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  • Easingwold supermarket plans recommended for refusal

    CONTROVERSIAL proposals for a new supermarket in a market town near York have been recommended for refusal by planners. The Retail Development Partnership’s application to build the store and five houses on the former Falcon Office Furniture

  • £300,000 revamp for York Castle Museum

    THE Castle Museum’s world-famous Victorian street, Kirkgate, will give an authentic insight into the lives of York’s Victorian inhabitants following a £300,000 refurbishment. An alleyway, called Rowntree Snicket, will portray the poverty stricken areas

  • Review: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Pocklington Arts Centre

    THERE was I, chatting post-gig with York singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich, thinking he would agree that audiences should cut out the incessant chit-chat at standing-room-only gigs. Quietly spoken young Ben is so mellow, however, he is

  • Joan Baez, York Barbican, February 26

    FOLK legend Joan Baez will be accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell when she performs songs from a repertoire spanning five decades at York Barbican on Sunday night. Please note there will be no support act and no interval at this 7.30pm

  • Suzanne Vega, Grand Opera House, York, June 20

    NEW York singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega will play York for the first time since March 1997 when she performs at the Grand Opera House in June. Her last appearance was at the York Barbican Centre, promoting her Nine Objects Of Desire album, and

  • Will Young and Plan B at Dalby Forest this summer

    DALBY Forest is staging two Forestry Commission Live Music woodland concerts this summer: Will Young on June 29 and Plan B on June 30. Ticket sales are “good” for both shows, although they remain on sale for pop darling Young at £35 and London soul

  • Folk Awards 2012, Various (Properfolk) *****

    THERE have been two decades since June Tabor and Oysterband last joined forces, but it’s been worth the wait as they scooped four prizes at the BBC folk awards. Appropriately this album kicks off with their stunning arrangement of Bonny Bunch Of

  • Jazz notes

    Next Thursday offers the knottiest choices, with two special events, plus a long-standing jazz residency on the same evening. First up, the pioneering Simon Thackray presents a Shed On Tour date with Liane Carroll at the Pickering Memorial Hall (01653

  • Lambchop, Mr M (City Slang) ***

    IS IT time for the subtle to inherit the music world? With the anti-X-Factor groundswell, Lambchop, who have rarely troubled themselves with fashion, could do well. But you suspect not, theirs being a rarefied blend of quiet introspection, a bit-too-clever

  • Goldfrapp, The Singles (Astralwerks) ***

    COMING across as the synth-loving daughter Marc Bolan never had, Alison Goldfrapp’s distinctive style is difficult to dislike, and is so popular, that a high percentage of The Singles have been forced on the public through advertising. The fact

  • Art exchange show heading home to York

    WORK is under way on the York part of 2012’s Art Trier: Kunst York cultural exchange. The initial exhibition in Trier, Germany, closes tomorrow, having featured artwork from York by Nathan Chenery, Kirsty Boutle, William Bradley, Tom Hodgson, Tom Rodgers

  • Dame Judi Dench stars in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Dame Judi Dench may have fallen in love with India while filming The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, but unlike her character, she has no plans to retire there or anywhere yet. WAITING to speak to Judi Dench is like anticipating an audience with the

  • Thieves steal veteran's medals, cash and jewellery

    WAR medals belonging to a military veteran have been stolen from a caravan in North Yorkshire. Thieves stole the treasured heirlooms, as well as jewellery and a collection of valuable notes and coins, from a static caravan at a holiday lodge park, on

  • Boy, 14, attacked at pelican crossing

    A TEENAGE boy walking home from school was punched in the face “in a cowardly attack” as he crossed a North Yorkshire road with friends. The 14-year-old was attacked at a pelican crossing in Thirsk market place between 4pm and 4.15pm on Thursday. Police

  • Green farm in votes plea

    A SUSTAINABLE farm is appealing to its customers for help in securing funds to make it more efficient. Rosewood Farms, based in Ellerton, has applied for £500 funding through Fund 101, an Enterprise Nation initiative supported by PayPal and

  • Traffic data firm in £450,000 deal

    TRAFFIC data company Sky High plc, based in Tadcaster, has agreed to acquire the traffic survey and market research arm of Clearview Traffic Group, called Count On Us. The £450,000 deal is to be satisfied by the issue of new shares in Sky High plc, which

  • Printing company Sane Design wins award

    A YORK printing company has won a national award for its designs. Sane Design, a franchise of Printing.com based in Micklegate, won two awards in the eighth Printing.com Annual Design Awards. The business won first place in the “Functional” category

