NORTH YORKSHIRE'S oldest resident has died only weeks after celebrating her 108th birthday. Kay Sharp died in her sleep at The Lodge residential home in Westbourne Road, Scarborough, yesterday. She had lived there for 21 years. She was believed to be
THE campaign to stop housing developments in the Green Belt and the countryside moved up a gear when a top Tory MP met local Conservatives in York. Sir Norman Fowler, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, met district
YORK Rugby League Club coach Dean Robinson is demanding that the Rugby Football League give youth its head. The Wasps boss is leading calls for an under-21 competition - first mooted with the demise of Alliance team rugby at several clubs - to be introduced
FRIENDS and foes Mark Samways and Andy Warrington are keeping up the City tradition of top net-minders. The duo traded places seven days ago when the 29-year-old Samways replaced the 21-year-old Warrington in the green shirt for the visit of Walsall.
THIRTY jobs have been rescued at Pocklington Concrete Products after receivers sold the firm to Tarmac Heavy Building Materials UK. Receivers stepped in a month ago when the £5 million turnover firm collapsed because of lack of cashflow. Since then 44
YORK lottery jackpot winner Ken Southwell, who vowed not to retire on his winnings, is in hospital today after being injured at work. Ken, who scooped nearly £1 million in the first National Lottery draw, is understood to have broken his leg in seven
A DISTINGUISHED Army officer, decorated for valour in North Africa during the Second World War, has died, aged 87. Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Consett died of a heart attack at his home at Osgoodby, near Thirsk. In 1941, he won the Distinguished Service
VINTAGE car buffs were enjoying a double dose of romance today. For St Valentine's Day just happened to coincide with I Love My Morris Minor Day - and signalled the start of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the much-loved Moggie. And celebrating
SIXTY per cent of rural parishes in North Yorkshire do not have a local shop and more than half are without a post office, according to a new report. Figures revealed by the Rural Development Commission also show the number of villages in the county that
TRAIN operators Virgin has announced a major expansion of its CrossCountry services through York to Birmingham and the South West. It should mean passengers from York travelling to the South West and the south coast having a much greater choice of trains
ANTHONY Boynton Wood, one of North Yorkshire's most famous landowners and a direct descendant of Edward III, has died. He was 80. Mr Boynton Wood, who died suddenly at his home, at Hollin Hall, Ripon, was also the Lord of the Manor of Copmanthorpe, near
POLICE warned home-owners, particularly the elderly, to be on their guard today after receiving reports that bogus security salesmen were knocking on doors in the Ryedale area. Police were alerted after receiving two calls this week from residents living
YORK'S youths take over the Barbican tomorrow for the first Barbican Bash, a new event designed to dispel the myth that there's nothing for young people to do in the city. The day, organised by the City of York Council, will be in two parts: a sports
THE Irish Government has now paved the way for a decision on IRA terrorist Paul Magee's bid for repatriation to Ireland. Selby MP John Grogan says the Home Office has finally been notified that the Irish would be prepared to accept Magee, several months
A DRIVER who repeatedly abused a young girl in his lorry was today starting two years behind bars. Kenneth Peter Lyons, 46, hid his face in the dock at York Crown Court as prosecutor Tim Stead outlined his offences against the girl. He later broke down
FREAK weather was making it the hottest-ever Valentine's Day in North Yorkshire today. Temperatures were expected to soar back into the 60s today, warmer than many traditional hot-spots in the Med. They touched 16C (61F) in the York area yesterday - warmer
NORDIC longships on the River Ouse basked in glorious weather today as the Jorvik Viking Festival set sail. Freak weather was ensuring temperatures - as well as ships - were racing on the hottest-ever Valentine's Day in North Yorkshire. And Blue Peter's
