THE Goldfinch Ensemble, four young early music performers from Europe, are in York for a ten-day residency at the National Centre of Music to learn and develop with the best in the country. Noyuri Hazama, violin, Pablo Sosa del Rosario, flute,
CITY of York Council has been accused of breaching procurement laws over the proposed community stadium - as a senior councillor said the project could not come at any price and alternative options should be investigated. The executive considered
THE Shires are back on our patch tomorrow night for the first time since Britain's pioneering new country duo squeezed in two shows in one day on July 16. They began by opening the Old Station main-stage bill at the Platform Festival in their "
SPECIALIST engineers have checked parts of York’s Bar Walls, after structural fears forced the council to close them. A stretch of walls from Fishergate Postern Tower and Fishergate Bar was closed last Friday and will reopen on Saturday, it has
THE latest ‘door’ on York’s biggest ever advent calendar was opened yesterday at York Theatre Royal. The acrylic painting of seven swans a swimming has been painted by welcome manager Hannah Milburn, who is also an artist. It has gone on display
FIREFIGHTERS rescued two little children who were trapped in cars in North Yorkshire on Wednesday. Crews released a three-year-old boy unharmed after his head was stuck in an electric car window in Killinghall, Harrogate. Firefighters
SCIENTISTS in York have discovered that a gene found in the fruit fly can be expressed in a plant to make land contaminated with explosives safe. The breakthrough could pave the way for millions of hectares of land contaminated by munitions to
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to two crashes in East Yorkshire on Wednesday. Crews went to a single vehicle accident in Highfield Lane, Fangfoss, where two women managed to release themselves from a vehicle prior to their arrival. They made the
CRAFTY employees can bag themselves more than a fortnight off work next year by using only nine days' holiday. Because of the way Easter falls in 2017, you could get 18 days out the office but only use nine days of your annual leave. So is
SANTA Claus joined about 150 adults and children at Sherburn gala committee’s annual Christmas party. The event, held at Elmet Social Club in Sherburn-in-Elmet, was really well attended, said committee member Myrtle Hall. She said Father Christmas
CITY of York Athletic Club starlet Lucy Hadaway has received her second England call-up this year. The Manor CE Academy student will represent England schools at the combined events SIAB Home International in Dublin, part of a four-strong team in her
A MAN who played music so loudly it made his neighbour's floor vibrate has been evicted from his council house. Sean Harman, 37, of Bishophill Junior, was convicted of breaching a noise abatement notice in July at York Magistrates' Court and
A MAN has been charged after reports of drunkenness and violence in side a York restaurant - while it was closed. Police were called to Bella Italia in Low Petergate between 8am and 8.50am on Monday. A 43-year-old has been charged with theft
EIGHT year old Frank has a good night’s sleep, despite being wired up to 14 cables before bedtime. Each cable is linked to a sensor placed on his scalp and face that measures the electrical activity in his brain as he sleeps. Frank is part
A FORMER trainee solicitor has won a legal battle with a North Yorkshire district council after an employment tribunal upheld his claims for unfair dismissal and breach of contract.Before the tribunal began the judge, Jennie Wade, listened to recordings
YORK Science Park has welcomed its newest team members with the appointment and promotion of staff within its facilities management, centre co-ordinator and business development teams.Adam Douglas has been promoted to deputy facilities manager after five
AFTER less than five months on site, the York-based Portakabin Group has handed over a £2 million, four-storey scheme for office support staff at the University Hospital Southampton.The new building was required to provide purposed-designed, permanent
PAUL Weller will play York Barbican next year. The Modfather Returns sees Weller perform in York on Friday, April 7, ahead of his new album's release in the spring on Parlophone Records. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am and cost £43.68
THOUSANDS of small businesses are set to benefit from a new flood insurance package announced by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA), according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).The FSB said it had campaigned hard for a fairer
YOU’RE the luckiest man on the planet. Go out and buy a lottery ticket. That’s what a policewoman told York panto star Martin Barrass as he began to recover from his horrific motorcycle accident earlier this year. Martin was left with 17 broken
THE arguments over York’s local plan have been dragging on even longer than the saga of the city’s community stadium. Successive administrations - Labour, Liberal Democrat, Labour again - failed to deliver on a document which is supposed to define
THE past is a foreign country; they do things differently there, wrote the novelist LP Hartley in 1953. How right he was. And perhaps never was that more true than when comparing the England of the early 1800s with that of the early 1900s.
