DAN Nightingale's Small World Tour parks up at the Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green, York, on Monday night. "Mixing fiendishly accurate observation with energetic characterisations and killer punch lines, his comedy is original, playful, intelligent
INSPECTORS are due to go back into Bootham Park Hospital in the next couple of days to assess whether parts of it can be reopened. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has received a written request from the Tees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS Trust
PROP star Colton Roche has sent an emotional message to York City Knights after confirming he is to leave the club - revealing that the team helped him through "troubled times". The 22-year-old former Sheffield forward signed for York in May last
HOTEL Chocolat are planning to open a new branch in York city centre. A planning application has been submitted for 13 Stonegate, which was formerly the home of the Peter Rabbit and Friends shop for many years, but which has been vacant since they
YORK City Knights have beaten competition from Championship clubs to sign Doncaster star Mike Emmett for 2016 - with boss James Ford expecting the fiery forward to give the team power up the middle and "a plan B". Traditionally the bulk of York's
TWO men have been arrested in connection with the serious sexual assault of two teenage women in York. North Yorkshire Police attended a house in Fossway, York, on Monday, and spent most of Monday and Tuesday at the property, and were seen removing
PLANS are being submitted to build Harrogate's first Aparthotel with an application for a 103-bedroom property at the Great Yorkshire Showground.Landowner the Yorkshire Agricultural Society is working with national hoteliers Roomzzz Aparthotel on the
CHILDREN at a York primary school are aiming to turn pennies into something much more valuable to help a local hospice. Clifton Green School has launched a Copper Challenge today, where pupils are being asked to spend the next few months collecting
A FORMER senior partner at one the UK's big four accountancy firms has been appointed as the new chairman of regional tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire.Ron McMillan, who worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers for 38 years, will succeed outgoing chairwoman
THE LIFE and death of legendary highwayman Dick Turpin will be discussed with museum visitors York this half term. Turpin, who was imprisoned for horse theft in York Castle Prison and executed in 1739, is the subject of many myths and stories,
FAMILIES are being invited to put their wellies on and head to the Pumpkin Day at Home Farm in Northallerton. Peter Richardson, whose family has farmed at Home Farm for three generations, said: "Our Pumpkin Day is a free day out with loads for
TWO men have been arrested and charged over a kidnap and assault early on Saturday. The pair are due to appear in Northallerton magistrates' court today. A 31-year-old man has been charged with assault and kidnap, while a 32-year-old man has
SUCH an accomplished sideman deserved a larger York crowd. Reeves Gabrels is best known as a songwriting foil and guitarist for David Bowie in Tin Machine (now receiving some critical re-appraisal) and his hard-to- love Nineties' work. He has been
EIGHTEEN new jobs are being created as a new petrol station and food store opens in York today.BP has teamed up with Marks & Spencer's Simply Food brand for the new service station in Lawrence Street, marking the second partnership between the two in
FALLS in the prices paid for renewable energy have failed to deter industry from turning to clean systems according to experts in North Yorkshire.This month has seen the introduction of changes to the Government's Renewable Heat Incentive, with prices
WITH York's previous economic strategy taking the form of five ambitions, underpinned by four separate themes, which fed into 19 priority objectives, the key word for the succeeding strategy is simplicity.In a review of the previous strategy, which ran
WE'VE all heard of Macmillan coffee mornings. Now a new annual tradition is about to be born: the Great British Tea Party. The coffee mornings raise money for the fight against cancer. The tea parties will raise funds for a no less vital cause
HOW would you feel if you had a 10,000-tonne mountain of stinking rubbish dumped near your home? Spare a thought, then, for the people of Great Heck. A huge, steaming pile of recyclable waste is being left to rot because the company responsible
TWO women have been taken to hospital after a car crash in York. The accident happened in Osbaldwick lane at about 8.30am. Two Nissan Note cars were involved. North Yorkshire Police said both drivers were taken to hospital as a precaution,
TWO housemates have gone on trial accused of being a drug dealer and his delivery boy. Syed Juhel Miah, 48, and Roy Ernest Colsell, 64, were charged after police found 780 bagged deals of Ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis in three Toyotas in three
A TEENAGER has been arrested after a nine-year-old boy was set on fire with an aerosol can. Mackenzy Teare was left with burns from his head to his stomach after a 13-year-old friend of his older brother burst into the bathroom while he was in
