RELIGIOUS education in York has entered a new era with the launch of a new RE syllabus for the city's schools. The new syllabus, designed to bring RE into the 21st century, and to make it easier for teachers to tackle the subject, was launched by Professor
A MAMMOTH debate on City of York Council's future development is expected as council proposals are released for public discussion. The draft local plan for the city has been agreed by councillors, and details of their provisional decisions were unveiled
POLICE working for a nationwide investigation into internet child abuse arrested eight men in swoops across North Yorkshire today. Detectives struck in a series of co-ordinated raids and arrested men from York, Ryedale, Selby, Harrogate, Northallerton
YORK City geared up for this Saturday's crunch FA Cup first round tie against Swansea with a spell in the fast lane. Maintaining his tradition of unusual pre-cup outings, manager Terry Dolan took his squad to the F1 Karting circuit at Monk's Cross. The
YORK City chairman John Batchelor is considering selling shares in the football club. That could lead to fans having a greater say in the club while helping help ease the Minstermen's current financial problems. Batchelor has admitted such a scheme could
It's the calm tomorrow before a storming weekend of racing, with a three-day spectacular at Cheltenham, a Saturday programme at Wetherby and good Sunday fare at Haydock. To whet the appetite tomorrow is a modest double-header of jumping at Taunton and
DO our fine services really need to resort to strike action for their value to be recognised? With this in mind - how much do you value your life? Having taken advantage of North Yorkshire Fire Services' risk assessment and installation of fire alarms
PUPILS at a York dance school had good reason to jump for joy. The youngsters at the Isobel Dunn school have helped to raise £1,000 for Martin House Hospice for children and young people, at Boston Spa. The money came from ticket sales to the dance school's
A NORTH Yorkshire church hall's future has been secured thanks to a £100,000 National Lottery windfall. Members of Sowerby Parochial Church Hall, near Thirsk, say they are delighted to have been awarded the grant, which will enable them to go ahead with
A TEAM of unemployed volunteers who created a motorcycle track for York youngsters has received a major award. York and North Yorkshire Guidance Services' Volunteers Team 11 was presented with the Prince's Trust Volunteer Award in recognition of an "outstanding
YOUNG York musicians have received a major boost with the donation of a range of musical instruments. York Rotary Club handed over a collection of instruments to local schools at the second of City of York Council's 'fame academy' open days. The presentation
A CONTROVERSIAL library expansion which generated hundreds of petition signatures from local villagers is under way - but is continuing to attract criticism. The major scheme to expand Strensall Library and provide up-to-date resources will also create
THE long-term partner of a missing Ryedale man has made an emotional appeal for him to get in touch. John Good has been with Ian Turner for 28 years, but 45-year-old Mr Turner walked out of their home in Sherburn, near Malton, on September 30 and has
TENNIS stars of the future are being invited to enrol on two seven-week mini-tennis courses, being offered at Hambleton Leisure Centre in Northallerton. The courses, designed for under-eights and over-eights, will be taught by Lawn Tennis professional
FRED Walker, who was deputy city architect for the York Corporation for 30 years, has died at the aged of 89. Mr Walker, who was known as "Freddy", died peacefully at home in Rotherham after a long illness. He joined the York Corporation - the local authority
FURIOUS residents and community leaders say a new car park entrance at a York Mormon church poses a risk to local schoolchildren. They have slammed the planning rules which meant they were not consulted before work started on the new route into the Church
A MAN told today how he was grabbed round the neck and nearly throttled during a terrifying street robbery in York city centre. John Gatenby, 32, of Speculation Street, York, was walking along Pavement on his way home at 11.15 last night when he was approached
A NORTH Yorkshire theme park has appealed to the Government to protect its new multimillion-pound tourist attraction. Bosses at Flamingo Land, between Malton and Pickering, officially opened their 55m Cliffhanger ride, part of a seaside-themed addition
AVERAGE weekly wages for workers in York, North and East Yorkshire are below the national level - but higher than many other parts of the region. The analysis of gross weekly earnings, done for the GMB union by experts at Durham University, shows that
STUDENTS will remember former York College student Caroline Stuttle when they fund raise for her Rainbow Foundation at a Gap Year Fair tomorrow. The 19-year-old backpacker was murdered whilst traveling in Queensland, Australia on a gap year trip in April
ONE of York's biggest bonfires, which was originally postponed because of bad weather, has now been put off indefinitely - partly because of the firefighters' strike. The bonfire at the New Earswick Sports and Social Club, off White Rose Avenue, was initially
COXWOLD hammered hosts Thirsk 11-2 in the second division of the RJF Homes Beckett League, in one of only two games in the league to go ahead. Russell Burn (4), Daniel Jacques (3), Stuart Pearce (2), Paul Doy and Booby Pearson were on target for the winners
YORKSHIRE make a Good Friday start to their 2003 season when Northamptonshire visit Headingley on April 18 for the Frizzell County Championship curtain-raiser. And club chairman Geoff Cope has already said that Yorkshire's top priority next summer will
POLICE were today investigating after the body of a man was found in a ditch close to the Nestl factory in Wigginton Road, York. He has been named as Lorenzo Crosswaite, aged 52, known as "Laurie", from Crabmill Lane, Easingwold. A cyclist discovered
STEPHEN LEWIS looks at how prepared our region is to deal with a possible terrorist attack FIRST things first. The nation may have been put on a state of alert after Prime Minister Tony Blair revealed that security services were receiving terrorist threats
THESE are unhappy and worrying times. As the feature on this page reveals, North Yorkshire councils are planning for the worst in the light of the Prime Minister's warnings of a heightened terror threat. And tonight, firefighters start a strike that is
