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  • Barney rekindles The Remains Of The Day for stage debut

    STEPHEN Boxer and Niamh Cusack lead the cast in The Remains Of The Day, Kazuo Ishiguro’s story of memory, regret and undeclared love, re-imagined for the stage for the first time on tour at York Theatre Royal from Tuesday. Novelist and playwright

  • City centre drop in event to showcase Castle Gateway plans

    RESIDENTS are invited to learn more about plans for the Castle Gateway Masterplan in the city centre this weekend. People will be able to have a look at proposals for a new multi-storey car park at St George’s Field, a new bridge over the River

  • 463 seek help over illegal online sexual behaviour

    A CHILD protection charity has revealed that 463 people from North Yorkshire visited its online self-help resources or called its helpline in 2018 to seek help over illegal online sexual behaviour. North Yorkshire Police said it fully supported

  • Berwick's back as York panto tickets go on sale

    HE may have hung up his boots after 40 years, but retired dame Berwick Kaler was still the talk of the York Theatre Royal pantomime launch. Berwick, 72, is to write the script for Sleeping Beauty, and today executive director Tom Bird confirmed

  • York Knavesmire Harriers runner helps Yorkshire win gold

    YORK Knavesmire Harriers ace Helen Cross helped the Yorkshire Senior Women's team win gold at the Inter-County Cross Country Championships. As the sole team member from North Yorkshire, Cross was the third White Rose runner to cross the line, finishing

  • Children march through York to protest over climate change

    HUNDREDS of children are marching through the streets of York today to show their frustration over the Government's approach to climate change. School pupils and members of the group YouthStrike4Climate and Extinction Rebellion have been protesting

  • Historic York working men's club seeks new members

    A 120-YEAR-OLD workings men’s club in York is holding a fundraiser next month to help garner money to prevent the club from closing. Clarence Club in Clarence Street - one of the oldest in the city - will be holding an event on April 6 to help

  • Red shirt with navy Y-front will be York City's new home kit

    YORK City fans have chosen next season’s new home kit and it will be a red shirt with a navy Y-front design. Supporters were asked to vote on three potential strips for the 2019/20 campaign with the winning jersey finishing just one per cent ahead

  • Review: Nish Kumar, Grand Opera House, York, March 14

    Review: Nish Kumar: It’s In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves, Grand Opera House, York, March 14 THE Mash Report’s Nish Kumar is firing on all cylinders with his 2019 tour, a whirlwind show that skewers all things politically turbulent (and what

  • Selby bus station gets a makeover

    SELBY Bus Station has been given a makeover as part of a regeneration scheme by the district council. New bus shelters have been fitted to replace the previous ones, as well as new solar lighting in each shelter. These instalments, which cost

  • Chart topper Lewis Capaldi to play Scarborough this summer

    CHART topper Lewis Capaldi is the latest addition to Scarborough Open Air Theatre’s summer season. On the back of notching up his first number one with Someone You Loved, the 22-year-old Glaswegian will play Britain’s largest open-air arena on Saturday

  • Children take over York Art Gallery for their own exhibition

    CAN you imagine the excitement of having your school project artwork exhibited alongside international artists at York Art Gallery? This opportunity is befalling children from Burton Green Primary School who are curating a spring exhibition in

  • FA SUPER LEAGUE: York Futsal 4 Manchester 3 report

    FABINHO Almeida hit a hat-trick as York Futsal got back to winning ways in the FA Super League with a 4-3 victory over Manchester. The hosts’ Robbie Bettson was also on target in a contest that was in the balance at the final whistle. Manchester

  • Former York City midfielder Ben Godfrey called up for England

    FORMER York City midfielder Ben Godfrey has earned a call-up to the England under-20 squad. Godfrey will also be joined in Paul Simpson’s 23-strong party by one-time York College student Ronaldo Vieira, who is currently plying his trade in Italy

  • Plans to cut almost 60 jobs at North Yorkshire Police

    NEARLY 60 jobs could be cut at North Yorkshire Police. The force is proposing to make up to 57 redundancies as part of the Transform 2020 Programme, which aims to help the force save £10million. However, the force says it is doing all it can

  • Car bursts into flames in village near York

    A CAR caught fire in a village near York following a suspected electrical fault. A fire crew from Easingwold were called to the incident, involving a Vauxhall Insignia, on Station Road in Tollerton at about 7.40pm yesterday (March 14). The

  • Part of A1 northbound closed in North Yorkshire

    PART of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire has been closed. Highways England said the carriageway is closed from junction 50 (Ripon) to 51 (Leeming) after strong winds made some fencing unsafe. It added that teams are working hard to remove

  • FC United won one in 18 at home ahead of York City test

    FC UNITED of Manchester will entertain York City having still only won one National League North home game all season. The third-bottom hosts’ only league triumph on their own soil came on December 8 when they defeated Curzon Ashton 2-0. That

  • 5 things to fill the weekend in York

    Friday night is...classic sitcom night Hancock's Half Hour, Grand Opera House, York, tonight, 7.30pm RETRO radio sitcom enthusiasts Apollo Theatre Company re-create three episodes from Hancock's Half Hour, transforming the stage into a recording

  • York is leading the way in the digital economy

    SPONSORED CONTENT WE’RE experiencing a digital transformation in our lives, and especially in business. Integrating digital technologies in business creates immense opportunities for the UK and local economy, including a rise in employment.

  • £37m boost for York Central and city's station is promised

    MORE than £37 million funding for York Central and upgrades to the front of the station has been promised. West Yorkshire Combined Authority confirmed it will put £23.5 million towards roads infrastructure at York Central, while a further £11.7

  • Comic Relief: York students get dancing + other fundraisers

    STUDENTS from the University of York have put on their boogie shoes in aid of Comic Relief. Hanan Golabi and seven of his friends united the swing, ballroom and latin dance societies to host York Dances for Comic Relief, the university’s very own

  • Fewer women sign up for cervical screening in York

    FEWER women are signing up for vital health tests in York, according to a council report. Concerns were raised over the falling number of people attending their cervical cancer and breast cancer screening tests in the city. Director of public

  • Clifford’s Tower glows green for York St Patrick’s Festival

    RAISE a glass to St Patrick’s Day with the York Irish Association’s celebrations this weekend. York’s fifth St Patrick’s Festival will kick off in fine style tonight, as Clifford’s Tower and the city walls near Lendal Bridge glow green. The lights