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  • Review: Aladdin, Hull New Theatre, until January 4

    WHERE will Hull New Theatre's gaudy, gargantuan pantomime fit into Hull, the City of Culture, in 2017? Very noisily, unashamedly, and not at art's high end, but the show's regular producers, QDOS Entertainment, know how to play to a rowdy crowd

  • Founders Brewery, US, Double Trouble – 9.4 per cent, £3.99

    GIVEN the dark evenings and cold winter air, I've been hitting the dark, strong stuff quite a bit these last few weeks. When a crate of Founders Brewery's Double Trouble – a summer seasonal double IPA arrived in store – I saw an opportunity to kick

  • Recipe: Festive Brussels sprouts

    HANNAH BRYAN is getting in the mood for Christmas It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in my kitchen. With the festive season well and truly upon us I thought it would be a good idea to have a trial run of potential Christmas recipes

  • Christmas wines that won’t break the bank

    NORMALLY I push the boat out for my festive pick of wines, saving the budget bottles for January. This year, however, I have limited the Christmas spend to less than £7 a bottle. So here are half-a-dozen that Scrooge would be proud of. Prosecco

  • Past returns to life at Warwick Castle

    Catapulted fireballs, swooping birds of prey, Shakespeare and more awaits those who visit    Warwick Castle and Stratford, writes NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN. A GIANT fireball was hurled through the air before our eyes. A colossal catapult, said to be

  • Loan star craves first team role - with City or Blades

    DIEGO De Girolamo is ready to pass up a stab at Capital One Cup glory to carry on playing for York City in 2015. The 19-year-old forward watched his parent club win through to the last four of the competition this week, following a 1-0 home victory

  • Byrne hoping York City avoid homesickness

    YORK City legend John Byrne does not want to relieve himself of an ignominious entry in the Bootham Crescent history books. Perhaps surprisingly, considering the esteem he is held in by the Minstermen faithful and his later achievements in a red

  • Halliday gets off to a flier in hunt for marks

    BRAD HALLIDAY is the early frontrunner in The Press Player of the Month contest for December following a star performance on his professional debut. The on-loan Middlesbrough teenager earned our man-of-the-match award during last weekend's 3-2

  • Council stay silent over spat with Knights chairman

    CITY of York Council are maintaining their silence over a spat with York City Knights chairman John Guildford. The rugby club’s owner is refusing to commit to the terms of the community stadium project, which he claims have been changed. Guildford

  • Darts: Paul Watson wallops Tramways

    PAUL WATSON hit a 94 checkout for a 21-dart leg as Clifton Hotel beat Tramways ‘B’ 4-3 in the York Black Sheep Mixed Darts League. Watson also hit two 100s in his singles, plus a 121 in the pairs. Team-mate Lynn Richford fired a 127 in the

  • Easterby prospect to strike again at Haydock

    NORTH Yorkshire trainer Tim Easterby, who placed Run Ructions Run to win four races last season, heads to Haydock today in the hope of returning his smart mare to the winning trail after an encouraging comeback effort. The five-year-old will be

  • It’s time to stop ducking the issue

    NOT that long ago, there was a tv advert for bread in which an exasperated mother ordered her hesitant son Derek to feed the wildfowl with a curt: “Just chuck it to the ducks.” She might not have said chuck, but it writes and sounds better. However

  • Two deny man’s murder in York

    TWO people have denied the murder of a man in York who died two years after an assault. Amanda Jane Moran, 28, and Andrew David Fowler, 42, each pleaded not guilty at Leeds Crown Court yesterday to the murder of Stephen John Eastwood, who died

  • Charity takes William, six, on a trip of a lifetime

    A YORK schoolboy who has a rare medical condition has been taken on a trip of a lifetime to meet Santa in Lapland. Six-year-old William Rhodes, of Holgate, was flown to Lapland with the charity When You Wish Upon a Star, which grants wishes to

  • Table Tennis: 10-0 victory for leaders Coneysthorpe

    LEADERS Coneysthorpe ‘A’ ended the first half of the SLT FM Solutions Ltd York & District Table Tennis League season with a whitewash of Clarence ‘A’. The table-toppers managed to record a 10-0 victory despite the efforts of Aidan Ranftler.

  • School’s Victory Tea marks end of inspiring war project

    PUPILS at Dringhouses Primary School held a Victory Tea to mark the end of a learning project on York during the Second World War. Local residents were invited to join the Key Stage 2 pupils in years three to six for an afternoon of nostalgia.

