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CONTRAST will spur a continuity plea from Leeds United head coach Neil Redfearn ahead of the Whites quick return to Championship action. United head to Wigan Athletic, who are fighting a battle to avoid nother relegation, after beating promotion-hunters

THERE was a wide contrast in fortunes for North Yorkshire duo Simon Dyson and John Parry after the opening round of the East Africa Open. York-born Dyson has left himself with much to do to beat the midway cut after the Malton & Norton Golf

A YORK businessman has been sent an abusive, homophobic letter warning him to leave the village he lives in or be "run out". Justin Heaven, 38, and his partner Robert, contacted police after receiving the disturbing letter at their new home in

SITTING in a first-floor office above the hustle and bustle of the city centre street below, Nick Kay and Oliver Newby look comfortable in their surroundings, at ease with their working world. The two are partners in Stephensons and very much part

ONE of the very in-vogue trends of the moment is for houses to have a large open plan kitchen/dining/living room. These are most often seen in the new build homes that have been springing up in and around York. But every now and then you find

IT’S not everyone that can say they have enjoyed a light breakfast on a sun-drenched terrace before then strolling down to the bottom of the garden – and launching into the skies in their own hot air balloon. But that’s one of the many pleasures

BRISTOL’S punk-funk pioneers may have only lasted four years, but in that time they won a reputation most bands spend decades seeking. Now The Pop Group are back with their first album in 35 years to reveal what all the fuss was about in those

“WHEN I was young and pretty, I could’ve become a star,” says Duke Garwood. Now that he’s grizzled and not so young, plenty of people are urging him on, not least Mark Lanegan, another singer noted for his deep, gravelled voice. Lanegan calls this

THIS is one case of the blues you should acquire. This is a disc with a risk that should not work. It is dissonant, often changing key and tempo and, across 11 songs, stabs and jabs at a range of genres – some of which should jar. But it works, boy

WHAT is it about Wales and skewed, charming DIY psychedelia? After the solo whirls of Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci’s Euros Childs, here comes the debut album of self-professed “strange pop” by H Hawkline, alias Huw Gwynfryn

WITH the Libertines reforming, and playing at Leeds and Reading Festivals this summer, it seems a strange time for Carl Barat to be resurrecting his solo career. Maybe Barat, McCartney to Pete Doherty’s Lennon, is trying to escape the long and

YORK City strikers Wes Fletcher and Jake Hyde have been set 15-goal targets to fire the club to safety. The front two both grabbed their seventh goals of the season during Tuesday night's 3-0 win at Cambridge. That victory represented only

OPENING with Riverman and a Wonderwall chord sequence, Chasing Yesterday isn’t going to break any rules. That’s not to say it’s bad. Noel Gallagher coasting is still more interesting than today’s charts, and when he throws in a curveball – like hints

EXPECT malapropisms, spoonerisms, and befuddled monologues on Saturday as Count Arthur Strong brings his Somebody Up There Licks Me show to The Barbican. Steve Delaney’s old duffer is riding along on a crest of a wave at the moment, touring on

LONDON trio Flowers amassed more than 100 songs from writing, practising daily in their living room and recording through the night. This week the 14 in fullest bloom are released on their debut album, Do What You Want To, It’s What You Should Do,

FOR readers with an interest in the history of jazz in York, there are two excellent books available chronicling popular music in the city from the dance band era onwards. The books, entitled Rhythm & Romance and Something In The Air, were

EIGHT women will share stories, poetry, song and improvised scenes from their own life experiences in the Real People Theatre Company’s show for York International Women’s Week. This will be the 16th consecutive year that the York company has created

VILLAGERS, alias Irish songwriter Conor O’Brien, will perform at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall on April 21. O’Brien will be promoting his third album, Darling Arithmetic, a beautiful, intimate set of songs about love and relationships that follows

YORKSHIRE indie music night Charm is returning for the first time in seven years for a special show at Major Tom’s Social, in The Ginnel, Harrogate, on March 26. The 7.30pm double bill will comprise one of the Leeds DIY music scene’s most exciting

GLASS artists from all over the world have responded to the call from Pyramid Gallery in York to submit work inspired by nature. “More than 80 artists, who are members of the Contemporary Glass Society, entered outstanding work and the selection

OPERA producer Ellen Kent returns to the Grand Opera House, York, on March 20, with her Opera & Ballet International production of Verdi’s La Traviata. The 7.30pm performance will feature sumptuous sets and costumes by the renowned Ukrainian

POET Antony Dunn will headline tonight’s Sounds Lyrical gig in The Basement, at City Screen, York, at 8pm. Antony, who used to work at York theatre company Riding Lights and York Theatre Royal, has had three collections of poems published: Pilots

