LOGAN Murray has coached 6,000 people around the world how to be funny, in France, Greece, Shanghai, Spain, Britain, wherever. “People say comedy must be difficult to teach in Shanghai, but honestly, I don’t think it is. They get it,” says Logan
Ryedale Festival: Dido & Aeneas, All Saints’ Church, Helmsley, July 17 THE music of Henry Purcell is enjoying a special focus in this festival, which has offered a perfect excuse for Dido & Aeneas to be the main operatic adventure. That it should
YORK City came from a goal down to claim their second victory of pre-season beating National League outfit Hartlepool United 2-1. Summer signing Dan Maguire cancelled out former Portsmouth forward Nicke Kabamba's first-half header and Alex Kempster
MICKY CUMMINS has praised the "problem-solving" character of the York City side following their 2-1 comeback win against Hartlepool United. Nicke Kabamba put Pools ahead just after the half-hour but second-half goals from Dan Maguire and Alex Kempster
STARGAZERS were treated to a cosmic spectacle as a partial lunar eclipse was visible across parts of Yorkshire. The event on Tuesday evening coincided with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 launching its moon mission. Clear skies across much
JUST Josh is York magician, musical actor, comedy turn and York Maze entertainer Josh Benson. WonderPhil is Easingwold magician, actor, soul singer, guitarist, songwriter, festival and event organiser, sound designer and polymath Phil Grainger.
Waitrose is moving to multicoloured recycled trays for its ready meals as it bids to eliminate its use of unrecyclable black plastic by the end of the year. The colour of the new trays will vary depending on the recycled plastic – predominantly
Police are asking the public to help them find a teenager who has been missing for more than two days. Dannella Duncan, was last seen leaving her Heslington home at 9am on Monday to go to college. Police believe the 17-year-old girl may be
A YORK driver was put at risk after their car's brake cables were tampered with, police have revealed. The blue BMW X1 estate was parked at the junction of Oldman Court and Doherty Walk in Foxwood when the incident happened between last Friday
A DOCTOR in York has been nominated for this year’s Community Pride Awards after he helped to save a woman’s life from cancer. Andreas Nicolaides, who is a surgeon at York Hospital, has been nominated for Health Service Hero by a former patient.
AUSTENTATIOUS is an entirely improvised comedy play, wherein freewheeling comic minds conjure up a "lost’ Jane Austen novel based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience. After the likes of Bath To The Future, We Will Frock You and
PICKERING Town manager Denny Ingram admitted that the departure of defender Stuart Mott left a “sour taste” in the mouth. The Pikes have five key first-teamers over the off-season with the influential Mott joining Joe Danby, Lewis Taylor and Josh
EIGHTY new finance, accounting and apprenticeship jobs are being created in York. Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL), says the jobs at its 'Centre of Excellence' at Monks Cross are part of a new contract to provide services for the construction
ONE person was airlifted to hospital and a second taken by road ambulance today after a serious crash on the A19 south of York in which a motorbike caught fire. North Yorkshire Police said a motorcycle and a car collided between Crockey Hill and
A FORMER York head teacher has set out to achieve her life goal of building a school in Africa. Sue Eland, who was head at Poppleton Road Primary School for eight years, and retired from her post eight years ago. She has since become a self-employed
REALITY is all a question of perspective. We see ourselves from the inside out, while others see us from the outside in. What then must foreigners make of Britain in July 2019, a time of incredible change and uncertainty for our island nation? And
SEVERAL COUNCILLORS are calling on the Council to take further action on long-term empty properties, in order to help provide more homes in the city. In a motion to Council on tonight, Cllr Stephen Fenton, member of the Liberal Democrats, will call
APPLE has released previews of a number of new emojis due to be rolled out later this year - including a range of disability-themed designs - to mark World Emoji Day. The new emojis, which include characters in different types of wheelchair as well
THE Lord Mayor of York visited a city primary school to inspect progress on a new garden. Cllr Janet Looker, dropped in at Scarcroft School garden which has raised beds, benches, a pergola and reading shed. It's been put together by parents and
A BRIDEGROOM lost his 16-year relationship and his job when police raided his home shortly before his wedding, York Crown Court heard. Police officers found indecent images of children and extreme pornography at Paul Ward’s home in June last year