  • Price to pay for freeze

    CHRIS STEWARD (Letters, February 21) thinks council tax should be frozen. He should wake up to the reality that there is no free money on offer. Freezing would have been equivalent to taking out an expensive loan: borrowing now and paying more

  • Good reason for hatred

    FOR D Martin to say all Muslims are brought up to hate is nonsense (Letters, February 22). To understand the armed militancy of Muslims in the countries he quoted, one need look no further than the prime reason quoted by both the President of Iran and

  • Boomerang bikes

    THE letter from D James describing how his bike was pinched and returned (Letters, February 22) reminded me of a similar event when I was staying in a B&B in Bowness-on-Windermere some years ago. Our two bikes were on the roof rack of my car which

  • Bus idea needs vetting

    I HOPE the Government carefully vets City of York Council’s bus plans before dishing out £4.2 million. The council has ruined prospective bus lanes by cramming in parked cars, cycle lanes and lay-bys. Unless this is rectified, buses will never run

  • Review: The Diary Of Anne Frank, York Theatre Royal

    WE all know what happened, but still we struggle to come to terms with why it happened and more to the point why it is still happening. The tide of genocide is yet to turn, and racism has been making not only the front pages but the back pages too

  • PM ignores NHS qualms at his peril

    THE role of any Government in a free and democratic society is to get on running the country while the rest of us go about our lives. I know I’m stating the obvious but I believe there is a large section of the population who believe that once we have

  • Desalination not the answer to water woe

    I READ with some concern the letter from Tom Mitchell in Wednesday’s edition of The Press in which his apparently simple solution is to build desalinantion plants to convert sea water. Such plants will have a high capital cost to build but

  • Cygnet could be reborn

    SPENDING time in York with my cousin, I came across what remains of the Cygnet pub surrounded by a complex of flats near to Constance Walk and Nunnery Lane. My cousin tells me the pub has been vacant for quite some time; it’s an interesting building

  • Lost reply confusion

    THANK you for publishing my letter regarding the non reply to my letter of complaint to the council regarding problems with the bin collections (Letters, February 22). It seems replies to complaints from the council are like busses – you wait

  • System switch on agenda for York City boss

    YORK City manager Gary Mills has admitted he is considering changing tactics for tomorrow’s “massive” FA Trophy quarter-final at Grimsby Town. Mills, long a sworn advocate of 4-3-3, is contemplating switching to 5-3-2 or 4-4-2 against the Mariners following

  • Selby traders’ worries halt roadworks

    PLANNED roadworks which would have closed a Selby street for up to a month and removed a cobbled area have been dropped after concerns were raised by local traders. The project was due to start in Finkle Street on Monday, and would have prevented access

  • Malton’s champion jockey lands Sheikh’s top job

    MALTON’S Paul Hanagan has been named as Richard Hills’ successor as retained rider for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. The two-times champion jockey is currently based with Richard Fahey at Musley Bank, North Yorkshire, but will take up his new role when Hills

  • York City Knights 30, Swinton Lions 22

    York City Knights player-coach Chris Thorman admitted in the build-up to last night’s match it was only just sinking in that he was actually in charge. But he had already passed his first test as boss as York won their Northern Rail Cup

  • Jimmy Reid praises Pickering Town ‘spirit’

    Galvanised Pickering Town are revelling in a fantastic run of form under new manager Jimmy Reid. Now a relatively comfortable 12 points clear of the drop zone in the Northern Counties East League premier pivision, Pickering go into tomorrow’s game at

  • Relegation-threatened Selby Town still in there fighting

    Luck has been hard to come by for the Northern Counties East League premier division’s bottom side Selby Town – as manager Graham Hodder has found out in his short spell in charge, writes Samuel Burton. A dozen league games without victory ended with

  • Easingwold angler John Cosgrove ’s lone stand

    EASINGWOLD angler John Cosgrove broke the West Yorkshire monopoly on the top placings in the latest Raker Lakes match. Cosgrove took fifth place on Horseshoe from peg 12 with a net of 40lb 8oz, with the remaining top six slots taken by Leeds anglers.

