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  • York Foodbank launched to help people in crisis

    A NEW project is to be launched in York to help people and families in urgent need. A foodbank is being set up by churches across the city in conjunction with The Trussell Trust, to build up supplies of non-perishable foods that can be given to

  • Ardent Financial Planning

    THE DIRECTORS of Ardent Financial Planning both used to work within major financial corporations. When they came together, they shared the belief that they should do things differently. Instead of increasingly soulless, long-distance approach to

  • Venturefest changes date after clash

    VENTUREFEST has returned to its February date after clashing with another Yorkshire exhibition. Organiser Chris Wilson announced two weeks ago that the science and technology event would be moved from February to April, because it had "dodged snow

  • Stockeld Park

    A VISITOR attraction set in 2,000 acres of historic estate has entered The Press Business Awards 2012 after attracting 100,000 visitors. Stockeld Park, a family business owned by Peter and Susie Grant, has been developed from a 150-year-old family

  • Make York

    A NETWORK of young professionals in York is hoping to win Best Business and Community Link in The Press Business Awards 2012. Make York was formed in November 2009 as the offspring of York Professionals. It was created by a group of like-minded

  • Lancaster Samms

    INDUSTRY colleagues and financial institutions warned Charlie Lancaster and Neil Samms to wait for the market to recover before setting up their new property consultancy. They were told they were brave to consider setting up a new agency to sell

  • North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, August 12 to 25

    THE North York Moors Chamber Music Festival takes the theme of Along The Danube from this weekend until August 25. Programmed by artistic director Jamie Walton, the festival opens on Sunday at 5pm with Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos No 1 and 2 and

  • Dandy Dick, Grand Opera Houe, York, August 14 to 18

    WHY would you revive a play with a title to make Viz readers snigger, written in Brighton 125 years ago by an exotically named playwright who has slipped off the radar? “We’re thrilled to be staging Arthur Wing Pinero’s Dandy Dick, a glorious British

  • Bentley Continental GTC

    IF you are splashing out around £150,000 for a luxury convertible, then obviously only the very best will do. And that’s what Bentley provides, a car that delivers supreme levels of power and performance and a sensuous cabin that lacks for virtually

  • Police appeal after collision causes Land Rover to overturn

    POLICE have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a Land Rover overturned on a Ryedale road when it was hit by a car. The collision happened at about 5pm on Wednesday as the Land Rover Defender, towing a trailer carrying poultry crates,

  • Mills: I want City to go all way in cup

    YORK City manager Gary Mills is targeting another trip to Wembley this season – in the Capital One Cup! Mills’ Minstermen kick off their 2012/13 campaign tomorrow in the competition, formerly known as the Carling Cup, with a first round trip to

  • York Guilds to perform two York Mystery Plays on wagons

    AS a complement and contrast to the 2012 Mysteries in the Museum Gardens, the Guilds and Companies of York will “bring forth” two special performances of plays from the York Mystery Plays this weekend. Since 1998, the York Guilds have, through

  • Tyler Craig savours Knights chance

    TYLER CRAIG believes he has been handed a “fantastic opportunity” after signing a two-year deal with hometown club York City Knights . The former Heworth amateur ace made his first-team debut for the club as a trialist at Keighley Cougars last

  • It’s the art of Mystery

    IN celebration of the York Mystery Plays 2012, York arts enterprise New Visuality is collaborating with York Theatre Royal and York City Centre Churches for an exhibition by two contrasting artists, divided by 50 years and nationality. Pontefract

  • Haxby Group Practice seeking apprentices

    Haxby Group Practice and Pharmacy are looking for more apprentices to take their combined numbers up to ten. Richard Harrison originally struggled to get any apprentices because there were no providers in York of training in dispensing. He

  • Magazine founder up for award

    A YOUNG York entrepreneur who runs his own music magazine has been shortlisted for the National Diversity Awards. Dom Smith, founder of Soundsphere, has been shortlisted for the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in the Disability category of the

  • Yorkshire’s Women in Property to hold treasure hunt

    TWO property networking groups are holding a joint charity treasure hunt in York next week. Yorkshire’s Women in Property (WiP) group and YORnet, a network for young built environment professionals in the county, will hold a treasure hunt on Thursday

