Yorkshire by David Warner Yorkshire were hit by a violent assault from Gloucestershire openers Gregor Macmillan and Tim Hancock at the start of the championship match at King's School, Gloucester, today, with debutant fast bowler Matthew Hoggard soaking
A York train company today has a new name and look. OUT goes Regional Railways North East, inherited by the privatised firm from the old days of British Rail. IN comes Northern Spirit, along with a bold new livery. "We have chosen a new look that is strong
The parents of a woman and her four-year-old son killed in a road accident in Lanzarote today told of their nightmare journey to the island hours after hearing about the tragedy. Heartbroken Stan and Patsy Thackway had to sit among happy and excited tourists
York vowed today to give shoppers a Christmas lights display to be proud of this winter. A new scheme was launched to help ensure the city centre puts on a sparkling festive show to match rival northern cities. And for the first time the City of York
Racing by Tom O'Ryan Will the nap selection oblige at Haydock tomorrow? Why not Wait'n'See! Trained at Sheriff Hutton by Mick Easterby, Wait'n'See lines up for the Elsa Quirk Apprentices' Handicap with the smart Stan Finnamore in the saddle and is fancied
Manager Alan Little is now ensnared in a game of patience as he seeks to reinforce York City's squad. Exploratory talks have been held between the City boss and several potential targets for next season. But Little was not expecting any firm feedback
Hoop dreams are being realised in York as basketball undergoes a student revolution. York University Basketball Club has finished among the county's prize guys and sights are set on even higher achievement next season. And former national League player
North Yorkshire is home to all but one of the winners in the 1998 White Rose Awards. The county also picked up most of the prizes in the highly commended section of the annual search by the Yorkshire Tourist Board for the best in the industry. A museum
It had been billed as a technically innovative and spectacular Christmas display for York - a high-tech scheme to project computerised images on to the walls of prominent city buildings. But there was embarrassment all round when the equipment had to
Mining company RJB has written to householders in Acaster Malbis, near York, urging them to have structural surveys carried out before a new mining phase begins. Within the next 12 months RJB will extend four faces of its Stillingfleet mine, near Selby
The National Railway Museum in York was today celebrating a £155,000 gift to help improve access for visitors with wheelchairs and pushchairs. The museum was handed the cheque from Railtrack at the 1998 White Rose tourism awards ceremony, in which North
Labour MP John Grogan, who is flying to Northern Ireland tomorrow in the push for a yes vote in the peace deal referendum, clashed with the parents of Special Constable Glenn Goodman, who was murdered by IRA terrorist Paul "Mad Dog" Magee, near Tadcaster
