1) POLICE were called to prevent a woman who had threatened to jump from a bridge onto the A64 yesterday. The 18-year-old woman had climbed over the railing of the bridge over the A64 at Bishopthorpe at just before 1pm and was threatening to harm herself, police said. The A64 was closed while police attended, and the woman was brought safely back onto the bridge at about 1.20pm. A police spokesman said the woman was not injured in the incident but was taken to York Hospital.

 

2) A CUSTODY suite at a North Yorkshire police station will undergo a £399,000 renovation next year. The cells and station in Northallerton will be brought up to current Home Office standards, and a further £100,000 has also been earmarked for potential further improvements over the next four years. The station was due to close as part of recent proposals, but will now be one of four investigation hubs to be introduced by the force next spring.

Chief Constable Dave Jones said: “Our custody suite at Northallerton is safe and serviceable, but standards have moved on.” and it does need improvement.” “The facilities will need to close for a short time while the work is done, but we have plans in place to manage that when it happens. Meanwhile, the Investigation Hub is a very positive development that will help us to bring offenders to justice more quickly, and we are looking forward to implementing that at Northallerton Station in the new year.”

 

York Press:
3) A VILLAGE Brownie group and local businessman have teamed up to make sure the roadsides around their homes bloom next spring.
The 1st Rufforth Brownies planted more than 2,000 daffodil bulbs on the village’s three main approaches. The flowers were donated by Frank Di Lorenzo, who said he organised the gesture as a way of thanking the community for their support of his business, The Old School Village Store and Tearoom.

 

4) A WINDOW has been smashed at St Luke’s Church in Stepney Drive, Scarborough. The offender entered the church through the broken window but nothing was taken.

 

5) A CAR crashed into a house’s conservatory in Sancton, near Market Weighton, early yesterday. Firefighters found the male driver was out of the vehicle on their arrival, and he was put in the care of ambulance crews.

 

6) POCKLINGTON Town Council is looking for a new councillor to fill a vacancy, after the resignation of another member. The councillors are going to fill the space by co-opting someone, and are asking for anyone interesting in joining the town council to send a their CV and a covering letter to Town Council Office, 7 George Street, Pocklington, by Friday, November 28.

 

York Press:
7) THE Diocese of York’s retreat and conference centre, Wydale Hall, has a new general manager.
Mark Rance, who has been head of operations at St Michael le Belfrey church in York for 21 years, will be moving in the New Year to Wydale, situated between Pickering and Scarborough on the edge of the North York Moors. He said he was excited by the possibilities for the hall to be a centre of mission and ministry as well as a place of training and rest.

He will be supported in his role by a new Advisory and Oversight Group which will be chaired by the Rt Revd Graham Cray, formerly Archbishops’ Missioner and Team Leader for Fresh Expressions.
Bishop Graham and his wife Jackie, who have recently retired to the Diocese of York, have been invited by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, to lead the process of creating a renewed vision for Wydale as a key mission and ministry resource for churches in the Diocese, the North, and beyond.

 

8) PEOPLE in York are being urged to volunteer as trustees for local charities. Organisations in the York area looking for trustees include RSPCA York and District Branch, Martin’s House Children’s Hospice, Haxby Memorial Hall, York Family Mediation Service and York CVS – which needs a chairman for its board. The CVS is organising training for new or aspiring trustees on November 18 at the Priory Street Centre from 7pm. More information is available at www.yorkcvs.org.uk

 

9) THIEVES stole six aluminium tracks from a building site off Wand Lane, Hensall, overnight on Thursday, October 30. The tracks measured 2.5m by 3m and anyone with information or who has been offered the items for sale is urged to phone police on 101.

 

10) ORGANISERS of York’s annual Community Carol Concert have sold more than 750 tickets – but still have another 550 available. The concert, now in its 57th year, takes place at 2.30pm at York Barbican on Sunday, December 14. With Andrew Foster as MC and John Warburton as musical director, the concert will feature Tadcaster Grammar School concert band, pupils from St Lawrence’s Primary and Haxby Road Primary Academy, Steve Cassidy Collavoce Choir and Fanfare Harmonix.

The concert will raise money for the Lord Mayor and Sheriff’s Christmas Cheer Fund and for York Food Bank, which has been nominated by The Press. Tickets costing £7 for adults, £6 for senior citizens and under 14s and £24 for a family ticket are on sale from the Barbican Box Office from Monday to Friday, 10am – 2pm, or from 5pm on concert days.

 

11) THE Care Quality Commission has told Ackworth House Nursing Home in Filey that it must make improvements or face enforcement action. During an unannounced inspection, inspectors found that the home was failing to provide care which was safe., effective, caring, responsive or well led. A full report of this inspection has been published on the CQC website this week.