YORKSHIRE newcomers Sticks Theatre Company are showcasing their debut play with four days of performances and feedback from post-show discussions with a view to mounting a tour next year. Artistic director Adam Sunderland has cut a swathe at the
THE University of York’s Spring Festival of New Music next week will be a celebration of the diversity and vibrancy of contemporary music. Ah, contemporary music. Did that term stop you in your tracks? “It’s a term daunting to most, being commonly
THE Archbishop of York paid tribute to the soldiers of 4th Mechanized Brigade who packed into the Minster for a thanksgiving and remembrance service. Dr John Sentamu read the blessing at a service today attended by hundreds of army personnel who
Yorkshire were today pressing for a second successive championship victory after setting another new batting record on the final day against Derbyshire at Headingley. Resuming 122 runs ahead on 597-5, Yorkshire added 80 in ten overs before declaring
YORK City manager Nigel Worthington has not ruled out bringing loan trio Jack O’Connell, Adam Reed and Josh Carson back to Bootham Crescent if he is still in charge next season. Before he talked to the board about his own future, Worthington announced
YORK CITY KNIGHTS boss Gary Thornton expressed his delight with a home draw against Doncaster in the Northern Rail Cup. The Knights entertain the South Yorkshire outfit at Huntington Stadium in the first knockout round of the competition on Sunday
NORTH Cave began the defence of their HPH York Vale Cricket League division one title in impressive fashion with victory against Hirst Courtney. Hirst totalled 166 with Craig Lawson (65) and Phil Alford scoring the bulk of the runs. Seventeen-year-old
JOE ROOT continued his prolific start to the season with a record-breaking performance alongside Jonny Bairstow as they both prepare to leave Yorkshire for England commitments. The Sheffield-born batsman, who only made his England Test debut earlier
HISTORY was created by Pickering Town when they lifted the North Riding Senior Cup for the first time. The Pikes beat Markse United 3-0 in front of a near-500 strong attendance at Stokesley FC to the delight of chairman Keith Usher. “It’s crowned
NORTH Yorkshire’s Croft Circuit will host a part of the Roger Albert Clark Rally for a third consecutive year in 2013. The three-day rally, named after 1970s rallying legend Roger Clark, recreates the famed Lombard RAC rallies of the 1960s, 1970s
A HOST of promising young players are learning the hard way as York Acorn ARLC battle against relegation from the National Conference League premier division. Blue and Golds coach Scott Rhodes accepts his side are favourites for an immediate return
PICTURE the scene... you are sitting in the living room, enjoying a nice glass of wine (or two). You look up at the covered staircase and see just a chink of light at the top. What, you think, would it be like if you ripped off all that lightblocking
THIS treads familiar territory, harking back to those “let’s put a show on right here” movies of yesteryear, like Cliff in The Young Ones more than 50 years ago. A group of kids must raise the cash to save their youth club from closure by big bad
CANADIAN singer-songwriter Jane Siberry will visit Selby Town Hall on May 18 as part of a rare British tour. “Powerful, enigmatic and renowned in her homeland as a pioneering musical maverick, Jane is regarded by many as one of North America’s
WINNING the RFU Senior Vase at Twickenham on Saturday should be just the start for Selby RUFC, believes head coach Richard Nicholson. The Swans chief takes his side to the home of rugby this weekend as they meet Gloucester-based Drybrook in a showpiece
Karl Howman had never even seen The Mousetrap, but now he is all wrapped up in the mystery of the Agatha Christie classic, as he tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON KARL Howman was born the year that The Mousetrap opened its 60-year run in London’s West End
SKY One’s Got To Dance winners Prodijig are vowing to launch a new era for Irish dance with their first stage show, Footstorm, whose debut tour thunders into York Barbican on Saturday. All seven of the groundbreaking troupe’s principal dancers
David O’Meara, whose stablestar Penitent runs in the prestigious Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin this weekend, heads to Musselburgh tomorrow with excellent prospects of a double. The North Yorkshire trainer saddles recent winners Frontier Fighter and
VIOLA player Rosalind Ventris and pianist Lara Dodds-Eden will perform new works by David Lancaster, from York St John University, and Peter Byrom-Smith at their York Late Music concert this weekend. Nicola LeFanu’s A Postcard And A Letter, for
