Police have launched a major investigation after officers in York admitted they may have lost live ammunition on the streets of the city. A magazine containing 15 9mm machine pistol rounds may have been accidentally left on the roof of an armed response
THE first play of the new Rowntree Players season is John Godber's Happy Families. Running at Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York from October 5 to 7, Godber's comedy is an affectionate portrait of an ordinary family struggling with change, bereavement and
RIDING Lights, the Christian independent theatre company from York, is on the road with its autumn tour of Friendly Fire. This new play by Riding Lights stalwart Nigel Forde is touring nationwide from September 15 to December 9, including 11 dates at
WHERE Scary Movie is a spoof of all teen slasher movie rites, rules and rituals, Cherry Falls turns one convention on its head, and the clue lies in the punning title. Usually, the vengeful serial killer makes worm meat of the sexually proactive sixth-graders
SCARY Movie brings to mind those Russian dolls that fit one inside the other. A spoof of the Nineties slasher flick, a genre that already had a healthy sense of irony, it parodies many recent films, including The Matrix and The Blair Witch Project, but
I RECENTLY spent some time in York District Hospital, after an incident involving the city's ancient pavements - so tourists beware! To avoid me going 'stir crazy', my brother borrowed a wheelchair and took me walkies. Returning through the main door,
I must respond to certain inaccuracies in the reply by Mr Kennedy of Inner Space Stations (September 26) to my earlier letter. Firstly I was able to determine the oil company's pricing policy simply by telephoning them. One of their representatives said
I AM a soldier based deep in the hills of Kosovo and it is pretty lonely out here as you can probably imagine. So would any one like to write to me? I am 24, from York and support York City. L/Cpl Nick Tolliss, 1 RHA, UK Arty Regt, Op Agricola, BFPO 559
X-Men: Mutant Academy, published by Activision for PlayStation Big movie releases these days are normally partnered with the usual blitz of lovely merchandise - action figures, tomato pasta shapes, novelty toilet seats etc. So it is no surprise for the
A talented young dancer from Riccall, near Selby, has waltzed her way through to a national competition. Karen Garbett, aged seven, of Saunters Way, was named Medallist of the Year in a North East region competition and will now compete in national finals
AS 173 more redundant workers left York's doomed Monroe shock absorber factory today, North Yorkshire firms continued to rally to their rescue. Even as welders, machinists, grinders and people in packaging and warehouse distribution left the gates in
North Yorkshire Police Authority members have hit back at claims of low morale across the force from Police Federation leaders - pointing to the number of officers trying to join from other areas. Graeme Robertson said almost 700 inquiries had been received
A record number of nominations have flooded in for the York Tourism Awards - but there is still time for you to make your selection before the gongs are finally awarded at an Oscars-style ceremony. More than 1,000 nominations have been received so far
Proposals for York's fourth park-and-ride site at the Naburn Designer Outlet have come closer to reality, after city planners gave their backing to the scheme. Environment Secretary John Prescott must now decide whether he wishes to "call in" the plan
The ice has melted, or at least disappeared from its temporary home on a street corner in Clifton, York. A metre-square cube of ten ice blocks, containing resin-coated toys and gifts, was created and placed on the old Imperial Hotel site in Crichton Avenue
A top pig breeding firm went into administrative receivership because a herd tested positive for swine dysentery, it emerged today. More than 50 jobs are said to hang in the balance after bosses uncovered a cashflow problem at Newsham Hybrid Ltd, which
A 16-year-old boy has appeared in custody at York Magistrates Court following an alleged rooftop incident in Portland Street, off Gillygate, yesterday. The teenager from west York, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces seven charges. He is accused
The Hogwarts Express steamed into Goathland Station as filming got under way on the new Harry Potter blockbuster. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is already well-known in Britain as the setting for many scenes from the TV series Heartbeat. Now it is
