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FORMER city council leader Andrew Waller has been re-elected with a resounding victory in today's Westfield by-election. Mr Waller polled 60 per cent of the vote to regain the seat he lost in 2011. The turnout was 28.5 per cent. He immediately

“ON a nice day,” Victoria Fearnley says, “this is just about the most idyllic spot you could ever imag- ine…” This is not a nice day. It fact the sky is a threatening gun barrel grey and the drizzle is spreading a damp and dismal blanket over the

THERE is a school of thought among those of a pessimistic nature that you can’t possibly buy a good family home in York for less than £250,000 – the three per cent stamp duty threshold. Well, we think that’s very much a glass half-empty kind of

THE rock'n'roll variety showcase, That’ll Be The Day, returns to the Grand Opera House, York, on Wednesday in a new production. Music, laughter and non-stop nostalgia is on the cards in a show full of hits from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and zany

PLEASE Please You promoter Joe Coates begins his autumn season of gigs in York with Conquering Animal Sound, U.V. and Mayshe Mayshe at The Basement, City Screen, on Monday at 8pm. Conquering Animal Sound last toured Britain when opening for Múm

CITY Screen, York is to show the premiere of the Edward Snowden documentary, Citizenfour, tomorrow at 8pm, followed by a panel discussion beamed live from the 58th London Film Festival via satellite. In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was

IF you enjoyed Michael Lambourne's booming-voiced turn as the heavily bewhiskered Chief Weasel and auctioneer in The Wind In The Willows at York Theatre Royal this summer, then you can follow him down the A1079 to Hull at Christmas. Michael is

DR Suzanne Fagence Cooper, author of the biography of Effie Gray, will introduce the 1.30pm screening of Richard Laxton's film Effie Gray at City Screen, York, on Saturday. She will lead a question-and-answer session at the end too. Emma Thompson

For John Mayall, playing the blues was a hobby, never a living. Then something clicked and here he is – still playing at 80, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON. JOHN Mayall, the Godfather of British blues, is on his 80th anniversary world tour. The

CRACKING comedian George Egg tops the bill at the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club in York on Saturday night. “George is a totally unique act on the comedy circuit, often regarded as the king of props-based comedy,” says promoter Toby Clouston-Jones.

THE roots of Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens' homage to Morecambe and Wise, Eric And Little Ern, run deep. "Ian and I go back a long way to when we were at drama school 30 years ago," says Jonty, who will be appearing with Ian at the Grand Opera

INTERNATIONAL pianist Sarah Beth Briggs, from York, returns to the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, on Wednesday night with a typically diverse programme at 7.30pm. Sarah Beth will be performing Mozart's Fantasy in C minor; Haydn's

PILOT Theatre, company-in-residence at York Theatre Royal, have linked up with playwright Roy Williams for a second time in the wake of their touring production of his contemporary adaptation of Alan Sillitoe'sThe Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

THE 1812 Theatre Company, company in residence at Helmsley Arts Centre, presents Amanda Whittington's Be My Baby from Wednesday to Saturday. "In the 1960s, it was unacceptable to be pregnant out of wedlock, with many pregnant girls being sent to

MEANDER Indoors Theatre Company performed their York St John University Prize-winning work Arthur Author in the York Theatre Royal Studio earlier this week. For this annual prize, the university and the Theatre Royal teamed up to award one group

PIRATES are renowned for sailing the seven seas and travelling to distant lands, and in the aid of York Opera’s November production of The Pirates Of Penzance, one such pirate has been doing just that. However, this is no ordinary pirate. He is

THIS Hallowe'en, the Nightshade Productions guides on the York Terror Trail invite you to join them for The Hallows Gate, an adventure through the city's past that will run every night from October 22 to November 2. "This year, our Hallowe'en special

Just A Quickie with... Steve Trafford, writer of Ensemble Theatre and York Theatre Royal's new comedy, The Restoration Of Nell Gwyn. 2014 marks the 350th anniversary of Nell Gwyn's first appearance on the English stage. Perfect timing for playwright

GUITARIST and prog-rock pioneer Steve Hackett kicks off the British leg of his Genesis Revisited Extended tour on Tuesday, visiting a sold-out York Barbican at the end of the first week on October 26. This show will feature a heap of Genesis classics

WHAT’S On is marking the release of the Chasing The Sun edition of Oasis’s second album, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? with a competition to win one set of prizes, courtesy of Big Brother Recordings. The winner will receive the deluxe 3CD edition

The ever-busy Paloma Faith tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON that going on tour is almost like a holiday. PALOMA Faith is such a hot live act, she already has announced next March's arena tour before playing her sold-out series of autumn shows that bring

GUITAR GENIUS, composer and all-round good bloke Martin Taylor is on his way to Selby Town Hall on October 25. "Martin is probably the best jazz guitarist in the world and a must-see for any fan of six string dexterity," says Selby Town Council's