Two of Yorkshire’s top players met in the York & District Indoor Bowls Clubs’ men’s singles final – a repeat of the 2012 duel with Dave Stroughair playing Dave Attwood. Attwood took the early honours, opening up a 9-4 advantage. But chasing
THE Old White Swan, in Goodramgate, York, is making much more of music. The bands are back in the larger room and there is a new food menu and a jazz club feel. Tonight will be Bejazzled night with guitarist Mike Riley, from 8pm to 10.30pm (01904 540911
HONOURS were shared between two of York IBC’s upcoming talents who were locked in a brace of battles. Emily Clarke and Hayley Macdonald met two days in succession in the under-25s singles final and then in the ladies singles showdown. Macdonald
YORK IBC’s play-off finals yielded two new finalists in the ladies triples’ event. Marilyn Andrews’ team opened solidly to lead 4-0 after two ends, but could only win three more as as Barbara Dawson’s side took control to win 19-7. In the ladies
THE Saltbox Gallery in Helmsley is showcasing the watercolours of Whitby artist Richard Pottas and hand-made ceramic birds by Gordon Broadhurst from near Masham. Richard’s paintings display his relationship with the Languedoc region in south west
Joan Jackson won a thrilling ladies over-55s singles final, where she beat Melanie Brooke 21-14 – her third successive conquest. But it was a tough fight as Brooke led 14-12 before Jackson won four successive ends with a three and then three twos
The Spice Girls musical will close next month. 'Viva Forever!' - which is based on the songs of the pop quintet and was written by Jennifer Saunders - opened last November and had recently had its run extended to February 2014, but the cast and
Former 'X Factor' star Diana Vickers has landed her first TV acting role in a new comedy series. The singer is to star in new six-part Sky Living show 'Give Out Girls' which will follow the endeavours and lives of a group of promotions girls.
KENTMERE House Gallery owner Ann Petherick has taken up the invitation to mount an exhibition at the University of York again. She has assembled more than 50 original prints from 30 artists for Lasting Impressions, a show that demonstrates the diversity
'Friday Night Dinner' is to return for a third series. Tom Rosenthal has revealed filming for the third season of the Channel 4 sitcom - which focuses on the regular dining experience of a Jewish family, who are played by Tom, Simon Bird, Tamsin
Cheryl Cole is set for a return to 'The X Factor' USA. The 29-year-old star has held talks with Simon Cowell about being a judge on the talent show again two years after she fell out with the music mogul when he fired her from the programme after
Katy Perry's father has branded her a "devil child". The 'California Gurls' hitmaker's preacher dad Keith Hudson launched a shocking attack on his daughter for her salacious lyrics - including the lesbian lines in hit song 'I Kissed a Girl' - as
Bill Roache has been temporarily written out of 'Coronation Street'. The 81-year-old actor - who was arrested yesterday over sexual assault claims - won't be returning to the ITV soap until the conclusion of his trial, leaving TV bosses to rewrite
Michelle Keegan wants to move in with Mark Wright. The brunette beauty - who recently announced she is quitting her role as Tina McIntyre in 'Coronation Street' after six years - reportedly wants to take things a step forward with the former 'The
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are reportedly living together. The couple - who met on the set of 'The Rum Diary' - are officially back together after a brief split and are thought to have moved in together again, with a view to getting married in
ASKRIGG artist Piers Browne will attend the opening of The Four Seasons Etchings and New Oil Paintings exhibition at The Blake Gallery, Blake Street, York, on Saturday. Piers will be in Michael Hourston’s gallery from “around 10am until sometime
PERHAPS one of the quirkiest measures of an artist’s success is the number of tribute acts trading on the artistry of another. Of course there are a million ABBA and Michael Jackson acts, but without searching too far, Michael Bublé lookalikes
Mila Kunis is FHM's Sexiest Woman in the World 2013. The 29-year-old actress has been awarded the trophy for the first time ever, beating off stiff competition from Rihanna, who takes second place. FHM 100 Sexiest Editor Dan Jude, said: "Mila
Beyonce will kick off her U.S. tour at the inaugural BET Experience at L.A. Live. The 'Bow Down' singer - who is currently on the European leg of her world tour - will perform the 'Mrs. Carter Show' in North America for the first time at the new
Hilary Duff is obsessed with her 13-month-old son. The 'Cinderella Story' star - who welcomed her first child Luca with her husband Mike Comrie in March 2012 - says that becoming a mother has been a very "humbling" experience after growing up in
