PATIENTS in North Yorkshire have been given "important protection" by a Government minister against damaging health cuts - according to York's MP. Hugh Bayley raised the issue of the huge debt facing North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT)
PEOPLE are being helped to claim the financial support they are entitled to by City of York Council as part of a month-long campaign. A series of events in the Acomb area of the city will focus on the thousands of people who miss out on millions of pounds
TOP chocolate-maker Cadbury has pledged to investigate after claims a boy from Selby bit off more than he bargained for in his Dairy Milk bar. Eleven-year-old Cameron Murray said he found a bug looking like a moth embedded in the chocolate. Cameron,
Photograph by Tanya Housham © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Tanya Housham © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
FORMER Miss York contestant Melissa Chapman was dressed to impress when she hit the streets to encourage local beauties to take part in this year's competition. She donned the striking evening gown she wore at last year's final and launched her own
A MOTORCYCLIST from East Yorkshire was killed after a head-on smash with two cars on a North Yorkshire road. Carl Baxter, 39, of Market Weighton, was seriously injured when his bike crashed on the A170 between Kirkbymoorside and Pickering on Sunday
THE Archbishop of York is to lead thousands of "pilgrims" carrying a giant cross on a procession through London to repent for the Church of England's complicity in the slave trade. Dr John Sentamu, who grew up in Uganda and has described how his forebears
A ROBBER who laid in wait for two separate victims on York's Millennium Bridge has been jailed. Adrian Brough and his mates attacked Matte Hubner at the multi-million pound crossing over the River Ouse, which was created to celebrate the new Millennium
The age-old problem of floodwater has returned to haunt York and the surrounding areas. RICHARD HARRIS reports on the battle to control the city's rising rivers THE River Ouse has flooded for thousands of years and a settlement has existed at York
PARENTS of children who persistently play truant from Oaklands school in York face being fined £50. What an excellent idea. Truancy is a problem which has been highlighted in The Press before. Every year, council patrols pick up scores of youngsters
I CURRENTLY own two Staffordshire Bull Terriers who are as daft and soft as brushes. I wouldn't have any other dog. Every time someone new comes through the door, they're the first to say "hello, now fuss me, I'm cute" - they show no signs of latent
YORK'S MP Hugh Bayley says he has secured an important safeguard for patients amid the cash crisis facing the North Yorkshire NHS. The county's health trust must maintain national standards on patient care, Health Minister Ivan Lewis has declared;
WE certainly know who to blame if and when York ever acquires congestion charging. In your article (Are fares fair? January 9) Peter Edwards, First Commercial Director, agrees that congestion charging in York would make the bus company's job easier
I AM writing in response to your article (Don't cull the swans, January 11). Firstly, may I say that this amalgamation wishes to disassociate itself from any remarks made by the Fisheries & Angling Conservation Trust, as we are not members of that
I SEE drug dealers selling their stuff in Parliament Street, I see boy-racers tearing down Knavesmire Road, I've seen drunken yobs beating up innocent passers-by, I've been burgled, I've had my bag snatched and never a copper in sight. Then there's
FROM reading the regular columns in The Press on cases heard at York and Selby Magistrate's courts, it is apparent that wrongdoers convicted of quite severe offences are now being handed out suspended prison sentences. It is also noted that police
BLOOD donating used to be a very pleasurable experience; you turned up, waiting in a gently forward moving queue, then answered a few questions before the worst bit: having your thumb pricked. If all was well, you then offered a whole armful in the services
ON the same day that David Quarrie's letter was printed (State-run brothels, January 2), The Press printed articles on the problems caused by drunken louts of both sexes to the police and the NHS over the New Year period. Mr Quarrie, quite rightly,
I FEEL I must respond to the Railway Clowns' heading you gave my letter (January 11). My grievance was not so much with the railways, but with a Government that keeps telling us to use public transport wherever possible, yet gives very little incentive
PARENTS are facing £50 fines if their children persistently play truant from a York secondary school. Truancy at Oaklands School is the second worst in The Press's circulation area of York, North and East Yorkshire, with pupils missing about one day
SO the wind blows a trolley into a car parked at a supermarket (Trolley at Tesco damaged our car, The Press, January 11). Who is to blame? Why, Tesco of course! Now I'm no fan of Tesco's, but I struggle to see the logic of this. Can no one accept
