Sat, 13 Aug 2011 Mick Easterby hopes hard work and Hoof It can lift Nunthorpe at York | Mick Easterby has mastered Hoof It's wayward tendencies and could take the sprint honours at York's Ebor Festival Mick Easterby celebrates with the winning rider Kieren Fallon after Hoof It's victory in the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty I... | Wambach wins 7th WPS Player of the Week award | MagicJack's Abby Wambach has been named WPS Player of the Week for the seventh time in her career by the North American Soccer Association (NASR). Last week, Wambach scored four goals in two games and helped magicJack clinch the third-place berth in the WPS playoffs a... | Two arrested after power cables stolen near York | TWO men have been arrested after overhead cables were cut from power lines in North Yorkshire. | Nine 50-metre lengths of cables worth around ÂŁ6,500 were stolen near the villages of Stutton and Bolton Percy, with the theft being reported to police yesterday. | The tw... | London riots: Two face jail for inciting on Facebook | Two British teenagers have been charged with posting hate messages on social network Facebook, one of which encouraged the "killing of a million police officers" during the London riots. | Amed Pelle, 18, posted the message to his 2,000 friends on the networ... | Castleford wall memorial for Afghanistan soldiers The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has unveiled a memorial garden to him at his former school. | Rifleman James Backhouse, 18, from Castleford, West Yorkshire, died in an explosion with four other soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Rifles in July 2009. | The Air... | Sheffield Hallam degree honour for referee Howard Webb World Cup and Premier League referee Howard Webb is to receive an honorary degree for his services to sport. | Mr Webb, who is from Rotherham, will be presented with his degree at Sheffield Hallam University on 22 November. | He received altitude training and mental coa... | | |
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