micklegate. She has already raised £1,800 for the free, confidential helpline for children and young people from 2,500 sales of her albums, 2008
HARD-WORKING and talented pupils at a York secondary school have been honoured in front of their parents and peers. Huntington School’s awards ceremony, held at the University of York, marked the achievements of scores of youngsters in their commitments
TRAINING services provider Inspire2Independence (i2i) has finally lived up to its name. Five years after taking “incubation” space on the 21-acre York Science Park, the organisation has spread its wings and moved to premises more than twice the size
ALL his life, Peter Gibson has lived in the shadow of York Minster. The great Gothic cathedral is visible from the window of the small sitting room of his tiny Georgian mews cottage, in Precentor’s Court. It can be seen from his bedroom above and
Fontaine UK Ltd which actually launched in 2003 and operated out of the home of Alister Willins, in Cawood, near Selby, is settling into its new office on the York Science Park’s Innovation Centre. It is part of Quebec-based Fontaine Industries, one
TODAY, as the countdown to Christmas gathers pace, The Press is calling on you to give the greatest gift of all. Our new Lifesavers campaign aims to ease the agony for thousands of people on the UK organ donor transplant list. Our aims are simple.
SCHOOLGIRL Bryony Aveyard was only 11 when she suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage. She was robbed of life – but amid their mourning, her parents Rob and Kath, of Woodside Avenue in Burnholme, York, made the compassionate decision to donate her organs
The donor transplant co-ordinator at York Hospital said it was vital people acted on their good intentions immediately. Joanne Turner said most people supported the idea of organ donation, but did not join the Organ Donor Register. “
BRITAIN currently operates an “opt-in” organ donation system, which means that if people want their organs used when they die, they must say so. Many other countries use an “opt-out” or “presumed consent” system, which works the opposite way – the
• The organ donor register (ODR) was set up in October 1994, following a campaign by John and Rosemary Cox. Their 24-year-old son, Peter, had died and, although he had said he wanted to donate his organs, the West Midlands couple were shocked to find
YORK City midfielder Levi Mackin is targeting another FA Trophy final outing next May but wants to erase the memory of last season’s poor showing with a winner’s medal. Mackin is one of five surviving members from the side that lost 2-0 to Stevenage
YOUTH team centre-back Dean Lisles has been challenged to prove he is ready for senior football. Lisles will play for the reserves against Darlington in a behind-closed doors match at Bootham Crescent this afternoon, having recently been issued with
YORK City chiefs are planning to have a meeting next month to talk about site options for the club’s new community stadium. Sophie Hicks, the club’s communications and community director, said a meeting had been scheduled with Tim Atkins, the stadium
YORK is losing the war on drug and alcohol abuse, national inspectors have warned. In a report published today, they said attempts to tackle abuse were not working and said binge drinking in the city was “significantly higher” than the national average
YORK Acorn ARLC will host Skirlaugh in the preliminary round of the Challenge Cup on January 2. If the Blue and Golds come through that tie with their National Conference premier division rivals, the Thanet Road club would entertain Thatto Heath Crusaders
PLANS for a multi-million pound power plant that would be built in a village near York are set to be scuppered, after more than 670 objections were lodged against the proposal. North Yorkshire County Council planning officers have recommended councillors
SELBY Town’s home game against Yorkshire Amateur in round two of the West Riding County Cup has been postponed. The Robins’ Flaxley Road pitch was still waterlogged last night and the twice-delayed game has been rearranged for Tuesday, December 15
Malton apprentice Lee Topliss, who found himself in the hot-seat aboard Topcroft at Kempton last week, teams up with the gelding again on the same course tomorrow evening, aiming to complete a quick double on the Derek Shaw-trained three-year-old
Festive clothing has been removed from the statue of Captain Cook in Whitby, after “an unknown person” put it there. Scarborough Borough Council removed the Santa hat and scarf that were adorning the monument on Whitby’s West Cliff, as well as a teddy
BRITAIN has the “finest racing in the world” and Sea The Stars’ victory at York Racecourse is the proof, guests at a prestigious Knavesmire dinner were told. At the 239th Gimcrack Dinner last night, Lord Teddy Grimthorpe, delivering a speech on behalf
A LIFETIME in racing saw David Bradley honoured at a top awards ceremony. The Malton-born horseman was awarded the D’Avigdor Goldsmid trophy for stable staff of the year at the Horserace Writers and Photographers Association Derby awards in London.
