THEY have been blamed for putting people at increased risk of heart disease. Now York confectioner Nestle Rowntree has revealed how it is working to reduce - and where possible remove - transfats from its recipes. Transfats are a type of unsaturated
THEY have been used to ferry people to and from oil rigs in the Far East, and are known for their reliability and ability to fly at night. Now one of the helicopters used by BP Offshore in Shanghai and Jakarta could end up being bought for about £1.5
CALLS to York Credit Union (YCU) have grown since the collapse of the Christmas hamper firm Farepak, with more people signing up as members. Manager Mike Horncastle believes the fresh interest is a sign of people "growing wise" to high-interest doorstep
A FURIOUS resident has called on City of York Council to pay up - after the house next door caught fire, then flooded. John Netherwood is demanding the council foot part of the bill for the £20,000 devastation wreaked on his own home. The council-owned
PLANS have been made to build a state-of-the-art £400,000 children's centre for north York. City of York Council hopes to build a children's centre at Haxby Road Primary School as well as improve the existing school building by creating a new reception
SUPERNANNIES to help parents rein in badly- behaved children will not be sent to York after the city missed out on funding for a Government-sponsored scheme. Ten other local authorities across the Yorkshire and the Humber region won funding for a network
A TAXI driver who was attacked without warning said his assailant kicked his head "like a football" - all because of a 60 pence waiting charge. Police have joined Richard Jackson in condemning the attacker who struck a blow to his face and then kicked
A taxi driver who was attacked without warning said his assailant kicked his head "like a football" - all because of a 60 pence waiting charge. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
CHRISTMAS shoppers have been put on alert after cash card fraudsters swiped almost £3,500 from bank accounts in York. Banks across the city were targeted in the sophisticated cash machine scam in which money was taken from 11 bank accounts. Police said
POLICE are hunting a man after he knocked a woman off her bike in York and threatened to punch her. Officers say the woman was verbally assaulted by the man on a city cycle path. The 38-year-old victim, who works at York St John University, said: "
RAIL passengers in York have been hit by the longest-ever train delay - five months. Grand Central was due to start running high-speed services to London next month, but has now put its launch back until May. The firm had hoped to lease trains so it
STUDENTS and staff at Selby College have said a fond farewell to a valued member of staff. Catering lecturer David Robinson retired on Friday, after 21 years at the college. Youngsters and colleagues sat down for a meal in the college's Four Seasons
Fiercely competitive bidding in an auction for a flying lesson in a flight simulator at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, raised a soaraway £3,500 for the Press Guardian Angels appeal. Dozens of business people at the awards vied for the chance to take a simulated
A DAY Nursery in York and two North Yorkshire primary schools are standing out among the best in the country. Daisy Chain Day Nursery in Heworth, York and Nun Monkton Primary, in Nun Monkton, have been rated as "outstanding" by school inspectors. Both
FANCY getting your glad rags on and helping to raise thousands for our Guardian Angels appeal? Then get yourself down to York Racecourse on December 1 where there will be a glittering black-tie ball in aid of our campaign. Tickets are still available
POLICE in York are trying to trace the owners of a massive haul of antiques, which they believe are stolen. Detectives recovered thousands of pounds worth of antiques in the city during the course of an ongoing investigation. More than 100 items were
POLICE chiefs in York are considering plans to make sure areas have their own designated beat bobbies. Inspector Richard Crinnion, the neighbourhood policing inspector for York centre, said a number of proposals had been put forward to the police's area
PRESS readers can soon let the train take the strain all the way to London - for the bargain price of £16 return. Start collecting tokens from Saturday, December 2, and up to four people can travel from York for less than the price of a Hornby train
FLYING winger Johnny Waldron has been urged to break the York City Knights try-scoring record - by the man who set it. The 24-year-old already holds the National Conference scoring record, having smashed the previous best of 35 when notching 41 touchdowns
NESTLE Rowntree RUFC celebrated having a home fixture for the first time in eight weeks by scoring ten tries as they overwhelmed Whitby II 64-5. 'Trees ran with the ball at every opportunity, with good handling and support from the forwards, and led
IT SPORTS Wigginton piled on the pressure at the top of the Yorkshire Premier Squash League with a 4-1 humbling of Huddersfield. The result left the Villagers just two points behind Leeds side Chapel Allerton with Joel Hines, Neil Cordell and captain
FORMER York City goal ace Andy Bishop was the striking hero for Coca Cola League Two outfit Bury in an FA Cup first round replay last night. Bishop hit two goals, including what proved to be the 74th-minute winner, as the Shakers recovered from 3-
YORK City's juniors will be looking to have Chester City on toast when the two sides meet in the second round of the FA Youth Cup tonight at KitKat Crescent. The Minstermites will be full of beans when they take on the Blues (kick-off 7pm) thanks to
EAGER young motorists are in danger of being taken for a ride, according to the Trading Standards Institute (TSI). The TSI has warned that many people are running up huge debts after being persuaded to take on high-interest credit when buying a car.