THE increase in the practice of parking cars on footpaths is a matter of concern for cyclists, the majority of whom have no lights during light-up times. Cars parked illegally on paths are diverting these cycle users into the roads where they are
A York company which specialises in health and safety fears that thousands of construction firms are leaving themselves open to prosecution because of ignorance. The results of a survey carried out by First Stop Safety of Northminster Business Park
COUNCIL engineers will be pulling out all the stops to carry out works on a York road - so much so that they will be going back in time. The north-bound lane of Elvington Lane, the B1228, in Dunnington, will be closed due to road works under the Road
A NEW takeaway delicatessen has opened in York - and it is sourcing 80 per cent of its produce from within a 30-mile radius of the city. Clare Prowse has left London's contract catering scene, after 25 years, to open de'Clare in Lendal. She held senior
I'M confused (shocking, but true). Do we like Victoria Beckham now she has switched from Posh Spice to Prim Spice, or don't we? Are we loving her high-waisted, tweedy skirts and prissy blouses or aren't we? Do we buy her as the strong-minded, level-headed
A FLORIST in York, whose mother recently died, has launched a "home visit" service for bereaved people. Sue Dodsworth, who for the past six years has been proprietor of Floral Elegance, in Front Street, Acomb, wants to ensure that bereaved people are
BUSINESS solution provider, Welcom Software of Harrogate is in line for yet another major award. The firm has been short-listed for the Computer Weekly Best Places To Work in IT Award for the second year running. Three months ago, the £3.7 million turnover
JUST who are the people in the group photograph below? That is what members of the Dringhouses Local History Group would like to know. The photo was taken in about 1945 on Knavesmire, and it shows members of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC). Elizabeth
YORK City Knights coach Mick Cook reckons there is plenty of points in his outside backs after watching new centre Ian Brown mark his first appearance for the club with a hat-trick. Another new signing, winger Johnny Waldron, also bagged a quick-fire
THE deadline for bids to run train services on the East Coast Main Line arrived today, with rival operators First and Virgin both confirming they are entering the race - again. Both lost out to York-based GNER in the last battle to win the franchise
This was not a concert for the faint-hearted. Mirroring the uncompromising gale-force elements outside, Freddy Kempf breezed into the Lyons Concert Hall and threw himself full-throttle into a programme of Chopin and Schumann. The opening Chopin
THE preppy white shirt, well-cut suit, groomed Adonis hair and pearly white smile still say politician; the Jon Snow testcard tie says broadcaster, and the two Portillos come together in this evening of reflection, prediction and floor questions.
YESTERDAY'S testimonial match at Huntington Stadium was marred by a broken jaw suffered by new Knights signing Mark Spurr. The back-rower was kept in hospital overnight after X'-rays confirmed the injury, and he was due to be operated on today.
MARK Cain was quick to pay tribute to the former professionals who turned back the clock with style yesterday. Sixteen former York players of the past decade, joined by a number of young local amateurs, took on York City Knights' first team at Huntington
What's the chances of a repeat victory? That's the burning question at Southwell tomorrow as Tioga Gold bids to follow up his remarkable victory on the same course a fortnight ago. The gelding, trained at Norton by Lee James, who had not had a winner
York RI were the only side in the top four of the York Leeper Hare Football League second division to lose and the only home side to suffer a defeat. Fulford, who beat the RI ranks 4-1 earlier in the season, repeated the scoreline with goals from Andrew
Away-day specialists York St John's College were the only travellers to collect maximum points in Reserve A'. Their 4-0 win at Nestle was started with a Jack White goal but Tom Shirley took the accolades with a second half hat-trick. The students'
"IT could have been so much worse." That was the verdict of householders living alongside York's River Ouse who had a narrow escape as water levels reached 4.4 metres above normal. Rupert Hildyard, who lives in Friar's Terrace, off Peckitt Street, praised
Huntington, having dumped Haxby out of the York F Cup earlier in the season repeated the feat, as they won the one outstanding Senior League Cup tie 4-1. Chris Dyson and Iain Dunn gave the premier division side the half-time lead and though Dale Philips
With York Leeper Hare Football League premier division leaders Huntington Rovers in cup action, defending top-flight champions Dringhouses took full advantage. They seized pole position in the league table for the first time this season following
