THEY'VE had the parties, they've won the awards - now York's most decorated high street is to have its very own beers as well. Bishopthorpe Road traders have helped make three charity ales, using ingredients sold in their shops. Stu Small,
TIM Brooke-Taylor has never been to Selby. "The nearest I ever came to going there was when Graeme [fellow Goodies star Graeme Garden] got married at Selby Abbey, but I was abroad at the time, so I couldn't go," he recalls. "But Graeme said it
CHARLES HUTCHINSON meets the history man behind the hysterical pub-loving comedian taking on ninny state nonsense in his new live stand-up tour, One Man, One Guvnor. THERE are two Al Murrays. One is an erudite Oxford history graduate, who understands
YORKSHIRE theatre company Northern Broadsides have won the Best New Play award at the 2014 UK Theatre Awards for their touring co-production of Deborah McAndrew's An August Bank Holiday Lark with the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme. "I'm
THE January 2016 world premiere of Bev Jones's musical Penny Millionaire at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, is taking shape. Producer Lesley Jones has confirmed several elements are in place already. "I have the 11-piece orchestra booked
CHAIRMAN Maurice Crichton is taking a phlegmatic approach to directing a Yorkshire Shakespeare Project production for the first time. "If you don't enjoy it, we're not doing it right," he says, as the countdown continues to YSP's All's Well That
YORK Theatre Royal goes back to black to welcome the return of Susan Hill's chilling tale The Woman In Black from Monday, having played host to the ghost story last year. Made in Yorkshire, transported across the world, Stephen Mallatratt's stage
THE West End hit musical Jersey Boys brings the life story and music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to Hull New Theatre from this week to November 22. Tim Driesen takes the role of frontman Frankie Valli in a show that charts the American
Only One Question for...Oliver Mills, composer and musical director for York Settlement Community Players' world premiere of Rohilla What music have you written for Graham Sanderson's new play Rohilla, the story of the Whitby community coming to
DIRECT from four sold-out seasons in London’s Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, the British circus troupe Cirque Berserk is revving up for a nationwide tour, visiting the Grand Opera House, York, with its speeding daredevil motorcyclists for three shows
AHEAD of the game as ever, Robert Readman will stage Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale musical Into The Woods in York in early December, before Rob Marshall's new movie version with Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick and Emily Blunt opens in January
YORK street theatre company Nightshade Productions are moving indoors this season, taking over a former school outfitters' shop in Colliergate to stage a site-specific production of CharlesDickens's A Christmas Carol. This month, the old Rawcliffes
FOR the first time in almost 20 years, Squeeze stalwarts Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have taken to the road as a duo on the amusingly titled The At Odds Couple Tour. The penultimate autumn date of 11 brings their sometimes turbulent partnership
FOUR days, 15 venues, 300 films, the 2014 Aesthetica Short Film Festival will linger long in the memory. The "short" is not a reference to the length of last week's festival in York, but a description of the films that range from comedy and drama
THREE-TIME world poetry slam champion Buddy Wakefield is on his way to York next month at the invitation of performance poet Henry Raby. "This performance will be part of his UK tour, and we’re very excited to have Buddy here in York for this special
PUB landlord and former bricklayer Sam Robinson, owner of 1331 restaurant and bar in Grape Lane, York, is preparing to screen his first feature film to an audience of several hundred at York’s Reel Cinema tonight. Although he is new to filmmaking
Benedict Cumberbatch tells STEVE PRATT about the injustices faced by his latest screen hero, the wartime code-breaker Alan Turing. BENEDICT Cumberbatch wants to act stupid. The actor who’s found acclaim and fame on both sides of the Atlantic with
York St John’s University Ceremony 4 Arts Doctor of Philosophy David Michael Matcham, Amy Jayne Christmas. Degree of Master of Arts Applied Theatre Stephanie Grace Durkin, Catherine Anne McNulty, Natalie Rose Quatermass, Bakhtiar
LORD Indarjit Singh was made an honorary doctor of laws by York St John University yesterday. Lord Singh is widely regarded as the religious and secular voice of British Sikhs and was given the award, alongside hundreds of graduates at York Minster
A £60,000 DEAL has been secured by a staircase specialist after a digital support programme saw sales enquiries almost double. Bosses at Helmsley-based Bisca have reported expansion of the business's operation alongside sourcing new customers after
THE Press Business Awards has welcomed on board a new sponsor for this year's event. The York CORE, York’s pure fibre digital network for businesses has stepped up to sponsor the Tourism and Hospitality category of The Press Business Awards.
