STEPHEN and Susan Groves were well-known and well-liked. Mr Groves, a bus driver, was popular with passengers and colleagues alike. His wife had worked at the same bank for 25 years. They were devoted to one another and their family. Mr and Mrs Groves
IT is the big ideas that change the world, a television advertisement insists - the wheel, electricity, the Internet. Big ideas are all very well, but they do not deal with life's little irritations. Like: how do you stop your shopping sliding around
Catterick offers the best chance of any racing on turf tomorrow, and Howard Johnson will be among those trainers with their fingers crossed that the meeting goes ahead. A 7.30am inspection of the course is planned tomorrow morning and a slight rise in
GORDON Steel's number one love is football, even if he is a Middlesbrough season ticket holder. He has played the game for years - "to a good standard I might say, as a fast and tricky winger" - and he has been watching the Boro since 1965 when his father
Macclesfield caretaker manager Gil Prescott arrives at Bootham Crescent tomorrow still looking for his first win since taking charge at Moss Rose. Prescott was installed as the Silkmen supremo less than 48 hours after City brought about the downfall of
Vertical Limit (12, 124 minutes) Chris O'Donnell's latest project, a relentless romp set on the treacherous slopes of K2, runs short of breath before it has even glimpsed the mountain. Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell) and his sister Annie (Robin Tunney
Beautiful Creatures (18, 88 minutes) BEAUTIFUL Creatures is the first film from the National Lottery-funded DNA, the production company newly established by producers Duncan Kenworthy and Andrew Macdonald. Between them, their past credits take in Four
Peter Wray has found the perfect opportunity to market his work. While the Adze Gallery management team of Dave Durham and Dee Bray-Calvert are away on holiday, he is not only running their Goodramgate art space in York but also filling the walls with
The Flintstones Burgertime In Bedrock, published by Swing! For Gameboy Color. The aim of this new Flintstones game is to succeed in being head of security by protecting Mr Slate's new fast-food restaurant, Bronto King, and this is done by walking over
Scarborough travel to Kingsmeadow to face FA Cup heroes Kingstonian, hoping to extend their eight-match unbeaten run in the Nationwide Conference League. Manager Neil Thompson and leading scorer Steve Brodie both missed the FA Trophy win at Runcorn last
Roach are likely to be the target species this weekend as waters below York host the third round of the Acomb Tackle York Winter League. The river should be at its best level since the start of the current campaign and prospects look encouraging. Although
TWO North Yorkshire ports are to be improved after the Government gave them the go-ahead to borrow more than half a million pounds. Whitby will receive the larger amount, a total of £425,000 for the work that includes the renewal of steel sheet piling
Pocklington Rugby Union Club first team's Yorkshire division one derby clash at home to Hull tomorrow has added spice with the early return of former player-coach Gary Pearce, who became Hull's director of coaching just over a week ago. Pearce had originally
HARROGATE Town will be hoping 13th is not an unlucky omen for them tomorrow as their new-found form comes under scrutiny at high-riding Bradford Park Avenue. Town's 1-0 win at North Ferriby United last week lifted them to 13th in the UniBond League division
Drivers battled through treacherous conditions after snow fell on the county's roads today - and forecasters have warned of more bad weather to come. A PA weather spokesman warned the worst affected areas would be the North York Moors. "Temperatures could
York Wasps Rugby League Club have rearranged their postponed Northern Ford Premiership match against Sheffield Eagles for Sunday, February 25. The match was called off on Sunday because of a frozen pitch. This new date, however, is subject to neither
Education Secretary David Blunkett has announced payments of nearly £30m to be spent on rebuilding or refurbishing schools in York and North Yorkshire over the next three years. The cash will be used for projects including new classrooms, better laboratories
Macclesfield caretaker manager Gil Prescott arrives at Bootham Crescent tomorrow still looking for his first win since taking charge at Moss Rose. Prescott was installed as the Silkmen supremo less than 48 hours after City brought about the downfall of
Pupils at a York school got a real lift out of a map reading lesson. The Year Six children at Clifton Without Junior School, welcomed a team from Ordnance Survey with their hot air balloon decorated with brightly coloured map symbols. Pupils were told
TEENAGE midfielder Leigh Wood has been drafted in the York City squad for tomorrow's match with Macclesfield. With first teamers Kevin Hulme and Christian Fox this week ruled out for the rest of the season manager Terry Dolan has been left perilously
MOTORISTS today renewed calls for a notorious A64 gap to be shut, following yet another accident. The crash, which slowed rush hour traffic to a crawl yesterday evening, was at least the fifth at the Bilbrough Top accident blackspot in only two weeks.