A NORTH Yorkshire bakeware company with more than 100 years’ manufacturing heritage has appointed a new business development manager to expand markets for both its industrial bakeware and recently introduced plastic ranges.Lee Croucher joins Invicta Bakeware
Since 2012 HMCR has introduced new measures to tackle tax evasion including:• taskforces that focus on high-risk sectors in areas where there is strong evidence of tax evasion• working with authorities offshore• targeting people who earn more than £150,000
Matthew Bloch is the managing director of Bytemark Hosting which is York's largest hosting and cloud computing firm. He co-founded Bytemark with school friend Peter Taphouse, shortly after they both finished college and moved to York.Mr Bloch's aim was
YORK attraction designer and operator Paragon Entertainment predicts financial results will fall below expectation for the year but says directors are "optimistic" about 2016's earnings following further commercial progress.Followings its earlier
LAST week I joined the University of York’s Union NightSafe Team to see how they support vulnerable students and residents during the small hours in the city centre. It was an amazing evening and I was very impressed by the volunteers’ professional
CLLR Lars Kramm rightly highlights some of the hidden costs associated with the Academies programme (Letters, October 2). In addition to the £32 million debt left with local authorities, schools choosing to become Academies receive grants of £25,000
I THINK Sophie McGill is treading on dodgy ground telling York City supporters to shut up (The Press, October 5). The standard of football has been dreadful for the last two years with no sign of improvement. All she is doing is getting the
DAI HARRAILID, who got off the mark at Haydock last month, can double his score at Nottingham this afternoon. Trained by William Haggas, who has had a wonderful year with his powerful Newmarket string, the two-year-old fulfilled the promise of
A ROUND of golf with former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and a holiday in the Bahamas awaits two Selby GC players after they starred at The Belfry.Mark Kelly and Luke Eustace won the American Golf 9 Hole Championship at the famous Warwickshire course
WORD of mouth may be the best way to attract new customers, but a strategically placed advert can be worth it's weight in gold. The trouble is, where should it go? Many traders believe A-boards on the pavement are the perfect solution, because
A YORK pastry chef who works with Nestle alongside running his own macaroon business in the city has been crowned the Overall Winner of the 2015 Pastry Open.As well as claiming the overall title, Florian Poirot, who runs FP Macaroons, won the Best Sugar
PHILLIP Makin has one hand on the trophy for York Racecourse's top jockey as the 2015 season comes to an end on Knavesmire this weekend.The North Yorkshire rider, who has enjoyed a sparkling season capped by Master Carpenter's victory in the John Smith's
A YORK film-maker has told how he wept - and wretched - as he filmed poverty he had never before imagined in the slums of Manila. Dave Thorp, from Fulford, said he flew more than 6,600 miles to locations around Tondo, a district of the Philippines
A YORK-BASED charity which is aiming to tackle the 'global health catastrophe' of antibiotic resistance is launching a major new fundraising event. The Great British Tea Party will be held on the afternoon of November 18 - European Antibiotic Awareness
FINAL sign off on York's council accounts has been delayed for the second year running. Auditors have had to hold off the final closure of City of York Council's final accounts for 2014/15 because of the row over extra payments to top council staff
A NORTH YORKSHIRE MP has refused to oppose any fracking applications that would see drilling sites built less than a mile away from homes and schools. Kevin Hollinrake said his job is not to campaign against applications, despite saying the controversial
A PETITION asking for "anti homeless" bars to be taken off benches in York will be considered by a top councillor next week. More than 5,000 people put their name to the plea that bars installed on benches around Rougier Street be taken away, so
A NEW brewery could bring beer lovers to Walmgate if plans get the go-ahead from city councillors. Developers want to transform an empty industrial building just off Walmgate into a microbrewery with its own visitor centre, gift shop and tap room
A NORTH YORKSHIRE businesswoman has appeared in court accused of health and safety failings after the manager of a launderette died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Caroline Whalley, 58, was summonsed to court on Tuesday under the 2007 Construction
A VIOLENT offender who punched and stamped on his girlfriend's face during a sickening attack has been jailed for five years. Kyle Illingworth, 24, battered his partner on April 17 when he turned up at a house in Ascot Way, Acomb, and flew into
A MUCH-loved pub near Selby has been sold off after a long campaign to save it by locals. The Bay Horse in Barlby has been under threat since a planning application emerged in 2013 to demolish the historic pub to make way for a 13 home housing
AN NHS organisation previously responsible for running Bootham Park Hospital has said it did all it could to resolve the situation - and has blamed others for the closure. Documents due to be discussed by officials next week show the Care Quality