Some of the casualties of the Chancellor's austerity drive are jobs the council once did as a matter of course. So who's doing them now? MATT CLARK finds out. HE MIGHT be doing battle with the EU over migrants and unpaid bills these days, but David
THE Burning Duck Comedy Club, York’s "new alternative comedy solution", will return for its second night next Tuesday (NOV 18) at the Black Swan. Run monthly by promoter Al Greaves upstairs at the Peasholme Green pub, the club will welcome the
CHANGES to financial reporting regulations will give businesses an opportunity to increase the value of their assets according to a NorthYorkshire chartered surveyor. Sanderson Weatherall, which has an office in Easingwold, is hailing the changes
FOR a moment you could see what the man from The Times was saying on Wednesday. Yes, this 11-piece folk big band doesn’t “allow much room for introspection or light and shade” and Jon Boden’s voice is “functional at best”. All true but, oh, what
HERE are a few notes stuck on the fridge door of my week. No theme attends these accounts, other than their being posted together. Jools Holland is more my sort of thing, but last weekend, the night after seeing Mr Holland’s big band opus at the
JACK STEARMAN has reiterated the need for his New Earswick All Blacks ARLC side to make White Rose Avenue a fortress in order to have any chance of promotion. All Blacks are yet to notch an away win in the Pennine League but have been good at home
HPH York Vale Cricket League clubs have voted to introduce a player loan scheme from next season. The idea is to help those clubs struggling for numbers and was first mooted at club forums run by the league in York and Riccall towards the end of
DEFENDING Yetton Trophy champions York Indoor Bowls Club were made to fight all the way by Selby on their way to an 86-71 victory. Carol Banks, Lynda Parker, Zoe Eagles and Helen Walker’s away rink kept the aggregate scores close early on as they
THE five life members of the York Amateur Bowling Association Veterans section - with a combined age of 441 - got together for the first time at the annual general meeting. Former York City forward Alf Patrick was joined by fellow life members
YORK Indoor Bowls Club's two teams maintained their 100 per cent records to remain top in both the Yorkshire Leagues. They each picked up 16 points from their victories against Doncaster and Doncaster 'B' respectively, with both York teams scoring
NEW Earswick Indoor Bowls Club took 12 points from an amazing victory over Harrogate in Yorkshire League division two. At New Earswick, Dennis Ellis, Gary Stockton, Andrew Fothergill and skip Brian Gray were all square at 6-6 after seven ends.
