HUNDREDS of athletes tested their endurance levels as they took on a gruelling triathlon challenge in the shadow of one of North Yorkshire’s most famous stately homes. The Castle Howard Triathlon, staged on Saturday, saw competitors swim, cycle
DISCIPLINARY action has been taken against a Yorkshire ambulance chief after he posted an online message branding NHS staff “lazy” and “aggressive”. Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust policy and strategy director David Forster made the comments
THOUSANDS of visitors made it another bumper turn-out for one of North Yorkshire’s largest village events yesterday. The grounds of Sutton Park, at Sutton-on-the-Forest, were the venue for the annual Huby and Sutton Show, with equine and livestock classes
MORE than £36 million is owed in child maintenance arrears across North Yorkshire, according to a charity’s analysis. Gingerbread, an organisation which supports single parents, has obtained a constituency-by-constituency breakdown of how much money
FIREFIGHTERS were called in to deal with a blaze at cliffs in North Yorkshire over the weekend which is believed to have been started by arsonists. The alarm was raised at 9.20pm on Saturday, as the flames stretched across 250 square metres of the
CHARITIES Next Steps and Jessie’s Fund will receive £3,243.81 each thanks to the fundraising efforts of the past chairman of Ryedale District Council. Coun Di Keal made the organisations her designated charities during her year as chairman. Next Steps
THE chief executive of North Yorkshire County Council says redundancies are looming and frontline services will be hit because of the authority’s £100 million cash crisis. Richard Flinton’s stark assessment of the financial situation facing the organisation
TWO people were taken to hospital after a crash on the North York Moors on Saturday. The collision, involving a Volkswagen Beetle and a Skoda Octavia, happened at about 3.50pm on the A171, at Roxby, near Whitby. A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
PICKERING eased into second place in division one by gaining the better of a draw with Sheriff Hutton Bridge in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League. There was another half-century for the Pikes’ dependable Colin Frank, who made
Three of Malton & Norton RUFC’s under-12 team decided to get in some early pre-season training on Saturday by competing in the Castle Howard Triathlon. All three boys are part of the club's East Yorkshire Championship winning side of 2009/10, and they
Tenth-placed Goole Town pulled off the shock result of the day – and arguably the season – when they beat Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League premier division leaders Clifton Alliance. Neil Foster was the only Goole batsman to register a
Duncombe Park’s Brian Leckenby hit his second successive league century – and his third three-figure score in eight days – in a division three win over Bolton Percy. Leckenby has racked up 424 runs in four innings without being dismissed in
Richard Fahey, whose three winners on Saturday included his 100th of the season, puts Mayson to the test tomorrow on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood. The two-year-old finished a close second on his debut at York last month before going
Ajmal Shahzad picked the perfect time and place to record his best bowling figures in a competitive one-day match as Yorkshire blew Middlesex away to maintain their 100 per cent start to the Clydesdale Bank 40 at Lord’s. Less than four hours after
KIEREN FALLON pocketed both of the big races on Music Showcase Saturday at York Racecourse. The former champion jockey produced a superbly timed run on Summit Surge to win the £100,000 Sky Bet York Stakes and repeated the trick half an hour later when
