An “out of control” axeman stopped traffic and threatened to hit a terrified motorist and youths on a canal towpath, York Crown Court heard.
A COUPLE fired from a four-star hotel in North Yorkshire after complaining about a colleague partying have lost their battle for unfair dismissal.
A WOMAN who was a pillar of her local community is facing jail after she admitted causing the death of a 21-year-old in an accident on the A64.
A YORK man whose hobby was snaring wild song birds was caught setting traps by the roadside while going to Seamer Horse Fair, a court heard.
A CRICKET-WIDOW who battered her 76-year-old husband with a rolling pin after claiming years of neglect has been spared jail.
TWIN brothers have been cleared of jointly raping a woman in a pub bedroom after a jury was told they hated the sight of each other.
A SUPER-FIT dad died from a heart attack while rowing his two children in a boat in a seaside bay.
A WOMAN who crashed into petrol pump equipment while almost four-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit has received a suspended jail sentence.
DOZENS of engineering whizz-kids were aiming for top marks in ingenuity as they swapped the classroom for a technology challenge.
WORK is under way to create more than 170 new homes in the former Terry’s chocolate factory in York.
