Review: York Guildhall Orchestra, York Barbican, February 9 SATURDAY'S concert began with Humperdinck’s Prelude to Hänsel & Gretel. This was very enjoyable – a warm, glowing, hymn-like opening followed by music which danced with joy. Emily
WORK on a £4 million sausage factory expansion which will also see a visitor centre dubbed 'Sausage World' created looks set to start this summer, after being approved by planners. Hambleton District Council’s planning committee passed the scheme
FAME is not going to live forever at the Grand Opera House, York, alas. Instead Fame, The Musical's run from March 4 to 9 has been axed. The official cancellation notice reads: "Due to circumstances beyond the control of the producer and the theatre
CITY Screen, York, will be showing two films to mark Valentine's Day on Thursday. First up, a preview screening of If Beale Street Could Talk (15) will start at 5.55pm. This new adaptation of James Baldwin’s powerful novel by Moonlight director
POCKLINGTON RUFC were left conflicted at the full-time whistle as Bradford & Bingley clawed back a 12-point deficit to level - before missing the last-gasp conversion. It finished 29-29 at Percy Road, with the three points earned lifting Pock
THE Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club serves up an 8pm line-up of Paul Pirie, Tony Burgess, Njambi McGrath and master of ceremonies Damion Larkin on Friday at York Barbican. Paul Pirie began his stand-up career in 2004 in Scotland after giving up acting
A LAP dancing club has had its licence renewed - but some councillors raised concerns about the venue, saying they feel it is “unsavoury and demeaning”. Upstairs at 53 to 55 Micklegate applied for its existing sexual entertainment venue licence
YORK-based law firm Guest Walker has promoted one of its lawyers to the role of director. Deborah Barton has been promoted from an associate commercial property lawyer at the property law specialists and has joined the existing directors, John Walker
HOLY Moly & The Crackers have a new album on its way in April, preceded by a tour that takes in Helmsley Arts Centre on Friday and Pocklington Arts Centre the next night. Album number three by the North Yorkshire and Newcastle band, Take A Bite
THREE North Yorkshire cadets joined members of the region’s armed forces to be honoured for their contribution to their communities by one of the oldest merchant guilds in the country. Angus Gatus, 17 from Acomb, Daniella Recchia, 17 from Malton
YORK RI RUFC began their Yorkshire Four Premier fixtures in good fashion with a 27-13 win over Leeds Medics & Dentists. RI had qualified for the Premier section after finishing second in the south east section of division four, and they did
A YORK MP has spoken in Parliament to urge the government to implement ‘Claudia’s Law’. Claudia’s Law - the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill - came about as a result of campaigning by Peter Lawrence following the disappearance of his daughter
HEAVY machinery was brought in today to dismantle the former B&M store in Clifton Moor after it was destroyed by fire in the autumn last year. N Jagger Ltd started the demolition work with Nigel Jagger pictured in the Caterpillar excavator
WOMEN living in a York domestic abuse refuge are benefitting from a new weekly workshop funded by Benenden Health. The York health care provider' is paying for a series of sessions where women can socialise, make gifts and learn new skills. Refuge
MALTON & Norton RUFC suffered a bad day all-round as they crashed 38-0 at Driffield in North One East. The result saw the Kelleythorpe-based hosts leapfrog Malt in the table, with the Ryedale side slipping into the bottom half again. To
YORK City are looking to bolster their attacking options having loaned striker Macaulay Langstaff to National League North neighbours Bradford Park Avenue. Langstaff, 22, has agreed a one-month switch to the Horsfall Stadium, having failed to make
UPSKIRTING has been made a specific criminal offence after a Bill to ban the cruel craze received Royal Assent in the House of Lords. People convicted of taking an image or video of a victim's groin or buttocks under their clothing face being jailed
PRINCESS Anne is to visit York's National Railway Museum for the first time on Friday morning to see Queen Victoria’s recently restored railway carriage and unveil a plaque to mark the completion of the 14-month project, which included redecorating
BRITISH Horseracing Authority chief executive Nick Rust admits racing's six-day shutdown will have cost the sport millions - but insists he "absolutely stands by the decision" with meetings set to resume on Wednesday. The BHA announced on Monday
CULT Scottish musician King Creosote will play a tiny-capacity gig in the Stained Glass Centre, at St Martin-cum-Gregory Church, Micklegate, York, on April 4. "We're delighted to be hosting a very intimate solo show with King Creosote in this beautiful
PUPILS at a York school have been transported back to the 1940s as they took part in the school’s Second World War day. More than 90 children in Key Stage 2 at Burton Green Primary and their teachers arrived at school dressed as evacuees or war-time
YORK Light director and choreographer Martyn Knight is so grateful for his assistant director Sue Hawkesworth's contribution to staging Grease after he was struck by a stomach illness. "Sue has been an incredible support to me for this show. She's
A YORK GP has urged patients not to stockpile medications or ask for additional prescriptions as Brexit looms. Dr James Read, a GP Partner at Haxby Group, was seeking to ease patients’ concerns about the impact of Britain’s exit from the European
AN MP has hailed the ‘incredible’ achievements of a York technology company which is developing the next generation of brain scanners. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy was speaking after visiting the offices of York Instruments Ltd, based at York Science
YORK City striker Macaulay Langstaff has joined National League North neighbours Bradford Park Avenue in a one-month loan deal. Langstaff, 22, joined City in the summer from Gateshead and has scored five goals in 28 appearances.
