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  • Union chief slams ambulance sell-off plan

    THE fight to stop York's non-emergency ambulance service from being privatised has won backing from New York. Last month, we reported how the Patient Transport Service, which ferries thousands of people to and from York Hospital, had been put out to

  • MP calls for Labour to increase ‘green taxes’

    A LIBERAL Democrat MP in North Yorkshire has called on the Government to increase "green taxes". Labour MPs voted down a Liberal Democrat call for a greener tax system, with the Conservatives abstaining. The opposition day motion called on the Government

  • Friday, October 20, 2006

    The 2006 York Community Pride campaign reached a dramatic and stirring finale at a glittering awards ceremony. Video of event available>> © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd

  • Friday, October 20, 2006

    Kathryn Pearson with a 19th century tortoiseshell and ormolu decorated clock, which is part of a new collection at the Antiques Centre, Stonegate, York. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd

  • A19, Crockey Hill

    Temporary Traffic Signals 09:30 - 15:00 from 23/10/2006. Until 10/11/2006.

  • The Village, Haxby

    Road closure between jct with Westfield Road & South Lane. 0915hrs - 1600hrs until 27/10/2006.

  • Clock of ages

    TIME is running out to see a treasure-trove of timepieces in York. Hundreds of rare clocks by world-renowned craftsmen of the 18th and 19th centuries today went on show at the Antiques Centre in Stonebow. The centrepiece of the show is the stunning

  • Terry’s plan set to be approved

    PLANS for a massive redevelopment of the former York Terry's factory site look set to overcome another hurdle. Councillors are being urged to approve the final version of an appraisal of the site's historic and architectural character. The appraisal

  • The Pointless Needle

    It’s time to make that choice again. Do I entrust my health to modern medicine or place my trust in my own fitness and natural resistance? Yes you’ve guessed it, time for a Flu Jab! Now I’m not a squeamish sort of chap and if you were run over by a tank

  • Fatal road accident near Easingwold

    AN elderly man has died after his Honda car left the road and collided with a hedge before landing in a shallow stream. The pensioner was driving on an un-adopted road between Easingwold and Stillington when the accident happened at 11.45pm yesterday

  • Police oppose club expansion

    IT will severely stretch resources, potentially leave police officers vulnerable and is a "major cause for concern". That's how a top York police officer has reacted to plans to build the city's first superclub. Chief Inspector Andy Hirst, North Yorkshire

  • Preview: Eric Bibb, Grand Opera House, York, October 23

    Introducing the Diamond Days of acoustic folk-blues guitarist Eric Bibb. * Eric Bibb was born in New York into a musical family. His father, Leon Bibb, was a trained singer who sang in musical theatre and made his name in the 1960s New York folk scene

  • Holgate Windmill

    IN 1770, miller George Waud, of Holgate, York, sat back and breathed in the smell of freshly ground flour from his new windmill. Listening to the gentle swish of the sails and the rhythmic whirr of the grindstones, he heaved another sack of grains up

  • Preview: Simply Ballroom, Grand Opera House, York October 22

    LIONEL Blair reckons he has tapped into another success story with dance show Simply Ballroom, yet he admits he had initial doubts. "I was at home having a cup of coffee when my agent rang and said, Are you sitting down? They're going to do a stage show

  • City pupils bottom for school funding

    SCHOOL pupils in York get the least amount of Government money spent on them of anywhere in the region. Funding per state school pupil per year in York stands at £3,710, putting city youngsters at the bottom of the Yorkshire and Humberside league of

  • Rhod Gilbert, The Other Side Comedy Club, York October 22

    RHOD Gilbert is Knocking On Heaven's Door in his latest touring show, on the road after a sell-out debut at the Edinburgh Fringe. On Sunday, at The Other Side Comedy Club in York, the Welsh wit will find himself in a bit of a fix: he's dead. This may

  • Ride on ftr cost £135

    A RIDE on the controversial new ftr bus will cost three passengers a minimum of £135 each because they could not show a ticket to a bus inspector. Bus company First took all three to court when they failed to reply to letters asking them to pay a £35

