SHAKESPEARE'S Rose Theatre, Europe's first pop-up Elizabethan theatre, was the two-time winner at tonight's York Culture Awards 2018 ceremony. North Yorkshire impresario James Cundall's Lunchbox Theatrical Productions company picked up the awards
THE evegreen entertainer was on good form, and his guest stars several notches higher. Jools Holland is a regular and popular visitor to Yorkshire, and last Friday's sold-out crowd knew exactly what to expect. While Chris Holland, alike in almost
POLICE are investigating reports that a fat naked man masturbated in front of a female student in York. In a statement, North Yorkshire Police said: "The incident occurred at 1.15pm on Sunday as the 20-year-old woman was walking alone on Windmill
NEARLY 6,000 people may have had their data breached after a City of York Council app was hacked. The council was contacted by a hacker who said they had found a way to access personal data, including phone numbers, encrypted passwords and addresses
POLICE are appealing for information in relation to a hate crime that happened last month onboard a train between Leeds and York. At about 11.30pm on 27 October, a man was on board a Trans Pennine Express service where he began making racially
THE Visionari, the community group set up by York Theatre Royal to help influence and shape future work, has programmed its first season of new theatre. The Visionari Studio Discoveries programme will run in the 100-seat Studio from tomorrow evening
DANNY GRAY bagged a brace as Huntington Rovers continued to underline their York Minster Engineering League title potential with a 5-1 triumph over Dringhouses The final flattered Rovers somewhat after Dringhouses had been in control for much of
POLICE have released CCTV footage of a man they would like to speak to. In a Tweet, North Yorkshire Police, said: "He may hold information regarding a report about the safety of a woman in York on Saturday." .@NYorksPolice release CCTV
THE father of a disabled child has said he was “really annoyed” to see the Lord Mayor of York’s car parked in disabled bays at a York hotel. The limo, with personalised number plate DN1, is used to take the Lord Mayor Cllr Keith Orrell to civic
THE parents of missing Rory Johnson-Hatfield have returned to York - three years after his disappearance. Doug Hatfield and Liz Johnson were back in the city to continue their search - as North Yorkshire Police launched a social media re-enactment
North Yorkshire Police has confirmed that Darren James' family have been located and notified about his sudden death. -------------------------------------------------------------- Police need to find the next-of-kin of a Selby man found dead
PLANS for two new colleges at the University of York will worsen parking problems for residents, according to councillors. The scheme will provide accommodation for 1,480 students but Hull Road ward councillors Michael Pavlovic and Neil Barnes
YORK folk musician Joshua Burnell will launch his third album at Pocklington Arts Centre on Wednesday night, although The Road To Horn Fair will not be released officially until February 15. Nevertheless, Joshua will have copies available at the
AN apprentice electrician from Selby scooped a bronze medal at a national championships. Michael White, 30, who goes to York College won the bronze for electrical installation at the WorldSkills UK competition held at the NEC, Birmingham. He
A MAN is today on the run from a potential prison sentence for evading fees at a council dump. For months, Simon James Foster, 36, repeatedly took vehicles loaded with large items of rubbish to the household waste centre in Hazel Court, York, and
SARAH JACKSON starred as Burnholme inflicted the first defeat on Acomb Cons Club in the York John Smith’s Ladies’ Darts League. Jane Dobson, Jo West, Marj Pearson and Sharon Matthews sealed Burnholme’s victory over the table-toppers. Fulfordgate
1 City’s defence and midfield needed to be 15 yards further up the pitch out of possession The first half in Cheshire was a passive affair with the ball almost passed to death as neither side committed the necessary numbers forward to unlock two
A LORRY and a van were involved in a crash on a busy road near York this morning. It happened on the A19 at Shipton. The collision was reported to North Yorkshire Police at around 9.15am. The force said it was a “minor collision.” It added
A MAN has been banned from every pub in York for five years. North Yorkshire Police applied for a Criminal Behaviour Order against Emlyn Thomas, 37, following a string of convictions for anti-social behaviour, abusive behaviour and being drunk
A CASH machine was targeted by raiders near York - just hours after a similar attack earlier the same day. The Press reported on Friday that an ATM at the Co-op store in Beckfield Lane, Acomb, was attacked and damaged. North Yorkshire Police said
