WHAT a tasty treat was served up by this five-piece to the NCEM audience, hungry for their slices of passionate world music, peppered with Jewish, Balkan, Russian, Scottish and Latin American flavours, spiked with folk and jazz improvisation and lashings
POLICE volunteers from across the county converged on Harrogate for North Yorkshire Police’s first ever Citizens In Policing conference. A total of 150 special constables, police support volunteers and volunteer police cadets attended the event on Sunday
A RETIRED teacher has been jailed for sexually abusing two boys under 14 years old when he worked at the former Ripon Cathedral Choir School. Robin Eric Davidson, now 81, of Worcester, committed the offences in the 1970s.He admitted four indecent assaults
YORK RUFC enjoyed their first match of the round robin stage of the RFU Intermediate Cup – thrashing Medicals from Newcastle-upon-Tyne 98-7. Shane Goulding was absent so Joe Maud started at number eight, while Luke Stockton began at flanker and Daz Rutherford
A RUTH Rendell mystery. A Bill Kenwright tour. A Classic Thriller Theatre Company show. A cast with Robert Duncan, Sophie Ward, Chris Ellison, Ben Nealon, Shirley Anne Field, Deborah Grant and Blue's Antony Costa in the ranks, directed by Roy Marsden
A BONFIRE spread to a nearby fence when a householder burned garden waste in the aftermath of ex-Hurricane Ophelia. The average wind speed at the time was 25 mph and there were gusts of up to 40 mph at the time. A member of the public was so concerned
SIX new brands are opening stores at York’s McAthurGlen Designer Outlet.Opening their doors at the Fulford shopping centre this season are Superdry, Gant, Dr Martens, Bibaloo, Molton Brown and Seiko, as well as the expansion of Yumi. McArthurGlen York
A couple who had sex in a pizza delivery shop as staff worked on the other side of the counter have been spared jail but told they must sleep apart for almost six months. Daniella Hirst and Craig Smith were caught on CCTV engaging in a sex act
CONSTITUENCY boundaries could be redrawn shifting the University of York from one York constituency to the other.The Boundary Commission for England has unveiled its plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600. In York changes would simply see the
A WOMAN was hit in the neck when a dart was thrown at her in Holgate. Police are appealing for witnesses after the woman, in her twenties, was hurt outside the Crystal Palace pub, in Holgate Road, at 6.50pm on Sunday as she walked along the street
THIRTEEN sunken boats have been pulled out of the River Hull. East Riding of Yorkshire Council removed the boats from the river between Tickton and Beverley last month, to ease the flow of water and help prevent floods. The works was funded by
A FOOTBALL spectator has been jailed for knocking out a referee during a cup final.Scott Prew, 23, ran onto the pitch at Pickering Town FC’s Mill Lane ground on March 29 while Eastway Sports, of Scarborough, was playing Goal Sports, of Rudston, in the
A FULL meeting of York council will take place next week in the authority's new temporary home.Councillors are moving to the 1883-built Citadel on Gillygate while the Guildhall complex and its council chamber is closed for construction work. It is
ASHLEY HUGILL could well be hitting peak form at just the right time.Less than six weeks before the 2017 UK Championship gets under way in his home city of York, hot shot Hugill gears up for arguably his biggest match of the year so far as he takes on
A shocked resident has told of the moment a 40ft tree crashed into his house as high winds battered the region.The 40ft high lime tree came down in Dringhouses, York, at around 9pm on Monday as the aftermath of Storm Ophelia caused gusting winds.David
ELAINE Thomas returns to According To McGee, in York, from October 20 with All Creatures Great And Small, her latest collection of mischievous, irrepressible, fresco-inspired figurative art. "I'm looking forward to showing my work in York again
WELCOME to our new starters special.Primary schools from across The Press circulation area were invited to submit pictures of their new starters for our First Class 2017 special.These 30 class pictures have been published in today's print copy of
FAMILIES have two more weeks to apply for secondary school places for children currently in Year 6. The deadline for applications is midnight on Tuesday, October 31, and applications made after that date will be treated as late. Parents or
A SOFTWARE company employing 165 people on the outskirts of York is under new ownership after being acquired by Manchester-based counterpart Bytes Technology Group.Phoenix Software, near Pocklington, which has an annual turnover of more than £130 million
