ALI CARTER said it would be “back to the drawing board” after lamenting an “embarrassing” first round loss at the Coral UK Championship.The Captain, who has battled back after suffering from a cancerous growth on his lung, received a standing ovation
YORK City winger Michael Coulson will be fit to face Plymouth Argyle on Saturday after a precautionary scan on his knee revealed no damage. Coulson, who has suffered cruciate ligament damage three times in his career, felt some pain after Saturday's
YORK City beat off interest from other teams to secure the loan services of Norwich’s England under-19 striker Carlton Morris. The teenage Canary, who was also farmed out to City’s Sky Bet League Two rivals Oxford earlier this season, has agreed
CO CO And The Butterfields are to step in for Vin Garbutt at Howden Live's December 6 concert. Vin has been forced to pull out through illness, but the Co Co acoustic five-piece have agreed to fill the gap in the diary with their energetic combination
AMERICAN bluesman Seasick Steve will play York Barbican on April 24 next year on his first British tour in four years. Tickets go on sale today on 0844 854 2757 or at yorkbarbican.co.uk The 73-year-old Californian will be armed with a batch of
JUSTIN Hayward, of The Moody Blues, will play York Barbican on July 9 next summer on his eight-date solo tour. The 68-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter from Swindon will focus on songs from his 2013 album, Spirits Of The Western Sky, alongside
‘NEW GROUND’, an exhibition by printmaker Hester Cox and ceramicist Charlotte Morrison, rounds off what has been the best season of exhibitions at the North York Moors’ Inspired by… gallery in its seven year history. Located within The Moors National
THE Black Swan Folk Club was quick to add a second night after Martin Carthy's December 4 concert sold out, but now the Wednesday show has done likewise. The doyen of English folk ballad singers and groundbreaking acoustic and electric guitarist
WHEN Roxy Music exploded on the scene in 1972, they made the sound of the future. Curious, then, that singer Bryan Ferry should have a penchant for looking back during his parallel solo career in the Great American Songbook tradition. On Avonmore
RECORDING an album with high-profile living artists is prone to scheduling and artistic differences, but to extend that concept to departed artists opens a raft of other issues technically and artistically, not to mention dealing with estates and publishers
NOW That's What I Call A Christmas Show will be returning to the Milton Rooms in Malton in December. The traditional variety show will include song, dance, comedy, magic and music, and will feature headline performances from local musical theatre
PROOF, if ever, that though you may be closer to the pearly gates than not, there’s still time to kick at the traces. Old-timer Willie Nelson does just that and in big-size cowboy boots. The grizzled country chief teams up with younger sister Bobbie
SCARBROUGH'S Stephen Joseph Theatre brings live music, songs, dancing and festive magic together in Aladdin. Running from December 1 to January 3, Andrew Pollard’s family Christmas fantasy, directed by Chris Monks, delivers a modern twist on a
THESE compilations are never as much fun as the live shows, but this comes close. The true star turns belong to usual Jools sidekicks. Ruby Turner, who always raises an audience, sets a lively ball rolling with Jumpin’ In The Morning, on which
IF you are not clued up on I Am Kloot, you should start elsewhere with 2001’s Natural History and 2010’s Sky At Night. Then you can go from there to here, a soundtrack of original material and three old Kloot favourites from the BBC1 drama set in
TWO sonic stallions from the Moshi Moshi stable are cantering around the shires on a co-headline tour, dismounting at The Basement, City Screen, York, on December 10. At 8pm, York promoter Please Please You presents lyrical singer-songwriters Stephen
IT seems most bands have had a memo dictating if they’re going to cover a song, they should take out everything but one instrument and slow it down by half. The result is a bland and miserable collection of ‘gritty’ and ‘dramatic’ takes on popular
FANS of vocal jazz are spoilt for choice this week. Local favourite Kate Peters will be making two appearances, starting at The Pavilion Hotel on Fulford Road (01904 622099) this evening where she will be joined by Mike Conliffe on piano. At the
THE pantomime season is on its way, a prospect that delights plenty but sends others scurrying for the hills, or maybe even to Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairyland musical, Into The Woods. Ahead of January's release of the Disney movie version
