Living standards are being squeezed – and single people without children are the group to be worried about, says Katie Schmuecker. There is a lot of concern about living standards at the moment. The cost of living is rising while household incomes
MANAGER Nigel Worthington today urged his York City players to "throw everything" into their relegation scrap with Dagenham & Redbridge. The Minstermen travel to Victoria Park on Saturday (3pm) needing a point to guarantee survival in npower
IT was always said Laurence Sterne’s The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman was impossible to film. Now we know it can’t be staged either. Richard Hurford’s post-modern, post-ironic play to mark the 300th anniversary of the loquacious
IT HAS been interesting over the last few months watching the progress of a small development of barn conversions at Low Farm, Towthorpe. As I use the back road from Strensall to Haxby on a regular basis, it’s provided the opportunity to see the
A school teacher has been jailed for four and a half years for secretly filming his pupils and distributing sexual images of children over the Internet. York Crown Court heard that Simon Mark Knowles, 52, had 19,541 indecent pictures and 174 indecent
CAPTAIN Chris Smith has insisted York City will not be playing for a draw at Dagenham & Redbridge on Saturday. The Minstermen only require a point at Victoria Road from the last game of the season to secure their Football League status.
HAVING saved New York with the help of a few of his chums in Avengers Assemble, surely there’s nothing left for billionaire industrialist turned superhero Tony Stark to do? Why doesn’t he sit at home – a fantastic clifftop pad in Miami – and enjoy
GARY THORNTON says the door is still open for James Haynes to return to York City Knights should he rediscover fitness and form at amateur club Skirlaugh. Haynes has been released by the Knights, with Thornton saying he was sad to see him go, but
JEMMA Walker smiles at the thought of how her demure role contrasts with her past performances. “For once I have no short skirt or stilettos this time. It’s nice to be playing against type as someone posh and fully clothed,” says Jemma, who is
Robert Downey Jr delivers another master-class in charm alongside fellow cast members of Iron Man 3. STEVE PRATT listens in to what threatens to be a loved-up luvvie-fest IRON MAN Robert Downey Jr looks at the young man with the microphone standing
YORK City Knights were today hoping to finally confirm the details for their Tetley’s Challenge Cup fifth round tie at Catalans Dragons. The game was initially set to be played on Saturday, May 11, and the the clubs had been in discussions over
ONCE one half of Shakespear’s Sister, Marcella Detroit is on tour promoting her new solo album. Released this week on Right Recordings, The Vehicle was recorded last year in 16 days. Produced by Marcella – who was born Marcy Levy in the Tamla
IT’S THE waiting-for-a bus metaphor tonight, with two sessions arriving simultaneously. The new look of Thursday jazz at the Old White Swan, Goodramgate, sees a return to the larger central room, an intimate atmosphere and a new food menu (01904
THE Duke of York Stakes on day one of York Racecourse’s season-opening Dante Festival is expected to be the starting point for Lethal Force, according to trainer Clive Cox. The son of Dark Angel is one of the stars of Cox’s Lambourn-based stable
TIM RUMFORD has challenged his Heworth ARLC charges to be frontrunners in the National Conference League third division’s chasing pack. The new division looks like being a three-way race for the title between NCL newcomers Kells, Pilkington Recs
MIKE Bradwell is directing a Hull Truck Theatre play for the first time in 30 years. The company founder, in its days on the back of a truck, is at the helm of Tim Fountain’s “outrageous new comedy”, Queen Of The Nile. “I did a cabaret for
YORK Acorn ARLC face a big few weeks as they look to get themselves away from the foot of in the National Conference league premier division table. That’s the opinion of boss Scott Rhodes, whose team host Leigh Miners Rangers this Saturday (2.30pm
SELBY Town’s irresistible rise from Northern Counties East League first division gloom continued with a single-goal triumph over visitors Dinnington Town. After manager Ian Dring and his charges had finally assured the removal of almost certain
LOUISE ALFORD edged Thornton-le-Dale’s Kate Hunter as best lady rider at Eboracum Motor Club’s two-day twin-shock trial biking event at Ouseburn. Pocklington’s Ollie Kendra took top marks in the main category pipping his cousin Richard into second
THE indoor bowling season reached a thrilling climax with a series of play-offs and knockout finals at New Earswick IBC. A new name was etched onto the men’s singles trophy as Andrew Fothergill got the better of Graham Bell. It was nip and
HOW much attitude makes an album work? It’s not an easy trick to pull off. Too little and you fluff your lines by sounding meek; too much and you end up as So Solid Crew, never a good thing. Hertfordshire pop-lover Charlotte Aitchison’s debut sometimes