  • Champion Paul Hanagan teams up with Malton boss Richard Fahey

    Paul Hanagan, who has been announced as new retained jockey to Hamdan Al Maktoum, heads to Lingfield tomorrow in a bid to make a further impression for the Malton trainer who has supported him for 17 years. Richard Fahey saddles Our Joe Mac, with

  • Leeds United chiefs in plea for 100 per cent commitment

    A need to “go there and make it hard for them” is the message from new Leeds United assistant manager Mick Jones ahead of tomorrow’s highly important Championship trip to Portsmouth. The visit to Fratton Park officially begins boss Neil Warnock’s reign

  • Norton trainer Brian Ellison lines up a bid for big three

    Kicking off a series of articles counting down to the Cheltenham Festival next month, Norton trainer Brian Ellison tells Turf Talk how he is banking on youth to break his duck on jump racing’s biggest stage. IF you believe the old adage about good

  • In-form Selby RUFC set to hit road

    THE first of five away Yorkshire Two games in a row sees Selby RUFC travel to second-placed Bradford Salem tomorrow. Three consecutive wins mean spirits are high in the Selby camp and victory in West Yorkshire could lift the Swans to fifth. Coach Richard

  • Sean Bass bullish as York RUFC aim to bounce back

    YORK RUFC head coach Sean Bass expects his men to “grab the bull by the horns” when they go to Knottingley in Yorkshire One tomorrow. The Clifton Park chief was a frustrated figure after his side shipped 21 points in the first 15 minutes against Keighley

  • John Lewis vision unveiled

    DEVELOPERS behind plans for a huge £90 million retail scheme on the edge of York have revealed how its new stores would look. Oakgate (Monks Cross) Ltd has today unveiled the first images of the massive John Lewis and Marks & Spencer stores

  • Actor reunited with Mystery Plays co-star of 32 years ago

    THIRTY-TWO years after starring as Jesus in the York Mystery Plays, actor Christopher Timothy has returned to the Museum Gardens to be reunited with a former co-star. Eilidh Newton, now 38, of Huntington Road, played a child at the Last

  • Third Tesco Express to open in York city centre

    A NEW Tesco Express store is to open in Goodramgate, the firm’s third in York city centre in the past two years. Tesco confirmed it hoped to open the store in autumn as part of a development by Town Centre Securities, in the Christian Marcus

  • Hambleton's ‘golden’ ticket puts families in the swim

    MORE THAN 1,000 families have enjoyed swimming this year using Hambleton District Council leisure centres’ “golden” discounted swim ticket, which allows a family of four to swim together for £11 in Northallerton, and for £10 at Thirsk, Bedale and Stokesley

  • Delays after fuel spill A166 near Murton

    MOTORISTS faced a traffic headache last night following a large spillage of diesel. The eastbound carriageway of the A166 was closed following the spill near to the Murton turn-off shortly after 5pm. The closure led to congestion on the A1079

  • Woman, 44, killed after tree crash

    A WOMAN has died after her car crashed into a tree in North Yorkshire. The 44-year-old was driving a blue Peugeot 206 on Bracken Bridge, Hampsthwaite, near Harrogate, shortly before 9.45am yesterday when her car collided with a tree at the side of

  • Howden crash victim named

    A MAN who died in a crash near Howden has been named as Philip Charles Hairsine, 49, of Gilberdyke. He died after the Ford Mondeo estate car he was driving left the westbound carriageway of the M62 in the early hours of Tuesday. He was pronounced

  • 2.9 per cent rise for York council tax sealed

    YORK'S council tax bills will rise by 2.9 per cent and frontline services will be cut after the city's ruling councillors sealed their budget plans. Labour-controlled City of York Council voted to reject a £1.8 million Government grant which

  • Bonding session starts with abseil down York hotel

    DANGER is not usually on the agenda at a business conference, but delegates at one meeting in York were challenged to complete a death-defying abseil down one of the city’s tallest hotels. Twenty-five employees dared to take part in the hairraising bonding

  • Ebor Vox community choir launched as part of York 800

    As part of York800 celebrations, hundreds of choir singers in the city will be coming together to form a huge community choir called Ebor Vox. Performances will include a new piece specially composed for York800 by acclaimed composer Benjamin Till,

  • Abusive messages left on Claudia Lawrence website

    THOUSANDS of members were wiped from a web page appealing for help to find missing York chef Claudia Lawrence following an overhaul of Facebook, triggering strong criticism by her best friend. The upgrading work also led to abusive and sexually explicit

  • Oldest church in York to stage Agnes Of God production

    THE oldest church in York is to host a performance of the hit play Agnes Of God next month as part of York’s International Women’s Week. The Music Room Players, a group of actors who have come together specifically to perform the play, will be taking

  • School’s vocational centre bid

    AN East Yorkshire secondary school is bidding to build a vocational training centre to serve the whole of Yorkshire. The multi-million pound Studio School partnership venture between Goole High School and Selby College would provide a technical education

