Category: Local News

A care home in Nether Poppleton is helping its residents to publish their own life storybooks. The books will be professionally produced at York’s oldest printer, Quacks The Printer, established in 1703.  Susie Carman, lifestyle manager, has spent hours interviewing residents and their friends and families and gathering images from throughout their lives. She says […]

A luxury indoor and outdoor living shop selling hot tubs, garden rooms and pools has opened just north of York.  The Farmhouse Living Shop, on the A64 between York and Malton, has undergone an impressive transformation into a high-end showroom and focuses on hot tubs ranging from £5,000 to £30,000.  Owner, Lisa Fletcher, says that […]

Become a borrower! Ok, hands up if you’ve bought a tool before only to discover that you might never use it again, and now it’s taking up valuable space in your home.  Many of the items we buy and store in our houses get used a couple of times a year and are expensive to […]

by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York  Someone once said that Jesus changed the world at 3 mph. What they meant was, he walked everywhere. And as he walked, he talked and healed and encouraged and blessed.  When we walk we inhabit the world differently. We take time to appreciate the smaller things, to be kind, […]

York Stage is set to bring another brilliant movie musical to the Grand Opera House, York, for the first time ever this April. The true story of the Calendar Girls that launched a global phenomenon is now a beautifully poignant musical written by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow. When the death of a much-loved husband prompts a group of ordinary women […]

From Friday 1 April, York Museum Gardens will be open for everyone to enjoy for even longer, every day. So, from next month, the main gardens will be open from 9am until 6pm, daily. They’re currently open from 10.30am. That’s more time to admire the flowers, enjoy nature with friends, and marvel at St Mary’s Abbey […]

By Taylor Visser If you find yourself in the historical city of York craving something to satisfy your sweet tooth, there are plenty of places to fulfil your appetite. We’ve put together a handy guide of the top ten places to get your sugar fix.  York’s Chocolate Story 01904 527765 Open daily, 10am – 4pm  […]

Visitors can expect 10 days of funfair, food and entertainment across the Jubilee weekend at York Knavesmire. Live music will get everyone in the spirit with popular local bands Huge, Y Street Band, as well as DJ sets and more. ‘Just Josh’ a popular family-friendly York entertainer will take place on the stage combining magic, […]

Stuck on ideas for things to do over February half term? We’ve gathered up some of York’s best events for the week, and prepared some ideas for both indoor and outdoor fun (you might want to pack the wellies, just incase!) 19 – 25 Feb Wizard Walk of YorkYork City CentreJoin The Wizard of York […]

After a two-year long hiatus due to COVID, the York Design Awards have finally returned, and there’s just a month to enter. The York Design Awards showcase York’s finest quality building design and architecture. Typically featuring designs from over the last three years, it’s been extended to projects from up to five years ago in […]

The race is now on to find the new home for Great British Railways, with towns and cities across England, Wales and Scotland invited to apply before 16 March.  Cities across the country with strong historical links to the railway are encouraged to explain why they should be the new home of GBR. And York […]

Blueberry Pop Up Shop has a new home on Rougier Street.  Previously Society Bar, the shop sells upcycled furniture, gifts, jewellery, artwork and more.  Blueberry Pop Up Shop is part of the Blueberry Academy, an organisation that supports people with learning disabilities and differences with employment and independent skills. The shop provides retail training for […]

By Alexander Dawson York Art Gallery has announced that it has formed a partnership with the LGTB Forum in order to diversify the Burton Gallery by incorporating various stories and pieces from the LGBTQIA+ community. Visitors will be able to wander through the renovated art gallery with a fresh perspective on the original pieces from […]

By Alexander Dawson With Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee just around the corner, City of York Council is looking to celebrate this momentous occasion by partnering with The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) to encourage residents in York to ‘plant a tree for the jubilee’ by providing free trees that any York resident can apply for. 500 […]

By Alexander Dawson Everyone! Everyone! Chill out! We have some important news: The bright lights and fuzzy feeling of Christmas and New Year may be long gone, but that winter feeling isn’t leaving anytime soon…  To round off York’s winter celebrations, Make It York returns with the York Ice Trail 2022. From the 5th to […]