HOW refreshing to see and hear a vivid, three-dimensional view of Scotland through the eyes of one it keenest observers. Aidan Moffat is a bearded, foul-mouthed singer, formerly the potty-mouthed front man from cult Nineties' band Arab Strap. Look
A SHOPKEEPER was threatened with a knife and robbed in his store. Police say two men reportedly went into the e-cigarette shop in Newborough, Scarborough, at about 10.35am on Thursday and threatened the manager with a knife. A North Yorkshire
IN July 1966, England had the greatest football team in the world. The same month, Messrs Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, otherwise known as The Monkees, first appeared on our screens and radios. At the time, no-one believed
THE 2016 York Early Music Festival opens next week, marking the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death with a theme of Fairies, Witches and Aerial Beings. Running from July 8 to 16, the programme will focus on music from the Elizabethan
PROTEUS Theatre Company brings its one-woman show Becoming Hattie to York Theatre Royal’s Studio tomorrow and Saturday after a residency at London’s Leicester Square Theatre. The play celebrates the unique talents of a much-loved comedy icon of
VETERAN Knotty Ash comic Ken Dodd loves crossing the Pennines to play Yorkshire gigs. "Another tour of the greatest county in the country," enthuses Ken, as he looks ahead to returning to the Grand Opera House, in York, on July 10 with his Happiness
HOW circumstances have changed for Jamie Raven, as if by magic. The first time Jamie paraded his sleight of hand in York, he was working his way around the tables of the Gimcrack Rooms, all of 12 years ago. "It was one of the first jobs I ever
9 GREEN Songs is a sequel of sorts to 2005's 9 Red Songs, right down to each having ten, not nine, songs, so his counting hasn't improved in ten, sorry, eleven years, and nor has Chris Thorpe-Tracey's mood. He's still out of joint, synch and love
IT'S one of music’s ironies that the more an artist strives for authenticity, the more they can find themselves trapped in templates. Sullen, spiky Nottingham singer-songwriter Jake Bugg – who, putting it kindly, is not always the easiest person
DO you believe in ghosts? Be prepared to do so when Harrogate Theatre's 2's Company Festival presents Haunt tomorrow andl Saturday. Developed by working with writers who have experienced homelessness in Harrogate, and based on words from the Haunt
FAMILY and friends of former York resident David Gest paid their last respects to the American music producer and reality TV celebrity by scattering his ashes and releasing white doves in an emotional ceremony at Clifford's Tower on May 15, in accordance
TOMORROW is the last chance to see York company Common Ground Theatre in Kitty Bridges' Pocket Book Of Tunes. The show is written and performed by storyteller Hannah Davies, with music from Over the Yardarm musicians Paul Baldwin, on mandolin,
SEVEN Brides For Seven Brothers returns to York Theatre Royal for the first time since the Theatre Royal's own 1984 production, the one that was picked up by the West End and then travelled overseas, in the manner replicated by The Railway Children
A MAN'S body has been recovered from the river at Knaresborough. The fire service rescue boat and police were all called to the scene at 4.15pm on Thursday to reports of a man in the water. North Yorkshire Police has now confirmed the man died
THIS is only Orchard Theatre's third show but York's theatre scene is bearing the ripest of fruit again, particularly its crop of young performers. As you enter the auditorium, you note plants are growing across the walls of the Joseph Rowntree
GOLFER Simon Dyson is struggling in the French Open.The York-born professional, who missed this week's Open qualifiers to attend the birth of his second child, finished seven over par after today's first round and stands joint 145th in a 156 player
YORK City have signed former Forest Green Rovers midfielder Clovis Kamdjo. The 25-year-old has agreed two-year terms at Bootham Crescent. Kamdjo moved to England from Cameroon at the age of 14 and came through the academy system at Reading,
YORK City Knights are set to continue playing at Bootham Crescent next year - alleviating fears of a return to homelessness. The Press revealed earlier this month that the Rugby Football League had demanded confirmation before the end of June of
YORK Cricket Club's U13 juniors were crowned NatWest ECB Yorkshire County Champions last weekend following victories over Harrogate and Barnsley at Mirfield Cricket Club.They now go onto represent Yorkshire in the ECB NatWest National Club competition
CONTROVERSIAL £1.4bn energy from a waste incinerator scheme is set to be operational in 18 months after builders constructing the huge plant said key elements had been completed. Eighteen months after construction began, 680,000 hours of work
A SERVICE will be held in Selby Abbey on Friday to mark the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War. The Battle of the Somme began on July 1, 1916, and was planned as a combined push into Europe by the French, British
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a three-year-old boy was picked up by a stranger on a bus. A mother and her two sons were travelling on the number 13 bus to Copmanthorpe on Tuesday at 11.20am when the row took place. The child
YORK City have signed Boston United winger Kaine Felix on a two-year contract. Felix, 21, was on the books at Peterborough United before switching to Southern League premier division side St Neots Town at the age of 16. After two years with
A CHARITY could team up with a school in Pocklington to relaunch a youth club in the town. Young People Count says it is still considering a number of options, including the creation of a new centre at Woldgate School where youngsters could meet
YORK City midfielder James Berrett has joined Sky Bet League Two side Grimsby Town. The 27-year-old made 40 appearances in all competitions for the Minstermen last season, scoring five goals.
