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A SUSPECTED burglar caught on CCTV during a break-in at a pizza takeaway in York is being hunted by police. York police are asking for the publics’ help to identify a man who forced entry to King’s Pizza on Gillygate through the front door, causing

I’m so obsessed with running these days I sometimes forget that until about four years ago I was, if anything, a cyclist. Didn’t own a pair of running shoes, had never run so much as a 5K and went out on my bike most Sundays. Even managed to

It occurred to me whilst out with a White Rose Runner yesterday that I haven't fully explained the purposes of our LONG SLOW runs. It's a little scientific - but bare with me it will all make sense!! (so the HR monitor will also start to make more

PAULINE Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph had last worked together on their BBC sitcom Birds Of A Feather in 1999. For nearly ten years through the 1990s, they had played sisters Sharon Theodopolopoudos and Tracy Stubbs and their sex-mad neighbour

THE Hyena Lounge Comedy Club returns to York this weekend after a three-week hiatus for the refurbishment of City Screen, the host venue. Promoter Toby Clouston-Jones opens his season of Edinburgh Previews for the Fringe summer on Sunday with a

VINTAGE Trouble are opening The Who’s arena shows this summer, playing Glastonbury on June 29 and supporting The Stones at Hyde Park, London, on July 12. If you want to see the Los Angeles band play their brew of southern swamp, gospel, blues and

CONGRATULATIONS to York band Mostly Autumn’s guitarist and lead singer, Bryan Josh and Olivia Sparnenn, who are to tie the knot at St Andrew’s Church, Bishopthorpe, York, tomorrow at 1pm. Their Midsummer’s wedding service will feature live music

YORK composer, Late Music concert series administrator and The Press reviewer Steve Crowther will continue his series of talks on Bob Dylan: The Lost Decade? at The Golden Ball, Bishophill, York, on Monday. Crowther’s four sessions with music and

NICK Bagnall and Gary Cooper are making their mark on the North Yorkshire arts scene as co-artistic directors of the revitalised Milton Rooms at Malton. This month, however, they are in Yorkshire for a different reason. Nick is directing Shakes-peare

MOVE over BBC2’s late-night romps in The Tudors. Here comes Anne Boleyn, written by Howard Brenton for the Globe Theatre in London in 2010 and now making its first appearance in York at the King’s Manor, once Henry VIII’s northern pad, as part of the

ON day two of the Brassed On Festival 2013, the Swingbrass cabaret evening of Big-Band music and jazz at Clements Hall in Nunthorpe Road, York, will feature the York Big Band Initiative under the baton of York musician Ian Chalk on June 28 at 8pm.

TWO of British music’s most recognisable talents unfurl solo offerings, Miles Kane his second such release, James Skelly his first foray on his own away from the clannish comfort of the band he normally fronts, The Coral. But which one gets stranded

TICKETS for York’s new live music outdoor gathering, the Apollo Festival on June 29, will not be available on the day. Sales for this ticket-only event in the York Sports Club grounds at Clifton Park, Shipton Road, will close on June 24 “The

EVERY producer and sonic wizard seems to want their turn upstage, and electronica expert Jon Hopkins is no different. In fairness, Immunity is the Londoner’s fourth album over more than a decade, but it was only with 2009’s Insides that Hopkins

IT’S tricky to avoid Kodaline at the moment, with regular rotation on many radio stations and TV adverts every 15 minutes reminding you their debut album exists. Luckily, the product of all the publicity is worth a listen, even if the band’s style

By now, we’re well versed in how to put a pop act together. Even if an act doesn’t originate from the likes of the X Factor, no one is surprised when they spring from performing school graduates or auditions advertised in the The Stage newspaper.

