NINETY five per cent of tickets have sold for Sleeping Beauty, so don't nod off like Martha Gosnold's snoring Fairy Snow Flake, book asap instead. Gosnold, in her pink boots, red and white stockings and party dress is an instant hit in her first
NOT only Dame Berwick Kaler is calling time on pantomime this winter. So too is fellow veteran Ken Morley, the Coronation Street alumnus, 2015 Celebrity Big Brother ejectee and voice of excitable double glazing adverts. "This will be my last one
RESIDENTS living near the entrance to Fulford School may finally see an end to their twice daily traffic nightmare. The Press reported in June how frustrated householders claimed there was ‘absolute chaos’ in Fulfordgate every weekday morning and
ANDREW STOCKS is the new head PGA professional at Kilnwick Percy Golf Club. Stocks was formerly senior assistant professional at Sandmoor Golf Club in Leeds and Darwin Escapes, owners of Kilnwick Percy Golf Club, declared they were delighted to
THE talking is over – he has not been available for interviews this week – and tomorrow night Dame Berwick Kaler will begin his 40th and last pantomime at York Theatre Royal. Between now and February 2, he will perform the entirely original The
MICHAEL FAFERA has continued his perfect start to life as a professional boxer - winning his second-ever fight in just 65 seconds. The 23-year-old Huntington fighter wore shorts featuring a picture of him and his father, who passed away unexpectedly
INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into a tanker crash which left a driver in hospital. The crash - which was captured on dashcam footage - took place on the A19 at Crockey Hill at about 12.50pm on Monday and involved four vehicles - an articulated
Tonight is the best chance for star gazers to catch a glimpse of Comet 46P – aka the Christmas comet – in the night skies above York. Comet 46P/Wirtanen will be close enough and bright enough to be visible with the naked eye from a dark spot.
COUNCILLORS will be asked to approve funding to dual a section of the York outer ring road next week. City of York Council's Executive will be asked on Thursday, December 20, to recommend match funding of about £2.8m for the dualling of the road
FIRE crews, paramedics and police were called to a chemical spill at a hotel. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Kirkbymoorside, Pickering, Thirsk and Malton were called to the hotel in Helmsley at just after 1pm, and joined by North
A NEW network of volunteers has been launched in York and North Yorkshire, ready for any emergency - from floods and fires to blizzards and power cuts. Ready for Anything has been set up by the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum in a bid to
DRINK and drug drivers will see their names and photographs made public this Christmas. North Yorkshire Police say they hope that naming and shaming convicted drink and drug drivers will deter others from carrying out the same crime. The force
YORK City boss Sam Collins will not accept Harrogate Town’s 3G pitch as justification for another below-par performance this weekend. Collins admitted after last weekend’s 2-0 National League North defeat at Boston United that he was “sick of hearing
THERE have been a “concerning” number of incidents in violence and aggression towards City of York Council staff in the past six months, according to a report. It also said there had been a 50 per cent increase in reports of injuries caused by
A TREE planting ceremony has been held to celebrate a milestone anniversary for a charity which works to help York Minster preserve its past and inspire future generations. A new cherry tree was planted beside the Queen’s Path at the Minster on
THREE Tory MPs from York and North Yorkshire have indicated they will back Theresa May in tonight's vote of confidence. A spokesman for York Outer MP Julian Sturdy said he would be supporting the Prime Minister, as he took the view that changing
YOUNGSTERS at a York primary school were treated to a production of War Horse by drama students from a school in County Durham. Year 5 and 6 pupils at Tang Hall Primary School welcomed secondary school pupils from High Tunstall College of Science
THE York Dungeon and Merlin’s Magic Wand have delivered an early Christmas present to York Hospital. The dungeon visitor attraction, in Clifford Street, has joined forces with the charity of parent company Merlin Entertainments to donate a portable
KATE Rusby is off on her Christmas travels once more with her South Yorkshire carols, regular band, festive brass boys and a new toy reindeer. As the Barnsley folk nightingale prepares for her sleigh ride to York and Harrogate, she tells Charles
THE Snowman is to visit a York department store this weekend as he celebrates his 40th anniversary - but he no longer looks set to see real snow falling in the city. The iconic figure, who first featured in Raymond Briggs’ book without words in
THE Howl & The Hum, winners of the Best Live Performance prize in the 2018 York Culture Awards, headline Friday's annual All Star Boss Caine Fibbers Festive Fundraiser. Playing too at Fibbers, in York, will be The Boss Caine Big Band; York
TWO vehicles crashed on the A64 on the outskirts of York today (December 12). North Yorkshire Police said the collision was reported at 8.15am and happened near the Hopgrove roundabout, where the A64 meets the A1237. Both vehicles were travelling
IN 1858, Charles Dickens came to Yorkshire to give public readings of A Christmas Carol. To celebrate the 160th anniversary, John O'Connor invites you to "experience what it must have been like to have been in the audience" as he transforms himself
