IT's never too early to start learning about fitness.

And one local gym is doing its bit to help even the youngest of us get involved in exercise.

Newborn babies have been recruited - with their mums - for the new sport of power pramming.

The activity is certainly getting tots moving - albeit it from the comfort and safety of their buggies.

Meanwhile mums wanting to get back in trim after giving birth are enjoying the exertion of power walking - and pushing at the same time.

The new sport has already had its first sessions organised by the Next Generation Club in Hull Road and more may be planned in future.

Power pramming involves "power walking with push chairs for approximately two miles followed by a session of toning exercises".

Babies of course will be taking a supervisory role in the whole activity - perhaps screaming out orders like little coxes in a boat race.

But mums are warned the mini sportsmen and women have also been known to fall asleep on the job.

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THERE'S uproar from regulars at one of York's most unassuming boozers after brewery bosses removed the pub's pool table.

A huge void is now left in the front room of the Wellington Inn, in Alma Terrace, while drinkers sit and rue the loss of the green baize.

The permanently-occupied table was such a hit that some regulars say they will mount a petition to protest against its loss to bosses at Samuel Smith Old Brewery, in Tadcaster.

Others have deserted the friendly local, which is nestled between terraced homes in Fishergate, for the likewise militarily-named Light Horseman, in nearby Fulford Road, where they can still play with a pint.

Either way, unless Sam Smith's bosses back down it seems there's a battle brewing at the Wellington.