WITH a sound rooted in mid-1990s Britpop, it’s always been a surprise that Brighton brothers Tom and Alex White have never managed to achieve anything other than cult status. A sound built on clever guitar hooks and harmonies which strongly remind

Some of the biggest names in folk and country music have come together to pay tribute to Canadian star Kate McGarrigle, who died from cancer in 2010. The recordings have been taken from a series of concerts held in her honour the following year

PYRAMID Gallery’s posthumous exhibition of the last remaining works available for sale by the Cumbrian artist and sculptor Lorna Graves opens in York on Saturday at 11am. “My work is concerned with the balance between body and soul,” said Lorna

YORK charity New Visuality is behind two exhibitions across York that will dovetail with the Love Architecture festival. The charity is committed to integrating the work of contemporary artists and participants from outreach projects. With

THE Wave Pictures, an all-time favourite band of Please Please You concert promoter Joe Coates, are booked in for a three-night residency in City Screen’s Basement. “They specifically asked to come to York to do one of four such residencies nationwide

THE Old White Swan, Goodramgate, has supported live music for dining and drinking for almost 20 years and tonight’s jazz is with the Mardi Gras Band, from 8pm (01904 540911). Trombonist Mark Bassey is tomorrow night’s guest with the University

ON Sunday afternoon, City Screen, York commemorates scientist Sir Barnes Wallis and his invention of the bouncing bomb, deployed 70 years ago during the Second World War. In tandem with the York Festival of Ideas and the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall

POSSIBLY the oddest, most unlikely franchise in film history – a series of movies which consists of little more than two people talking. This third part may appear during the summer blockbuster season, but there are no big bangs, car chases or

LET ME tell you, you don’t want to be on a passenger plane with zombies aboard. The chaos is worse than the scramble for seats on a budget airline. And Ryanair don’t employ Brad Pitt to ride shotgun and ensure free passage up the aisle for the drinks

ONE moment can change everything. One comment. One misjudgement. This time it came without warning at the midway point. Louisiana country blues singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams turned her back on her audience and engaged in a hushed conversation

KNEEHIGH have done it again. Not only have the Cornish company revived Emma Rice’s hit that first played the Playhouse in 2005 but the 2013 vintage of Tristan & Yseult is even better. This is a play for those who understand that the answer

IT sounded promising, an Agatha Christie murder mystery for summertime in her old bolt-hole of Harrogate, especially with a company featuring Liza Goddard, Robert Duncan, Sophie Ward, Lysette Anthony and Gary Mavers. Losing Liza Goddard from the

CITY Screen, York, will be screening four operas via satellite in its first week since re-opening this week after its three-week refurbishment. On Friday, City Screen will be showing Carmen from the New York Met Opera summer season at midday; on

YORK bluegrass band King Courgette will be joined by their Nashville friends Jeni and Billy for a double bill at the Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green, York, on Tuesday night. Jeni Hankins’s American roots music of the purest source will be complemented

YORK City Knights have brought Brooke Broughton back to Huntington Stadium and have also recruited ex-Hull academy forward Ben Crane, with both poised to make their entrances in tonight’s under-20s match. The club have suffered a triple blow, however

CLOTHING giant Primark wants to open a store in York’s city centre, The Press can confirm. The firm is aiming to take over the Piccadilly building, part of the Coppergate Shopping Centre, which will be vacated when its current occupiers Marks &

SAINT Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel in York will play host to an evening of music by York musicians and poetry by Don Walls on Saturday in a celebration of the life of his late son, Peter. Don will read from his own works at the 7.30pm to 9.30pm

YORK College students are to stage the world premiere of a revived cycle of plays that has not been performed in its entirety for more than 2,000 years. The year two Acting & Backstage Arts pupils will be stepping into the classical past to

YORK City will be looking to kick off the new season against Northampton Town with their first opening-day home victory since 1999. The Minstermen have failed to win on the last seven occasions they have started a League campaign at Bootham Crescent

THE Afghan National Army has taken over the security of its country in advance of the final departure of NATO forces who leave next year. This 350,000-strong army will replace approximately 100,000 NATO troops from many countries. Up to now

AID to developing countries does work. It saves lives, gives people the chance to earn a better living and reduces immigration to rich countries. As a result of aid, enrolment rates of children in primary schools rose from 58 per cent to 76 per

I THINK P J Markwick has missed the point of the several letters about speed humps (Letters, June 18). My original point was that the new design of the humps is positively dangerous to two wheelers (cycles, scooters and motorcycles). Existing

OUR Labour-controlled council remains adamant that congestion will be stopped and the only way to reduce congestion is to close 110 roads to all vehicles, then close Lendal Bridge. Yet congestion is a myth and created by Coun Dave Merrett and co

IT’S ALWAYS entertaining to see the Lib Dems continue to have their cake and eat it. As members of the coalition Government they impose drastic cuts – 35 per cent on local government in the city since they came to office – and as the opposition

