BRITISH blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Laurence Jones plays the Fulford Arms, York, on May 12. Often labelled "the future of the blues", he has five albums to his name by the age of 26, the latest being last month's The Truth. "It was
THE Coral's new album, Move Through The Dawn, will arrive on August 17 on Ignition Records, preceded by the single Sweet Release, out now. Look out for the video, directed by James Slater, featuring a synchronised routine by a boiler-suited, paper
EXTRACTS from ten new plays will feature in an evening of rehearsed readings at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, on May 4 at 7pm. Second Stage will showcase plays developed from the SJT’s First Draft programme or from submissions sent to
WORK remains ongoing to improve the length of time it takes to get through to the non-emergency number at North Yorkshire Police - which had seen large numbers of abandoned calls.North Yorkshire Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Will Naylor told the
A police incident caused extra delays to motorists on the A64 heading towards Leeds during the rush hour. Both lanes were closed on the westbound carriageway between the A162 and the A659 interchanges in the stretch subject to a 40 mph speed limit for
CHILDREN celebrated 80 years of York Castle Museum by creating a time capsule to add to its collection. Knavesmire Primary School pupils have visited the museum since it first opened its doors on April 23, 1938.Exactly 80 years later, the school's
WORK has started on a £12.4 million project to convert an old office block into temporary accommodation for people who are homeless, a year after the scheme was first announced.Robertson Yorkshire amd East Midlands is working for City of York Council
LIKE a baby girl named after their biggest mid-Eighties hit, Marillion have changed over past 30 years. Kayleigh’s not here tonight, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the loyal fanbase. Without their crowdsourcing support, lead singer Steve
YORK Visitor Centre, the Grand Hotel, York's Chocolate Story and Millers Fish and Chip Shop have all been recognised in a national tourism awards ceremony.York Visitor Information Centre won a gold prize while York's Chocolate Story won first
O’HOOLEY & Tidow will headline the Music and Social Conscience fundraising concert for Refugee Action York at Brew York, in the Enterprise Complex, Walmgate, York, on May 6. Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow were nominees for Best Duo in the
DOZENS of young footballers from York wore their club kit with pride as they formed a guard of honour at the Leeds United vs Barnsley game.More than 60 players from Fulford FC turned out to watch the match on Saturday and take part in a number of activities
A PRIMARY school has been praised by Ofsted for continuing to provide good care for children.Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School was visited by inspectors in March.The report said teaching is strong across the site and that attendance has improved.
JOAN Miro, the late Catalan painter and sculptor, once compared an artist’s studio to a vegetable garden “where things follow their natural course". "They grow, they ripen. You have to graft. You have to water," said the Barcelona surrealist. This
CITY councillors will next week get a full copy of a previously blocked report into one of their own meetings. On April 11 City of York’s audit and governance committee saw a redacted copy of a report into their own meeting in February 2017. The
MALT SHOVEL have secured the division three crown in the York Minster Engineering League.A 3-1 victory over high-flying visitors Rufforth United means they cannot be caught at the top, and gives them back-to-back titles after winning division four 12
BURGLARS broke into outbuildings at a farm near York.North Yorkshire Police said buildings at a farm in Shipton by Beningbrough were broken into between 7.30am on Thursday, April 19, and 5.30pm on Friday, April 20.Items stolen included a Karcher power
READERS of The Press have overwhelmingly welcomed news that North Yorkshire Police officers will be issued with body worn cameras within weeks.As reported exclusively on Monday, the force has invested up to £1.4m in the new technology less than a year
A GENDER swapping production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is to be one of the highlights of the summer at the new Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre in York.Antony Bunsee, of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and TV soap Eastenders, will play Titania, while
YORK City skipper Sean Newton is determined to make amends for three frustrating seasons by bidding farewell to Bootham Crescent with a promotion.The Minstermen will relocate to Monks Cross in the summer of 2019 and, while Newton is painfully aware that
A DRIVER who gave the finger to police safety cameras while driving a distinctive car fitted with a laser jammer has been jailed. Timothy Hill, 67, made rude gestures as he drove past police safety cameras on the A19 near Easingwold, Thirsk and
THREE generations of one family will be appearing in the Bev Jones Music Company's May production of Fiddler On The Roof at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. Step forward Dave Hagyard, his son Chris and his son Sam. "When it's usually difficult
A CHARITY which aims to inspire social change is urging people to nominate community projects that have had an impact in their neighbourhood.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, an independent organisation working to solve UK poverty, is supporting this year
TICKETS go on sale this week for a headline North Yorkshire show by Stereophonics.Twenty years on from their debut album, Word Gets Around, the Welsh band will play Europe's largest open-air arena - Scarborough Open Air Theatre - on Thursday, July
