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GREEN plans are being drawn up to prevent local roads clogging up with extra traffic, following the massive redevelopment of the Terry's factory. About 2,500 jobs are set to be created at new offices on the factory site in Bishopthorpe Road, York, with

A CASINO for York should not be ruled out, councillors have been advised. City of York councillors will decide on the city's new gambling policy at their full meeting next Thursday, and have been recommended not to veto the possibility of a casino.

YORK City boss Billy McEwan will have to wait until 2007 to make any further loan signings after 5pm today. This evening's deadline will represent McEwan's last opportunity to bolster his squad with temporary players until the transfer window reopens

DING Junhui today warned snooker's superstars he wasn't ready to relinquish his UK Championship crown as he prepares to defend the title in York next month. "I am in good form and my game is good. I think I can win again," the 19-year-old exclusively

York Groves joint-coach Simon Moat is hoping opposition boasts will inspire his team to a cup victory on Saturday. The Terriers entertain Keighley Albion A' in the first round of the Pennine League Supplementary Cup, and it would seem the visitors are

DEPARTING ace Johnny Waldron reckons York Acorn ARLC have the ability in the camp to soar up National Conference division one. The Blue and Golds fell to the foot of the table last month but three wins on the bounce have lifted them away from danger,

Dennis Wise looks set for a hectic day today as he desperately tries to strengthen his Leeds squad before the loan deadline closes. Former skipper Paul Butler yesterday went to MK Dons on loan until early January. Until recently a regular first choice

YORK City's juniors missed the chance to meet Tottenham in the third round of the FA Youth Cup as they lost by a single goal to Chester City last night. A decent crowd of just under 300 at KitKat Crescent saw the Minster-mites battle gamely but lose

FIRST came the cloudburst of biographies, then last winter's autobiography, and now the life of John Peel is celebrated with a deluge of albums collated from his late-night eerie at BBC Radio One. Wife Sheila's selection of 12-inch Peel favourites and

YORK City boss Billy McEwan is both surprised and relieved that Clayton Donaldson is the club's only player to be called up to the England National Game XI squad. Donaldson has been elevated from the provisional non-League Under-23 squad for the first

York Tennis Club women's veterans' team have become holders of the Yorkshire Cup without hitting a ball in the final. Their opponents Hallamshire, Sheffield requested a two-week extension to the final date earlier this month and the match was fixed

HOW different it all was ten years ago. The Manics had gone through collapse and catharsis following Richey Edward's disappearance. Their next offering was a radical departure. James Dean Bradfield felt under pressure to come up with music to weave

Riverside kept up their good start in men's division one of the York Badminton League with a hard-fought 5-4 win at newly-promoted Tadcaster 86. Phil Zealand and Ross Overton showed well for Tadcaster with three wins for 165-136, but John Fowler and

YORK Motor Club drivers sped to some impressive results in the Kall Kwik Forest Rally. Ian Jemison and co-driver Owen Wallbank took fourth place overall in their Porsche Boxster - just one spot ahead of club-mate Philip Welch and navigator Mark Ellerker

Bootham A' maintained their excellent start to the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League division one campaign after hammering Poppleton A 10-0. Although three of the sets went to five games, Jon Wooldridge, Paul Eastwood and Jo Suchecki were the

MALTON jockey Tom Eaves, enjoying his best-ever year with more than 80 winners to his credit, can add to his tally at Wolverhampton tomorrow. Eaves teams up with First Order in the wbx.com Handicap and Ian Semple's gelding is fancied to end a fairly

HURRAH for the 21st Century. The Press late with the news? Nah. A Sparks lyric, perhaps? Possible, but again no. The affirmation of ardour is for the 21st Century Re-Masters of four Sparks albums of razzle-dazzle eminence. The quality quartet is drawn

IF a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well and Depeche Mode set the standard when it comes to reissues. This is the second instalment of the Mode's acclaimed remasters series to mark the group's 25-year anniversary, following Speak And Spell, Music

BOWLING talent Zoe Eagles is looking to the future after cementing her status as one of England's top young players. The 15-year-old has been selected as a stand-by reserve in the England Under-25 team after impressing during national indoor trials.

