MORE anger has erupted over radical health cuts after many of them were formally rejected by leading doctors' groups. As revealed in The Press last week, North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) is unveiling a wide range of cuts to health services
YORK Credit Union (YCU) has launched a special Christmas account to stop savers falling victim to another crisis like the collapse of Farepak. Savers lost an estimated £40 million when the York-based hamper firm collapsed in October, with an estimated
Steve and Della are staking their annual claims. Readers on the York Press 'Local news' web site are organizing revolt. <http;/yorkpress.co.uk/news/> There is a new party working to establish themselves as a progressive alternative to the present
RESIDENTS in a York village are to be asked to back a campaign to safeguard their post office from the threat of closure. Villagers in Copmanthorpe will be asked to support the service after Royal Mail last month revealed plans to close thousands of
A NEW year, a new start and what better way to kick it off than moving house? There is plenty on the market at the moment and York's estate agents are showcasing some of their favourites here. First up, Carter Jonas is offering Wilson House
WITH its elevated position and seven bedrooms, this impressive town house certainly stands out from the crowd. Nunmill House, in Bishopthorpe Road, dates back to the 1880s but boasts immaculately presented accommodation over four floors, enclosed gardens
THIN on top he may be - but this York hairdresser hopes to have a much fuller head of locks by the end of 2007. Back in November, follicle- challenged David Smith - who owns Cads hairdressers in Fossgate - went under the surgeon's knife for the first
A PARENT has hit out at traffic wardens for causing "chaotic" parking scenes when she collected her son from the Minster School, in York. Dr Janet Cochrane, 51, of Fangfoss, near York, said she was offended by their "overbearing and pompous" attitude
MORE than 25,000 new jobs have been created in York in the past decade, despite the demise of the city's manufacturing industry, according to a new report. Between 1996 and 2004, total employment in York rose from 80,500 to 100,650. Between 1991 and
CALLS have been made for an overhaul of York's training programmes to address the skills shortages among York's workforce. City of York Council Labour group leader Dave Merrett, and trade union leader John Kirk, want to improve the education of aspiring
COUNCIL tax in York is set to rise by the maximum 4.5 per cent next year, after the Government announced a grant described by council chiefs as "disappointing". Local Government Minister Phil Woolas has announced the provisional financial settlement
THE chief constable of North Yorkshire Police has said that even an inflation-busting rise in the police's share of the council tax could leave a massive hole in the force's accounts. Della Cannings has told North Yorkshire Police Authority that even
YOBS avoided arrest after being caught headbutting a man and breaking a policeman's thumb - because every cell in North Yorkshire was full, it was claimed today. The Police Federation alleged that officers working on the Friday before Christmas were
GWEN Stefani exudes glamour. Reeking of Forties Hollywood panache and style, Stefani looks scintillating on the catwalk. But don't be fooled by the delicious photo images on the album sleeve. The Sweet Escape is absolute pants. No doubt, Stefani was
IF you can't take the traffic jams of modern life any more, and wish to retreat to woodland isolation, take Midlake's wonderfully wistful second album with you. Listening to the soft Seventies wave of Fleetwood Mac, America, Joni Mitchell and especially
PART Pulp, part 1960s revival - there's a buzz brewing about The Long Blondes, and debut album Someone To Drive You Home reveals it's not all manufactured hype. The Sheffield five-piece's stories of paranoia and woe may not appeal to all tastes, but
THE acclaimed singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas moves away from her country-folk comfort zone with this collection of intimate torch songs. Griffith chooses an eclectic selection of tracks to cover, including three by Tom Waits: Ruby's Arms, Grapefruit
WHAT an enjoyably provocative album this is. Acoustic Ladyland are difficult to categorise, which is part of the noisy fun. Is this free-jazz meets punk, or jazz-rock in a high-speed collision with heavy metal? Hard to say, but it doesn't really matter
HERE is a wonderful celebration of traditional tunes and ballads by one of folk music's finest bands. Bellowhead's arrangements for bold and brazen brass, soothing and silky strings, rich and resplendent reeds, plus pulsating percussion, are inventive
SIMON Webbe was a member of Blue, while Matt Willis fronted the spunky pop trio Busted. Willis is undoubtedly one of his generation's most gifted songwriters. Don't Let It Go To Waste is packed with potential hit singles and infused with spirit, energy
YOUNG Enterprise in York has been praised by the Government's Education Secretary. Alan Johnson hailed the work of the project and its local champion, Paul Blanchard. On a recent visit to our region, Mr Johnson, a contender to replace John Prescott
TROUBLED printing firm DocQwise Business Services Ltd of York goes into liquidation tomorrow, but 19 of its 21 jobs may be saved. No sooner has the month-long survival struggle come to a climax for founder and managing director Jan Eskildsen, than he
A FAMOUS hotel, where a real Agatha Christie mystery took place, has played host to 125 people from 15 top business travel agents and conference organisers. The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate was showcasing the result of a £6 million revamp of its 136 bedrooms
HOUSE prices in York are going up at half the average national rate, according to new figures. Statistics released by the Land Registry show the price of homes in the city rose by 3.6 per cent over the last year compared to a national average increase
CELEBRITIES have their uses. Their lives can be prodded and paraded as a form of mass entertainment. Sometimes they are even good at whatever it was that got them noticed before they became elevated to the vacuous stratosphere of simply being famous.
