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ALT-J’S journey is a bit like the story of the man who staggers, bloodied, from a wrecked car and, when somebody asks him what happened, replies: “I don’t know, I just got here myself." Not that alt-J’s impact can be compared to a car crash – it

THE Coquette Burlesque and Cabaret Club return for their final York show of 2014 tomorrow night at their new residency at The Duchess in Stonebow. “After a run of sell-out performances this year, we’ve decided to move to a bigger venue, The Duchess

THE MOST original of the Americana crop, Bonny Prince Billy is metamorphosing into a sexually deviant sprite with a wicked turn of phrase. Whipped is testament to this more overt outlook, a S&M tale in search of redemption. This latest release

EVERYTHING comes in threes for Dry The River, the alternative rock band from the Stratford district of North London. They will be playing three Yorkshire shows over the next ten days in York, Hull and Leeds, and they have recorded their latest

THIS buoyant offering from the Dublin three-piece maintains one pace throughout 11 songs. Every track on their fourth album has a sing-a-long, feel-good factor created to delight their pop-rock fans, who will not be disappointed. The album’s title

NAMED after the address of Robin Gibb’s first home in Douglas on the Isle of Man, the ninth and final solo album from the former Bee Gee is finally available. Robin’s widow, Dwina, and son, R-John Gibb, have curated and supplied extensive sleeve

IT’S a stunt pairing of an octogenarian crooner and meat dress-wearing androgynous pop icon. But is that a bad thing? Well, no. Not really. Turns out for all her headline-grabbing headwear, Gaga can really sing. It may be difficult to hear when

FOLK rock pioneers Steeleye Span are marking their 45th anniversary with an autumn tour that visits Leeds City Varieties Music Hall on Monday and York Barbican on Tuesday. Contemporaries of Led Zeppelin and Fairport Convention, they have gone on

YORK artist Andres Jaroslavsky has made as big an impact as his paintings in his year on the inaugural Creative Practice MA art course at Leeds College of Art. Not only has he graduated with a distinction, but only two weeks after completing his

ACCORDING to the blurb, this four-piece hails from Montreal, which is wrong on two counts. Firstly, harpist Sarah Pagé is clearly neither a Barr nor a brother; secondly Brad and Andrew, who are both Barrs and brothers, are from Massachusetts. Pedantry

OLOF Arnalds has a playfully experimental and profoundly sensual new album to promote at Fibbers in York on Saturday night. Palme represents the Icelandic singer-songwriter's most collaborative studio collection so far, moving her forward from

Just A Quickie with...Scottish folk musician James Yorkston, who plays The Fulford Arms in York on Wednesday Starting out as an integral part of the Fence Collective, Fife folk singer-songwriter James Yorkston caught the ear of John Peel with his

FROM tomorrow, the gnarled and warty face of rock survivor Lemmy will greet you at the door of The Fossgate Social bar in Fossgate, York. The leathery Motorhead veteran has not started a sideline as a doorman but is one of the 38 photographs that

KOMEDIA's Krater Comedy Club is to take up residence at The Basement at City Screen, York, on Sunday nights from this weekend. "We're healthy competition for the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, who have now vacated the premises," says Anna Walker, of

A WOMAN suffered serious head injuries in a street attack in York. The 42-year-old was assaulted between 4am and 4.30am today and found in Lady Road, Clifton. Detectives from North Yorkshire Police have spoken to the woman in York Hospital,

POLICE have traced a man who was spotted in a Harrogate school. Officers appealed for help to find a man who was found at St Aidan's School on Tuesday morning, but they have now confirmed he has been found and there were no suspicious circumstances

THE Hyena Lounge Comedy Club is to present four shows in one week, a record number in quick succession in York for long-time Yorkshire comedy promoter Toby Clouston-Jones, who bolsters his regular Saturday Night Lounge night with three tour shows,

THE Ebor Singers will perform the October concert for the York Late Music series at at the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York, on Saturday when composer Eve Harrison will give a pre-concert talk to introduce her as-yet-untitled new work. Eve

WHAT is the general perception of London dramatist, screenwriter, director and actor Harold Pinter? "I think people think Pinter is cold and full of menace, which is part of his work of course, and they think his plays are obscure and dated," says

VOCALIST Gary Grace presents a swinging night to remember at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre on October 12 in his first York concert in five years. Swing singer Gary has performed throughout Britain and Europe and around the world aboard cruise liners

YORK glam punk rock singer and former U.K. Subs star Stevie ZeSuicide will be heading east to Japan in the New Year to promote his first official album, Dancing With Spiders. "I'll be making promotional appearances at record stores in and around

YORK Stage Musicals are seeking actors from across the region to take part in the American musical comedy Hairspray in its debut production at the Grand Opera House, York, in Easter week from March 27 to April 4 next spring. The first meeting for

