ALMOST 1,000 people have signed an online petition set up by parents urging the South Bank Multi Academy Trust to stop a 'brutal attack' on the wages of teaching assistants and other support staff.

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• A YORK initiative to boost public safety in the centre has been boosted by the support of a leading business organisation.

  The York BID Safety Network encompasses the city-wide radio network, Sentry Secure Intelligence System, and the coordination of both Pub Watch and Shop Watch schemes.

• Museum Gardens echoed all day to the sound of music from local arts groups evoking a wide range of cultures.

  Huge Ancient Giant puppets walked the city centre towering above shoppers before joining the entertainment in the gardens.

• The ambitious multi-billion pound York Central regeneration project is to be designed by a world-class team of architects.

  A line-up of award-winning companies have been announced by the scheme’s joint venture development partners, McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate, as the scheme makes another move forward.

• A NURSE from York who trained in the profession to better understand his mum's condition and qualified the day before she died has spoken of his heartbreak.

  Ben Fletcher, who is about to start working for the York Hospital trust as a registered nurse at Nelson's Court of Tadcaster Road is still coming to terms with the death of his mum, Sue, from a rare form of cancer aged just 52 on Saturday, April 26.

• A giant Ferris wheel has returned to the centre of York – offering stunning views over the city.

  Visitors will be able to ride the 33-metre (108.268ft) high wheel in St Sampson’s Square from tomorrow (Saturday, May 10) until Saturday, June 7. It will be open daily from 11am to 7pm.

• Hollywood stars are playing York's world-famous Chaplin twins in a new film, Bucking Fastard

  YORK'S world-famous reclusive Chaplin twins are the inspiration for a new Hollywood film. Tinsel-town A-listers Rooney Mara and her sister Kate are starring in a film based on the lives on Freda and Greta Chaplin

• A POLICE cordon is still in place at a street in York after a woman in her 60s was reportedly found dead.

  As reported by The Press yesterday, several police vehicles and paramedics were on the scene in Albert Street, close to Walmgate, shortly before 11.30am on Thursday (May 8).

• A York man spent months fighting for his life in hospital after falling ill while on holiday – just hours after proposing to his girlfriend.

  Steven Percy said he is “lucky to be alive” following the holiday which will be remembered for “all the wrong reasons”.