A MURAL with the autographs of more than 20 famous jockeys has raised £500 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The autographs were collected by Malcolm Dowson, a raceday staff supervisor at York Racecourse, during the Yorkshire Summer Festival of
DASHING dancers Diversity will mark their their tenth anniversary next year with their Born Ready tour, visiting York Barbican on October 1. Since winning the third series of Britain’s Got Talent, beating Scottish singer Susan Boyle in front of
A YORK solicitors' firm has been named the best in the region and is in the running for a prestigious national award. The Legal 500, a nationally respected legal directory, has named Howard & Byrne as the Yorkshire and Humber entry in the shortlist
CITY Screen's preview screening of Betsy West and Julie Cohen's RBG (PG) on December 20 in York will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by film producer Mia Bays. The 98-minute documentary celebrates the life and work of U.S. Supreme Court
LEGAL aid spending on civil cases in York has fallen by more than half in the last five years. Legal aid was set up in 1949 to ensure those who could not afford legal advice or representation could still access the justice system in their time
Carol concert of the Week The Ebor Singers, A Ceremony of Carols, National Centre for Early Music, York, Sunday IN the darkened, candlelit church of the National Centre of Early Music, in Walmgate, York, The Ebor Singers present their annual
PLANS for the Government to create a Domestic Abuse Commissioner role have been welcomed with caution by a York charity. This week, the Home Office announced a Designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner would be appointed to transform the Government's
LION sculptures could be installed throughout York as part of a temporary art trail. Destination management company Make It York is considering plans for a sculpture route through the city in the spring of 2020. At a City of York Council meeting
AFTER 41 years of wondering if she will ever manage to leave, the transition phase has finally been completed. I refer of course to Voyager 2, which has radioed home and confirmed she’s left the solar system behind after an epic journey studying
THE headline in The Press on Tuesday, December 11 warns of potential crush danger at the York Christmas market. The article speaks of the danger to people with disabilities, and to children and those with pushchairs. But there is no mention of the
TWO graduates are appealing for young writers for a new website that was launched yesterday. Joe Tomsett and Finn Grant are looking for new voices for Alumni Weekly Review, a website for new and bold ideas. Joe said: “Anyone with any views
FORMER England footballer Paul Gascoigne has appeared in court to deny sexually assaulting a woman by kissing her on a train travelling from York to Newcastle. The 51-year-old was arrested on August 20 while travelling from York and last month
Chief reporter Mike Laycock’s conscience-pricking article regarding the withdrawal of a motability car from disabled man Stephen Scott caused me to hold my breath in disbelief (Disabled man told ‘you don’t need car’, December 10). What society have
Christmas in York is traditionally a time for charity and helping those worse off than ourselves. Street collections in St Helen’s Square, carol singers rattling buckets for spare change, meals laid on for our ever-growing number of homeless citizens
LOOK at this photograph, and then look again. Yes, it really is York's Blue Bridge: the one which spans the Foss where it merges with the River Ouse. The large open field to the left of the photograph behind the Foss was apparently called Mollett
THE Press would like to thank the following companies for making a contribution towards the annual Christmas Teddy appeal. Christmas Teddies appeared in the Press on Wednesday 12th December 2018, raising money for the children's wards at York and
COLOURFUL Christmas jumpers will be the uniform of the day for staff at a North Yorkshire car dealership. Ray Chapman Motors in Seven Street, Malton, will be one of many businesses and organisations across North and East Yorkshire and York joining
A MAJOR event will be held in a York square on Friday to mark the 100th anniversary of women voting for the first time at a General Election. Organisers from York Women’s Forum say ‘York women count!’, taking place between noon and 2pm in St Helen
THE price for collecting bulky waste items should be halved, according to a councillor. Residents currently pay £44 for up to 10 items to be collected from outside their homes, or £26 per fridge and freezer. But Cllr Andrew Waller, executive
A MAN behaved “like the Incredible Hulk” when he smashed his way into his former partner’s house and tried to get into the bedroom where she and others had taken refuge, York Crown Court heard. Christopher Jenkins was “foaming at the mouth” and
RECYCLING and bin collections in York need to be completely overhauled, according to a councillor who branded the service “garbage”. Cllr Mark Warters (Independent, Osbaldwick and Derwent) said the council’s recycling rates are “pathetic” and said
A BRAVE York schoolboy who has had 157 blood transfusions to cope with a rare illness is today celebrating his 10th birthday. William Rhodes needed to be resuscitated at birth and was found to have Diamond Blackfan Anaemia, a rare disorder which
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