Division One league leaders Wilberfoss were denied their seventh straight win when they conceded a Bishopthorpe equaliser just eight seconds from the full-time whistle. Earlier Andy Haigh had given Bishopthorpe the lead but Wilberfoss responded with
YORK City Knights chairman Roger Dixon lauded Mark Cain as "one of York's favourite sons" following the retired player's testimonial match. Local boy Cain, who had been with York Wasps when that club folded, was the first player to publicly sign for
MARK CAIN had hoped his band of old pros and local amateurs would give York City Knights a good game - and they didn't let him down. The Knights, as fans would probably expect and hope, won Cain's testimonial match, but the York All Stars - as they were
KIRK Jackson marked his first start in eight weeks with the second goal in Harrogate Town's 3-0 romp against crisis club Lancaster City. The striker had been out of action for close on two months, so it was a timely return as his tap-in from Colin Hunter's
INCONSISTENT Harrogate Railway chucked away UniBond League first division victory when they crashed 4-2 to Warrington Town at Station View. Martin Haresign's side powered into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes through Scott Ryan and Chris Howarth but the
Yorkshire fast bowler Tim Bresnan has been left out of England's initial 30-man squad for the World Cup because of doubts over whether he will be fully fit in a month's time when the final squad will be reduced to 15. Now both Bresnan and Yorkshire colleague
HEWORTH ARLC returned to winning ways with a much-needed 30-18 defeat of lowly Hull Isberg. The Villagers had gone eight weeks without a win, severely denting their hopes of going up from National Conference division two, and this was a game they couldn't
York RUFC's hopes of Yorkshire One promotion were dented after they were beaten 5-0 by a very committed Ilkley side. Although winning their two previous encounters at Denton Road, York were aware that the hosts would not take a backward step. And
MOTORISTS from York are facing massive disruption this spring on a major route to the coast. The historic bridge on the A166 at Stamford Bridge is set to close for up to 12 weeks for extensive repairs. Drivers will be diverted away from the town, either
Malton and Norton RUFC coaches John Liley and Richard John asked and their charges delivered with possibly their best display of the season to beat visitors Bridlington 18-7. Games between the two sides have historically been aggressive affairs
YORKSHIRE Two leaders Selby RUFC were brought down to earth in a surprise 15-11 defeat at Ripon. The home side put plenty of passion in their play early on to build an 11-0 lead in the first quarter of the game. Powerful second row Kevin Quigg crashed
Pocklington RUFC opened up the Yorkshire Two promotion race with a convincing 22-5 home win over second-placed West Park Leeds. Pocklington's success was built on rock-solid defence, particularly in the first half when they played into the strong wind
FROM the difficulties posed by an ageing population to modern-day slavery - these are just two of the problems which the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) hopes to help solve in the 21st century. So says Julia Unwin, speaking publicly for the first
A £15 MILLION overhaul is on the way for York's main sewage works to ensure it can handle the growing volume of waste from the city in the 21st century. Contractors working for Yorkshire Water are set to move in to start work on the major revamp of the
ALMOST 70 members of the public responded to Christmas cards sent out by City of York Council's Neighbourhood Services, asking them to let them know about problem areas in the city. Liz Levett, the council's Street Environment manager, said: "As well
WELL DONE! That is the message to York residents for their recycling efforts during festive period. More than 700 tonnes of recyclable waste was collected through the kerbside scheme over Christmas and the New Year - 30 per cent more than during the
A NEW post at the University of York will tackle the "drastic" shortage of expert conservationists in the city and across the country. The Hamlyn-Feilden Fellowship, launched with a grant of £128,000 from the Helen Hamlyn Trust, also recognises the contribution
HUGE climbing boulders to encourage children to be more adventurous could form part of a £330,000 revamp at play areas in York. City of York Council has received £328,265 from the Big Lottery Fund to improve and develop local play areas. It has now
NORTH Yorkshire folk have been digging deep into their kitchen cupboards to unearth a mass of old household products. Tins of polish and cleaning substances, along with jars, tins and packets of groceries and drink, have been donated to The World of
GOVERNMENT cuts could deny Selby's flourishing Polish population vital English lessons, the town's Labour MP has claimed. John Grogan criticised the Government for changing its policy on English language courses, so that from September only people claiming
