It doesn’t take many words in a review of these five shabbily-groomed Londoners to name-check some pre and post-grunge influences: Dinosaur Jr and Teenage Fanclub usually crop up, as they have here, in the first paragraph. What the second wave
THE Grand Opera House, York, will hold open auditions for this summer’s Stage Experience production of West Side Story on Sunday, March 6 at 10am. The Cumberland Street theatre will open its doors to young actors, musicians and technicians for the
Michael and Eileen Scott are exhibiting at the Norman Rea Gallery, Langwith College, University of York, until March 4. The Scotts are the benefactors of this gallery, which now is run by a student committee. “We’re delighted to welcome them back for
CONVENTIONAL cars were ditched several years ago by Nissan. Remember the Almera, and the Primera? These were cars that built on the Japanese firm’s reputation for reliability, but they were never going to stand out from the crowd. Nissan instead adopted
There's a new member of the very exclusive Porsche 911 club. With a power output of 408bhp, together with dynamics and specification that emphasise the character of the iconic sports coupé, the new Carrera GTS shoots straight to the top of
A MAN accused of murdering child killer Colin Hatch has appeared at court charged with the crime. Damien Fowkes, 35, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court today via video link from Full Sutton Prison - the scene of the alleged attack.
A BUSINESS which provides turf for famous golf courses, football stadia and Wimbledon tennis courts has developed a new breed of carbon capturing turf. Wilberfoss-based Inturf now hopes that its Carbon Capture Turf could help it win Olympic contracts
YORK City defender David McGurk’s foot injury is not as bad as initially feared and he could start at Hayes and Yeading United tomorrow. An early prognosis on Tuesday was that the pivotal centre-back might have broken a metatarsal during the
HAVING climbed outside the relegation zone for the first time since the end of October, Hayes and Yeading United are hoping to move further away from the bottom four ahead of tomorrow’s home clash with York City. United defeated Southport
YORK City Knights have taken Castleford protégé Jordan Thompson on loan – while Scott Woods is to go out of Huntington Stadium on similar terms. Thompson, 19, who was dual-registered with York last year but did not play for the club as he instead made
YORK City juniors fought back twice to earn a 3-3 draw against Rotherham United at Bootham Crescent. Dan Owers, Tom Owen and Jed Vale were the marksmen as the Minstermites recovered from falling 2-0 and 3-2 behind. The visitors forged ahead early
PICKERING Town boss Mitch Cook is urging his players to focus on tomorrow’s Northern Counties East League premier division match at Lincoln Moorlands Railway before letting the cup take priority. It is a big week for the Pikes with the chance to move
Selby Town were rocked by the departure of manager Mick Gray during the week. His replacement Gary Paton, who has taken over until at least the end of the season, had to watch as three late goals gave Bridlington Town a 4-1 win at Flaxley Road on Tuesday
PROCEEDS from a special screening of David Lean’s Lawrence Of Arabia on Sunday, March 20 at the Reel Cinema, Blossom Street, York, will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Co-organiser Mike Gwilliam says: “The cinema is generously letting
CITY Screen’s season of California Classics in York continues on Tuesday with the 8.45pm screening of Top Gun (12A). Directed by Tony Scott in 1986, this all-action movie follows the exploits of Maverick (Tom Cruise), who aspires to be top gun at
Australian children’s entertainers The Wiggles will celebrate their 20th birthday with screenings of The Wiggles’ Greatest Hits In The Round on March 12 and 13 at Vue Cinemas, Clifton Moor, York. Recorded live in Sydney’s Acer Arena last December, the
HULL actor Tom Courtenay revives his own dramatised compilation from the letters, articles and poems of Philip Larkin, the poet and Hull University librarian. Larkin was one of the great masters of the English language and this show captures his
KEIGHLEY are the latest club trying to stop the Malton & Norton RUFC bandwagon. As The Gannock-based outfit recorded their 17th consecutive win last weekend – Teei Piawi’s late try handing them a 12-6 derby triumph at Scarborough – they now travel to
IN the first of three Turf Talk specials focusing on next month’s Cheltenham Festival, Norton trainer Brian Ellison considers his chances of glory at Prestbury Park. “TELL him about Marsh Warbler,” Brian Ellison instructs rider Pamela Haigh
A timely clue, unearthed at Wetherby earlier this month, may prove valuable in unearthing the winner of tomorrow’s £100,000 Racing Post Chase at Kempton. Crescent Island, one of trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies’ two runners in the day’s showpiece event
Baritone Jeremy Huw Williams has had to withdraw from the York Late Music concert on April 2 for contractual reasons. “Fortunately, baritone Robert Rice and pianist William Vann will step in to take on a very challenging workload,” says Late Music director
VIC Chesnutt was a paraplegic singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia, who performed with a guitar in a wheelchair. He often sang of death and passed away at the age of 45 on Christmas Day 2009 after a coma induced by an overdose of muscle relaxants.
