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TIGER'S PREY: York author Tom Harper on co-authoring a bestselling blockbuster with Wilbur Smith

York Press: Author Tom Harper, who has just co-written the new Wilbur Smith novel, Tigerâs Prey, with Wilbur Smith Picture Frank Dwyer.

8:20am Saturday 21st October 2017

York writer Tom Harper's latest blockbuster adventure novel has gone straight to the top of the bestseller lists. But then, he did co-author it with Wilbur Smith. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

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PURE DIAMOND: York's Community Carol Concert reaches 60

8:00am Friday 20th October 2017

This year's York Community Carol Concert at The Barbican promises to be very special - and not just because it is the concert's diamond jubilee event, says STEPHEN LEWIS

Lobster pots, locks and red, red skies: 7 great photos from The Press Camera Club

8:00am Thursday 19th October 2017

Lobster pots stacked high at Scarborough; a glimpse of the River Foss through the stone balustrades of Foss Bridge; and a very unusual view of Museum Gardens. Just some of the scores of photographs posted by members of The Press Camera Club in the last few days which we feature on these pages today.

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GRAND ENDEAVOUR: Replica of Captain Cook's ship to return 'home' permanently to Whitby

8:28am Wednesday 18th October 2017

The HM Bark Endeavour is coming home to Whitby. Or at least, one of its replicas is. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

HEALTH: Want to get fit? Why not try tug of war...

7:30am Tuesday 17th October 2017

THINK tug of war is just a fun game played at the summer fair?

FASHION: Crafting a look for autumn

7:45am Tuesday 17th October 2017

MAXINE GORDON reports on the York boutique where the fashion comes with its own stories attached

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TRAMS AT MICKLEGATE BAR, and 5 other photos of old York

8:20am Monday 16th October 2017

MICKEGATE BAR, on a busy day some time in the 1910s or 1920s. There are not one but two traffic policemen on duty, overseeing the cars and electric trams which are turning from Queen Street into Blossom Street. One is standing in the foreground, watching a car which seems to be swaying as it drives up Blossom Street. The second, in the middle distance, is sandwiched between a car and a tram turning into Blossom Street.

YORK'S FORD MODEL 'T' DEALER: More old photos of FE Wasling & Sons

8:15am Monday 16th October 2017

IN Yesterday Once More last week we carried a photograph of Blake Street Ford dealer FE Wasling & Son in the 1910s or 1920s.

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YORK FROM THE AIR: Six great photos from a hot air balloon

7:50am Monday 16th October 2017

PRESS photographer Frank Dwyer was lucky enough to get a ride in a hot air balloon during the recent York balloon fiesta based at Knavesmire.

The art of costume design: meet the new generation of theatre and TV costume designers, right here in York

8:30am Saturday 14th October 2017

By Stephen Lewis

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EATING OUT: Winner Winner, King's Staith, York

7:30am Saturday 14th October 2017

Gluttons are invited to enjoy a guilt-feel meal at a riverside restaurant in York, discovers MAXINE GORDON

TRAFFIC SHAKE-UP: Scrap the Fishergate Gyratory and close Micklegate Bar to outbound traffic, says transport expert

4:00am Friday 13th October 2017

Scrapping the Fishergate gyratory, reducing traffic in Bishopthorpe Road and closing Micklegate Bar to outbound traffic are just a few of the ideas for improving traffic flow and making York more pedestrian-friendly that will be given consideration by council bosses. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

Shades of autumn, in our great camera club competition

8:20am Thursday 12th October 2017

A canopy of trees reaching up into a blue autumn sky; a luridly-coloured fly agaric mushroom sprouting through soft grass; and a spray of berries glimpsed at Monks Cross. Just three of the many entries so far for this month's Press Camera Club competition.

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SAVING THE LORD NELSON: Battle is on to save Poppleton pub

8:15am Wednesday 11th October 2017

The fight is on to save the Lord Nelson in Nether Poppleton. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

Wanted: six brides for six wedding dresses

8:00am Tuesday 10th October 2017

by Maxine Gordon

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Jalou or St John's? 7 old pics of the cocktail bar that used to be a church...

10:20am Monday 9th October 2017

DRINKERS at York cocktail bar Jalou on Micklegate will no doubt see something familiar in these old photographs.