POLICE have warned residents about an increase in burglaries in the Harrogate area.North Yorkshire Police said there had been an increase in burglars burning plastic UPVC doors to expose the lock and attempting to steal car keys from within.Residents
A FATHER and daughter have raised more than £12,000 for charity after overcoming the extreme terrain and heat of the Sahara Desert in the “toughest footrace on Earth.”Holly Millar, of Dringfield Close, Dringhouses, York, and her father Clive recently
RAIL company Grand Central honoured William Shakespeare's birthday by unveiling a train named after the Bard. The newly refurbished engine was revealed at London King's Cross Station today and will carry passengers from the capital to York, where
RESIDENTS in a North Yorkshire town have been urged to be cautious after vulnerable people were targeted by potential conmen.North Yorkshire Police said two men gained access to a house in Harrogate while pretending to work for a local charity.However
FORMER England boss Steve McNamara admitted being "pleased to get out of here with a win" after his Catalans Dragons side scraped past York City Knights in the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup.McNamara reckoned his Super League full-timers were never
ROAD closures will take place on the A64 this week as part of Highways England improvement works.A 40mph speed limit has been put in place on both the eastbound and westbound carriageways between Bramham and Askham Bryan until May for barrier renewal
A SELBY technology training provider has raised more than £9,000 for a West Yorkshire autism charity.Staff from The Skills Network took part in a sponsored skydive in aid of Beat Autism, a family-run charity based in Wakefield.The dive was originally
HEWORTH ARLC notched a third consecutive victory as they beat Allerton Bywater 32-16 in their first home game of the Yorkshire Men's League division one season.In a stop-start performance in strength-sapping conditions at Elmpark Way, the Villagers
CITY centre businesses want to bring new and improved street signs into York, and have got £18,000 of council money to help fund the project. The Business Improvement District (BID) is working on a new “wayfinding” scheme - to improve the signs
GARY BALLANCE hailed Yorkshire’s 164-run Championship win over Nottinghamshire at Emerald Headingley, saying: “I was happy with everything.”The White Rose completed their first Specsavers Division One win of 2018 inside the first hour of day four as Ben
FOUR members of a Beaver group have scooped the organisation's top honour.The members of Thorpe Willoughby Beaver group have been awarded the Bronze Chief Scout Award, the highest award in the organisation.The award was given after they completed
YOU reported the granting of a premises licence to Ambiente, triggering the go-ahead for their new wine bar in Walmgate (The Press, April 10).You also report a compromise by Ambiente on the use of the rear yard; they agreed with the police that only 12
YORK Lokomotive ARLC lifted the Steeden North Yorkshire Invitation Cup after beating a young New Earswick All Blacks side in a cracking maiden final.A ding-dong affair played at Knaresborough Rugby Union Club swung this way and that before the Lokos,
I HAVE lost count of all the letters in The Press written by Christian Vassie, all about the same old subject, ie his opposition to Brexit.It is becoming rather tiresome because of his vindictive remarks about the older members of society whom he, along
YORK City Knights Ladies had another tough day in the Women's Super League as they lost 62-0 to Castleford Tigresses in their opening home match.Having fallen at St Helens last week, York, new to the top flight of women's rugby league, were given
FOR the erudite Dot Nicholson, may I be the Advocatus Diaboli to Philip Roe’s Papal Bull (“Driverless cars will never be safe”, Letters, April 6)?Motion, in whatever form, inevitably poses risk, but, I would think, the incidence of accidents caused by
1 City’s record against lowly teams continues to be lamentable Matt Dodd’s 89th-minute equaliser for Leamington means no side in National League North has now dropped more points against the team’s bottom-five teams than York City. Despite completing
IN a recent vote over the membership of the Customs Union after Brexit, the House of Lords overruled the Commons.Why is this allowed to happen?The Lords are unelected and represent no one. They do not even show loyalty to their own party: the views expressed
A COPY of Megi Rychlikova’s excellent column “Papering over the potholes” (The Press, April 20) should be on every office desk at City of York Council’s headquarters. I use the road from Holtby to Stockton-on-the-Forest regularly to go to golf, and this
STEVE Cassidy will pay tribute to his guitarist Steve Flanagan, who has died after a short illness, at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, on May 6.Steve and his band also will showcase songs from his new album, Time And The Winding Road, recorded in York
I HAVE written here several times over recent years re the dumping of all recycling materials, carefully sorted by residents, in a one-orificed lorry, more recently, via black wheelie bins. It has never been so prolonged nor so widespread.I politely suggest
THE much-anticipated top-of-the-table clash in the York Minster Engineering League premier division proved to be a nervy affair with Wigginton Grasshoppers and Old Malton St Mary's playing out a goalless draw - leaving the destiny of the title in the
A NEW networking group has been set up to support independent businesses in part of York.The 'Thorpe Businesses Get Social' (TBGS) aims to encourage, promote and build businesses in Bishopthorpe, Copmanthorpe and surrounding areas.Set up by three