A multiple vehicle crash closed both carriageways of the A1 near Wetherby Racecourse this afternoon, producing at least six casualties. The accident happened just after midday and a spokesman for Tees East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service said four
FOR want of a better title, Lee Hurst is calling this year's road travels Tour 2000. "It's been going on since February, so I don't know if it refers to the year, the number of gigs, or how I'll be feeling by the end of the tour," says the London dome
PURELY Belter, the new North Eastern comedy by York film-maker Mark Herman, has been chosen to open the 14th Leeds International Film Festival next Thursday. Herman, the award-winning writer-director of Brassed Off and Little Voice, will be attending
Billy Elliott (15), 110 minutes, Warner Village Cinemas, Clifton Moor, York City Screen, York, and Harrogate Odeon, from today. Dancer In The Dark (15), 140 minutes, City Screen, York, from today to October 12. IT was made in the industrial north, its
HOW about Homer's The Odyssey, re-writ large as a homage to Preston Sturges screwball comedy, set in 1930s Mississippi with a song-and-dance George Clooney? If anyone can, the Coen Brothers can. Rooted in Sturges's Sullivan's Travels as much as Homer,
THE hard sell on futuristic serial-killer thriller The Cell involves Jennifer Lopez flashing that Latino smile at Leicester Square premieres. Save for one gratuitous flash of la Lopez's hot bot in knickers as she opens her fridge, her cat brushing against
THE only way to make Park and Ride work is to close down a city centre parking place for every one created elsewhere. Or would this interfere with the regular flow of cash from the city's over-priced parking ticket machines? I am in favour of Park and
IMAGINE the car park next to Clifford's Tower. Now imagine it with grass on. And a few trees, if you like. It didn't change very much did it? There's still that awful view of the back of Fenwicks and the Coppergate toilets, and there's still the noise
ABBA tribute band Abbamania joined people across Yorkshire today in their support for the World's Biggest Coffee Morning - which raises cash for cancer care nurses. Hundreds of kettles boiled across the region as people enjoyed a brew and helped raise
Claims of heroism during the Balkans war by former mercenary Kirk Davies,from Selby, who was shot dead by police earlier this week, were "complete fantasy", it was claimed today. The Croatian International Volunteers Association, a group of Balkans' veterans
Fears are growing for an elderly woman who is still missing from her York home. Gladys Paylor, 71, who was last seen at her home in the north of the city on Monday evening, has still not been located. North Yorkshire Police spokesman Tony Lidgate said
Today was brave Molly-Ann Barnett's big day - as doctors began the bone marrow transplant that could give her the precious gift of life. The six-year-old leukaemia sufferer was due to have the two-hour operation in the Bone Marrow Unit at St James's Hospital
Adorable alien ET could become a member of your family this Christmas. The electronic version of the extra terrestrial, whose wrinkly features and heart of gold captured the hearts of a generation, has come to Britain in toy form thanks to Harrogate importers
A sculpture of a woman baring all has just gone on show at a North Yorkshire church - and already some indignant worshippers are asking for it to be removed to spare their blushes. The controversial bright pink body modelled from clay and fibreglass is
AN emotional party was today set to give York people with learning difficulties the chance to say goodbye as they prepared for their "lifeline" to close. As a last minute appeal for cash gathers weight, the members of Special Needs Activities and Play
On Monday, human rights will be built into English law for the first time. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among
THIRSK trainer David Barron and Sheriff Hutton jockey Kevin Darley can ensure that tomorrow's showpiece event at Redcar, the £100,000 betabet.com Two-Year-Old Trophy, remains in the north. The formidable partnership is represented by Dim Sums, who is
BY British standards, the poll went to the wire. The Danish, conversely, regard their 53 per cent vote against the Euro as a landslide. Ultimately the size of the winning margin does not matter: just like an Olympic sprint it is the result that counts
THE Harry Potter magic evaporated for onlookers trying to catch a glimpse of filming at Goathland Station. JK Rowling's books have captivated children and adults alike with their spellbinding charm, but local people trying to get a sneak preview of the