THE Five Seasons brings together one writer, one new company, one gallery, four performances, five plays, five directors and 14 actors in York. From Monday to Thursday, Off The Rock Productions present Matthew Wignall's quintet of shorts in the
Leeds City Varieties Music Hall Pantomime: Dick Whittington, The Rock'n'Roll Panto. The buzz: Fourth year for distinctive City Varieties pantomime package. "You won’t see anything like this anywhere else in Yorkshire," promises general manager
MEET Miss Ooh La Lou, one of The Folly Mixtures at An Evening Of Burlesque at the Grand Opera House, York. As Ian Dury might once have said, her real name is Sarah-Lou Buckle, she's very Essex, and she's doing very well as the vaudeville act who
GOODBYE school clothes and sportswear, goodbye to a brief flash of fireworks, hello Ebenezer Scrooge. York street theatre company Nightshade Productions are moving indoors this season, taking over a former school outfitters' shop in Colliergate
THIRTY three budding young actors York and beyond have spent the past two months rehearsing for the first York Theatre Royal youth theatre productions of this academic year, Mr Puntila And His Man Matti and The Circle Of Chalk. The first is a Lee
ONCE a Silly Billy, always a Silly Billy, even if the name "Silly Billy" escaped Harrogate Theatre's resident pantomime buffoon Tim Stedman when recalling his first role. "The first one I did was Sleeping Beauty and I played.....? No idea!" says
YORK City boss Russ Wilcox still has "two or three irons in the fire" as this afternoon's 5pm deadline for 2014 loan signings approaches.The Minstermen chief is still in pursuit of another attacking player following the return of Diego De Girolamo
MATTHEW Long will take the long road from London to his old singing ground of York for Yorkshire Bach Choir's contribution to the 2014 York Early Music Christmas Festival. Tenor Matthew will be among the soloists for the December 6 performance
RICH beyond measure, Timon of Athens loves feasts, friends and flattery. Yet when the financial crisis hits, his friends disappear, leaving him alone in the ruins of his extravagant lifestyle. As his creditors close in, Timon prepares a final party
THE 2014 York Early Music Christmas Festival opens on Friday, December 5, with a festively cheerful Vivaldi programme by La Serenissima at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York. Their 7.30pm concert, The Red Priest, marks the group's
THE roots of Claire Martin's chamber-jazz adventure – "chazz" for short – can be traced to her daughter, Amelia. "She was having cello lessons," recalls the York-bound jazz singer. " I say 'was' because she's given it up to be an international
BE warned! Mark Steel is on his way to turn Pocklington from a market town to a mock-it town. If you have heard the Swanley socialist columnist, author, comedian and presenter's BBC Radio 4 series Mark Steel's In Town, then here is the live version
ALEC Dankworth's World Spirit Tour makes a visit to the National Centre for Early Music, York, on Wednesday. Formed out of bassist Alec's love of music from the Iberian peninsula, World Spirit crosses the Straits of Gibraltar into Africa and beyond
WELSH soprano Fflur Wyn will perform with the York Minster Choir at its annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, always an integral part of preparations for Christmas in York, on December 13 at the cathedral. Fflur has gained acclaim for her operatic
IRISH comedian Dylan Moran has sold out all three of his Work In Progress shows at Pocklington Arts Centre, but if you have missed out on tickets for tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday's 8pm previews of his new material, What's On can reveal where his Pock
THE Yorkshire Carol Concert Committee for the Macmillan Cancer Support Candlelit Concert at Ripon Cathedral hopes this winter’s event will take the fundraising total past the £150,000 mark. The committee has held five such concerts in the past
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN fears a broken ankle may force him to pull out of the Coral UK Championship at York. The Rocket cut a frustrated figure in his 6-2 first round win over amateur Daniel Wells - limping round the Barbican's main arena with his damaged
LIFTING weights has left Mark Williams stricken at the Coral UK Championship. The two-time winner comfortably got through his first round clash at York Barbican - beating Steven Hallworth 6-1 - but is battling a neck injury that is preventing him
A CHARITY supporting those who have recently lost loved ones is giving women the chance to have a pre-Christmas clear out. Cruse Bereavement Care is hosting Swap n Style on November 29 for people to exchange their old dresses for something new.