POLICE opted for a novel approach to punish yobs celebrating the new year in a particularly unpleasant way. The streets of York thronged with partygoers on the approach to midnight and by 11.30pm a huge crowd had already gathered outside York Minster
NOT sending Christmas cards has raised hundreds more pounds for our Guardian Angels coffers. Every festive season, millions of Christmas cards wing their way across the globe - sent by family members, businesses and friends keen to keep in touch.
THE kind of work York people do is changing. We all know that. Job losses at British Sugar, Terry's and Nestl have underlined the continuing decline in the city's traditional manufacturing sector. An analysis of the changing jobs market by city chiefs
DON'T arrest anyone unless you absolutely must. That's what police officers were allegedly told before being sent out to keep order on one of the busiest nights of the year. Every police cell in the county was full on the Friday before Christmas. So
DAVID Quarrie's letter (State-run brothels, Letters, January 2) regarding the recent deaths of prostitutes in Ipswich is profoundly saddening. The letter explicitly states that the case did not deserve the media attention or the police response it received
HAVING read the disastrous news about cuts to health services in York to facilitate the saving of £24.5 million (Lives at risk, The Press, December 29), I would like to re-emphasise a previous letter of mine regarding the ever-increasing cost of the
WE have recently returned from a very restful and hospitable four-day Christmas break. They talk about obesity in the younger generation, but, believe me, I have witnessed it at a hotel, where most of the guests will not, shall we say, be offering their
MR H GRIFFITH (Arrogant' foxhunters who break the law, Letters, January 2), is against hunting with hounds. Is he not aware that the number of foxes in this country is now completely beyond control? The main reason is the fox's ability to adapt to
ANTAGONISM between England and Scotland seems to be in the news from time to time, but I must say I think the Scottish people are mostly a compassionate lot. Whenever I've been "up against it", who has come to the rescue, picked up any broken pieces
I WAS quite annoyed to read the recent Diary item (The Press, December 29), about the journalist's daughter whose rabbit had to be put to sleep after being terrified by a fox. Any responsible (or sensible) rabbit-owner knows that rabbits shouldn't
HOW nice to read about the Gateway Church in Acomb (Fresh air approach to Gateway nativity play, December 18). They really made a good impression with the people, old and young, who were singing along, and some even doing a little jig. I saw the
WE should be cautious about putting animal blood products into people (MS sufferer's new drug hope, The Press, December 27). Modern science still cannot guarantee that these animal-derived substances will be free of contaminants that may result in
ON behalf of the management and staff of Yorkshire Air Museum, I would like to extend thanks to members of Full Sutton Flying Club for their support of our Santa's Plane events before Christmas. I am sure this sentiment is shared by the record number
Should hearings into police misconduct be held in public? Watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission is suggesting that in certain cases, they should. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. WHEN a doctor makes a mistake, the disciplinary hearing into his
SOLDIERS from York out in Iraq have been involved in one of the largest operations since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The first Battalion of The Yorkshire Regiment took part in a massive mission to search and arrest criminals in Basra - one of the
OH JOY. It's Christmas, and the season of goodwill to all men. Except for the people who sent out this round robin in their Christmas card. "We have had a few celebrations this year, but we started on a sad note: in January the smallest and laziest member
I AWAKE in a cold sweat from a frightful dream. I am in the Clarence Hotel in Dublin and I've just hit the multi-millionaire owner Sir Bono over the head with a posh leather stool before stamping on his posh sunglasses. Take that, you preening, preposterous
A DRUG addict who stole cash after exploiting the kindness of an 85-year-old woman has been jailed. Yvonne Greenwood, 28, formerly of Lowther Street, York, appeared at York Crown Court charged with two counts of burglary. The court was told that at
I TRY not to be resentful about those City bankers (rhyming slang) who have just collected their million-pound bonuses, but it can be difficult. At least I need not envy those who've booked a "trip of a lifetime" to Australia to watch what remains of
OOH! I feel a stirring north of the border. A recent reputable poll has 52 per cent of Scots voting in favour of independence. No surprise there. But wait - it also has 59 per cent of English respondents saying: "Let the Jocks have it. Cut them
TO TESCO, on sufferance. It is late in the day and, over by the sell-by-date section, gangs of starving pensioners fall upon boxes of ready meal lamb shanks like those lions eating the elephant on Planet Earth. This is a curious place, lit like an