STEVE EARLE doesn’t do anything here he hasn’t done before, aside from add the ‘Duchesses’ to his band’s title. What you get is the usual mix of growling vocals, gentle country with a spiky message, and workmanlike rock-outs, such as Calico Country
IF EVER a record came along at just the right time, Wakin On A Pretty Daze does, as the seemingly inescapable winter makes way for a belated spring and, all being well, summer. Right from the opening of the title track, the laid back feel to Vile
IF you could have put together a dream song-writing team as the sun set on the Eighties, who better than a combination of New Order, The Smiths and the Pet Shop Boys. Getting Away With It arrived so stealthily in December 1989 as the slinky, sumptuous
LIVERPOOL’S new-wave figurehead is not lacking in confidence. The cover alone on his debut album would be worthy of Roger Dean in his halcyon Yes and Osibisa days. But is this style over substance? Well, for a country rock album it promisingly
HOME advantage was exploited to the full as New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club hosted the Special Olympics Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Special Olympics tournament. The competition, sponsored for the third year by York Co-operative Funeral Care
Tim Bresnan described the state of Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship match against Durham at the Riverside as “poised” heading into today’s second day. Thirteen wickets fell during an action-packed day one, which saw Durham bowled out for 237
CRICKETERS in the HPH York Vale League can’t wait to lap up the new season which starts on Saturday. To acknowledge the unsung work done by people who provide teas, the league has launched a new award to find the club cricket tea of the year.
HE’S smooth that Willy Moon. All slicked back hair and suited up, he looks like he has come straight from a 1950s American diner. And he sings like a blast from the past as well – a weird cross between Chuck Berry, Elvis and hip-hop. That rockabilly
YORK choreographer, Royal Ballet School member and former professional dancer Evelyn Witcombe will present her students in Tip Top Dance at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, from May 9 to 11. At Evelyn’s last count, 78 dancers will be taking part
Gary Mahon must already have Another Citizen at the top of his list of favourite horses and the North Yorkshire apprentice can further enhance his association with the sprinter at Doncaster tomorrow. Mahon is attached to the Great Habton stable
Dane Bowers has been arrested and charged with assault. The former Another Level singer, who previously dated Katie Price, was taken into custody by police after a brawl at holiday resort Butlins in Bognor Regis, Southern England, last Saturday
Aston Merrygold's mother immediately assumed he had got a girl pregnant when he told her he had "news". The JLS singer text his mum to warn her he had something big to tell her - that the boy band have decided to go their separate ways after their
Justin Bieber has booked an entire golf course for when he visits Dubai next week. The 19-year-old singer is planning to keep himself occupied during his trip the United Arab Emirates city to play two concerts at The Sevens Stadium on May 4 and
Rihanna partied with NFL players at a pre-draft bash. The 'Stay' hitmaker once again proved her partying credentials when she hit the Greenhouse club in New York City on Tuesday (23.04.13) with some of the biggest names in American sport. A
Rylan Clark has been hired to present 'Big Brother's Bit on the Side'. The former 'Celebrity Big Brother' winner will take the reins of the 'Big Brother' spin-off show from Emma Willis - who will now front the main show, replacing Brian Dowling
FATHER and son Graham and Richard Kay have appeared in many concerts and theatre productions separately in York but now they are embarking on their first concert venture together. On Sunday night, they present Like Father… Like Son, An Evening
David Beckham was never into clubbing. The soccer star - who is father to four children, Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, 10, Cruz, seven, and 21-month-old Harper with Victoria Beckham - has insisted he was more into music and his profession than partying
Clint Eastwood's wife has entered rehab. The legendary actor's spouse Dina Eastwood - who appeared in her own E! reality show, 'Mrs. Eastwood and Company' last year - has reportedly checked herself into a rehab facility to be treated for depression
Coronation Street's Leanne Battersby will be left "visibly shaken" after cruel Karl Munro threatens her. The twisted firestarter - who is played by John Michie - turns to desperate measures in an attempt to stop the blonde businesswoman from repeatedly
AFTER heats and quarter finals in London and Edinburgh, the hunt for the next comedy star is hitting York on Sunday at the Black Swan Inn, one of only three venues chosen to host the competition. Following an intensive auditioning process, 15 of