I HAVE recently come across this photograph, taken I would think in about 1948, of my sister and me with four friends. We were about eight to ten years old. I would like to pass a copy on to those in the photo. I realise they will have married

WHILE having sympathy with Coun Lynne Jeffries’ criticism (Letters, June 14) of the “hollowing out of the Library Service,” she misses the bigger picture. The axing of library staff is the forerunner to the creation of a library community benefit

THE opening paragraph of Hugh Bayley’s response regarding citizens’ payments and his spurious accusation that some physically able people would claim benefits, shows he fails to comprehend that benefits and pensions would be scrapped (Letters, June

I AM appalled at even the suggestion of closing the National Railway Museum. The people who are running our country are not just satisfied at ruining the health service; they want to take away our great spaces and heritage. The National Health

I WISH to highlight the requirements for traffic awareness within the village of Buttercrambe. We are subject to traffic speeding through the village at all times of the day and night, and especially at weekends. The 30mph signs appear to be

I WISH to express my thanks to the businesses and residents of Acomb following the charity day held at the Specsavers store on Saturday. Through the generosity of the community, we were able to raise £130 for St Leonard's Hospice. Businesses

MICHAEL GOVE is the Education Secretary, although I believe his full title is the Messing Around With Schools Minister. His latest bout of reactionary interference has been to announce “reforms” for GCSEs. In a nutshell, and for some reason Mr

We have become so bombarded with glitzy, razzamatazz musicals that it is a relief to return to one that really benefits from smaller-scale treatment. Angela Edwards’ production is timely: it is 60 years since Sandy Wilson’s most successful musical

IN-FORM York Cricket Club opener Jack Leaning is primed for his LV=County Championship debut for Yorkshire against Surrey this weekend. Leaning, who has starred for York in the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League, will replace England-bound

FULFORDGATE pulled off a major surprise in the HPH York Vale Cricket League by beating champions North Cave. The East Yorkshire side went into the game unbeaten this season but were bowled out for 103. In-form paceman Max Henderson led the way

THE City of York Athletic Club came away with two medals in the under-20 and under-23 Athletic Championships in Bedford last weekend, writes Jack Amor. The York club had five athletes competing and all finished in respectable places. Scott

Andrew Gale says his bowlers hold the advantage as Yorkshire prepare to face star duo Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting tomorrow. The table-topping Tykes host winless Surrey in the LV= County Championship at Headingley as they search for their

LEADERS Selby put the brakes on RI Amateurs’ climb up the division one table with a 7-1 away win in the York Amateur Bowling Association League. The top three sides – Selby, Dunnington and Holgate WMC – all won to maintain the status quo at the

Wigginton Ladies maintained their top position in the Country Bowls League after winning both rinks at Stewart. Norma Davies won 20-11, while fellow skip Marjorie Watson hung on to triumph 15-14. A maximum points win in the Challis League at

YORK Lokomotive ARLC and Heworth ‘A’ have rearranged their first-ever Yorkshire Men’s League division two derby clash to tomorrow night – and Lokos player Liam Watling cannot wait. It will be the first time the two teams have met, having previously

SCOTT RHODES has handed the York Acorn ARLC reins to his assistant Stuart Brown this weekend – and landed him with a big selection headache. Head coach Rhodes is away for the Blue and Golds’ trip to West Hull in the National Conference League premier

A MIRACLE girl diagnosed with terminal cancer has returned to school – only three months after a life-saving liver transplant from her mum. Lydia Warner, seven, defied the odds to beat pancreatoblastoma – a one-in-a-million condition which affects

A £90 MILLION shopping complex on the edge of York is taking shape after newts held up work – and it is set to open at the start of next April. The steel skeleton is being erected for a new John Lewis store as part of the Vangarde development at

THE father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has welcomed plans to provide extra help for families whose loved ones disappear. Proposals unveiled today by Justice Minister Helen Grant will create a new “guardianship” power for relatives of

CON artists are targeting York residents by claiming there are problems with their council tax. City of York Council has issued a warning about the scam, which involves people being cold-called and told they are entitled to a refund because they

A WOMAN’S car was left trapped between a wall and a lamp-post in Harrogate after she apparently blacked out at the wheel. The Mazda 2 crashed in Wedderburn Avenue at about 8.40am yesterday. Firefighters used a winch to free the car and the

