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MORE than half a million pounds is to be spent on two new cycle routes to improve access to York Station. New ramps are to be built at the north and south ends of the station, leading into the short and long-stay car parks respectively. The footbridge

IMAGINE being able to get all your weekly vegetable nutritional needs in a shot glass. No need for sprouts, cabbage, broccoli and all those other green things which we know we should be eating, but don’t. Who wants to wade through a plate of steamed

IS IT better to nudge or nanny? I only ask because the Government is very much smitten with nudge. David Cameron, when he isn’t taking a ruler to our happiness or pushing us towards his Big Society, often refers to what is known as Nudge theory. This

HERE’S the dilemma: Renault has created a wonderful hot-hatch – the Megane Renaultsport 250. But there are two versions to choose from, the Sport and the Cup. That’s going to mean some serious head-scratching for anyone thinking of shelling out on what

Although Louis Walsh is often portrayed as the jobsworth nitpicker on The X Factor, acts under his mentorship have tended to fare rather well in the outside world; G4 released several big-selling albums and who could forget Jedward mania? Without

Marc Almond played a rather special show at the Leeds Grand Theatre on November 22, showcasing his 30-year career. Few artists have such an eclectic songbook, ranging from the groundbreaking electronic Nu-wave to Russian folk, tortured chansons

DO not be alarmed by the distorted publicity photograph of comedian Andrew Lawrence. It is all in the cause of promoting the candidly entitled The Too Ugly For Television Tour, his very first British headline tour. After premiering the show

IT is no longer only a rumour: the fastest-selling new female artist of 2010, Rumer, will play York as the sole Yorkshire date on her first nationwide tour next spring, one of 11 spring shows in all. Five-star reviews encrusted her debut album, Seasons

AS ALWAYS, Black Eyed Peas fans may be confused as to which version of The Beginning to opt for. There’s the standard 12-track set, the double 17-song version or the super deluxe 23-track collection. Or, of course, you could take your pick of any

Four albums in from the theatrical American pop-punks and the tricks picked up on tour with Green Day are showing less on Danger Days than with their American Idiot-alike concept album, The Black Parade. Lyrically, the album is about busting out

AFTER 25 years of doing things his own way, Howe Gelb is never going to be a big name, but the Arizona troubadour does make singular music that falls freshly into your ears from the ends of his fingers or out of the surely sore cavern of his vocal chords

JENNY And Johnny are Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley and her Scottish squeeze, Johnathan Rice, and if it’s only a side project from their other endeavours, then frankly everything else should move to the side. Rilo Kiley have flattered to deceive, and

WHAT a vocal year it has been for a group of singers in York. The community choir Millegro held its debut performance 12 months ago, and has subsequently performed at the Grand Opera House and York Theatre Royal, and also took part in the 2010 Hebden

TICKETS go on sale at 9am today for the live return of glam electro-pop duo Erasure, who will play an outdoor concert at Dalby Forest, near Pickering, on June 25 next year as part of their Total Pop! Tour of forest shows. “This will be a unique chance

TEMPERATURES hovered around minus 5 degrees on Monday night as some 200 guests braved the weather for the first Yorkshire Jazz Awards at Dean Clough Mills, Halifax. Music and banter from jazz stars Alan Barnes (saxophone) and Dave Newton (piano) accompanied

FIRE crews have been called in to help deal with the dangers posed by falling snow and ice in a North Yorkshire village. Warmer temperatures have led to piles of snow and shards of ice dropping off buildings in Kirkbymoorside, including the Kings Head

THE policeman who led the investigation into the fire that killed two jockeys in North Yorkshire has welcomed the killer's sentence. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Carey said it had been an "extremely tragic case" but said he was satisfied

ROVING, rock’n’roll-loving York artist and curator Chalky The Yorkie has a canny eye for spotting locations for his shows. Last year, Chalky and the York Artisans group took over the first floor at Pine & Oak Interiors in Piccadilly for the summer-long

BAR Lane Studios, in Bar Lane, York, has forged links across the great Pennine divide after being asked to curate the art show for the opening of the Hugo Boss fashion store in Manchester. In turn, the York studios have now opened their own

The Chanticleer Singers present Music Of A Dickensian Christmas tonight at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering, and tomorrow at St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton, both starting at 7.30pm. “Join us in these beautiful old churches to evoke

York Musical Theatre Company performs the works and songs of Charles Dickens in What The Dickens! on Thursday and next Friday at 7.30pm at The Mansion House, York. “The novels of Charles Dickens epitomise the period in which they were written and evoke

YORK printmakers Mark Hearld, Emily Sutton and Michael Kirkman are taking part in The Prints of the Penfold Press, An Exhibition of Original Printmaking at The Gallery at Hornseys, Kirkgate, Ripon. This show features new original prints by this trio,