A COUPLE of numbers after taking to the black and white checkerboard stage, Sir Rod Stewart tells Tuesday's audience, “We’re going to be here two hours. Enjoy yourselves, ladies and gentlemen, it’s later than you think”. The show covers, predictably
COFFEE shop giant Starbucks is closing one of its York branches next month, The Press has learned. The shop, in Stonegate, is set to close on January 8, a member of staff at the branch has confirmed. The coffee chain has several other
THE Autumn Statement has given us growth forecasts for the next five years which we know at best are an uneducated guess, but more probably done with a wet finger braced against the wind. No doubt in six months time at the next statement there
“GIVE a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.” We’re all familiar with that saying, but it is fundamentally true: whether you’re talking about food shortages in the Third World or educating your own
I JUST want to say what great news all York rugby league supporters heard last Thursday. It has been a turbulent time for us all and at stages we thought that good news was never coming our way, but it has. To all the supporters that for whatever
YORK is a city that thrives on tradition, and in the heart of its shopping centre can now be found a retail experience for which the phrase ‘old-style’ might almost have been invented.Louis Smith, proprietor of Old Sole in Swinegate, has spent three-and-a-half
DENYING operations to people who smoke may seem a good idea, until one delves deeper. Were half the smokers in the UK to decide to stop the habit, overnight the Treasury would have a 20 per cent shortfall in the monies required to finance the NHS
THERE is no need for the fire service to deal with cyclists’ locks (The Press, December 5). We often get phone calls from the public who have lost their keys. We simply send out a mechanic on a bike, with the cutting equipment. Jim McGurn
FLORAMOSS finished third in a bumper which has worked out well and might be worth chancing in the At The Races Sky 415 Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Hexham.That race was won by Irish Roe, who went on to dead-heat in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham afterwards.Floramoss
SO the majority of those that bothered to vote opted for Britain to leave the European Union, and now have to wait. When one resigns from one’s organisation, one does not go there again two months later to discuss “terms of leaving”, one just walks
WHAT is Brexit? Brexit, whatever it is in time, will fail. There are too many factors and factions against it. We have very few large industries left, millions of Remainers, MPs, EU MPs, most of the 27 EU countries, Scotland, Blair and Major
BREXIT, Brexit, Brexit. This new word in our life keeps cropping up and it has been used by both sides for or against leaving the EU. I voted to stay but I accept the verdict. Alan Robinson (Letters, November 28) says “the vote for leaving
YORK City Futsal took their unbroken run of wins into a seventh game by beating Loughborough Academy 7-1 at the University of York Sports Arena, writes TOM HARLE. Hat-tricks from James Briars and Dylan McAvoy put them six points clear at the top of National
FURTHER to the debate on the upgrade of the A1237 outer ring road and City of York Council’s decision to throw more money at the roundabouts to improve traffic flow is a complete waste of time and money. From leaving the A64 on to the A1237 to
YORK City Knights' new regime have pulled off a notable coup to mark their takeover - signing Featherstone Rovers' outgoing captain, Tim Spears. The veteran packman, 31, has been training with James Ford's new-look squad and the League One club
VILLAGERS near York are jubilant after securing the future of their community’s last remaining pub. A new tenant has moved into the Rose and Crown in Sutton-on-the-Forest, and people in the village hope this means their much-loved pub is there
A LENGTHY wrangle over a Tadcaster footpath has ended in defeat for county council officials and rights-of-way campaigners.The path formerly provided access to a former railway viaduct across the River Wharfe, which linked the two sides of the town.But
YOUNGSTERS showed off their colouring skills and won the chance to meet Father Christmas in Selby.Santa arrived at Selby Garden Centre on a specially decorated bus from Thornes independent coaches, based near Selby.He and 30 local school children enjoyed
HUNDREDS of balloons with discount vouchers attached have been launched to mark the reopening of a flood-hit restaurant.Loch Fyne Seafood & Grill restaurant in Fossgate was inundated from the River Foss in the Boxing Day floods, and reopened for the first
PLANS to build a new pavilion and install floodlights on a sports field in East Yorkshire as part of a £300,000 project have been given the green light.Pocklington Rugby Union Football Club's planning application for a pavilion at its ground in Kilnwick
THOUSANDS of children will get to meet Santa at a festive North Yorkshire attraction this month.The Christmas Experience at Lotherton Hall is open until December 23, and gives families chance to take part in a magical Twelve Days of Christmas Walk - with
RACING memorabilia linked to York and Ryedale is going under the hammer in London next week.Medals given to a famous Malton-trained horse, and historic tickets and passes to York Racecourse, are part of a fascinating collection of racing memorabilia that
A NORTH Yorkshire councillor said new multimillion pound plans to tackle flooding in the region were very welcome.Councillor David Jeffels, who is joint chairman of the York and North Yorkshire Flood Protection Committee, said a new committee would help
A NORTH Yorkshire-based energy giant has announced two important acquisition moves. The Drax Group revealed the proposed acquisition of Opus Energy Group Ltd for £340 million and the purchase of four open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) development projects
HATE crime rose in York in the months leading up to the Brexit vote, according to data from a survey of human rights in the city. In 2013/14, police recorded 98 hate crimes in York. That rose to 108 in 2014/15 - then to 140 this year. More
A WOMAN feared she was going to die when her boyfriend attacked her with a broken bottle after a row while he was visiting her home in York. Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday that Daljit Johal had already failed to break one bottle before he picked
COUNCILLORS have slammed calls for independent planners to take over the delayed Local Plan. Letting a government planning inspector set a housing and development plan for the city over the coming decades would thwart democracy and leave people
PLANS for a huge housing development in East Yorkshire have been recommended for refusal due to its proposed location and the traffic congestion it could cause. Gladman Developments has sought outline permission to build up to 380 new homes, including
ONE in eight workers in the UK - 3.8 million people - are now in poverty, according to the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It said in a report that the record figure - one million more than a decade ago - was partly due to the growing housing