DROWN out the lyrics and concentrate on the sound on the debut album from New York trio MEN, and you might classify it as just another dance-pop offering. It’s only when you step beyond the music that the group’s sharp, radical and often dark heart
THE final round of the Bob-Co Winter Angling League was fished on Kingfisher Lake at Tollerton Ponds in dire conditions. Gary Watson, of Bob-Co, led from peg 18, where maggot at five metres brought him a mixed net of tench, roach and skimmers totalling
An event commemorating the life and achievements of Professor John Paynter (1931-2010) is to be held at 1pm today at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York. The Press’s classical music reviewer, Martin Dreyer, looks back on the career and
THE penultimate leg of the Acomb Tackle York Winter League provided the best match of the series so far and set up a thrilling finale. Bream dominated on a flooded Ouse below York and Ray Marklew, of York Tackle, topped the 60-strong field
TURKISH drummer Asaf Sirkis caused some dismay when he left the Gilad Atzmon Band to form his own group, but he followed his personal star. The Asaf Sirkis Trio has since played festivals across Europe and the UK, guitarist Tassos Spliliopoulos and
THE third solo album from the Super Furry Animals lead singer is pretty much business as usual. A consistently entertaining mix of easy-listening Bacharach-esque pop, Rhys’s low, relaxed voice still has the charm of Rings Around The World, but on the
Conor Oberst is prolific and evolving. The Nebraskan Indie hero kicks off his latest LP with a by now characteristic spoken word piece (or lunatic’s sermon, depending on your worldview). This signals both his pretentiousness and ambition, and may
MUSIC critics are raving about the ravishing debut by Anna Calvi, the 22-year-old London singer-songwriter, whose eponymous debut is little short of aural seduction. The sleeve shows Calvi’s lips bright red and her name spelt out in a gold chain
PORTICO Quartet occupy a misty dip somewhere between jazz and world music. Their sound, based in part round the hang drum, is hypnotic and almost ethereal, although at times it does get lost in the fog. This liltingly cool and occasionally beautiful
In little over a year, the Glee cast have scored more American hit singles than The Beatles, Michael Jackson or Madonna achieved in their entire careers. Okay, so we now live in the age of digital download, and a hit may only last a week or so.
