THE sun is set to shine on thousands of race-goers at York’s Knavesmire tomorrow. York Racecourse bosses are anticipating more than 20,000 people to descend on the city for the Spring May Festival as temperatures look set to soar to 18C. The racing
STUDENTS in York are being urged to avoid a fine by not dumping rubbish as they leave digs in the city. City of York Council is working with the city’s students to encourage them, when they leave their rented properties at the end of term, not to leave
PLANS for a new discount supermarket in East Riding will be unveiled next week. Aldi has announced its intentions to submit proposals for a new neighbourhood food store in Pocklington and intends to showcase them at an exhibition on Wednesday
TELEVISION presenter Harry Gration will be presenting awards to mental health care workers in York. The Look North anchorman will be at the Making A Difference And Positive Practice Awards, 2009 at The Retreat, in Heslington Road, on Wednesday. The
YOUNGSTERS on the edge of York may soon have a new nursery on their doorsteps after proposals to extend a school were unveiled. Plans to extend Headlands Primary School, in Haxby, to create facilities for toddlers – which would be run by an independent
As the first intake of girls to spend their teenage years at Ampleforth College complete their final term, their portraits will remind future generations of their pioneering role in ending almost 200 years of male dominance. To mark the impending departure
Residents and staff at Alex Lyon House Sheltered Housing scheme have celebrated the work of one of City of York Council’s longest serving carers. Pat Mercer has cared for older people across the city for 36 years, working as a home carer for the council
THE final chance to place bids in the Artfulness auction to raise funds for the British Red Cross will take place at Amie Antoniak’s gallery in Goodramgate, York, on Wednesday from 7pm. “Everybody is welcome to come along for a glass of wine and find
HARRY Malkin was a miner, just like his father and grandfather before him, until the strike of 1984. When Fryston Colliery closed, by then working as a fitter at the pit, Harry started drawing, taking off for countryside walks with his sketchbook after
East meets West in the early-summer exhibition by Yorkshire artists Susan Bower and Elaine Turnbull at Kentmere House Gallery, Scarcroft Hill, York. Susan has lived near Tadcaster for 30 years, but until she began to show at Kentmere House, she was
The Society of Wildlife Artists is exhibiting at The Blake Gallery, in Blake Street, York, for the second time. York ceramic sculptor Jill Moger is sharing the gallery floors and walls with fellow members Kim Atkinson, David Bennett, Brin Edwards,
LATE-NIGHT taxi travel is set to be made easier and safer across Ryedale as a string of new ranks swing into operation. Three new full-time sites which will allow hackney carriages to pick up passengers have been set up around the county, together with
THE last few years have been anguished for Ian Broudie, frontman of the Lightning Seeds, whose pop froth cascaded across the 1990s. Loved ones have perished, including an elder brother who committed suicide, leaving Broudie to look at life is as if
THE Cowtown crew’s aim for Western Swing of the Grand Old Opry succeeds without creating a particularly original sound of their own. The good-natured, mainly up-tempo hoe-down music has spirited violin by Elena James, her appealing vocals evoking
GRAHAM Gouldman is leading 10CC on their first full-scale British tour for two years, playing almost 30 dates from late-April into June as part of a 94-date trek of five countries that began last October. Gouldman, on vocals, bass and guitar, will be
MINISTER’S daughter Tori Amos is writing her debut musical, The Light Princess. While researching the classic musicals on DVD, Amos heard Guys And Dolls lead character Sarah Brown – a Salvation Army officer, and therefore someone equally influenced by
“THIS is Art Brut versus Satan/The record buying public, we hate them,” spits Eddie Argos in his alarmist singing-talking voice, a splenetic mode of expression that has brought more success for Talking Heads’ David Byrne, The Fall’s Mark E Smith and even
THE Toyota Avensis has always been a sensible choice. You don’t get to be the biggest car manufacturer in the world without understanding a little about what your customers want, and the Avensis provides a lot of answers for the company car driver or
PLENTY of jostling at the Bar Of Reference Points on the second offering from garage rockers The Horrors: you have to barge My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Editors, Echo And The Bunnymen and even some early Verve out of
