THE Dutch Courtesan, a 17th century Jacobean comedy seldom seen on the modern stage, is undergoing a thoroughly modern re-working with the help of students from the University of York, as part of the York Festival of Ideas’ Performance strand.
AS part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the University of York, Kentmere House Gallery’s Lasting Impressions exhibition at The King’s Manor, Exhibition Square, York, will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm. Usual opening hours
YORK music promoters Please Please You and indie record label Bad Paintings team up to present The Babies at The Duchess on Friday night. “This show is one of only four in the UK for this Sixties/garage/pop quartet from New York,” says Please Please
HEDGEPIG Theatre have taken hold of JM Synge’s Playboy Of The Western World, torn it apart and rebuilt it from the ground up to their own twisted specification. Adapted by the York company’s co-founder Andy Curry, the play will re-emerge next month
HARROGATE actor and director Hugo Speer will make a guest appearance at Harrogate Symphony Orchestra’s 2pm concert on Saturday (June 22) when he will narrate Prokofiev’s Peter And The Wolf. Speer, an enthusiastic supporter of the orchestra, will
RAINY Days & Mondays – The Carpenters Greatest Hits Live returns to the Grand Opera House, York, tomorrow night. The 7.30pm show features the voice of Claire Furley as Karen Carpenter, backed by a band whose members have performed with Amy
POLTERGEIST released their debut album this week on the 92 Happy Customers label. That in itself may not be earth-shattering news, but Your Mind Is A Box (Let Us Fill It With Wonder) is the prog and Kraut Rock work of original Echo & The Bunnymen
ENGLAND Golf has named the team which will challenge for gold at the European ladies’ amateur team championship to be staged at York’s Fulford Golf Club from July 9 to 13. The six players are: Sarah-Jane Boyd, Hayley Davis (Ferndown), Europe’s
THE NRM has marked the birthday of Mallard designer Sir Nigel Gresley by recreating a classic photo of him from 1938, the year the loco broke the world speed record. The trilby-hatted engineering genius - aka actor Chris Cade from Platform 4 Theatre
ESTONIAN international Sander Puri will be given an extra week’s break before joining up with his new York City team-mates for pre-season training. The Minstermen, minus Puri, will report to Wigginton Road next week to begin their preparations
A TOTAL of 299 runs were scored for the loss of only seven wickets as Melbourne beat Bubwith to stay top of division two in the Foss Evening Cricket League. AJ Clarke hit a rapid 93 to take the leaders to 156-4 in 16 overs and hosts Bubwith responded
IT was all change at the top of both divisions as the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League season reached the half way point. Thirsk replaced Sessay in pole position in division one after winning their table-topping clash. Sessay batted first and
BACK-IN-FORM Simon Brown will sit out York City Knights' Kingstone Press Championship match at Leigh Centurions after being handed a one-match ban. Rugby Football League disciplinary chiefs slapped him with a suspension for punching Ollie Pursglove
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale has disclosed he encouraged Alex Lees to play his natural game as the opener neared his maiden Championship century for the White Rose last week. Gale was at the wicket when the 20-year-old neared his landmark towards
Dan Hodgson can reflect on an eventful ten months as a Yorkshire cricketer. The highly-rated wicketkeeper batsman has broken into his county’s 40-over team, helped to run out Sachin Tendulkar at the Champions League t20, played first-class cricket
A STUNNING second half comeback was not enough to rescue Selby Warriors ARLC as they were beaten 42-34 at home by Lock Lane in the Forty-20 Yorkshire Men’s League. Lock Lane were 30-6 up at half-time, with the only score for the hosts coming from
MAT WEBBER is swapping the captaincy for the director of rugby role at Pocklington RUFC, writes Jack Amor. Webber, who will continue to play for the club, is replacing Tim Clappison, who steps down after a decade in charge. Since being appointed
A TEACHER’S online relationship with a 13-year-old girl was “professional suicide”, a judge at York Crown Court said. James Sutton, 27, was sentenced to a three-year community order yesterday after he pleaded guilty to nine counts of possessing
Cadets cut a special birthday cake as they celebrated their unit’s 75th anniversary. Hundreds of youngsters have passed through the ranks of the York Sea Cadet Unit since its formation, helped by many dedicated voluntary uniformed and civilian
PICKERING Town have made an early start to pre-season training boosted by the return of former captain Tom Adams. Manager Jimmy Reid hailed a “great addition” as Adams re-signed from Scarborough Athletic to join in preparations for the Northern
A YORK volunteer with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has been named as its Fundraising Volunteer Of The Year for North & East Yorkshire. Phil McMahon scooped the accolade in recognition of his instrumental role in setting up the Heart Of
