Bill Heppell SOME time late on the evening of Thursday, September 7, 1944, holed up in an old monastery in the mountains of northern Greece, deep in German-occupied territory, a young British army officer wrote a brief entry in his diary. He and a group of Greek partisans had spent the previous night and the early part of that day perched on a hillside above the Jannina to Metsovo road, an eight-hour walk from the monastery, planning an ambush. At 6.30am, a convoy of 17 German trucks approached. “I blew down a few telegraph posts and tried to get andartes [the Greek partisans] to go on road to loot and destroy trucks; no success,” the young officer wrote.
TEENAGERS are believed to have driven away in a car in York without the owner s consent. Police want to hear from witnesses after a black Ford Fiesta was taken without the owner s permission in the Clifton area. The incident happened on Horner Street at about 7.50pm on Monday, December 7. A spokesman said: Two teenage boys wearing hooded tops entered the vehicle and it is believed they drove it down Burton Stone Lane and onto Burton Green where it was abandoned. The car was later returned to the owner. Anyone with information should email 00863@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk. To remain anonymous, pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.