by Tom O'Ryan Sugarfoot can provide Ryedale trainer Nigel Tinkler with by far the biggest success of his career in tomorrow's inaugural running of the £150,000 Tote International Handicap at Ascot. The four-year-old, in the pink of condition at present
York City will have to bypass the Preston North End's version of the great wall if they are to sample any Deepdale joy. Patrolling the Preston midfield with muscle and menace is Sean Gregan, who, at 6ft tall and 14 stone-plus in frame, is a veritable
Raw of the Roses will be the battle-cry for City, despite manager Alan Little's 'guessing game' ploy, writes Tony Kelly. The City boss will not reveal his line-up preferring to keep hosts Preston clueless, but City may field two 18-year-olds in the season's
North Yorkshire police have decided to pound the TV crime beat by signing up with the Crimestoppers initiative after a break of six years. The force had withdrawn from Crimestoppers because of the limited coverage of the county offered by Tyne Tees Television
Easy riders perched atop perhaps the most famous motorbikes of them all are descending on York this weekend. Organisers of the UK Chapter Rally being staged at Knavesmire are expecting more than 1,500 Harley Davidson bikers to roar into town. Organised
A Crown court heard how a North Yorkshire woman took money from elderly residents at a residential home to fund her fertility treatment. Julie Roberts, 38, pleaded guilty to five charges of theft and guilty to one charge of false accounting after she
Heart transplant girl Hannah Swift has struck gold at some very special games. Hannah, 11, from Helmsley, won two gold medals and a bronze at the Transplant Games in Belfast. The gold medals were in the breast stroke and ball throwing and the bronze was
A beautifully struck maiden Test century from Mark Butcher could not stop England from sliding to a potentially disastrous 230 all out against South Africa at Headingley yesterday. The Surrey left hander finally dispelled any doubts about his ability
York Rugby League Club coach Dean Robinson has called for changes in drug regulations in the wake of the three month ban imposed on forward Stuart Flowers. The Wasps boss believes the laws need to be re-examined when taking a common cold remedy could
Born-again battler Richard Cresswell has vowed to slay his critics starting at Preston North End tomorrow. The 20-year-old striker, who, to his team-mates' amazement has been barracked by York City fans, is resolved to mark the 1998-99 season as the one
York Theatre Royal will stage a 21st anniversary production of John Godber's cult nightclub comedy Bouncers as a highlight of its autumn season. Godber's best-known play takes a fast and furious ride through urban nightlife, any club, any town, any weekend
York would have been at the forefront of rebuilding Britain if the country was hit by a nuclear attack, it has been revealed. Documents dating from the time of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis have just been declassified by the Ministry of Defence, revealing
Drunken yobs who brought fear to the streets of York during last year's Ebor races were today warned: keep out of town. Police leave has been cancelled to double the number of officers on duty during the event, York's busiest race meeting. PC Paul Maloney