York Indoor Bowls Club saw off the challenge of Metrodome in the opening game of the Egham Trophy with a 79-67 aggregate triumph. At home, Paul Mooring trailed 7-0 after four ends, but countered to lead 10-8 with a three on the tenth before cruising

FIVE stars might seem excessive for a compilation - but what a stunning collection this is, 28 tracks chosen from 20 years of World Circuit, the London label with its ear to the world. Some inclusions are to be expected, such as the opening Chan Chan

THIS four-CD box set uses rare archive material to document Ralph McTell's musical journey. It pays homage to his musical heroes (Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davies and Jessie Fuller) with arrangements of guitar blues and traditional songs, as well

YORK City Knights favourite Mark Cain still does not know if he will be able to play again as he awaits yet more surgery on his damaged knee. The 30-year-old suffered major ligament damage back in February but surgery so far has not fixed the problem

Not quite worth the £100 online traders were asking for, but a band well worth checking out when they play on their early 2007 arena tour. In all fairness to this well-styled Las Vegas indie quartet, the hype surrounding the release of their second

IN TERMS of contrasts, this trip to Sheffield provided a stark example. First you have the Scissor Sisters: a bright, loud, lively, devil-may-care, gyrating rock-disco machine. Then you have the Hallam FM Arena: a soulless, desolate warehouse on the

SCORES of young performers were riding along on a crest of a wave during the rousing finale of the latest York Gang Show. The 80-strong cast, made up of Brownies, Cub Scouts, Guides, Scouts and various leaders, put their heart and soul into an entertaining

IT'S often said that no one can improve on an original recording. Obviously, this is not the case but it takes a brave artist to try to match the majesty of say The Eagles' The Best Of My Love or Cat Stevens' Father & Son. However, Rod Stewart has

AN ESTATE agency has gifted two bicycles to help women who are trying to put their past behind them and gain independence. The two silver bicycles have been donated by Otisdale Estate Agents, in Micklegate, York, to York Women's Aid, which supports

A RAPIDLY growing firm of York solicitors is seeking a new chief executive - with a salary package of £200,000. The huge reward for a top gun comes from Minster Law, the firm which last autumn bought out road traffic insurance business from Corries for

A LANDSCAPE and forestry products supplier near York has won a top national green accolade. Green-tech Ltd, of Nun Monkton, earned Environmental Product Of The Year in the National Recycling Awards. Richard Kay, managing director, his wife, Rachel

TIME is running out for online shopping in the run up to Christmas. Although many websites provide last order dates for customers wanting their gifts before Christmas, those that don't specify delivery times are obliged to deliver goods within 30 days

FESTIVE joy is on the way for Press readers who will receive free tickets for York's annual Community Carol Concert. More than 1,000 tickets have been sold for the event, which takes place at the Barbican Centre on Sunday, at 2.30pm. But now, a couple

EVERY time ordinary people are asked what they want from their local police, they say the same thing: more bobbies on the beat. Police commanders in Clifton, York, have listened. Following a recent wave of car crime which saw 90 cars vandalised in only

Now we really have heard them all. Leaves on the line, the wrong kind of snow - none of these excuses holds a candle to the reason binmen gave for not emptying Brian Watson's green bin. The leaves inside were frozen, they told him. Frozen leaves,

AS a psychotherapist working with depression, here's my pennyworth in answer to Max Nottingham's question (Down our way, letters, November 22). One bank has some advertising which I find disturbing. "I want it now", it says, tempting people to spend

The Terry's Development Brief Consultation Responses document, available on City of York Council's website, includes many comments to the effect that the Terry's development should include sports and leisure facilities which are available to the general

WITH regards to the old Terry's site (2,800 jobs hang in the balance, The Press, November 21), while job creation is to be encouraged, especially after the spate of job losses recently announced in the city, I cannot help but feel a little concerned that