GILLAMOOR came back well to earn a share of the RJF Homes Beckett Football League spoils in an eight-goal derby thriller at Kirkdale United. This was the only game in division one owing to Scarborough and District FA Junior Cup ties. Kirkdale went three
THE WHIRLWIND Jimmy White will not be whipping up a storm at next month's UK Snooker Championship in York. His hopes of reaching the final stages of a ranking event for the first time this season were "Finn-ished". White lost nine of the last ten frames
JORDAN'S LIGHT, who did this column a good turn when winning at Southwell last week, is napped to follow-up at Wolverhampton tomorrow. Trained by Tim Pitt, who is sending out winners galore at present, Jordan's Light overcame trouble in running to score
Round four of the Yorkshire Winter Angling League found the Ouse between Hunters Lodge and Linton carrying three feet of icy-cold floodwater. The unfavourable conditions did not deter the Selby team, however, who took the day with a brilliant score of
A Down Under brace will hopefully enable Simon Dyson to keep his year in tip-top condition. North Yorkshire's tsar of pars is in the Australian city of Melbourne ahead of the start of the Mastercard Masters, which begins tomorrow at the Huntingdale Golf
A DRUG dealer has failed in his bid to save nearly £3,000 of his ill-gotten gains from the taxpayer. Daniel John Rocks almost emptied his bank account less than a month after he was arrested with 16g of heroin in his sock, York Crown Court heard. Prosecution
A multi-million pound deal has enabled a North Yorkshire poultry business to double its size and potential. Ebco (Holdings) Ltd, of Bilbrough, near York, has acquired the business and assets of five poultry farms from Sullivans Poultry Group, a subsidiary
IT'S a turf life, but also a clean one. The Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI), the UK's leading independent authority in turf grass, has praised Rowlawn, of Elvington near York, for the quality of its top-selling Medallion turf. The institute's
Rollits, the York and Hull-based regional commercial law firm, has advised Cranswick plc in a £17.9 million acquisition of DeliCo Limited, a producer of pre-packed cooked meats. Cranswick plc, based in East Yorkshire, is an award-winning food supplier
THE odds of York-born celebrity Scott Henshall winning an ITV gameshow have gone out to 100/1. The fashion designer to the stars - who spent his formative years in the Ryedale village of Sheriff Hutton - wrestled with actress Phina Oruche to win a box
IT'S business as usual for staff and youngsters at a York primary school at the centre of a school meals row. Last week Derwent Infant and Junior School in Osbaldwick was caught up in the whirl of a media circus after parents were invited in to school
RACEHORSE owners are always keen to promote their prized assets. But we've never heard of them phoning punters one at a time to tout their latest winners - at least, not until now. That's possibly what was happening though, when Diary reader Richard
I DON'T want to offend you, or put you off your dinner, but is there ever a right place to cut your toenails? It's just that, when I was growing up, our family was quite free and easy on the subject. We didn't exactly trim them in front of dinner guests
TODAY we report on two shocking incidents which would severely test anyone's faith in human nature. In one case, York taxi driver Richard Jackson was punched and kicked without warning by a punter - because of a 60p waiting charge. In the other, a
WHAT a difference a famous face makes. Yorkshire Air Ambulance was always struggling to raise funds. Then Richard Hamster' Hammond had his near-fatal crash at Elvington. The air ambulance helped save his life - and now the presenter's fans have
I ALWAYS wondered whether Santa really does exist. However, I now know that he does. He is alive and well and living in Bishophill, and thanks to him I am going to have the best Christmas ever. So, Mr S****** of ** Fairfax Street, could I say a big