  • Family applies for missing man to be presumed dead

    THE family of a man who has been missing for almost a year have applied to have him presumed dead. Edward Leigh Machin, 39, formerly of Glencoe Court in York, was reported missing in January after he failed to log on for a webchat with a friend

  • Migration set to fuel city growth says report

    INTERNATIONAL migration will account for about three-quarters of York’s future population growth, a council report has revealed. The report by consultants Arup calculates that the city’s total population will rise by 29,000 between 2012 and 2037

  • Tributes paid to pedestrian killed crossing A64

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who was killed by a car while crossing the A64. Kevin Younger, 51, was attempting to cross the carriageway at Bilbrough when he was hit by a silver Hyundai i10 at about 10.30pm on Monday. Today, his brother

  • School performs pantomime for senior citizens

    PUPILS from a York school performed a special show for an elderly audience in the city. The Huntington School Senior Citizens’ Christmas Tea was held on Wednesday, with a performance of The Wizard of Oz in front of more than 100 local senior citizens

  • Police plea after bags are grabbed

    Police in Harrogate have reissued an appeal following two further incidents of handbags being snatched in the town. It bring the total number of such incidents to four in the past eight days. Officers are urging members of the public to be

  • Families hold service for missing people

    ALMOST 200 people joined Peter Lawrence, father of missing York chef Claudia, and the families of other missing people for a special carol service this week. The Missing People Carol Service took place at St Michael le Belfrey church in York, to

  • Escape Club night out to donate proceeds to homeless

    VISITORS to a York social group will help prevent young homelessness in the city today.The Escape Club is a night out for people who love dancing and having a good time but don't like nightclubs, and will this month help raise money for SASH the young

  • Heart disease awareness day

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

  • Community hero awards nominations still open

     NOMINATIONS are still open for the Hambleton Community Awards. The awards recognise unsung heroes in the community and their contributions to community groups, service to young, old and disabled people, and other areas. The scheme was set

  • York's Fairtrade status renewed

    YORK has had its status as a Fairtrade city has been renewed, in recognition of its support of the Fairtrade movement. A new certificate confirming that York is still an official Fairtrade city was presented at the city council#s West Offices on

  • Stalwart of York's charities and societies dies, aged 92

    A WOMAN who gave her time, skills and passion to a host of organisations and charities in York has died, aged 92. Joan Sadler's death came after she recently attended an afternoon tea at the Mansion House, held in her honour by the Lord Mayor,

  • Residents of all ages to have say on community hub plan plan

    CHILDREN will be offered the chance to vote on their favourite design for a £1.5 million community hub after the four finalists in a pioneering international contest submitted their entries. The Royal Institute of British Architects competition

  • World-leading research at York St John University

    A THIRD of the research carried out at York St John University’s research is “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” according to new data. The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), released yesterday by the Higher Education

  • Being fair-minded

    MANY of us will look out for Fair Trade goods as we go about our shopping – whether for bananas, coffee, chocolate or other items. We do so because it is good to know that what we’re buying is not only great quality, but that it won’t leave a nasty

  • Time to talk about this stretch of road

    BILBROUGH is widely regarded as the most difficult stretch of the A64 in York, but there have also been a number of pedestrian accidents, including fatalities, at this notorious blackspot. The latest to be killed by a car while crossing the road was

  • Suggestions on those cuts in York

    HOW about this for a novel idea to help cope with the 1.8 per cent cut to City of York Council’s budget? All those directors and executives receiving eye-watering salaries agree to a 1.8 per cent reduction in their gross pay. As higher rate taxpayers

  • Not that hard to understand really

    JUST what part of austerity measures does City of York Council not understand? On the one hand, it has been proposed to cut refuse collections in order to save money, whilst now debating a Media Art Centre within the Guildhall at a cost of more

  • Left unacceptable legacy of debts

    WHAT is the point of City of York Council having budgets if they just increase their borrowings, in other words debts, when they need extra money for infrastructure projects (The Press, December 18)? This is irresponsible financial management,

  • Election hopeful talks experience

    EARLIER this week I was chosen to be the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for York Central. It was a big decision to stand, but I want to put something back into a city I care deeply about, having lived here for nearly 30 years. With Hugh

  • Courage to put females in front

     IN VIEW of the political uncertainties of the up-coming election, the York Labour Party’s women-only short-list was a testing, courageous and, (in my case) helpful decision. I now know which candidate not to vote for. William Dixon Smith, Welland

  • Science behind cotton industry

    I READ Monsanto’s letter of December 17 with interest. According to the globally respected Nature magazine, in an article published on February 14, 2012, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in New Delhi investigated a variety of

  • Star shines in plays from past

    THANKS to The Press for the coverage of Judi Dench’s 80th birthday. It has brought out comments on her appearances in the Mystery Plays – one of my favourite subjects. As any reader can find out by consulting the excellent website hosted by the

  • Frosty response to postal payment

    PEOPLE who generally enjoy Christmas are being driven into bah-humbugs by the stingy post office. Season of goodwill. I should coco. This week I received a card in my letter box telling me a letter was awaiting for me to collect, ten minutes away

  • Pools leave this family feeling flat

    LIKE many others, I was sad to see the end of Waterworld. I took my family there on that final weekend and as always I was impressed with the number of teenagers there who were swimming and having fun. When we go to one of the ‘flat’ pools,

  • Why is the Park and Ride fare rising?

