Review: Driving Miss Daisy, York Theatre Royal, until June 29. Box office: 01904 623568 or at yorktheatreroyal.co.uk DRIVING Miss Daisy is best known for the 1989 film starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd, but Alfred Uhry's play
POLICE believe a drug kingpin who was part of a gang which supplied heroin and Class A drugs into York and went on the run may now be in the Republic of Ireland. Alfred Phillip Dear, 45, who has connections in York and Hull, failed to attend Leeds
POWER has been restored to more than 800 properties across York - and a show at York Barbican show can go ahead as planned. Northern Powergrid says the unplanned cut in the Y010 and YO31 postcode area, was reported at 4.20pm and was caused by an
LADY Halifax will be making her racing debut in front of 25,000 people at York races this weekend. On Saturday, Lady Halifax is set to take part in the “Ernest Cooper Macmillan Ride of their Lives” charity race at York Racecourse to raise money
A YORK school says plans to introduce residents’ parking will have an “extremely negative impact” for the school. Residents on Danesmead Estate, Fulford Cross and Broadway West launched a petition calling for a Respark zone to be introduced outside
ONE high street fashion store in York is to shut - but another is set to stay open - after a restructuring plan was agreed for their parent company Arcadia. The closure of the Dorothy Perkins and Burton store in Coney Street is part of a company
POLICE divers have gone into York's River Foss for a second day running, as they continued searching for property belonging to a teenager who drowned in the river. Sonny Ferry, 19, of Rutland, was one of five people who died in York's rivers during
SPECSAVERS staff in Acomb and York have raised £590 for the Guide Dogs charity. The stores hosted a staff quiz night at Revolution York, as well as selling raffle tickets in the run up to the event. Prizes were up for grabs on the night including
A PROBATIONARY driver has been banned from the roads for four months after he knocked a cyclist off her bike at a city centre roundabout. Lee Robert Connell, 37, must also pay for a replacement bicycle for the woman who was injured by the crash
PUPILS at Skelton Primary School went wild to raise money for charity. Youngsters organised a wear it wild day - which saw children dress up in animal print - to support the World Wide Fund for Nature. Teacher Kate Frankish said the event was
FORMER pupils of a York primary are being invited to take a tour of their old school as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. This summer term at Hempland Primary Academy brings an end to its milestone year, and the Whitby Avenue school in
THE 26th International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, in Harrogate, is offering The Press readers an exclusive ten per cent discount on all tickets for Royal Hall concerts at this summer's event. More than 35 full-scale productions will be performed
THE Conservative Party faces a challenge of epic proportions. Our task is to safely navigate a route to delivering Brexit, without inadvertently setting off a chain of events that leads to the most left-wing Government that this country has ever had
A MAN has been ordered to pay £300 compensation to the victim of a racist incident. Garry John Brady, 58, of Beckett Drive, Osbaldwick, admitted behaving in a racist way in his home street on May 6. York magistrates gave him a 12-month community
A MEMBER of the GB cycling team is the new ambassador of an annual charity event. Abi Smith is backing the Ryedale Rumble, organised by the Friends of Ryedale School. The cycling event, which takes place on Sunday, June 30, raises funds for the
DUAL Group 2 winner Sir Dancealot is the star name among five declarations received for the Listed Equinity Technology Ganton Stakes – the feature contest on tomorrow’s intriguing seven-race card at York. Trained in Newmarket by the evergreen David
THE hard work and dedication of vocational students from York and beyond was celebrated at an annual awards ceremony. The York College VQ Awards, held at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in York, recognised individual vocational students for their achievements
IS there a busier hive of activity in York than the specially constructed rehearsal village for Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre at the York Designer Outlet? Eight plays are being prepared for the second instalment of Europe’s first pop-up Shakespearean
A MAN tried to lure a teenage girl into his van before pulling the vehicle into her path, getting out and pushing her. The 17-year-old girl was walking towards the Clock House Pub in Tudor Road, York when the driver of a black van asked if she
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a 12-year-old girl was badly injured in a crash with a motorbike in York. As previously reported by The Press, the girl, who was walking in Low Poppleton
HEWORTH ARLC have the chance at a sixth consecutive victory this weekend - but coach Scott Rhodes has insisted the game is no more important than any other. The Villagers' climb up the National Conference League division three table so far sees
FRONT-RUNNERS Burn and Clifton Alliance both overcame wet conditions to secure home victories during the latest programme of HPH York Vale League fixtures. Seven games throughout the league were cancelled without a ball being bowled due to the weather
IAN McKellen’s acting tips, Tutti Frutti’s Sunshine in rainy June, three Hormonal Housewives, Lucy Beaumont times two and supreme singers Claire Martin and June Tabor make CHARLES HUTCHINSON’S list Theatre event of the week Sir Ian McKellen
A NEW domestic abuse refuge could be set up by City of York Council in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council. The two local authorities look set to pool nearly £650,000 for the plan. The councils are due to approve commissioning a single
The NSPCC has called for stronger laws to protect children as a North Yorkshire man with 24,000 sexual images of children starts a jail term. Judge Andrew Stubbs QC told York Crown Court John William Marshall, 63, knew the youngsters in the videos
A 40-YEAR-OLD man has admitted starting a fireball that destroyed a fish and chip shop in Selby town centre. Lubos Filek, of Barlby Road, Selby, pleaded guilty at York Crown Court on Tuesday this week, to arson of Abbey Fisheries being reckless
A RETIRED police officer who took on a knife-carrying bike thief in the middle of a busy York road is to appear on a new BBC television series. PC Rich Farrar's story of the incident he was involved in will be told on an episode of Critical Incident
EXPERTS are studying whether York’s river banks could be made safer following the tragic deaths of five people in April - and the parents of one of the victims have pledged to help meet the costs. Jane Mowat, head of community safety at City of
CONCERNS have been raised over whether top councillors are still committed to dualling York’s outer ring road - and government funding for the scheme could be put at risk if they are not, according to the Conservatives. The former Conservative-led
