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  • Millions cut from York and North Yorkshire council budgets

    YORK and North Yorkshire councils have warned that harsh choices lie ahead after a government announcement that wiped millions off their budgets. The Communities Minister Kris Hopkins today told the House of Commons that local governments across

  • Dubai target for The Grey Gatsby

    DUBAI'S Sheema Classic could be the opening target next year for The Grey Gatsby, his trainer Kevin Ryan revealed after the three-year-old was named Yorkshire Horse of the Year. The Hambleton sensation won the Dante Stakes at York Racecourse, the

  • Man sought over North Yorkshire stabbing

    DETECTIVES investigating a stabbing in North Yorkshire have urged Jonathon Michael Doherty to contact police. A 34-year-old man was admitted the Friarage Hospital at about 9.50am on Wednesday with stab wounds to his back. On Thursday, North

  • Jonathan Dimbleby event at Pocklington Arts Centre postponed

    TELEVISION and radio presenter Jonathan Dimbleby has had to postpone his Destiny In The Desert event at Pocklington Arts Centre on January 28 next year on account of an unforeseen scheduling conflict. All ticket holders are advised to contact the

  • Viennese Strauss Christmas Gala, York Barbican, December 22

    THE British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra will present a Viennese Strauss Christmas Gala at York Barbican on Monday night. Written and presented by Malcolm McKee, who has played Graham Ryder in BBC Radio 4's The Archers since 1996, this festive

  • Cinderella, Grand Opera House, York, until January 4

    Stuart Wade had to withdraw from his last York pantomime after a first-half injury. But now he’s back as Buttons and feeling fighting fit, he tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON. STUART Wade is back in the Grand Opera House pantomime for the first time since

  • Top Ten toast for Arrivals & Departures

    THE American news magazine Time has named Scarborough playwright Alan Ayckbourn's Arrivals & Departures in its Top Ten Plays and Musicals of 2014. "Alan Ayckbourn’s latest work — which had its world (sic) premiere at New York’s 59E59 Theaters

  • Top Hat, Leeds Grand Theatre, December 23 to January 11

    TOP HAT, the all-singing, all-dancing musical that was such a hit at Leeds Grand Theatre in December 2011, is to return there from Tuesday to January 11. Winner of three Olivier Awards – Best New Musical, Best Choreography, Best Costume Design

  • Mike Kenny's The Boy Who Cried Wolf nominated for award

    YORK playwright Mike Kenny's The Boy Who Cried Wolf has been nominated in the Best Play for Children and Young People category at the 2014 Writers Guild of Great Britain Awards. York Theatre Royal and Leeds company Tutti Frutti toured their co-production

  • Cinderella, Hull Truck Theatre, January 10

    MARK Babych and Mike Kenny, director and writer respectively, met when Mark directed The Railway Children at Waterloo Station in 2011. The pair now reunite for Hull Truck Theatre's staging of another work by the prolific York playwright, his reinvention

  • Twelve Angry Men, Grand Opera House, York, April 13 to 18

    TOM Conti is among seven members of the West End cast who will re-join the Twelve Angry Men company for its national tour following a record-breaking run at the Garrick Theatre in London. Olivier and Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Conti will

  • Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy, Whitby Coliseum, January 9-10

    NORMA Waterson will return to the concert platform next month for Two Nights At The Coliseum, Whitby, performing alongside daughter Eliza Carthy, husband Martin Carthy and special guests. Norma's recent illness has curtailed her schedule of live

  • Darcy Oake, York Barbican, September 24, 2015

    CANADIAN magician Darcy Oake, the illusionist star from this year's Britain's Got Talent contest, will play York Barbican on September 24 next year on his first British tour. Darcy Oake: Edge Of Reality will offer the chance to see Oake's sleight

  • The Henningsens, Our Family Christmas (Sony) *

    Wrapping: Wintry scene on cover with snow falling over a red coloured house. Very festive. Style: Nashville trio do Christmas classics replete with country harmonies and slide guitar. Content: Ten songs including all the staples – O Holy Night

  • Darius Rucker, Home For The Holidays (Humphead) **

    Wrapping: Portrait of former Hootie And The Blowish front-man leaning against a tree amid a Farrow and Ball shade of green, which is carried on inside to "love you all" sleevenotes. Yuk. Picture on back of Rucker sitting on stairs alongside cute dog