YORK author Fiona Shaw will take part in a question-and-answer session at Friday's 6pm launch of the film adaptation of her novel Tell It To The Bees at City Screen, York. Set in 1950s' small-town Britain, Annabel Jankel's film stars Anna Paquin
SEVENTY-FIVE jobs are at risk in York following a proposal by Shepherd Building Group to close its Portastor business. A group spokeswoman said Portastor, based off New Lane, Huntington, had today informed employees of its proposal to close the
A QUAD bike has been destroyed by fire in a York play park. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said a crew from Acomb went to the park at 6.40pm last night to extinguish the blaze. A spokeswoman said the fire was believed to have been started
SOPRANO Kirsty Hughes and her special guests will bring the Tudor house down in a special Summer Cabaret on July 26. The beamed hall at Thomas Herbert House, above York Gin, in Pavement, York, will play host to a 7.30pm programme of wartime classics
YORK'S improvised Doctor Who parody is back for the 2019 Great Yorkshire Fringe on Sunday at 4pm at the John Cooper Studio @ 41 Monkgate, York. Any Suggestions, Doctor?, The Improvised Doctor Who company, invite you to "travel anywhere in time and
I share Scott Marmion’s passion for looking at the Moon landings 50 years ago (Moon landings should inspire our future, July 16). All the lunar astronauts described one of their most powerful experiences as the moment of looking back at the Earth
Review: Ryedale Festival, An Italian Songbook, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, July 16 THE 46 songs of Hugo Wolf’s Italian Songbook can rarely have sounded as immediate and topical as they did in this semi-staged version devised
STEREOPHONICS frontman Kelly Jones is extending his Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day tour with eight more dates in September. In the wake of a sold-out run of solo shows earlier this month, Jones will play York Barbican on September 14, the
YORK theatre-maker Matt Aston will co-direct this winter’s York Theatre Royal pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, with retired dame Berwick Kaler. Aston has directing credits for pantos at Theatre Clwyd, Theatre Royal, Wakefield and Leeds City Varieties
Lest we forget... Photographer Frank Dwyer captured this moving photograph of Normandy veteran Ken Smith in a field of poppies near York. Ken, now 94, from Wheldrake, was a young infantryman with the Leicestershire regiment when he landed on Gold
JAMES Ford says that talks are underway in regards to both recruitment and retention as he outlined his plans for the squad in 2020. York City Knights have enjoyed an incredible campaign in 2019 after marching to second in the Betfred Championship
THE planning system must change if York is to meet its ambitions to become carbon neutral by 2030, according to Labour councillors. Cllr Jonny Crawshaw will ask members of City of York Council to support a motion calling for the local authority
AN unstable wall in the beer garden of a popular city centre pub must be rebuilt because it is at risk of collapse, according to a council report. City of York Council will demolish and recreate a wall between the Lamb and Lion and 10 Precentor
MORE than 120 people attended a packed public meeting about the impact on cyclists, pedestrians and the environment of proposed flood defences for York’s Clementhorpe area. The Environment Agency’s £7.7 million scheme to protect almost 150 homes
REPRESENTATIVES from the universities of York, Munster in Germany and Maastricht in the Netherlands came together for an evening of celebration. It was held at Mansion House in St Helen’s Square, York and hosted by the Lord Mayor of York, councillor
A MAN who kicked and punched his partner as she lay on the ground has been given a suspended prison sentence. The woman’s cheek was so swollen after the attack by William David Bell, she went to hospital with a suspected broken cheekbone, said
YORK councillors are being urged to vote for wildflowers to be planted on the city’s verges and public areas. Green Party councillor Dave Taylor’s motion to a full council meeting tonight (Wednesday) calls for City of York Council to follow other
A HISTORIC area of the city centre - which featured in a popular television drama - could be in line for refurbishment. Lady Peckett’s Yard, Sir Thomas Herbert House and Pavement could be made more attractive to residents, businesses, tourists
TWO new exhibitions have opened at York Art Gallery - exploring Greek myths and the dynamic of sound. Nicolas Poussin’s The Triumph of Pan is the centrepiece of one of the exhibitions this summer. The work depicts a mythical celebration of
TWO men sparked disbelief by swimming across York’s River Ouse as a cruise boat was heading towards them. Police were called in by City Cruises York yesterday afternoon after the pair decided to swim between King’s Staith and Queen’s Staith.