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EATING OUT: El Piano, York

9:20am Saturday 7th October 2017

York's South American-influenced vegan restaurant El Piano does great coffee. But how do its evening meals stack up? STEPHEN LEWIS found out

REVIEW: Ghost cruise on the Ouse for Hallowe'en

9:27am Saturday 7th October 2017

MAXINE GORDON sweeps the cobwebs aside for an evening trip aboard York's new Ghost Cruise

Inside Bootham Park Hospital: photo gallery

8:10am Friday 6th October 2017

Bootham Park Hospital will finally close as a mental health facility on October 23. Former consultant psychiatrist Dr Bob Adams took a series of photographs inside the Grade 1 listed Georgian building in 2013. He shared them with STEPHEN LEWIS

JETHRO AND ME: Author treks across north of England ... with his mule

7:30am Thursday 5th October 2017

Travel writer Hugh Thomson's new book documents a unique journey – walking from the Lake District to Robin Hood's Bay with a mule. MAXINE GORDON reports

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GALLERY: Photographer Frank's great pics from last weekend's York Balloon Fiesta

8:10am Thursday 5th October 2017

THE changeable weather ensured that last weekend's balloon fiesta at Knavesmire wasn't all plain sailing. All of Sunday's balloon flights had to be cancelled.

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Fancy a slice of chocolate cake - from 1907?

10:50am Wednesday 4th October 2017

Let your tastebuds step back in time with some North Yorkshire recipes from yesteryear

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Problem of ageing without children in spotlight at York event

10:33am Wednesday 4th October 2017

If you are childless, who will look after you in old age? That's the issue under the spotlight this week in the York 50+ Festival

AND THE WINNER IS... our action photo competition winner revealed

8:15am Wednesday 4th October 2017

IT has been a tough couple of days for Press photographer Frank Dwyer.

YORK'S 'TRAITOR'S GATE': The story of Micklegate Bar

8:10am Monday 2nd October 2017

STEPHEN LEWIS takes a close look at the restoration of Micklegate Bar

Boating on the Ouse more than 100 years ago...

5:00pm Monday 2nd October 2017

THE photographs we carried last week of Tommy Air's boatbuilding business on the Ouse prompted erader and local historian Peter Stanhope to get in touch, with a photograph and memories of his own.

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ALL ABOARD: The Rowntree Railway revisited, plus other old photos of York

8:30am Monday 2nd October 2017

WE have another great selection of photographs from the collection of the Yorkshire Architectural and York Philosophical Society (YAYAS) today - starting with two pictures of the old Rowntree railway.

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MALTON MEMORIES: 6 great old photos

8:45am Monday 2nd October 2017

THERE'S an old box file gathering dust in a corner of The Press offices on Walmgate. 'Historic Photographs (except York)' says the label on the front.

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Review: Titanic Spa, Huddersfield

11:00am Saturday 30th September 2017

Yorkshire's Titanic Spa keeps winning awards for a reason, as MAXINE GORDON discovers on an overnight break

FASHION: Six ways to keep cosy this autumn

10:30am Saturday 30th September 2017

MAXINE GORDON checks out the new knits on the block for autumn

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REVIEW: Gusto, Little Stonegate, York

7:00am Saturday 30th September 2017

MAXINE GORDON puts customer service to the test during a lunchtime visit to new diner, Gusto

175 years of fighting to protect what makes York special

8:50am Friday 29th September 2017

For an astonishing 175 years, a York society has been battling to preserve what makes this city special. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society (YAYAS)

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CAPTURING THE MOMENT: 8 great photos from The Press Camera Club

9:15am Wednesday 27th September 2017

We're so caught up in our daily lives that we sometimes forget about the wonderful diversity of life all around us.

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York author Lucy Adlington reveals the secret sewing rooms at Auschwitz in her new novel

7:30am Tuesday 26th September 2017

York author Lucy Adlington weaves together a moving tale about the seamstresses at Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz

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REVIEW: La La Land in Concert, York Barbican

11:57am Monday 25th September 2017

CALL off the search for anyone still trying to find the best way to watch La La Land - I have found it.

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INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS: Our gallery of photographs charting progress on the £400,000 restoration

8:15am Monday 25th September 2017

The £400,000 restoration of York's magnificent Assembly Rooms is proceeding on schedule. STEPHEN LEWIS took a look behind the scenes

BOATBUILDING ON THE OUSE: 5 great old photos of Tommy Air's boatbuilding business

8:49am Monday 25th September 2017

READER Vic Scott got in touch about one of the River Ouse waterfront photographs we carried in Yesterday Once More last week. The photo was undated, and showed swans on the river, with a floating, shed-like structure moored near to the bank of King's Staith behind. Did any readers know what that shed was, we asked?