THE Identity is Baptiste’s own, his life’s progress the raw material for a musician at the top of his game, with a perfect trio sharing his message. The title track is a lapel-grabbing statement of intent for the album, which ranges from the searchingly
The writer and co-star of Frankie Boyle’s Tramadol Nights on Channel 4 is undertaking his debut 40-date nationwide tour. On Sunday, he will play not one, but two shows in The Basement at City Screen, York. Charles Hutchinson learns why Tom Stade has swapped
THE February half term’s Play-In-A-Week project at Upstage Centre Youth Theatre, 41 Monkgate, York ends with a 6.30pm performance of Whodunnit? this evening. Theatre enthusiasts aged eight to 18 have been working all week with Anna-Siobhan Wilcox on
York Theatre Royal is offering a chance to be involved in a professional production on the main stage in July. “We’re looking for enthusiastic people to take part in Anthony Minghella’s Two Planks And A Passion, in which they will perform alongside
BEN Ottewell is the Gomez growler, the old man’s blues voice on young shoulders that played such a significant role in the Mercury Prize-winning success of the Ilkley band’s debut album, Bring It On. If you have ever wished over more than a decade of
HONOURS were shared in the only division one game to survive the deluge in the Ian’s Cars of Barlby Sunday Morning Football League. Derwent United and Acomb Celtic divided the spoils from a 3-3 draw. Curtis Drummond, with a brace, and Rob Baker netted
BLUES singer Helen Watson and saxophonist to the stars Snake Davis return to Hovingham Village Hall tomorrow night for the most inevitable sell-out show of 2011. “They are our most regular performers,” says The Shed promoter Simon Thackray. “Helen, who
DEFIANT Leeds United boss Simon Grayson swiftly turned from the doldrums to another crack at the high life. Refusing to dwell on a run of two home games in which just two points have been prised, Grayson opted to look ahead to tomorrow’s Championship
THE Grand Opera House, York, is one of only four theatres nationally that will partner with Billy Youth Theatre to play host to regional showcases throughout May and June. A number of participating groups will be invited to perform excerpts from their
YORK actor-musician Lauryn Redding is returning to her home city to appear in the week-long run of Birmingham Stage Company’s latest Horrible Histories tour. Making her Horrible Histories debut, she will play Maisie in The Awful Egyptians and Ethel and
Nestlé Flag booked their place in the North Riding County Cup semi-final after a six-goal thriller at Mille Crux. In an all-York Sunday Morning League tie, the first division high-fliers were pushed all the way by division three opponents Acomb WMC.
AT only 18, Elvington actor Ash Stilborn is the new leading man for York Light Opera Company and his name could be up in lights regularly as his career blossoms with the prospect of a place at drama school. “I will know this week if I’ve
The story of Cleopatra is being brought to the stage in a new ballet interpretation by Northern Ballet, choreographed by artistic director David Nixon to a new score by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Schönberg, of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon fame, has
NIK Briggs is making his directorial debut on the York theatre scene with the Rowntree Players production of Be My Baby at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. “I’ve loved every minute of working with the company,” he says. “After performing in and watching
JOHN Cooper’s company, A1 Theatre Productions, will stage Edward Albee’s At Home and At The Zoo at his old stamping ground of Upstage Centre Youth Theatre, 41 Monkgate, York, from Thursday to Saturday. From the writer of Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
York Settlement Community Players return to the York Theatre Royal Studio from Wednesday to present the British amateur premiere of Amelia Bulmore’s adaptation of Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen. Director Andy Love chose the play after seeing the Sheffield Crucible
A MAN has been jailed for raping and imprisoning a teenager in Bridlington. Ryan Ashman, 26, of Tennyson Avenue in Bridlington, was sentenced to five years for five counts of rape and one count of false imprisonment of a 16-year-old Bridlington girl
IDENTITY By Subtraction could only be the title of a jazz album. Saxophonist Denys Baptiste laughs in recognition of that truism when York Twenty4Seven makes the cheeky suggestion in advance of tomorrow’s tour date in York to promote his new recording
ANTI-CUTS protesters stormed York’s council chamber last night as the city’s political leaders thrashed out their budget for the coming year. A group of six campaigners leapt over the public gallery in the Guildhall and stood on a table in