DETECTIVES are appealing to a couple who walked their dog in Museum Gardens on Monday to contact them. Officers believe they could help catch two muggers who tried to grab a bag from a 55-year-old local woman who was in the park between 5pm and
It was all aboard for the 2014 St Leonard’s Hospice Sunflower Ball as local travel company Great Rail Journeys helped to launch the event by sponsoring the breakfast that will complete the night for ball-goers. Alex Roberts, marketing director
HARROGATE International Centre is throwing open its doors for a showcase of free entertainment on June 24. The Planes, Trains And Automobiles event is part of HIC director Simon Kent’s campaign to “sell” Harrogate and the International Centre to
FAST food chain McDonald’s is looking to open a new restaurant on the edge of York – but the city’s council leader has claimed the firm must first prove it can deal with rowdy city-centre customers. The company has submitted proposals for a drive-through
A Russian music fan is travelling more than 2,000 miles to see Nineties chart act Space reform at a small music festival in North Yorkshire. The Liverpudlian band, whose hits included Female Of The Species and Neighbourhood, split in 2005 but have
THE 91-year-old woman killed in a road accident has been named as Barbara Mary Hoyes, from Knaresborough. Mrs Hoyes was a pedestrian in Forest Moor Road, just before the junction with the B6163 at about 12.35pm on Saturday, June 15, when she was
THIEVES have stolen a bag containing charity donations from a village near Selby. The incident happened at about 7am on Monday, from outside a house in Chestnut Avenue, Hemingbrough. Residents saw a man load the bag, which had been left out
SKATEBOARDERS, BMX experts and musicians have showcased their skills at an event for agencies who work with children in York. A mobile skate park was set up outside City of York Council’s West Offices HQ for youngsters to display tricks they have
MORE youngsters in North Yorkshire are avoiding cigarettes, alcohol and cannabis and are happy in school — but the number of teenagers worrying about exams has risen, according to a new survey. The North Yorkshire County Council “health and wellbeing
POLICE and firefigthers rescued a man in distress in York city-centre, following a four-hour night-time search. Officers were called at 11.10pm last night following reports that a man was threatening to harm himself. They searched the area around
PHILLIP Murphy, of the Wetherby Whaler group of fish and chip restaurants, hands over a cheque to Gerry Sayers after more than £5,000 was raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The restaurants, in York, Wetherby, Guiseley, Pudsey and Wakefield
PLANS for a new floodlit sports pitch in a town near York have been given a £100,000 boost. Hambleton District Council’s cabinet has approved releasing cash earmarked for a sports hall at Easingwold’s secondary school for the pitch, part of a £350,000
PLANS have been submitted for dozens of new homes in a Selby village. The outline application has been submitted to Selby District Council, with a view to create 37 new homes on agricultural land in York Road, Barlby. Developers Daniel Gath
Bob Brook and Hazel Collett, volunteers at the Poppleton Community Railway Nursery, with some of the plants which went by train to Starbeck station to boost its chances in a village floral contest. A team from Starbeck In Bloom approached the nursery
A NEW list providing details of events and activities for people with special needs has been launched in York. Learning disability charity Netbuddy has unveiled the UK’s first “what’s on” list of information for parents and carers whose children
A CYCLIST who shed more than five stone has urged men around the region not to be shy when it comes to visiting slimming groups. Joe Bennett, 30, is a research scientist at the University of York’s biology department, and lost more than five stone
YORK residents are being reminded to have their say on potential changes to council wards in the city. The Independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published draft recommendations which would keep City of York Council’s
A GROUP of cyclists was setting off on a three-day journey through North and East Yorkshire today to help the fight against diabetes and three good causes. Members of the North Yorkshire Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (NYDESP) set off from Skipton
As part of National Falls Awareness Week, the York Falls Prevention Team is holding a Keeping Healthy morning for older people, carers and supporters. The event is at Auden House, St Ann’s Court, off Cemetery Road in Fulford, from 10am to noon
Sixteen members of staff at a York firm have signed up for this year’s York 10K Corporate Challenge in aid of the city’s St Leonard’s Hospice. The Cellhire team will be competing against other local companies for the honour of being the fastest
TRIBUTES have been paid to a district and county councillor who has died while on holiday. Councillor Margaret Hulme, 81, died in the early hours of Monday, after she became ill on a family holiday to Crete. The Press understands Coun Hulme