LEISURE Leagues are starting a new Monday night five-a-side football competition in York. Teams entering the league, which kicks off next month, will receive a free kit and the £25 entry fee will be waived. Further information is available by phoning
Acomb Hockey Club Men’s I hit back from 2-0 down to beat Airedale I 4-3 at Oaklands. The Tangerines clawed back to 2-2 by half-time with goals from Ian Roberton and Matt Gray. Acomb took the lead 20 minutes into the second half from a short corner as
Second division Norton United beat first division Kirkbymoorside Reserves 3-2 to reach the semi-finals of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League’s Ryedale Hospital Cup. Paul Downes put Norton ahead, but Tony Barnett equalised after five minutes. Aaron
NEW sports facilities are set to be created on green belt land in a village near Selby. Planning officers at Selby District Council have recommended Swancroft Association’s plans to build a sports pavilion with changing rooms at the sports ground at
A QUARTET of Thirsk Harriers runners competed in the latest cross country fixture at Summerhill, Hartlepool, with Keziah Paxton leading the way. Paxton ran well to finish ninth out of 47 women in a time of 19 minutes 01 seconds, while Richard Hall
STAFF sickness levels among North Yorkshire’s NHS organisations have been revealed – with the region’s ambulance service having the highest tally. New figures show the area’s primary care and hospital trusts boasted a better record for employees taking
BEAUTY queens past and present were today united in grief after the death of the woman behind the annual Miss York and Miss Scarborough competitions. Vivienne Lee, 52, died in Leeds General Infirmary three days after she was found unconscious in her
HEWORTH ‘A’ ensured Malton ‘A’ did not win consecutive matches in the York Conservative Clubs’ Carlsberg UK snooker league for the first time this season by recording a 5-2 victory which moved them three points clear as leaders. Simon Weatherill won
SOLDIERS serving in Afghanistan this Christmas have received hundreds of goody boxes thanks to a group of mums in an East Riding of Yorkshire village. Thanks to the efforts of the women from Holme-on-Spalding Moor, troops on the frontline are
FRIENDLY staff and regular events could lead to a top accolade for one York pub. The Waggon and Horses, in Lawrence Street is among the latest nominees for The Press Pub Awards 2009/10. Local customer Lesley Bowes, of Huby Court, off Walmgate, has recommended
AN inaugural charity run set up in York to mark the legacy of one of the world’s most famous sporting fundraisers has raised £250,000 for good causes. More than 4,000 runners took to the city’s streets in August for a ten-kilometre race in memory of
A FORMER Press reporter turned Conservative parliamentary candidate has played down stories in the national media that he has “the poshest name in politics”. Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, 51, dismissed suggestions Conservative leader David
A NEW toenail clipping service for older people in York will start this month. York Health Group, which is a consortium of 24 GP practices in the York area, has teamed up with City of York Council and Age Concern to offer the service, which will enable
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build an electricity substation next to York’s historic City Walls are set to be thrown out next week. City of York Council officers said the building, proposed for the garden of Grays Court, was “an alien design in an historic
Grasslands in the North York Moors National Park are starting to bloom once again thanks to a three year project carried out by the National Park Authority. The Heritage Lottery funded project, which comes to an end later this month, has helped improve
A DRUG addict who tried to dictate what punishment he should be given has been told to do as the judge ordered or go straight to jail. Christopher William Garnham, 43, has taken drugs for more than quarter of a century, his barrister Ruth Cranidge told