HE might be the saviour of the free world but Barack Obama has a lot to answer for, not least the downfall of Greenday. You could rely on George Dubya Bush to make people mad, including Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt of the band. But
TRUMPETER Loz Speyer has spent time playing with Cuban musicians and his band Time Zone plays high-energy jazz with strong Afro-Cuban roots. With the added congas of Colombian Alejandro Martinez and guitarist Jez Franks, Time Zone comes to Wakefield
As part of the 15th anniversary celebrations for Jessie’s Fund, the York music charity is inviting you to support its Soundtracks programme in special schools. “With a little help from Jessie’s Fund, you can run a Purple People Day event at your school
AFTER five years in the musical wilderness, the real Slim Shady is standing up again. Or rather, the real Marshall Mathers is getting to his feet after being floored by an addiction to prescription painkillers. Eminem in 2009 is clean and
A whole new breed of car has been spawned by the quest for lower CO2 emissions and better fuel consumption figures. Many manufacturers now include in their stable special derivative models with tag-on monikers like Greenline, Blue Motion, ecoflex or
Just a quickie with ... Hawkwind founder Dave Brock, still travelling in his Silver Machine as the 67-year-old vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player in London’s proponents of sci-fi acid rock. How long have you been in Hawkwind and did you expect
HEALTH bosses are keeping their fingers crossed that they are close to waving a final goodbye to a persistent winter bug which has dogged them into the summer. Staff at York Hospital are continuing to battle the effects of norovirus, which causes severe
THE music of Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond will be woven together in Carole Todd’s multimedia concert You Don’t Bring Me Flowers at the Grand Opera House, York, on Thursday, June 18. Directed and staged by Todd with musical supervisor and assistant
YOUNGSTERS in York had an udderly enjoyable experience when a special double-decker vehicle made a scheduled stop. The Asda Dairy Bus visited St Oswald’s CE Primary School to help educate youngsters on all things dairy. The educational facility is
York poet Helen Burke is to perform a selection of her inspiring, funny, quirky and moving poetry tomorrow between 2pm and 4pm at Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York. The event forms part of the Churches Conservation Trust’s 40th anniversary programme at
FOLK rock innovators Fairport Convention play in acoustic mode at The Duchess, York, tonight. Be sure to arrive early as they will be on stage at just after 8pm. “Here’s a unique opportunity to catch Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Ric Saunders, Chris Leslie
There will be a special preview screening of Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric (15) at City Screen, York, on Thursday, June 4 at 8pm. The evening will conclude with a satellite question-and-answer session with the English film-maker and the French footballer
AS many as 64 students at the University of York are seeking to become The York Apprentice 2009. On Monday evening the university’s Entrepreneur Society launches its week-long quest to find the crème de la crème of entrepreneurs for the third year running
A PIONEERING guide to help family businesses has been co-sponsored by York accountants Garbutt & Elliott. The guide, Taking The Family Business Seriously, is the work of The International Centre for Families in Business (ICFIB). It highlights the areas
YORK composer Ambrose Field, tenor John Potter and film-maker Mick Lynch will be on stage in Bergamo, the Italian hill town near Milan, on Sunday, for a performance of Being Dufay. Field’s new work is a setting of vocal fragments by Flemish master
TAMARA Harvey is directing Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce at the West Yorkshire Playhouse upon the recommendation of the knighted playwright himself. “I came up and met [artistic director] Ian Brown before Christmas and we had this amusing
VISITORS and residents took a step back in time when a new walk was launched in York. Local author Simon Grey, launched his Viking Walk this week, taking a tour through the city’s ancient past. The walk is split into three sections; looking at the Viking
IN the last show before the Edinburgh Preview season begins next week, the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club presents Ivan Brackenbury in a belated Christmas Roadshow tour date at City Screen, York, on Sunday. The comic creation of comedian Tom Binns, Brackenbury
