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BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Ferry nameplate makes final voyage home to Selby
The nameplate of one of Scotland's longest serving ferries has been returned to Selby, where it was built more than 40 years ago.A special service was held at Selby Cathedral to welcome home the small fragment of the former MV Hebridean ceremony was attended by some of those who helped build the vessel as well as workers from Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne, who delivered the the congregation was Phil Moat, who said: "It's been great to see everyone again - and to see shipbuilding getting some recognition in a beautiful place like this." Built by Cochrane Shipbuilers, in Selby, at a cost of £5.5m the ship was launched sideways into the River Ouse in the next four decades the 280ft (85m) ferry made journeys between islands such as Skye, Colonsay and Islay in north-west Scotland, before being withdrawn from service in among the crowd at today's ceremony was Jim Anderson, who said: "We are ex-shipbuilders. We get the togetherness of a shipyard, and why people are still so proud of a 40-year-old ship. That's why it was important to be here." The Duchess of Kent was in charge of the formalities at the launch, but it was the but it was the technique used to launch the vessel that has stuck long in peoples' had to get underneath the hull, hammer away wooden blocks holding the ship in place, then run for cover as it slid towards the McMillan, known as Mac, said: "The dramatic thing was when you saw people on the opposite bank being hit by the wash from the river."The emergency services were shouting 'get back, get back'. People would line up in big crowds - bring all their children - because they'd never seen anything like that."Paul Welch was one of the workers tasked with hammering away the said: "You've always got one eye on the ship moving. As soon as it moves, you duck and run. "All launches were special - this was one of many launches the shipyard did over the years. "Shipbuilding always was important, but today matters because there are so few of us left. We are a dwindling band." Stephen Mackenzie started at Cochrane's as an apprentice joiner in 1971 - his father and brother worked there as well - and stayed with the firm for 17 said: "This has been a long time coming. Shipbuilding has been going on here for years and years and we didn't get the recognition. I'm very pleased - shipbuilding is what makes Selby." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
10-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Councillors would have rejected 137-home development near Selby
Councillors have said they would have rejected plans for a new housing estate on the edge of a North Yorkshire village if the decision had been up to Homes wants to build 137 new properties on land to the north of Hull Road, in Hemingbrough, near after North Yorkshire Council made no decision on the plans, the scheme was referred to the National Planning Inspectorate on the grounds of this week, members of the authority's Selby Ainsty area planning committee voted unanimously that they would have refused the application had they been given the opportunity. They took the decision after hearing the scheme was not supported by the local parish council and other community Tomlinson, speaking on behalf of Hemingbrough Parish Council, said the site had never previously been identified for housing because it would mean people having to cross the busy A63."We have always strongly objected to the development on the north side of the A63," she said. "We feel it would unnecessarily split the village."The development also included plans for a new community centre, which the councillor said would be "absolutely detrimental to the existing facilities within the community".However, Ian Reynolds, advisor to the Hall for Hemingbrough Group which supported the proposal, said it would deliver "huge benefits to the local community as well as much-needed housing".The initial plans were for 142 properties but the application was later revised to 137, of which 20% would be classed as affordable, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.A report by planning officer Linda Drake noted that the development would be beyond the development limits of Hemingbrough and within the open scheme has proved controversial in the village, with more than two hundred objections submitted by critics, compared to 28 in favour. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
04-07-2025
- BBC News
Arrests and drugs seized in North Yorkshire county lines crackdown
Police have seized drugs and made five arrests as part of an operation targeting county lines from North Yorkshire Police executed warrants at 36 properties in Scarborough, Selby, Richmond and Harrogate across a seven-day Supt Fionna McEwan said while the county "remains one of the safest places in the country" gangs were still operating in the members of the public to report any suspicious activity, she said: "The information maybe the missing piece of the jigsaw that helps us to further protect our communities." County lines refers to the movement of drugs from usually bigger cities to small communities and often involves the exploitation of vulnerable the week of action, officers also made checks at homes where people may have been subjected to "cuckooing" - when a perpetrator takes over a person's home and uses the property for criminal Supt McEwan added: "I want to thank the fantastic partners we work with every day who help build intelligence, educate young people, protect those people who are being exploited, and target the offenders running these lines. "It is the strength of the partnership that makes the difference." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
The Sun
30-06-2025
- The Sun
Girl, 10, ‘sexually assaulted by group of teenage boys' at allotment near town canal in broad daylight
A TEN-YEAR-OLD girl was allegedly "sexually assaulted by a group of teenage boys" at an allotment near a town in a horror attack during broad daylight. North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after an alleged sexual assault at the allotments near Selby, Canal around 5pm on June 15. A police spokesperson said: "A group of three teenage boys, approximately 13 years of age, lured the girl to the allotments before sexually assaulting her by kissing her and trying to remove her clothing. "The girl left the area quickly afterwards." 1
BBC News
30-06-2025
- BBC News
Appeal after girl, 10, sexually assaulted by Selby Canal
Police have issued an appeal after reports a 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a group of teenage Yorkshire Police said the incident took place at an allotment near Selby Canal, in Selby, around 17:00 BST on Sunday 15 force said three boys, aged about 13, had lured the girl to the allotments before assaulting her and trying to remove her investigating the incident have appealed for anyone with information to come forward. One of the suspects is described as having short ginger hair, another had short blonde gelled hair and the third had dark gelled hair. All three are described as being white, with non-local boys were wearing sports type clothing and are believed to have been near the canal before the incident took place. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