ONE of York’s oldest pubs now has one of the city’s youngest landladies. Steff McGurk, 23, who initially moved to York from Bridlington to study business management at York St John University, has worked at The Ackhorne for two and a half years
FORMER England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on board a train. The 51-year-old was arrested at Durham station on August 20 and on Monday British Transport Police confirmed that he had been charged with
APPRENTICES from across York are being urged to register to graduate. City of York Council has put out a final call to anyone who has recently completed an apprenticeship or will be finishing their training between November last year and November
TWO new roundabouts have been built in a North Yorkshire town to improve air quality. The junction improvement work at Bond End in Knaresborough has been completed on schedule, which has also seen four new zebra crossings created. The scheme
A SOCIAL media campaign will take place tonight recreating the last known movements of Rory Johnson Hatfield. Rory was 29 when he went missing on a night out in York on Thursday, November 19, 2015, and was last seen in the early hours of November
TWO bikes have been stolen from a shed in York. North Yorkshire Police said a shed was broken into on Tamworth Road, off Water Lane, overnight on Saturday. A blue Pinacle Hybrid cycle, a black and red Cannondale Racing cycle with PR Racing
Review, Reef, Fibbers, York, November 16 IF you are looking for a band to deliver an uplifting set filled with crowd-pleasing hits, look no further, as Reef rolled into town to play Fibbers last Friday. After a brilliant supporting set by Broken
Where’s joined up thinking on diesel? THE Government, in its wisdom, is trying to bring about the demise of diesel cars on our roads, in view of the toxicity of diesel exhaust emissions. Should it surprise anyone that the same Government has
YOUR piece on extra cash to fix potholes (£1m extra cash to fix city roads, November 13) exposes the fiction of devolution from the current Conservative government. After seeing York forced to cut almost £100 million over the past decade, the Government
YOU have to give credit to the Prime Minister, Theresa May, for being spectacularly resilient in this Brexit fiasco. She has made terrible political decisions going back to her time as Home Secretary - so how has she survived the past two years
Review: York Musical Society, York Minster, November 17 AFTER the week that brought us the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, York Musical Society’s Saturday concert programme was crafted to both reflect on the tragedy of war and
SAINSBURY’S worker Andrew Fair has come face to face with his portrait following a unique arts project. Andrew, who works at the Monks Cross store, was one of six “York Heroes” selected by local people and painted by Wigginton artist Sue Clayton
In 1880 a man we know only as Mr Waterworth painted a wonderful watercolour of Clifford's Tower seen from what is now Tower Gardens. There's a lot going on in his painting. In Waterworth's day, Clifford's Tower was mainly hidden by the imposing
LIKE most of York, Hungate has a long, rich history. The name means something like 'street of the hounds' in old Norse, and sure enough there is evidence that the Vikings did once build houses here, on the edge of the old Roman settlement. In medieval
PEOPLE who have loads of children often do so, I suspect, for much the same reason that couples renew wedding vows. They like a celebration, and they want to be at the centre of it. Surely three, at the most four, children is enough for one family
A WOMAN from York has told how her life was turned upside down by a shock heart attack - aged just 41. Jayne Reynolds was working as a home care assistant when she started to get a twinge of pain in her chest, which became progressively worse during
NEW ways to pay at car parks in the city centre could include technology that would enable shoppers to top up their parking on their phones without having to return to their vehicle. As part of a City of York Council meeting about Marygate car
A HEALTH watchdog says a series of significant improvements have been made at a York GP practice - but has kept it in special measures for now. Unity Health, which runs Kimberlow Hill and Wenlock Terrace surgeries, was originally rated ‘inadequate
ANOTHER stunning stained glass window from York’s Barley Studio has been unveiled in London - this time by the Queen. The window, created by Helen Whittaker at the studio in Dunnington, has gone up at the RAF Club in Piccadilly as part of the centenary
TRIBUTES have been paid to an award-winning York teacher described as an “inspiration” by colleagues, who died after collapsing in school. Karen Doyle, 56, was a highly respected and much-loved teacher at Haxby Road Primary Academy and collapsed
