FIRE chiefs expect to hear within the next three weeks whether The Press campaign for fairer funding for the North Yorkshire service has succeeded. The Government is expected to announce its final funding settlement for fire services across
TRIBUTES have been paid to a tireless Selby district community fundraiser whose efforts helped secure a new home for the area’s only nursery for children with special needs. Avril Perkins, 66, was instrumental in raising more than £70,000 for
PEOPLE power can do wonderful things; let’s see if the BBC listens. The corporation’s proposals to slash the coverage it gives to race meetings has stoked up a huge out-cry from leading industry figures and the public have not been shy in getting stuck
CHEAPER train fares between North and West Yorkshire are on their way, with an extension of the Metrocard discount travel system. Leeds City Region – a partnership of 11 local authorities including York, Selby, Harrogate and North Yorkshire
AN ex-policeman who spent 30 years serving the people of York has died at the age of 95. George Ernest Parker was born in Lincolnshire on January 15, 1913 and served in the Coldstream Guards before applying to join the police force. His widow, Mabel
A SCHEME has offered fresh hope to people struck down by heart problems in North Yorkshire – and saved the health service hundreds of thousands of pounds. NHS bosses in the county have now taken over the funding of two specialist nurses in Ryedale,
TAXI drivers in York have warned the credit crunch is pushing them to “breaking point” as a fresh study was ordered into whether a block should be put on allowing more cabs on to the city’s streets. City of York Council has said it will not decide whether
Five girls from The Mount School, York, are celebrating a flying start to 2009. The high-flying schoolgirls have beaten off stiff competition from the brightest students in the country to gain university offers from Oxford and Cambridge.
A SELBY drug dealer is starting two-and-a-half years in jail after he became the latest victim of undercover police sting Operation Burgen. Carl Anthony Roberts, 29, sold wraps of heroin six times to someone he believed was a drug addict, but was really
When I became aware that the people of Clifton Without had no Community Hall, even though there is a dormant registered charity, with local trustees and funds, specifically for the purpose of providing one, I asked a trustee about it and was told I was
YORK City will travel to either Ilkeston or Kidderminster Harriers if they beat Oxford United in Tuesday's FA Trophy second round. The Minstermen will visit the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday night for the rearranged tie against Oxford. The third round games
A FUNERAL firm was accused today of failing to learn the lessons from York’s baby coffin scandal after becoming embroiled in a cemetery mix-up in which the wrong man was buried. In York, the coffin of baby Benjamin Judson, of Holgate, was buried without
THE sale and planned redevelopment of The Barbican has been little short of a disaster. First the swimming pool closed. Then the rest of the Barbican sports hall. York even lost the hugely prestigious UK Snooker Championships. Organisers, quite understandably
THE redevelopment of York’s Barbican Centre today lies in tatters after the firm behind the revamp failed to stump up its deposit in time, The Press understands. Absolute Leisure Ltd was due to pay more than £3 million into a secure account by midnight
TOWERING over the River Ouse and neighbouring buildings, and visible across the city – this is the first view of how a big wheel on the bank of the River Ouse would look from Ouse Bridge. These artists’ impressions show how York’s riverside
BUS passengers in York face another major shake-up, with a swathe of changes to First routes. The Number 16 service is to be withdrawn altogether, with passengers on that route being served by a re-directed Number 5 instead. There will also
A TEN-day hunger strike could be continued indefinitely as the fast is taken up by other people in York. John Bibby, who lives in Heworth, began the strike on Friday morning in protest at the Israeli military operation in Gaza. Mr Bibby
FEW things have been as socially divisive in recent years as the ban on hunting with dogs - especially in rural areas, where hunting was part of the way of life. Almost four years on from the ban becoming law (the Hunting Act 2004 actually
A CYCLE store that has promised to “revolutionise bike buying in the UK” has chosen York for its national launch. The new concept, Cycle Republic, now open and trading in the city, is the first such store in the North. Its arrival in Coppergate, in
ELECTRONIC design and manufacturing specialists GSPK Design Ltd, of Knaresborough, has appointed Tomasz Norowski as a design engineer. Tomasz, who is from Kozienice in Poland, studied at the Electric Technical School before reading for a Master’s degree
A DATING company in North Yorkshire has become so successful it has taken on another member of staff. The Introduction Company, run by Lesley Brewer in Brawby, near Malton, has taken on Catherine Lee to cope with growing demand. It follows the successful
A £1 million pot of cash is available for projects to improve people’s lives. The money has been given to City of York Council from the Government and the local authority says it is essentially a reward for hitting a range of targets over the last three
Jocks, Poms Brits, Taffies, Paddies, Pakies, Yorkies, what is there to get all steamed up about ? Ask the Lancastrians about Yorkies and they will tell you; Yorkshire born, Yorkshire bred, strong in’t arm an thick in’t head. It hasn’t blighted my
YORK City Knights player-coach Paul March has admitted he has learned from his mistakes – not least where referees are concerned. And, aside from his coaching duties, the 29-year-old former Super League regular has vowed to cut down on disciplinary
