FORMER vicar of Kirkbymoorside, the Rev Alan Hughes, has written a little book to help teach the basics of the Christian faith to the young - and to remind older people about things they may have forgotten. Key characters in the book are a lamb called
WITNESSES to a blaze which engulfed a rush hour bus in York city centre are being sought by accident investigators. The fire broke out in the engine of a Rider York bus as it approached York Station at 6pm last Friday. Firefighters were swift to tackle
North Yorkshire Police are battling to be ready for the millennium timebomb. Senior police officers are gearing up for the potential problems that could occur with computer systems from the change of date in the year 2000 (Y2K). All the force's computer
THE average North Yorkshire council tax bill will soar by at least £64 from April 1. The 13 per cent hike, imposed at a crunch meeting of North Yorkshire County Council, is seen as the only way to stop vital services from being "strangled" by Government
NORTH Yorkshire farmer Ben Gill is set to fly the flag for British agriculture into the Millennium. Mr Gill, elected yesterday as the new President of the National Farmers Union, immediately sounded a clarion call for British farmers to receive a fair
BOTTOM club Saddleworth Rangers visit Heworth on Saturday in what is a crucial National Conference premier division clash for both teams. Although Saddleworth are five points adrift with just two wins from 17 matches, only nine points separate the bottom
WHEN it comes to sports from across the Atlantic, basketball and American football receive the most television hype and coverage. Baseball, although one of the biggest crowd-pulling sports in the US, is relatively unheard of over here in playing terms
MENSHAAR who caught the eye running well over a woefully inadequate distance at Catterick two weeks ago, returns to the same course tomorrow and will relish the step up to nearly three and a quarter miles in the Cowton Handicap Hurdle. A proven stayer
HAMMER-TIME Henry Wharton's date with the States will swing into action on live American and British satellite television at the Convention Centre in Atlantic City. Wharton will be the first of three Brits doing battle against Americans in the Yankee
PLANNING issues are raising hackles once more in Stockton-on-Forest, where proposals for a conservation area will come under attack at a public meeting. The City of York Council is consulting local opinion about the proposed conservation area, which would
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a pub after a fellow fireman got his hand stuck in a seat while playing dominoes. The embarrassing incident happened just after last orders had been called at The Elizabethan in Finkle Street, Selby. Firefighter Andrew Strelchzenie
YORK-born health secretary Frank Dobson was today unveiling a major new consultation document which would put the links between poverty and poor health firmly back on the agenda. The green paper he was launching this afternoon in the House of Commons
A week ago tiny Mica Nicholas was at death's door, struck down by the disease that is every parents' nightmare, meningitis. Today, she's back home with dad Paul and mum Alison Peace. And the smile her parents thought they might never see again is lighting
A WIFE and her one-year-old son found her husband hanging from their staircase when they arrived home from a Christmas drink with family, an inquest heard. Glenn David Harton, 42, of Main Street, Fulford, York, was found hanging by a dog lead, by his
CHRISTINA Killingbeck is a feisty 89-year-old who lives on her own and expects only that she be treated with the respect due to her age. But the attitude of a GP she consulted about a private cataract operation made her see red. Because of complications
WORK has begun on a £50,000 road safety scheme that will turn the centre of Haxby into a 20mph zone. The new 'go slow' area of The Village will stretch from the fish and chip shop in the west to near the junction with York Road in the east. Traffic gates
AN OVERTAKING manoeuvre on a busy trunk road near York, in which two North Yorkshire men were killed, was doomed to failure, a coroner said. Ripon men Jonathan Leary, 20, of High Skellgate, and Christopher Gott, 21, of Hillshaw Park Way, died when their
WHEN the chips are down, schoolchildren in North Yorkshire are out to help each other. A new programme launched today and set up by children's charity ChildLine to encourage youngsters to help themselves is being backed by a number of schools in the region
THE WIDOW of a North Yorkshire man who killed himself by inhaling carbon monoxide fumes in his car told an inquest how she tried to prevent him driving away with a hosepipe attached to the car. North Yorkshire coroner Jeremy Cave also heard how distraught
ROWNTREES Ladies are pushing hard for second spot in division one of the York Badminton League. A superb 5-4 away win over Clifton was followed by a 6-3 home win over University Students. Clifton pair Shelagh Barker and Geraldine Screeton took three home
RYEDALE MP and former policeman John Greenway made a keynote speech in the Commons last night criticising the Government's spending on policing. Mr Greenway blasted Labour's "zero tolerance" attitude to crime as unworkable unless more officers were appointed
LEEMAN Hotel moved out of the re-election zone with a terrific 4-3 win at York Sunday Afternoon League third division title contenders Stillington. In a hard fought match, the home side took the lead three times and on each occasion Leeman fought their
DUNNINGTON'S chances of winning the first division of the Costcutter Indoor Cricket League ended when they failed to field a side against Clifton Alliance and conceded not only two points but also a six wicket penalty. With Acomb already poised to retain
YORK Rugby League Club and amateurs Norland face further Rugby Football League investigation following their fiery Silk Cut Challenge Cup third round clash on Sunday. A series of ugly incidents marred the tie at Huntington Stadium, which the Wasps won
YORKSHIRE all-rounder Craig White is determined to get fully fit after his recent shoulder operation - even if it means him missing the first few weeks of the season. Scarborough-based White said that he has set his sights on winning back his Test place
A FORMER goods yard which York council chiefs say would make an ideal car park for a new Strensall station is to be sold off to the highest bidder. The Station Yard, currently rented by building contractors Myersholm Construction, is to be sold at auction
PARENTS called today for the City of York Council to abandon its controversial review of school admissions, claiming it could result in falling classroom standards. And on the day a leading Government expert comes to York to lecture on education, campaigners
A YORK student who plunged to his death from a 110ft crane after a day's drinking had been taking part in a dangerous and foolish prank, according to the York coroner, Donald Coverdale. Joseph Crane died on December 13, two weeks before his 21st birthday
THE woman seriously injured in a fire in a block of flats in York has died. Catherine Cochrane, 66, died in York District Hospital last night after suffering 80 per cent burns in Monday's blaze. Eight people were rescued from the blaze at Rogers Court
TITANIC is on course to be the biggest ever movie hit at the Warner Village Cinema in Clifton Moor, York. Traffic queues have formed on the road leading to the cinema on the past two weekends, while tickets have been selling out up to four hours before