FED up? Yes, I am. All that fuss over the Wheel reminded me of the wartime song: “‘Wheel’ try again, don’t know where, don’t know when/ But I know ‘wheel’ try again, some sunny day.” But it is not only the Wheel. How many committee meetings have been
I ACCEPT global warming. However, the proposed wind turbines near York are ludicrous. One MW is a million watts, one GW is a thousand MW. The UK uses 60GW of power. The York wind farm will produce about 20MW in a strong breeze. Almost zero in comparison
Updated: A MAN from North Yorkshire has been killed in the New Zealand earthquake. Greg Tobin, a 25-year-old chef, was in Christchurch working when the disaster struck. He had been travelling with friends, and has been confirmed by the Foreign
AS MUCH as I respect Maurice Vassie’s opinion, I must disagree with him on the benefits of coalitions (Letters, February 23). Many people who voted Lib Dem feel they have been betrayed. Obviously you can expect not to get everything you vote
Pushing on problem A NEW, wider multi-lane roundabout is being built on the A19 just outside York near Skelton on the northern ring road. Just like the £7 million bigger roundabout built last year near, where the northern and southern ring
I WELCOME the news that Hull Road Park is to see an upgrade of its play facilities after the council was successful in gaining funding from the Government’s Playbuilder Scheme. My team and I are thrilled that the children in my ward are to gain such
A SELBY-based security business employing more than 100 people has been bought out of administration. Group Response Global (GRG) has been bought by St Helens-based Kingdom Security in a deal which will retain 100 of the 112 jobs at the business. GRG
THERE are 47 of them in York – but how many could you name? No, I’m not talking pubs, snickelways or city-centre churches. I’m talking something much more dispensable – councillors. Go on, give it a go. See how many you can name off the top of your head
THE brothers and father of a York man buried under a huge avalanche in Spain have rushed to the scene to help in searches. John Hogbin, 41, is believed dead following the avalanche on Sunday, one of the largest recorded in the Sierra Nevada
THE daughter of an elderly mugging victim has given her heartfelt thanks to the mystery hero who stepped in to replace the stolen cash. The man withdrew £200 from a cashpoint and handed it to the 86-year-old victim after she was robbed in Acomb last
A MAN has died following a car crash on the North Yorkshire coast. Lee Richardson, 25, died after the Vauxhall Corsa he was driving was in a collision with two other vehicles in Cliffe Road in South Cliffe near Bridlington. Two men,
Monday is the tenth anniversary of the Great Heck rail tragedy. MATT CLARK meets a man who cheated death on that fateful day. PETER HINTZE was tucked up in bed on another cold, ordinary February morning. He had nothing much planned and the
ONE hundred jobs at a Selby security firm have been saved, after it was bought out of administration. Group Response Global has been bought for an undisclosed sum by Kingdom Securities, who confirmed 100 of the 112 jobs at the firm had been saved
THE head of one of York’s best-known independent retailers has died suddenly. Ian Thompson, 70, the chairman of Colliergate store Barnitts, where he worked for 55 years, died on Tuesday while in Majorca with his wife, Maureen. Barnitts
THE hydro-power generator planned for the River Ouse at Linton Weir will generate power for 1,000 homes, according to British Waterways. Earlier this week The Small Hydro Company said it had applied to the Environment Agency to begin work on installing
A MOVING tribute from the girlfriend of the York pilot who died in the Cork air disaster has been read out at his funeral. Beth Webster, who shared a home in the Rawcliffe area with 27-year-old Andrew Cantle, described him as “perfect” at his funeral
THE family of a young man who drowned in a York river say they will appeal against the date on his death certificate. A coroner said he could not be sure when Jonathan Havron, from Huntington, had died, as he recorded an accidental verdict at the inquest
A SPECIALIST delicatessen and off licence near Selby has won a national award. The Jug & Bottle, in Main Street, Bubwith, was named Independent Cider Retailer Of The Year at the Drinks Retailing Awards in London. It was also runner-up for the
THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will visit Selby today, to meet farmers, officers of the council, and students and staff from Selby College. Dr Sentamu said: “I always enjoy coming to Selby and visiting friends old and new in this wonderful
THE annual Viking Festival is preparing for its climax – a battle and boat burning on Knavesmire. Tomorrow, Vikings are expected to spend the morning limbering up for battle in the Museum Gardens before marching to Coppergate at 1pm.
