SLAP, York’s pay-what-you-can contemporary performance festival, opens on Wednesday. Run by Lydia Cottrell and Sophie Unwin, from York company 70/30 Split, the four-day Social Live Art Performance event supports the development of “risky, small-scale
POCKLINGTON RUFC have claimed a big scalp in North One East after coming from behind to beat table-toppers Scarborough 25-7 on their own turf. The seasiders led 7-5 at the break but when Pocklington took control after the restart, the victory could
THE new Community Stadium will not be completed in time for the start of York City’s 2019-20 campaign. York City Knights will also not be able to move in during the current rugby league season as previously planned. The Press can today reveal
THESE RAF Tornados have flown over York today as part of a farewell tour for the planes. The aircraft have been flown over many of the country's RAF bases, including RAF Leeming, RAF Topcliffe and RAF Linton-On-Ouse today, in a series of flypasts
THE family of a York man will mark the first anniversary of his death in a skiing accident with a major fundraising event and the unveiling of a plaque at a city centre bar at the weekend. The private party will be staged on Sunday night at Kennedy
A YORK woman whose parents were killed in the Manchester Arena bombing has expressed the opinion that Shamima Begum should not be allowed to return to the UK. Ms Begum fled her east London home aged 15 to travel to Syria to support IS, but now
EIGHTIES' soul crooner Paul Young will perform his most successful album, No Parlez, to mark its 35th anniversary on a tour that will visit York Barbican on May 30 at 8pm. His debut solo long player topped the British charts for five weeks en route
DETAILED plans for 80 new homes to be built on Bootham Crescent have been revealed. A planning application says 64 market-value houses and 16 affordable homes will be built on the 4.25 acre site following the demolition of the existing stadium
ALMOST £16,000 has been raised in an appeal to help meet the medical costs of a young York father who suffered head injuries in a scooter crash in Cambodia. The £50,000 appeal to aid Joe Quarcoo-Morrissey, 24, from the Fulford Road area, was only
GARY BALLANCE expects England to thrive under the pressure of being tagged as favourites for this summer’s one-day World Cup on home soil. England are the number one ranked side in ODI cricket, winning 12 of their last 14 series since mid-2016.
TWENTY FIVE members of the York Printmakers are exhibiting on Pyramid Gallery's first floor as part of director and curator Terry Brett's 25th anniversary year at the Stonegate art space in York. Founded in 2015, this group of diverse artists with
YORK RUFC eased their North One East relegation concerns with a tense 24-20 triumph at Cleckheaton. Daz Rutherford, Jon Dawes, Luke Stockton and Toby Atkin all claimed tries for the visitors, with Dawes kicking two conversions. But York had to
THE wife of a missing trainee teacher has made a heartfelt plea for information about his disappearance, describing him as “a much-loved husband and father.” Nicholas Harper, from Pickering, was last seen on February 7. As previously reported
YORK RI RUFC rose to third in Yorkshire Four after a fine 12-5 win at Knaresborough. RI have now won both their matches since the division was split into the premier and shield sections, but they now face arguably their toughest task as they host
CORONATION Street star Tina O'Brien has paid a half-term visit to the York Dungeon with her ten-year-old daughter Scarlett. Tina, who plays Sarah-Louise Platt in the long-running soap, appeared to be having plenty of fun in the Clifford Street
FIVE lambs have died in a fire in a shed near York. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said a crew from Huntington fire station used a hosereel to deal with the fire, which happened in building in Hazel Bush Lane earlier today. It said
A YORK based company which specialises in the production of live events and AV integrator has won two European awards. The York-based Saville Group has won two awards at the annual AV News Awards 2019, which recognises excellence within Europe’
FIVE students at York College recreated an iconic impromptu London rooftop gig by The Beatles - 50 years on. Music student and huge Beatles fan Mark Readman, 18, enlisted the talents of fellow music students Michael Purdie-Abbott, James Beardsley
A REDEVELOPMENT team has been appointed to restore the York Castle Museum. York Museums Trust have appointed Alison Brooks Architects along with several other landscaping teams to work on the initial design phase of a major multi-million pound redevelopment
HOUSEBUILDER Barratt Developments Yorkshire East has given York’s St Leonard’s Hospice a major cash boost. The York-based housebuilder, which includes both the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has raised a total of £27,447.46 for the
POLICE have closed their investigation into an accident involving a York bin lorry in which a binman was seriously injured, and will not be bringing any charges. The man, in his 50s, was airlifted by Yorkshire Air Ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary
THE Wizard Quest's walking tours will resume in York city centre in March. "After a successful season of private bookings over the winter, we're thrilled to announce the return of our regular public tours next month," says wizard Professor actor
