A DISTRAUGHT burglary victim has launched a desperate plea for the return of precious photos of her late husband. A thief stole Marcelle Cashmore-Mandy's handbag, camera and phones when he broke into her Strensall home in the early hours of New Year's
WORKERS in York lose out on about £4,800 per year by working unpaid overtime. Figures released by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) show staff in the area work on average 7hrs 12min unpaid overtime each week - a massive 15 days, 14hrs and 24min of solid
Re: ‘The runaway gravy train,’ by Mike Bentley in York Press. In this revealing feature, Mike discloses that 20% of our workforce are employed by NuLabour at a cost approaching £1.6 billion a year. There are many doing excellent work in essential public
PUBS and clubs in York are starting to make alterations to their premises, to create a last bastion for the city's smokers. Landlords are beginning to make lasting changes to their pubs, ahead of the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places
LONG-RUNNING plans to build a multi-storey car park at York hospital have been re-submitted to council bosses. The saga over the car park has now been rumbling on for at least a decade, with many setbacks along the way. Hospital chiefs have wanted to
CAMPAIGNERS hit back today after the retiring boss of York's Joseph Rowntree Foundation launched a passionate defence of a controversial model village scheme. Lord Best told The Press earlier this week that Derwenthorpe, a proposed 540-home development
THEY claim their sleep has been ruined by noisy music and customers since a pub near their home was allowed to stay open into the early hours. Now Clive and Gemma Stanton are making York licensing history by asking councillors to restore traditional
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A RETIRED doorman who was acquitted of murdering a drinker outside a York bar has been found guilty of an unprovoked attack on a man at a gym. Paul Maurice Garner, 63, was cleared of murdering 62-year-old William Smith outside Yates's Wine Lodge in the
DALE Meeks did not agree with the Emmerdale bosses that his time as long-suffering Simon Meredith had run its natural course, but he took his soap exit it on the chin, and quickly found a new stage to strut his hour. "I already had a job lined up as
THE Chinese Year of the Pig is on its way. To mark the Chinese New Year, the National Centre for Early Music, at St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York, will be mounting a series of concerts and workshops for the family. The activities will start at
HARMONY trio Grace Notes introduce songs from their new album, Northern Tide, at the Black Swan Folk Club on Thursday, in advance of its springtime release on Fellside Recordings. Now in their 13th year together, Maggie Boyle (vocals, flute, bodhran
AS CROWDS descended on the Grand Opera House for the sellout concert by Madeleine Peroux in December, the river had once again burst its banks to reclaim several hundred car parking spaces, mainly the whole of St George's Field. Drivers were spinning
THE 2007 Jorvik Viking Festival will cram almost 100 events and activities into its five-day run from February 14 to 18. Now in its 22nd year, the festival draws 40,000 visitors each year with its chance to wander through the Viking market; meet the
THE Fishergate Artists Group is known affectionately among its members as the Fun Fishers, and looking at the subject matter of the latest exhibition at City Screen, York, it is easy to see why. "We're a group of a dozen or so people who meet at Fishergate
ACRYLICS, oils and textiles by brother and sister Iain Will and Sue Kershaw form the Langwith Early Spring Exhibition at the Norman Rea Gallery, Langwith College, University of York, from January 15 to 26. Iain and Sue combine a love of painting and
A FRIENDLY pub can be the heart of a small village. It's often a sanctuary in which to meet friends and neighbours and catch up with local gossip. So I had sympathy with residents of Thorganby - between York and Selby - when their local ditched its
ONCE again it has fallen to me to look back over the past year's snacking experiences. In that time, Graeme and I surveyed 49 venues. Some were totally new to us, some had changed ownership and others we hadn't visited for seven or eight years.