TOTO SKYLLACHY, who bounded home with six lengths to spare on his latest visit to Southwell last week, returns to the Fibresand circuit today with good prospects of landing a milestone success. The well-travelled North Yorkshire gelding is on the
JAMES FORD reckons dual-registration agreements can continue to provide positives to York City Knights - but he is dead against diluting the club's identity. Rookie head coach Ford is set to meet with Castleford Tigers counterpart Daryl Powell
A BOSS has been appointed for a new organisation tasked with marketing, business development, culture and tourism in York. Steve Brown has been recruited as managing director of the new public private partnership ‘Make It York,' which will operate
New Earswick Musical Society has running since 1914, and its dedication to musical theatre has not diminished. Mack and Mabel is no exception. Charting the relationship of “King of Comedy” Mack Sennet and his muse Mabel Normand, the society throws
BECAUSE of the terrible loss of life, we tend to think most British soldiers who fought in the Great War perished on the Western Front. However, the reality is nine out of ten survived and Private George Sykes was one of them. George signed up
THE PRESS is known for campaigns that raise awareness of the big issues facing our city. Today we launch another that may not be as important as stamping out poverty, but we think saving local pubs has much merit. Which is why we are calling on
LET US remember that in the two great conflicts so much in our minds, everyone who died, whether military or civilian, was some mother’s son or daughter whichever side they were on. Maybe next May would be a good time to reflect on our reconciliation
ONCE again the veterans from the associations in York were allotted a place at the rear of this parade. Not only were these very proud men and women with their medals and standards marching in this position, but they were behind the ambulance, which
ALTHOUGH I voted against joining the Common Market many years ago, the current advice being given to the Government seems to hold some substance, it being suggested that the United Kingdom would be unable to inwardly source all its needs if withdrawing
WHILE I consider myself to have a good sense of humour, I thought the caption “Road Hogs” above the photo of a poor pig being rescued from the horrific road accident (Friday, November 7) was to say the least in poor taste. The effect of this crash
A BIG thank you to Lee Wright, Mobile Valeting Service, for stopping to help my husband and I on Monday, November 3, on St Stephen’s Hill. My husband had collapsed and couldn’t move. He took us both to the doctors at Beech Grove. Thank
D. MCTERNAN (Letters, November 5) is spot on when saying that York is completely different to the European “model transport system” cities that the vested interest Europhiles keep quoting when furthering their quest to make the narrow streets of our
WITH regard to the letter from Cllr Warters of November 1, I would like to point out an inaccuracy that he and others are continuing to promote. There is no gypsy, Roma or traveller site proposed for Elvington; what is proposed is a small expansion
ISN’T it time that the sale of fireworks were strictly regulated? In common with many other people, I like to see fireworks and bought some for the grandkids. But I object to the sale of them so early. We had them going off near us for just
IF, in the general election 2015, the population has to vote for a person they trust and believe in I forecast that very few votes will be cast. Some time ago members of parliament recommended for themselves a ten per cent pay increase while the
I WAS glad to read that the new market is not finished: the council must still have £1.59 million to spend of the £1.6 total cost. What a shambles. The new tents opposite the fish/meat stalls are filthy, the covering of the other stalls looks cheap
YORK has lost patience with Labour. James Alexander and his Labour colleagues on the council must be wondering how they got things so wrong. The recent poll by The Press shows just how bad things have got. Asked how they would vote in the May local
I READ with much dismay in last Friday’s edition of The Press that a branch of Sainsbury’s is due to be opened below the new apartments in Swan Court (‘Swan Vista’ article, November 7). Honestly, do the citizens of York really need yet another
AM I the only person when watching modern day football played on TV, thinks how refreshing it would be if a player, on receiving the ball in the six yard area, was to shoot for goal instead of looking for a team-mate to pass to. Peter Rickaby,
BISHOPTHORPE Road is today is a shadow of its former self (The Press, November 11). In its heyday it was the centre for shopping; today it is overrated, a few foreign food cafés and nothing like it used to be. I was brought up in the area and Bishopthorpe
A MEDAL from the First World War which was found underneath a York children's play area has been reunited with the family of its recipient. The Victory Medal, awarded to Private George Henry Sykes, was found in the late 1990s by Cyril Binns during
100 years ago The British army’s historic stand at Ypres was described in a brief but graphic message issued by the Press Bureau. The character of the fighting had been one of frequent and vigorous infantry attacks from the Germans, accompanied
TOUR guide Sarah Milne-Day has a dramatic story to tell her son when he is older, after her waters broke unexpectedly in York Minster. Sarah was nearing the end of her year-long course to become a Blue Badge guide for Yorkshire when her son Atticus