AMRIK Varkalis and Lesley Seeger are in the dazzling spotlight in Colour, The Pulse Of The Painting, the last exhibition of 2010 at According To McGee, the former ArtSpace, in Tower Street, York. “Simultaneously disturbing and pleasurable, the revelation

Paul Daniels will appear as if by magic in his Shakespeare debut in Oddsocks Productions’ Hamlet – The Comedy! at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, on Tuesday night. Fresh from his terpsichorean turn on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, the Middlesbrough

WHEN Stuart Wade directed Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs at the Grand Opera House last Christmas, York Twenty4Seven could not resist the headline Wade In Snow. It would have been equally apt for the 2010 show, as Stuart and his cast have had to face

YORK Theatre Royal is in the running for two prestigious theatre awards for the London transfer of its production of The Railway Children at the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo Station. Artistic director Damian Cruden’s show has been shortlisted

BERWICK Kaler has performed Jack And The Beanstalk more than any other pantomime at York Theatre Royal, but still he can find fresh soil for the magic beans. This winter’s show will be his fifth Jack in 32 years and for the venerable dame, writer and

A NEW way of rewarding executives has been drawn up by the York-based northern office of a top law firm. A package of benefits that bosses can offer executives and senior management in spite of tough economic times and without pandering to the much-criticised

A MAJOR partnership has been announced between two of York’s leading healthcare organisations. Benenden Healthcare Society, whose UK headquarters is in Holgate Park, and which recently earned The Press Large Business Of The Year title, has unveiled a

ARIBA! Ariba! Jonny Howson, Leeds United’s midfield skipper got a taste of Mexico when he opened a new restaurant in York. He launched Mojitos, the new Mexican restaurant and tequila bar in Museum Street, York, on the site of what used to be Thomas’

NOMINATIONS have begun pouring in for The Press Pub Awards 2011, as drinkers rush to champion their favourite watering holes. We launched the awards last Friday, and within days readers had begun sending us their entries. Among those

WHISPER it quietly but Neal Guppy, who last night became the latest in a long line of distinguished men and women to be granted the honorary freedom of York, once tried to escape the city in which he has become a legend. True, he was only

AS we draw breath from one Big Freeze and prepare for the onslaught of snow and ice forecast for next week, it is good to see the latest international climate change summit under way in Cancun, Mexico. I don’t have a detailed agenda to hand, but I

GEORGE Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has stated Britain is out of the financial danger zone; I think he is wrong. The last recession started when businesses and people couldn’t repay the banks the money they owed. The banks then had to be

UNLIKE Matthew Laverack (Letters, December 2), I belong to the rational 20 per cent who would prefer to live under a united republic. However, as a democrat first, I defer to the wishes of the majority. I would be willing to accept the monarchy

PYRAMID Gallery owner Terry Brett has had enough of the white stuff. “It’s the wrong sort of snow,” he says, bemoaning the Arctic weather that has engulfed York at the outset of the Christmas Collection exhibition at his gallery in Stonegate. “It’s wrong

AWARD-WINNING street dance troupe Flawless will play the Grand Opera House, York, on their nationwide tour next year. After a sell-out debut at this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, they will take their Chase The Dream show on the road, visiting York

I WAS interested to see James Alexander’s recent conversion to champion of York’s retailers (The Press, December 7) as he calls for the abolition of two-tier parking charge system, which gives local residents a discount to park in the city centre.

THE Green Party letter (The Press, December 7) explains the reason for the present severely cold weather is due to global warming melting the ice over the Barents-Kara Sea and the sea warming the air above it. The resultant warm air disturbs the Jet

IN THE Press of December 7, Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing said the proposed changes to the council’s reablement service are “drastic cuts”. This could not be further from the truth. In fact, it is so far from the truth I have to wonder if Coun Simpson-Laing

I RECENTLY visited an elderly woman who had responded to a survey of mine from last week: her road was under about three feet of snow and had not been cleared since the snow had first hit. The incumbent Liberal Democrat, Coun Keith Aspden, has stated

ARE we getting soft? When I was a young girl my family and I sat up all night in an air raid shelter in the back yard. Bombs whistling down all around us, wondering if one had our name on it. God looked after us. Next morning, when the air raid warden

HAVING just cooled down after recently receiving my brown envelope demandinga large payment for under-paid tax (I am one of the 1.4 million Britons being got at because of the errors resulting from the botched introduction of a new computer system by

WE WOULD like to extend our thanks to the North Yorkshire Police for their praise of the conduct of the protesters on Tuesday published on their website. Furthermore, we would like to return the compliment at the sensitive and peaceful policing policy

IN RESPONSE to your article about Elm Tree Mews (The Press, December 8), there are a few points I would like to make. Firstly, why, when Elm Tree Mews makes up about one third of the properties studied, is it the only one mentioned? Secondly, although