IT is just a question of time before someone dies from health cuts, a GP claimed today. That was the stark reaction from a York family doctor after news emerged of another health cut. The Press has discovered that out-of-hours doctor care in York has
NORTH Yorkshire's new primary care trust is likely to end the finance year in the red to the tune of £45million, it has emerged. That is the latest prediction from trust managers about their possible deficit by March 31. Members of City of York Council's
PROMOTER Toby Clouston-Jones is contemplating establishing a second night each week for The Other Side Comedy Club in York. "Comedy nights fit very well in the Basement Bar of City Screen, and that's why I'm looking at the idea of expanding to another
Vauxhall has pulled the wraps off the ultimate version of its new Corsa - the long-awaited VXR. The performance flagship of the range is every inch a VXR, designed to deliver the ultimate in hot-hatch driving excitement and style. The three-door only
The C-XF concept car signals the onset of a new era for Jaguar. A stunning, four-door sports saloon which blends design purity with unmistakable dynamism, the C-XF is a clear indication of the design direction that the next generations of Jaguar saloons
WHEN Swiss impresario Michael Furler was looking for a city to launch his Kinder Konzerts overseas, he settled on York after a holiday visit with his son. "We were walking through York at Christmas in 1995 when we thought, 'this would be an amazing
TEENAGERS are being urged to take advantage of cash handouts designed to encourage them not to turn their backs on post-16 education. Young people in York and North Yorkshire can return to learning now and join the thousands already currently benefiting
Another day, another health cut. This time, it is the out-of-hours doctor service in York. As The Press reveals today, there is now only a single GP on duty after 11pm at night to cover the whole of York - a city of about 180,000 people. Previously
I'D just like to say that I was appalled to read the front page story today (I'll die at 60, The Press, January 3) - not because this man deserves the operation, but because I cannot believe the only thing that will save this man's life is a costly operation
FIRST peahens, then big cats, then fatal encounters between rabbits and foxes, The Diary has long been a friend to the animal kingdom. So, today we are issuing a plea to the owner of this beautiful Maine Coon cat. Margaret Holton, of Barlby, took her
NORTH Yorkshire's most famous filly doesn't look half bad for 150. In its long life, the White Horse at Kilburn has been damaged by hail, temporarily covered so it couldn't be used for target practice by the Luftwaffe, and repaired countless times.
PLAYWRIGHT Dave Windass is to research and write a new play about British film mogul J Arthur Rank with the aid of a Grants For Arts award of £4,500 from the Arts Council England. The grant will help bring to life the as-yet-untitled drama about Rank
WHEN I read your article about the theft of £60,000 from the home of the late David Barker (Robbing the dead, The Press, January 2), I wanted to ask a couple of questions. They concern issues of general importance, so I was rather surprised that the
I WOULD like to comment on my recent visit to the A&E at York Hospital. During a very worrisome time when I couldn't breathe, the staff were far beyond courteous, professional, and made me feel like I was in very good hands. Sometimes I am sick and
GOOD Socialist as he was, Baden Powell noticed 100 years ago much the same as we see on our streets today - roaming bands of disaffected unemployed youths looking for something better to do than stand on street corners drinking gin, shooting up, and smoking
LORD Best, retiring from his role at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, defends its Derwentthorpe project (Charity chief in parting plea, The Press, January 1). Remember, Lord Best, that New Earswick was created from the need of local factory workers
I AM writing in response to your brief news item (Legal claim, The Press, December 29) which related to a claim made to the criminal injuries compensation authority by a motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was seriously injured in a road incident in Bristol
IS it too much to hope that national and local wannabe politicians will revert to the almost forgotten practice of putting brains into gear, before opening mouths? Locally, we have all parties singing the praises of all things green and beautiful (
I AM sure it will not be long before NCP car parking charges are in the FTSE 100. I was charged £4.90p for parking my car in the car park for ten minutes at the rear of the Railway Institute in York, while collecting friends who had been out for
JOB training in York needs to be transformed if the city's economy is to thrive, the local MP has said. Hugh Bayley argued that aspiring workers needed to be taught a broader range of skills than at present to enable them to compete in the jobs market
IN response to "such a high boxoffice demand" for York Theatre Royal's production of Cinderella, booking for next winter 's pantomime will start a month earlier than usual. Tickets for the 2007-2008 show go on sale in person at the box office on March
Leading food and drink firms have shown the red light to the Government's official food labelling scheme. So what is the best way of finding out what's in the food we eat? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. YOU are what you eat. Which is why, as a nation, we're
A BENEFIT scrounger, who cheated her way to £19,025 of taxpayers' money while her husband earned a full-time wage, has avoided jail. For five years Claire Collingwood, 25, claimed she was a mother-of-one living on her own as she repeatedly filled in
SO, AS Winston Churchill was fond of asking: Who's in charge of the clattering train? (He didn't write it, by the way. The phrase comes from an anonymous poem published in Punch magazine, commemorating a railway accident). And a railway accident is what
HELMSLEY Arts Centre kicks off the New Year with two weird and wonderful tales from the master of the ghost story, M R James. On January 13 at 7.30pm, Nunkie Theatre Company presents A Pleasing Terror, performed by actor and writer Robert Lloyd Parry
BOOK a holiday and support York City FC. That is the principle behind a new call centre-based company called York City Travel, which has pledged a large proportion of commissions from holiday and travel service sales to the Minstermen. At least 50 per
