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Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
'Let's set the record straight on tariffs'- letter
Setting the record straight on tariffs THE insanity continues at full speed, no handbrake. POTUS (itself a deeply weird term) and pals have decided that we aren't buying their goods because we are nasty. Let's set the record straight. We do not buy American cars because they are too large for our roads and they burn too much fuel. Our continent is working to address climate change while the US Government is committed to doing the opposite. Musk's Tesla used to be an exception but he has now gone to the dark side. Conversely, cars from Europe (and elsewhere) sell well in the US because many Americans prefer smaller and more economical cars. The solution. The American car industry needs to build cars people want to buy. End of story. Attempting to fix thing with 60 per cent tariffs on Madagascar is just nuts. Similarly with food, imagining Europeans reject US beef out of jealousy because American cows are more 'beautiful' than European cows is barking. We have food standards and animal welfare standards, not designed to ban US products but to protect consumers, animals and the environment. If the US government spent more time improving standards they'd have access to European markets. It's really not complicated POTUS. Christian Vassie Blake Court, Wheldrake, York A song for Labour? ARE there any budding song writers and musicians who could write and compose a new theme song for the Labour party? Hopefully this could be sung in a duet with the singers being Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. The title could be something that is close to the Labour party's heart: The Saga of the 22 billion pound black hole. Let's face it, the subject comes up every time a Labour MP is faced with the TV cameras. All royalties to be paid to Rachel Reeves to see how quick she can make a mess of those as she has with the do you think? FEEL strongly about an issue? Send your views by email to: letters@ Write no more than 250 words and please provide your full name, address and mobile number. How you can help St Leonard's Hospice IF you love gardening, could you grow and pot a few extra plants this spring to donate to St Leonard's Hospice? All plant donations will be sold at our annual plant sale, which takes place this year on Sunday, May 11, from 11am to 2pm at the hospice on Tadcaster Road. All spare plants and seedlings would be gratefully received and would help raise money for us to continue our care when people need it most. We welcome plants of all types - bedding plants, house plants, vegetable plants, small shrubs - indeed, anything that grows! It would be much appreciated if you could label the plants before dropping them to us closer to the sale date. We will also be holding a cake stall on the day and if you would be in a position to donate any homemade baked goods we would much appreciate it. Please could you label them with ingredients. All proceeds from the sale go towards our work of providing care and support for people with life-limiting illness and their families. If you have plants or homemade cakes to offer, please phone 01904 777 777 or email fundraising@ Money for nothing IT is always upsetting when one hears news of a conglomerate worth £8.3 billion, having an annual turnover of £400 million, that is somehow unable to raise a measly £1.4 million to carry out repairs on the church of St Michael Le Belfrey in York that it owns. Times are hard all round but hopefully with donations and subscriptions by government and the public alike, this church can be repaired and then left to rot for another few hundred years.
BBC News
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Actor James Norton helps boost York hospice funds
Actor James Norton has helped to raise more than £18,000 for a hospice in York. The star of ITV series Playing Nice, who grew up in Malton, North Yorkshire, said he had been "blown away" by the work at St Leonard's Hospice and wanted to support Sunday evening, he hosted a ticketed event at St Peter's School in York, where he spoke about his life in Yorkshire and award-winning career, which also includes his starring role in BBC drama Happy Valley.A spokesperson for the charity said they were "really grateful" to Norton for giving up his time to raise money for them. The actor was introduced to St Leonard's by his mother, who is a trustee."I had never been and I got a lovely tour a few weeks ago," he said."I was amazed, it's an incredible place. "My mum kept coming back from the trustee meetings and said it's not what you expect." Norton added the hospice was "full of hope and compassion". "I was blown away. It was a nice opportunity to go up, meet the team and make some cash for them," he Meadley, who works at St Leonard's Hospice and organised Sunday night's event, said: "The money raised last night... will continue to help families across York and the surrounding area to access the care we provide for those with serious illnesses and life-limiting conditions."St Leonard's Hospice recently celebrated its 40th anniversary of offering free hospice care to terminally ill patients. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
13-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
North Yorkshire hospices face redundancies and cuts, bosses warn
North Yorkshire hospices face making redundancies and cutting services due to a deepening financial crisis, bosses have St Catherine's Hospice, York-based St Leonard's Hospice and Harrogate's Saint Michael's Hospice would each need to present deficit budgets amounting in total to £1.5m, North Yorkshire Council's scrutiny of health committee has been was not "sustainable or possible", Tony Collins, chief executive of Saint Michael's, said in a report examined by councillors.A spokesperson for NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) said: "We are working with partners to achieve a system transformation within the current resource envelope." 'Unprecedented demand' In the report presented to councillors at a meeting on Friday, Mr Collins said that four to five years ago, the NHS had funded between 35-40% of the hospice's costs, with fundraising making up the rest of its 28% of the hospice's costs came from the NHS, with Mr Collins warning that could fall to 25% unless more funding was to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the meeting was told that although the government pledged to invest £25.5bn into the NHS in the autumn budget, no extra money was provided for hospice the same time, North Yorkshire and York hospices would need to find an extra £140,000 due to the increase in the national minimum wage and a further £650,000 for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions, councillors Collins said: "All of this is set within the context of unprecedented demand through increasing deaths, an ageing population and greater levels of dependency from the NHS on our capacity to support their own."He added that non-salary costs were "already at baseline". Hospices provide a range of end-of-life and palliative services, including specialist inpatient beds, community-based end-of-life care, outpatient clinics, lymphoedema services and bereavement counselling and support.A national appeal for funding for hospices had resulted in the government announcing an extra £100m for the sector, although this money would be reserved for capital projects, councillors were North Yorkshire Council meeting heard that despite the funding crisis, there had been "minimal dialogue" between the hospices and the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, which distributes NHS Collins said the situation was not helped by changing staffing and structures at the ICB, resulting in inconsistent commissioning decisions with wide variations across the hospices.A service reduction at St Michael's was "highly likely", Mr Collins said, and "even some closure". 'Funding boost' A spokesperson for St Leonard's Hospice, which also contributed to the report to councillors, told the BBC: "We want to reassure our community we have no plans to make cuts to our services or redundancies. "We remain financially secure and have good levels of reserve to support our ongoing work in the short term."However, these reserves will not last if we continue to see such poor levels of statutory funding in the coming years," they Catherine's hospice, another contributor to the report seen by councillors, has been approached by the BBC for a a spokesperson for NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB said: "In December 2024, the government announced that hospices would receive a £100m funding boost over two years."The funding boost is a starting point towards improved financial sustainability, but the ICB recognises the need to build on this momentum and ensure hospices are integrated into local planning and delivery conversations." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