Aerosmith and PSY will perform live at the inaugural Social Star Awards in Singapore next month. The 'Don't Want To Miss A Thing' rockers and other performers, including Cee Lo Green and Asian girl group Blush, will take to the stage at the world's
Beyonce has previewed new track 'Standing on the Sun'. The 'Halo' singer has given her third taste of new music -rumoured to be included on her forthcoming fifth album - in a new video for clothing brand H&M. The video sees the 31-year-old
Demand for JLS' farewell tour has soared after they announced their split. Fans of the chart-topping boy band - who revealed they will go their separate ways following the conclusion of their 'Goodbye' tour at the end of this year - have flooded
Bonnie Tyler isn't worried appearing at Eurovision will harm her credibility. The 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' singer is representing the UK at the annual song contest - this year held in Sweden - but doesn't worry it could damage her reputation
Ryan Reynolds is set to star in 'Selfless'. The 'Safe House' actor and director Tarsem Singh are in talks to unite on the sci-fi thriller about a dying elderly man who has his mind transplanted into a younger body, reports Deadline. The film's
Dan Aykroyd has revealed 'Ghostbusters 3' could begin filming next year. The actor and producer - who penned the scripts for the first two films in 1984 and 89 - is working on a third instalment to the supernatural comedy franchise with director
COULD Sir Cliff Richard ever see himself retiring or calling time on performing? “I think I’d only ever consider it if my voice was to give up on me,” says the 72-year-old singer, Britain’s most successful recording artist, with 260 million record
COURTESY of Harewood House and Momentum PR, we have a host of Sir Cliff Richard prizes to be won for his Midsummer Nights – Still Reelin’ & A’Rockin concert appearance at Harewood House on June 1 at 8.30pm. Up for grabs are 12 prizes: •
THE final of the NCEM Composers’ Award 2013 takes place at the National Centre for Early Music, York, on Saturday night. Presented in association with BBC Radio 3 and international early music ensemble Florilegium, the 7.30pm event will feature
PETULA Clark will play York Barbican in the autumn at the grand age of 80. The October 6 show will be the fourth of a ten-date autumn tour, when the singer, actress and composer with the seven-decade career visits the city for first time since
THE grandmother of a baby girl who died after spending all her life in a damp and overcrowded York flat has thanked people for their overwhelming kindness in the wake of the tragedy. June Davis said every mother’s nightmare came true when her grandaughter
Lucy Porter is back on the stand-up comedy trail, after two years out to have children. Being a mother has made her tougher, she warns. So woe betide would-be hecklers. STEPHEN LEWIS reports WHAT’S the first question you ask a stand-up comedian
SHED Seven will play a home-city gig at York Barbican on December 13 as part of a 13-date Greatest Hits Live tour. Tickets for the Sheds’ first full-scale British travels in two years go on sale tomorrow at 9am online at gigsandtours.com and yorkbarbican.co.uk
A married police constable has been warned he faces jail after he sexually assaulted women while on duty in North Yorkshire. Matthew Daniel Fisher, 37, was found guilty of abusing two women while working with North Yorkshire Police. He also
SIX early Noughties pop groups from ITV2’s The Big Reunion will play the Popfest 2013 summer party at Castle Howard on Sunday, August 18 – and there could yet be more additions. 5ive, Blue, Atomic Kitten, 911, B’witched and The Honeyz have been
HOSPITAL trusts in North Yorkshire are not among the 14 to be investigated by health officials who claim thousands may have died unnecessarily in recent years. The investigation uses the Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI) and the
THE Eboracum Quartet, from the University of York, are joined by mezzo-soprano Lisa J Coates for a one-off recital in the De Grey Rooms, York, tomorrow night. This classical quartet was founded in 2007 for outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate
FORGET cucumber sandwiches and scones – a high tea with a difference has now been launched in York. The UK’s first Malaysian High Tea offers exotic snacks such as Karipap, a mini Malaysian pasty with a delicately spiced vegetable filling, and Nasi
ROGUE traders who con vulnerable and elderly people into paying for over-priced or unnecessary work are being targeted in a week of action across North Yorkshire. The operation against doorstep crime has been carried out by police and trading standards
YORK St John University is in the top ten of a survey to find the university with the best student experience. The institution was ninth in a new poll by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. The University of East Anglia rose from sixth
CHRISTOPHER Biggins and Keith Harris will star in Hull New Theatre’s 2013-2014 pantomime, Jack And The Beanstalk. Staged by pantomime heavyweights Qdos Entertainment, regular producer of the New Theatre panto, the show will present Biggins in his