IRISH actor David Ganly has returned to the West Yorkshire Playhouse to play the lead role in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya with fond memories of his last appearance at the Leeds theatre six years ago. “I played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard Of Oz, with

E. NESBIT’S The Railway Children will make a third return to the National Railway Museum in this summer. More immediately, the little-known story of Edith Nesbit’s personal life in Philip Meeks’s play Edith In The Dark is returning to Harrogate Theatre

CITY Screen, York is flying the White Rose flag for Yorkshire from tomorrow after ditching a week-long run for Chappie in favour of Catch Me Daddy, a thriller played out on the Yorkshire moors. Backed by Screen Yorkshire and co-written by director

THE Burning Duck Comedy Club will mark the first six months of York’s newest alternative comedy night, run by comedian and promoter Al Greaves. He has picked surrealist stand-up Lou Sanders to headline Tuesday night’s bill at the club’s monthly

JOANNA MacGregor, one of the world’s most innovative and creative pianists, will present a musical sketch of her life in her Cross Border concert at the National Centre for Early Music in York on April 24. The 7.30pm programme will cross borders

THIS week The Charlatans set out on their first full-scale tour since 2010, playing Leeds O2 Academy on Saturday and Hull University on Monday, but the indie-rock stalwarts wondered whether they would reach this point. Questions were mounting after

THE York to Harrogate railway line is a top priority for improvements, according to a new report by MPs. The Electrification Task Force, which was chaired by Harrogate MP Andrew Jones, has put both the York-Harrogate-Leeds line and the Selby to

BLUR are to release a new studio album on April 27, their first as the original four-piece in 16 years. Singer and keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bass player Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree began recording sessions for The

YORK poets, musicians and visual artists are teaming up to confront the growing problems of homelessness and poverty in the city. Arts Against Homelessness is the brainchild of three grassroots arts groups: the long-running poetry and storytelling

AUDITIONS for the 2015 Stage Experience summer school production of West Side Story will be held at the Grand Opera House, York, on Sunday, April 19, at 9am. Stage Experience is an intensive two-week project for ten to 21 year olds, directed by

CHARLES HUTCHINSON welcomes the arrival of a modern classic comedy that’s heading for York at last. IT HAS been a long time coming, but the National Theatre’s tour of One Man, Two Guvnors will arrive in York on Tuesday as the 36th destination on

DETECTIVES have released this E-fit of a man they would like to speak in connection with approaching an 11-year-old boy near woodland. The child was playing on a grassed area in Somerset Close, Catterick Garrison, when the man got hold of his arm

An empty pub in York that has gone under many names will briefly find a new artistic cause, writes CHARLES HUTCHINSON. ONCE it was The Bay Horse, then Certificate 18, The Speakeasy, Stereo, The Pink Pony and Munroe’s Bar, such fleeting names at

PSYCHIC medium Sally Morgan returns to the Grand Opera House, York, on March 17. Psychic Sally On The Road 2015 marks the eighth year of touring by the former housewife from the suburbs, who has performed to a combined audience of more than 750,000

POCKLINGTON Arts Centre launches its first season of English National Opera satellite broadcasts on Wednesday with Verdi’s La Traviata, live from the London Coliseum in cinematic HD. Directed by Peter Konwitschny, the ENO production reaches to

SHED Seven are adding extra dates in Leeds and Manchester in response for their December tour. The York band will play Manchester Academy on December 12, having sold out their December 11 gig in only three hours and will close their 16-date itinerary

I AM Kloot will play two nights at the Leeds Brudenell Social Club this spring in the week when the Manchester trio release their live album, Hold Back The Night. Issued on Walk Tall Recordings on April 13, the album will be accompanied by an 11

SLEAFORD Mods, the minimalist electronic post-punk/hip hop duo from Nottingham, roll into The Duchess in York tonight. Vocalist Jason Williamson and musician Andrew Robert Lindsay Fearn started out in 2006, forming the Mods partly out of frustration

RAIDERS escaped with jewellery worth thousands of pounds after targeting a property in North Yorkshire. Rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets, some including diamonds and rubies, were taken from a house in Abbey Mill Gardens, Knaresborough.

