A TRIAL A-board ban will go ahead in the city centre a month later than planned, it was confirmed at a meeting on Thursday night. Business owners asked the city council’s ruling executive to reconsider the deal, but with campaigners for blind and
NOT, as one might imagine, an Italian-American spoof crooner, but an intriguing British oddity that's well worth a listen. Londoner Lookman Adekunle Salami, to give him his full name, only picked up a guitar for the first time a few years ago,
WAY Down went all the way up to number one on August 30 1977, a posthumous spike after the death of The King was announced on August 16. It camped there for five weeks and Elvis has remained on the throne – his last day’s resting place at Gracelands
ROYAL Shakespeare Company actor Miles Richardson and ex-EastEnders soap star James Alexandrou will lead the cast for Giles Croft's revival of Anthony Shaffer's thriller Sleuth at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, from September 28 to October 15.
ROBERT Powell and Liza Goddard will star in Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy Relatively Speaking at Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday. In Ayckbourn's early play, Greg only met Ginny a month ago but already has made up his mind that she
LET'S get this out of the way first: it’s not all Ed Harcourt’s fault, but please can artists stop using Intro as the title of the first song on an album? At least Furnaces - seemingly Harcourt’s most obvious tilt at the mainstream since he won
SPOKEN of in hushed, revered tones, the Rhode Island group have a fervently loyal fanbase. It is OK for the likes of Bowie to reinvent themselves, but for most it is a high risk strategy. The Low Anthem’s first record in five years is a concept
YORKSHIRE all-rounder Tim Bresnan remained hopeful of completing a victory over Nottinghamshire in the County Championship despite heavy rain cutting short the third day at Scarborough.Only 35.2 overs were possible today as the Tykes went in search of
YORK residents have been exposed to increased flooding due to years of neglect, lack of drainage maintenance and poor decision-making, a damning new report has admitted. Officials at City of York Council have produced a special report into June's
THE Russian State Opera will return to the Scarborough Spa Grand Hall on September 29 with Georges Bizet's Carmen. Feel the thrill and passion of love, jealousy and violence of 19th century Seville in a night of fierce passion, gorgeous melodies
HALLELUJAH, Alexandra Burke has had a marvellous time on tour at the Leeds Grand Theatre this year, first in the Whitney role in The Bodyguard and now whooping up the Whoopi one in Sister Act. Transformed into A Divine Musical Comedy for the Broadway
A MAN from York has been jailed for six months after his abusive behaviour to crew and passengers led to a plane being diverted. Joshua Strickland, 21, of Lucas Avenue in Clifton, threatened to assault a number of people during a Jet2.com flight
A PUBLIC meeting will be held in Haxby next week to tell people about possible housing developments in the area. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy has organised the meeting with council leader David Carr to give people in Haxby and Wigginton chance to
YORK City manager Jackie McNamara has revealed that Richard Brodie is covering more ground than last season’s strikers despite still being short of match fitness. Brodie has made the starting line up for the first time since his summer return to
A PUBLIC meeting is to be held over controversial plans to close a York Hospital unit. Archways in Clarendon Court, between Haxby Road and Wigginton Road, cares for 350, mainly elderly, people a year to prevent patients being admitted to York Hospital
YORK City have signed Blackpool goalkeeper Kyle Letheren following Scott Flinders’ club suspension and five-match playing ban. Flinders has been found guilty of racial abuse for an incident in last season’s Sky Bet League Two clash at AFC Wimbledon
POLICE have been called to Selby after a woman went into the river Ouse. Emergency services went to the Toll Bridge at around 1.45pm today, Thursday, after a woman had entered the river. She was pulled out of the water and is receiving medical
Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock recently let off some steam over Instagram during filming for Fast 8, labelling his fellow male co-stars “candy asses” – an insult Vin Diesel later claimed was aimed at him. It’s not unusual for Johnson
Newsquest Media Group, leading local multimedia group in the UK and publisher of The Press and The Gazette and Herald, has accelerated its digital audience growth to 24% in the first half of 2016. This compares with 17% annual growth in the 2nd
ANYONE notice how the national anthem is wrongly sung nowadays? It is not “God save our Queen”. It’s “God save the Queen”. Language changes, okay, but please keep the anthem correct. Barrie Pawson, Wigginton, York