STEVE Harley is calling it "the world tour of Yorkshire", on account of playing five shows in God's Own Country on autumn travels divided between his acoustic trio and his full-scale Cockney Rebel line-up. Two of them will be A Closer Look acoustic

THE Steve Cassidy Band will launch his new album, Stories And Memories, at Sunday's 7.30pm concert at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. Steve will showcase at least four songs from the record, including the ballad Only Love, Make My Day, Brand

MAX Raptor, Burton-on-Trent 's punk rock'n'roll four-piece, are embarking on a headline tour in support of their new single, My Heart Is Pumping To A Brand New Beat. These cornerstones of the Midlands alternative rock scene will play The Duchess

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ASA Elliott, from the ITV sitcom Benidorm, stars in The West End Experience at York Barbican tomorrow night. The 7.30pm show transports you on a journey through the musicals and into the heart of London's theatreland, guided by a cast of singers

ELVIS act Gordon Hendricks's new tribute show, Aloha From Hawaii, says aloha to York on Friday, November 7, replete with 20 musicians and singers at the Grand Opera House. Hendricks, the 2011 European Elvis Champion, has long had a dream to replicate

JOHN MARLEY and Kate Peters organised a big Charity Jazz Jam at the Phoenix Inn on Monday night and their efforts were rewarded by a packed turnout and many musicians turning up not only to play, but to pay to play. £200 was raised for the National

THE Ultimate Eagles tribute act will mark the 20th anniversary of Eagles’ celebrated comeback album Hell Freezes Over at York Barbican on Saturday night. "Hell froze over" when Eagles brought to an expected end a 14-year year "vacation" by re-forming

Courtesy of the Grand Opera House, York, we have one set of Gordon Hendricks prizes to be won. The winner will receive a pair of tickets for the November 7 show; a signed copy of both Gordon Hendricks's new CD, In Your Arms, and his Aloha From

THE award-winning documentary Tony Benn: Will And Testament (12A) will have a 4.30pm screening at City Screen, York, on Sunday afternoon. Directed by Skip Kite, this 95-minute film reviews the veteran politician's life and career, in which he served

YOU may well have heard Glass Caves in their regular weekend busking pitch in York outside All Saints Church, in Pavement, at the end of Parliament Street. The Press has always referred to the rapidly rising indie rockers as a York and Pontefract

LEE PATERSON'S consistent form back at home-town club York City Knights this season has earned the veteran loose-forward a recall for Scotland at the age of 33. Paterson was today named in the train-on squad of 26 for the Scots' upcoming European

AN HISTORIC York-based veterinary practice which has grown to include 16 branches across the UK has completed a merger deal. Minster Veterinary Practice, which was founded in York more than 100 years ago, and employs more than 100 people mainly

A TIMER construction specialist in York is seeing a growth in business from the education sector as schools in Yorkshire prepare to create an extra 3,200 places. The Stable Company, which designs, builds and fits out timber buildings, has seen

BY-PASS Park Estate in Sherburn in Elmet has welcomed a hat-trick of new lettings in the last month. The estate is owned and managed by G W Sissons & Son and is one of the largest single owned industrial estates in North Yorkshire. The

A RETAIL and leisure development near Scarborough which has been dubbed by agents as "one of the most unusual retail properties on the market this year" is up for sale with a £1.5 million price tag. The 8-acre Spital Farm Complex at Staxton, features

 A FEW days ago we reproduced three old photographs showing floral displays created by York Corporation gardeners on the city wall embankment in Station Road. One of the photographs was dated 1955, and showed a representation of Holgate Windmill, with

IT COMES to something in this life when you find yourself agreeing with a Tory minister. This shocking state of affairs has arisen following the disgraceful behaviour of the Sunday Mirror newspaper with its sexting sting. Nicky Morgan, the women

ANOTHER day, another Tesco plan for York and once again in what is currently a pub. The latest concerns the Corner House in Burton Stone Lane and it will come as no surprise that not everyone is happy. Small businesses in the area worry about a

IT IS the sheer ordinariness of York student Megan Roberts’s last night that is so heartbreaking. She was undoubtedly very drunk. But the 20-year-old was also enjoying a good night out. “She seemed really happy,” a friend said. Yet at some

MY STAUNCHLY socialist father, who brought up our family of seven in Tang Hall with modest means, and was for many years a shop steward at Rowntrees, will be turning in his grave over the profiteering that underpins York’s Labour administration’s attempts

 IT IS now clear that City of York Council is going to force through its unsustainable Local Plan without any infrastructure being put in place and ignoring about 94 per cent of residents who oppose the plan. It has been said that the number of

