Local News Archives - Selby and District

SGP joins the fight to save local footpath

Posted on 20 February 2024 (6 March 2024) by Peter

Wooden public footpath sign on a tree stump

Local Green Party members join community-driven campaign opposing proposals by Network Rail to close key footpath in South Milford. […]

Arnold Warneken: Dear Residents of Selby & Ainsty

Posted on 20 July 2023 (12 February 2024) by Peter

Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Selby & Ainsty Arnold Warneken, stood outside Selby Abbey with members of the local party waving banners and posters.

Arnold Warneken gives his thoughts on Election Day. #VoteWarneken […]

Our Response to the Proposed Closure of Selby Station’s Ticket Office

Posted on 13 July 2023 (13 July 2023) by Peter

2023 By-Election Parliamentary Candidate Arnold Warneken discussing the unacceptable proposed closure of Selby Station’s Ticket Office outside the station entrance with Baroness Natalie Bennett, Green Party member of the House of Lords

The proposed closure of the ticket office at Selby Station is completely unacceptable and discriminatory. We unpick why. […]

New North Yorkshire Council’s Climate Strategy Falls Short

Posted on 12 April 2023 (13 April 2023) by Peter

Despite acknowledging the urgency of climate change and the potential consequences of inaction, NY’s Climate Change Strategy lacks ambition and accountability in critical areas. […]

Reverend Leo Woodberry visits Selby

Posted on 21 February 2023 (9 April 2023) by Tom

Selby & District Green Party, along with Selby and Hull Friends of the Earth groups, recently met with Reverend Leo Woodberry from South Carolina, who travelled to Yorkshire to see the Drax power plant for himself. Reverend Woodberry’s visit was part of his UK campaign to call on the Department for Business, Energy and Industry […]

Bronwen Mitchell (aged 11) for Climate Minister

Posted on 26 January 2023 (8 February 2023) by Tom

Bronwen Mitchell (aged 11) a schoolgirl from Kellington near Goole, has written to Rishi Sunak to express her concern about the climate crisis – and it would seem she has a better handle on the urgency of the situation than Graham Stuart (aged 60) MP for Beverley and Holderness and Minister of State for Climate. […]

Drax

Posted on 28 November 2022 (13 July 2023) by Tom

Being the Green Party we are, of course, interested in sustainability, renewables, and the climate crisis. So, being the Selby Green Party, you might think we would be very supportive of Drax with its claims to be world-leading in the biomass industry and key to making our region the first carbon-negative region in the UK. […]

Selby Green Party Says: “Nigel Adams should hang his head in shame”

Posted on 9 September 2021 (5 November 2022) by Tom

Selby Green Party was shocked to see video footage of Nigel Adams MP swearing at a member of public in London yesterday. Steve Bray, known for his long campaign to stop Brexit, had asked Mr Adams in the street about the progress of the Health & Social Care Bill being debated in the House of […]

Let’s make our Yorkshire paths a part of Walkshire

Posted on 1 March 2021 (5 November 2022) by Tom

Selby Green Party is raising concerns about roadside paths that have fallen into disrepair, and rights of way that risk being lost forever from public access maps. Green Party members in the Selby area have taken a lead in supporting the ‘Walkshire’ [1] campaign in encouraging local authorities to make existing roadside paths safe and accessible to all. A member of Selby […]

Selby Green Party says “YES to a Real Deal: sign the petition to tell Nigel Adams MP to make sure the UK gets a decent Brexit Deal”

Posted on 26 October 2020 (5 November 2022) by Tom

A petition has been launched by an alliance of pro-EU groups asking MPs to urgently commit to a pledge for a Real Deal with the EU. The UK has left the European Union and now we need to secure our future relations with Europe so that we “prosper mightily” (to use the Prime Minister’s words) […]