A CRANE driver escaped unscathed today after his 30-metre-high vehicle toppled over and crashed on to land at York Racecourse. The driver was left shaken but unhurt after the crane and cab, which was preparing to set up a roller-coaster for the Thunder
IT'S a sign of the times for York City with fans handed a once in a lifetime opportunity to grab a piece of footballing history, writes Dave Stanford. As the club gets ready to unveil a new crest this week, all old City merchandise featuring the old badge
GOVERNOR Jack Stephenson has won a national award for his work in turning round Brompton Hall Special School, near Scarborough. He has been awarded the Outstanding Governor Award in the Edexcel Achievement in Education Awards. Brompton Hall is a boarding
JUBILEE jubilations are set to start early in the region's schools as pupils and teachers come to the end of another half-term. Picnics, parties, presents and parades are all lined up for children who have been hard at work over the last few weeks. Staff
A DANISH woman has set up a peace camp outside RAF Fylingdales to protest against potential plans by U.S. President George W. Bush to use it as a base for his Son Of Star Wars missile defence project. Ulla Roder has travelled from Denmark to carry out
YORKSHIRE'S hottest star Dean Smith (MAP Elton) won the Kamasan event at the Oaks last Thursday with 39lb 4oz. Drawn on lucky peg 13 on Maple he worked the island edge at 13 metres with pellet and cat meat for small carp to a pound. Rab Ogilvie (Oaks)
Ollie Hughes, the singer who is doing a tribute to superstar Robbie Williams during and after racing at Wetherby tomorrow evening, might not be the only person hitting a high note there. Cumbrian trainer Barry Murtagh also has the potential to play a
THE end of the rugby union season may only be a few weeks old, but already York have their sights firmly set on their 2002/3 campaign. Plans for the pre-season training are well under way with director of rugby Andy Gair putting in place a structure to
HARROGATE Town are preparing to face two giants of English football and a number of World Cup stars in their warm-up for the UniBond League premier division season. With Leeds United pulling the plug on their annual fixture against Harrogate, the club
JEWISH leaders have told the Coppergate Riverside public inquiry that Clifford's Tower must be treated with the utmost respect and sensitivity. A senior member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews spoke out about the York site's vital importance since
A defendant who turned up to York Crown Court drunk was sent off to jail without being sentenced. Dawn Ann Cain, 34, was due to learn her fate at noon yesterday for using an imitation firearm with intent to make police fear unlawful violence outside her
THERE was a delayed start to Yorkshire's Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy tie against Devon at Exmouth today. Rain in the days leading up to the game had left some muddy patches which had affected the bowlers' run-ups and this was the main problem as
TEN nations, 114 horses, six former champions and one royal will descend on Bramham Park for the 2002 International Horse Trials in June. The world-renowned three-day event, which runs from Thursday, June 6 to Sunday, June 9, is building up to be one
Rugby league fans are reminded there will be a meeting tonight at Huntington Stadium regarding the bid to get a new professional York club into the Rugby Football League next season. The likely chief executive of the proposed new club, Steve Ferres, will
FORMER York Wasps coach Leo Epifania has got back on the coaching ladder Down Under - and he hasn't ruled out a return to England next year. The Aussie, who was forced to leave England after the collapse of the Wasps, is now assisting head coach Steve
A DANISH woman has set up a peace camp outside RAF Fylingdales to protest against potential plans by U.S. President George W. Bush to use it as a base for his Son Of Star Wars missile defence project. Ulla Roder has travelled from Denmark to carry out
A HEAVY goods lorry hung precariously over a railway line near Harrogate today after crashing into a bridge. The accident happened on the A658 between North Rigton and Pannal at 3.23am. The driver and a passenger escaped uninjured. Railtrack closed off
YORK City could look to foreign fields in the search for fresh talent for next season. Having got most of his off-field plans now in place for the revamped club, City supremo John Batchelor admitted attention was now being turned to team-building. In
PARTS of Bishopthorpe Palace, the home of the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, could be converted into flats and rented out in a bid to raise cash for church funds, a new report has suggested. The report, which looks into the living arrangements of
THOUSANDS of patients in Ryedale face losing NHS treatment after changes to the local dental service. The situation is reaching crisis point, according to John Renshaw, a Scarborough dentist who was formerly chairman of the British Dental Association,