THE prospect of a new Counting Crows album has me planning a long car journey through rugged countryside where I can howl along tunelessly to my heart’s content. But as this collection of live recordings from their latest tour begins with a rehash
TRAINS operated by York-based Northern Rail could be hit by a strike in a dispute over its use of agency staff to tackle fare dodgers. The RMT union is balloting its members for strike action, claiming the work should be carried out by its members
Leonardo DiCaprio is still open to the idea of getting married. The 'Great Gatsby' star - who has previously dated a string of high profile beauties including Gisele Bundchen, Bar Refaeli, Blake Lively and Erin Heatherton but is believed to be
LOW, the eternally underground trio from Duluth, Minnesota, mark their 20th anniversary with their tenth studio album. Recorded in The Loft, the Chicago studio of fellow American veterans Wilco, it was produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy in a marriage
SOME lead singers are the band they represent. Debbie Harry was Blondie, Mick Hucknall will forever be Simply Red, and so Hayley Williams should be known as Paramore. The red-haired rocker originally formed Paramore in Franklin, Tennessee, in 2004
THE so-called Godfather of Grime releases his ninth full-length album, with extra tracks on the deluxe edition. Fans of Wiley’s style, a mix of Calvin Harris-like dance beats and London-accented rap, will be won over immediately, as opening track
Lil Wayne suffered another seizure on Tuesday night. The 'Lollipop' rapper - who confirmed that he is epileptic and nearly died after his heart rate decreased to "30 per cent" in March - was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, after
Justin Bieber plans to invest in his favorite car company - because he wants a Batmobile. The 19-year-old singer has a fleet of vehicles, but his favorite is a Fisker Karma - an electronic car he was gifted for his 18th birthday by manager Scooter
IS Log Cabin Musing the new Britpop? You can’t move, musically speaking, at the moment for rustic pluckers using campfire imagery to tell their homespun tales from the backwoods. Bon Iver may be to blame, but in fairness, Samuel Beam, aka Iron
Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in 'Tokyo Vice'. The 'Harry Potter' actor has signed on to play the lead role in director Anthony Mandler's forthcoming thriller based on the real life events of a journalist who exposed a Yakuza mafia boss, reports
THE audition was unlike anything Noel Sullivan had experienced before. “I have never had to dress in full drag, spend two hours doing make-up, then go in a room and run up and down in high heels,” he says. Certainly nothing like that happened
Kriss Kross rapper Chris Kelly has died aged 34. The star - who formed one half of the 90s teen hip-hop duo - was found unconscious in his home on Wednesday, before being pronounced dead at around 5.30pm EST by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's
TLC are recording a new album. The 90s girl band - formed of surviving members Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas - have confirmed they are working on new material to coincide with their July reunion gig at The Mixtape Festival
Keith Richards doesn't own an iPod. The Rolling Stones legend admits he's not a fan of MP3 players - such as Apple's popular iPod, launched in 2001- and prefers to listen to music on old school vinyl records because they have better sound quality
Plan B's businesses earned £4 million in one year. The 'She Said' singer's companies - Plan B Enterprises and Plan B Touring - took the huge sum in net profit between July 2011 and July 2012, according to his accounts. On top of that, the busy
A YORK student theatre troupe will stage the premiere of Tess Humphrey’s black comedy Winter Of Our Discotheque at Friargate Theatre, York, tomorrow and Saturday night. Written and directed by Humphrey and co-directed by Daisy Hale, the play follows
THE 2013 York New Musical Festival organisers have received a message of support from Blood Brothers playwright Willy Russell. “I was delighted to learn of the York New Musical Festival and wish it every success in encouraging and developing new
LILLY Vadaneaux has become the youngest ever winner of the NCEM Composers Award 2013 in York at the age of 11. Lilly was also the youngest ever entrant in the age 18 and under category of the annual competition run by the National Centre for Early
A DOORMAN who has helped prevent two women from drowning in the Ouse is hoping to launch a new river rescue boat. Dave Benson, head doorman at Yates’s bar, near Ouse Bridge in York city centre, swung into action last weekend when a young woman