A YORK pub has denied refusing to serve a customer because she did not have a UK ID card. Martina Diehl, 25, said she visited the Kings Arms in York on Sunday but was refused service when she presented her Dutch driving licence as it did not have
EMERGENCY services were called to a crash between a van and a car in York this morning. The collision happened at about 8.45am in Beckfield Lane at the junction with Ouseburn Avenue. Police and paramedics attended and a woman received treatment
MAGISTRATES took pity on a notorious street drinker when she appeared before them for the 500th time with a message of hope. Every justice in York has sat in judgement on Karen Anne Bulmer, who has been a frequent, sometimes daily visitor, to their
TWO neighbours whose actions helped jail a woman who preyed on a frail, elderly York man, have been rewarded. Coraleena Hunter was jailed in April for eight years after preying on an 84-year-old man, stealing his pension and forcing her way into
A MAN is planning to go on hunger strike because he has to give police 24 hours’ notice before he has sex. He has issued a statement in which he says his action is a protest against an application by North Yorkshire Police to confirm a Sexual Risk
MULTI-CHANNEL retailer High Street TV (Group) Limited has been declared one of the top dozen UK businesses with the fastest-growing international sales.The Harrogate-based company, which employs 125 staff, has been placed 12th in the seventh annual Sunday
WAGYU meat from cattle reared in the Yorkshire Wolds is proving to be a favourite with customers at a Dorset burger restaurant.Driffield’s The Yorkshire Wagyu Company is now the sole meat supplier to independent burger restaurant Hao Cow, based in Pan-Asian
ON a recent visit to my home city, I was interested to read of a new plan for York. Since the Romans left there has been little planned development but after 1945 various Acts of Parliament encouraged local councils to make such plans and in 1948
AVIVA has launched a guide to help business owners understand more about the upcoming changes to the law regarding their business insurance, and outline what the introduction of the Insurance Act will mean to them.The Insurance Act will provide a more
I WOULD like to say a big thank you to two people in cars who helped me retrieve my expensive rechargeable bike light on Sunday evening. Cycling back to Heworth from the station, I was dismayed to find it not on my bike when I reached home.
I WOULD like to say a huge thank you to the amazing staff in the cafe at Marks & Spencer Vangarde shopping complex for coming to my aid after I managed to spill a whole cup of hot coffee down the front of me. As I was dressed in white with
‘FOOTSIT’. The England football team seems to have belatedly signalled its support for the Leave campaign in its own inimitable style. Derek Reed, Middlethorpe Drive, York
THERE’S still time to get your entry in for this year’s Pree Business Awards.The premier prizes to reward the best of enterprise in York and North and East Yorkshire will be presented at a glittering ceremony at York Racecourse in November.All businesses
I HAVE driven past Clifton Moor so many times wishing I could buy a new bed or find a supermarket so I could do some shopping without ever realising there were these shops available just over the hedge. Naturally I was so intent on looking at the
FIREFIGHTERS have tackled blazes at two agricultural buildings in North Yorkshire. Fire crews from Kirkbymoorside, Pickering and Helmsley were called to Cropton at 1.44am today, where a pheasant hatchery was on fire. The blaze destroyed 15,000
IN support of John Slingsby’s letter (The Press, June 27) I find it disgusting that there are so many bus stops without lay-bys. Since the departure of conductors, buses cannot move off until all passengers have boarded (and paid). This can take
IN August/September 1939, Europe waited to see if we would seek an accommodation with Hitler and the Nazis or fight to restore their freedom. Many European servicemen were accommodated here and fought gallantly alongside us and many stayed and
IN the midst of the all the hullabaloo around “getting our country back”, a single, sad, sobering statistic speaks volumes. It is heartbreaking. In the voting age profile breakdown, those aged under 44 voted overwhelmingly to stay. They are the
TO the youth of the UK that the Brexit success has reportedly alarmed, I offer this: Treasure your royal throne of kings; your scepter’d isle; your earth of majesty; your seat of Mars; your other Eden, demi-paradise... I deserted your shores only
IT may shock some but I agree with Geoff Robb that David Davis would be a better leader of the Conservative Party though probably too principled to be elected (Letters, June 25). He’s shown real integrity in consistently supporting civil liberty