  • Nestlé

    YORK chocolate brand KitKat has driven Nestlé’s strong performance in the first half of 2012, the business has said in its half-year results. KitKat sales were up 3.8 per cent, it said, while Rolo, Yorkie and Milky Bar also helped drive growth

  • Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough? (Warner Brothers) **

    NOT yet 23, old Lianne La Havas is enjoying a Top 5 album hit with Is Your Love Big Enough? The exotic sounding Londoner enjoyed a cosmopolitan childhood, inspired by the heritage of a Greek father and Jamaican mother, both accomplished multi-instrumentalists

  • Lost Earth Adventures

    RICHARD Goodey and Sarah Allard met while living and playing in the Canadian Rockies having travelled throughout South and South-East Asia. They wanted to share their experiences with others and saw a gap in the market for well-researched adventure

  • Putumayo presents Bluegrass (Putumayo) *

    THIS advertises itself as an engaging collection featuring many of the genre’s most renowned artists along with exciting new discoveries. Engaging? Bluegrass can be as cold as mournful ice, as this collection demonstrates. It’s not an album to

  • Badapple Theatre Company

    A COMPANY which brings high-quality theatre with known actors to small community halls is hoping to be recognised in The Press Business Awards 2012. Badapple Theatre Company, a professional arts company dating back to 1998, launched its new Theatre

  • Dirty Projectors, Swing Lo Magellan (Domino) ***

    IT’S ten years since experimental art-rockers Dirty Projectors began, created from songwriter David Longstreth’s Yale University project. A thinking man’s band, Dirty Projectors have been obscure with their offerings – notably with 2007’s Rise

  • Eugene McGuinness, The Invitation To The Voyage (Domino) ***

    REMEMBER the advert Guinness For Strength? Add Clive Langer’s mixing-desk muscle to The Invitation To The Voyage and now you have McGuinness For Strength too, five years on from eclectic Eugene’s 2007 debut, The Early Learnings. Not since Langer

  • United By Design

    INVESTING in future talent is important to York creative agency United By Design. The company, based on The Mount, York, was the first to take part in York St John University ’s Graduate Internship Scheme, taking on design graduate Annabel Eager

  • Kimbra, Vows (Warner Bros) ****

    VOWS comes weeks after Kimbra spent five weeks at number one in the UK charts as guest vocalist on Gotye’s infectious Somebody That I Used To Know, but this album is a different beast entirely. Opening with Settle Down, with lyrics which could

  • GiveBackWorks

    A CLUB which encourages local businesses to buy from one another has amassed a following of more than 150 businesses in York. GiveBackWorks, founded by Gary Robertson, is now operating networks in seven different areas, and hopes to be in 20 by

  • Jazz notes

    WITH the Olympics still with us, performance-enhancing pharmaceuticals sometimes fog the lens of fair play. The technology for detecting even minute quantities of chemicals has improved dramatically and the retrospective testing of suspected cheats

  • On a reggae beat

    THE celebrations of 50 years of Jamaican independence are not over yet at City Screen, York. The principal focus fell on Independence Day on Monday this week, but an exhibition marking the golden anniversary through a retrospective look at the

  • Match preview: Doncaster Rovers v York City

    DONCASTER Rovers look set to have only 12 fit outfield professionals to choose a side from for tomorrow’s Capital One Cup first round home clash against York City. The League One side, relegated from the Championship last season, have been handicapped

  • York City could build on promotion momentum - Dion Dublin

    By Jamie Holt, Sportsbeat PREMIER League legend Dion Dublin doesn’t see why York City boss Gary Mills can’t have his cake and eat it this season, starting with a trip to Doncaster with the Capital One Cup tomorrow. There is a tendency for newly-promoted

  • Dunning: No repeat of Doncaster performance

    FORMER York City midfielder Darren Dunning believes there will be no repeat performance of the club’s last visit to Doncaster Rovers when they travel to South Yorkshire in the Capital One Cup tomorrow. Dunning was a member of the side that lost

  • Tough decisions for Leeds United boss ahead of cup tie

    Leeds United boss Neil Warnock has some tough decisions to make before tomorrow’s Capital One Cup first round match against Shrewsbury, writes Mark Smith. The Whites’ boss has brought in ten new faces so far in the transfer window, most notably