BIG isn’t always beautiful, we’re sometimes told – but it certainly is in the case of Tall Trees, a wonderful family home in the village of Tollerton. Handsomely fronted in mellow red brick it has a delightful external face while, internally, it
A YORK cosmetic dentistry clinic is to undergo a £600,000 investment with a move to new premises to meet a 40 per cent growth in demand for treatments this year. Andrea Ubhi York has received planning approval to change retail premises in Goodramgate
NORTH Yorkshire's largest water brand has struck a deal with the British Fashion Council to become the official water supplier of the 2014 British Fashion Awards. The deal secured by Harrogate Spring Water sits as part of its largest marketing
THIRSK-based CCTV technology specialist Vemotion is set to end the year with global expansion after agreeing a partnership with a Qatari distributor. Following its inaugural attendance at Milipol Qatar, the International State Security Exhibition
NORTH Yorkshire furniture and kitchen manufacturer Treske has played a major role in the refurbishment of the Altrincham United Reformed Church in Trinity Hale, Cheshire. Thirsk-based Treske, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, was
After 44 years with this newspaper, picture editor Martin Oates is taking a well-earned early retirement. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. MARTIN Oates was a floppy-haired teenager when he first started work at the Yorkshire Evening Press. It was, in
“THE great thing about the house,” says Faye Breckons, “is that it is so family friendly, it’s a great place for children.” Faye is talking about Rowan House, her home in Towthorpe Road, Haxby, a pretty as a picture property on the road out of
THE Vienna Festival Ballet, established in 1980, brings a little (or a lot of) festive sparkle to York before Christmas. The company is technically impressive and incredibly synchronised in their performance, with particular attention going to
TUESDAY’S concert opened with a delicious performance of Brahms’ quirky, affectionate gypsy songs, Zigeunerlieder. Soloists Catrin Woodruff (soprano), Anna Harvey (mezzo soprano), Jason Darnell (tenor) and Johnny Herford (bass) instantly proved
NIGEL Farage is sadly not a mirage. Instead he is canny operator who rides every wave he mounts. Unlike Ed Miliband, who wobbles off every passing wave. So while Farage bestrode the giddying surf after Ukip’s second by-election victory last week
YORK-BORN former York City Knights loose-forward Danny Allan is poised to rejoin rugby league’s professional ranks with Oxford, writes Peter Martini. Allan, who began his career in Leeds Rhinos’ academy and has also had spells at Doncaster, Featherstone
ANOTHER place in the Pennine League premier division could well become available - but New Earswick All Blacks ARLC are "not yet ready" to take it. That was the opinion of player-coach Jack Stearman after learning that Thornhill Trojans are to
FOR the second time this season New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club encountered a strong Featherstone side - and again painfully discovered they were not quite in the same class. In the home rinks, Dave Imeson, Pat Inwood, Kevin Potter and skip Barry
NEW Earswick Indoor Bowls Club has been chosen to host the European Masters on Saturday, December 13. The World Bowls Tour confirmed the Huntington Road club would stage the event which will see some of the leading PBA players battling it out for
YETTON Trophy holders York Indoor Bowls Club are still in the quest to retain their crown but only just after edging Scarborough 81-80 after an extra end. The game had been close throughout. York led 18-17 after five ends and widened the gap to
LUCINDA EGERTON, who enjoyed a milestone victory at Market Rasen last week when Hi Bob provided her with her first winner as a trainer, heads to Uttoxeter today seeking an encore. Danny Cook again teams up with the six-year-old, who has a 7lb penalty
LOCAL foes Selby Warriors ARLC and Sherburn Bears will clash in the league for the first time in over 12 seasons on Saturday - and interest in the area is said to be sky high. The pair have met in the reformed Selby Cup in recent years but have
YORK boasts the world’s first fully-electric double-decker bus, it has the country’s first all-electric Park&Ride route and the city led the way in 2013 by offering cab drivers funding towards the price of a low emission vehicle. Now that incentive
UNDER the Mental Health Act, someone deemed to have a mental disorder may be admitted to hospital, detained and treated without their consent, either for their own health and safety, or for the protection of others. People can be taken in under
UKIP in York seem to have opinions that they feel will make them sound more socially acceptable (Letters, November 25). Such views do not always seem to be supported by Ukip activists up and down the country. Many of these views are at odds with
ON THE subject of Lendal Bridge, some years ago my car broke down in Bedfordshire with a broken clutch cable. The AA organised a tow to a garage where a new cable was fitted, even though it was a Sunday afternoon. I paid the bill (thankfully) and
I RECENTLY completed an excellent training session at Hazel Court to become a snow warden. If you have not volunteered yet, I urge you to do so. Our population is getting older and we all know someone who took a nasty spill in 2011 or 2012.
