North Yorkshire

Flood alerts as storms batter UK

guardian.co.uk     10 hrs ago   23 related          

Four die, 200 flood warnings are issued - and Britain is now braced for more bad weather A boy plays in water on a flooded road near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Any hopes of an Indian...                    

Flooding feared as autumn downpours soak Britain

guardian.co.uk     19 hrs ago   50 related          

Environment Agency issues severe flood warnings as torrential rain heads for northern England A Gloucestershire postwoman delivers mail during downpours in the south-west yesterday. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Cumbria,...                    

3 Dead in Storms, Flooding Sweeping Britain

foxnews.com     18 hrs ago   65 related          

Three people are dead and emergency services are working around the clock as heavy rain and floods sweep across Britain. Authorities warned people to avoid the worst-affected areas, but already residents and motorists...                    

Local custom

ft.com     yesterday          

The early evening scene I witnessed in the bar of The White Swan Inn in Pickering, north Yorkshire would have warmed the hearts of its owners, Victor and Marion Buchanan, had they not been on holiday in the much hotter...                    

CATTERICK CALLED OFF

sportinglife.com     yesterday          

Friday's meeting at Catterick has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track. Conditions at the North Yorkshire have gradually deteriorated throughout the day and clerk of the course Jonjo Sanderson was forced to call a...                    

Teen's head swells with alcohol mixture

upi.com     yesterday   5 related          

Published: Sept. 5, 2008 at 1:34 PM YORK, England, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The head of a British teenage girl swelled up after the 19-year-old took a sip of an alcoholic drink containing a mystery ingredient, her mother says....                    

DUO BID FOR BIG POT

sportinglife.com     05-Sep-2008   1 related          

Able Master and Prime Mood are on course to represent Bryan Smart in the Weatherbys Insurance £300,000 Two-Year-Old Stakes at Doncaster next Thursday. The North Yorkshire trainer hopes to pick up some of the attractive...                    

Miller backs city plan over Metrolinx draft

theglobeandmail.com     04-Sep-2008   4 related          

Mayor David Miller defended his proposed Transit City light-rail network yesterday, responding to word that a draft transportation plan from the provincial agency Metrolinx would rewrite his scheme and call for a more...                    

Football: Stewart Downing's former agent arrested on suspicion of fraud

guardian.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   12 related          

Downing complained to the police about his Elliott. Photograph: K Williams/Action The former agent of Middlesbrough's England winger Stewart Downing has been detained by the fraud squad in connection to allegations of...                    

Council fight to save phone boxes

bbc.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

A council in North Yorkshire is campaigning to save 50 public phone boxes threatened with closure under plans by BT. As well as objecting to the removal on emergency and safety grounds, Harrogate council says the phone...                    

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