A WILD wood adventure is waiting for families at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal this half term. A clay faces trail has sprung up on different trees in the water garden and by the abbey, waiting for little wanderers to explore. There are den
AN asset management company launched a new office in York last Thursday and will provide for an opportunity for private and business investors alike to invest in an exciting portfolio of entirely Yorkshire-based listed companies. Focusing on companies
PASSENGERS on two York Park & Ride services and ten other bus services are facing diversions and delays when a key route across the city centre closes completely for six weeks later this month. City of York Council has warned that residents
Following last month’s Yorkshire Pudding recipe, it will come as no surprise to hear that a good roast dinner is a firm favourite in our household. More often than not we opt for chicken; and it keeps us fed long after Sunday too! But how to make it
IF you went to secondary school in York then chances are we have photos in our archives from that time. We've been rummaging through our picture files to compile photo galleries from each of the city's secondary schools for you to enjoy and now
GYPSY Queen, Rob Ward’s drama about the unconventional love story between two professional boxers, will play York Theatre Royal Studio tomorrow as one of 11 venues on its third tour. Presented by Emmerson & Ward, playwright and actor Ward’s
A SPECIAL Christmas-themed concert will take place at Ripon Cathedral. The Christmas Jethro Tull Concert with Ian Anderson and special guests will be held on December 7 in the cathedral. The programme will include some of the best-known tracks in
HEATHER Small, billed as The Voice of M People, will play Fibbers, York, on April 17. As the focal point of M People, she had a string of Nineties' hits that included Moving On Up, One Night In Heaven and Search For The Hero, also charting with
SPONSORED CONTENT THERE is greater potential than ever for new technology to disrupt established industries. As such, investors have increased their focus on companies’ ‘disruptive’ abilities when considering investment opportunities. Disruption
FOR at least the last 50 years we have been told breakfast is the most important meal of the day with advice on its benefits still robustly issued by the public health departments of several developed nations. Yet this advice may not be entirely
Poor Barry Hamer, unhappy about living in a street called Thief Lane (Letters, February 8). How do you think I felt when I sold a car and the buyer asked for directions? “It’s just off Bad Bargain Lane,” I told him. Keith Lamb, Just off
LETTER: We are now seeing benefits of the EU Pamela Brown wonders if ‘there have been any attempts by EU negotiators to make our membership more appealing’ over the last two years (Letters, January 30). I suspect part of the problem is the failure
LETTER: Now committee must reject Bog scheme I read with interest the article regarding Tynedale Roadstone Ltd, who had applied to build an Asphalt Plant on Hessay Industrial Estate (Plan for plant as tall as five buses refused, January 28).
Having witnessed the decline in the standard of York’s roads in the years I’ve lived in the city I’m inclined to agree with Christian Vassie’s comments (Letters, February 7). The current short-term fixes employed by the current Lib Dem-Conservative
YORK is set to be milder than Venice, Athens and Istanbul by Friday as temperatures soar. High pressure over France is set to bring mild southerly winds and springlike conditions across the UK over the next few days, with plenty of dry and sunny
INJURY-PLAGUED York went down 29-20 to North One East table-toppers Scarborough despite leading 12-0 at half-time. George Davies, Rob Hodges and Lewis Hannibal claimed tries for the hosts and Jon Dawes kicked one conversion and a penalty at Clifton
ON-LOAN Mansfield Town defender David Mirfin is interested in a permanent move to York City. The 6ft 2in centre back will be out of contract at Field Mill in the summer and has agreed terms to stay at Bootham Crescent until the end of the current
York landmarks and the Yorkshire landscape are the inspirations behind the work of printmaker Michelle Hughes, discovers MAXINE GORDON MICHELLE Hughes didn’t have to travel far to make a study for her linocut print of Holgate Windmill – she can
How a love letter sparked a business idea for York mum of three NATALIA Willmott still gets a thrill at the memory of a love letter from her past. While a student, her boyfriend left her a note in her pigeonhole which read: “You have the keys
THE owners of one of York’s top restaurants still cannot say when it will reopen, more than three years after it was devastated by flooding. They say complex structural repairs to the Blue Bicycle in Walmgate have finally been completed but restoration
A PHONE voicemail allegedly recorded a woman’s objections as she was raped, York Crown Court heard. Michael Paul McConachy’s actions woke the woman as she slept in her own bed, said Simon Reevell, prosecuting. “On that morning, he wanted sex
A DRINK driver who crashed into a construction vehicle on a cordoned off stretch of the A64 has been jailed. Warren Richard Lill, 42, was three times the drink drive limit and drove off in his Peugeot 307 from the collision near Malton on December
PASTY lovers will once again be able to get their fix as a popular bakers reopens today. The Cornish Bakery, on Colliergate, will open its doors from 8am today, four months after the shop was forced to close following a fire. Seven fire crews