THE other morning on our way to an appointment for my husband, my car broke down on the outer ring road. I had to pull to the side and text my daughter (I am deaf so only use text on my mobile phone) to ask her to contact our garage. Suddenly
IN HIS letter of November 22 on foreign aid, Mr Cox is a little hard on this government and previous governments in describing their action as “giving away millions” and failing to understand that “charity begins at home”. The greater part of what
A YOUNG burglar fled empty-handed after being bitten by his would-be victim's dog. The youth broke into a house in Baildon Close, Acomb, but the 66-year-old householder found the intruder in the kitchen. The man's dog bit the youngster on the leg
Teenage duo Karl Carver and Matt Fisher have been handed their maiden professional contracts by Yorkshire. Sessay left-arm spinner Carver, 18, and Sheriff Hutton Bridge fast bowler Fisher, 17, are two of ten White Rose players who have penned new
MOST political pundits believe that Ed Miliband is in urgent need of an image transformation. So who better to manage this than “Mr Re-Invigorate” himself, fresh from rescuing the stagnating city of York. The perfect new job for Cllr James Alexander
I AGREE with DM Deamer (Letters, November 22). York has been taken over by southerners and other incomers. This influx of people is responsible for many of our problems, especially traffic congestion and increased house prices. When companies
POLITICIANS, current affairs producers, analysts and the political elite, even after Rochester, still will not face up to the real reason why Ukip is so popular. Their continual attempts to portray Ukip as a racist party that is only concerned
REGARDING the improvement to Clarence Street/Lord Mayor’s Walk/Gillygate junction, I feel the real issue has been overlooked. The greater problem lies with traffic turning into Gillygate from Lord Mayor’s Walk and the fragrant disregard for the
TOP jockey Tom Queally when caught drink driving claimed he was sleep driving. Looks to me like he may have been doing the same on the horse that made him, Frankel. I could have ridden him with Moira sat behind me to tell me if there was anything
I WENT to York Hospital for an MRI scan, appointment time 11.30am. I was taken by my daughter and arrived at approximately 10.50am, only to be taken in right away and asked many relevant questions. The staff and/or technicians treated me with kindness
IT WOULD be a good idea to stress the need for proper training for cyclists (i.e. regular cycling proficiency courses). Most young cyclists seem totally inept or totally mad. Alexander Ogilvy, Lindsey Avenue, Acomb, York.
“UNI nightclub could replace squash courts” (The Press, November 19). I would have thought that playing squash was a healthier occupation than nightclubbing, but at least if the students are on campus they won’t be far from their beds and a long way
WHOEVER dreamed up Shambles Market, this new name for the York market Shambles Market? The market is not in Shambles (how could it be?), but one end of it is, as before, in Newgate. I understand the thinking, that tourists coming to look at
MY DREAM is to see my favourite team York City play in a new modern stadium. Yet another artist’s impression of what it will look like was in The Press of November 24. It is time we stopped drawing it and started building it, otherwise my dream
100 years ago A serious accident had occurred on the Devonport and District Tramway system, resulting in one person being killed and 20 injured. A tramcar, laden both inside and outside with employees from the dockyard who had just left work
THREE people have pleaded guilty in the York brothels case, bringing a dramatic end to the trial. Defendants changed their pleas as undercover police officers waited to give evidence of how they had masqueraded as brothel clients. Defence barristers
A BIT of festive cheer came to York's historic Mansion House as the city's lord mayor welcomed the finalists from the civic Christmas card competition. Two winners from each of the schools who took part in the contest joined Cllr Ian Gillies and
BUS operator First and City of York Council have launched a free WI-FI service for tens of thousands of passengers. Every York Park&Ride bus, along with 15 local buses, now provide a free WI-FI service following an award of £320,000 of Government
A REPORT into North Yorkshire Police has found room for improvement within the force. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constables Crime Inspection report is released today, and rated the force as 'Good' overall, but said several areas needed improvement
SEVENTY years after York's Normandy veterans landed on the D-Day beaches - and with numbers steadily dwindling - their association is being wound up. Six surviving members of the York branch of the Normandy Veterans Association held a farewell