  • New Year’s Eve soiree at Howden Shire Hall

    HOWDEN Live are inviting you to join in with their New Year’s Eve soiree at Howden Shire Hall, East Yorkshire. “We’re offering a chilled-out evening to see the New Year in with the Steve Fulsham Band,” say the event organisers. “If you can hold

  • Adam Cohen, Pocklington Arts Centre, January 31

    CANADIAN singer-songwriter Adam Cohen will play Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Pocklington Arts Centre on his five-date British tour early next year. It is a tour that might never have happened. Three years ago, Leonard Cohen's son

  • Idina Menzel, Christmas Wishes (Warner Brothers) *****

    Wrapping: As a veteran of the 2007 Disney movie Enchanted and being the voice of Elsa the Snow Queen from Disney’s Frozen, Idina has every right to dress like a real-life Disney princess. Style: Closely follows the blueprint of Barbra Streisand

  • An Americana Christmas (New West) ***

    Wrapping: Rough and ready in appearance with white snowflakes, green tree, red background; skimpy sleevenotes. Style: Country/Americana/folky Christmas songs, old and new. Content: Sixteen tracks, including such musical fixtures and fittings

  • Sara Evans, At Christmas (RCA Nashville) ***

    Wrapping: If it wasn’t for the hint of Christmas tree lights in the background – with Sara looking wistful in the foreground – you’d never know this was a Christmas album. Apart from the title, of course. Style: Melodic country music, bringing

  • WIN - An Americana Christmas

    COURTESY of New West Records, What’s On has three CDs of An Americana Christmas to be won. The album features Christmas songs by John Prine, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, Corb Lund, Valerie June and The Band among its16

  • Close up to ebola fight in Africa

    York-trained medics are heading to Africa to join the fight against ebola. Chris Webber reports. THERE are two fences of prison-like bars at the replica hospital with more than an arm’s reach between them. One side of the fence of bars is for desperate

  • The highs and lows of Hugh Bayley's political career

    York Central MP Hugh Bayley will be standing down at the next election. He spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS. POLITICS, says Hugh Bayley, is like walking up a sand dune. "You're trying to move ahead, and there are forces constantly pushing society in the

  • Clare Teal - Festive Fiesta, Harrogate Royal Hall, December 18

    KILDWICK jazz singer Clare Teal presents a Festive Fiesta at Harrogate Royal Hall tonight at 7.30pm on her return to Yorkshire. Now in its sixth year, Clare's winter warmer offers seasonal swing, cheeky retro grooves and a smattering of cozy fireside

  • 10cc - Sheet Music, York Barbican, February 9

    ART pop pioneers 10cc are to perform their defining album, Sheet Music, in its entirety at the York Barbican on February 9 next year with a line-up led by co-founder Graham Gouldman. The 40th anniversary of this highly inventive record, which boasted

  • Feeling grumpy, but not too much

    I'M SO wired-up, don't need no coffee in my cup. Not me but Van Morrison. I need plenty of coffee in my cup. Behind this calm exterior, caffeine-coated bullets are ricocheting all over the place. The quoted lyric comes from Jackie Wilson Said (

  • Brazilian fuel production supported by York researchers

    YORK'S contribution to international biofuel research has been formally recognised by laboratories in Brazil. For the past five years scientists at the Biorenewables Development Centre, based in York Science Park, have been working with the Brazilian

  • ‘Outstanding’ candidates bag top apprentice accolade

    TWO Hambleton apprentices have taken top spot in an awards scheme for young people. The Hambleton District Council initiative celebrates the success of the authority’s apprentice scheme, which was created as part of the authority's ‘Changing Lives

  • UK sciences to get £6 billion boost

    A £6 billion blueprint for boosting British science over the next five years has been unveiled by the Government. The Science and Innovation Strategy sets out the priority areas for science spending to 2020/21. A key pledge is the allocation

  • Brewing giants nets football club deal

    A GLOBAL brewing giant with an operation in Tadcaster has announced a new partnership with a Premier League football club. Molson Coors has committed to a long-term deal with Sunderland AFC, which sees it become the club’s official beer partner

  • BMW back Knights for 2015 drive

    YORK City Knights have unveiled their new home and away shirts for the 2015 season. The Kingstone Press League One outfit have been supported by Clifton Moor-based motor dealer Cooper BMW York as their main shirt sponsor in a two-year deal.