The YO1 Festival is back for a second year, and this time it is moving to the York Racecourse, on Knavesmire, for a bigger event on Sunday. Artists booked by organiser John Drysdale to play the main stage include two of the hottest new acts in
THE University of Victoria Philomela Women’s Choir, on tour from Canada, will perform in aid of York Mind at St Helen’s Church, York, on Tuesday at 7.30pm. They will move on to Great Broughton Village Hall the following night, again at 7.30pm,
HEATHER Small, Paul Heard and Shovell will be re-uniting for M People’s first full-scale tour in eight years to mark the 20th anniversary of their Elegant Slumming album. Tickets have gone on sale at £25 to £55 for their York Barbican show on Tuesday
IN HIS first work for the stage, The Full Monty’s Oscar-winning writer, Simon Beaufoy, has adapted his film script for a theatrical version bound for the West End. The 1997 story of six out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers, who had nothing left to
TWO youths face trial later this year after denying the murder of a 50-year-old Acomb man. Liam Matthew Wyard, 20, and a 16-year-old who cannot be identified because of his age, both pleaded not guilty at Leeds Crown Court yesterday to murdering
A FORMER soldier told a jury he had no idea his partner had helped to fund their lifestyle by stealing cash or vouchers from her employers Asda. Alistair Gordon Lobban said Jennifer Ward had always had savings during their relationship and she
HEALTH chiefs have said they will meet a York mother who has been refused surgery to repair her nose after a vicious beating by her ex-boyfriend to discuss her case. The Press revealed this week how Rebecca Beattie, 25, was turned down for the
Farmers will get the change to hear how rural crime will be tackled in North Yorkshire from the county’s new Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan. As part of the NFU’s ongoing rural crime campaign – Give Rural Crime the Boot – North Yorkshire
THE Bishop of Selby, the Right Reverend Martin Wallace, has announced he is to retire after a decade in the post. A farewell service will be held at York Minster to celebrate Mr Wallace’s time in the position, which he moved to after serving in
A SECURITY guard from York died accidentally after using a homemade brazier in his car to keep warm, a coroner has ruled. Rob Turnbull’s verdict came at the end of a resumed inquest yesterday into Ali Yalcin’s death. The Harrogate hearing started
COMEDIAN Rosie Wilby is looking back to her student days in York in her latest show and would like some help. Rosie graduated from the University of York in 1992 and her latest multimedia show, Nineties Woman, looks back at her time spent being
POLICE have released this CCTV of a couple they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a Kenwood DAB iPod KDC player. The theft occured on November 4 last year in the Maplin store at Clifton Moor. If you recognise the duo, phone police
COSMIC country and chamber folk musician Dan Haywood has been added to the bill for the opening gig of 2013 at The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale, near Kirkbymoorside, on Sunday. Described as England’s answer to Nashville collective Lambchop, Haywood
AMPLEFORTH and Ryedale Concert Choir and Friends Orchestra, under conductor William Dore, will celebrate English classical composer Benjamin Britten’s centenary with a fund-raising concert for dementia charity Lost Chords on June 29. The 7.30pm
VOTERS across North Yorkshire were today going to the polls to decide who runs their county council for their next four years. All 72 North Yorkshire County Council seats are up for grabs, with the Conservatives securing an overall majority by
A TEENAGER has admitted carrying out a series of sex offences in the Heslington area of York. The 16-year-old youth, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to four sexual assaults on females. Two of the assaults were carried
A VULNERABLE woman who married a sex offender behind bars has won her battle to stop York social workers intervening in their relationship. In a landmark ruling, top judges have upheld the learning- disabled woman’s right to be allowed to live
NORTH Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has voiced her concerns about the number of offenders given “community resolution” punishments for serious violent crimes. A Freedom of Information request to 33 police forces in England and Wales
VICTIMS of sexual crimes around North Yorkshire can now turn to a new centre for help and support. The county’s first Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), at Bridge House, provides support for victims in a homely environment, rather than at a