Peter Andrew discusses music, his love of entertaining and his line in fragrance (women only, he’s sad to say) with CHARLES HUTCHINSON. PETER Andre has a surprising confession to make. The English-Australian pop singer, reality television regular

IN her first visit to York, Korean violinist So Ock Kim will be the soloist for Mendelssohn's "brilliant, fizzing" Violin Concerto in the opening concert of York Guildhall Orchestra's 2014-2015 season at York Barbican. This season, the orchestra

YORK Stage Musicals artistic director Nik Briggs is to revive and update their hit musical Spring Awakening later this month at 41 Monkgate, York. Although YSM has built a following from producing large-scale shows such as this year’s Sister Act

FULHAM rapper, singer, songwriter and producer Example sold out arenas all over Britain on his last two tours, but this autumn he is keen to be up close and personal at smaller venues. What’s more, he chose each town and city he will visit for

AFTER 20 years of scribbling, it is time to hand over my small, but luxuriously appointed, cosy Jazz Notes den. Who better to take over than hot young bass player and compiler of the definitive listings website, jazzinyork.co.uk, John Marley? Many

RESONANCE is the third studio album from Eyeshutight and in terms of production, presentation and execution, their most polished offering. The band follow the classic piano trio format with Paul Baxter on double bass, Johnny Tomlinson on piano

JAMES Acaster returns to York on his new solo tour on Tuesday, and apparently James has something he’s been meaning to tell you. He’s been putting it off for some time. You might want to sit down for this. James isn’t the stand-up comic you think

ST Petersburg pianist Nika Shirocorad will give a charity recital in aid of the Karen Hilltribes Trust at the National Centre for Early Music, York, tomorrow. Nika will perform works by Beethoven, Scarlatti, Rachmaninov, Chopin and Ravel, along

THE autumn evenings in Yorkshire may be drawing in, but York community choir Millegro can look forward to the Mediterranean sun adding a Spanish glow to their musical calendar this week. Under the guidance of artistic director Ewa Sałecka, Millegro

ON the day of cult folk queen Vashti Bunyan’s concert at The Band Room, Low Mill, last Saturday, one family’s discussion involved a teenage contribution along the lines of “no one old should write songs”. The reasoning was that musicians write

ONCE voted NME’s Godlike Genius, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has a lot to live up to. The album opens strong with Back In The Box, almost a Joy Division and classic Smiths’ style but more upbeat and driving, like later Supergrass tracks

AMERICAN troubadour and chronicler of that nation’s current state – that’s how Jackson Browne sounds on his 14th studio album. More so than before, Browne espouses a sharp political view, leaning to the left rather than plain old liberal in the

BETTER known for his stint in charge of the emo-band My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way steps out into the solo sphere with his debut album. At first listen, it appears that not much has changed. Way, the poster child for a generation of pasty-faced

FIFTY years from now, music critics will cite Jennifer Hudson as one of the great soul voices of all-time, up there with Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston. She really is that good. When Ms Hudson sings, angels cry. Few vocalists

FORMER footballer Fabrice Muamba - and a doctor who helped save his life when he collapsed - have this morning visited a York school. Some 1000 students at Fulford School joined 10,800 other students across Yorkshire today to be trained in life

PUBLIC Service Broadcasting are to release their second album, The Race For Space, on February 23 next year on Test Card Recordings. Recording at the Pool Studios and Abbey Road in London and, once again working with exclusive archive footage from

RESIDENTS are amazed after it emerged that Manchester United's star player Radamel Falcao has his roots in their village near Selby. The Colombian striker's great-grandfather George King is reported to have lived in Burn until deciding in 1932

PRESS reader Nick Duck has a hobby: selling model trains and hi fi equipment at car boot sales. The 48-year-old warehouse worker, from Holgate, likes to go to local auctions to see what he can pick up. It was at one such auction that he spotted

MIKRON Theatre's second new show of 2014, Troupers, commemorates frontline entertainment in the First World War at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York, on Sunday at 4pm. The year is 1914 and British entertainment is down on its uppers. A loss of

THE package arrived while we were away. Next morning I rode to the post office in the rain. It was a difficult shape, thin, squarish and bearing a sticker saying, 'Fragile'. I put in in the panniers and cycled on to work, still in the rain. I hadn't

YORK City chairman Jason McGill has revealed that Nigel Worthington was among a host of people who recommended Russ Wilcox to become his successor at Bootham Crescent. The ex-Scunthorpe chief was the Minstermen’s number-one target with McGill admitting

AUSTIN BELL has boosted York City Knights' front-row force by agreeing to stay for 2015 - while fellow prop Jake Joynt is poised to return to the club. Boss James Ford reckons both can prove to be big players next season in a pack which already

NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC go into a benchmark game against Pennine League big guns Drighlington on Saturday bolstered by the signing of Featherstone Rovers academy starlet Jordan Potter. York Acorn ARLC product Haiden Barber, a former York City

YORK'S Nick Harteveld partnered three-time BDO World Championship quarter-finalist Gary Robson to victory in the final of the YDP Pro-am tournament at Huntington WMC. Harteveld held his nerve to clinch a 3-2 victory over fellow Minsterman Chris

PROMOTED York City have enjoyed a splashing start to the British Water Polo League - winning their first five fixtures. York, who have scored 65 goals to 41 against in those five matches, go to Marlborough College for their next outing, where they

YORK City ladies were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing 1-0 to Whitley Bay. First-half chances saw Hannah Buck test Bay’s keeper and Jess Barnes find the sidenetting, while Megan Bramham rattled the crossbar with a sweetly-struck shot following

1) A statue to world-famous vet James Herriot will be installed in Thirsk next year. The statue will go in the gardens of the World of James Herriot in March. It was unveiled recently by Jim Wight and Rosie Page, son and daughter of the famous

NEW Earswick Indoor Bowls Club picked up the honours from the first derby of the season. They beat York 84-68 in the North Eastern League thanks to two winning rinks and picking up six points to York’s four. New Earswick took control early

JASON HART, Britain's champion apprentice, breaks new ground this afternoon. He has his first mounts at Brighton and has every chance of riding a treble. The Malton-based rider, who lost his claim earlier this year after clinching the junior title

A POPULAR traveller died from a massive brain injury after a night of heavy drinking. An inquest heard Lord David Wharton suffered an acute right subdural haematoma – a condition where blood collects between the skull and surface of the brain –

FILM footage of three men robbing a G4S security guard at a York bank has been shown to a jury. David Lewis was delivering £25,000 in cash to Lloyds TSB bank in Front Street, Acomb, on April 18, 2012, when he was attacked. The jury also heard

INDUSTRIAL giant Tata Steel is planning to sell its Long Products division, which employs thousands of workers at several UK sites – including York. The firm said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Klesch Group, which operates

CHOCOHOLICS can eat, breathe and even bathe in chocolate this week as National Chocolate Week hits the city. Running until Saturday, cocoa fanatics can indulge in free chocolate, taste testing and chocolate box making at Goddard’s on Tadcaster

WARRING factions on City of York Council must put their differences aside to tackle the city's housing crisis, a departing charity chief has said. George Vickers said York urgently needs more housing to reduce poverty in the city and improve living

ONE in five people in York and North Yorkshire are drinking at a level which is dangerous to their health - resulting in significant cost to the NHS. In York , 37,112 hospital admissions in 2012-13 were due to alcohol at a cost per adult of £55

YORK’S Theatre Royal is a first-rate regional theatre that doesn’t shirk from staging thought-provoking, challenging work. This autumn alone, its programme includes Harold Pinter’s Betrayal; a Greek tragedy (Antigone); and a stage version of Khaled

TONIGHT, in a glitzy award ceremony at York Racecourse, York’s unsung heroes get the moment in the spotlight they so richly deserve. Among those nominated for this year’s Community Pride Awards are courageous children and young people, dedicated

FUNDRAISER and Community Pride finalist Phil Wiggins has finished his year-long challenge. Phil, from Acomb, pledged to run, cycle and swim 4,000 miles to raise money for charity in the 12 months since his 40th birthday - one year ago today.

I CANNOT believe Nigel Worthington has resigned. What upsets me is that players he thought were good enough to play for our beloved York City have let him down. If someone works in an office or a supermarket and they didn’t do their job properly

I WOULD like to know why some cyclists think they own every footpath. Recently I walked from Piccadilly to Clifford’s Tower car park, along the pathway that is behind Fenwicks and alongside the Foss. I was met head on by two cyclists. I had

THE reason for the York Local Plan and its proposal to build around 17,000 new houses is that all councils have a statutory responsibility to consider the housing, as well as employment needs of their communities. The reason for the housing shortage

I AGREE with the sentiments of Cllr Brian Watson (Letters, October 14) regarding double standards in social media and the actions which resulted in David Smith feeling he had no option but to resign from his post at the Retreat. Although I do not

THE whole political system as it is – and the parties getting most seats in Westminster – do not represent the vast number of people who have to live by what they decree. Even politicians are showing their discontent. Proportional representation

YORK City’s new manager Russ Wilcox has revealed he ignored advances from other clubs to take up the position at Bootham Crescent. Wilcox, who only parted company with Scunthorpe eight days ago, is also believed to have been courted by fellow Sky

