KEISHA Thompson's Man On The Moon takes "a journey through space and time, fuelled by love, fear and Afro-futurism" at York Theatre Royal Studio on Thursday at 7.45pm. Performed by Manchester writer, performer and singer Thompson, under the direction
AN old girls' reunion of the Bar Convent Gallery Choir will gather in the Bar Convent chapel, in Blossom Street, York, to perform a concert at 4.15pm on Saturday. Up to 22 former choristers will be taking part in an event co-ordinated by Elly Fiorentini
GOODBYE Arts Council grant, farewell Making Tracks, the organisation that transported world music to a dozen British venues with a two-concerts-for-the-price-of-one progressive policy. The National Centre for Early Music has been a pioneering participant
THE M62 is closed in both directions between junction 37 for Howden and junction 38 for North Cave after a crash. Humberside Police officers are on the scene and traffic is backing up in the area. A diversion is due to be put in place and drivers
A CONTEMPORARY food hall and market could open in York city centre. A licensing application has been submitted by Try Market Halls to open the venue in Stonebow House. The company says it is hoping to “redefine” the British concept of food
RESIDENTS have only days left to give their views on future plans for the York Central development, with the masterplan exhibition closing on Friday, April 27. The six week exhibition, which was launched last month in The Gallery at the National Railway
ARTISTS have been at work at Spark:York, the city’s innovative new business start-up and social space - made out of shipping containers - as it prepares to finally open next week. The Paintsmiths, mural artists based in Bristol, who include Tom
SIX people have been sentenced following a fight that left a man with facial fractures and another unconscious.North Yorkshire Police were called to a report of a group fighting in the street outside a nightclub in Ramshill, Scarborough, in the early
TWO concerts at St Michael-le-Belfrey, York, will go ahead in memory of promoter Simon Heginbotham, who died last Friday. Mr Heginbotham, who founded and ran Saltaire Live, had expanded his portfolio by booking folk luminaries Eddi Reader for Saturday
POCKLINGTON RUFC'S late-season surge continued in their last home North Premier encounter - as they beat Wirral 41-24 with a six-try display to record a second successive five-point victory.Relegated Pock built a commanding lead and, while the Merseyside
SEVERE traffic disruption is expected on a major York road from next week. City of York Council have warned drivers that the replacement of traffic lights at the junction of Tadcaster Road and St Helen's Road will start on Monday, April 30, and
Leeds' tour to Myanmar next month has been questioned by Amnesty International due to the country's "brutal" human rights record.The Sky Bet Championship club are planning a pre-season tour of Myanmar despite Foreign Office travel warnings
CHILDREN at a York primary academy put out the Spanish flag to say “Hola” to a group of 17 pupils and three teachers from a visiting school near Valencia. The trip was organised as part of an eTwinning project by Nieves Sadullah, Spanish teacher
Show of the WeekMy Dad Wrote A Porno, York Barbican, tonightWHAT would you do if your dad wrote a dirty book? Ignore it? Not Jamie Morton, who instead reads it to the world with his best mates James Cooper and BBC Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine.Now, the team
ENGLAND Test captain Joe Root has hailed the dressing-room environment at Yorkshire and admits he can’t wait to get back there next week.Root is inked in to play two Specsavers County Championship matches before the summer internationals begin against
A COUPLE from near York are ready to hit the roads and travel the length of Britain on their classic scooters for charity.Undertaker Hayley Owen, 29, who has her own funeral business in York’s Boroughbridge Road, and Dave Barker, 50, who is a funeral
A BENEFIT gig at a York pub in aid of the lead singer of cult band Cardiacs has won a major boost.Musicians from across the UK are heading to the Fulford Arms in Fulford Road for the concert on Friday, which organisers hope will raise thousands of pounds
COFFEE dances will be held at Scarborough Spa in coming weeks.Howard Beaumont, who will perform at the spa for his 31st year this summer, will perform keyboard music for the dance on Friday, April 27, and Friday, May 11.Howard will also be performing
LEEDS are planning a post-season tour of Myanmar despite Foreign Office travel warnings being in place for various parts of the country.The Sky Bet Championship club are scheduled to play an All-Star XI in Yangon on May 9 and then Myanmar's national
THIEVES broke into a camera shop in a North Yorkshire town.The burglars cut the shutter of the Bass and Bligh camera shop in Beulah Street, Harrogate, in the early hours of Monday, and smashed a window to gain entry.North Yorkshire Police said a number
A STUDENT at Tadcaster Grammar School will get first-hand experience of life at a top university after being offered a much sought-after place at a summer school. Year 12 pupil Kira Crabtree has gained a place at a UNIQ summer school, run by the
DRUGS have been seized after a police raid in York today (April 24).At 9.30am, York South Neighbourhood Policing Team, with support from the force's Operational Support Unit, executed a warrant at a property on Dale Street, off Nunnery Lane, North
A CHARITY with a hospice in North Yorkshire is giving people a chance to skydive in memory of a loved one.St Catherine’s, which has a hospice in Scarborough, has teamed up with Skydive GB for a Father’s Day Skydive.Supporters who would like to jump on
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after he was found unconscious in a village near Selby. Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) said it was called to Gateforth at about 7pm on Monday after the 58-year-old man was found. Two ambulances and an air
POLICE are hunting for a burglar who is due to be returned to prison.Officers are appealing for help to find James Connors, 26, of Malton.He was jailed for burglary and released in January 2018. But after breaching his curfew he will now be returned to
ACADEMY midfielder Nathan Dyer scored for York City reserves during a 2-1 Central League defeat against Morecambe. Dyer opened the scoring at Kendal Town Football Club, only for home forward Lamin Sagne to level in the second half, before sub Kaleb