WHY, when new sites are being built, are there never any facilities for teenagers? People complain about under-age drinking, crime, drug abuse and kids hanging on street corners, but do you ever wonder why they do this? Because nobody seems to give a

IN these days of so much negative news of the NHS, I really feel I should relate my own experience of the past week. Last Thursday, I had to dial 999 as my wife had severe chest pains. From the woman who took the call, to the ambulance crew, staff in

WITH regards to the article (Splashing out with pool cash, The Press, November 17) about the "public consultation" over where cash from the Barbican should be spent, the question seems to be posed as to whether the £4 million ought to be spent on refurbishing

I AM mystified by Bryan R Lawson's attack on Lorraine Robinson, who wore a hooded garment on a trip to her local shop as it had been raining, and was refused service (Much hood-do about nothing, letters, November 20). Mr Lawson misses the point utterly

RUMOUR has it that a senior judge got so hot under his wig about the magical icy wonderland taking shape outside his court he summoned an underling to get hold of a fellow figure of public justice to restore order as we know it. A traffic warden duly

I AGREE with Bryan R Lawson. Staff were in the right to ask Lorraine Robinson to remove her hood. I always take my moped helmet off when going into a shop, ever since I was asked once, and I am a grandma. I didn't take offence and it's more difficult

SO HERE'S the thing. A whole column to write and I can't use the word that set me off. I don't know if anyone's counting, but there seems to more swearing these days. You often hear what still has to be rendered in print as the F-word, or translated

THANKS to Kate Lock for her column (What a rubbish life I'm leading, The Press, November 18). More of the same, please! I'm with Ben Bradshaw on the "leave your packaging at the checkout". For me, better still, stop shopping there and go to your village

ANYONE who objects to a Christian wearing a cross and chain around their necks (Dr John slams BA cross ban, The Press, November 21) deserves to have a ball and chain hanging around theirs. They are nothing but troublemakers. Ken Holmes, South Duffield

Animal Aid recently held its annual Mad Science Awards. These prestigious' prizes go to researchers conducting grotesque and pointless experiments on animals. The theme for this year was science's forgotten victims - rats. Rats have four legs and

ALCOHOLISM in York has become a "ticking time-bomb" The Press can reveal today, with the city's booze clinic so swamped it can no longer meet demand. York Alcohol Advice Service is receiving 90 referrals a month on average - equivalent to three a day

FAMILY privacy will be shattered, parents undermined and children put at risk by new Government databases containing details on every child in England, a new report from Parliament's Information Commissioner warns. The report lists no fewer than 11 national

VIOLENT crime in York has plummeted by nearly one-fifth since late-night drinking was introduced. Critics feared relaxing licensing laws would bring mayhem to the city's streets, but senior police officers say the opposite has happened. From April 1

POLICING in a crime-hit area of York is set for a shake-up after hundreds of residents packed a police meeting to voice their fears. Inspector Richard Crinnion, the neighbourhood policing chief for central York, told worried Clifton residents that he

A ROLLING repair programme will see York's ftr buses get a hi-tech makeover. But transport bosses at bus giant First said today passengers will not notice a thing. All 12 of the city's fleet of purple bendy buses will be driven off to Leeds where engineers

HEALTH chiefs must have enough time to clear York's £23 million deficit -if patients are to avoid losing essential services. That was the warning today from York MP Hugh Bayley as the three most important people in the NHS in North Yorkshire try to thrash

HUNDREDS of pensioners are helped every year by three projects, organised by the charity Age Concern, but largely funded by the health service. The schemes assist elderly people coming out of hospital, provide support for exhausted carers and offer a

YOBS hurled lightbulbs towards the stage at York Theatre Royal, but could not stop the show going on. Police had to be called to the theatre after a group of youths struck during the opening night of the English Touring Theatre's production of Mother

THIS man is being hunted by police, after a woman was subjected to an attempted sexual assault in her home. The woman was targeted in her house in Hambleton Avenue, Osbaldwick, York, after disturbing the intruder. Police today issued this e-fit in a