ALMOST one in three people detained under the mental health act in North Yorkshire are still being held in police cells, it has been revealed. Earlier this year a £400,000-a-year "place of safety" unit was opened at Bootham Park Hospital in York
THE number of violent homophobic attacks in North Yorkshire has fallen for the second successive year, according to new figures. North Yorkshire Police recorded only five homophobic violent crimes between January and October, compared with 12 in
RARE species found close to a popular cycle path will be given protection through the work of two charities. The water voles and pipistrelle bats living in the St Nicholas Fields nature reserve, off Foss Islands Path, are to become the subject
YORK Travellers Trust is challenging a £12.90 increase in rents at the city's travellers' sites. Emails between the trust and City of York Council, discovered through a Freedom of Information request by Osbaldwick councillor Mark Warters, have
A CHAMPION bowls player and former compositor at The Press has been found dead at home. Bob Proctor, 69, was well known in York for his dedication to New Earswick and District Indoors Bowls Club, his passion for junior football in the village,
AN ENGLISH literature student from York has been elected Intern Of The Year. Eleanor Bartley, a final year English literature student, is the University of York Student Internship Bureau’s star worker. Completing an internship at TSYS, a payments
THE first fleet of low emission taxis are taking to the streets of York. Streamline Taxis has become the first taxi service in the city to operate low emission vehicles with ten new hybrid taxis and one electric car, with support from City of York
SHOPPERS are being invited to back the Monks Cross centre’s Christmas Give A Gift Campaign, which supports local children’s charities. Customers can leave a gift with staff in the information centre, which will be donated to Martin House Hospice
TRADERS in Selby have been urged to take part in a Best Dressed Christmas Window Display competition. The competition in Finkle Street and Micklegate has been organised by Selby Town Council and will be judged by the Mayor on Wednesday, December
POLICE have urged the driver of a red Subaru to contact them following an incident in York. A woman in her twenties was walking along Windmill Lane towards Tang Hall at about 8.10pm on Friday, November 21, when the Subaru vehicle drove alongside
PARENTS of pupils at a York primary have been asked to promise to park safely when doing the school run. Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy in Strensall, which has 562 pupils, has signed up to York City Council's parking pledge and the school also
A CARE home boss has been found guilty of ill-treating a Ryedale dementia sufferer and three other residents at the home which promised them specialist treatment. Detectives branded Siobahn Koralewski a female "Darth Vader" after a jury found her
A CAROL service for bereaved families and friends at York Minster next month will remember the lives of infants who died suddenly and unexpectedly, next month. Residents of York and the surrounding area are invited to the service on Sunday, December
STAFF and residents at a York Hospital intermediate care facility gathered together to celebrate the unit’s tenth anniversary. The Archways is a 22-bedded community unit in Belgrave Street, between Wigginton Road and Haxby Road, and close to York
RESIDENTS will receive help to protect their homes from rising water after flash floods struck earlier this year. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is to explore ways of improving the flood resilience of properties. That applies especially to
PRIMARY schools are being urged to look afresh at the Christmas message with free activity packs provided by the Archbishop of York’s online giving charity, Acts 435. Pupils can decorate an Acts 435 Christmas tree with cut out baubles containing
A SPECIAL piece of art work has gone on display at York St John University. Vice Chancellor, Professor David Fleming and guests were at the unveiling of the latest Alumni Abudantes panel created by local artist and alumna Catherine Scriven. It
DEMOLITION work on town centre properties will begin in December as the next stage of Bridlington’s regeneration gets underway. An exhibition outlining proposals for the second phase of the Bridlington Integrated Transport Plan will also take place
A NEW video and booklet have been released to help prevent rural crime. North Yorkshire Police launched the booklet as part of its Rural Crime Strategy, following consultation with the public who said that they wanted rural crime to be a key priority