AT THE stroke of midnight after Thursday’s 1331 Comedy show in York, promoter and host James Christopher will turn 31. “I’ll be at hand, trying to be as amusing as possible while mourning the passing of my youth,” says James, who will introduce a 9pm
WHERE were manager Phil Brown and his relegation-threatened Hull City squad only three nights before their Survival Sunday match against Manchester United? Watching Martin Barrass, Roy North and Una McNulty in Alan Plater’s revival of Confessions Of
REGULAR principal girl Suzy Cooper is swapping styles in her latest role at York Theatre Royal. From tomorrow, Suzy will appear in The Homecoming, Harold Pinter’s deeply dark domestic drama of long-hidden rivalries, fears, triumphs and pain. She
YORK City chairman Jason McGill has scotched suggestions that boss Martin Foyle could have applied for the assistant manager’s job at Crewe Alexandra. The City manager has been linked with replacing Neil Baker, who is moving on from his role as Gudjon
OLYMPIC rowing legend Matthew Pinsent and Paralympic star Shelly Woods paid a flying visit to York to launch a new fitness challenge at the city’s Nestlé factory. More than 700 staff at the chocolate-making plant have been fitted with pedometers to
HOW easy is it to remember the landmarks of your life? Whereas TS Eliot’s J Alfred Prufrock measured out his life with coffee spoons, 70-year-old Sir Alan Ayckbourn can do so with his plays, all 72 of them. In his first production since stepping down
YORK Cricket Club cannot afford another slip up when they entertain Hull & YPI in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League. The Clifton Parkers were rocked by a ten-wicket defeat at Scarborough last weekend, but recovered well to edge past Chesterfield
KNIGHTS director of rugby James Ratcliffe reckons a result against unbeaten Dewsbury Rams in Championship One this weekend will show the huge strides the team have been making over the past few months. Hot off a record 80-6 win over London Skolars
WOODHOUSE Grange Cricket Club host Alne in the area semi-final of the npower National Village Cup on Sunday aiming to reach Lord’s for a third successive year. The Hunters York & District Senior League champions, based at Sutton-on-Derwent
Yorkshire’s director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon has insisted that England’s decision to call up Adil Rashid for the World Twenty20 will have no bearing on whether the leg-spinner plays against Lancashire tonight. Moxon has preferred left-armer
JUST over six weeks ago, I was throwing two coins over each shoulder into Rome’s Trevi Fountain. Romantics would have you believe that two coins will prompt an engagement. I had been waiting a while so threw in two more – two for me and two for my
York Autograss Club hosted the North of England championships with success for local drivers. More than 350 of the country’s top autograss racers competed, with York drivers victorious in no fewer than ten of the 26 finals. Of those successes, seven
A TOTAL of 30 medals were plundered by York City Baths Club swimmers at the Yorkshire Open Masters event at Scarborough. Leading the way was Lizzie Shaw who medalled in every event she entered, while Alice Lawreson bagged five medals. Medallists:
ONE of York’s biggest pubs could close as the crisis hitting the industry continues, its landlord has warned. Peter Pendlebury, who runs the Windmill in Blossom Street, said its chances of staying open are only 50-50. The landlady at another York pub
TOURISM in York is to get a great new shop front. The city’s visitor information centre is to move out of the De Grey Rooms and into 1 Museum Street. The move will coincide with a £900,000 upgrade that will transform the centre into one of the
Tim Easterby has excellent prospects of landing the sprint honours on both sides of the Pennines tomorrow. Hamish McGonagall represents the Great Habton trainer at York in the £40,000 sportingbet.com Sprint Handicap, while at Haydock Anglezarke bids
WHEN was the last time you walked around the world? Nestlé workers hope to do it in just 125 days – without even leaving York. They are taking part in a global “virtual” challenge. More than 700 staff have been fitted with pedometers to measure
SOME big reputations could be made, or shattered, at York Racecourse tomorrow. If you take the entries list as a guide, it’s a field of eight impressive horses who go for Listed honours in the prestigious Stowe Family LLP Grand Cup. Take the progressive
COULD someone please tell me what is happening to Museum Gardens? I have had the pleasure of walking through the gardens for the past 15 years on my way to and from work, and winter or summer alike they have always looked beautiful. Things