MOTORISTS have been warned to take care following a spate of thefts from cars, some of which had been left unlocked. In one incident in York a handbag was taken from the footwell of an open-top convertible. An iPhone and a sat-nav were stolen
A LONG battle for improvements to a damaged village road near York has finally been won. The surface of Mill Lane, in Acaster Malbis, crumbled during bad weather over recent years and repairs were originally delayed due to council budget cuts,
A BLUEPRINT for the future of Pocklington – including future housing schemes – is to be sent to the region’s council bosses. Town councillors have voted to adopt the “community-led plan” produced by the Pocklington Future voluntary group, and it
A NEW church leader has been appointed for southern Ryedale. The Reverend Rachel Hirst, vicar of Norton – a role she will also retain – will be the area’s Rural Dean and a service led by the Bishop of Selby, the Right Reverend Martin Wallace, will
CALLS to introduce a lower speed limit outside schools in Selby have been made by a district and county councillor. The calls for a 20mph limit have been welcomed by head teachers around the district. Coun Steve Shaw-Wright, deputy leader of
HEARTFELT congratulations to Harry Gration on his well-deserved honour. He is a true Yorkshireman who wears the white rose on his sleeve. His credentials as a Bradfordian who has spent most of his life living in York, loves the power of words,
WILLIAM Dixon Smith’s letter in The Press of June 15 predicts the horror of William Etty if his statue in front of York Art Gallery were to be moved as part of proposed improvements to Exhibition Square. However, to reassure them, neither Mr Dixon
AS A dedicated cyclist I wish to share my misgivings about the World Naked Bike Ride due to take place on June 21. Ostensibly, those partaking do so to highlight the vulnerabilities of cyclists. While I applaud such a laudable sentiment, it is
SHOULD we be giving arms to the Syrian ‘rebels’? Answer: no. It will lead to more deaths of innocent Syrians or with British soldiers on the ground. And what if we topple the Syrian government? We could end up with an Islamic fundamentalist state
A COUPLE have suffered abuse and vandalism and seen their businesses suffer after being mistaken for a farmer convicted of neglecting animals. Phil and Carol Cockerill, of Ashgrove Farm, near Pickering, have had their home pelted with eggs, received
AN open verdict was recorded in the death of a 72-year-old diabetic found dead at his home. Neighbour Vida Richardson in a statement told an inquest Dennis Robinson was a quiet man who lived next door to her in Honeysuckle House sheltered accommodation
JONATHAN TOOLIN’S letter about the toilets in Exhibition Square in The Press of June 15 reminded me of when we were in France and had a bus trip to Chinon. Wanting to pay a visit to the toilets, just before we entered a woman came out and said
AN initiative designed to get council staff in York involved in volunteering within their communities has been launched. City of York Council has unveiled its staff volunteering scheme to raise the profile of opportunities to help local groups
HAVING no personal interest in the Lendal Bridge saga, except a notion that restrictions will probably create more congestion across the city, I am disturbed by the behaviour of councillors James Alexander, Dave Merrett and Tracey Simpson-Laing who
SHEPHERD Construction has won a £41 million contract to design and build a mixed-use regeneration project in the heart of London’s Vauxhall Nine Elms area. The York firm will construct accommodation for 400 students, on behalf of CLS Holdings plc
I WOULD like to complain on behalf of residents who are unable to travel by bus to Front Street along Beckfield Lane from the junction end of Ostman Road to the junction with Wetherby Road since the bus timetables have been altered. This means
PLANS to give residents more say over the building of wind farms have been welcomed by a North Yorkshire MP. The Government revealed the plans last week. They make clear that the need for renewable energy should not override environmental protections
THIS was the sight many thousands of visitors were greeted with on their way into York on Sunday. Having been dropped off by coach at Clarence Street, many would have made their way down Gillygate and would have turned to go into the city through
BLACK Sheep Brewery is to supply its All Creatures Yorkshire Pale Ale, brewed in celebration of James Herriot, to Asda as a bottled beer. Previously a seasonal cask beer, All Creatures has been launched as a new addition to the brewery’s permanent
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a two-car crash on the A64 today. The accident happened at Flaxton just before 8am. It involved a black Renault Clio and a red Peugeot 206. Police said the woman, aged 25, was believed to have been taken
PUPPET stars of a controversial Broadway show are coming to York. Joseph Rowntree School is to become the first in England to perform the newly released school edition of the risqué Broadway show Avenue Q. The stage version, which originated
100 years ago Even Ascot had not escaped the freak frock. Despite the fact that all men abhorred it, and most women disliked it, there were still apparently sufficient women so lacking in artistic sense of dress as to disfigure themselves with