TEACHERS in Selby have welcomed plans to set up a pupil referral unit in the district for children with behaviour problems. The proposal comes as part of a review of specialist education provision by North Yorkshire County Council. The unit will cater
I WOULD like to respond to the article "Check school meals demand", (The Press, November 16). Who do these parents think they are to demand to spot-check the meals at Derwent School? School cooks put an enormous amount of effort into providing children
I COULD not agree more with Mr Rushton and Mr Quarrie (The lunatics have taken over the asylum, letters, November 18) about the druggies stating that their human rights have been infringed by withholding whatever drugs they are dependent on while
IN Response to Carol Tucker's negative letter about the London Olympics, I would like to say that here is one York inhabitant who has given some positive thought to them. I am not so naive to think that there won't be the usual organisational problems
AS A resident of the area, I have been following the recent letters regarding Canon Lee School pupils' behaviour in the community. I agree wholeheartedly with the author of the original letter (Pupils swear and behave so badly, November 8). If I had
DEPRESSION is commonplace. Not just among celebrities such as David Blunkett and Stephen Fry. I notice it among older men; especially those who come on phone-ins. And are, frankly, often treated with scant respect and simplicity. Depression is
A COUPLE of weeks ago, The Press had a feature about the threatened closure of the Disability Information and Advice Centre in York, due to funding from the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) being withdrawn from April next year (
COUNCILLOR Jamieson-Ball is wrong (ID card waste, Letters, November 14) when he says that the Government's approach to law and order is "style before substance". There are more police on our streets than ever before - up nearly 15,000 since 1997
PHIL Roe (Warming blame, letters, November 14) reckons it's okay to continue belching out CO2 from large cars because volcanoes belch out more. Unfortunately, science proves him wrong. Since he's asking for experts who can disprove his arguments
CAN I thank all those who came to the New Roscoe in Leeds on Friday to support my Children In Need fundraising event. We had tremendous acts including the Togs, the brilliant Cathouse Creepers and the Flipsides "Commitments" tribute show. Charity
AS usual the latest forecasts are for increased spending this Christmas - more presents, more food, more drink, more of everything. Fresh evidence the other day when the giant container ship Emma Maersk docked in Felixstowe, discharging all manner of
A GRIEVING family has paid tribute to a popular Ryedale farmer and personality, who was killed in a horror crash. David Wilson died after being in collision with a car outside the entrance to his home near Stonegrave, on the B1257 Malton to Helmsley
IF, like me, you are a bit of a humbug and find you appreciate Christmas cards less and less every year, then meeting the people who created them can be a salutary reminder that there's hard work involved. At Fulford School, a Young Enterprise group
A CITY centre sandwich shop is set to become York's first 24-hour takeaway - but only if it plays by pub rules. Subway, in Clifford Street, has been given the go-ahead to serve customers around the clock, following the decision by a City of York Council
CHRISTMAS has come early, if the bumper crowds in York at the weekend were anything to go by. Elaine Nelson, manager of Debenhams in Coney Street, said staff at her store had been "run ragged" by shoppers. "They do not know where all the people came
AN OUSTED North Yorkshire MP has announced he will not seek another seat at the next General Election. John Greenway, the sitting Conservative MP for Ryedale, will stand down from Parliament, after two decades in office. As reported in The Press yesterday