A NEW board which is being set up to oversee schemes aimed at reducing inequality in York is looking for members and a chairman. City of York Council is leading the recruitment drive for the group, run through the city’s Without Walls Partnership
KING Creosote, the alias for Scottish singer-songwriter Kenny Anderson, has sold out Saturday’s gig at The Duchess, York. The 2011 Mercury Music Prize nominee from Fife will be performing in a duo and will be supported at the 7.30pm show by Gummi
IN YOUR coverage of York City’s win last Saturday (The Press Sports, April 29), fulsome praise was given to captain Chris Smith, manager Nigel Worthington, the York City board, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all, but nary a mention of the man who took them
I HEARTILY welcome the proposed closure of Lendal Bridge to private traffic in footstreet hours. Buses, taxis, bikes and walkers will still be allowed. Less traffic makes York even more beautiful, cleaner and safer. Raising the quality of the public
I NOTED with interest the “Doubts on homes plan” letter by Judith Morris (The Press, April 26) and the risk of flooding in the Germany Beck letter from Tom Mitchell, “Flood plain fears” (The Press, April 27). I attended the planning committee meeting
OH how I agree with Helen Mead (Column, April 23) and David Lippiatt (Letters, April 25) regarding letter writing. My enjoyment of communicating by letter began as a child and turned into a lifelong hobby after receiving a reply from a family member
ON BEHALF of Prostate Cancer UK, I would like to say thank you to everyone who donated to a bucket collection at Bootham Crescent Stadium on March 12. Volunteers collected £527.73 before the match between York City v Rochdale as part of the charity
REGARDING the letter of April 28 by Dr Mick Phythian, regarding dog dirt bags hanging in trees and thrown on to the side of paths at Rawcliffe Meadows, this leads one to think how irresponsible some dog owners are. What care have they for the environment
WE WOULD like to thank all the local community groups based in the Hull Road ward who came to last week’s meeting about Hull Road Park. It was fantastic to see so many local faces with a real passion and enthusiasm for the park. Thank you, also
IT WOULD seem that Dave Rice is in the dark about what is and has gone on in the past regarding Britain being either “In or out of the EU” (Letters, April 26). Let me say first: “It is out”, and explain why. In the early 1970s when we accepted
IN RESPONSE to claims that privatisation could wreck our postal service, I wanted to point out to that in 2011, Parliament passed the Postal Services Act, which set a framework for private investment in Royal Mail. Private investment will still
Which way to go? Ed Miliband is in the same position as a father driving his car to a crossroads with his map reading wife saying one thing, the kids in the back seats telling him another, and the satnav telling him a completely different way.
100 years ago A singular predicament, which had been solved in a singular way, faced Morpeth Board of Guardians regarding the appointment of a porter and a cook. A married couple were required, but the feeling of the meeting was that the posts
PUPILS at York schools have been getting into the May Day spirit. A maypole was set up in the hall at Woodthorpe Primary School for nursery and reception children to dance around as part of their projects. The nursery class have been learning
PLANS to attract more visitors to an East Yorkshire town by using a roving replica of a Dalek may be halted by the possibility of legal action. Town councillors in Bridlington were offered the chance to use the Dr Who character along the seafront
HERE is my cycle ride to work, the movie. Check the traffic, head on to the road. Skirt the roundabout and proceed. Sorry about the earthquake vision at this point – the potholes are terrible here. Up the first hill, panting. Glance over to the
A YORK MP has called for the city and its residents to be given more powers to block wind farms after sites earmarked for turbines were revealed. City of York Council’s draft Local Plan has listed several potential locations for wind farms, including
YOUNG readers can help celebrate the forthcoming arrival of a new royal baby, and fantastic prizes, by designing a card for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Children up to the age of 12 can submit their design for a “Congratulations on your new
It is 40 years this week since the North Yorkshire Moors Railway was reopened by the Duchess of Kent. NATALYA WILSON explains how a meeting in her grandfather’s house in 1967 led to a rescue mission to save the railway after it was axed by Beeching
STUDENTS from the University of York have unveiled a new children’s trail at the Treasurer’s House. The trail has been completed in time for resident’s free weekend at the National Trust property. Lisa Holden, visitor services manager, said
