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Book review: Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by Trisha Ashley
Easing yourself into a Trisha Ashley novel is rather like slipping into a comfortable – but very sparkly – pair of shoes.
Book review: The Children’s Crusade by Elliott Hall
Like an episode of TV’s Midsomer Murders, the body count starts to rise alarmingly in the final part of Elliott Hall’s chilling and futuristic Strange Trilogy.
Book review: Master and God by Lindsey Davis
Some novels impress with their research, others with their gripping storyline and others simply because they entertain.
Book review: Traitor by Rory Clements
In 1593, Lancashire was a hotbed of closet Catholics who would happily see the Protestant Elizabeth I toppled from her throne ... and the sleepy market town of Ormskirk, nestling between Preston and Southport, was the centre of a deadly conspiracy.
Book review: Berlitz USA Handbook by Jennifer Paull and Annika Hipple
Whether you are grown-up ‘gappers’ or first-time adventurers, don’t head off on holiday this year without your ideal travelling companion.
Sport
Tennis troubles in the dark
Sledmere tennis players were in full force in Pocklington this week, fielding teams to play Pocklington’s mixed B and E, and the ladies B, with mixed results.
Under-11s go on tour
Pocklington Under-11s’ rugby tour to Blackpool saw them playing against some local teams at Preston Grasshoppers.
Sutton’s season starts
After the disappointment of their first match of the season being cancelled last week, Sutton ladies were raring to go. They played host to Copmanthorpe in their first match in division four, after gaining promotion last season.
Pocklington enjoy home run
The first 10km race of the YDRRL summer series took place on a gloomy and cool evening that was more suited to the winter.
Lifestyle
Book review: All Teachers Great and Small by Andy Seed
‘Dear Mr Seed, I am sorry that are Jack was not at school yesterday. He put on such a groth spurt in the night that nun of his clowthes fitted im next morning so I had to take him to shops. Mrs R.’
Book review: The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
Climb into the passenger seat, sit back and join time traveller Ian Mortimer on a journey into some of the rotten truths about the much-heralded Elizabethan age...
Book review: The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah
Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a high-profile murder investigation team?
Book review: Second World War Infantry Tactics by Stephen Bull
‘Battles and wars are not won unless the infantry is standing on the land that once belonged to the enemy. They live under the hardest conditions and suffer the most danger. It is the pits, a place to stay out of...’
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Book review: This Country Business by Max Hardcastle
Wit, grit and plenty of slapstick ... true Yorkshireman Max Hardcastle is back with the third instalment of his madcap memoir of life in the Dales.
Community
A fashionable evening
FASHIONISTAS put their best foot forward to raise £710 for Pocklington Arts Centre.
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Weather for Pocklington
Sunday 20 May 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 7 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 7 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North