BUDDY Holly’s 80th birthday would have fallen on September 7, another landmark as the all-conquering musical tribute to the late rock’n’roller from Lubbock, Texas, raves on. In response to “phenomenal demand for tickets”, Buddy – The Buddy Holly
PAST pupils at one of Britain's leading Catholic schools have spoken of their dismay over the way a trial involving a former teacher charged with sexual abuse was handled. An investigation by The Times newspaper raised questions about the inquiry
BOSSES of a new York bar have confirmed it will open in either September or October. BrewDog has secured a location in Micklegate and is close to moving into the city. The company had hoped to open in August but has now announced it expects
TOMORROW’S arrival of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s Julieta heralds the start of a post-summer blockbuster season of “proper” City Screen films, leaving Suicide Squad’s banalities as just a bad memory. Woody Allen’s Café Society, David Mackenzie
TOP national folk musicians will headline the York Irish Culture Night on September 29. Talisk folk group, which won the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, includes concertina player Mohsen Amini, who also won the 2016 BBC Radio Scotland Young
FOUNDATION Myths, an orchard of yellow ceramic tree stumps, is the first artwork to be lined up for York Art Gallery's new Artists' Garden. This playful new commission from Ordinary Architecture, an English art, architecture and design practice
When did insects become bugs? Schools carry out bug hunts, we make bug hotels and people cry out - my daughter included - when there’s a “bug” in the room. “It’s not a bug, it’s an insect!” I always tell her. When I was a child the word was
THE long summer wait is almost over, the all-important exam results are out, and Leeds Festival is ready to take over Bramham Park, near Wetherby, for three days and nights of music and more from tomorrow until Sunday. In the main-stage spotlight
JACK of all trades, master of precisely none. That’s how Tom O’Ryan described himself. We and the entire racing industry would beg to differ. Tom, who died on Tuesday, was a great jockey in his time, and an equally great award-winning racing correspondent
YORK thrives on diversity. What brings people flocking to the city is the history and heritage, of course - but also the shopping, and the great pubs, bars and restaurants. A vibrant city centre with a good balance of shops and places to eat is
ON a Sunday morning in April, 1925, three middle-aged men from the Leeman Road area took the ferry across the River Ouse to Clifton to ask for help in setting up a new choir. William Payne, Alf Boston and Harry Tallantyne, all in their 40s, were
A RYEDALE venture which was last year declared Britain’s Best Small Shop is on the hunt for further honours in the 2016 Press Business Awards.Owned for the past eight years by Chris and Christine Garnett, the Hunters of Helmsley deli has entered the Retail
GEOFF ROBB is totally wrong to state that equestrians, archers etc do not need to train as do other sportsmen and women (Letters, August 17). He has obviously never ridden or trained a horse for competition. The dressage riders need strength, as
A CONSTRUCTION firm which wants its employees “to feel challenged, stimulated and more importantly to enjoy their work” has its sights on the Achievement Through People category of The Press Business Awards. Staff retention at SIMPSON (York) is
BISHOPTHORPE have been crowned HPH York Vale Cricket League division one champions for the first time since 2005.Saturday's opponents Ben Johnson gifted them maximum points as they could not raise a team to fulfil their home fixture.Burn slipped from
HOW much nannying is expected of a government? With regard to child obesity, what happened to parents using common sense, good housekeeping, saying “no” on a regular basis? It’s important that youngsters are encouraged to participate in physical
ELLAAL can make it a hat-trick in the Scott Coppola Electrical Distributor Handicap at Musselburgh. The seven-year-old may be lining up off his highest mark since 2012 but his confidence has been boosted after what has been a busy – and fruitful – 2016
LUKE SIMPSON intends to bring a Premier League mentality to York City after spending six months with Watford last season.The 21-year-old keeper was given his Minstermen debut during Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Forest Green after being preferred between the
FURTHER to my published letter of last week, it is good to see some response from readers on the thorny subject of the closure of Archways. In particular, I am pleased to read the excellent letter from Rachael Maskell, our York Central MP, who
WHEN I view the beautiful structures that have been demolished and lost as featured in the photographs of Stephen Lewis’ excellent Yesterday Once More column, I feel I could weep for my life long home city of York. Since 1800 when the then York
JONTY MEGGINSON'S excellent half-century took Thixendale to victory in the final of the York Vale Cricket League's Scothern Construction Cup.The 17-year-old stroked an unbeaten 58 as Dale defeated Yapham by three wickets with 2.3 overs to spare