COULD I thank the enthusiastic volunteers who gave up their time on Saturday to help pick up litter after Tadcaster’s Duck Race, which you reported on Tuesday . The Tadcaster Litter Collectors group have held ten litter-picks in the town so far

IT WAS very interesting reading of our traumatic holiday experience (The Press, September 9). There is just one point which we must put right. Shearings never contacted us once, either on return from our holiday or during the year it took them

A CYCLIST who died in a crash near Selby has been named as Julian Derek Barlow. Mr Barlow was 49 and from Pollington, near Goole, and was cycling on the A19 at about 8.45am on Saturday, when he was in collision with a heavy goods vehicle on the

IN THE run-up to the Yorkshire Marathon on October 12, the RSPCA would like to ask readers to come along and be part of our team of supporters. The RSPCA – the country’s oldest and biggest animal charity – would like volunteers to cheer our runners

READING Dave Smith’s letter in The Press of September 30 about barking dogs raises some good questions for the RSPCA. Dogs should not be an alternative to an alarm installation. Dogs left in the garden do not help our postmen needing to deliver

THE next meeting of the Fulford and District Branch Royal British Legion will be held on Thursday, October 9, in The Fulfordgate WMC at 7.10pm. Further details can be obtained by phoning the secretary on 01904 426123 or the letter writer on 01904

I AM pleased that M.C. Usherwood has realised that the proposed build of a further 17,000 houses in and around York could mean another 17,000 cars contesting for space on our already overcrowded roads (Letters, September 30). It could be worse

IN MONDAY’S Press there was a photograph of the Lord Mayor and a group of lady bowlers. The Mayor was at Thanet Road Indoor Bowls Club to offer his congratulations on the club winning two England trophies, the Yetton and the Vivienne. Just in case

REGARDING the planned closing of Water World. Is this really necessary? So many people, adults and children alike, have grown to love this pool. Why not just refurbish it, save money, and fit in other planned development around it? J Richardson

I AGREE totally with Geoff Robb on the subject of the appointing of consultants to the council for all but the day-to-day business (Letters, September 27). Just what are we paying these officials for if not to do the job themselves; why keep a

IT IS encouraging that the Nestlé South site looks like being developed after several aborted attempts. Let’s hope this time work begins. Will the developers be asked to complete a through road from Wigginton Road to Haxby Road? Otherwise the traffic

A FRIEND who plays drums in a wedding band has been told that the drums have to go, and can only be replaced by an imitation electronic version. The venue? The Merchant Adventurers Hall, a popular wedding venue. Why? Apparently the council has

GEORGE OSBORNE must have thrilled the Tory faithful in York with his attack on welfare benefit payments. Ten million families will have their dwindling incomes diminished to save a further £3 billion (the budgeted cost for the Isis conflagration

RYAN JARVIS believes York City must respond better to falling behind. The Minstermen's 2-0 defeat in Dagenham means the club have, staggeringly, still not won a single match they have trailed in since the 2-1 Conference play-off final victory over

YORK golf star Simon Dyson will hope to be finishing where he starts out today. Dyson opens his Alfred Dunhill Links Championship bid at St Andrews, where the final fourth round - featuring the top 60-plus players - will compete for the final honours

MEMBERS are celebrating after saving Selby Squash Club. The club - based at The Maltings off Flaxley Road - was facing extinction until members stepped in to take over. The Maltings houses three squash courts, a gym, a salon and bar, with the

100 years ago The Antwerp “Nieuwe Gazet” had published a two column article in English entitled “To the British Nation.” The article said: “During the unspeakable trials our poor little country has had to put up with for the last two months

Martyn Moxon says Kane Williamson and Aaron Finch are Yorkshire’s top targets when it comes to overseas recruits for their 2015 title defence. Williamson and Finch starred in this season’s LV= County Championship triumph, and the club would welcome

YORK City ladies hit FA Cup first round qualifying hosts Kader for six in a one-sided contest. Goalkeeper Chloe Precious was a virtual spectator as hat-trick hero Katie Duckworth got on the scoresheet, along with Alicia Smith, Lauren Shuttleworth

NEWCOMERS York Tornadoes racked up a huge 75-4 win over Spen Valley Vipers in their first ever Yorkshire Ladies Basketball League outing. The Tornadoes had been preparing for their league debut since starting training eight months ago and were

RYEDALE racer Nick Carr triumphed at the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire to seal the BTRDA Rally First Championship on home soil. The 20-year-old Barton-le-Willows driver triumphed in the North York Moors forests in tandem with co-driver Joe Sturdy, an

NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC return to Pennine League action on Saturday eager to maintain winning form - but facing another step into the unknown. Jack Stearman's men go to Illingworth, who last week bounced back from an opening defeat to turn

