An evening stroll had momentous consequences for a Ryedale couple who celebrate 50 years of marriage today. For about three years after they met while out walking at Thornton-le-Dale, Douglas and Lillian Ward were married at the village's All Saints'
Facilities for disabled youngsters being taught in mainstream schools in York and North Yorkshire are to be given a boost. It follows a Government announcement that more than £11 million will be made available for a range of improvement schemes in every
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Novice exporters should make the countries of northern Europe like Holland, Denmark and Ireland their first choice, top exporter Iain Dale has advised York business bosses. Mr Dale, former chairman of Dale Electric, which sold massive generators world-wide
Out of exile Neil Tolson is poised to answer York City's 'finale warning'. The striker, who has not started a City game for almost six months, will spearhead an attack charged with besting Bournemouth tomorrow and erasing all anxiety about dipping into
The political parties are to wheel out their education big guns next week as the second largest teaching union in the country holds its annual conference in North Yorkshire. And joining the likes of Education Secretary David Blunkett on the platform at
Pet owners calling on the fire service to rescue their cats - or even their pythons- are now set to be charged for the privilege by North Yorkshire's force. If the move gets the go-ahead on Wednesday, distressed callers wanting an animal rescued, a chimney
A leading York sports club has announced it will appeal against the City of York Council's decision to deny it discretionary rate relief, which is part of a controversial plan to cutting back on spending. The number of organisations receiving DRR has
Road and rail chaos hit Britain today with snow and flash flooding causing major headaches for Bank Holiday travellers. Thousands of rail passengers endured delays of more than six hours early today when flash flooding hit train services travelling through
Ireland stood today on the brink of an historic peace settlement after Ulster Unionists and the nationalist SDLP struck a vital deal.Good Friday could go into the history books as the day when decades of bloody conflict in Ulster came to an end. Prime
Shepherd Engineering Services, the York-based building company, has received the prestigious 1997 safety award from the British Safety Council to add to its clutch of similar prestigious safety awards over the past two years. The firm, based at Mill Mount
Space age parking means getting two cars parked in the space of one. This astonishing innovation using a ramp-and-tilt system is being manufactured with the help of Malton company Ward Building Components Ltd. Designed and produced by Andy Speechley of
It was a pleasure for HGV driver Simon Freeman to receive a traffic ticket from North Yorkshire Police. Chief Inspector David Short was presenting Simon with a far less punitive certificate - his award as North East Tanker Driver of the Year. Simon, 32
A sure-footed start to the season was today placed at the forefront of York Rugby League Club's second division strategy. The Wasps open their campaign against Bramley at Huntington Stadium tonight (7.30pm) and coach Dean Robinson confidently backed his
In the week that new rates bills come into effect, business people in North Yorkshire are being urged: "Avoid the cowboy business rates advisers." The warning comes from Charles Partridge, rating spokesman for the Yorkshire branch of the Royal Institution
The Premiership pedigree challenges continue to test the best of York City's defensive know-how. After last week battling to contain the talent of Spurs' Rory Allen on loan at Luton, City have to duel with another asset borrowed from the top-flight. Bournemouth's
The temperature may have been less than balmy, but it didn't deter TV newsreader Claire Frisbee from taking to her bike to explore what York has to offer - and to give our Proud to be York campaign a timely boost. Claire, who lives in the city and used
This year's York Early Music Festival will be bigger and broader in range than ever. Forty-four events will run between July 3 and 12 in a festival celebrating 500 years of music for strings, the York Mystery Plays '98 and the genius of youth. The £150,000
A catastrophic misjudgement by a teenage learner driver led to she and her father being killed, an inquest heard. Michael Oakley, coroner for North Yorkshire East, recorded verdicts of accidental death on Stephanie Williams, 17, and her father, the Rev
Police are investigating a mysterious case of pig-napping. The fibreglass pig has gone missing from outside the Three Tuns at Raskelf, near Easingwold. The pig, which is five feet tall and wearing a chef's hat, was last seen by landlord Brian Eaton at