    YET again the price of Park and Ride bus tickets are to rise (The Press, December 12). This rise cannot be justified. In your report, Neil Ferris, assistant director for Highways, Transport and Waste, says that the service is “the best and busiest

  • December 20

    100 years ago At a Marylebone inquest on Gilbert Moody, 36, French polisher, who had been employed at the aircraft factory, Hendon, it was stated that for several weeks he had complained of illness, and eventually was treated for jaundice.

  • Good feedback for i-Travel York project

    MORE than 12,000 households in the north of York have benefitted from the most extensive door-to-door exercise ever carried out by the city council. The i-Travel York exercise happened over two-years, to give people free tailored travel advice

  • Elderly residents attempt to save communal hub

    ELDERLY residents of a housing association complex have launched a fundraising drive in an attempt to stop their communal hub being demolished. Residents of Priory Close and Byland Avenue, in Northallerton, said they aimed to raise up to £10,000

  • Christmas support for those with drug and alcohol problems

    DROP-IN support groups for people with alcohol or drugs problems are running throughout the Christmas period. North Yorkshire Horizons is running drop-in sessions for anyone struggling over Christmas and the New Year. Alcohol support sessions

  • Pressure on A&E eased by treatment at home

    HEALTH commissioners have been out on the road with “urgent care practitioners” to see how they are helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admission. NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has invested £500,000 into the scheme, increasing

  • Whiskies galore in new book

    A WHISKY expert from York will be sharing his knowledge with drinkers around the world, after writing his first book on the subject. Joe Clark, who works at The Whisky Lounge in Osbaldwick Lane, has written The Ultimate Book of Whisky, which includes

  • York food festival will have to move to new location

    MAJOR changes are expected for one of York’s biggest festivals next year. The York Food And Drink Festival has run in the city for 18 years, and regularly draws thousands of visitors to stalls in Parliament Street and St Sampson’s Square, as well

  • Pirate Captain Hughes visits New Earswick school

    CHILDREN at New Earswick Primary School welcomed a real life pirate into their school this week. The Year 3 class have spent the last term learning about pirates, and to mark the end of the theme class teacher Kirsty Clayton managed to track down

  • Report praises York’s innovative library model

    YORK’S innovative mutual model for libraries has been praised in an independent national report. Explore York Libraries and Archives has been cited as an example of innovation by local authorities, in a report by publisher William Sieghart and

  • Ambulance staff in appeal over emergency phone calls

    AMBULANCES have been inundated with an unprecedented number of 999 calls in the last week, and staff are now calling on people to save 999 calls for emergencies only. Dr David Macklin, executive director of operations at the Yorkshire Ambulance

  • MP denies claim that the NHS is being ‘sold off’

    ALMOST 800 letters have been delivered to the offices of a York MP in protest against "the sale of the NHS". Health campaigners are calling for the Government to stop a trade deal by the EU - the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership,

  • Man arrested following Acomb attack

    AN arrest has been made after a man suffered a head injury after being attacked with a weapon in a house in York. Officers spent yesterday at a property in Chaloners Crescent in Acomb. The 49-year-old was struck with a weapon, described as

  • Man, 82, rescued from York river

    A 82-YEAR-OLD man has been rescued from the River Foss in the early hours of this morning. The man was reported missing from his home at the same time as North Yorkshire Police were alerted to a report of an elderly man in the River Foss close

  • Vikings plunder Tae Kwon Do medals at British Championships

    A HIGH five haul of medals was bagged by East York TAGB Tae Kwon Do Club at the British Championships. A contingent from the club returned from the Worcester competition with three silver medals and two bronze medals. Brad and Zac Lightfoot

  • Cracker Jack is Tockwith goal hero

    TOCKWITH kept up the pressure on the York FA Under-19s Football League leaders with an emphatic 9-0 home win over Stillington. Jack Swindlehurst netted a hat-trick for fourth-placed Tockwith, while Tom Abbey and George Parkinson bagged two apiece

  • Jolly hockey Styx at Thirsk School

    PUPILS from Thirsk School pushed a select band of Styx Hockey Club stars all the way in a 5-3 challenge match defeat. The Styx team consists of experienced men’s hockey players, including former Olympians and international and county level players

  • Elliot Adamson leads Leicester Tigers U16s to victory

    POCKLINGTON School pupil Elliot Adamson led Leicester Tigers Under-16s to victory over London Wasps. Fly-half Adamson, who plays for Pocklington School's first team, inspired the Tigers to a 12-10 victory in Luton after they were trailing 10-5