Catalogue and internet sales came to the rescue of Next, which has three shops in York, after the fashion chain endured a worse-than-expected time on the high street. Total sales for the five months to Christmas Eve rose 2.8 per cent, but this masked
NEW year, new you. This month is traditionally the time when many of us try to rid ourselves of the excesses of the Christmas season by going on a "detox" regime. This can range from the sensible to the extreme, with a huge variety of special herbal
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has called upon fringe members of his squad to follow the example of centre-back Danny Parslow. Former Welsh Under-21 international Parslow ended ten weeks without a first-team appearance when he was thrust into action at
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has called on his players to continue easing the goal scoring and creating burden on Clayton Donaldson. Ex-Hull striker Donaldson scored his 18th goal of the season at Morecambe but skipper Emmanuel Panther then claimed assists
CRAWLEY Town arrive at York City's KitKat Crescent ground tomorrow having held Conference top two Dagenham and Redbridge and Oxford United in their last two matches. The Red Devils, who are still being jointly managed by players Ben Judge and David Woozley
YORK City utility man Ross Greenwood has no complaints about his struggle to break into the first team but admits he has been surprised by the standard of competition for places at KitKat Crescent. Greenwood has made only one start for the Minstermen
TORE Andre Flo is upbeat about his return to English football with Leeds United. The former Chelsea and Norway marksman has vowed to help his old friend Dennis Wise haul Leeds to Championship safety after he completed his signing from Norwegian club
YORK-BASED Paul Marshall has been axed by UniBond League division one strugglers Bridlington Town after just two months in charge at Queensgate. He has paid for a poor run which has seen Brid go ten games without a win. Marshall, an ex-York City trainee
FORGET losing weight - Tadcaster Albion's New Year resolution is to get some points on the board, and they have their first chance to start 2007 in the right fashion when they host Winterton Rangers in the Northern Counties East League division one tomorrow
Scarborough travel to Workington hoping to get the New Year off to a winning start in Conference North. The Seasiders lie just off the bottom but have enjoyed good away form despite strife off the pitch. Boro enter 2007 still deeply in debt and Saturday's
THE third round of another thrilling York and district Winter League angling series could be marred by flooding on Sunday, writes Darren Starkey. The Ouse was carrying more than a metre of murky flood water midweek and with heavy rain since the conditions
HUNTINGTON Ladies got off the mark in York Badminton League's ladies' division one with a 5-4 home win over Nestl Rowntree. Bev Tebbutt and Elaine Harvey made the Huntington difference with three straight wins for a return of 129-98. Market Weighton
CROW WOOD takes a break from his hurdling activities tomorrow by reverting to Flat racing at Lingfield and the Malton gelding is fancied to carry off the richest race on the card. Trained by John Quinn, who is fast developing a reputation as one of the
RACING Demon is set to forego a mammoth Cheltenham Gold Cup clash with Kauto Star in favour of the Ryanair Chase, his trainer Henrietta Knight has suggested. The horse (pictured left being ridden by Timmy Murphy) had been backed to as low as 16-1 for
YORK RUFC will try to ease the pain left by skipper Carl Paterson's defection to Hull by taking out their anger on Scarborough in Yorkshire One tomorrow. Club chiefs are said to be very disappointed at former York Wasps and Selby fly-half Paterson's
A NIGHTMARE - that is how police described traffic chaos on the A64, after an elderly woman was hit by a car and killed. The accident sparked rush-hour chaos, with tailbacks of more than five miles in all directions. Police said the woman, in her sixties
POLICE authority chiefs have been accused of showing a "total disregard" for the people of York and North Yorkshire, over plans for a tax increase. As reported in The Press yesterday, North Yorkshire Police Authority is to consult the public on increasing
LOCAL young women have been flocking to take part in this year's Miss York contest, following revelations that it might have to be opened up to entrants from across the country. Organiser Vivienne Lee said today that she received ten entries from the
THE race is on for sports venues in York hoping to take part of the 2012 Olympics. A prospectus is being prepared, to showcase what the city has to offer, as part of its bid to become a pre-games training venue for competitors. Sports facilities and
DISABLED access to York's Guildhall is set to be boosted to bring it up to current standards. The authority has submitted a planning application to itself for alterations to an external ramp and steps leading to the main entrance. The proposal includes
A MAN with a drinking problem has been handed a six-month supervision order after abusing a York postmaster from whom he had bought a bottle of sherry. Christopher Lee Martin, 27, of no fixed address, but previously of Burton Green, York, pleaded guilty
BUS passengers in York are celebrating their half hourly service being restored. From February 19, City of York Council has confirmed that "positive improvements" will be made to the bus services for residents of Fordlands Road in Fulford. The number
A RESTAURANT owner has quashed rumours that a former village pub - now a curry house - is closing. Residents of Thorganby, near Selby, were concerned when they found out Dorian Ransone, the owner of the Indian Elephant restaurant in the village, had
"A complete disaster." That's what will happen if Ryedale District Council is scrapped, according to Malton councillor Paul Andrews. His comments come after the Government invited two-tier local authorities - of which North Yorkshire County Council and
FLAGSHIP train operator GNER has come up with a 21st century way of ensuring its services run on time - radio-controlled watches. The high-tech timepieces automatically adjust themselves once a day, in response to a time signal from an atomic clock.