YOU KNOW that time of year when the council decides to resurface every road in the area because if it doesn't spend all its money, it'll lose it out of next year's budget? I suspect that our old friends in the Jokeforce, the secret Government department
SOMETHING is amiss in Ambridge. Regular Archers listeners are up in arms over the DavidRuth-Sam love triangle, complaining that the characters have been portrayed in an entirely out of character fashion just to create a cliff-hanger for last Tuesday's
WELL hello there, Mr Holierthan-Thou. You must be feeling pretty chipper this week, what with your wind turbine on your roof, your multi-coloured recycling bins and your energy-efficient light bulbs. Not sure about the electric car in the driveway
WHEN I were but a lad, there were things we called crofts at the back of our rows of terraced houses - basically just an area of waste land, inhabited by stained mattresses and scabby dogs. The crofts were where we built our bonfires, raiding wood
HOW old is everything? That's the question being posed by a new exhibition in York. From a 4.5 billion-year-old Middlesbrough meteorite to the swords of rampaging Vikings, the display will give visitors the chance to "crack the time code" by experimenting
IF I went round night after night mugging drunks and morons for a living, I'd soon be banged up in chokey. Yet two of this country's national broadcasting institutions regularly fleece the inebriated and the underclass by dangling in front of their
I MAY have inadvertently given the impression in the past that I think the nation's underclass is thick. This is clearly not the case. It takes a certain rat-like cunning to survive on the mean streets of Mr Blah's NuBritain. There are forms to
MARK CAIN has been granted a three-month testimonial by York City Knights after admitting defeat in his latest injury battle. The Huntington Stadium favourite - who was the first player to publicly sign for the Knights when they were launched in 2002
ALFIE HILL will take his York Acorn ARLC troops over to Ince Rosebridge on Saturday claiming the Wiganers are still favourites for promotion in National Conference division one. Acorn ended a four-game losing streak early in the season by beating Ince
COACH Chris Judge has admitted his New Earswick All Blacks side have a game to savour as they begin 2007 in search of Pennine League premier division honours. The All Blacks play Siddal A' on Saturday, a side rooted to the foot of the table with a points
PROMOTION is new York RUFC captain Jon Sharpe's aim as he prepares to take the armband for the first time this weekend. The 24-year-old Kiwi has been catapulted into the captaincy at Clifton Park after previous incumbent, fly-half Carl Paterson, defected
LEEDS United boss Dennis Wise has signed his former Chelsea team-mate Tore Andre Flo. The 33-year-old Norwegian international was released by Italian club Siena and has signed a deal with Leeds until the end of the season with an option for another year
PAUL HANAGAN, who rode two winners at Southwell yesterday to get off the mark for the year, can repeat the feat at Wolverhampton tomorrow. The top Malton jockey teams-up with First Order and Writ, both of whom have excellent chances. Trained by Ian
FRANK Turner and Graham Brooke missed out on winning the Tom Forbes Trophy for the third time in the last four years at York Indoor Bowls Club. They were beaten 20-19 in a thrilling final by outsiders Malcolm Thompson and Ray Calpin. Turner, who has
ORGANISERS of York's festive ice rink have hailed another successful year, with record numbers of skaters taking to the ice. More than 40,000 people have tried the Ice Factor rink at the Eye of York during its seven-week run - up from almost 35,000
A TEENAGER who turned her life around after suffering at the hands of school bullies has earned a top award. Former York school girl Gemma Kelly, 17, has been presented with a Student of The Year award by city MP Hugh Bayley for her time spent at York's
Just finished your Christmas shopping - then it's straight into looking for bargains in the New Year sales. City of York's Trading Standards Service wants to ensure that consumers on the hunt for a good deal avoid "too good to be true" offers, are aware
MYSTERY surrounds the future of a sports facility near York, which could be plunged into darkness over a floodlight row. Local residents and council officers complained about the lights at York Golf Range, in Strensall, claiming they cause light pollution
IT'S official - North Yorkshire is a healthy place to live. A major new survey by market researchers CACI and TNS has found that people living in many areas of the county have some of the healthiest lifestyles in the country. Ryedale was named eighth
THE Archbishop of York has paid tribute to a former archdeacon of the city as he approaches his 100th birthday. The Venerable Charles Forder has been a priest in the Church of England in Yorkshire for a staggering 76 years. He will celebrate reaching
RESIDENTS battling the number of signs on a road in a village near Selby have appealed for others to get behind their campaign for a clear-out. The call came after villagers in South Milford said motorists were faced with 45 signs in a half-mile stretch
