YORK and District Rugby League Referees' Society are whistle happy again after their ranks were boosted by 13 newly qualified officials. A shortage of referees and touch judges in the amateur game prompted the York committee to run a refereeing course
YORK student Gemma Gibson has netted the trip of a lifetime to Australia after being selected for the England Under-21s netball team's tour Down Under. Gemma Gibson Gibson, who is not 18 until next month, made it into the final 16 after several months
YORK Wasps RL Club's directors have dug deep into their own pockets to keep the club alive. Chief Executive Jim Race today revealed that the amount of money the club have hoped would come in through gate receipts and sponsorship had not been forthcoming
A THEME park which turns knuckles white is set to stop visitors turning red and suffering from the sun's harmful rays. Lightwater Valley, near Ripon, has launched a one-week Be Safe In The Sun campaign which will see visitors offered free squirts of sunscreen
ONE of North Yorkshire's worst accident blackspots looks set to get road safety improvements - days after a smash injured two people. And a new roundabout to help curb traffic dangers could also be built near the notorious A59 Whixley crossroads after
NORTH Yorkshire's rocket men have set a date for their first attempt at nationwide fame. Jago Packer and Alan Bullock, the bright sparks behind the White Rose 2000 project to produce a rocket built to break the sound barrier, will launch a test flight
DONNA and Tony McTighe are the proud parents of two miracle babies they thought they could never have. The couple, from Cedar Place, Easingwold, are over the moon after the births of little Rhys and Ellie, born only nine months and two days apart. Donna
I INVITE your readers to brew up a nice cup of tea, take part in National Tea Week - and help us raise £50,000 for vital arthritis research. The Arthritis Research Campaign, a leading research charity, is holding its annual brew-up on June 7 to 13, and
THIS Labour Government regards genetically modified food as a beneficial development within the food industry. Tony Blair has been urging people to eat as much GM food as they can cram into their stomachs, saying he eats the lovely stuff most days. A
BETWEEN the early 1920s and 1981, the charity Toc H (among its many community projects) ran hostels for young men in cities and towns in Britain and abroad. These were known as Toc H Marks. Thousands of men, leaving home for the first time, found in them
I GOT a "new" car, a lovely car, then three days later I locked myself out of it. The only key was in the ignition switch, the windows were open a bit so that my little dog had enough air. My cousin came to help me and rang the city council so that I
BRIAN Craven is a pigeon-fancier who does not name any of his flock. Brian Craven But one of his yearlings, Claire, spelled victory at last in the annual St Leonard's Hospice race organised by Trevor Simpson. Craven's yearling, a Jansenn breed, was first
LONG, hot summer days will - hopefully - soon be with us. Families will be heading for the great outdoors intent on fun in the sun. That is when adults and children alike put themselves at risk. Under the ragged ozone layer, the dangers of sunburn have
MATT Hocking has joined York City's fight to reclaim their place in Division Two. Matt Hocking The 21-year-old defender has signed a three-year deal in a £15,000 move from Hull City. "I look at it as a step up for me rather than a step down," said Hocking
YORK City are close to a cash windfall from the imminent sale of former goalkeeper Dean Kiely. Three first division clubs are reportedly comparing big money bids to take Kiely from his current club Bury. The Shakers, who also suffered a relegation drop
FORMER North Yorkshire policewoman Emma Colman is finding that Nato action against Serbia is affecting her job with the Missions To Seamen in Japan. Emma Colman Emma, 30, from Lebberston, near Filey, used to pound the beat in Harrogate. She is now working
ONE man's remarkable odyssey across all continents and more than 50 countries is drawn together in a new photographic exhibition at York's National Railway Museum. Chris Mossop prepares the show at the railway museum Railways of the World starts today
AN escaped ferret caused quite a stir when it fled past a queue of fish shop customers into a York newsagents. The ferret made its bid for freedom in Walpole Street, off Haxby Road, last night and was spotted by a queue of customers waiting for fish and
FLOOD-HIT couple Joe and Edith Tong have achieved their heart's desire to celebrate 60 years of married life back in their happy home. Mr and Mrs Tong will tomorrow celebrate their diamond wedding with their family at their Old Malton house, which was