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RAIL STRIKES TO BOMBING RAIDS: 8 great photos from York's days of steam

7:45am Monday 25th September 2017

YORKSHIRE shares with County Durham the distinction of being 'a participant in the birth of public railways in Great Britain', writes local historian Paul Chrystal in his latest book, Yorkshire's Days of Steam.

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EATING OUT REVIEW: Oshibi, Korean Bistro & BBQ, York

8:00am Saturday 23rd September 2017

VICTORIA PREST enjoys a bit of an DIY meal at a Korean restaurant in York

Book Review: Race to the Kill by Helen Cadbury

7:06pm Saturday 23rd September 2017

Book Review

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MAKING A SPLASH: New Earswick Swimming Club's 50th birthday bash

8:50am Friday 22nd September 2017

New Earswick Swimming Club is celebrating its 50th birthday tomorrow with a reunion. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

CAMERA... ACTION! Great gallery of action photos from members of our Press Camera Club

11:52am Wednesday 20th September 2017

ACTION is the theme of our first competition, and Camera Club members have really thrown themselves into it. A remarkable number of fantastic images have been sent in so far.

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Recipe: Strawberry Tarts with a Prosecco Infused Crème Pâtissière

7:24am Tuesday 19th September 2017

Sam Stern

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Cannon, barges and an early photo of Toft Green: 7 more great images of old York

8:20am Monday 18th September 2017

Cannon at the Blue Bridge, barges at Brownie Dyke, and a long-ago excavation of St Mary's abbey - just a few of the images on these pages drawn from the wonderful collection of the Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society (YAYAS).

NATURE DIARY: Autumn's wild colours come to Yorkshire

11:10am Monday 18th September 2017

With the arrival of September, days are shortening rapidly and signs of autumn are apparent in the countryside, writes JONO LEADLEY of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

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BOOK REVIEW: China, cross-dressing, and York's man from the BBC

10:38am Monday 18th September 2017

Michael Bristow moved to York after several years in China as a BBC correspondent. His book, China in Drag, is published next week. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

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OLD MAN RIVER: 6 photos from the days when the Ouse was a working waterfront

8:50am Monday 18th September 2017

IT is always good to come across an unexpected surprise.

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TRAVEL REVIEW: Escape that’s close to home

1:33pm Saturday 16th September 2017

DOOR to door, our house is just under 40 miles from Haven's flagship Primrose Valley Holiday Park, so it felt slightly odd planning a trip away so close to home.

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EATING OUT REVIEW: Melton's, Scarcroft Road, York

8:30am Saturday 16th September 2017

MAXINE GORDON visits one of York's oldest restaurants and finds that it is still one of the best in town

RAIL HERITAGE: the unique buildings at York Central that define city's railway past

8:20am Wednesday 13th September 2017

Consultation over access to the huge York Central site behind York Railway Station ends today. Once a decision is made over the route of any access road, attention will turn to drawing up a masterplan for the site. But conservationists are keen that in the rush to develop York Central, the important railway heritage to be found there should not be forgotten. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

COLUMN: The weather tales that grow in the telling

10:19am Thursday 19th October 2017

THIRTY years ago this week, on the morning of October 16, 1987, my husband and I woke up to a scene of eerie stillness. The night before, we had been roused from our sleep by a noise like a jet engine. We sat up in bed and were amazed to see the carpet in our bedroom lift from the floor and, for several moments, appear to float mid-air.

MP urges people to have their say on Local Plan

2:37pm Wednesday 18th October 2017

I AM writing my column during a period which has become a regular occurrence for York residents over the past few years – Local Plan draft consultation time.

COLUMN: Digital overload or not, we should all have the right to go online

9:37am Wednesday 18th October 2017

HERE is a question many of us ask ourselves these days: is it time for a detox? I’m not referring to cutting out all known toxins (especially alcohol) and living on a diet of carrot and beetroot juice with the odd bowl of quinoa thrown in for roughage. No, it is a diet that affects hand, eye and mind - namely, a digital detox.

Readers' letters

New Earswick Swimming Pool is a godsend to so many (letter)

York Press: New Earswick swimming pool. Pic: Mike Tipping.

7:00am Saturday 21st October 2017

THE Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust announced its intention to close the swimming pool at New Earswick, with no consultation with the 13 clubs and hirers who use the pool.