  • Young Tykes take a lead from Jack Leaning

    YORKSHIRE’S young guns should use Jack Leaning as inspiration when it comes to trying to nail down a first-team spot in 2015, say two of the club’s most experienced campaigners. York ace Leaning broke into Yorkshire’s first team last May aged 20

  • Bowls: York knocked out of Denny Cup by dominant Cumbria

    YORK Indoor Bowls Club's run in the Denny Cup came to an end as they lost 93-67 to Cumbria. York could only boast one winning rink, which came from Neal Macdonald, Ray Calpin, Graham Instone and Phil Emmerson. They dropped a single then a two

  • Mel Brittain’s Generous Dream seeks Southwell compensation

    YORK trainer Mel Brittain, who came narrowly unstuck last week at Southwell with Generous Dream, returns his mare to the same course this afternoon seeking to gain quick compensation. Generous Dream is on the comeback trail. She was off the course

  • Bowls: York start Yorkshire Ladies season with a perfect ten

    YORK opened their Yorkshire Ladies Bowls League season with a 135-49 victory over Leeds, picking up the maximum ten points at stake. At home, Margaret Sempers, Tina Robinson, Betty Richardson and Carol Instone were 5-1 down after three ends, but

  • Bowls: Triple toast for New Earswick winners

    NEW Earswick Indoor Bowls Club members got into the festive spirit at their annual Christmas Bowls Drive. The entrants were playing for a new trophy donated by long-standing member Ken Marshall, as well as the usual seasonal prizes. Organiser

  • Double boost for toys appeal

    THE Press' Toys & Tins Appeal - aimed at brightening up Christmas for some of York’s most vulnerable people - has won a massive double boost from two organisations. Hundreds of toys, books and games have been donated by the Yorkshire Air Museum

  • Hide your valuables in the bath, study reveals

    HOUSEHOLDERS in North Yorkshire have been urged to hide their valuables in unusual places after a scientific study revealed how experienced burglars choose predictable routes when raiding homes. Research found that career crooks targeted high-value

  • Man stabbed in the back in Northallerton

    A MAN was stabbed in his back in Northallerton on Wednesday. North Yorkshire Police were called to the Friarage Hospital at 9.50am on Wednesday after the 34-year-old man was admitted for treatment. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening

  • Bogus callers warning after woman targeted

    AN ELDERLY woman was targeted by bogus callers who stole money from her. Two men who claimed to be from the water board visited the 82-year-old woman at her Mayfield Grove home at about 1pm on Monday, and talked their way into her house. Once

  • Mother's car bursts into flames on school run

    A MUM-of-two has told of the moment when her car burst into flames during the school run in York. Vicki Pope, of Helperby, was taking her children to school on what she thought was another normal day when she came to a stop at a T-Junction before

  • Water company issues advice to avoid burst pipes this winter

    YORKSHIRE Water is urging customers to save themselves an expensive headache this winter as the cold weather takes hold. Figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) show that a staggering 374,000 claims for damage caused to homes by

  • Selby District Council supporting festive post

    THE leader and chief executive of Selby District Council have visited local postal workers. Councillor Mark Crane and Mary Weastell visited the Royal Mail’s Selby delivery office this week, to see the staff during their busiest time of year and

  • Council audit delayed by Lendal Bridge rows

    THE Lendal Bridge controversy has left council accounts in limbo for months, and question marks still hang over the books despite the new plan to refund all the fines. Objections from voters mean council auditors Mazars have not been able to finish

  • Festive fun for pets

    PETS across York are preparing for Christmas, and with only a week to go pictures have been flooding in to The Press office of animals getting into the festive spirit. From dogs to cats and hamsters, the animal members of York families seem to

  • Firefighters carry out chemical spill exercise at Portakabin

    FIRE crews from across York took part in a training exercise at a York company on Monday. Two teams from Huntington station and one from Acomb took part in the exercise, which imagined a chemical spill or incident at the Portakabin site in New

  • Man is locked up for wooden plank attack

    A MAN with 40 offences on his criminal record has been jailed for attacking a man with a wooden plank that had nails in it in an unprovoked late night rage. Stephen Marson, previously of Cochrane Street, Selby, was handed two prison sentences —

  • Jobless total in York hits record low

    UNEMPLOYMENT dropped to a record low in York last month but increased slightly in North Yorkshire. Statistics have revealed those claiming Jobseekers Allowance in York stood at 1,232 people in November compared to 1,318 in October. The number

  • Inquiry should have begun before death

    THIS week the Court of Appeal sanctioned a compensation scheme for victims of Jimmy Savile. However it won’t provide the solace these women deserve, because since Operation Yewtree was launched, it has become clear that there was enough reason