A CITY secondary school deputy head turned author has focused his latest book on the increasing importance of vocabulary on how children progress in the classroom. Alex Quigley has been teaching at Huntington School for 15 years where he leads
NEITHER my husband nor I were aware that The Press had carried out a poll on remaining in the single market via the internet (Poll: UK must stay in EU single market, April 23).It would be interesting to find out if the same results arise from a printed
IN the old days when a sharp sheath knife was an essential part of a Boy Scout’s uniform, knife assaults were relatively rare.The criminal’s weapon of choice was the razor. Glasgow gangs fought pitched battles using open ‘cut-throats’ while the police
AS if England’s children aren’t subject to enough standardised testing already, the Conservative Government plans to introduce baseline testing for all four year-olds within weeks of them entering Reception.Evidence and expert opinion suggests any such
CAN I fully endorse Geoff Robb’s letter (April 23) regarding the excellent column “Papering over the cracks” by Megi Rychlikova (The Press, April 20).The problems go far beyond potholes. Some 18 months ago, in my area, approximately four tenths of a mile
POLICE searching for a missing man from North Yorkshire have found a body. North Yorkshire Police issued an appeal to find Mervin Hill, 60, from Whitby, who had not been seen since 10am on Sunday. The force has confirmed that the body of a
A CAMPAIGN to help crack down on littering and dog fouling in a North Yorkshire town is being renewed.Selby District Council launched its 12-month Don't Be A Waster - Reduce, Reuse, Respect campaign in 2017, to focus on some of the biggest problems
TWO men were arrested after a police chase ended with part of the A64 being closed.North Yorkshire Police said a black Toyota Auris failed to stop for officers at about 6.10pm on Monday evening on the eastbound carriageway of the A64 near Tadcaster.The
A MOTHER-OF-THREE was nearly three times the drink drive limit as she drove in the dark without proper lights on the A64 York Outer Ring Road, York magistrates heard. Lisa Jacqueline Hill, 27, was in the eastbound carriageway driving in the direction
THE sky over Sewerby Fields, in Bridlington, is set to be awash with colourful kites as part of a two-day festival. The kite festival will take place on May 19 and 20 and will see displays from a number of internationally-renowned experts as well
A WELL KNOWN Selby couple have celebrated their golden wedding and raised hundreds of pounds for charity. Tony and Doris Rock held a celebration party at Selby Working Men's Club earlier this month and asked the 100 guests to make a donation to
A PHYSIOTHERAPIST is organising a cycle challenge to raise funds for charity and help inspire people to get active.Scott Caul, who works in the Ryedale Community Response Team at Malton Hospital, is raising money for the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Charity
STAFF at Malton Hospital have been praised for their outstanding care.The hospital’s Fitzwilliam Ward has been presented with its second Star Award from the York Foundation Trust this year.Held monthly, the awards are made following feed-back from patients
IRISH folk singer Heidi Talbot and Scottish multi-instrumentalist John McCusker have recorded exclusively as a duo for the first time on the mini-album Love Is The Bridge Between Two Hearts. Partners in music – and life – for ten years, Talbot
MADNESS will open The Sound Of Madness tour at Leeds First Direct Arena on December 6, later playing the new Hull Venue on December 18. The nutty boys from Camden will perform "all the hits and fan favourites plus some brand new tracks" at 13 shows
THREE men have been arrested after a fight in York.North Yorkshire Police has appealed for witnesses about the altercation, which happened at the junction of Duncombe Place and St Leonard’s Place at just before 7pm on Wednesday, April 18, and involved
MALTON & Norton boosted their hopes of beating the drop in the York Minster Engineering League premier division with a vital 3-2 win over Copmanthorpe.The Monday night result saw the Ryedale side go back above Sporting Knavesmire to third from bottom,
What happens when adoptions break down? York's Catherine Adamson shares her heartbreaking story CATHERINE Adamson's happiest day was when the two young children she was adopting moved into her house in York. Her saddest day came just four months
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a horse after it became trapped in a gate near Selby. Crews from Selby were called to Main Road in Drax at about 5.10pm yesterday (April 23) and released the one-year-old horse whose leg was stuck in a metal gate. Small
YORK business owner Catherine Adamson will wild camp and walk 109-miles along the Cleveland Way to raise money for charities helping vulnerable children – and to highlight the issue of failed adoption. Catherine, 51, from Huntington, is raising
A FATHER and son who import puppies put the public at risk of a fatal disease by breaking the anti-rabies regulations, York Magistrates' Court heard. Milan Holan, 50, and his son, also called Milan, 24, sold an imported eight-week-old Bulldog bitch
HEALTH visitors could start routine checks on three to three-and-a-half year old children in York in a bid to tackle a gap in school achievement by children in the city. Public health bosses at City of York Council say they have a long-term aspiration
A JUDGE has called for safety improvements at a junction on the outskirts of York where a motorist nearly killed a 71-year-old cyclist. The cyclist spent weeks in hospital with a fractured spine, an ankle that needed plastic surgery, broken ribs
A “WORLD-renowned” mental health hospital is set to close its inpatient services due to the “significant impact” of Government changes. The Retreat, in Heslington Road, York, is a charitable, not-for-profit provider of specialist mental health
From our archives:80 years agoIt was sad news for York after the death of composer Sir Richard Terry. Sir Terry who had composed many popular hymns played throughout Britain’s Roman Catholic churches, would be especially missed by the masses at St Wilfrid
GLOBAL Excel can atone for an odds-on reverse at Wolverhampton last month when he runs on a good card at Yarmouth today.Ed Walker's inmate flickered promisingly in three starts last year and was heavily backed into 5-4 favouritism in a six-furlong
