LIVES are being put at risk because of a lack of paramedics in the Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS), according to a patients' organisation. Figures show that only 48 per cent of staff in the service are qualified paramedics - making it one of the "worst
A BOOZE-fuelled bully barged into a teenager's house late at night and punched him unconscious, York Crown Court heard. Simon Batiste, prosecuting, said attacker Ricky Ferguson locked the front door behind him to prevent the teenager's close friend from
A CROOKED dentist who was due to be struck off for a £450,000 con on the NHS will now be dealt with by the General Dental Council (GDC) later in the year. North Yorkshire-based David Heppleston was jailed for four years last December for a fraud spanning
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THERE is a reason why York is where it is. It was built at the joining of two rivers, the Ouse and the Foss. For centuries, these two waterways were at the heart of city life. The Romans, the Vikings, the Victorians - all knew the importance of water-born
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WE wouldn't for a moment suggest the good people of Copmanthorpe are a bunch of miseries. They have every right to complain about noise - even if it is only young people rehearsing a new show. The weather was so hot, members of the Northern Musical
FOR years, I worked as a commission salesman and could never cut corners or employ sharp practice. When a manager, I had to choose suitable, inexperienced people and require them to survive on a barely adequate guaranteed salary, repayable when they
THE charity launched following the tragic murder of York backpacker Caroline Stuttle has marked its fifth anniversary by stepping up its travel safety campaign. Caroline's Rainbow Foundation, set up in memory of the Huntington teenager, has launched
DAVID Quarrie's complaint about lack of support from the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) regarding the British sailors and marines recently held in Iran (Letters, The Press, April 13) is wide of the mark. In fact, the EU and individual
I HAVE been hearing a lot in the media recently about the "fat gene" that has been discovered as the new link to obesity. This is all very good, but I thought the real link was the one between the hand and the mouth: i.e. overeating and a poor-quality
GEORGE Bush is looking for a new lap-dog and I think it might be a Brown one. Christopher Leeman Bouthwaite Drive, York.
I read Messrs Clark and Rayner's letters (All road users must play safe, April 14). Mr Clark states that just because I have held a (clean) licence for 61 years, that does not make me a good driver. I may not be a very good driver, but I think those
A RECENT damaging report expresses alarm at the lack of "pain control" in some care homes for the elderly. The BBC highlighted the problem some years ago with secret filming in some hospitals. Secret filming is a little bit naughty, but is often the
BEING an exiled Scot living in your fair city of York and having lived here for 20 years, I take great offence at Mike Bentley's clearly racist comments about "red-headed pasty-faced weaklings and the beskirted freeloaders" (It's about time we said
WITH St George's Day looming, readers may be interested to learn that St George is not and never has been the patron saint of the English people. Several centuries before the reformation, St George was declared by Rome to be the official Protector Of
I WISH to complain about the article by Michael Bentley in The Press (April 13) and his terminology regarding Scottish people. I particularly take exception to his use of the phrase "ex-pat Porridge Wog". The term "wog" is a word of racist abuse and
THROUGH your Letters Page, might I inquire what is happening to the city of York in its response to the funeral of one man? No matter who he was or his perceived standing within his family, friends and associates, no sensible or responsible person
REGARDING the special arrangements made for the funeral of Lord David Wharton whom, I believe, despite his name, was an ordinary citizen: who will compensate the City Of York Council for the loss of 462 hours of parking charges in Peel Street Car Park
IT was nice to see that the council provided a car park for mourners, the police provided an escort and The Press gave three pages to the funeral of Mr Lord David Wharton. However, I was surprised to see no details about him, apart from him being the
JOHN Rogers asks how many prospective councillors can write letters to the local papers without advertising their political allegiance or attempting to smear other political parties (Are we ready for a good, clean fight? Letters, April 13). How's about
I'VE just received the latest newsletter leaflet from the York Castle Area campaign. Billed as an "Election Special", it encapsulates for me what local elections should be all about, namely local issues. The leaflet lists a range of existing and prospective