  • Generous, as ever

    EVERY Christmas our Toys and Tins appeal aims to brighten up the season for some of York’s most vulnerable people. This year promises to be better than ever thanks to a massive boost from the Yorkshire Air Museum and Benenden, who have donated

  • The politics of failure haunts MPs

    RUSSELL BRAND campaigns against social and corporate injustice through his Trews Reports and amusingly accused Nigel Farage of being a poundland Enoch Powell. It was Powell who said that all political careers end in failure, so how has Hugh Bayley

  • Keep it compact and rubbish fits

    WITH regards to letters about refuse collections, casual observation indicates some people cannot be bothered to compact those items that can be compressed – doing so would help to reduce overflowing bins. Derek Chapplow, Middlethorpe Grove, York

  • We need pest control service

    READING that bin collections could be reduced by City of York Council to once every four weeks (The Press, December 10), I recall also reading that rodent and pest control operations within the council could be reduced. Could I suggest that this

  • A step too far in equality business

    SO the Labour Party has decided that their candidate for the York Central seat next May must be a woman, who will almost certainly be from the local area (The Press, December 12). I ask just one question: what would have been the reaction, especially

  • Delay wastes yet more money

    AFTER finally seeming to do the right thing and voting to refund all the fines collected from the Lendal Bridge fiasco, the council is now worried about being accused of wasting taxpayers’ money with a likely admin cost of £150,000. And they now

  • Delay wastes yet more money

    AFTER finally seeming to do the right thing and voting to refund all the fines collected from the Lendal Bridge fiasco, the council is now worried about being accused of wasting taxpayers’ money with a likely admin cost of £150,000. And they now

  • Double standards of some shops

    I FIND it strange indeed that newspapers still seem to have to print four-letter words as just one letter, followed by dot, dot, dot, while some high street shops freely use this unsavoury language in full on greeting cards, Christmas wrapping paper

  • We’ve survived without a plan

    I REFER to Cllr David Horton’s letter of December 12 in which he suggests that if the seriously flawed and publicly unpopular draft Local Plan is not approved, it will lead to an open season for green belt planning applications. The truth is that

  • East Coast route all needs dualling

    ON THE face of it, building a flyover over the Hopgrove roundabout complex seems a wonderful idea as it would keep the East Coast traffic moving – until it came to a halt as the dual carriageway merged into the single carriageway half a mile further

  • Bridge pledge is a desperate move

    IN response to new Labour leader Dafydd Williams pledging to refund Lendal Bridge fines and freeze council tax (The Press, November 29), Cllr Williams is merely desperate to win back voters for the elections next year. I really hope the fine people

  • Child’s view gives clearer picture

    I HAVE just read the review by Charles Hutchinson on Cinderella at the Grand Opera House and felt I had to write in its defence. I attended with my five-year-old granddaughter and she thoroughly enjoyed the show, especially Buttons. The panto

  • Caught up playing the waiting game

    MY WIFE wanted to shop, I’d had my fill and suggested she go ahead while I had a coffee in the new super comfortable restaurant. Clearly a sensible choice, but no procedures had to be followed. Once started, there was no way out. I will enumerate

  • Singing the praises of the health service

    AFTER reading Dennis Barton’s letter of December 11 about his experience with the NHS emergency services, I wish to endorse his comments. I experienced an almost identical situation earlier this week. At about 8.45am, I phoned and spoke to my GP

  • Disturbed by the lack of balance

    I WRITE in reference to an article on David Wilson Homes at the Terry’s Chocolate Works site. I have attended many meetings where significant negative comments were made, but none have been reported in The Press. I find this disturbing. Nina

  • December 18

    100 years ago “Recruiting in south-east Durham has received a tragic but effective stimulus,” wrote a correspondent. There had also been a rush of recruits to the chief depots in London almost immediately after the news of the German attack on

  • Christmas comes early at seven care homes across York

    Christmas came early for some older people in York thanks to local volunteers. Residents of seven care homes across the city have been joined by local business volunteers who have spend their lunch hour singing carols, playing bingo and chatting

  • Celebs wear red for appeal

    CELEBRITIES have teamed up with patients and families for an online film to raise awareness of congenital heart surgery in Yorkshire. Local celebrities and well-known Yorkshire faces are lending their support to the short film promoting Wear Red

  • Jazz notes

    CHRISTMAS party season is in full swing and what better way to enjoy it than with some live jazz? The Red Lion Hotel in Poppleton is becoming a popular venue on a Thursday evening with excellent guests joining the house rhythm sections. Vocalist