IT wasn’t what the doctor ordered at all. In his report: The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard Beeching identified 5,000 miles of railway line for closure. One of those stretches ran between Grosmont and Rillington, but locals weren’t impressed

AN inquest has heard a harrowing account of the final hours of the life of Signaller Tyler Pearson, who drowned in the River Ouse in April last year. The 18-year-old had been out drinking heavily with fellow members of Imphal Barracks-based 2 Signals

SINCE completion of the Poppleton Park&Ride site and associated “improvements” to the A59, there have been a number of worrying incidents involving the misuse, or misreading, of traffic lights at the staggered T-junction of the A59 with Station

READING the recent correspondence on the Dresden bombing reminded me of a visit which I made there some years ago. The city’s ruined and subsequently rebuilt Frauenkirche was the centrepiece symbol of that near destruction. Below ground in its

TRIBUTES have been paid to a leading North Yorkshire Conservative, church stalwart and hospital fundraiser, who has died aged 89. More than 100 people gathered at St Peter's Church, Dalby-cum-Skewsby, near Ampleforth, to honour Peter Hollier, who

THERE is to be a congestion commission including a panel of experts with cross-party support. The projected cost is £135,000. This is likely to start after the May elections if the new council approves. Should the plan proceed, the anticipated

I READ with great regret of the death of Derrick Slee for whom I have always had the highest regard. Derrick was in his day an outstanding Rugby Union player and then referee with the York Railway Institute. My knowledge of Derrick was with the

ELECTION fever is upon us, promises are being made, most will not be fulfilled. One law came into being which was not even in the Conservative manifesto at the last election, but was nevertheless rushed through, I wonder why? A petition went

YORK student Ellie Whittaker is taking to the stage to support a major women’s football festival - and raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Ellie, who is president of the University of York Women’s Football Club (UYWAFC), is one of the keynote

RAILWAY enthusiasts will gather this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of a North Yorkshire line. The route between Grosmont and Rillington, near Malton, closed 50 years ago tomorrow, under the famous Beeching cuts. Dedicated

THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, presided at a religious ceremony to make a new nun in Whitby. Dr Sentamu was at the Sung Eucharist at Sister Helena’s Life Profession Service yesterday and accepted her life vows in the Order of the Holy

THE Fulford and district branch of the Royal British Legion will hold its next meeting on Thursday in the Fulfordgate WMC. The meeting will start at the earlier time of 7.10pm and will be followed by a games evening. Ian Smith, branch press officer

MATTHEW LAVERACK seems either to be ignorant of health and safety regulations or he is wanting councils to turn a blind eye to them, when he suggests in his letter of February 20 that local authorities should take on sentenced offenders to walk along

IT’S UP to the Labour Party how they make up their shortlists of Parliamentary candidates, but I wonder what Harriet Harman would say if other political parties chose their candidates from an all men list? Keith Thornton, De Grey Place, Bishopthorpe

IT IS right to say that the Liberal Democrat budget amendment will focus on protecting frontline services (The Press, February 19). The ruling Labour group has announced various cuts to services. Some of these they have outlined plainly, such as

THE York-based Ebor Academy Trust has been appointed to run a new primary school to be built at Staynor Hall in Selby. The 210 place primary school, with nursery, will open as an academy in September 2016 and will be part of the same academy trust

NEW migration figures show net immigration fractionally below 300,000, close to the highest level ever recorded. Since almost 330,000 people emigrated from the UK during that period, the actual ‘new arrival’ immigrant figure is 624,000 individuals

THE “expert view” of Professor Neil Carter (The Press, February 28) regarding the General Election falls wide of the mark. His views superimpose the national political landscape onto York Central instead of taking into account any local nuances

TO boost his self-importance, and no doubt for a fee, Nigel Farage went stateside to address a gathering of fellow right-wing political activists. On the basis that you can judge someone by the company they keep, it follows that the Ukip leader

100 years ago “Fair Play” wrote: “Will you please allow us a space in your column as regards the shop assistants, and all whom it may concern. There are many men who are medically fit who could take part in helping to serve their country if

IN A MOMENT I shall jump feet-first into a stagnant pond. But first comes the full disclosure. If MPs are being asked to say what other paid roles they have, then columnists should also be prepared to withstand such scrutiny. So I am happy to report

THE voice of judgement onThe Voice, Sir Tom Jones, is to play the green, green grass of York Racecourse after racing on Friday, July 24 as part of the Music Showcase Weekend at the Knavesmire track. It's not unusual for the Welsh superstar to perform

A group of soldiers from York will be flying out to north-east India this weekend to take part in a memorial service honouring those who fought in ‘Britain’s Greatest Battle’: the Battle of Kohima. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. TUCKED away behind York

YORK Children’s University entertained more than 300 children and families from 19 schools across the city this month. The York CU in the City programme hosted events for children with the aim of engaging them to learn outside of the classroom,