COMEDIANS have to play some tough gigs, but I can only imagine coming out to a less than capacity crowd which is expecting to see someone entirely different has got to be a challenge. So credit has to go to compere James Cook, and comedians George
"I KNOW we've had the safety announcements, but if we do happen to crash PANIC and please, please, do let the band off first," says Rick Witter, ever the lippy charmer. On the most absurdly summery spring night, The Dukes have gathered below deck
From sweeping electric cello to frantic acoustic strumming, Murder By Death were more than the sum of their parts at Fibbers. York was the last UK tour date for the Indiana four-piece, an occasion marked by an eclectic set of metal, country and prog
BUDDING science entrepreneurs in York and North Yorkshire are to get intensive free advice next week on how to bloom. Two of the region's top technology networks are combining forces in York to help rookie ventures with big ideas to attract investors
The bra is celebrating its centenary this year. Maxine Gordon reports on an uplifting story. IT might be 100 years since the term brassiere' was first coined, but the bra has been playing a supporting role in women's lives for centuries. Historians
A BELGIAN solicitor, who has studied in Brussels, China and Britain, has joined York law firm Langleys. Françoise Vandale has been appointed to the firm's private client team, specialising in agricultural matters. After reading sociology and politics
IF I TURN on the TV to find one more adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, I will scream and scream until I'm sick. For the life of me, I cannot fathom what people see in these lavish, yet utterly tedious dramas. To me they are the nearest thing to watching
A GERMAN airman who bombed York during the Second World War has returned to the city 65 years later "to say sorry". Willi Schludecker was a 21-year-old pilot with the Luftwaffe during the 1942 attack on York that killed 92 people and injured hundreds
AS a police family liaison officer, he has seen at first hand the pain and misery suffered by parents when their children die young in road accidents. Now PC Paul Beckwith has thrown his support behind The Press Live Now, Drive Later campaign, which
THEY were rehearsing a version of the hit musical Les Misérables, and the title could not have been more apt - after unhappy York residents asked these actors to shut up or shut the door. The Northern Musical Theatre Company youth section were practising
THE family of Savanna Jane Roe has backed The Press Guardian Angels campaign. Baby Savanna weighed only 4lb 11oz when she was born at York Hospital on September 23 last year with the extremely rare genetic disorder. The Press reported yesterday how
Are high rents crippling one of the most famous streets in York? STEPHEN LEWIS visited Shambles to find out. IT is one of the most famous streets in York, renowned around the world. Yet while the view of the Minster peeping between the tops of overhanging
BOFFINS in York have rubbished claims that mobile phones are wiping out millions of bees nationwide. The reports alleged that signals from phones were causing English bees to lose their sense of direction and eventually die of exposure. But the
WHEN we eventually found it, the hidden treasure was worth every hardship we had endured, every drop of blood we had shed. Miles and miles of rough terrain, ripped and torn by thorns and undergrowth, across treacherous waterways (well, three-foot ditches
HE was left in agony, and unable to feed himself, after suffering two broken arms in a horror bike crash. But John Mothersdale was forced to endure days of severe pain, after being denied a bed by TWO hospitals in our region. Doctors at York Hospital
POLICE smashed down a door and seized drugs and stolen goods at a house in York. Curious neighbours came out into their gardens and watched from their windows as five police vans turned up at the house in Hewley Avenue in Tang Hall yesterday afternoon
ONLY 12 out of every 100 house burglaries in York is solved by police. And just seven per cent of all car crime in the city was solved in 2006/2007. In Selby, the rates were even worse, with only 7.9 per cent of domestic burglaries solved and 11 per
SPORTS Minister Dick Caborn is "very impressed" by York City's new stadium plans after meeting with the club's directors. Caborn's comments came after he held discussions with the Minstermen's managing director Jason McGill and fellow board members Ian
This is a recipe given to me by Chris at the Walnut. You may find it useful. It is one version of the famous Russian-doll-like roast. (Which I had never heard of.) Its preparation is long and complicated. The birds used should be boned. 18 hours moderate
YORK City reserves will include nine players with first-team experience for tonight's home match with Grimsby Town. Anthony Lloyd, Nathan Peat, Ross Greenwood, James Dudgeon, Mark Convery, Alex Rhodes, Philip Bell, Lewis McMahon and Richard Brodie have
Yorkshire CCC reporter David Warner assesses the county's prospects for the new season which starts tomorrow. WINTER is always a turbulent time for Yorkshire and the past one has been stormier than ever but the arrival of spring has seen things settle
