Here is a possible solution to the problem of the lights on the A64 at Copmanthorpe. The issue seems to be that most drivers associate traffic lights with city driving of 30 or 40 mph. In motorway conditions suddenly a single red light stops drivers at
Trainer Venetia Williams and jockey Norman Williamson, who have proved such a formidable combination this season, can take the honours at Market Rasen tomorrow by completingn a double. Cardinal Rule represents the duo in the £10,000 Tote Showcase Handicap
Joanne Cooper's heart-rate is probably still racing. It will take a few days to get over the moment when she returned to a supermarket creche to discover her three-year-old daughter Bethany had gone missing. It is the stuff of parents' nightmares. Luckily
A cancer victim in constant pain had to watch as sewage from blocked drains seeped into her kitchen through the walls. Mitzi Blennerhassett of Slingsby, near Malton, had to wait three hours as water rose, ruining her carpets and contaminating her whole
Red-faced officials at County Hall have admitted that Victorian railings removed from Malton were listed. The ornamental Grade II Listed cast iron railings had stood for nearly 130 years on the bridge in Railway Street. Now Ryedale District Council is
Warnings that drug pushers are targeting teenagers at Huby and alarming claims that youngsters out of their heads on drugs and booze have been spotted having sex in public have sent shockwaves through the village. The problems are highlighted in the latest
Police were today hunting a sex attacker who raped a student after imprisoning her in the toilet of a crowded train between York and Doncaster. Officers issued a new warning to women rail passengers following the 18-year-old's 15-minute ordeal. Police
Let learning curve start in the womb Following the Government's plan to set pre-school targets for three year olds, further evidence of New Labour's desire to spoil childhood reaches this column, thanks to the accidental diversion of a highly secret e-mail
Any businesses planning to collude in the 'bash the smoker' orgy better known as No Smoking Day (March 10) would be advised to think again. Such attacks upon the rights of adult smokers are not only unwarranted interference in people's private lines,
Let me reply to Barbara Whiting's letter (February 9) about the lack of support for contemporary artists at the city's art gallery. Over the past decade, we have staged an annual exhibition devoted to local and regional artists as matter of policy. The
How about a letter-writing competition for TV Pet Hates? Here are some of mine. Intelligent newsreaders signing off with "bubbeye". What's bubbeye? its not in any dictionary. Presenters saying "If you don't want to know the result - look away now." The
The trouble with the "international" force proposed for Kosovo is that it is not international. It is regarded by many, as is NATO, as a Western affair with mixed motives. By involving us so heavily in this and other matters, cheek by jowl with the Americans
A former police sergeant today started his fight at York Crown Court to clear his name after he was convicted of hitting a father as he cradled a sleeping two-month-old baby. Peter Thomas Marsland, of Copmanthorpe, is appealing against his conviction
Amateur RL Struggling Heworth take a break from their National Conference Premier League troubles on Saturday - but they will have anything but a restful afternoon as they finally get back on the BARLA/BNFL National Cup trail. Heworth travel to White
Glory-chasing York Wasps will be cheered on by more than 500 fans as they bid to create the biggest upset in this season's Silk Cut Challenge Cup tomorrow night. Dean Robinson takes his men to Wheldon Road hoping to tame Super League giants Castleford
The thing that went bump in the night on a York ghost walk was nothing to do with the paranormal. It was the more earthly sound of a car being vandalised. Minster Songman Gary Griffiths says his vehicle was thumped and then had its wing mirror wrenched
Angry York Wasps claim it is no longer worth offering transfer fees for players after a tribunal valued former winger Alex Godfrey at just £5,000. The fee, to be paid in installments, was set by the Rugby Football League's two-man panel in Leeds yesterday
Flexible York City battler Gary Himsworth is being tracked by basement club Hartlepool United. It is understood the Third Division club who are under new ownership and management are keen on acquiring Himsworth to aid their drive to scramble clear of
York's overworked magistrates are calling on the city's younger residents and businesses to help them cope with police successes in the fight against crime. They have launched a major recruiting drive to boost their numbers by 18 per cent. So many defendants
An elderly York couple who both suffer from cancer have hit out after receiving an upsetting chain letter. Gwen Hall, of Coniston Drive, Tang Hall, said the letter implied she or her husband Bernard might die unless they sent on the letter to 20 other
A chorister today called for large groups of ghost walkers to be banned from the grounds of York Minster after his car was damaged. Minster songman Gary Griffiths claimed someone in a ghost walk group thumped his vehicle and then wrenched off a wing mirror
A York supermarket has introduced new procedures at its creche after a three-year-old girl went mising. Joanne Cooper, of The Leyes, Osbaldwick, was horrified when her daughter, Bethany, vanished from the facility at Asda, Monks Cross. She said: "We'd
York scientists are to play a key role in investigating genetically modified foods. Experts from the Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton - which was being visited today by the Duke of Kent - have won a £60,000 contract to explore the agricultural
