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  • York City scrape a draw

    YORK City ended a run of defeats with a 1-1 draw at Altrincham, where top scorer Richard Brodie endured a fluctuating time. City went behind in the 14th minute to a Shaun Densmore goal and then suffered more heart-ache when a Brodie penalty was saved

  • Councillors hear warning over hiking city parking charges

    THE recession should be taken into account when deciding whether to increase parking charges in the city a top councillor has warned. That was the opinion of Coun Ian Gillies at a meeting of City of York Council’s city strategy and advisory

  • Knife raid on Acomb shop

    A SHOP worker was held up at knife point during a foiled raid at a convenience store in York. The incident happened at about 5am on Monday, when three robbers forced entry to McColls, in Hamilton Drive West, Acomb. Detectives say the trio struck as

  • York ambulance station move could be delayed

    AMBULANCE chiefs may delay a planned move away from their current base in York, after the development proposed for the area was scrapped. Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) had planned to leave Dundas Street, at Hungate, and move to a temporary home on

  • Ram-raid at York motorcycle shop

    Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information following a ram-raid at a motorcycle shop on the outskirts of York. It happened at about 1am on Monday 26 January 2009 at George Chapman Ltd at Heworth Village. A maroon-coloured Ford Escort

  • Kevin Churm fined for benefit fraud

    A SELBY area man has pleaded guilty to falsely claiming nearly £4,000 in benefits from the district council. Kevin Churm, 52, of The Gatehouse, School Croft, Brotherton, was fined £390 and ordered to pay £500 in costs after being charged with knowingly

  • Brave mum’s York 10k race target

    SHE fought and won her own battle against cancer – now a mum-of-two is preparing to hit the York’s streets to raise money for other sufferers. Joanna Hawkett will join with thousands of others who are set to take part in the Jane Tomlinson York 10K this

  • Opening up old wounds

    SOMETIMES, what seems unpalatable can be swallowed for the common good. Yet there are occasions when a suggestion offends against all notions of natural justice, and should therefore not be acted upon. The possible payment of compensation to the families

  • BBC blunder hits suffering

    I WAS appalled when I heard the BBC had decided not to air the Gaza appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee. These charities are some of the most reputable in the UK and are not involving themselves in politics. They are

  • Holocaust memorial

    GOD willing, I shall be among a few from the mosque in Bull Lane to attend the event organised by the City of York Council at the Guildhall tomorrow to commemorate the Holocaust. Given the recent conflict in Palestine, it may surprise many in Yorkshire

  • No consultation

    I DIDN’T think the Rowntree Trust would close Dormary Court. How wrong I was. The parents of most of the residents died leaving their son/daughter in a great care home where they knew there would be someone there for them night or day. Will this be

  • Offensive word

    I READ with interest Sue Nelson’s column, headlined “The Chavs and Chav-nots” (The Press, January 20). I dislike the word “chav” as it depicts a general group of lumpen proletariat and I believe the working class are far more complicated and diverse

  • Bridging generations

    ANYONE who uses the footbridge next to Scarborough Bridge will know this is not an ideal way for pedestrians or cyclists to cross the River Ouse. It is a tight fit and cycles have to be hauled up and down the steps. So ambitions plans for a new

  • Male role models

    ACCORDING to research carried out by the Children’s Workforce Development Council there are thousands of UK children, boys and girls, who grow up without a close male influence. Despite many efforts, the number of men teachers in our primary

  • ‘Saint’ snapped at quilt museum

    THANKS to The Press, I have seen my first angel. Press photographer Anthony Chappel-Ross managed to take this miraculous picture in last Tuesday’s edition of The Press of the halo above the head of (Saint?) Heather Peacock, curator of York’s Quilt

  • City of York Council webcast plan axed

    COUNCILLORS have abandoned plans to broadcast their meetings online. The Conservatives on City of York Council performed a U-turn, saying the money could now be better spent elsewhere. Labour and the Tories had previously united in calling for “webcasting

  • Should absent parents face having their passports seized?

    ABSENT parents who fail to pay child support could face having their passports and driving licences seized without having to be taken to court. Although Government proposals say the move would be a “last resort”, those behind the idea say it

  • Was it right to reclassify cannabis?

    Richard Harris presents a debate on the Government’s change of mind over cannabis, which is once again considered to be a more dangerous kind of drug. CANNABIS is now a class B drug having being reclassified from a class C. The Government made the

  • York Hospital Radio marks 45th birthday

    A RADIO station that has helped to brighten the lives of thousands of hospital patients has celebrated 45 years on the airwaves. Bosses at York Hospital Radio held a day of special on-air events to mark the milestone, which it reached yesterday. The

  • York cabbies sign up to get rank hours extended

    A ROW over a city centre taxi rank has prompted York’s MP to call for all sides to meet up and reach a solution. The plea by Hugh Bayley comes after cabbies presented a petition to City of York Council asking for the rank in Duncombe Place, opposite

  • Review: Teddy Thompson, The Duchess, York, Sunday

    ROCK’S second-generation songwriters are always referred to via their parents. Unfair, but unavoidable. So here we go: Teddy is the son of Richard Thompson and his long-ago ex, Linda. He gets his voice from his mother and plays the guitar well