TRAFFIC chaos hit York after a city centre bridge was shut after a load attached to a lorry scattered across the road. A woman pedestrian was injured after sheets of metal fell off the back of the wagon as it passed over Skeldergate, at about 11.25am

Robin Field-Smith, of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Personnel, Training and Diversity, pictured with North Yorkshire's Chief Constable, Della Cannings, at the North Yorkshire Police-hosted national police training open day, held at York

POLICE have warned a council chief over an incident in which workmen cut back a York hedgerow while birds might still have been nesting. Wildlife liaison officer PC Rebecca Waddington said today she had given a verbal warning to Russell Stone, the street

IT sounds almost as daft as leaves on line, but for owners of green bins in Acomb it was frozen leaves which stopped the council workers from emptying them. Labour Guildhall ward councillor Coun Brian Watson has locked horns with council officials after

HER blind and physically and mentally handicapped daughter uses the hydrotherapy pool at a York day care centre twice a week. Susan Williams says her daughter, Catrina, 45, enjoys the exercise and freedom it gives her from her wheelchair. "It's one of

HANNIBAL once crossed the Alps on the back of an elephant - now fundraisers at the Blue Bell Inn are planning to follow in those rather large footsteps by doing the same across the Pennines. No longer content with challenges like a 32-mile trip across

WA Hare & Son, the North Yorkshire building and joinery contractor, has been declared a Master Builder Of The Year. The firm, based at Kelfield, scooped the category for residential restoration, refurbishment and extension work on medium projects up

HOPES are being pinned on the re-launch of a small community shop to herald a fresh start for an estate which has been troubled by problems. Members of Muncaster Residents' Association have raised concerns about the tension between a number of locals

PLANS by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to build a heliport on farmland on the outskirts of Malton have hit problems. Land between Eden Farm and Eden Camp, owned by the Fitzwilliam Estate, has been ear-marked as a summer base for a second helicopter which

THE York-based Farepak Response Fund has extended its deadline for donations as the pot of contributions nears the £5 million mark. The fund was set up by the Family Fund, in Monks Cross, York, following the collapse of the Christmas hamper firm last

A CASH-STRAPPED construction firm in North Yorkshire has made staff redundant - only days after saying all jobs were safe. Malton-based S Harrison Group, which last week announced losses of £1.9 million, has handed scaffolders their notice. Announcing

A MAJOR overhaul of York's street-cleaning service has been given the green light by city chiefs. City of York Council's executive has approved plans to reorganise the service, and introduce new ventures to tackle problem areas in terraced streets.

SCHOOLS are being challenged to look out for pipes in danger of freezing during the cold winter months. Prizes worth more than £500 are up for grabs in the competition, which was launched today by Yorkshire Water. The "Lag Tag" campaign encourages schools

THE number of taxi ranks in Ryedale is set to soar by 200 per cent - and taxi charges by up to 15 per cent. Under a plan drawn up by the local authority, Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley would - for the first time - get their own dedicated ranks. The number

"I'M concerned that I'll go in one morning and there'll be a body floating in the water." These were the words of a Selby swimming instructor, speaking about a spate of attacks on Barlby Sports College's swimming pool. Dawn Martland, of Selby, is an

FRIENDS and family have been paying tribute to a well-known former Selby shopkeeper. Derek Stone, 72, and his wife, Mary, 75, owned and ran the grocer's shop in Barlby Road together for more than 30 years. The couple, who originally met in Dewsbury,

ITS architecture ranges from the magnificent to the monstrous, with the Minster as beloved as the notorious Stonebow House is loathed. Now smartly-designed modern buildings and new developments in York are set to be honoured in an awards ceremony. The

A LONG weekend of fishing helped a 90-year-old grandfather raise more than £5,000 for charity. Stan Britton, of Elvington, near York, has raised more than £30,000 for children's charity When You Wish Upon A Star. For his latest fundraising feat, he

A NEW device enabling police to carry out on-the-spot fingerprinting could be introduced in North Yorkshire. Local police say they are taking a "very keen interest" in a trial being carried out elsewhere in the country, and have not ruled out embracing