NO sooner had stumps been drawn on the final Championship match of the season against Durham last summer than Craig White broke the news that he was standing down as Yorkshire captain after three years in the hot seat. White's decision was the catalyst
HEWORTH ARLC are hoping former internationals Chris Smith and Paul Newlove stay at the helm next season after leading the club to their highest finish in four years. The Villagers ended their campaign with an impressive 48-6 conquest of visiting Crosfields
Yorkshire's winter woes were left firmly behind them today as new captain Darren Gough and his team headed for London and tomorrow's Championship curtain-raiser against Surrey at The Oval. If Yorkshire can pull off a victory at the expense of last
Leeds United fans will be cheering on Birmingham tonight hoping they triumph at Leicester to keep the Foxes in the relegation dog-fight at the bottom of the Championship. Leeds' 1-0 win over Burnley on Saturday raised hopes that they can still escape
YORK Groves' final game in Pennine League division five ended in disappointment as they fell to a 28-10 defeat to already promoted Thornton. Playing in blisteringly hot conditions it was Groves that started the better team, with Matt Withers most notably
YORK'S popular Fulford Spring Cup event hits into action at Fulford Tennis Club on Saturday. Among the challengers to home club pairings, which include Govind Baker and Faye Garland and Richard Ekers and Jim McCreedy, will be Andrew Loadman from Tongbridge
Nestlé Rowntree gave a good team performance to beat Malton Ladies 3-2 in the Ladies York and District Hockey League. Geraldine Fogg opened the scoring for Nestlé with a well-taken goal only for Malton to level just before half-time. Early into
Bubwith Tennis Club's new club nights and junior coaching will start on Wednesday, May 2 at 6.30pm. The club will also stage handicap tournaments at the end of each month, free of charge and open to all players over the age of 12 years. For more
York John Smith's Ladies Darts League semi-finals brought a flurry of top-class duels. In the Elsie Bell drawn pairs, the favourites Dawn Exton (Cygnet) and Di Moreland (Slip) were dumped out by Ox's Sandra Bruce-Ann Reagan, who hit the big scores and
Dunnington reclaimed pole position in the York Leeper Hare Football League Reserve A' as they came from behind to beat hosts New Earswick 2-1. Dave Nelson had given the home side the lead but Josh Tattersall levelled before Mike Robinson hit the winner
IN the wake of the worst campaign in the club's history, next season can't come quickly enough for York RI RUFC. The Railwaymen signed off a dismal Yorkshire Two season where they failed to win a single game with an 18-12 defeat at New Lane to West
THE Flat season finally reaches top gear tomorrow with the opening of the Craven meeting at Newmarket, which sees the exciting Sander Camillo making her eagerly-awaited reappearance - and also Beverley staging its first meeting of the campaign. Sheriff
CHILDREN in the UK receive a massive £55 million-a-week in pocket money according to a survey - and kids in York are getting their share too. The Princess Pocket Money Survey found that in North Yorkshire 80 per cent of children under 16 received
TWO York bar owners are hoping to boost the city's café bar culture by opening a riverside eating and drinking area. Malcolm Goodwin, of Plonkers Wine Bar, and Shaun Binns, of The Lowther, both in Cumberland Street, have joined forces to apply to open
FERRYING seriously ill patients from hospital to hospital is "unacceptable", according to York's MP. Hugh Bayley was speaking after we revealed on Saturday how up to seven patients a day could find themselves turned away from York Hospital's Accident
ELECTORS are being urged to vote tactically at York's council elections to block a fresh attempt to build "Shoppergate." The Castle Area Campaign is leafleting homes to encourage people to vote for specific parties and candidates opposed to the retail
ABOUT 18,000 victims of crime have been supported by York's Victim Care Unit - the first of its kind in the country - during its first year of operation. The ground-breaking unit, which is run by Victim Support, opened in Clifton Moor last April with
Dancing the night away has helped Selby Industrial Association raise £1,225 for the work of St Leonard's Hospice, in York. Officers of the association visited the hospice to see something of its work and to hand over the cheque. Selby Industrial Association
ANGRY residents have vowed to fight an application to convert a disused building in a cemetery into office space, when it is heard by planning chiefs tomorrow. Groundwork Selby, a local regeneration charity, has applied to convert the derelict Longman
SIX chemists across North Yorkshire could be under threat of closure if a multi-billion takeover of high street giant Boots goes ahead, union leaders have claimed. Britain's general union, GMB, issued the warning in response to a possible £10.1 billion