Family and friends of a couple killed by a drink-driver today reacted with outrage and disbelief after his prison sentence was cut by almost a third. Three top judges at London's Appeal Court ruled that the sentence was "too long" and reduced Daemon Mackay's
York Wasps Rugby League Club have rearranged their postponed Northern Ford Premiership match against Sheffield Eagles for Sunday, February 25. The match was called off on Sunday because of a frozen pitch. This new date, however, is subject to neither
ST Aelred's Players present their 24th pantomime, Cinderella, at St Aelred's School next week. "At first glance, there does not seem anything unusual about that but all is not as it seems! The format is a little different," says publicity officer Terry
The Government looks set to announce next week that it will meet the £4.9 million cost of Yorkshire's flooding emergency. But such a breakthrough might still leave hopes of a fast-tracked flood defence scheme for Ryedale - and also of defence improvements
DIMINUTIVE dynamo James Turley is champing at the bit for a Bootham Crescent career change as York City look to outflank Macclesfield Town. After last week's 2-0 defeat at Barnet manager Terry Dolan indicated he was ready to wield the axe with City's
TEENAGE midfielder Leigh Wood has been drafted in the York City squad for tomorrow's match with Macclesfield. With first teamers Kevin Hulme and Christian Fox this week ruled out for the rest of the season manager Terry Dolan has been left perilously
An exhibit from the original Jorvik Viking Centre is to be auctioned off in aid of our hospice appeal. Since the museum shut its doors for a £5 million refit last year, it has been swamped with requests for items from the world-famous Viking settlement
Bounce (12, 106 minutes) 'BOUNCE' conjures images of a happy, light Friday night comedy. This Bounce has all the spring of a dog-punctured tennis ball. Former real-life lovers Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow, whose romance was as on and off as a channel-hopper's
George Wilkinson explores a route on the outskirts of York. FOR walking near York, buy the new Ordnance Survey Explorer 290. The old Pathfinder maps dismembered the city, now its inner ring road is almost bull's-eye centre on the sheet, and radiating
I HAVE been privileged to hunt all my life and totally support all that Mr John Haig wrote (January 16). As a society we have become increasingly intolerant of others whose ideas are different to our own. I can understand that for politicians it is easier
YET again there was another accident at the A64 Bilborough Gap last night. This time it was on the westbound side, however traffic on the eastbound side had slowed to around 20mph by the Aagrah restaurant caused purely by people slowing to look. This
Driver 2, published by Infogrames for PlayStation THE sequel to the best-selling game of 1999 has hit the streets, and it's as addictive as ever. Putting you once more in the role of undercover cop Tanner, only this time the horizons are much wider. Not
Chicken Run, published by Eidos for PlayStation RIGHT, here's the plan. Ginger, you go under the wire and fetch stilts and Mrs Tweedy's dress. Make sure you avoid the farmer's patrol route and keep an eye out for dogs. They're dangerous, you know. What's
Koudelka, published by Infogrames for PlayStation AN odd beast this, but one that could be a bit of a cult hit. This is a role-playing adventure that is something of a cross between Resident Evil and Final Fantasy. Combining the visual style of the zombie-filled
A passer-by who saved a man from being savaged by his own dog and an off-duty policeman who intervened in a nightclub brawl were today honoured for their bravery. They were among dozens of officers and civilians who received commendations and letters
HEWORTH'S Silk Cut Challenge Cup opponents, Batley Bulldogs, are to part company with boss Jon Sharp just a week before the two teams meet for their third-round tie. The former Hull forward is to quit as head coach of the Northern Ford Premiership club
NORTH Yorkshire golf star Simon Dyson was roaring up the leaderboard in the Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg today. The Malton and Norton ace, in his first event since joining the European Tour, was in blistering form as he put overnight leader
Ever wondered how to stop bags of groceries sliding around in the back of your car on the way back from the supermarket? A man from Tadcaster may just have the answer. Robert Soper,inventor of the Shopstick, was one of dozens of Yorkshire entrepreneurs
RESIDENTS were warned today that a new flyover on the A64 could be delayed by a year if they force a public inquiry. The Highways Agency said the £3 million project at Bilbrough Top must be completed before they could close the notorious gap in the central
DIMINUTIVE dynamo James Turley is champing at the bit for a Bootham Crescent career change as York City look to outflank Macclesfield Town. After last week's 2-0 defeat at Barnet manager Terry Dolan indicated he was ready to wield the axe with City's
About 150 Royal Mail staff were evacuated from York's city centre sorting office after a suspect package was discovered there today. Police were alerted just before 7am and sealed off Leeman Road while Army bomb disposal experts were called in to deal
In the latest twist in the transatlantic adoption tug of war, twins Belinda and Kimberley have been taken into care. If anything is to be learned from the whole sorry affair, it is that the child must come first. STEPHEN LEWIS reports THERE could hardly
More scandal on the net. HOWARD DAVIS looks at the dismal farce of buying babies over the World Wide Web IT IS a tale of desperation. The first few months of Kimberly and Belinda Wecker's life are little short of appalling. Sold by their mother, Tranda