A WOMAN was robbed by two teenage girls in East Yorkshire. The 61-year-old was on her way home in Goole when she was approached by the girls, who allegedly assaulted her and stole a pack of cigarettes and a tin of rollup cigarettes from her handbag

POLICE and firefighters rescued a man in distress in York city centre, following a four-hour night-time search. Officers were called at 11.10pm on Tuesday following reports that a man was threatening to harm himself. They searched the area

OPPOSITION councillors have called for “urgent action” over a new delay to York’s community stadium project. The 6,000-seater ground for York City FC and York City Knights is now unlikely to be completed until January 2016, having originally been

A summer crackdown on people who drive under the influence of drink or drugs has already seen 57 arrests. he campaign began on June 1 and North Yorkshire Police will continue patrolling the county’s roads to stop other offenders putting lives at

A SCHOOLBOY whose parents have set his alarm clock to stop him reading into the night has been made children’s librarian for his village. Ten-year-old Harry McMurray, who is a pupil at Helmsley Primary School, was appointed to the role at Cold

THIEVES stole 400 litres of diesel from a lorry parked at South Milford in the early hours of yesterday. The red and white DAF lorry was parked in the north-bound lay-by of the old A1, at the Selby Fork Motel, South Milford. The driver, who

YORK CENTRAL MP Hugh Bayley has tabled a Commons motion, calling on the Government to provide enough funding not only for the NRM to stay open but also to keep collecting, researching, conserving and exhibiting artefacts. The Early Day Motion,

THE Press petition to save the National Railway Museum has now gathered almost 11,000 signatures, with thousands more signing up every day. Anyone who has not yet returned coupons or forms to the newspaper needs to do so by the end of today, as

Brian Page reports on the last stages of an impressive rural development at Nafferton. NAFFERTON is a pretty-as-a-postcard Wolds village, with a great deal of history and character. So when Beal Homes launched their Nunings development in the

POLICE in York welcomed an officer from Australia to discuss the best way the force can deal with domestic violence. First Constable John Hooper, from the Family Violence Unit at Bairnsdale in the state of Victoria, spent time with North Yorkshire

STUDENTS from around the country descended on a York school to compete in the seventh annual Physics Olympics. St Peter’s School yesterday played host to Year Eight pupils from 35 schools yesterday, including Huntington, Joseph Rowntree, Fulford

A BUILDING society which is celebrating a £5 million charity milestone has revealed £42,197 has been donated to good causes in York. Since the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation was formed in 1999, its city branch on Feasegate has

YORK council chiefs have explained why the authority spent £180 on pedicure treatments for a group of “vulnerable” young girls. City of York Council said the pedicures were part of a Positive Activities For Young People programme that it ran with

ALMOST 2,000 “magnetic anomalies” which could be unexploded munitions from the Second World War have been found during scans at a potential travellers’ site near Selby. Plans to create a new 15-pitch site at Burn Airfield were withdrawn by Selby

100 years ago A well-known physician had started a new “cure” in the treatment of nerve diseases. It was simplicity itself. There were no drugs to take, and it did not even involve change of air. His prescription was contained in the introduction

The Joseph Rowntree Theatre in Haxby Road is calling for volunteers to help run the theatre, or to join its board of directors and act as trustees of the charity. The available roles are company secretary and events and fundraising director, however

ONE OF the UK’s largest annual theatre festivals is moving to Harrogate next year, and organisers hope it will bring a boost of £1million to the local economy. Organisers of the 21st International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival signed a contract

AN award-winning taxidermist from North Yorkshire is bringing a long-lost bird back from extinction – at least in model form. The creations of Carl Church will be the centre of the Great Dodo Exhibition at Kendal Museum from July 4, marking the

A MAJOR celebration of the 800,000 years of history beneath our feet is taking place next month with free events across the area. The 2013 Festival of Archaeology aims to highlight the general public’s role in archaeological discovery, and offers

THREE people have been taken to hospital after their car careered down an embankment in a North Yorkshire town early today. The crash happened at about 1.40am off Musham Bank roundabout in the Crossgates area of Scarborough, with North Yorkshire

THREE nurseries from York and Ryedale have been hailed as outstanding by Ofsted following inspections. The education watchdog has given its top rating to Happy Jays Nursery at Clifton Moor, Tiddlywinks at Osbaldwick and Wath Court nursery at Hovingham

