UPDATE. Fire prevented Wednesday's performance taking place but the Grand Opera House will re-open for tonight's 7.30pm show. Review: Rock Of Ages, Grand Opera House, York, until Saturday. Box office: 0844 871 3024 or at atgtickets.com/york
A FIRE in the stage area has today closed the Grand Opera House - and management have yet to say when it will reopen. The blaze broke out at 5.40pm on Wednesday in the theatre in Cumberland Street after the matinee performance of Rock of Ages.
AROUND 80 pigs died when their barn caught fire on Wednesday morning. The animals were housed in a barn in Yedingham near Malton where a blaze started just before 11am. Firefighters from Malton, Pickering and Sherburn answered the 999 call and
A YELLOW weather warning has been issued for thunderstorms in York - which could lead to travel and power supply disruption. The Met Office warning is in force until 9pm tonight (Wednesday, April 24). It says that train services may be affected
SIX men will have to pay nearly £2,000 between them after they were caught spending a penny in public in York city centre. One urinated in public during normal shopping hours, another in the doorway of a sweetshop. Four pleaded guilty by letter
AS the saying goes, not all heroes wear capes. Well that could hardly ring truer for Yorkshire star and England Test captain Joe Root. Root is preparing for the biggest summer of his career so far, highlighted by a one-day World Cup on home
IT might not have topped the most famous Easter comeback of all time, but York City Knights enjoyed a magical revival of their own on Bank Holiday Monday. After losing at Widnes Vikings in the Challenge Cup the previous weekend and falling heavily
A CHILD has been airlifted to hospital after a fall in York. Emergency services were called to fields off Maple Grove, close to the River Ouse, at about 11.40am today. A spokeswoman for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service said paramedics and the
DINOSAURS and sea monsters from Yorkshire’s dim and distant past have helped visitor numbers soar at a York museum. Yorkshire Museum has celebrated its most successful year since the formation of York Museums Trust in 2002. Over the past 12 months
THREE people were arrested in York after police intercepted a car in the city. North Yorkshire Police pulled over the Nissan car in Walmgate at about 12.20pm on Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the force said three people - two men, aged 22 and
YORK City Knights have signed former England Academy half-back Cain Southernwood from Hunslet on an initial one-month loan. The 26-year-old has played more than 100 games for Whitehaven and Batley in the Betfred Championship, and stood out for
Scare yourself witless - or die laughing - as Circus of Horrors returns to Whitby Pavilion. The show, whose performers showcased their skills on Britain's Got Talent in 2011, is a blend of horror, burlesque and rock 'n roll, and now boasts a host
SCORCHING Easter weather has prompted a flood of emergency calls to the RSPCA about animals suffering in the heat. The charity received 166 calls, almost two every hour, over the bank holiday weekend, including three from the North Yorkshire area
A MAN is appealing for witnesses after he alleged that a car knocked him off his bike and then 'hurriedly drove away from the scene.' Paul Dacry, 44, from York was knocked off his bike on Rougier Street on March 15 when a black car clipped his
LAUGH Out Loud Comedy will be in two places at once on Saturday. How come? Headliner Angelos Epithemiou, Alun Cochrane and Freddie Farrell will be introduced by master of ceremonies Damion Larkin at York Barbican from 8pm, while Epithemiou and Cochrane
A YORK estate agent is hosting a charity cake sale this Friday. Linley & Simpson estate agent, based on Low Ousegate, will be giving all donations to Martin House hospice, which provides family-led care for children with life-shortening conditions
MATTHEW FISHER reckons his club side Sheriff Hutton Bridge are in with a "good chance" of winning the Yorkshire Premier League North ahead of the season's start. The Yorkshire pace bowler has hailed the strength of Bridge's squad, as well as their
A YORK charity that supports the city’s elderly has celebrated a milestone anniversary of a flagship service with a shop revamp. Age UK York, which is based in Walmgate, where its shop has just had a makeover, launched information service First
FROM ground-breaking flower graffiti to the ultimate in urban planting, Harrogate Spring Flower Show is promoting petal power to transform Britain’s grey streets. The theme of this year’s show, which starts on Thursday, April 25, is #kerbcouture
ROADWORKS will begin in Skelton from next month. City of York Council will be carrying out highway works for 10 weeks on the A19 Shipton Road at Skelton from Tuesday, May 7 until mid July. The works are a requirement of the planning consent
In the latest in a series of columns from York’s four main political parties, Cllr Keith Aspden, Liberal Democrat group leader, shares the group’s plans ahead of the local elections on May 2 York is a beautiful and unique city, with much to offer
A HOST of horses with previous winning form at York remain engaged in the Group 2 contests that are the highlights of the upcoming Dante Festival on Knavesmire. Last season’s champion two-year-old, Too Darn Hot, remains the standout name among the
