ART enthusiasts will have the opportunity to discover a dazzling range of artwork over the next wo weekends. More than 90 artists, including painters, printmakers, sculptors, jewellers, photographers and furniture makers, are opening their doors
VAUDEVILLIAN Lisburn singer-songwriter Duke Special is breaking away from past practice on his 2015 album, Look Out Machines!. Released last week and now being promoted on a 21-date solo tour that pops into the Leeds Brudenell Social Club on Tuesday
GREEN Hammerton company Badapple Theatre’s latest Theatre On Your Doorstep rural touring project sets off on its travels this week for 35 performances of Kate Bramley’s new play, The Unlikely Dads. Kate’s quirky comic tale of two friends who become
YORK Settlement Community Players are to bring a little-known Bertolt Brecht play to the York stage for the first time from April 30 to May 2 at Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate. Brecht’s Expressionist drama Drums In The Night focuses on the
A NIGHT Of Dirty Dancing’s re-booted stage production revels in all the hits from the 1987 Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey movie, on tour at York Barbican on Saturday night. Recast, rescripted and billed as “the sexiest song and dance sensation
THE National Dance Company of Ireland will return to Scarborough Spa this summer with a new version of their hit stage show Rhythm Of The Dance. After a series of performances in The Spa last year, this breathtaking show returns to The Grand Hall
DO you want to join the chorus of old ladies in The Ladykillers at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre? It doesn’t matter whether you are male or female, if you are aged 16 or above and feel confident in appearing on stage and in a dress, this
THE Chapter House Choir will welcome a trio of the jazz world’s most celebrated contemporary musicians, Martin France, John Turville and Alexander L’Estrange, to York Minster on May 16. They will be joined too by soprano Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
FOR one day only, art and literature will combine at Hazlewood Castle Hotel, near York, next Tuesday. Harrogate artist Anita Bowerman will be exhibiting paper cuts and Yorkshire paintings in the Great Hall from 12.30pm to 8pm, and the opening ceremony
THE Home Counties country combination of Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes, alias The Shires, has made chart history by becoming the first British country act to enter the UK Official Albums Chart’s top 10. Not surprisingly, last month’s groundbreaking
THE Staves will head out in the autumn for 11 British headline shows on their biggest tour to date, playing Leeds Beckett University on October 27. The harmony-singing Staveley-Taylor sisters, Jessica, Camilla and Emily, from Watford, Hertfordshire
A MAN has died after being hit by a train in Harrogate. He was struck at 1.36pm today near the Crimple Viaduct and was pronounced dead at the scene. His death is not suspicious. The incident is causing delays of up to 60 minutes on the
VIENNA Festival Ballet is visiting York for two days as part of the 35th anniversary of Peter Mallek’s company. Through those years, he has brought the classical ballets to both big cities and small towns, passionate in his belief that he should
BOSS Jack Stearman says his New Earswick All Blacks ARLC side deserve silverware after the year they have endured - and they’ll be gunning for it in the York & District Community Cup. All Blacks go to Thanet Road on Saturday (2pm) for their
JASON GILLESPIE has reiterated his commitment to Yorkshire after confirming his winter coaching job share with Big Bash Twenty20 team Adelaide Strikers yesterday. Gillespie has distanced himself from the full-time role of coaching South Australia
HAXBY Shotokan Karate Club chief instructor Mike Gude has been awarded a sixth Dan black belt – at the age of 66. The award comes just two weeks after three club members achieved their first Dan black belts. Gude was awarded his sixth Dan by
THERE’S a belting atmosphere at the York Masters Boxing Club. Under the guidance of long-established trainer Glen Banks, two of the club’s top performers have landed championship belts. Super-middleweight Harry Matthews won the vacant British
JOAN JACKSON, Melanie Brooke and Carol Instone proved to be too strong for Lynda Parker, Trish Harrison and Maureen Walker in the York Indoor Bowls Club ladies knockout triples final. Jackson, Brooke and Instone only lost five ends to win 20-5
POLICE are appealing for help in finding this man. Simon Keith Wilson, 31, from York, is wanted in connection with offences of theft and fraud across North Yorkshire. The offences happened in Whitby, York, Northallerton and Harrogate between
NORTH Yorkshire trainer David O’Meara, with fancied runners at Newmarket today, can also make his impression at Ripon’s opening meeting of 2015. O’Meara saddles nap selection Signore Piccolo in the Gill Spencer Apprentice Handicap with Josh Doyle
FROM Chinese and Indian to pizza or fish and chips, York’s takeaway food offering may seem to be well covered – however two young brothers have found a gap in the market for their growing venture. Oliver and Harry Webb have opened a dessert takeaway