A PENSIONER from North Yorkshire was killed when he pulled out of a junction into the path of a Land Rover, an inquest heard. The Land Rover’s driver, Tracey Stuart, told how she watched with horror as Fred Dawson’s Vauxhall Corsa emerged in front
A GROWING York food business is taking on the coffee chains by launching a new barista department. Filmore & Union, which opened its first shop in Low Petergate last year and has since expanded into branches in Harrogate and Wetherby as well
AN ENTREPRENEUR from York has been named as one of the happiest people who make a difference in the UK. Dom Smith is one of 100 people to make The Independent On Sunday’s Happy List, which represents unsung heroes and “the best of Britain”, but
YORK residents are asked to share their skills and get involved in running the city’s open spaces. Workshops at City of York Council’s new Resident’s Forums and at parish council liaison meetings will ask people for their views on local open spaces
MODULAR building manufacturer Portakabin has been ranked among the top 15 per cent of UK and Ireland businesses for financial stability. The York-based company has achieved the highest rating from business information specialists Dun & Bradstreet
CAMPAIGNERS against a new travellers’ site near Selby held a public meeting to explain their views to the public. Burn Against New Site (BANS) hosted the event in Selby Town Hall yesterday to inform people of their objection to the creation of
THE talking point surrounding the premiere of Queen Of The Nile has been the return to Hull Truck Theatre after 30 years of founder Mike Bradwell at the tiller of Tim Fountain’s new play. Director Bradwell prided himself on making “dangerous and
THERE was a chance to learn some tips from a master of the kitchen when Ashley McCarthy, chef proprietor of Ye Old Sun Inn at Colton, near York, staged a demonstration of some of his dishes in aid of Age UK York. The evening also marked the launch
YORKSHIRE Cancer Research has launched a tough fundraising challenge to the region’s cyclists. The Dales Rider will showcase the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales while providing the chance for supporters to get fit and raise money for the charity’
A NORTH Yorkshire school will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a £1million investment to create six new classrooms. Rossett School, in Harrogate, has been awarded a grant by The Academies Trust, and temporary buildings will be replaced with
EAST Yorkshire MP Greg Knight has welcomed new figures indicating a dramatic reduction in metal theft, following a change in the law. He said figures released by Network Rail showed a 67 per cent drop in metal theft over the past year, while BT
A £164,000 scheme to improve roads at two of Hambleton’s business parks is to start next week. Once the work is completed, the routes in Northallerton and Stokesley will be formally adopted as highways by North Yorkshire County Council. The scheme
PLANS to open a branch of a national coffee chain in Haxby have been criticised by local business owners and residents who say the town doesn’t need another café. Costa Coffee hopes to open a 66-seat café in Ryedale Court, but Phil Clayton, whose
AN ELDERLY driver was taken to York Hospital last night after his car hit an electronic road sign in the city. A female passenger is also understood to have been in the vehicle, but is not thought to have been seriously injured. The incident
Performing Arts students studying acting at York College have taken part in auditions with three of the region’s leading theatre companies – Pilot Theatre, Slung Low and York Theatre Royal – and their forthcoming collaborative production of Blood +
LOCAL produce will be celebrated at Boroughbridge’s Plot to Plate festival on May 11 and 12. The festival, which is in its second year, is organised by the Boroughbridge Allotment Society and features stalls selling locally-grown food and handmade
DROP-IN sessions where older people in York can discuss housing options are being hosted by City of York Council in May and June. They will run on the first Friday of each month from 1pm to 2.30pm at Alex Lyon House in Tang Hall, and on the third
REGIONAL leaders have met Government ministers to discuss the budget for Yorkshire’s plans to host the first stages of the Tour de France. Tom Riordan, chief executive of Leeds City Council, and Clare Morrow, chairwoman of Welcome To Yorkshire,
POTTER Logistics has invested in new fleet to improve its carbon footprint and service its growing transport sector. The business has bought ten Mercedes Actros 2545 tractor units and a mix of 22 double and single deck trailers. Nick Brightey