A NORTH Yorkshire head teacher has conquered the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for a much-needed defibrillator. Crayke CE Primary head Andrew Buttery and his wife, Kara, have raised more than £500, with the final total to be split
DENNY INGRAM is "over the moon" after being named Pickering Town's manager for next season, having guided the Pikes to Evo-Stik League east division safety. He is also keen, however, to point out that the Pikes' work is far from over. Ingram
THE company responsible for keeping the region’s lights on has announced investment in York’s electricity network. Northern Powergrid is embarking on a £300,000 investment to improve reliability and resilience of the network serving the city centre
JESS Green, the performance poet who took on Tory Minister Michael Gove, has a confession to make. She's in love with Jeremy Corbyn, and the Labour leader is flattered, as can be discovered when York spoken-word and poetry promoters Say Owt present
LUCKY pupils from a York school have been given a unique opportunity to get up close to a local Iron Age find. As part of their studies, children from Queen Margaret's School visited The Mile at Pocklington, which is regarded as one of the UK's
POCKLINGTON RUFC's Percy Road is to host a memorial charity match between current and former players from York and Pock on Saturday. In honour of Nigel Elliot - who had a major influence at both clubs - the Nigel Elliot Memorial Game (2.30pm), sponsored
RECOGNISE this, anyone? Well, it’s a railway yard, obviously. An offshoot of the old carriageworks behind York railway station, perhaps? No, actually. This shows the railway yard of the Derwent Valley Light Railway (DVLR) in the 1930s. Today, the
They say an Englishman’s home is his castle. Certainly home ownership is the goal of most people seeking a secure base for their families. However, it is surprising how rarely we consider who owns our ultimate home, the UK itself. A ground-breaking
It was a very profound statement from retiring council leader Cllr Ian Gillies: “Do we really need political parties in local government?” (The Press, April 18). This is probably a question most of us have asked if we’re truthful. In a smallish
After more tragic deaths in the river in the last few weeks isn’t it about time we tried to prevent this from happening again by taking further precautions? Why are fences not put along the river banks near Kings Staith? Just metal barriers with
Review: The Hallé/Hallé Choir in Parsifal, Act 3, York Minster, April 17 RYEDALE Festival poured considerable largesse into this promotion. A mere two days after the Notre Dame fire, in a building that had suffered a similar fate, Act 3 of Parsifal
Review: Art Garfunkel, An Evening of Songs and Stories, York Barbican, April 18 PAUL Simon played his farewell concerts last year. Coincidence or not, New York sparring partner Art Garfunkel is on the road at 77, “serving the lucky gift in my throat
YORK City boss Steve Watson has denied that out-of-favour striker Jake Wright is on his way out of Bootham Crescent. The 22-year-old forward did not make either matchday squad for City’s bank-holiday Easter clashes against Spennymoor and Bradford
SPONSORED CONTENT A LEADING motor dealer is overjoyed to be named one of the best Vauxhall dealers in the country for the fifth time. JB Motors, in Malton, have announced that they have won a 2019 Vauxhall Customer Excellence Award, marking
THE Yorkshire Party has launched its EU election campaign with a claim that the UK political system ignores the north of England. The party claims that however residents of Yorkshire voted in the 2016 Brexit referendum, London-based politicians
A RAIDER stole electronic tablets, a stereo and stock in a burglary at a York chip shop. Owners of the Sea Catcher in Clarence Street said the shop was broken into between 4.30am and 5.20am on Easter Monday. Manager Sean Burns said the break-in
YORK’S Lord Mayor helped two lucky chocolate-lovers have an egg-cellent weekend, while raising money for a worthy cause. In the run-up to Easter, ASK Italian restaurant, in the Grand Assembly Rooms, ran a cracking seasonal competition to win one
NEW technology will be used to cut congestion and improve a pedestrian crossing in York. Outdated traffic lights at the junctions of Kathryn Avenue and Jockey Lane at Monks Cross will be replaced by City of York Council later this month. The
A RECYCLING event led by a York Green council candidate could be ‘cloned’ around the city. Bishopthorpe Parish Councillor and candidate for City of York Council elections on May 2 Carole Greene, said she hopes a recent Recycling Day in New Earswick
THE parents of a teenager who drowned in York earlier this month have launched a £45,000 appeal to buy a new rescue boat for the city’s rivers. Kate and Stephen Ferry - whose son Sonny was the third out of four people to have drowned in a fortnight
KATE and Stephen Ferry have backed calls by York Central MP Rachael Maskell for a new inquiry into river safety in York, following the death of their son and three other people in rivers over a fortnight. The couple met Ms Maskell at the weekend
THE Dales will play host to an action-packed weekend of fundraising this summer, as Jane Tomlinson's Walk For All returns. Now known as the Asda Foundation Yorkshire Dales Festival, the event will see walkers and runners of all abilities raise money