A MALTON-BASED web design business has expanded into a former church. VtsDesign was set up eight years ago by Mark Foster, who is originally from the Wirral and moved to the area in 2002. Mr Foster, who has 16 years of experience as a web designer
A YORK engineering firm has scooped a £10,000 prize after its system for tracking trains won a national innovation award. Omnicom Engineering, in Clifton Park, has been awarded the 2015 Future Railway Innovation Award for its proposed RailNavigator
A SERIES of new information boards have been installed in open spaces around York. More than a dozen local volunteers helped put up the new boards around the Mayfields Community Trust’s public open space, near Hob Moor, this week. The work
TWO friends from York have launched a new project to support young people starting out in creative industries in the city. Michael Hayes, 22, and Ben Porter, 21, are behind Plastic Fortune, an online magazine and creative collective which they
THE one-of-a-kind trophy for the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire has been on display in Selby this week. More than 170 countries around the world will see hundreds of top-class riders, including Sir Bradley Wiggins, visit Selby when it hosts a start
NINE out of ten York families learnt today their child will go to their first choice of primary school in September. City of York Council has revealed its primary school places for the coming year, with 92 percent of children getting a place at
York’s historic Mansion House will be closed for a year from this summer while it undergoes a comprehensive £1.5m restoration. STEPHEN LEWIS finds out how the money will be spent. YOU’VE heard the expression ‘built on sand’. Well, York’s famous
HEAD coach James Ford admits neutrals will be ganging up against his York City Knights side on Sunday - and says his charges will have to be at their best to avoid giving them a fairytale to enjoy. The Knights go to the only remaining community
YORKSHIRE are facing an anxious wait over news of their Australian recruit Aaron Finch. The Australian World Cup-winner has to recover from a hamstring injury if he is to arrive on schedule to play for Yorkshire again this summer. Finch had
AN ABANDONED fox cub was brought to an animal charity, after a member of the public thought it was a puppy. The cub, named Lily, was just a few days old when she was found, and still had her eyes closed when she was taken to the Dogs Trust, who
AN AUTHOR and medieval expert will be at Holme on Spalding Moor village hall on Wednesday, May 6, in the latest in a series of talks from women writers, organised by East Riding Libraries. Juliet Barker’s latest work, England Arise: The People,
NEW patrols have been set up to crack down on off-road bikers in rural areas near Selby. North Yorkshire Police have stepped up their patrols following local concerns over increased numbers of off-road bikers over several weekends during March
MORE than 60 singers from two well-known choirs will join forces this month for a concert in Malton. It will be the first time that Malton District Male Voice Choir and Staxton Singers have sung together in the town. However, last year they
GIVEN Mark Olson’s long and distinguished career as a songwriter with both The Jayhawks and as a solo artist, a better turnout might have been expected for the York stop of his European tour. But the small number who were in attendance were treated
WHEN BBC director general Tony Hall said of Jeremy Clarkson: “There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another,” did no one think to tell him that at the same time, Jonathan Ross was standing in for Steve Wright on Radio 2. Whatever you
NO sooner will one great York institution reopen this summer than another will close. York Art Gallery will open its doors on August 1, after an £8m refurbishment. Later that month the Mansion House - home to York’s Lord Mayors - will close for
IN 2013, the British National Army Museum voted the Battle of Imphal and Kohima Britain’s Greatest Battle. Often referred to as the Stalingrad of the East, allied logistical and communications superiority were key, not only to gain reinforcements,
THANK goodness for the women in this general election campaign as the likes of Nicola Sturgeon, Natalie Bennett, Leanne Wood and Caroline Lucas give a compassionate alternative to the dour pseudo-intellectual message from the masculine dominated leadership
IS THERE distinct negative and sparse coverage by the BBC and Sky of the Conservative 2015 General Election campaign? The distinction between interviewing Labour and Conservative spokespersons is absolutely despicable and the aggressive way these
I FIND it abhorrent that when half the world is starving that one per cent of the world’s richest should have accrued 99 per cent of the world’s wealth and that there are governments still trying to make them make more. There should be an international
WITH reference to the TV debate by party leaders. This could be described as a bonfire of vanities. The primary object was to focus on financial issues, allegations of mismanagement, failures of the economy and promises broken with the NHS and
IT’S election time and I have had some leaflets through the door. The main theme is the NHS which we all need. Another highlighted the development of Holgate tear drop site, we will consult you. Too much money is wasted on consultation.
