NOW is the second summer of Pop-Up Shakespeare Theatre on the Castle car park, by Tower Street, in York. As many as 80,000 people saw North Yorkshire impresario James Cundall's Lunchbox Theatrical Productions company launch his new venture last
NORTH Yorkshire Police's Selby team has relocated to its new permanent home in Selby Civic Centre. The team will share the Doncaster Road building, which also includes the hospital, with Selby District Council, halving its annual office running
VETERANS are struggling to navigate the 'bewildering' benefits system, a study by the Universities of York and Salford has revealed. It is claimed that the complex system is forcing veterans with physical and mental health issues to use food banks
A MAN behind a "sophisticated" commercial cannabis farm worth nearly £50,000 on the outskirts of York has been jailed for three and a half years. Judge Simon Hickey said the smell of cannabis coming from the property was so strong police officers
A CAMPAIGN to raise awareness of the dangers of air pollution takes place today. City of York Council is backing the Clean Air Day event after launching a campaign to tackle the issue. Over the past few months, the council announced plans to
DAVID Lloyd York are not far off the Tyke Petroleum York Men's Tennis League division one summit after beating their Harrogate counterparts 79-29. Third-placed David Lloyd Harrogate's away-day defeat was marred by the pair of Chris James and Carlos
AN AMBITIOUS teenager has won the Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation Psychology Prize 2019 in recognition of being an 'outstanding' student. The award is given annually in memory of former York College student Caroline Stuttle who was killed during
THE Government will NOT hold an inquiry into the decision to grant outline planning permission for York Central. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy said the Ministry for Housing confirmed that the development will be allowed to progress. But a number
RAFFLE PRIZE and Frankie Dettori gave North Yorkshire trainer Mark Johnston the ideal start on day two of Royal Ascot, winning the Queen Mary Stakes. The two-year-old came in at 18-1, ahead of Kimari, by a head, and the 6-1 favourite Final Song
SUZY Cooper, the perennial principal girl in the York Theatre Royal pantomime, will be back for the first show post-Berwick Kaler's 40-year damehood. Before she joins fellow regulars David Leonard, Martin Barrass and AJ Powell in Sleeping Beauty's
A WISH list detailing extra resources and fun outings could be granted following the success of a primary school's biggest annual fundraiser. The Friends of Hempland Primary Academy have finished counting up all the money raised at their summer
A LOCAL nursery woman has gained National Collection Holder Status for her hardy perennials. Stella Exley, of Hare Spring Cottage Plants in Alne, has been given the honour of being the official guardian of the UK's national collection of Sidalcea
A LOCAL dancer is taking to the high seas after landing her big break. Former Millthorpe School student, Emily Sunman, now 25, has been recruited to work on board the cruise ship, Marella Celebration, which can hold up to 1,350 passengers. Emily
ALL the cast and crew for this summer's Shakespeare's Rose Theatre productions in York and at Blenheim Palace have gathered for the first time on the pop-up theatre stage by Clifford's Tower, Tower Street. The York company will perform Hamlet,
CONTROVERSIAL plans for an explosives storage site near York will be considered by Harrogate Borough Council - more than a year after they were first rejected. Commercial explosives company Brexco Limited lodged an application in May for the creation
THIXENDALE went top of HPH York Vale League division one with victory over Askham Bryan on a weekend heavily affected by rain. Six fixtures in all were hit by the weather, but those that were played to a finish produced some significant outcomes
WATCHING D-Day celebrations in France made one proud to be British. Heroic veterans displaying pride, modesty, a lasting devotion to fallen comrades, coupled with a commitment to duty even in their dotage. How poignant that many of today’s political
YORK City Supporters’ Trust have reduced prices for their Farewell Bootham Crescent Dinner and changed the date to Friday, February 7. Tickets for the Principal Hotel-hosted event were originally costed at £87 but can now be bought for £55 (or £500
FOUR major bypass schemes to improve travel times across North Yorkshire have been prioritised, despite some of the routes being left off the Government’s recently-announced Major Roads Network. The county council executive will consider whether
With boring predictability, we learn that Welcome To Yorkshire are not going to make public the full findings of their review into allegations of bullying and expenses made around the time of the departure of the agency’s chief executive Sir Gary Verity
THERE is a Russian proverb: the rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. For millions of UK citizens watching the Tory Party leadership election – or coronation, considering Boris Johnson is the odds-on winner – it feels the best
FORMER York City favourites Andy McMillan, Jonathan Greening, Tony Canham, Darren Williams and Michael Ingham are all set to face Tadcaster Albion in a charity match next month. New Brewers boss Curtis Woodhouse, who was on the Minstermen’s books
Marketing men tell us the only way to attract folk to cricket these days is to fashion matches completed in a day between teams with outlandish names and performed by players garbed in garishly day-glo hue. Once enticed to attend, entertainment
MEMBERS of the public helped rescue the driver of a bus after it caught fire in York. The electric double decker tourist bus caught fire on Fossbank yesterday evening at about 6.20pm. Firefighters say passersby helped save the driver of the
YORK City’s new goalkeeper Peter Jameson might be turning professional for the first time at 26, but he has rubbed shoulders with international performers in the past. Jameson was a “training goalkeeper” at Middlesbrough when the likes of ex-Australia
HERE'S a great aerial photograph of York, as seen from the south side of the city looking north. Taken in November, 1956, by a Yorkshire Evening Press photographer, it is dominated by the River Ouse, flowing down the centre of the picture. Where the
A GROUP of lucky York residents has scooped a share of the People’s Postcode Lottery’s £3m prize fund. The winners all live in the YO31 9 postcode area, which was announced as the winning area on Facebook Live last night. Each of the winners
A 'HERO' staff member at a York school helped save a man's life after he collapsed with a cardiac arrest. Joey George, who had only received his first aid training two weeks earlier, stepped in to help with a defibrillator after a karate club member
A PARISH council has won a key round in its legal battle with City of York Council over York’s biggest current housing development. Fulford Parish Council has been told it can apply for a judicial review of a council decision to allow changes to
A NORTH Yorkshire lorry driver who paid to have sexual abuse of children streamed live to his computer has been jailed for six years. Richard Clark told police he was “helping” people in the Philippines rebuild their lives after a hurricane by
MAGISTRATES have closed down a flat in an area of York where anti-social behaviour has become such a problem police have mounted extra patrols there for weeks. Simon Hughes’ home was among addresses in the estate off Nunnery Lane associated with