AN industrial and commercial development on the outskirts of York has secured occupiers for three of the first five phase-one units. Two units at York’s Rose Centre, near Nether Poppleton, have been sold, and the third is currently under offer

THE York-headquartered East Coast mainline will be revolutionised after a five-year spell under public ownership, according to Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson. Inter City Railways, a venture between Stagecoach and Virgin, began operating the

A NORTH Yorkshire herbalist has launched her own skin care range as part of a business named after her two children. Jennifer Feltham, from Ripon, has set up Mia & Dom Organic Skin care, specialising in handmade herbal products for mothers

A ROAD service company is set to expand its fleet of vehicles after securing a seven-figure finance package. Lane Rental Services Limited, based near Pocklington, which specialises in road planing and surfacing, has secured £1.6 million of funding

THE skyline is changing over Hungate as workers reach new heights on the £19 million Hiscox development. The project to create a new flagship office for the insurance firm will see the frame completed at the end of March, which will in turn allow

WRITER, broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth is appearing in York this month as guest speaker at York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner. The event, on Thursday, March 26, will see more than 500 of the region’s business

THREE men who were arrested over the theft of an ATM in East Yorkshire have all been released on police bail, pending further inquiries. A JCB was used to smash the ATM and remove it from the wall of the HSBC in South Cave, Brough, south of Market

HISTORIC York firm Shepherd Group is at the centre of construction industry rumours hinting at the possible sell-off of part of the business. Trade press has been reporting that the family-run group, which employs 3,200 staff across its three divisions

YORK Press Business of the Year, Wold Top Brewery, has been named Britain’s Best Growth Story in a national competition. The family-run business, based near Driffield, won the accolade in the GREAT Faces of British Business competition, run by

KEY details of this year's Tour de Yorkshire - the follow-up to the successful Tour De France Grand Depart of 2014 - have been revealed. Timings and details of the location of starts and finishes for the international cycling race were published

OWNERS of Land Rover Defenders are being urged to be extra vigilant after a number of thefts and attempted thefts in North Yorkshire. Two of the tough 4x4s have been taken in the west of the county while attempts have been made to take others from

A SHAKE-up of care home plans for York will face reconsideration after a council decision earlier this week was halted. The plan to abandon a scheme for two super care homes on the sites of Lowfield and Burnholme schools was approved on Tuesday

JACK STEARMAN is confident his New Earswick All Blacks ARLC side can end their away-day hoodoo on Saturday after they returned to winning ways - even if they didn’t return to top form. All Blacks beat St Joseph’s 28-10 last Saturday to stay second

YORK Acorn ARLC have not set any targets for the new National Conference League season - though boss Scott Rhodes has demanded his team do not underachieve again. Acorn finished seventh of 12 teams in division one last year having initially skirted

A DRUG-USING burglar who carried out a series of raids on a housing estate has been spared jail after a judge heard of his mental health problems. One member of the public – who had only recently moved into the area – thought that Jamie Walkden

RISING City of York Athletic Club sprint star Tom Somers could be facing a four-month spell on the sidelines. The 17-year-old Yearsley runner is recovering after an operation on the hamstring injury that forced him out of the Sainsbury’s British

PLANS to create a digital arts centre within York’s Guildhall are moving forward as the project is identified as being “ready for delivery” by funders. The Guildhall proposal was among six schemes discussed yesterday by the West Yorkshire Combined

AN earlier accident on the A64 has now been cleared, say police. The accident on the A64 westbound at Barton Hill between York and Malton happened at about 7am and caused traffic queues, but Norht Yorkshire Police have said the road is now reopened

A GP has told a jury that an alleged rapist told her he was dangerous and needed stopping. Dr Miriam Hodgson claimed that during a routine consultation over some cardiac readings, heart patient John Kevin O’Neil had told her he had raped a woman

THE venue for York City Knights’ first home game of term is still in question ten days before it takes place - but York RUFC’s Clifton Park ground appears favourite. The Knights, who have begun the season homeless after being sidelined from the

YORK Indoor Bowls Club’s two-year unbeaten run in the Vivienne Trophy came to an end as they lost 90-67 to Chelmsford side Falcon in the semi-finals at Melton Mowbray IBC. The game started well for York as they were up in three rinks after five

I've let Tyler down, says fellow soldier Army briefings overhauled in light of tragedy We're shocked and heartbroken, say Tyler's parents Dad:"I can't believe you didn't try to stop him." A TEENAGE soldier

CARLISLE is the destination today for North Yorkshire trainer Malcolm Jefferson, who has his horses back in form in time for next week’s Cheltenham Festival, where he is hoping to have three runners at a meeting which holds fond memories for him.