The nation's biggest ever sing-song will take place when the Beatles' classic All You Need Is Love rings round the country on Monday. Following the success of the massed performance of Lou Reed's Perfect Day in 2000, Sir Paul McCartney has endorsed the
YOU simply can't get away from Japan at the moment. Not only is it jointly staging the World Cup in a few days time, but it is also the location for secret agent James Bond's latest assignment. In Raymond Benson's The Man With The Red Tattoo (Hodder &
PRINTER Philip Bell is preparing to go the extra mile for charity - because of his love for entertainer Bonnie Langford. Philip, 46, of Westfield Place, Acomb, has spent thousands of pounds travelling to see the flame-haired star over the last 17 years
YORK City could look to foreign fields in the search for fresh talent for next season. Having got most of his off-field plans now in place for the revamped club, City supremo John Batchelor admitted attention was now being turned to team-building. In
SHY away from lifestyle surveys, that's my advice. Anyone who leads a lifestyle rather than a life is a pretentious idiot for one thing. And these surveys are always depressing, focusing on the shallow obsessions of consumerism. The latest one, courtesy
THEIR school is universally known as a tin can and they shiver in the winter and swelter in the summer. But they are still chirpy enough to laugh about the fact that a group of ducks often takes a swim in the pool of water which collects on the flat roof
A SPECIAL teacher who has made a difference to children's lives for more than 20 years at a York school is today's Star of the Week. Rosie Nash, is special educational needs co-ordinator at Fulford School and has been nominated by colleagues and pupils
A SCHOOLBOY arsonist is having to pay a £2,000 bill for the fire that caused thousands of pounds damage to a Co-op store, York Youth Court heard. The boy, who earns £16 a week, may also face further legal action from the Haxby shop's insurers after he
A LIGHTED beacon will mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee in York. The gas flame will be lit by the Lord Mayor of York, Councillor David Horton, on Monday at Knavesmire. It has been designed by students of Askham Bryan Agricultural College. Liz Topi, City
ALDBY Park and Bubwith are the early pace setters in the Foss Evening Cricket League with both unbeaten after three games. Aldby Park appear determined to take the crown this summer after narrowly losing out to Yapham last year. When the two teams came
JUNIOR rambler Tom Carrington has become the youngest person to march out for St Leonard's Hospice. Six-year-old Tom, from Ashbourne Way, Woodthorpe, York, strolled 20 miles in the charity's annual sponsored walk. He joined his grandmother, Shirley Price
TEACHER Nigel Smith turned the clock back to the 1950s when he had his hair cut into a short back and sides for charity. He decided on the Queen's Golden Jubilee theme after deciding to raise money for the people of Malawi and children at Tang Hall Primary
FORMER York Wasps boss Lee Crooks is to coach rugby league in the Minster city again. This time, though, he will be wanting to gun down York. He is to take charge of the British Army team which is to compete at the York Golden Jubilee RL Festival at Heworth
A RAIL union today urged its members to stand firm after bosses at Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) made a new effort to entice them back to work. The company has given its conductors, station and retail staff represented by the Rail, Maritime and Transport
A MAN who lent his car to a learner driver lied about it when a fatal road accident followed, a court heard. York Crown Court was told that Christopher Alexander Barham falsely accused his seriously-injured friend of taking the vehicle without his consent
Assistant spent A POSTMISTRESS'S daughter who used customers' money in a £15,000 scam has narrowly escaped a jail sentence. Heather Gilbertson was working as an assistant at her mother's post office, in Church Fenton, near Selby, when she got into financial
IT'S a sign of the times for York City with fans handed a once in a lifetime opportunity to grab a piece of footballing history, writes Dave Stanford. As the club gets ready to unveil a new crest this week, all old City merchandise featuring the old badge
THE Government's cycling tsar has hailed York as a model for other cities to follow. Steven Norris, chairman of the National Cycling Strategy Board, said he was impressed with the steps York had taken to highlight the bike as an alternative form of transport
JUBILEE Bank Holiday Monday is party day throughout the UK, and at the heart of the celebrations in North Yorkshire is BBC Music Live, bringing the music to the party. BBC North Yorkshire and City of York Council, the organisers of York Live 2002, are
North Yorkshire is having difficulty recruiting special constables. STEPHEN LEWIS joined the part-time police on patrol. IT'S not even 8pm, but already gangs of scantily-clad girls are parading, arms linked, along Micklegate. One girl is larger than most
