A DRIVER had to stop his train after a youth shone a laser light pen into his eyes from the side of the track. The youth was allegedly part of a group of four in a field by the railway line in Copmanthorpe, York, when the incident happened at 9.30 last
BRITAIN'S first "test-tube baby" triplets are to meet the man who helped their mother and father to conceive more than 16 years ago. Anne Ma'aye, lives in Haxby, York, with her daughter, Nourah, and two sons Khalil and Khaled. The triplets were born in
How often is it that you get the opportunity to indulge your passions? My husband and I have just spent a most enjoyable, if soggy, weekend giving in to two of mine - history and chocolate. Staying at the four-star Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel and Country
YORK has plenty of history books and one or two pub guides. Now the city has a new historic pub guide. Historic Pubs In And Around York is an updated and expanded version of a book first published five years ago. It is, unfortunately, a slim volume because
The end of July sees a lot of cutting back taking place in our garden. Borders and beds often look overgrown and tatty by this time of year and with several weeks still to go of summer, it seems a good time to get them sorted out. Hardy geraniums, aquilegia
Malton and Norton golfer Simon Dyson was today hoping to build on a great second round which has put him in contention for the TNT Dutch Open at Noordwijkse. He finished with a flourish yesterday with birdies at the 16th and final holes to finished in
IT is brewed in Yorkshire squares, it is drunk in Yorkshire pubs, it is produced in a Yorkshire village and now its ingredients a grown on its Yorkshire doorstep. The barley for Black Sheep Ale is now being grown within a pint's throw of the Masham brewery
YORK Wasps RL Club will begin next week with a new coach at the helm. Interviews with all six candidates have now been completed and the club are on the brink of naming the new man in charge. Chief executive Ann Garvey revealed the board had already made
A HEALTH Minister has praised patient-centred York District Hospital's services for reflecting the spirit of the new NHS National Plan, during a visit to the city. Yvette Cooper highlighted the hospital's colposcopy unit, the £2million redevelopment of
ENGLAND is calling for another batch of young York City stars of the future. Three boys from last season's under-15s squad have been selected for English School trials with one picked by the Football Association for trials with the full England Under-
TERRINGTON made a pleasant start to a pleasant walk in the Howardian Hills, and I ambled out of the village on New Lane, cul-de-sac tarmac that soon acquires a mohican of grass. The landscape is small-scale valleys, hills and nice farms, wet lands and
TWO pieces of hallowed turf from Wembley Stadium are to be auctioned off by York charities. York MP Hugh Bayley secured the pieces for York Shopmobility and York Mencap after writing to Wembley Stadium. The charities will organise how the turf is to be
A JUDGE has allowed a York murderess to walk free from court after she admitted drugs offences committed while on parole. But the Home Office may yet send former glamorous gran Anne Elizabeth Bishay back to prison to continue the life sentence she received
A VISIT by my folks from Scotland lent the perfect opportunity to spend a day at Castle Howard. Aware that my parents weren't keen on touring stately homes, I knew how to sell the idea to them. I mentioned the 'B' word. Immediately, their enthusiasm rose
BIG BETTY is down the road but we are here to see her little sister. Those among you whose memories go back further than, oh, the last few weeks will recall that Little Bettys used to be Taylors Tearooms. Following a mini corporate make-over, Taylors
Yorkshire missed a great opportunity to take a tight grip on the Roses match at Headingley yesterday after they had put Lancashire in to bat and reduced them to 128 for six at one stage. But they then showed themselves to be an experienced bowler short
QUICK-THINKING hotel staff raised the alarm and searched for squatters after a small fire broke out in a disused building on the corner of St Denys Road and Walmgate in York. Janeen Downie, 25, assistant manager of the St Denys Hotel and Chrissie Bonner
WHEN York's James Thompson lines up on the grid at Donington for the first of tomorrow's two rounds of the British Touring Car Championship, he will be celebrating his 150th start in the competition. He will also be looking forward to returning to the
YORK was ringing to the singing of shop tills today as summer sales fever gripped the city. Queues formed from 3.30am for the start of the Next sale, with the Coney Street store opening its doors at 5am and the Stonegate and Monks Cross outlets following
WAYNE'S world is one to watch for all aspiring youngsters, according to York City coach Adie Shaw. City's veteran full-back Wayne Hall seems certain to earn a year's extension to his current three month deal after proving his fitness during pre-season