  • No panic for Pickering Town despite opening loses

    PICKERING Town boss Jimmy Reid is refusing to panic despite the club losing their opening two games in the Northern Counties East League premier division, writes Mark Smith. The Pikes opened their campaign with a 1-0 defeat at Brighouse Town and

  • Home advantage key for Village Cup semi-final tie

    BIG game experience could book Woodhouse Grange a trip to Lord’s on Sunday. The Sutton-on-Derwent club, who play in the Hunters York & District Senior League, entertain Leicestershire outfit Cropston in the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Tea

  • Rashid does the business for Yorkshire

    Yorkshire clinched only their third Clydesdale Bank 40 win of the season against Northamptonshire last night as Adil Rashid played a crucial part with both bat and ball. After Andrew Gale lost the toss, Rashid hit a brisk and inventive 25 off 16

  • York Cricket Club going all out in defence of title

    YORK Cricket Club can see a chink of light in their bid for a sixth successive Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League title but vice-captain Nick Kay says the side must put the hammer down at Yorkshire Academy tomorrow. The Clifton

  • Unveiling our Military secret

    MEET Military Green. Readers are going to be hearing a lot about this horse over the coming weeks, months and years, because the three-year-old has been adopted by The Press. Trained by Tim Easterby, at Great Habton, and owned by the up-and-coming

  • Malton colt aimed at Haydock after Goodwood Frankel clash

    Gabrial, whose first visit to Goodwood last week saw him undergo a baptism of fire when crossing swords with the mighty Frankel, heads to a more familiar Haydock Park tomorrow with every chance of picking up a useful consolation prize in the shape

  • Boiling Frog, Grand Opera House, York, August 11

    YORKSHIRE writer-composer Keith Humphrey has teamed up Robert Readman, the York musicals director with the Midas touch, for the relaunch of Humruddy Productions’ debut show Boiling Frog. By day the joint managing director of Premier Financial Protection

  • Security crackdown planned for Ebor Festival drunks

    ONE of York’s biggest pubs is set to close early and a nightclub has postponed its reopening, to try to minimise race-day trouble later this month. Violence flared in York city centre during last year’s Ebor Festival with a number of fights involving

  • Ready and waiting for this contract

    On July 25, the Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening, announced a £4.5 billion contract with Japanese train manufacturer Hitachi. This is to build 596 railway carriages and assemble them at a plant yet to be built 60 miles away at

  • Gold standard

    AS THINGS stand – and they could get better – Yorkshire could leave the EU as a standalone self-governing nation. We have more gold medals than Japan, Spain, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Kenya, Finland and Argentina

  • ‘Labour to blame’

    DAVID Quarrie (Letters, August 7) writes about selling off playing fields. His comments do not appear to be correct. He suggests that Labour and the Conservatives have sold off thousands of acres of school playing fields. When in power, it was

  • Setback for York property tycoon

    A DEVELOPER from York who was once Yorkshire’s 20th richest man has suffered a setback in his fight to recover from the collapse of his property empire. Kevin Linfoot was the main owner and chairman of Leeds-based residential property developers

  • TV comic welcomes plan for city square

    COMEDIAN Roy Hudd has hailed the shelving of plans for a street café in York’s King’s Square, which street performers feared would squeeze them out. The veteran TV actor and entertainer said: “It’s fantastic news – wonderful,” and he pledged to

  • College wins damages over late building work

    A NORTH Yorkshire boarding school has won damages of more than £226,000 from contractors who failed to ensure their new buildings were finished on time. Ampleforth College  hired Turner & Townsend Project Management Ltd (TTPM), as project

  • ‘Downward spiral’

    THANKS to gay pride marches, making York a sanctuary, naked cycle rides, selling off properties at a loss and being in the red, York is in self-destruct mode. Mr D Wardell, Malton Road, York.

  • Kick in the face

    YET again bus passengers are being kicked in the face with the latest proposals to cut services. The reliability problems on service 12 only started after the route was extended to Foxwood Lane. Many people from Haxby and Huntingdon Road rely

  • Stately home bridge in danger of collapse

    CONSERVATION teams are preparing to fix a problem at a North Yorkshire tourist attraction which has been developing for 300 years. The south bridge at Beningbrough Hall and Gardens, near York, is in danger of collapsing and is to be dismantled

  • Pantry left empty

    COUN Tracey Simpson-Laing should be careful in trying to predict people’s future voting intentions (Letters, August 08) and take note that the residents of York also have good memories when it comes to what York’s ruling Labour council has done.