  • Car arson probe

    FIREFIGHTERS were called to a deliberate car fire in Wenham Road, York, at about 9.30pm on Tuesday. A fire service spokeswoman said a Ford Mondeo suffered fire and smoke damage to the passenger compartment, and heat damage to the exterior of the

  • Friends gear up for charity cycle ride

    A TRIO of friends are set to take part in a charity bike ride to raise funds for a seriously-ill little girl. Three-year-old Sadie Rose Clifford, from Knaresborough, suffers from a form of aggressive cancer called neuroblastoma, and has been

  • TV law drama will not be coming back

    THE York-based TV drama Eternal Law will not be returning, one of its stars has announced. Samuel West, who played angel Zak Gist, announced the news on Twitter. He tweeted: “Alas there will be no more Eternal Law. Not enough people watched it.

  • Firefighters tackle car arson attack

    FIREFIGHTERS were called to a car fire in Sherburn-in-Elmet in the early hours of Wednesday. A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokeswoman said a crew from Tadcaster was sent to the scene in Kirkgate, at about 2.20am, after a Subaru was deliberately

  • Willow, eight, travels to America for operation

    AN eight-year-old girl has started her journey towards a new life as she travels to America for an operation to help her to walk unaided. Willow Emmison-Neal, from Skipwith, near Selby has a form of cerebral palsy. On Thursday she will undergo a procedure

  • No increase in Hambleton Council’s share of tax

    DISTRICT councillors in Hambleton have agree not to increase their share of the council tax this year. They have agreed a rise of 2.5 per cent (£2.24) a year for a Band D property – but the increase will be met by central government which, for the second

  • £900k boost to health and care for East Yorkshire

    PRESSURE on hospitals and care networks in East Yorkshire is set to be reduced after the region secured more than £900,000 in Government funding. East Riding of Yorkshire Council has received £924,602 as a one-off boost from the Department of Health

  • Girl Guides celebrate birthdays of movement's founders

    GIRL Guides held a “thinking day” to celebrate the anniversary of the birthdays of the founders of Scouting and Guiding. The event on Wednesday was held to mark the birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell and the youngsters learned how guiding is now

  • Council considers ‘golden goodbye’ for chief

    A LOCAL authority facing massive cuts is considering handing its award-winning chief executive a six-figure sum to step down after a falling out with councillors. It is understood Hambleton District Council, which has to find £1.65m savings

  • A64 crash lorry driver due home

    A LORRY driver who walked away from a crash in which his 30-tonne lorry crashed into a bridge on the A64 is expected to return home from hospital today. The driver only suffered a broken bone in his chest in the smash which almost completely destroyed

  • Mini replica of York Minster created in chocolate

    YORK Minster has always been a treat for the eyes – now it is a heavenly treat for the taste buds too. Chocolatier Sophie Jewett has created a mini replica of the city’s famous landmark as York prepares to showcase its 100-year confectionery history.

  • Priority team in Selby crime crackdown

    A PRIORITY crime team has been credited for helping drive down crime in the Selby area. Figures released yesterday, by North Yorkshire Police showed there were 205 fewer victims of crime in the community since April 1, 2011, than in the previous year

  • Tattoo studio holds charity night for William Rhodes

    A YORK tattoo studio is staging a charity night in aid of a young boy with a life-threatening illness. True Colour Tattoo Studio is holding the event to help William Rhodes, three, from Holgate who suffers from a rare form of anaemia and needs monthly

  • Mum’s fears for baby in damp and mouldy flat

    A MOTHER fears for the long-term health of her nine-month-old baby because they live in a council flat with damp and mouldy walls. Gemma Coles, 24, said she had tried for months to get the property in Wains Road, Dringhouses, repaired, but

  • Flamingo Land in all year round camping move

    THE owners of a theme park in North Yorkshire have launched a bid to allow holidaymakers to camp on three of their fields all year round. Flamingo Land Ltd wants to remove planning constraints covering part of its site at Kirby Misperton which limit

  • CPP reaches agreement with FSA

    CPP has reached an agreement with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on how to address certain failings in its sales processes. The card protection provider, which suspended its shares on the London Stock Exchange on Monday after the FSA

  • Scarborough restaurant is honoured again

    A RESTAURANT in Scarborough has been named Restaurant Of The Year by a national guide for the second time. The Copper Horse in Seamer was first named winner of the Les Routiers award in 2008, and manager Rob Lazenby called the accolade “amazing

  • February 24

    100 years ago A curious accident at Dunkirk had been the cause of amusing scenes. The electric light cable which passed under the bridge over a canal short-circuited, and the whole of the bridge became electrified. The passengers on the bridge