  • Hambleton pupils whip up cooking craze

    CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver has sparked a cooking commotion in the playground of a North Yorkshire school. Youngsters at Sowerby Primary School, near Thirsk, have taken up his Ministry Of Food challenge of learning to cook a recipe and then passing it

  • Redworth Construction’s turnover rises to £30m

    HERE, in an artist’s impression, is the commercial haven in Old Malton where amazing dreams come true. One of these three buildings, work on which has begun, will be the new 6,000sq ft headquarters of Redworth Construction which it plans to occupy early

  • Managers ‘prepare for a job hunt’

    MANAGERS across Yorkshire have accepted their own redundancy as “inevitable”, according to evidence compiled by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Analysis of calls to the CMI’s redundancy hotline, combined with a series of polls, shows that

  • Phone box in St Saviourgate to be shut

    A TELEPHONE kiosk, which is allegedly used to set up drug deals and acts as a base for selling stolen goods, is to be removed by BT. Taxi drivers who use the St Saviourgate rank close to where the two public telephones are situated, say they have overheard

  • VAT windfall for City of York Council

    FINANCE bosses at City of York Council have admitted using the reduction in VAT as a source of extra income. The authority has withheld the cut from residents in some of its services, making nearly £150,000 extra for its coffers. A spokesperson said

  • Pecking order at St Barnabus CE School

    PUPILS at a York primary school have been getting lessons in poultry rearing. Harley, Dolly and Sally the chickens have been proving very useful since they arrived at St Barnabus CE School last year providing the school with freshly laid eggs. Deputy

  • Scared by parents’ evening

    TONIGHT it’s parents’ evening at my daughter’s school. Another chance to show my complete ignorance of most of the subjects she is studying. Parents’ evenings can be terrifying, with mums and dads as much under the spotlight as the children. At primary

  • Men wanted in the classroom

    A man’s place is... in the classroom. MAXINE GORDON explores why we need more men in nurseries and schools. DARREN RUTHERFORD is a strapping rugby player who is fearless on the pitch. But he is just as happy doing potato prints or making jigsaws with

  • Child was abused “as social workers watched”

    A SEX offender abused a five-year-old child under the eyes of social workers, York Crown Court heard. Despite being challenged about his actions, within a month Gavin Maxwell Watson-Crowley again behaved in a sexual way before children while social services

  • New crossing plan for River Ouse in York

    RAIL operators and politicians have held talks about creating a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River Ouse in York. One idea is for a bridge to be built from the end of platform four at York Railway Station to the far side of the river near

  • York council tenants facing six per cent rent hike

    THE vast majority of council tenants in York are set to have to pay at least 5.5 per cent more in rent. Housing chiefs at City of York Council have recommended that councillors agree to an average 2009/10 rent increase of six per cent. Under the proposals

  • Hospital – my second home

    THEY say things tend to go in threes, and I, for one, rather hope that’s true. Readers of this column may recall how I spent more than 30 years without spending a night in hospital, after having my tonsils out in Bradford Royal Infirmary in the early

  • Are you the face in the picture?

    SITTING down for a passport photo is one of those unpleasant, yet necessary little tasks one must undergo now and again to ensure the smooth running of one’s life. The results are invariably unsettling and unless you want to shell out another £4 for

  • Martin Foyle jubilant at landing his wing man Adam Smith

    YORK City have signed Gainsborough Trinity winger Adam Smith for a small fee and he will go straight into the squad for tonight’s Blue Square Premier clash at Altrincham. Smith, who has agreed terms until the summer of 2010, scored two goals

  • It’s Green for...no-go at Knights

    YORK City Knights general manager Ian Wilson admitted it was frustrating to continue waiting to hear if new recruit Garry Green can play this season. The Knights initially hoped to hear from Rugby Football League chiefs on Friday but when no news was

  • Moxon is tip-top but staying put at Yorkshire CCC

    Yorkshire County Cricket Club chief executive Stewart Regan has admitted he agrees with Mike Gatting’s opinion that Martyn Moxon would be a good coaching option for England. But that does not mean Regan is contemplating a parting of the ways with his

  • Driver is arrested after Copmanthorpe hedge crash

    A MAN was arrested after the car he was driving left a major road near York and ended up in a hedge. Police said the incident, which involved a blue Citroen Saxo, happened on the A64 at Copmanthorpe, and was reported to them at 3.05pm yesterday. The

  • Acomb Hockey Club Men II stay top

    Acomb Hockey Club men’s second XI cemented their place at the top of Yorkshire division nine after a 2-1 triumph over Wakefield VII at fortress Oaklands. The hosts took the lead through captain Paul Yoward. He made it 2-0 shortly before half-time.

  • Brothel keeper Peiwen Shi has assets seized

    THE brothel owner who ran his seedy business from an address in York has lost all his money in this country and faces deportation. York Crown Court heard that Chinese-speaking Peiwen Shi, 27, benefited by £17,965 from running the sex house