IT was good to read the article and see the old photos (Yesterday Once More, The Press, August 23), but it makes you realise how much of ancient York was lost in the 1930s, as this was only a small part. Not only why was the Dean’s house pulled
A VISITOR to York helped avert a potential tragedy in the River Ouse. John Burns, 37, from Redcar, was visiting a friend in York and had been out in the city when they spotted a drunk young man trying to climb over the barrier near The Lowther
CITY centre campaigners are issuing a passionate plea to stop more York shops being converted into restaurants, bars and cafes. York is running the risk of losing shoppers entirely, they say, as the impact of out-of-town centres like Vangarde coincided
YORK middle-distance runner Alex Botterill knows what it's like to compete in the School Games but insists this year is all about redemption and personal glory.The York runner was gutted to miss out on qualification for his main event, the 800 metres
ANOTHER planning proposal, another queue of naysayers rushing to denounce whatever has been proposed (The Press, August 23). As ever, in York we are at our happiest when telling others what we don’t like. When I was executive member for leisure
YORKSHIRE’S stand-in captain Gary Ballance defended his decision not to enforce the follow-on as the White Rose county dominated the second day of their Championship clash with Nottinghamshire.Having posted 282 in their first innings, the Tykes then secured
RI AMATEURS held on from a strong-finishing Selby to retain their York Amateur Bowls Association division one title.RI beat Holgate 6.5-1.5 in their final game to leave them 2.5 points ahead of Selby, who defeated Dunnington 7-1 to end a valiant attempt
COPMANTHORPE Bowling Club have retained the Yorkshire Ladies Janet Harrow Shield.After winning through to the final held at Driffield Rec Bowling Club, Cop Ladies fought back from being well behind in the first half to win the match by seven shots against
A NEW mobile library is set to serve residents in Haxby and Wigginton for the next couple of years, following the sudden closure of the branch library in Haxby. City of York Council is proposing to give library provider York Explore £80,000 towards
HUNDREDS of historic records that reveal the secrets hidden under York streets are now available at the touch of the button. The City of York Council’s Heritage Team has made more than a thousand reports about York’s history and archaeology available
A PERSONAL trainer is taking on her biggest fitness challenge for charity.Gemma Richardson, 24, from Kirkbymoorside, is cycling 1,000 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats over 12 days from August 30.She has previously taken part in running and cycling
A YORK hotel which has had a major makeover and ‘gone up’ a star, and its manager who is a leading figure in the city’s hospitality sector, are both in the running for titles in The Press Business Awards.The Monkbar Hotel has entered the Retail, Tourism
A TEAM of 15 volunteers are determined to complete a 15-metre long tapestry telling the story of the Battle of Stamford Bridge as a tribute to the project’s brainchild. The tapestry will consist of 15 one-metre hand-stitched panels, including 12
TRIBUTES have been paid to a “wonderful son and fun loving lad” who died suddenly. Tom Parsons, who was 22 and from West Heslerton, was on holiday with friends on the Greek island of Zante, when he died earlier this month. His parents Nick
A TERMINALLY-ill mother has spoken of her grief after her son’s grave was targeted by vandals. Mandy Jackson, who has cancer, said she was devastated when told the grave in Norton cemetery had been vandalised, with flowers and other items thrown
WORK has begun on a multi-million pound campus expansion at the University of York.The ‘Piazza Learning Centre’ at the university’s Campus East will house teaching facilities and learning spaces, as part of a £27million scheme on the campus. The new building
A MAN took his own life after checking in to a hotel near his home in York city centre, an inquest was told. Martin Hargreaves, 47, of Fossgate, was found dead in his bedroom at the Hotel Indigo in Walmgate by a deputy manager, Hayley Bowden, after
PIONEERING researchers at the University of York have been given more than £536,000 to focus on treatments for prostate cancer patients. The nationally renowned department - which is headed up by Professor Norman Maitland - will determine which
TWO teenagers have been arrested in connection with the theft of a moped in York. Police were called to Richmond Street off Hallfield Road at about 2.30am on Wednesday, and found two boys and a stolen Peugeot moped. A 15-year-old was arrested
A CARER has admitted neglecting a resident in York. April Faulkner, 54, appeared before York Crown Court last week charged with ill treatment or neglect by a care worker, relating to a resident of Primrose Villas in Horner Street, Clifton.