PROFESSOR Brian Cantor is to take over as vice- chancellor of the University of Bradford in October, after leaving the University of York earlier than expected. It was announced last year that Prof Cantor would be standing down as York vice-chancellor
POLICE are hunting a woman suspect after a theft at a horse show in East Yorkshire. The incident occurred at an event being held at the Port Royal Equestrian Centre, in Holme-on-Spalding Moor, on Wednesday, March 6. One competitor left her
CAMPAIGNERS against a new travellers site in Burn near Selby have announced a public meeting to explain their views. The announcement was made yesterday, on the same day plans to create the 15-pitch site on ten acres of land at Burn Airfield, were
THE Socialist Fabian Society think-tank thinks pensioners should “share the pain” (The Press, April 22). It disturbs them that more pensioners own their own houses than 20 years ago. Towards a fairer society they suggest a tax on pensioners
PUT SIMPLY, Britain is far from being the democracy our politicians insist we live in. Our enforced membership of the EU when the population wants no further part of it is hardly democratic. Our elected representatives govern as they see fit and
I AM the last person to advocate building on Green Belt land, but if the pressure for housing and social housing waiting lists are as reported, I don’t see how we can adequately house a growing population only by building on brown-field sites, unless
JUST as I drive a car, sometimes use the bus, cycle, and walk places, so too I use the phone, and text and email, and write letters. Helen Mead (Column, April 23) is right to draw attention to the tendency for us to let go of the art of letter
STAFF and residents at a York care home are pictured stepping out on the “catwalk” to raise funds for charity. The fundraisers at Mulberry Court, in Shipton Road, have been taking part in a two-day event in a bid to raise £200 for Parkinson’s UK
MAGISTRATES told a drink-driver he was lucky he did not injure anyone when he drove erratically through the centre of York. Sean Darren Lester, 25, was three-and-a-half times the alcohol limit when he narrowly missed running down a group of pedestrians
TOM McRae makes his National Centre for Early Music debut in York tonight in his first performance in the city for a decade. “I haven’t played in York for maybe ten, 11 years, when it might have been the Roadrunners acoustic tour with me, Thea
STUDENTS from Selby remembered victims of the Holocaust by laying a wreath at one of the most notorious death camps of the Second World War. Year 11 students from Barlby High School visited Auschwitz-Birkenau to learn more about the history of
IS NEWS bad for you? This might seem an odd question to read in a newspaper column – stranger still coming from someone who is a bit of a news junkie. My addiction has been worse, but I do still shake sometimes. Mostly my fix comes from newspapers
THE BBC has been criticised for not explaining the absence of Look North presenter Christa Ackroyd from the air. Ms Ackroyd has not been seen on the flagship news programme for seven weeks, but despite her absence is still reportedly being paid
AN ENGLISH Heritage official has admitted that Germany Beck – where York planners today look set to give final approval to a 650-home development – probably is the site of the Battle of Fulford. But he said that including the site in the official
Ripon Cathedral is holding auditions throughout May and June for boys and girls wanting to join the Cathedral Choir in September. Children who join the choir receive a professional musical training, which is free of charge, and includes individual
GARDENERS in North Yorkshire can buy a cut-price compost bin under a new scheme. York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership and North Yorkshire County Council have made the bins available in two sizes. A 220-litre bin costs £18 and a 330-litre
100 years ago What was a householder to do when fowls marauded his potato patch? According to a decision of Scarborough magistrates, he must not, as the defendant put it, “have a go” at them with a catapult. Apparently, though the fowl may be
THOUSANDS of homes and businesses near Selby now have access to superfast broadband. The first fibre street cabinets, which give access to high-speed broadband, have been installed in Sherburn-in-Elmet, Monk Fryston and South Milford. The services
POLICE have urged a cyclist who was knocked off her bike during an assault in York to come forward. The incident happened between 7.45pm and 8.15pm on Tuesday, February 19, between the Ace hotel and Priory Street, when a 34-year-old York man was
After months of gloom a riot of colour promises to brighten up the next few days at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show. MATT CLARK previews this year’s attractions. ARCTIC weather may have caused Farndale’s famous daffodil display to bloom three