NESTLE Rowntree RUFC turned in another fine performance to see off Leodiensians 2nds 59-19 in the Yorkshire Merit North League One.The table-toppers, facing a youthful outfit, expected a tough game after two weeks of no rugby due to opponents crying off
CRIMEWATCH has been axed by the BBC after 33 years of helping police catch some of the countries most notorious criminals. We take a look back at some of the York crimes when viewers were asked for their help to bring criminals to justice. Claudia
AN HISTORIC building in York has been hit by a truck trying to squeeze up a narrow street, again. A large van hit The Pyramid Gallery on Stonegate on Tuesday, morning, taking plasterwork off the corner of the first floor bay window. The van
MALTON & Norton cruised into round two of the Yorkshire Cup with an eight-try 52-19 win over National League One club Hull Ionians.The result might be seen as a shock on paper but Ionians also played a National One game at Bishop Stortford and, while
TWO choirs are ready to hit the high notes at Selby Abbey this weekend.The boy choristers and lay clerks of Derby Cathedral Choir make their first visit to Selby Abbey at noon on Saturday to perform a 45 minute concert as part of their tour of northern
HOPES of creating a super new playground for children in Upper and Nether Poppleton have been given a £1,000 boost by a local business. Arnold Clark has presented the ‘Poppleton Play’ committee with a cheque for £1,000 towards a £90,000 fundraising
GUINNESS world record holder to perform daring stunts live in Yorkshire this Halloween.A Guinness world record breaking chainsaw juggler will be performing live as part of York Maze's Hallowscream fright nights, running on selected nights from October
MUMS-TO-BE in York are to benefit from a pioneering initiative that will help them track the progress of their pregnancy and improve their wellbeing. Last week was Baby Loss Awareness Week - highlighting the fact that 15 babies are either stillborn or
A driver who smashed the speed limit during a police chase through Acomb has been banned from the roads for three years. Rob Galley, prosecuting, said Terri Marie Harper, 29, raced off when police asked her to stop because they wanted to speak to her
RISING Ryedale golfer David Hague is celebrating a wonderful 2017 after capping his season with a stunning success in the North of England Open Amateur Championship.The Malton & Norton Golf Club amateur ace topped a high-quality field of 111 players in
TASTER sessions in Nordic walking will give walkers the chance to get fit and healthy.Starting on Friday 10 November, sessions will take place every Friday for four weeks from 10am until 11am, meeting at the Rowntree Park Reading Café.Those taking part
WITH mysterious footsteps, strange banging noises from the ceilings and the sound of children running in the courtyard, a York site has been dubbed one of the spookiest spots in the country. English Heritage has revealed its most haunted sites
THE prayers of gin fans have been answered with a tasting session featuring more than 100 different varieties at York Racecourse. Big Time Gin will be bringing a huge range of gins, both premium and locally-produced, to the Knavesmire on Saturday
AS the title would suggest, London soul singer Michael Kiwanuka's second album, Love & Hate, is led by emotion. "Making melodies that capture you was my priority. I was just asking one question, does it move you?” says Kiwanuka, who released
RESIDENTS at a York care home immersed themselves in all things French recently.The French-themed day at Connaught Court, in St Oswald’s Road, Fulford, included an exercise class “avec un ballon”, accompanied by a mixture of French music and ‘Can-can’
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl is due at court after allegedly spitting at a police officer in North Yorkshire. Police said it happened at Scarborough Train Station in Westborough at around 5pm yesterday. The officer was responding to reports of anti-social
YORK'S iconic Clifford's Tower and a section of the city's historic walls will glow purple to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer, thanks to a local cancer survivor. Jean Clark, 61, of Herman Walk, Foxwood, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
A HUNDRED years of Britain’s industrial and aviation innovation was remembered last weekend, in a village a stone’s throw from Drax power station.A site now occupied by the power station, a field in Barlow, near Selby, marks the location of the maiden
IT has been a long time in coming. But York’s magnificent Mansion House is finally coming back to life. The great house, home to York’s Lord Mayors, has been closed since summer 2015 for a major, £2.6 million restoration project. It’s a project