  • Preview: Not About Heroes, Helmsley Arts Centre, October 20-21

    DAVID Goodwin and Jonathan Lewis perform Not About Heroes, Stephen MacDonald's depiction of the intimate bond between First World War soldier-poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, at Helmsley Arts Centre tonight and tomorrow. This two-hander recalls

  • Tsunami victim's widow returning to Thailand

    THE widow of a York man killed in the Asian Tsunami is returning to Thailand to see how money raised in his memory is being spent. Denise Magson will be going to Ko Phi Phi where her husband, Steve, 54, was swept away by the huge wave which engulfed

  • Homes plan under fire

    YORK desperately needs homes that people can afford. As The Press reported earlier this month, house prices are spiralling beyond the reach of ordinary young workers. The price of an average home in York is more than eight times the average income of

  • The real heroes

    USUALLY, those who shout loudest get most attention. Not last night. Instead, it was the turn of the city's unsung heroes - people who have quietly been doing their bit to make this a better city - to have their moment in the limelight. The York

  • Let’s have fun without the fear

    THE fireworks boom-bang-a-bang will be starting soon. It may be influential to give it a little early publicity. Then we can see if the new laws have had a civilising effect. Recent years have been a nightmare for the elderly, the very young and dogs

  • Wheelchair reply

    I AM so sorry that Mrs Causnett (Wheelchairs woe, Letters, October 16) has such low opinions of those unfortunates whose only mobility happens to be by the use of electric scooters/chairs. As a recent member of their ranks, could I perhaps point

  • Food safety help

    IN response to the letter from Olga Shepherdson (What the hell is this Government thinking about? October 16) I wanted to provide a little more information about HACCP systems. Food businesses have been required to use HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical

  • Court concerns

    YOU reported (Charity amends care home bid, The Press, October 9) that the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI) has submitted revised plans for the controversial Connaught Court development proposal. I agree with Coun Andy D'Agorne that,

  • High price to pay

    ONCE again another group of people's jobs are in the balance with the proposed closure of what we all know as Vickers Instruments. From the start of the 1980s, beginning with Redfearn Glass, York has spiralled down to being a city with no manufacturing

  • Green basics

    I REFER to the letter extolling the virtues of wind power (Energy answer is blowing in the wind, Soapbox, October 16). It is claimed to be "clean, cheap, safe and reliable". While it may be clean and safe, it is clearly nonsense to claim reliability

  • Thrills and pills

    Regarding the great Alzheimers debate, it's marvellous that doctors can prescribe pills to help us elderly with our sex lives, but can't prescribe pills to enable us to remember to take them. Ken Holmes, South Duffield Road, Cliffe Common, Cliffe

  • Deterring crime

    SO, the prisons are all full now. I for one do not join in the clamour to simply build more of the same. I agree with Julian Cole's article (Packed prison folly, The Press, October 12) that "it doesn't solve the problem, it merely makes it bigger".

  • Singing success

    I WOULD like to sincerely thank all those people who supported the New Generation Singing Club in their recent event staged at the Guildhall in the presence of the civic party, which was held to raise money for the children of Niger. The members

  • Thanks to helpers

    ON Friday, October 13, I fell in Colliergate. I would like to thank my husband and a gentleman who helped me off the flags, and the manageress in Scope at the time, and lady customers who helped with dressing my wounds until I was able to visit

  • Conscientious cleaners not to blame for mess

    HAVING read PR Willey's recent letters regarding the cleanliness of the streets of York, it sounds very much like he is defending his colleagues and himself for no reason. He is quite right that there are certain people in society who would probably

  • MaziMaz Cafe and Thai Noodle Bar, 126 Micklegate, York

    BANGERS and mash once ruled the day at a cosy retreat in York, but the mighty sausage has now given way to a far more exotic offering. Where MaziMaz was once a cafe by day and SPO (sausage, potato, onion) house by night, it now offers a tantalising menu

  • Campus ‘land grab’ anger

    THE public inquiry into controversial plans for a massive expansion of the University of York has reopened with a strong attack on the scheme by the Green Party. One of the party's city councillors, Mark Hill, accused the university of planning a "commercial

  • Harlequins Coffee And Tea House, Kings Square, York

    WE have always found it worthwhile to climb the stairs. This is a venue we have recommended to family and friends. They too have enjoyed the results of the climb. However, ownership has recently changed so we decided to check out one of our favourite

  • City’s growing Polish population to get a ‘local’ deli

    POLISH arrivals to York will soon be able to get advice at a new shop as the city's eastern European population continues to grow. A new store set to open in the city will stock Polish food and other delicacies, while also offering support to the burgeoning

  • Why does everyone else love the ftr?