THE next phase of York's technological revolution is underway. Work has started on a £5.5 million expansion at the Science Park. The development will create more than a thousand jobs and attract millions of pounds into the city. This is a timely boost
SIMON RITCHIE delves into the latest thrillers WHAT would you do if you found a million pounds in used notes in the street? Hand them in or keep them? Unemployed dock worker and drug addict Joey Coyle did the latter. His true story is told in Finders
DERVLA Murphy may be 71 but she is still going strong, cycling hundreds of miles, and never one to shy away from journeys that demand stamina and courage. Her latest sees her wheeling her way through the Balkans, experiencing war-torn Croatia and into
Conventional history portrays the Dark Ages as an ominous period precipitated by the fall of Rome. Rudgley challenges this view, accusing the Romans of a vested interest in propagating their own version of history. He examines the fall of Rome, the Anglo
YOUNG sportsmen and women at York schools will soon be able to raise their game - thanks to a pioneering scheme at the University of York. More than 50 students and staff at the university are expected to gain recognised coaching skills through a Sports
PUPILS and staff at a York school were seeing double when they held a special twins day to round off Book Week. Many of Bootham School's 430 pupils paired up and came to school dressed as their favourite fictional twins. Each pair paid £1, which was donated
THE thin green line - these are some of the RAF personnel who from 6pm tonight will be responsible for tackling fires and dealing with accidents across the York area after firefighters begin their strike. They are pictured at Imphal Barracks with their
YORKSHIRE make a Good Friday start to their 2003 season when Northamptonshire visit Headingley on April 18 for the Frizzell County Championship curtain-raiser. And club chairman Geoff Cope has already said that Yorkshire's top priority next summer will
WITHOUT Walls is the new name of the project to draw up a vision for York. The title is apt in more than a "think out of the box", management consultant-speak sort of way. Because it also reminds us that, if a former York council had had its way, this
IN response to your report about City of York Council refuse collections (November 11), I should like to know exactly what I am paying council tax for if, as is thought, our weekly refuse collections go by the board? I have heard that some wheelie bins
MANY of the criticisms of council policy made by John Miller ("Is York anti-car", November 1) are not a consequence of traffic calming, but of some motorists' responses to it. Accelerating between humps, using traffic-calmed routes in preference to slightly
RATHER than paint speed cameras bright yellow they should be camouflaged to blend in with their surroundings, well hidden behind trees, bushes and the occasional slow-moving prickly mammal. They should be unannounced and concealed and be just as sneaky
A NEW group of MPs and peers set up to focus on ways to tackle heart disease have heard from Britain's heart tsar, York consultant cardiologist Dr Roger Boyle, pictured. Lord Smith of Clifton was among those attending the reception of the new All-Party
YORK had a worse record than all but one of its neighbouring North Yorkshire districts for new business start-ups last year, the Treasury revealed today. The business "birth rate" in the city was 29 for every 10,000 people, significantly below the England
KIRKDALE'S St Nicholas Fair will be on Saturday at St Hilda's Church, Beadlam, and organisers are promising it will be bigger than ever. The annual event starts at 10am, with Christmas-themed children's activities until noon. Entry costs £2 and includes
EAGER fundraisers have already swung into action in York and North Yorkshire to raise money for Friday's Children in Need appeal. Sainsbury's chef Danny Cartwright held a cookery demonstration at the supermarket chain's Monks Cross store to raise money
PANTO joker Martin Barrass warmed up for his Christmas performance by dropping in to see some of his biggest fans. The actor, who will be doing his usual seasonal stint in York Theatre Royal's production of Babbies In The Wood this year, spent a day at
GLOOM has descended on Yorkshire's manufacturers as the total of new orders fell markedly for the seventh time in a row. The drop of about 20 per cent is reported in today's quarterly regional trends survey carried out by the CBI and Experian Business
PROFESSOR Tony Robards, the man at the centre of York's bio-tech boom, was today celebrating after receiving the insignia of the OBE from the Queen. The pro vice-chancellor of external relations at York University received his award at Buckingham Palace
WORK has started on a £5.5 million building project that will complete a development widely seen as the engine room of York's economy. The information technology centre at York Science Park is expected to attract 54 new companies, creating more than 300
A BUSINESSMAN whose property was badly hit by a massive blaze during what would have been the first firefighters' strike spoke out today as industrial action loomed this evening. Fire ripped through Brian Dale's business on Wheelgate, Malton, only hours
YORK City geared up for this Saturday's crunch FA Cup first round tie against Swansea with a spell in the fast lane. Maintaining his tradition of unusual pre-cup outings, manager Terry Dolan took his squad to the F1 Karting circuit at Monk's Cross. The
YORK City chairman John Batchelor is considering selling shares in the football club. That could lead to fans having a greater say in the club while helping help ease the Minstermen's current financial problems. Batchelor has admitted such a scheme could
THE FUSE has been lit on a firework blitz by City of York Council. Councillors voted to support a motion demanding Government action to increase restrictions on their sale. Liberal Democrat Coun Andrew Waller asked the council to request the Government
TADCASTER Grammar School stormed to the Inter Girls race at the North East regional round of the English Schools Cross Country Cup. As a result they qualified for the national finals in Cheshire on December 7, along with St Peter's School. There will
WHEN I reviewed Anne Rice's last book in The Vampire Chronicles, I said the only way to read these was over an entire weekend with the phone off the hook and no other plans. So that's what I did this time, just me and the book and some supplies in the