BUS passengers across York are facing another major shake-up, with numerous services being re-routed or reduced. First York wants to alter nine of its services, including withdrawing the number 16. People on that route would instead be served by a re-directed
Come and visit us Gordon? No thanks, you couldn’t be more wrong with the headline on Friday (Come and visit us, Gordon, The Press, January 9). When the premier’s gravy train rolled in to Leeds, the last thing the good citizens thought about was the
STEPHEN LEWIS gauges reaction to the “There’s probably no God” bus adverts. IF you’ve been out and about in York over the last few days you’ve probably seen one of the adverts yourself, stencilled along the side of a First bus. “There’s probably no
AAAAARGH! It’s started already. No sooner is Christmas and New Year over with than the heartless swines in advertising start bombarding us with ways to part us with our cash at the next over-commercialised celebration. This one is for Valentine’s Day
Adam McCartney (Protests are barriers to progress, Soapbox, January 8) is in favour of barriers at York Station. I’m not, they’d be an ugly nuisance. His reasons are: loitering hooded up-to-no-good scum (haven’t noticed any of these at the station
YORK City are facing a hectic fixture schedule after being caught in winter’s icy grip, but manager Martin Foyle is taking the disruption in his stride. The Minstermen are due to travel to Oxford United tomorrow (7.45pm) in the FA Trophy second round
SOME old moustache-bristler was having a good old harrumph the other day about how rude we all are to each other these days. How no one holds the door open any more, gives up their seat on the bus or says thank you. O,h how true. And nowhere does it
Oh dear, the smug-faced hunting brigade have shown themselves again in The Press (Chase is still on, January 7). I have a question for any one of them that dare answer – would you be or would you let any member of your family be chased and ripped
MAY we express our sincere thanks and appreciation for all the help and support to provide this year’s Christmas Day lunch and entertainment for all our guests at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Pickering. Thanks to the Pickering and District Rotary
AT last, a report published by Labour MP Hazel Blears shows the majority of white people in this country feel let down by this Government on immigration. Another MP, Frank Field, expresses similar views (he has always been a thorn in this Government
The offer of £2,000 from the Holgate ward funds to purchase cycles for the Holgate community support officers has been turned down by North Yorkshire Police on health and safety grounds (Why our cycling coppers won’t come a cropper, The Press, January
I READ the obituary in The Press for “Uncle Walter”. He was loved by so many for his work as an entertainer. To me, however, he was Mr Walter Swanton, tutor at the York County Hospital. Now retired myself, I have happy memories of my career in nursing
In The Press of January 6 (BNP leaflet under fire) Coun Galloway states that the green spaces of Westfield are protected and therefore in no danger of being built on. Of course, at the time the leaflet was printed, York British National Party knew
FRESH defenders will be arriving at Elland Road shortly – and they can’t come quickly enough. New Leeds manager Simon Grayson is working to rectify an old problem – United can’t keep the opposition off the scoresheet. He came close to landing a potential
TITLE-CHASING Pickering Town are facing a fixture backlog after the visit of Long Eaton United was frozen out. The Mill Lane pitch passed a 9.15am inspection, but the Northern Counties East League premier division fixture was then called off later in
SELF-STYLED anarchists have struck at a York school, vandalising buildings on the site. The graffiti vandals daubed various slogans on to buildings at the upper school of All Saints RC School, based at The Mount, in red spray paint.
THE route to President’s Cup glory has been mapped out for North Yorkshire rivals Pickering Town and Scarborough Athletic. The two sides are due to collide in round two on Tuesday, January 27 and the draw for the semi-final will see the winner host Hall
THE weather was the winner on the local football scene on Saturday with only two games surviving in the Leeper Hare York and District Football League. With temperatures dipping below zero on Friday night and barely recovering during the day, the
HIGH-FLYING York Acorn ARLC’s challenge at the top of the National Conference premier division has been stalled by the weather. Coach Alfie Hill was left cursing the cold snap when Saturday’s trip to Thatto Heath was postponed, leaving the club with
THE Yorkshire One derby clash between Malton & Norton RUFC and York was spiked by the big freeze. The game was called off due to a frozen pitch at the Gannock and has yet to be rearranged. There was only one game played in the Northern
Jamie Spencer appears to be a man with a mission this winter and he can sweep to the head of the all-weather jockeys’ championship by tomorrow evening. The Newmarket-based rider is currently vying for the lead with George Baker and Chris Catlin in
HEALTH chiefs have told patients suffering from flu to stop clogging up A&E departments and putting unnecessary pressure on doctors and nurses. Anyone who arrives at York Hospital’s accident and emergency departments complaining of flu-like symptoms
A SUSPECTED car thief was caught after he tried to escape by running through a village garden and into fields. The drama began just before noon on Saturday when officers on routine patrol in a marked car in Tadcaster Road, York, spotted a red-coloured