CONTINUED EU membership “was too important” to be put to a public vote, says Tony Blair. Was he not the PM who took us to war using dubious intelligence, also recommending we gave up the pound in favour of the euro? Originally the British public
A THIRD (33 per cent) of GPs in the north of England are considering retiring from general practice within the next five years. The results of our recent survey of over 15,000 GPs across the UK, calls into question the viability of election pledges
A THIRD of GPs are considering retirement in the next five years, a large-scale survey has found. About one in five (19 per cent) trainees said they are considering working abroad before 2020 while only a third (35 per cent) said they would not
WHO is responsible for the bus shelter on Rougier Street? Today, as usual, there was a group sprawled over a large area, drinking alcohol and smoking in a ‘no smoking’ area. The ground was strewn with cigarette ends, the place stank, so badly that
A SPLENDID afternoon was spent on Sunday with Easingwold District Lions defending their Challenge Cup against Filey Lions and Malton Lions, with Malton claiming the cup by a narrow margin. President John Sutherland presented the cup to Lion Jack
THE sun is out, spring is here, and as if by magic the quinquennial money tree is in full blossom as all the parties promise to fund their daily giveaways with the lush pickings that this arboreal miracle produces. Does anyone out there in the
GLORY Hallelujah, at last something Tom Scaife is in favour of, baptism in a leafy glade (The benefits of a natural cathedral, Letters, April 14). We had to wade through all his dislikes about people who have any kind of authority, but we got there
I SEE that the government has introduced a new law to stop the plague of dog fouling on the streets and parks. It is basically a reversal of the law of going out equipped to commit a crime, which amounts to “going out to do the business”. The
100 years ago A remarkable story had been related by Peter Muldoon, of Bedlington, who was the only person who had sustained any personal injury as a result of the Zeppelin raid. He lived with his parents in a typical row of miners’ dwellings
STAFF at St Leonard’s Hospice are already getting their glad rags on to publicise the charity’s I Love The 80s Midnight Walk. The women-only fundraising event, which forms part of the York hospice’s 30th anniversary celebrations, will see supporters
GARDENING expert James Wong will visit Harrogate this weekend, to give tips on growing fruit and vegetables. The television expert and RHS Ambassador will be at RHS Garden Harlow Carr at 2pm on Sunday. During his talk and session giving tips
THE manager of a bike shop in York has held a session to teach cyclists about easy repairs. Nicola Doody is manager of Giant York in Lord Mayor’s Walk, and a qualified bike mechanic. She gave out wine and cheese at the event on Tuesday, which taught
THIRTY Tang Hall Primary School pupils enjoyed a taste of Japan during a visit to Yo Sushi! in York. The children from Years 4 and 5 learned all about the culture and origins of sushi - as well as getting to make and eat some. Having had a
ONE person was taken to hospital with facial injuries after an accident which blocked the A64 near York. North Yorkshire Police said the force received a call at 9.20am to say there had been a three-vehicle collision at Flaxton, between York and
RESIDENTS at universities in York among the most frequent victims of crime at higher education facilities around the country, according to new research. Research just released looked at 535,468 crimes in areas where students live in 64 towns and
THE Liberal Democrats followed Labour and the Conservatives with a manifesto launch yesterday, promising to hold Britain back from the extremes threatened by the SNP or Ukip. Nick Clegg said that a parliament with the Liberal Democrats holding
EDUCATION took the centre stage at a seven-way debate held in York for candidates fighting for election in the York Central constituency. Archbishop Holgate’s CE Academy in Hull Road hosted an election hustings for students as well as for people
A NEW high-tech Army Reserve unit has been launched in York and is hoping to recruit people looking for an extra challenge and adventure. Kohima Troop, a communications unit based at Imphal Barracks in Fulford Road, is the only Army Reserve troop
A CAFE is organising a special brunch on Sunday to raise funds for a charity launched in memory of York schoolboy Oscar Hughes. Julia Holding, of The Pig and Pastry in Bishopthorpe Road, says staff and friends have agreed to work for free, and
A letter from the the owners of the Titanic to the family of a dead officer asking for a large sum of money to return his dead body to England has been uncovered 103 years on from the tragedy. The letter, dated May 7, 1912, was sent from White
HERE are 11 images of Bishopthorpe from The Press archives, dating back to the 1960s. This is one of a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from areas around York which featured in The Press over the years, and we want to know what
A PRIMARY school pupil has nominated her teacher for an award. Ciara Beavers, 10, of Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, has nominated Emma Davies for Community Pride teacher of the year. Mrs Davies is her favourite teacher and Ciara says she is
A MAN who said he would shoot down a police helicopter in Selby will stay behind bars until he is sentenced. Craig Woodall, 23, threatened to kill police officers and members of the public during a series of 999 calls in the early hours of Saturday
A BRAVE former York schoolgirl is battling terminal brain cancer. Anna Swabey was at home on January 9 this year when she suffered a seizure which would change her life forever. Anna, 23, was rushed to hospital and underwent a range of tests
A YORK man has been jailed for 18 months after sexually assaulting a woman in a remote lay-by. Thomas Fox, 25, of Burdyke Avenue, Clifton, was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for ten years after his sentencing hearing at York Crown Court
FRIENDS of a York man killed when the stolen ambulance he was driving crashed into a bus on the A64 have paid emotional tributes to the family man and sports lover. Huntington man Craig Johnson has known Michael South since they were both pupils
YORK villagers have celebrated the news that controversial plans for an extended rubbish and recycling plant in the greenbelt near their homes have been scrapped. Waste firm Yorwaste has withdrawn its scheme for the Harewood Whin site near Rufforth
A MAN who broke a woman’s bones before kidnapping her and sexually assaulting her has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years. Kevin Winn also held a knife to her throat, made death and rape threats, terrified her into silence by threats against