    YOU might think otherwise, but York's beleaguered ftr super bus seems to be hitting all the right notes nationwide. So the ticket machine has problems, and there may still be reliability issues, according to council leader Steve Galloway anyway, but

  • Youngsters get message on safe sex

    A NIGHTCLUB is to host a testing session for a sexually transmitted infection - with youngsters sent the results by text message. The innovative screening scheme is being organised at The Gallery nightclub by health chiefs, who hope that the youth-friendly

  • Preview: The Answer, Fibbers, York, October 27

    If they are The Answer, what was the question? "I think initially it was a quest for a good strong name that we all could agree on," says Cormac Neeson, lead singer of the Northern Irish retro rock band, who visit Fibbers next Friday on their Let The

  • Preview: Jazz notes

    "YO-HO-HO and a bottle of rum" to the young York musicians who ran the Pirates Of The Caribbean jazz night last Tuesday to a near-capacity audience. The Stagecoach Youth Theatre, Monkgate, brought back fond memories of the late, lamented York Arts Centre

  • Incredible Sarah is our Child of the Year

    THE 2006 York Community Pride Awards reached their spectacular finale last night, as this year's winners collected their awards. Among the winners was Child of the Year Sarah Morley who was rewarded for her incredible and heart-warming work raising money

  • Corsets & Crinolines Study Day on November 4

    YORK Castle Museum's costume curator, Josie Sheppard, will open the doors of a Victorian lady's wardrobe in the Corsets & Crinolines Study Day on November 4. From 10am to noon and 2pm to 4pm, she will give an insight into the clothes, fabrics and accessories

  • Community heroes recognised at glittering ceremony

    The 2006 York Community Pride campaign reached a dramatic and stirring finale last night, at a glittering awards ceremony in the Ebor Suite at York Racecourse. Tears flowed along with the champagne, as the city's unsung heroes got the recognition they

  • The Art Of Conversation, York Art Gallery, until January 15

    THE art of conservation is married to The Art Of Conservation in the latest raid on York Art Gallery's store cupboard. "Let the art do the talking" is the catchphrase for a show as tasteful and demure as tea at Bettys, made up of loans from the National

  • New initiatives to encourage even greater pride

    COUNCIL leader Steve Galloway has pledged to step up efforts to encourage greater community pride in York. At last night's awards ceremony for this year's York Community Pride campaign, he revealed a range of new initiatives to help improve the city

  • Preview: Art, Theatre Royal until November 11

    YASMINA Reza's play Art asks are you who you think you are or who your friends think you are. Not without irony, this question is even more complex for actors, who are forever shedding skins and adopting new characters. Andrew Dunn takes such thoughts

  • Big-hearted Ben does so much for city folk

    WHEN it comes to unsung heroes, there can be few who do as much for their community as Ben Carty. The newly-crowned York Community Pride Person of the Year epitomises everything that's great about our city. Although only 21-years-old, Ben clocks up

  • Spirit of courageous Natalie, 13

    WORDS can scarcely express the courage shown by our Spirit of Youth winner Natalie Hick. The 13-year-old endured immense distress when she was the victim of an attempted abduction as she made her way home one day last year. But Natalie fought back defiantly

  • Now Audi unleashes the TT roadster

    Summer springs briefly to mind again this week as the second generation Audi TT Roadster breaks cover, concealing radical new advances in construction and suspension technology beneath a subtle but total rework of the classic TT lines. The successor

  • Vitara gets more space and style

    Suzuki's all-new, second generation Grand Vitara is longer, wider and therefore more spacious, boasts sleek new styling, and, thanks to an innovative body construction, offers exceptional refinement. And it still delivers the strong four-wheel drive