LET’S just get some points cleared up. Firstly, two years ago I planned to exit the Labour Party because of what was happening within the administration. I was convinced by two sitting councillors that I could better effect change from within,

ON AUGUST 27, The Press published an article promoting a Liberal Democrat idea to bring back trams to York. This included a plan to transform the existing railway between Leeds, Harrogate and York into a “Super Tram”. We are supposed to think this

I WOULD like to express my dismay over the uncertainty surrounding Yearsley Pool. We, the swimming public, received assurances from City of York Council that the pool would not again be in danger of closure, as it was in 1999, and substantial renovations

EVEN if by a miracle the plans for the travellers’ pitches outside West Offices had been approved, who in their right mind would want to live to next to such a rowdy, back-stabbing bunch of individuals? D M Deamer, Penleys Grove Street, Monkgate

I READ with great interest your recent comment regarding the “Think!” campaign which the county council have signed up to. However, I do think that a more appropriate, understanding name would have been “Read the Road”, which explains itself.

MY WIFE was confined to a wheelchair. When Mango first opened, we complained about access. Mango told us that they could not put in a lift because the city planning authority would not allow it. Something to do with a listed property. I wonder

I DON’T know all the arguments for and against incineration – a lot seems to be “not in my back yard”. But surely alongside some recycling, burning our rubbish has to be preferable to digging holes and burying it. Hazel Ward, Badger Hill, York

100 years ago Our men had made themselves fairly comfortable in the trenches in the numerous quarries, and in the picturesque villages whose steep streets and red-tiled roofs climbed the slopes and peeked out amid the green and the russet of the

SCHOOLCHILDREN in York have been given a lesson on understanding and reporting abuse. Councillor Janet Looker, cabinet member for education, children and young people at City of York Council, visited Hob Moor Community Primary School with director

THE number of people out of work in York, North and East Yorkshire is continuing to fall and remains below the national average unemployment rate, according to the latest figures. The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in York

A YORK hairdressing salon has celebrated its birthday with a bang, raising more than £1,000 for charity. Bang Hair, on Low Petergate, celebrated their seventh birthday with a charity fundraising party, offering guests the chance to check out the

YORK-based rail company East Coast is offering children aged 5 to 11 years a chance to win a rail trip for themselves and all their classmates by designing a train to represent a happy journey. The competition, which closes on Friday (31 October

BUYING a home is out of the reach of many Yorkshire residents, a new report has claimed. The National Housing Federation said privately-rented homes are also becoming increasingly unaffordable, with people spending more than 28 per cent of their

PLANS for this year’s Illuminating York festival are well under way, and up-and- coming artists have revealed their plans for the event. The festival runs from Wednesday, October 29, to Saturday, November 1, and City of York Councillor Sonja Crisp

A WOMAN who fraudulently claimed almost £20,000 in benefits has been given a suspended sentence. Louise Tonks, 39, of Richmond Street, Bridlington, admitted making false statements to East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Department for Work

Picture gallery: Photographs from the York Rocks Against Cancer concert>> HUNDREDS of people attended a sell-out show to help raise money for a local charity. More than £5,000 was raised as part of the York Rocks Against Cancer

A FUNDRAISING drive to save a collection of books and letters by York social reformer Seebohm Rowntree is being stepped up. The Rowntree Society says it needs to raise £5,000 to buy the collection from an antiquarian bookseller and prevent it going

MOTORISTS were met with heavy tailbacks on the westbound carriageway of the A64 this morning. Three cars were in collision in the outside lane at about 8.10am today, close to Bilbrough Top. Nobody is thought to have been seriously injured in

A MAN whose life was saved by medical staff after he suffered a stroke and then cardiac arrest has returned home. Don Oakes, 83, from Heworth, made a remarkable recovery after being taken into A&E in a critical condition on Saturday night and

THE world’s first ever scented guidebook has gone on sale, offering visitors the chance to experience not only the sites the city has to offer but also the smells. From floral gardens to the pungent scent of the racecourse, Smell York even tries

THE Selby branch of the Green Party was officially formed at a meeting at a meeting in the town this week. Local Party Development Officer Martin Hemingway said Selby's new group echoed a trend across Yorkshire. He said: "Within the last few

THREE women from East Yorkshire are planning to trek through Sri Lankan jungle next year - after first raising £10,000 for a cancer charity. Louise Wilkinson, Vicki Kress and Clara Challoner-Walker, who all hail from Everingham, near Pocklington

THE victim of a hoax call that locked down a North Yorkshire town has spoken out about how it has affected him. Razaul Karim is the owner of Paragon Pizza in Knaresborough, which saw armed police seal off the town after they were told there was

VOTERS in Westfield are going to the polls today to elect a new councillor for City of York Council. The by-election brought about by the death of councillor Lynn Jeffries takes place today, with polling booths open across the ward from 7am to