CHILDREN at Fulford School know all about the value of life-saving training. Two years ago Fulford pupil Alex Cowes, then 15, almost died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a PE lesson. He probably owes his life to the prompt actions of two teachers
A COUPLE who had sex in a pizza delivery shop as staff worked on the other side of the counter are due to be sentenced. Daniella Hirst and Craig Smith were caught on CCTV engaging in a sex act and having sex in the Domino's Pizza, on Castle Road
A FORMER Selby schoolteacher, historian and lifelong member of the local Methodist church, died in hospital last week at the age of 76. Richard Moody, was born in Brayton, where he attended the local junior school and later won a scholarship to
HOW do you choose the songs for Something Wonderful, a celebration of the greatest musical theatre partnership of the 20th century, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein? This task faced York Musical Theatre Company director Paul Laidlaw, fresh
MAXINE GORDON reports on the York boutique where the fashion comes with its own stories attached Pictures by Mike Nowill SADLY, we are all too familiar with stories of sweatshop labour and youth exploitation in the fashion industry. So
TO avoid a potential winter crisis in the NHS an extra £500 million would do the trick, so says shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth. If only it was that simple. Typically lacking in this assertion is the accompanying thought out plan of action
THINK tug of war is just a fun game played at the summer fair? Then think again. It's a serious sport, requiring gruesome training and dedication, with competitions available up to international level. And unusually, it's one where women
LIKE your letter writer, I too would wish to live in a land of hope and glory (The Press, October 9). A place where the power of prayer can summon someone or something to provide a cure for all trouble and strife sounds wonderful. Unfortunately
STRONG winds caused damage to houses and buildings in North Yorkshire overnight, as Storm Ophelia swept across the British Isles. A fire crew was called to Hunters Way, near Knavesmire, in York, after a tree came down and broke through a property
WITH the EU and its negotiators taking the intransigent stance of Charles de Gaulle’s “non, non, non” to any sensible British proposals, in their selfish forlorn hope that dragging out these talks for years will stop us leaving the EU, I feel we must
AUTUMN in the garden can be a time for reflecting on the successes and failures in the plant world. A surprise for us in the garden this year has been the sweet peas. We plant them annually and they always produce a good show. This year they flourished
ONCE again we see writ large, the attitude of the Tories and Lib Dems towards our most vulnerable fellow citizens. The elderly, the mentally ill, the disabled, the drug dependent and the children who are condemned to live in families dependent
From our archive: 85 years ago Wedding bells were ringing in York for Mr Arthur Hedley Butler who had married Miss Lydia Ruth Morell. Giving away his daughter at the Friends’ Meeting House in Clifford Street was Alderman Morrell,
SIR DANCEALOT can rediscover that happy knack of winning races when he lines up on a strong card at Leicester.The three-year-old colt is a lovely horse but things have not quite gone his way this year.Indeed, Sir Dancealot has not tasted victory since
A SERIES of paintings by one of the world's most influential musicians, Bob Dylan, has gone on display for the first time in York. The Beaten Path exhibition features a collection of 15 limited edition graphics have been released by the fine art
CITY centre residents have started a fight against the sell-off of what they say is one of the few green spaces in their area. Members of the new Walmgate Community Association were joined by Guildhall ward councillors on Sunday afternoon, to show
A YOUNG boy was left “shaken” after a man stole his bike in York. Lewis Carruthers, 13, was heading home from McDonald’s in the city centre, along with two friends - a boy and a girl, both aged 13 - when the group was allegedly chased by a man
A MAJOR revamp of a treasured York building is in its final stages as builders and renovators put the finishing touches in place at the Mansion House. Silverware and furniture is being moved back into place at the Coney Street residence after the
AN INVESTIGATION has begun after some members of a group - allegedly university students - were seen in York wearing t-shirts with offensive slogans, images and comments. The revellers, reported to be members of the University of York’s hockey
A TEENAGE street robber responsible for a campaign of vandalism, violence and shoplifting in York and Selby has been jailed for 40 months. Kieran Christopher Swankie threatened a young man with a baseball bat when the victim was with a friend late
