A full-scale campaign to end child cruelty is to be joined by City of York Council. The NSPCC's Full Stop project aims to create a safe environment for every child in Britain within the next 20 years. And councillors are working to adopt its policies
Pickering Town go in search of the magic of the FA Cup tomorrow. Town take on UniBond League premier division outfit Guiseley in the second qualifying round of the oldest cup competition in the world. It is a stiff task facing Pikes, who have never reached
York Acorn club runners Steve Simpson and Martin Kirby ran outstandingly in the Leeds Country Way Relay. Recording a time of 70 minutes for the second leg of the relay, they lifted Acorn to third place after Ged Hemblade and Graham Thresh had run soundly
York Rugby Union Club first team make changes to their side for the NPI Cup first round tie at Castleford tomorrow. They bring in former Otley lock Martin Cartwright and second row forward Chris Hudson, who has had a season with Redcar after moving there
Whitwell on the Hill owner-breeder David Brotherton can hit the jackpot with Astonished at Ayr tomorrow. Runaway winner of last week's Tote Portland Handicap at Doncaster, the three-year-old is poised to complete an outstanding double by winning the £100,000
The ladies of Rylstone Women's Institute near Skipton made headlines across the country when they bared all for charity in a nude calendar. Now the chaps at Maustin Caravan Park near Wetherby have decided anything the girls can do, they can do better.
The son of an illustrious father had Yorkshire in all sorts of trouble in the 21.1 overs which were possible at The Oval yesterday before rain washed out play in the rain-hit encounter with new title holders Surrey. Carl Greenidge, the fast bowler son
There are few matters more important in a child's life than the choice of secondary school. Fulford School is a popular and successful school, and as such it is the first choice for many children and their parents. The admission procedure this year has
Jamie Benn, the York Wasps RL star is in line for a major honour. He has been confirmed as one of the three nominations for the Northern Ford Premiership Young Player of the Year. The other two nominations in his category are Leigh's Stuart Donlan and
Meet North Yorkshire's newest Kosovar arrival. Rabije and Xhevdet Ibrahimi now have a very special reason to remember their time in this country after Rabije gave birth to a baby boy in Harrogate District Hospital on Sunday. Despite being a week premature
Firemen have flung caution to the wind, the Women's Institute have bared all and now Wetherby caravanners are cavorting naked in the pages of a charity calendar. The Real Yorkshire Millennium Men calendar will go on sale later this month and features
A pioneering "walk-in" medical centre for York looks set to become a reality within a year - with out-of-hours dental treatment one option for the scheme. By September 2000 the York Primary Care Group intends the current Monkgate surgery to be the most
York education chief Michael Peters was today challenged to offer places at Fulford School to York children - and an apology to their parents - after pupils from outside the city were allowed to attend the school. Four children from outside the City of
Angry farmers gathered in Easingwold market place today and threatened to bring the town's roads to a standstill. As market day - the town's busiest day of the week - got under way, around 40 farmers arrived with at least seven placard-bearing tractors
Trevor Cox, the York solicitor whose offices were raided by police this week, hit back today. Mr Cox said the Police Complaints Authority would be requested to investigate Wednesday's operation, in which files were seized during a probe into an alleged
Once again we read of a car on the A19 suddenly moving sideways across the road and into an accident for no reason. About four years ago, I was driving my car and had the same situation. Coming from Beningbrough Hall, the traffic usually stops at Tollerton
The prisoners' visiting time in last Tuesday's episode of EastEnders left me fuming and feeling the need to put pen to payer when I heard Steve's sister say she was waitressing because she needed to do something mindless. Mindless indeed! Having waitressed
I refer to Graham Barrett's clap trap letter in your paper (September 10). He refers to horses wearing nappies in Spain. If this is so, and I've never seen them, it is a cruel practice. Not many horses would relieve themselves in these conditions and
Students and staff at a York school have been raising money to help our Race for a Donor appeal. Leukaemia sufferer Nicola Coates was a pupil at Fulford School eight years ago, and staff there have fond memories of her as a hard-working student. The school
York's Youth Offending Team, which aims to crack youth crime in the city, is set to be launched on November. Police in the city receive around 1,000 reports a year of youngsters aged between ten and 17 being involved in criminal activities. About half
Plans for the biggest school building project yet undertaken in York are to be unveiled to residents and parents. The £4 million extension to Canon Lee School in Clifton will dwarf the £2.4 million spent on the recently re-opened Park Grove School. Planning
Teenage hot shot James Turley is on stand-by to make his Football League debut for the Minstermen at Exeter's St James Park fortress tomorrow. The 18-year-old pint-sized striker has been drafted into the City squad at the expense of an out of sorts Rodney
Many people use acupuncture to help cure a bad back or to help deal with stress, but one Ryedale-based practitioner is using her skills to treat...racehorses. "They use acupuncture on animals quite a lot more in the States," said Annabelle Armitage, who
Christine Price, of Acomb Flower Guild, is pictured with the Thomas the Tank Engine floral display at the 24th Harrogate Autumn Flower Show which opened today. Visitors to the event at the Great Yorkshire Showground were being greeted by more than 90
Retired psychiatrist William Kerr was today committed for trial on charges of raping and indecently assaulting former women patients. Stipendiary magistrate Anthony Browne sent the case to crown court for hearing on October 25. He rejected claims by a