THE York Theatre Royal Young Actors Company revolves around providing blossoming talent with opportunities. This may not apply directly to Hull’s rapidly rising playwright of the moment, Tom Wells, but nevertheless YAC director Julian Ollive is
For 60 years, a York-based charity has been sending volunteers abroad to work with impoverished, dispossessed and disenfranchised people. Tomorrow, International Service will be throwing its 60th birthday party in the Guildhall. STEPHEN LEWIS reports
HUNDREDS of youngsters from North Yorkshire schools converged on the University of York for a series of enterprise days. Aimed at pupils in Years 5 and 6 from primary schools feeding into Tadcaster Grammar School and Sherburn High School, the events
ELVIS Costello has long been the master of reinvention. Sometimes this has come through working with Elvis’s initially dismissive producer Billy Sherrill on a country covers albums, or Paul McCartney, or Burt Bacharach, or Swedish mezzo-soprano
LEEDS United will host Brighton & Hove Albion on the opening day of the Championship season. The Seagulls will visit Elland Road on Saturday, August 3, with the Whites travelling to Leicester City for their first away game the following Saturday
TECHNOLOGY businesses and healthcare professionals are collaborating on two innovative new projects being trialled to improve healthcare delivery in York. NHS Direct 2.0, a collaboration between SCY (formerly Science City York), City of York Council
RESIDENTS living in west York will have their chance to discuss the city’s controversial development blueprint at a meeting tomorrow night. A Rural West York ward meeting will be held at Copmanthorpe Methodist Church at 7.30pm, with local councillors
Selby Young Farmers will be supporting the Cancer Care Centre at York Hospital at their summer dance on Saturday. The Australian-themed event will run from 7.30pm to 2.30am at Allotment Farm, Wistow Common. Entertainment will include live band
RESIDENTS in Selby have been urged to have their say on turning empty houses into homes in the district. As part of Selby District Council’s programme for growth, which was set up to support retail, jobs growth, housing, infrastructure and leisure
YORK’S community stadium project has been hit by a fresh delay – and is now unlikely to be complete until the start of 2016. The 6,000-seater new home for York City FC and York City Knights, on the existing Huntington Stadium site at Monks Cross
ONE of the largest tissue banks in the United States has signed an agreement to use York healthcare company Tissue Regenix’s technology. Community Tissue Services, which distributes more than 230,000 grafts for transplant annually, will use the
A YORK church will be doing its bit for the environment and the community by holding a garden and flower festival this weekend. The event, called Growing Together, will be held at St Luke’s Church in Burton Stone Lane on Saturday and Sunday and
A NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch scheme in East Yorkshire is being relaunched after a five-year gap. Beverley’s Neighbourhood Watch Policing Team has supported the revival of the initiative in Woodmansey and villagers have been invited to a meeting this month
A YORK wheelchair athlete has thanked supporters who helped him keep a bid to boost his performance well on track. Tiaan Bosch is busy competing and practising using a new racing chair he had specially made for him in Florida, which has already
YORK City will kick off their first full season under manager Nigel Worthington with a Bootham Crescent clash against Northampton Town in League Two. The Cobblers, last season's play-off final losers at Wembley, will visit the Minstermen on Saturday
BRIMHAM Rocks, near Harrogate, is to host its first outdoor sculpture exhibition, featuring the work of local artist Linda Thompson. The collection, which includes a pair of hands entitled Dreamcatcher and a large 4ft-high magical fairy ring, can
YOUNGSTERS from St Wilfrid’s RC Primary School in York showcased their short stories at the city’s central library, York Explore. Year 6 youngsters at the school in Monkgate have been working on their pieces for the last few months. They advertised
PEOPLE passing Pizza Hut in Hull Road, York, got to see an iconic comic book character in a way they had never seen him before. Taking inspiration from the new Man of Steel Superman film, staff at Pizza Hut celebrated with a special event, handing
FAMILIES in York will have the chance to discover 16 cultural and visitor attractions this summer through an initiative run by cycling charity Sustrans. The Green Explorer scheme, funded by City of York Council’s i-Travel York project and backed
Plans for a new travellers’ site and a showpeople’s yard have met with fierce protests. A senior councillor today answers some of the questions local residents have been asking. MIKE LAYCOCK reports. AT public meetings and on the internet – and
ARTS projects in Ryedale have received a welcome boost of a share of £50,000. Ryedale District Council has commissioned six new creative projects to create more jobs and encourage economic success. Linda Cowling, leader of Ryedale District