A series of workshops aimed to help carers of dementia patients have proved a great success. Home Instead Senior Care, who provide at-home care, organised the workshops to enable people to identify the typical signs of dementia and to gain a better

SELBY Ladies Hockey Club is planning to hold a race night to raise funds at Scalm Park Golf Club, Wistow Common, near Selby, on July 26, at 7.30pm. Tickets for the event are £5, and can be bought from Scalm Park Golf Club in advance or on the night

Thomas The Baker’s Guide Dog for the Blind, Thomas, starts his formal training this month – where he’ll take the lead to help blind and partially sighted people. The Guide Dogs For the Blind Association puppy has left for one of the Guide Dogs’

A FAMILY printing business has been given a new lease of life with a new owner. FASPrint, which was owned by John and Lorraine Heslop, was set up 30 years ago by Lorraine’s family. The couple have now sold the company, based in Ousegate, Selby,

Fancy renting a character period property? Brian Page takes a look at a few available examples in and around York. LAST time out we were looking at modern, contemporary properties. This week we thought we would look at... yes, you guessed it

TWO Yorkshire business women will be taking part in a 36-hour challenge in an effort to encourage local independent trade. Tina Boden, co-founder of micro- business lobbying organisation Enterprise Rockers, and Kath Turner, chair of the North Yorkshire

BENENDEN Health has won the most trusted healthcare provider category at the UK Moneywise customer service awards for a third consecutive year. The York-based mutual healthcare provider has also partnered with Leeds, York & North Yorkshire

A THIRSK training organisation is to provide free training to unemployed people who want to become bricklayers. SuperSkills Construction Training is teaming up with JobCentres around Yorkshire to meet a growing demand for skilled construction workers

York is the most difficult place in the north of England to get onto the property ladder, according to statistics published by housing charity Shelter. Residents of York have to work for longer to afford a deposit to buy their own home, with families

Six-a-side cricket teams are to compete in a charity tournament in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice, York. The fun day and tournament will take place at Tadcaster Magnet Sports and Social Club, in the Queen’s Gardens in the town on Sunday, July 7.

PLANS to create a new power station in Yorkshire will go on display to the public next month. A series of exhibitions on early plans to create a new multifuel power station at Ferrybridge, to be built after the current construction project has

CYCLING 280 miles for charity deserves applause – but Martin Hinchliffe has decided to make it even tougher by doing it within 24 hours on a single-speed bike. The 46-year-old from York is taking on the London2Paris24 challenge in aid of Scope.

THE formal re-opening of City Screen, York, after a three-week refurbishment programme, takes place tomorrow with a grand celebration of architecture. Revelling in a £300,000 re-fit of the Riverside café bar, three auditoria, box office, foyer,

A YORK worker has set himself a massive challenge for the weekend. Grant Smalley is taking part in the Trans Pennine Challenge on Saturday to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The Trans Pennine Challenge is 100k from Stockport to Manchester

YORK is set to be among a group of seven Yorkshire councils launching a multimillion-pound fund aimed at kick-starting the county’s economy. The authorities are initially expected to put almost £20 million between them into a pot aimed at unlocking

A YORK couple who first meeting on a bus as teenagers are celebrating their diamond wedding today. Len and Eileen Spray, of Huntington, were married at All Saints’ Church, Wistow, near Selby, on June 20, 1953. The couple set up home in Selby

A COUPLE from Selby have been ordered to pay court costs of £472.50 after they pleaded guilty to fly-tipping. Steven Butler, 25, and Lucy Burder, 26, of Kitchener Street, admitted dumping a large amount of household rubbish to the rear of houses

THE history of a North Yorkshire hamlet which shares its name with one of the world’s biggest cities is to come under the spotlight. New York, in Nidderdale, is so small it does not appear on maps. But it is the site of a large flax mill which

YORK Central MP Hugh Bayley has warned that the NHS in North Yorkshire is “on the brink of a crisis” because of an unfair funding formula. Mr Bayley urged the Government to think again over a huge gulf in funding to new GP-led clinical commissioning

Photographer Terry Colvin with his image of rain drops on grass at New Earswick nature reserve, and course tutor Rebecca Rowan are pictured setting up the In A Vision exhibition at York Explore. The creative photography project began at York Mind