COULD I say a big thank-you to all the A&E staff and ambulance crew working on Monday May 18, early morning. I had the misfortune to be taken ill at work (at Elvington Medical Practice) that day. My collegues at work looked after me very well
THE blistering form that earned Simon Dyson a prized place in next month’s US Open deserted the North Yorkshire ace in the European Open. Dyson suffered an horrendous first round at The London Club in Ash, where his form was in stark contrast to that
WITH reference to “Race enclosure ‘like a ploughed field’ ” (Soapbox, May 28). During the winter we completed one of the biggest drainage projects undertaken in UK racing. As part of the that we decided that rather than cart the topsoil off site
THOUSANDS of rail passengers are being enlisted in the hunt to find missing York chef Claudia Lawrence. Two major rail companies, National Express East Coast and Grand Central Railways, are doing their bit to help find Claudia, who was last seen on March
WITH reference to the letter from Kenneth Bowker, suggesting Kailash Suri, the boss of Reel Cinema (UK) Ltd, opens with old rave-from-the-grave films, such as From Here To Eternity (Memories of cinema’s golden age, Soapbox, May 22). Is Mr Bowker
It’s the time of year when honey bees decide to move house. Should you or anyone else experience a bee swarm at your property do not hesitate, call me on 07956 063184. I will come over and remove them. This is a free service, no charge will
I AM appalled to think I put my trust in Labour at the last election, thinking a Labour Government would save what the Conservatives destroyed. I thought then we would be happy. Alas, over the years everything started to go bad, what with the Iraqi
At lasT, a degree of honesty and frankness from a City of York Council member (“We got it all wrong”, The Press, May 18). It’s difficult to find fault with much of Coun Vassie’s outburst. However, as is so often the case these days with politicians
The four letters recently published on affordable housing (Homes policies “just an illusion”, May 26), show a range of views and opinions, some of which may be more based on fact than others. City of York Council’s current policy is that 50
IT has been hailed a miracle cure among dieters, but the side effects of the first over-the-counter weight loss pill, Alli, might change their minds. Orlistat – brand name Alli – works by blocking the absorption of fat in the body and has been
Updated: THE millions of visitors who come to York each year are to benefit from a new £900,000 tourism centre scheduled to open this autumn. Described as being “the best in the country”, the new Visitor Information Centre at 1 Museum Street
WAYNE Westmoreland won round 11 of the Bob-Co Spring Angling League at Carpvale after he topped the 40-pegger event from peg 11 on Cyprio. The Yorkshire Baits rodman used paste at ten metres for 18 carp to 7lb. Steve Mazza (Yorkshire Baits) was also
FREE-scoring York Acorn ARLC winger Leigh Rientoul is to tour the Ukraine with BARLA Great Britain Under-23s. The 22-year-old is already an U21 international having gone on their tour to Russia in 2007, when a half-back with Heworth, and he has been
YORK comedy promoters Kill For A Seat Comedy presents musical stand-up comedian Silky and special guests at the Black Swan, Peasholme Green, York, tonight. This will be a rare show in York for this one-time local resident, who has played everywhere
A HOODED attacker who subjected a lone woman to an indecent assault near the University of York is being hunted by police. The victim had been dropped off by a taxi on Holmefield Lane, and was returning to student accommodation in the early hours of
Updated: THE driver of a hire van has been arrested after a crash on the A64 in which a motorcyclist suffered serious injuries. The collision, involving a blue motorcycle and a white Luton van, both travelling on the eastbound carriageway, near Whitwell-on-the-Hill
DOZENS of singers, musicians and dancers will gather for two days of folk and acoustic music at the 2009 City of York Folk Weekend from midday tomorrow at the Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green, York. Organised by the Black Swan Folk Club, this
OFFICIALS at City of York Council have launched an investigation after it emerged a financial consultant was jailed for corruption only weeks after leaving the authority. Adam Ozakpinar worked for the council’s procurement team for ten months after being
ANIMAL rights campaigners have demanded tourism staff stop selling tickets for a circus which is due to arrive in York next week. Zippos Circus, which includes horses and budgies among its attractions, will set up camp for a four-day stay in