  • Review: The Young Knives, Fibbers, York

    BEING an NME-lauded band has its pros and cons. Latest favourites The Young Knives prove that point. The trio - from not-very-fashionable Ashby-de-la-Zouch - with their National Health specs and a bassist called The House Of Lords, are one of those

  • CPS to focus on trial delays

    CROWN prosecutors are looking into problems which are causing trials in York to be scrapped or postponed at the last minute. A report by the National Audit Office reveals North Yorkshire has one of the worst records for "cracked or ineffective trials

  • Felicity’s a winner

    KEEN Press reader Felicity Dunmore was presented with vouchers after winning a prize draw as part of a reader survey in The Press. Mrs Dunmore was one of hundreds of people who responded to our questions about the newspaper. The Nestle IT worker, of

  • Selby MP John Grogan presents beer award

    BEAUTIFUL beer at Tadcaster Pub Company got an MP's lipsmacking approval. Selby MP John Grogan was presenting the firm's managing director, James Crawfurd-Porter with a Beautiful Beer award, recognising the company's commitment to offering top-quality

  • Unsecured loans alert

    AS MANY as 14,400 home owners in York have been hit by a new form of negative equity. An increasing trend by home owners in the city to take out high interest loans when equity in their homes runs out, is causing debt to get out of hand. That is the

  • Recruitment drive by club

    RYEDALE Business Club has launched a recruitment drive to more than double its membership. Steve Marsh, who is chairman of the club which began in July 2004, said he hoped to boost membership from about 35 to 100. He said: "A variety of local businesses

  • Spine-chilling health alert

    WE don't give our backs that much attention, until they start playing up. But this very important part of the body still needs looking after to prevent problems flaring up later on. Alarming new research has found that back pain - usually associated

  • ‘Blackened tooth of Malton’ to be rebuilt

    THE "blackened tooth in Malton's smile" could be completely rebuilt within a year, The Press can reveal today. The derelict building in Wheelgate was gutted by fire four years ago - and has been a blight on the town centre ever since. For years, residents

  • Hospital loan idea backed

    PARTNERS in the scheme to build a new hospital for Selby have welcomed funding proposals announced by the district council. The scheme is being carried out in partnership with York and North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust (PCT), York Hospitals Trust, Selby

  • The guitar Dan

    OUR Guardian Angels appeal has a new anthem. Singer songwriter Dan Webster, of Huntington, York, was inspired by the campaign to compose a song called Billy, about a nine-year-old boy he knew from his childhood, who tragically died. The 27-year-old

  • McEwan slams Conference transfer system

    YORK City boss Billy McEwan has criticised the Conference's transfer window system for hindering attempts to bolster his defence. Key defender David McGurk is expected to be ruled out for at least a fortnight after undergoing a throat operation yesterday

  • City’s Cup tie brought forward

    YORK City's FA Cup trip to Newcastle Benfield (Bay Plastics) a week tomorrow has been brought forward by an hour to 2pm. The switch has been made to avoid a clash with Newcastle United's Premiership home game against Charlton Athletic, which kicks off

  • Discarded defender Simon on a mission to ‘show’ City

    YORK City will come up against a home captain determined to prove a point at Tamworth tomorrow afternoon. Former Scarborough, Kidderminster and Lincoln City defender Simon Weaver started the season on a non-contract basis at KitKat Crescent but left

  • McGrath future on line

    YORKSHIRE are to hold emergency talks next week with star batsman Anthony McGrath, who is unhappy with how the club is being managed and is understood to be wanting to leave. But chief executive Stewart Regan said that McGrath still had two years on

  • School lesson in boxing clever

    Youngsters at a North Yorkshire primary school have been getting the inside track on recycling. As part of a science week at Alne School, the 120 pupils have been learning about how science affects their daily lives. As part of the event, Dan Copeland

  • Boro net Wilberforce

    SCARBOROUGH will be keeping new company in their bid to gain positive points for the first time in Nationwide North. Former Leeds United reserve stopper Mark Wilberforce has been signed up as the club's new number one following the emergency recall