A FEMALE shoplifting gang stole thousands of pounds of clothes, shoes and jewellery from York fashion stores. Samantha Raynor, 18, her sister Kirsty Raynor, 19, and their friend Heather Dickinson, 21, targeted a string of top-name outlets and hid their
POLICE have recovered part of the chains belonging to the mayor of a North Yorkshire town which were stolen in a burglary. Offenders gained entry to the home of the mayor of Pateley Bridge and took the regalia, before stealing the keys to a red Honda
A SELBY woman was today facing jail for attacking a supermarket security guard who asked her to take her hood down. Maya Wardle bit David Haynes on the hand so hard he bled and punched him in the face in the Morrisons store in Selby, York Crown Court
A Selby husband and his family are embarking on a fundraising mission in memory of a wife and mum who died of cancer. Jean Anderson died last year, only three months after being diagnosed with malignant melanoma. Her husband, local plumber Malcolm Anderson
PLANS to expand the Tesco store in Selby could bring 100 new jobs to the town. Residents took part in a three-day public consultation when plans to improve Selby Tesco went on display in the Portholme Road store. The proposals included a new replacement
A DISABLED woman left stranded in her bedroom after problems with a stairlift has reached a resolution with the company – 28 days later. Emma Richardson, 24, of Spaunton, near Kirkbymoorside, suffers from Ehlers Danlos Hypermobility, which means all
TRANSPORT bosses in York are set to step up their bid for up to £5 million in Government cash to help keep cycling schemes running in the city. The money is being made available through the Department for Transport’s Local Sustainable Transport
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy was crushed under the wheels of a trailer at his family’s North Yorkshire farm, an inquest has heard. Jack William Simpson was spending the day with his father, Gary, in a tractor in the grounds of School House Farm, in Wensley, near
THE GALA at Sherburn-in-Elmet will have a royal theme this year with a prince and princess heading the proceedings to mark the royal wedding. Hannah Thornton and Callum Miller have been chosen for the roles, but now the search is on for a new prince
Members of the Network 2 team at City of York Council’s Young People’s Services are getting on their bikes to raise money for a local cause. Over three days from March 11, they will be riding 140 miles on the coast-to-coast cycle route from Whitehaven
A FOOTBALL signed by the Manchester United team, including legends Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney, is the star lot at a charity auction tonight. Wayne Brady, organiser of the event, is hoping the ball will help him reach his goal of raising hundreds for
SHERIFF Hutton Castle will remain in its current ownership after a £1.3 million bid to buy the property fell through. The estate, which includes a four-bedroom, a two-bedroom cottage, as well as 11 acres of land featuring the castle’s ruins and gardens
AN alcoholic has been fined after he was rowdy close to York’s main probation service offices. Catherine Turnbull, prosecuting, told York magistrates that staff at the offices contacted police about Desmond Ambrose Wassell’s violent argument in Lowther
A VILLAGE inn in North Yorkshire is celebrating after being nominated for two national awards. The Crown Inn, at Great Ouseburn, near Boroughbridge, has been shortlisted in both the Newcomer Of The Year and Food Pub Of The Year categories in The Publican
HEALTH, council and youth workers and schools have been praised after a study revealed a decline in the rate of teenage pregnancies in York. The Press the reported how latest figures for York show the teenage pregnancy quarterly rate has dropped to
A boarded-up former post office in Ryedale is to be given a new life as a Chinese takeaway. The branch in Church Street, Norton, closed almost three years ago and has remained empty since, along with a string of other premises in the area where businesses
A ROCK band from York has teamed up with graduates from York St John University to make their first music video. From Almost The End (FATE), have made it through to the Live and Unsigned regional finals at Sheffield in April, after forming ten months