STRENSALL speedster Mike Cutt is back in pole position. Three years after winning the Northern Sports and Saloon Car Championship, he again seized the silverware. But unlike his triumph in 2011, second time around it was a far more tight and

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EAST Yorkshire race Guy Smith has “exceeded expectations” with a runners-up finish in the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series Pro Drivers Championship in America. Beverley-born Smith secured second place in the championship with a fifth in class -

THE deaths of two people in York's rivers should serve as a stark warning to those who drink too much in the city-centre, a coroner has said. Megan Robert and Ben Clarkson died within weeks of each other earlier this year. Coroner Jonathan

A FAMOUS comedy has prevented the tragic loss of a stunning tree through creative sculpture. Management at Grays Court Hotel feared the worst when they discovered the mammoth chestnut tree in their gardens was dying. But they enlisted the help

JOHN QUINN, whose brilliant unbeaten juvenile The Wow Signal travels to France on Sunday to bid for Group 1 honours at Longchamp, has smaller fish to fry at Bangor today. It is a measure of the Ryedale trainer’s versatility that Flat and jumps

PLANS for a new town south of York have been increased since the idea was made public, it has emerged. The massive Whinthorpe development between Heslington and Elvington could now have around 6,000 homes - ten per cent more than the 5,580 originally

A NEW drug and alcohol service for North Yorkshire adults with misuse and dependence problems has been launched. North Yorkshire County Council said it had awarded contracts for the provision of its new integrated substance misuse service to two

A DECISION is due to be made on City of York Council's plans to build new flats for older people who are ready to downsize from family homes on land near Hob Moor Nature Reserve. A planning committee is due to meet on Wednesday next week to discuss

LULU is set to perform at York Barbican next year. The legendary Scottish singer songwriter, who performed at the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, is taking in York when she embarks on her first solo UK tour in more than ten

YORK’S Joseph Rowntree Foundation has spoken up for low income families which it claims have been bypassed by the Prime Minister’s tax reforms. David Cameron pledged in a speech which ended the Conservative party conference yesterday to raise the

A HELICOPTER search for a vulnerable pensioner who went missing in Selby had to be stopped after a child shone a laser pen at the pilot. North Yorkshire Police were called out to look for a vulnerable 89-year-old woman who had gone missing in the

OPENING partners Adam Lyth and Alex Lees continued their domination of end-of-season awards last night at Yorkshire’s champions gala dinner at Elland Road football ground in Leeds. Lyth won the Players’ Player of the Year award and the club’s Player

A KEEN cyclist whose customised bike has been stolen is appealing for help to track it down. Richard Hutchinson, of Huntington, took his bike out on Saturday, and planned to clean it on Sunday before putting it away for the winter. However,

A YORK car valet has been shortlisted for a national prize. Andrew Mitchinson, 43, took on six other workers from across the country at Suzuki in Milton Keynes to become UK Worker of the Year. He spent half an hour with judges being questioned

A GROUP of residents who have set up a protest group against plans to build about 500 new houses in Malton are to carry out their own traffic survey. Members of the Malton Residents’ Group say the outline application will have a huge impact on

A SON whose dad almost died in a motorbike crash has helped raise thousands of pounds for the Great North Air Ambulance as he gears up to take on the Yorkshire Marathon. The Press reported earlier this year that Connor Stainthorpe and his friends

SMOKERS in York are being urged to quit as part of Stoptober. City of York Council is supporting this year’s national quit smoking campaign and is urging residents to sign up to the 28-day stop smoking challenge. It is estimated that smoking

AN ex student who was “a bit of a handful” and who turned his life around to become an author has won international acclaim for his debut novel.And he says his story is proof that schools should never give up on students as they may go on

YORK'S historic cobbled streets are causing problems for disabled people, it has been claimed. As reported in The Press yesterday, many shops were found to still be failing disabled customers by not providing suitable access into their premises

A MAN told his former partner he would smash her teeth down her throat and stab her mother during Christmas dinner, a court heard. Neil Christopher Hirst was jailed for two months after pleading guilty to three charges of breaching a non-molestation

THE York Philharmonic Choir was invited to the city's historic Guildhall to thank members for supporting the Lord Mayor and Sheriff’s Christmas Cheer Fund through a charity concert. The concert will take place on Saturday at the Guildhall, with

A DIAMOND couple who first met when they were just 11 years old are celebrating 60 happy years of marriage today [Thursday]. Dennis and Joan Johnson, of Danebury Drive, York, were classmates at school in Newark throughout their teenage years, and

YORK Hospital has won praise for the way it has upped its performance in the way they support and care for cancer patients. According to Macmillan Cancer Support, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was the most improved hospital in the

 THE Government has launched an investigation in to the increased costs and difficulties of providing essential public services to people living in rural areas of North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire County Council has been chosen to take part in a