IT’S ALL systems go for the huge Olympia Park development in Selby.

CARLTON Village Hall has applied for £324 to install a ramp for wheelchair users.

PLANS to limit parking on a residential street in Sherburn look set to be approved by councillors.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to change town roads as part of the planned new Tesco store will be discussed at North Yorkshire County Council’s Selby Area Committee meeting on Monday.

A PROMINENT former councillor says a village library should be shut down, despite a vote for it to remain open.

POLICE have charged a man with two counts of attempt to cause GBH with intent and driving a motor vehicle dangerously following a mass brawl among a group of Turksih men in Old Goole last week.

THE sound of the West End will thrill audiences on March 3 when Beyond the Barricade returns to Hull New Theatre with a brand new 2012 production.

ELVIS fan Pete Rodgers was all shook up when he checked through his collection of the superstar’s memorabilia.

SELBY TOWN Hall is to host a controversial Edinburgh Festival hit show, called An Instinct for Kindness.

LOCAL lovers of Shakespeare are in for a treat next month when Selby Town Hall screens a live broadcast from London’s National Theatre of The Comedy of Errors.

CHILDREN will be plunged in to poverty when changes to Working Tax Credit come in to force in April, a charity has warned.

A CHARITY that aims to regenerate former mining communities in South Yorkshire, has announced funding towards apprenticeships and job opportunities.

DONCASTER boy band sensation Louis Tomlinson is top of the pops tonight after his band One Direction picked up a prestigious Brit Award.

JOBS at Drax Power station are safe despite a decision to scrap plans for a massive new plant and a reduction in headline profits.

Selby band Route 19 have been chosen to play at the Crooked Ways festival, with headliners, Razorlight.

A PROJECT to collect the memories of people who were involved in Selby’s shipbuilding past has been launched.

FAMILIES are being urged to get together for a unique stargazing event at a Dearne nature reserve.

A POLICE chief has praised communities for putting up a united front to help “scare off” poachers following a worrying increase in the crime across Selby district.

LEAP year tradition has it that February 29 is the only day women are allowed to propose to their boyfriends!

RESIDENTS who do not have access to a mains gas supply are set to benefit from new state-of-the-art heating thanks to the extension of a successful council scheme.