  • Convenient ignorance

    CONVENIENTLY ignoring some of the wilder thoughts of Keith Isaac in his letter headlined Pearls of Wisdom (Letters, August 4), I would be intrigued to know how he would propose to administer and enforce a £50-a-year congestion charge on bicycles

  • Police want help in recognising man

    Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace following an attack outside a York nightclub. The assault happened at about 2.20am on Saturday, July 21, on George Hudson Street, outside Reflex. A man followed a 20-year-old local

  • Museum gets £60k grant to remember Land Army girls

    THE Women’s Land Army is due to be remembered at a York museum which has been given £60,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Yorkshire Museum of Farming, in Murton, received the money for its project, Feeding The Nation: A Celebration

  • Burglars foiled by pet ferret

     TWO burglars saw their break-in foiled — by a pet ferret. The yelping pet alerted its owner to a disturbance at the property in Meadow Drive, Thorpe Willoughby, as she returned home. When the owner went to check on the ferret, which is

  • York welcomes the world

    YORK has been cashing in on Olympic fever by bringing the city to the attention of the world’s media. As part of Visit York’s mission to showcase York during the Olympic Games, 12 international journalists enjoyed an extensive tour of the city

  • Wheel to stay after owners go bust

    YORK Wheel is to stay open despite its recent operator, Great City Attractions Global (GCAG), being placed in administration. GCAG, which operated the 53-metre high York Wheel and others in the UK, Australia and Asia, is being wound up by administrators

  • Sparking great memories

    WHILE watching gymnastics at the London Games, and seeing former Olympians in attendance, I was reminded of two instructors at the Army School of Physical Training, which I attended in 1957. I decided to check on the web for more recent history

  • Having fun in the Yorkshire sun

    SUNSEEKERS have enjoyed a glorious day on the beach at Scarborough and at Kirkham Abbey – but weathermen are warning it might not be quite so nice at the weekend. A brisk southeasterly breeze may lower temperatures and bring misty low cloud to

  • Police in stolen goods appeal to residents

    POLICE in an East Yorkshire town have urged residents to do their bit to help return stolen property to their owners and bring thieves to justice. Humberside Police said items which have been recovered by officers following crimes often cannot

  • Bringing urban ballet to stately homes of England

    AT Harewood House this weekend, you can experience Freerunning@, an open-air street dance show that is touring Britain’s stately homes and parks throughout the summer. This “jaw-dropping urban ballet” performance brings together parkour, martial

  • Free to choose a riskier ride home

    I RECENTLY got into a facebook debate with a few friends after I posted a comment in response to Olympic gold-medal cyclist Bradley Wiggins, who said riding a bike without a helmet should be illegal. Wiggins was speaking shortly after the death

  • Charities boosted by Lord Mayor’s fundraising drive

    A HOUSE could be bought to help care for cancer patients and their families thanks to cash raised by the former Lord Mayor of York. Charities York Against Cancer and York Mind will share the £56,719 raised by Coun David Horton and his fundraising

  • £200,000 to help Scarborough’s homeless

    HOMELESS people in Scarborough are being offered “intensive” help to get then off the streets through a pilot scheme. Scarborough Borough Council said 150 people in the town  had been identified as being trapped in a cycle of crime, addiction

  • ‘Stalemate’ in council traffic warden dispute

    TRAFFIC wardens in York are to refuse to work overtime as a dispute over shift changes continues. The majority of the city’s civil enforcement officers went on a seven-day strike at the start of last month over a decision by City of York Council

  • East Yorkshire couple celebrate 65 years of marriage

    A COUPLE who were childhood sweethearts have celebrated 65 years of marriage. Eileen and Bert Huggins, of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, celebrated their wedding anniversary on Monday. Eileen and Bert met in 1942 while living in neighbouring villages