A TOTAL of £1,220 was raised for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People at the 2016 LABC North and East Yorkshire Building Excellence Awards .The winner of £610 from a raffle on the night, Dylan Gelder of Keepmoat Ltd, donated his win back to the charity
BENEATH the shallow bonhomie, Boris Johnson is a politician of the Tory hard right. This group does not believe in subsidising shaky businesses, so many of the EU-protected small farmers, who are stewards of our countryside, will go to the wall
A SELECTION of real ales, perries and ciders will be on offer at the fifth York Charity Beer Festival this week, which is raising funds for a youth homeless charity. Organised by York Round Table, the event will be held over two days, from 5pm-
TO those now trying to imagine how on earth we’ll perform the business of leaping backwards into the 1970s to rejoin the bright future we ought to have had if that nasty EU hadn’t stepped in and ruined everything, it is helpful to remember those halcyon
IT doesn't get any easier for York Acorn ARLC - after National Conference League leaders Siddal last week come treble winners Leigh Miners to Thanet Road this Saturday.However, head coach Leigh Paul-Rientoul is hoping a successful trip to Serbia for
BURN maintained their HPH York Vale Cricket League division one title push with a comprehensive 93-run win against Stockton & Hopgrove on a day punctuated by thunderstorms.Three of their top four batsmen scored half-centuries as they rattled up 260-6.
ASHLEY CATTLE and Jason Nattrass shared a stand of 110 to ensure Yapham celebrated the unveiling of their new clubhouse in style.The pair's efforts saw the hosts enjoy a ten-wicket win over Acomb II in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League
A LEADING charity has urged ministers to secure millions of pounds in European Union funding already agreed for the region before last week's referendum. Between 2014 and 2020, York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership
FRANCE-BOUND York City Knights' fixture list has just got worse - left facing a second trip to moneybags Toulouse this summer and potentially a third in the play-offs.However, head coach James Ford, having long hailed his team's spirit in adversity
YORKSHIRE seamer Josh Shaw is certain that he has returned from his loan spell at Gloucestershire as a wiser cricketer, and hopefully a better one too.Shaw, 20-years-old, was handed the opportunity to work with Richard Dawson, regarded as one of county
In 1914 railways allowed war to be fought on an industrialised scale, transporting vast numbers of men, and ammunition. But they also brought the wounded home. MATT CLARK learns more about this neglected piece of history. BRADSHAW'S didn't see
RAILWAY Institute Amateurs extended their lead at the top of the York Amateur Bowls Association division one with a 7-1 victory over club rivals Railway Institute Corinthians.Holgate WMC suffered a 7-1 home defeat against Selby who duly climbed above
A YORK-BASED rail company proved today it is definitely on the right track where keeping its customers happy is concerned. Grand Central Railway has been revealed as Britain’s highest rated long-distance train operator for customer satisfaction
CONCERNED residents fear a child could be seriously injured or killed on York’s Derwenthorpe development if heavy vehicles continue to use the same route to a construction site. Residents who live on the development near Osbaldwick are worried
A SWEDISH mum was sworn at and told to go "back to your own country" during a distressing racist attack in York. The young mother, from Fulford, was overheard speaking to her children in her native language when she was abused just yards from her
RESIDENTS are being urged to share their views on plans for subsidised bus services, which could see them cut or scaled back. An eight-week public consultation got under way yesterday on East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s proposals. Following approval
A CHILDREN’S fun run has raised up to £3,000 in aid of a York boy with a rare genetic condition.Stan Fairclough, seven, from Acomb, has Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA1), a serious inherited health problem which means the body can’t process certain amino
ARE you worried the first dance at your wedding will let you down? As unlikely as it sounds, City of York Council may have the answer. The council has released its new offering of wide-ranging courses, which take place at numerous venues in and
ESCALATING can strike while the iron is hot in the totequadpot Races 3,4,5 And 6 Handicap at Epsom.A dual winner for the late Pat Eddery in 2014, the four-year-old subsequently lost his way, with just three starts last season suggesting his career was
A PUB landlord who helped save two city locals from closure is battling to stop another being turned into housing. Paul Crossman, who runs The Swan in Bishopgate Street, and co-owns The Volunteer Arms in Holgate and The Slip Inn in Clementhorpe