YORKSHIRE League North sides suffered mixed fortunes as their cricket season began with the first round of the Royal London Club Championship. With the opening round of league matches put back due to wet weather, teams made their 2018 bow in the regional
YORK singer-songwriter Alistair Griffin is going global with his song Just Drive."Already the main titles theme on Sky Sports F1 in Britain, it's now been picked as the theme tune for Formula One motor-racing coverage in America by ESPN,"
STUDENTS from Malton School are heading to one of the poorest countries in the world to work on conservation and community projects.The 11 sixth form students needed to raise £4,000 each to take part in the CAMP's International trip to Malawi in Africa
YORKSHIRE dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s on a Specsavers County Championship win by 164 runs over Nottinghamshire at Emerald Headingley, claiming the last two wickets within the first hour of play on day four.Their fast progressing seamer Ben Coad
A LONG-TERM heroin addict tried to get off the drug by spending hundreds of pounds of state benefits on crack cocaine, York magistrates heard. Jamie Owen had so many drugs when police raided his home, officers suspected him of being a drug dealer, said
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted theft of pedal cycles and going equipped for theft in York.North Yorkshire Police’s York City team said it arrested the men on Sunday night after they were seen behaving suspiciously near The Minster.The
THE first actor to star at Shakespeare's Rose Theatre in York - and a fresh artists' impression of the adjoining Elizabethan village - can be revealed today by The Press. Macbeth is to be played by former Coronation Street, Holby City and Mamma
TWO talented linguists have secured coveted places to head abroad this summer.AS level German students Shreya Bondili and Katie Turnbull have secured places on a prestigious German scholarship programme this summer, with only eight places available for
AN EAST Yorkshire independent school's campaign for a new Art and Design Technology Centre has reached its fundraising target of £2 million. Pocklington School says this achievement is thanks to the generosity of its community of donors, including
TWO people are believed to have suffered minor injuries in a crash in North Yorkshire this morning. The collision happened on Thorpe Green Lane, at Thorpe Underwood, near Green Hammerton, North Yorkshire Police said. It involved a black Ford
POLICE called to an alleged sexual assault in York now say no crime took place. North Yorkshire Police arrested a 31-year-old man following a report of a serious sexual assault in the city, and he remained in custody throughout Monday.
LEARN the secrets of Indian cooking at an all-day workshop in York.Sharmini Thomas, who has taught Indian cookery for the past 20 years in York, is hosting a hands-on workshop at Joseph Rowntree School, York, on Thursday, May 31, from 10am-4pm.Students
HERE'S a puzzle for you...A few weeks ago, we ran a series of aerial photographs of York taken from a hot air balloon in 1920. One showed a long, hangar-like building running parallel with Bootham from behind York Art Gallery. That must, we speculated
A FEW weeks ago we had a debate in the pages of Yesterday Once More about Swinegate and how it contributed to Finkle Street once being known as Mucky Peg's Lane (the clue: it was originally 'Mucky Pig's Lane', according to reader Brian Hattersley,
Layerthorpe today is a mainly commercial and industrial area of York just outside the city walls. But until the demolitions and clearances of the 1950s and 1960s it was a close-knit community of terraced streets, pubs and shops.Reader Maurice Hill, from
Emma Pallister, is the name of the young woman scratched in a spiky clerk’s handwriting in the ledger of the York Union Workhouse for August 13, 1895. She lived in the parish of St Giles, York – so Gillygate, more or less – and she’d entered the
THREE people were injured and taken to hospital after a crash on the A19 south of York last night. Police were called to the collision at Escrick at about 9.25pm, along with fire and ambulance crews. It involved a white Honda CRV and a green
A YORK travel wholesaler and a Heworth health and social care landlord are among the recipients of this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.The Group Company, based in Low Ousegate and Inclusion Housing were two of more than 100 businesses named on Saturday
A MAJOR investment into specialist housing for people with sensory impairments has got the go ahead in York. City of York councillors approved the Wilberforce Trust’s plan to build 30 new flats on land it owns off Tadcaster Road, next to St Leonard
From our archives:80 years agoAn aerial bomb with detonator, had been found in the ground at Bagby, near Thirsk, by William Plant, a hedge cutter. The bomb, which had been handed over to Thirsk Police, was thought to have been dropped by a Zeppelin which
A MAJORITY of York Press readers online want Britain to stay in the single European market after Brexit, according to a survey. The study, run in partnership with Google Surveys, was completed by 1,600 people who visited the York Press website.
A MOTHER who abandoned her 11-year-old son for days in a drugs den so she could go and do what she wanted, has been given a ten-week suspended prison sentence. Prosecuting at York Crown Court, Ian Brook said the flat had broken glass, a syringe
THE rollout of body worn video cameras to frontline officers with North Yorkshire Police will start within weeks. However, the total rollout to all frontline officers would be dependent on savings made elsewhere in the force, The Press can reveal
A SECURITY guard who molested a woman when both were working at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet has been banned indefinitely from the shopping centre. Andrew Paul Hutchinson, 55, also lost his job over the incident, York Magistrates Court heard.