  • Terror Terry

    CONTAINING explosive goalscorer Terry Fearns will be the big issue for Harrogate Town in their top of the table tussle with Droylsden at Wetherby Road. The hitman has scored 14 times - nearly twice the number of his nearest golden boot challengers

  • On Trophy track

    HARROGATE Railway are striding into new waters again in the first qualifying round of the FA Trophy. The UniBond League division one outfit make the trip to Kidsgrove Athletic with more or less a full squad available and all will be up for the new

  • Kilgallon’s ban cut

    MATTHEW Kilgallon serves a one-match suspension at Luton tomorrow as Leeds United look to avoid propping up the Championship table for the first time. York-born central defender Kilgallon yesterday appealed against a three-match ban for his sending-off

  • Albion snap up Ashcroft

    FORMER York City trainee Kane Ashcroft is expected to become the next new face at Tadcaster Albion. He should be in contention for a place in the squad for tomorrow's Northern Counties East League division one clash at Hall Road Rangers. Matty Cressey

  • Atkinson’s top treble

    CRAIG Atkinson fired Severus to the top of the York F1 Racing Premier Karting Sunday Football League division one. His hat-trick inspired his side to a 4-1 win over Nestl Volunteers with Phil Jones getting the other Severus goal. Volunteers' consolation

  • Fifty litter louts fined

    MORE than 50 people have been fined for dropping litter in York since penalty charge notices (PCNs) were introduced two years ago. City of York Council has revealed that its workers have handed out £50 fines frequently since 2004. The figures were revealed

  • Diamonds are not pulling up any trees

    NEW boys Woodthorpe Tree Diamonds had a rough introduction to the York Sunday Afternoon League Cup after being on the receiving end of a 13-1 thrashing. Visitors Dunnington piled on the misery with a Joshua Tattersall hat-trick followed up by Grant Bulmer

  • King of a mild front cheer

    The Carpvale Winter League Series got off to a brilliant start with conditions, and sport, more akin to high summer. In a stunning contest half of the 30-strong field weighed 50lb or more with the front pond in particular in superb form. John Haw set

  • Dyson’s heroics

    SIMON Dyson made an impressive start to the Hero Honda Open in India. The two-time European Tour winner, who has gone east to strengthen his placing on the Asian Tour circuit, ended the first day at the New Delhi Golf Club in joint seventh place after

  • Race lift

    York City Ladies have won a £500 grant to help bridge the race gap between a selection of York schoolgirls and their Bradford counterparts. Coaches Paul Ryan and Robert Pearson have set up a festival between an Under-11 group from Westfield Primary

  • Plunder of Penzance

    Aintree opens its doors on its winter campaign with the start of a two-day meeting, and Penzance promises to make a big impression in the Intercasino.co.uk Molyneux Novices' Chase. Trained by Alan King, Penzance was a top juvenile hurdler two seasons

  • John shines as Cygnet stay top

    John Mooring threw 19 and 20-dart legs as Cygnet stayed top of John Smith's Men's Darts League division one. Neil Cawood (21) also shone in their 7-2 win at Britannia. Tony Cooper, with an 18-darter and a 180, and Johnny O'Mara (21) helped to keep

  • Where Eagle dares

    Doncaster's loss is Newbury's gain tomorrow as Eagle Mountain limbers up to bag the final Group 1 prize on the Flat in Britain this season. The Racing Post Trophy, transferred south while Doncaster undergoes major refurbishment, is the target for Eagle

  • Lawson stars in Grove win

    YEARSLEY Grove's Bev Lawson checked out on 116 in their York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division two match against Shepherd A'. Denise Fowler had levelled the match at 3-3 for Shepherd, but Yearsley polished off the remaining games for a 6-3 result

  • Ilk route to spin success

    YORK RUFC can signal themselves as real Yorkshire One promotion contenders if they can see off Ilkley at Clifton Park tomorrow. They may have been a little lucky to get the win last week against a Sandal side which played better than their form has

  • Tory joins post office battle

    CALLS for an end to the closure crisis in the Post Office network were renewed, as a York postmaster held talks in the city with the shadow work and pensions minister. Philip Hammond's visit came after a four million-name petition was handed in to Downing