YORK City Knights have pulled off a massive coup by agreeing a deal with sought-after Super League idol Jason Demetriou – two months after he turned down an initial approach. The Press revealed in September that the Knights were among a cluster

YORK’S political leaders have been accused of “a lack of democracy” in an astonishing attack by one of their own councillors. City of York Council’s energy champion Christian Vassie has unleashed a fierce broadside on the men at the head

YORK City will not be fielding weakened sides in this season’s FA Trophy. After guiding the Minstermen to Wembley in his first campaign at the club, previous manager Martin Foyle gave his fringe players outings during last season’s run to the competition

YORK City are calling on supporters to help to ensure tomorrow’s FA Trophy home tie against Boston United beats the big freeze, writes Dave Flett. The Minstermen have sent out an appeal for volunteers to bring along plastic shovels and join in the

Pickering Town manager Mitch Cook could have a full squad to choose from when his side finally get back on to the pitch, writes Steve Carroll. Weather permitting, Pikes are due to host Long Eaton United at Mill Lane in the Northern Counties East League

YORK City will need to break down one of the country’s most miserly defences tomorrow should their FA Trophy first round home tie against Boston United go ahead. The fourth-placed Pilgrims, who were relegated three divisions when their Football

Leeds United chairman Ken Bates has called on Bradley Johnson to show the club more respect regarding his future at Elland Road. Johnson is out of contract at the end of the season and has so far failed to agree terms on an extension with the Championship

STAND by for a dramatic resumption of jump racing this afternoon at no less a venue than Cheltenham, the home of National Hunt racing. Prestbury Park is ready to stage a tremendous two days’ of racing, which will whet the appetites of jumping

AT one of the few meetings to beat the big freeze, it made desperate viewing. A mid-week selling stakes at Lingfield. Ten runners scraped round the all-weather track for a winner’s prize of £1,706. The television cameras were there but the images weren

MALTON & Norton RUFC are not hopeful their Yorkshire One match with Heath will beat the weather. The league leaders are due to be back in action but The Gannock was still under a foot of snow in midweek and without a significant warming of temperatures

THE discovery of the skeleton of a murdered gladiator underneath a York museum could point to the site of the city’s Roman amphitheatre. Historians believe the skeleton of a huge Roman who was stabbed to death and buried only 30cm beneath the foundations

There are two sides to every argument. Students today are young citizens learning about how they are going to fit into society, how they can be involved through their vote or in other ways and what they can expect from the political system. They

opposition party politicians took to the streets in York to make their voices heard in a last ditch attempt to demonstrate against tuition fee rises. Members of York Green Party and the council’s Labour Group were in front of the Mansion House

TWO young men who picked a fight with a 14-year-old boy in the street have been given nine-month suspended prison sentences. The boy curled himself up in a ball to try to protect himself from the kicks and punches of Benjamin John Cahill, 20, and Samuel

A TRIP to either Herefordshire or Teesside awaits Tadcaster Albion if they can win their re-arranged FA Vase third round match at Formby tomorrow. Albion have been drawn away to the winners of the clash between Midland Football Alliance outfit Westfields

WEATHERMEN have warned that further snow and ice are on their way to York and North and East Yorkshire next week, after a brief respite over the next few days. The worst December weather in nearly 30 years is taking a break today and over the weekend

THE battle to save a popular Dringhouses pub has taken a new turn with news that an application for a £200,000 government grant is being considered to build homes on the site. City of York Council has revealed that a list of proposed developments for

These are actual comments made on students' report cards by teachers in the New York City public school system. All teachers were reprimanded (but, boy, are these funny!) 1. Since my last report, your child has reached rock bottom and has started

OPPONENTS of York’s Derwenthorpe development have lost their bid for the site to turned into a nature conservation area. A planning inspector has dismissed campaigner Mark Warters’ appeal against a City of York Council decision to refuse his planning

A MAN who cared for his disabled mother hanged himself over worries of having his benefits investigated, an inquest heard. Jan Panasuik, also known as John, was found by police hanging from the banister in his home in Cranbrook Road, Acomb, on December

THINK again – that was the message to North Yorkshire county councillors as a consultation over plans to scrap free school transport for special needs pupils draws to a close. Parents could be forced to fork out hundreds of pounds to get their children

A GRIEVING Selby pensioner has told how his bedside clock mysteriously stopped minutes after his wife died in hospital and has not worked in the four weeks since. Gordon Sykes, 76, lost his wife, Irene, in the early hours of November 13, but said he

POLICE have charged council chiefs more than £13,000 for the role their officers played in a traffic survey which saw thousands of York motorists stopped and quizzed about their journeys. The six-day October exercise led to 12 sites being