MAXINE GORDON traces the incredible journey of Jemima Morrell, a Victorian lady from Selby who joined Thomas Cook on his first Alpine tour DRESSED in heavy, dark crinolines, wearing lace-up boots and carrying umbrellas, the women looked more ready
AN INTERNATIONAL team of scientists including a physicist from the University of York have found a new way to transfer information on an atomic level. The team, which includes Dr Irene D’Amico from the university, have been carrying out research
FOUR people have been arrested in connection with ongoing investigations into burglary in York. A 40-year-old man and a woman, 34, were arrested at a property in Nether Poppleton in connection with a burglary in Celtic Close, York, earlier this
FANS almost stormed the stage as Michael Ball brought the glitz and glamour of London’s West End to York. At the age of 50, Ball, pictured, still has the power to give a pitch-perfect, professional performance, as well as making the hearts of his
EMERGENCY patients can now be treated with high-strength pain killers after Yorkshire Air Ambulance paramedics were given permission to administer the drugs. Until recently, only doctors were able to administer ketamine. However, a change in
AN ACTIVE life is the secret to a long and happy marriage, according anniversary couple Terry and Kath Wilson from Escrick. Mrs Wilson, 79, originally from Acomb and her husband, 82, whose parents owned the newsagents in Strensall, are celebrating
CHORAL singing and beat-boxing were among the highlights of a celebration in York of the human voice. The event at the University of York was part of World Voice Day, and featured a talk on the science of the voice, an inter-active exhibition and
A 37-year-old man has appeared before York magistrates accused of offences against a former girlfriend. Scott Tuohey, who gave an address in Plainville Lane, Wigginton, is alleged to have hit his ex-partner on five separate occasions over a two-year
A CANCER survivor from York who lost her brother to the disease while he was in his twenties aims to mark the tenth anniversary since her diagnosis by running the annual York Race For Life. Sue Ellis, 54, of Melrosegate, had a mastectomy in 2003
A TEAM of cancer researchers will be at Tesco Askham Bar on Saturday encouraging men to sign up for York’s annual men-only fun run, RU Taking The P? The race, held on Fathers Day each year, raises money for the Yorkshire Cancer Research Unit at
The Cancer Care Centre (CCC) at York Hospital has launched a £20,000 appeal to create a garden and walkway area for use by anyone affected by cancer. As part of the project a piece of stone art, incorporating a short piece of creative writing,
THE first phase of City of York Council’s £22.7 million Access York project will be constructed by Balfour Beatty, it has been announced. The scheme, which is one of the largest single investments in York’s transport infrastructure, will create
A YORK life-sciences business has unveiled its new product at a leading conference in the US. Intelsius, which has its headquarters at Elvington and was formed in 1998, introduced its BioCarrier line at a conference in Orlando. The product
A BUTCHER’S shop in North Yorkshire has reopened for business only four days after fire tore through the business. Part of Glaves family butchers in Brompton-by-Sawdon, near Scarborough, was almost destroyed when the fire broke out on April 12,
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has met police leaders and Neighbourhood Watch representatives to discuss policing in Acomb. Mr Bayley met Neil Drummond, inspector for York West, sergeant Roy Brown and PCSOs Dave Hale and Natasha Hardy, to learn more about
STAFF at convenience store are the latest to be nominated for a York Community Pride Award, writes Oliver Clark. Barbara Pettitt, 76, put the One-Stop shop in Walmgate forward in the Service With A Smile category. The award is open to any York
CAMPAIGNERS, experts and York residents came together online as York hosted a pioneering digital conference on poverty and inequality. The Press teamed up with fellow media outlets Radio York, The York Mix and One&Other York yesterday, to host
NEW Jersey Nights is a celebration of the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, but singer Duncan Heather stresses it is “completely different from Jersey Boys”, the West End hit musical. “We’re not playing Frankie and the group members
BRITISH farmers will end up benefiting from the fallout of the horsemeat scandal, a national conference near York was told. Lord Haskins, former chairman of Northern Foods and one-time “rural tsar”, said “intelligent” supermarkets and buyers would
Farmers were out in force in York to raise food awareness and promote home-bred meat as part of British Beef Week. The members of the Yorkshire branch of Ladies in Beef commandeered a red tractor to promote their new guide in Parliament Street.
A YORK man has run the London Marathon in recognition of his partner’s battle against cancer James Howard, 40, of Huntington, ran the marathon in honour of his partner and mum of his three children Beverley Allott, who is in recovery following cancer
