Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision at McArthurGlen designer outlet near York.

Witness appeal: Pedestrians injured in McArthurGlen collision

At around 3pm on Thursday 29 December 2011, a black Renault Megane convertible driven by an man in his 80s, was in collision with two pedestrians in the car park close to the north entrance of the outlet.

A 47-year-old Leeds woman was taken to York District Hospital with cuts and bruises to her arm and head. Her husband was also injured in the collision and suffered from bruising to his arm.

Police are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed the collision, or saw the vehicles or pedestrians prior to the incident to contact them.

Anyone who can help is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 2 and ask for PC Mark Patterson.

Home repossessions in York less than national average

York fares relatively well in a Shelter report on the number of household evictions seen over the last year.

The City comes 230th out of 320 English local authorities surveyed by the national charity Shelter. There were 470 repossessions in the City working out at a rate of 5.6 per 1000 dwellings.

The City’s relatively good performance – which beats both regional and national averages – is put down to our low unemployment rate.

Regionally York is bettered only by some North Yorkshire districts with Craven having one of the lowest repossession rates in the country. The worst were found in the Hull and Grimsby areas.

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* * The Lord’s prayer:……………………………………..66 words.

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* * The US Constitution & all 27 Amendment…….7,818 words.

* * EU regulations on the sale of cabbage………26,911 words.

One man was preparing to tee off on the first hole when a second golfer approached and asked if he could join him.
The first said that he usually played alone, but agreed to the twosome.
They were even after the first few holes.
The 2nd guy said, “We’re about evenly matched, how about playing for five bucks a hole?”
The first guy said that he wasn’t much for betting, but agreed to the terms.
The second guy won the remaining sixteen holes with ease.
As they were walking off number eighteen, the second guy was busy counting his $80.
He confessed that he was the pro at a neighbouring course and liked to pick on suckers.
The first fellow revealed that he was the Parish Priest.
The pro was flustered and apologetic, offering to return the money.
The Priest said, “You won fair and square and I was foolish to bet with you. You keep your winnings.”
The pro said, “Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?
The Priest said, “Well, you could come to Mass on Sunday and make a donation.
And, if you want to bring your mother and father along, I’ll marry them.”

Police Traffic Cameras

Thought you might be interested to know that following recourse to the UK Government’s Freedom of Information Act you can now access to ALL speed camera offences registered in the last 12 months in a car for which you have the registration number.

Did you know that each time your car passes a speed camera, and exceeds the speed limit on that road -even 1mph- it is registered and put on a database?

You only get a ticket if you are way over the limit or, (this is the bit that I didn’t know) if you receive over 10 near-misses …when you will be classed as a serial offender so receive a ticket the next time you go just over the limit.

This is why you hear of people being done for 34mph in a 30mph limit area, whilst others doing 39 do not.
You can check what has been registered against your vehicle at the following web address

www.i-database.co.uk

Just enter your car registration.
If there is any data on your vehicle you can click on the camera window to see a copy of the photograph.
Hope it’s useful.