  • New footbridge is dedicated to memory of fallen soldiers

    A NEW footbridge has been dedicated to the memory of two fallen North Yorkshire soldiers. The Whitby Memorial Bridge, which links Whitby West Pier with the pier extension, was dedicated to Damian Lawrence, of the 2nd Batallion The Yorkshire Regiment

  • Volunteers needed for skate park

    VOLUNTEERS are needed to help run a new £157,000 skate park in Sowerby near Thirsk. The Thirsk8 Park was officially opened last month in Gravel Hole Lane. It is operated by a small team of helpers, but more are needed to open the facility in

  • Yapham cum Meltonby parish council by-election

    A BY-ELECTION will be held to fill a vacancy in the Yapham cum Meltonby parish council, if ten voters in the parish write to request an election. Electors should write to the chief executive of East Riding of Yorkshire Council at County Hall, Beverley

  • Awards look to celebrate York’s heroes going back 800 years

    Which individual or group has done most for pride in York in the last 800 years of its history? We want you to have your say. STEPHEN LEWIS reports YOU PROBABLY haven’t heard of Hugh de Selby . Unless you’re a student of medieval history, there

  • Mother’s funeral donations agony

    A GRIEVING mother says she is still waiting for a letter of apology or explanation, six months after a funeral firm failed to pass her son’s funeral collection to the Salvation Army. Penny Woodcock has written to Dignity Caring Funeral Services

  • Hunt is on for cuddly people

    CUDDLY people from York and North Yorkshire are being urged to take part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s longest marathon group hug. The attempt, organised by the baby charity Tommy’s and the cuddly bear brand,

  • Emergency repairs for roads around Harrogate and Knaresborough

    EMERGENCY repairs are being carried out on roads in two North Yorkshire towns less than a year after a £2 million mending programme was launched. North Yorkshire County Council has admitted it is “extremely disappointed” by the need for more work

  • Royal Navy puts HMS York up for sale

    YORK looks set to lose its close links with the Royal Navy for good when HMS York is decommissioned next month. The Ministry of Defence has confirmed there are currently no plans to use the name York on a new Royal Navy vessel when the Type 42

  • Government protest letter gets cross-party support

    COUNCIL leaders from across North Yorkshire have lodged a protest with the Government over controversial changes to council tax benefits which they say will hit poorer families. A new “localised support” scheme, due to be introduced next spring

  • Vintage tractor rally raises £1,448

    FRIENDS of a transplant patient raised £1,448 for York Hospital after organising a vintage tractor rally. The event, which saw 64 tractors drive 31 miles through North Yorkshire, was arranged by Paul and Helen Hudson, who live in Rillington, near

  • Junction spotlight falls on local artists

    THE latest Junction exhibition in Goole turns the spotlight on East Yorkshire artists until August 18. Darren Barnett’s work is drawn in pencil then scanned into a computer where it is digitally coloured. “It’s a process that can take many

  • Assurances sought over railway links

    TRANSPORT issues in Scarborough will be discussed by a parliamentary group next month. The All Party Parliamentary Group for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire is due to meet in Westminster to discuss future transport issues and development.

  • Phone box and cash machine plans blocked

    PLANS for new phone kiosks and cash machines in York have been blocked because they would harm plans to give the historic city centre a facelift. BT made two applications to City of York Council to install public payphones and cashpoints in the

  • All set for Assize of Ale

    THE finishing touches are being put to preparations for a medieval-themed pub crawl around York. The Sheriff of York, Coun Paul Firth , the 625-year-old Guild of Scriveners and a team of “Serjeants” will all take part in the annual Assize of Ale

  • Louise is on a roll for hospice

    Louise Moody is doing a marathon with a difference on the August Bank Holiday weekend – more than 26 miles on roller skates around the Goodwood Motor racing circuit to support York’s St Leonard’s Hospice. Louise, 22, who was a student at York

  • 120 new homes planned for Sherburn-in-Elmet

    PLANS have been unveiled for 120 new homes in a North Yorkshire village. The scheme would see the housing estate being built on farmland on the edge of Sherburn-in-Elmet. Proposals for the development have been handed in to Selby District Council

  • Daytime closure for Heslington Road

    A YORK road is to be closed during the day for two weeks for resurfacing work. The Heslington Road scheme will start on Monday and take place between 9.15am and 4pm Monday to Friday, although the route will be open as usual outside these times