STAFF parents and pupils at Driffield CE Infant School are celebrating after Ofsted inspectors ruled that it is a rated it as “good” school. Their latest report has found that the school is good in all key areas, building on the success of a previous
SIX Yorkshire charities have benefited from a £125,000 donations from Yorkshire business Bettys and Taylors. Staff from the six Bettys tearooms around the county - including two in York - the cookery school and craft bakery and Taylors of Harrogate
A COUNCILLOR has been warned that his two controversial planning applications - for a travellers' site and a statue - put him at risk of infringing councillors' code of conduct. However, City of York Council, which originally refused to validate
EMMA Hutchinson, aged ten, conquered all her classmates and won the annual conker championship at Carlton In Snaith Primary School. The championship, believed to be the only one still held at an English school, has been held at the Carlton school
AN EXPLORATION of truth, religious intolerance and the English Reformation will be held in York next week. Collections Unlocked is part of York Minster’s adult learning programme and will look at contemporary events in Iraq, Syria, Northern Nigeria
AN AMATEUR photographer from North Yorkshire has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for these two stunning images. Tim Burton, of Tadcaster, is competing in the amateur photographer category of the 5th annual EEF/Lombard ‘Make it
THE 22-year-old man accused of attempting to rape a woman in Walmgate has appeared before York Crown Court via a video link from prison. Nathan Thomas O’Brien, of no fixed address, was not asked to enter a plea during the brief hearing, but his
A CEREMONY congratulating young people who have helped their communities will be held today. North Yorkshire Police’s Lifestyle Challenge urged young people aged ten to 16 to form groups and carry out projects in their local areas to benefit their
THE York branch of the Yorkshire Building Society is to give money to five good causes to mark a landmark anniversary. The building society in Feasegate, along with other branches across the country, marked the society’s 150th anniversary by asking
CITY of York councillors will not have the chance to scrutinise the Lendal Bridge closure, after a key committee voted against the idea despite a damning report made public today. The Economic and City Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee
It was only a matter of time before Cbeebies’ hit show Octonauts was adapted for the stage, and this touring production has the same appealing ingredients as the original television series, making it a perfect introduction to the theatre for little
MORE than £2m will go towards improving York's mental health services in coming months. NHS Property Services and NHS England have set up two schemes to improve local NHS services to address property and facilities issues in York and ensure all
THE sentencing of a retired deputy head teacher for child abuse has been adjourned because he said he could not get from his car to York Crown Court. Anthony Herbert Place, 76, was not in the dock when his case was called on. His barrister
COUNCILLORS in North Yorkshire have backed a call to stop young people leaving rural areas. At North Yorkshire County Council's quarterly meeting in Northallerton yesterday the council supported a motion which recognised a "worrying outflow of
THE adventures of a York schoolboy who fought in the First World War have been collected by his former school. Oliver Bernard Ellis attended Bootham School between 1912 and 1916, and joined the Royal Naval Air Service to fight in the First World
THE Press today launches a campaign to give York residents a fair say on the future of the city's pubs. Our Be Vocal For Your Local appeal calls on City of York Council and the Government to give residents a voice on under-threat premises by adapting
THE funeral will take place tomorrow of a well-known local sportsman, Brett Beech, who died last week following a long illness after undergoing heart surgery two years ago. Brett, who was 86, was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, came to the Selby
NORTH Yorkshire’s anti-travelling criminal squad arrested three people at Wetherby Services after two men allegedly tried to use fake £50 notes in Northallerton. Police spotted the trio’s car as it headed south down the A1 just after lunchtime
THE demolition of parts of a former hospital to make way for a food store and restaurant is to be discussed by councillors. Hambleton District Council's planning committee will debate the proposals, which have been recommended for approval by officers
YOUNGSTERS from a Scout group have helped with vital conservation work on the North York Moors. The First Marton Moor Scouts in Tockwith did a sponsored walk in the North York Moors raising money for the National Park Authority to help look after
SIMON DYSON has an early start as he tees off in the Turkish Airlines Open today. The York-born golfer is in the second group out (6.55am GMT) at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course, in Antalya, with fellow countryman David Lynn and Frenchman Romain
DETECTIVES are appealing for two witnesses to come forward following a violent street robbery which left a man seriously injured. The incident took place between midnight and 1am on Tuesday on Valley Road, Northallerton, near the junction with
Are you unsure where to start at the York Beer & Cider Festival? Are you overwhelmed by choice - or perhaps new to real ale in general? If so, let us help - here are 10 superb beers, all from Yorkshire breweries and covering a wide range of