RESIDENTS fear hen and stag parties could “party in the park after dark” if council plans for a luxury holiday flat in Rowntree Park Lodge go ahead. And Cllr Johnny Hayes criticised the spiralling costs of the project - saying half a million pounds
MALTON & Norton RUFC bounced back to winning ways in North One East with a 40-22 comeback victory against bottom team Consett. The Ryedale outfit had perished 38-0 at Driffield seven days earlier and trailed 14-0 here too but this time a six-try
A YORK law firm has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the business benefits of employing people with ‘hidden’ disabilities. A seminar was held at The Grange Hotel in York by specialist employment solicitors Torque Law to kick-off the campaign
AMERICAN author James Patterson will make his first visit to a North Yorkshire crime writing festival later this year, it has been announced. The Theakston Old Peculier festival, which is described as the world’s biggest celebration of the crime
YORK is set to enjoy even milder weather later this week, with temperatures forecast to rise as high as 16C by Friday. The mild weather is being brought to the UK on southerly winds from as far away as the Canary Islands. BBC Weather in association
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy who died after being struck by a car in Bridlington has been named as Taylor Tolley. The youngster was hit by a car on Friday night at about 5.30pm while crossing the road in Brett Street, near its junction with Britannia Road.
LUNG cancer remains one of the commonest causes of cancer-related deaths in the UK. Statistics reveal more than 45,000 new diagnoses per year, with around 35,000 deaths. Survival at 10 years is a distressingly low five per cent. Despite comparable
Whatever political news breaks one thing a healthy democracy needs is good journalism to scrutinise the actions of those responsible. So I for one will be sorry to see the BBC’s This Week program being axed later this summer due to Andrew Neil’s
I would like to salute the children who went on the climate change protest (Pupils take to streets in climate change protests, February 16). Like the Iraq war millions of lives are at stake. Climate change will act through drowned lands, crop failure
A MAN has been banned from keeping animals of any kind for the rest of his life. Keith Lewis, 70, must now find new homes for dozens of mostly farm animals at his small holding near Tadcaster. York magistrates told him "You should not be near
A CRASH in Ryedale caused severe delays during rush hour this morning (February 19). North Yorkshire Police was called to the collision on the A170 Westgate in Pickering at 8.05am. The force said it involved two vehicles and there were no serious
YORK City manager Steve Watson wants his full-backs to stay on the attack ahead of this weekend’s home match with bottom-of-the-table Nuneaton Borough. Right-back Kallum Griffiths scored his first goal for the Minstermen and claimed an assist for
A 100-STRONG cast of pupils from a York secondary school are bringing the magic of a Shakespeare rom-com to life. All Saints RC School in South Bank is staging A Midsummer Night’s Dream every night this week, starting tonight (Tuesday), up to and
ONE recommendation that frequently has dramatic effects for clients is to stop eating wheat. This can seem daunting at first – no bread, pasta, biscuits, cakes, pastries or pizza – but is surprisingly easy to manage after a couple of weeks' practice
TWO park and ride services in Scarborough could end after a fall in users. A consultation is under way for people to share their views on three options for the services, which cost £437,000 a year to run. The two services launched in 2009,
FIRE crews rescued a 71-year-old woman after her car became stuck in flood water on a road in Selby following a burst main. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the incident at 5.35pm yesterday (February 18). The woman had
CATHERINE TURNBULL meets the York academic who is also a burlesque aerial dance performer and stars in a lavish fine art steampunk book BY day Hannah Spring is a lecturer at York St John University in health information science. But catch her outside
York's first virtual reality arcade has opened: so what's it like? MY stomach flips as the rollercoaster dives off the edge of the mountain and careers towards a rocky outcrop. But I'm not out of danger... seconds later a giant dinosaur thunders
A MEMORIAL to a former York sub postmaster is to be created at a York church where he served as a church warden for decades. St Lawrence’s Church in Lawrence Street wants to put up a plaque to Brian Fletcher as part of a £4,000 restoration project
PLANS have been unveiled for a brand new 146-room aparthotel on one of the most famous streets in York. The hotel company Staycity is proposing to build a new hotel on Micklegate, called WildeAparthotels. The build will seek to replace the
A VIDEO of how the York Central development could look when it is completed has been released ahead of the end of a planning consultation. The footage takes viewers to some of the site's key locations - including the National Railway Museum’s South
