Category: Local News

National Apprenticeship Week returns across the UK from 7-13 February. The week-long celebration lets employers and apprentices tell their stories to attract the next generation of apprentices. At the time of writing, there’s currently 126 apprenticeship vacancies within 10 miles of York, 321 within 20 miles of York and 10,000 across England!For more information, visit www.york.gov.uk/ApprenticeshipEvents.

A York woman has raised over £4000 by playing the bagpipes during the pandemic.Rachael Blueman, who lives in Rawcliffe, started learning to play when she was 38 with the City of York Pipe Band after seeing them outside Marks and Spencers on Parliament Street.Today, she’s raised thousands of pounds for the RSPCA and York Animal […]

PREPARATION TIME 25 minutes COOKING TIME 25 minutes SERVES Serves Makes 10 fritters Bright, colourful and fresh, these fritters are sure to bring a bit of oomph to your dinner table on a cold night in January. As long as you’re gentle, they bind perfectly well without adding eggs. The trick is to let them […]

Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 January 2022 with offers continuing all week Over 70 attractions, events and offers!Explore the city and be a tourist for the weekend – for free! Organised by Make It York, this annual Festival is our way of saying a HUGE ‘thank you’ for the warm welcome you give to York’s […]

Those who live in York and in close proximity to the city are very fortunate to have a number of top-class sporting events on their doorstep. If you are looking for a sporting day out in 2022, here are some events you should consider.   PDC Darts  Darts is a sport that is increasingly being added onto many […]

City of York Council and Forestry England were joined by seven local school children from Poppleton Ousebank Primary School for the planting. York Community Woodland will cover 194 acres near Knapton. Over 100,000 trees and shrubs in the woodland will be planted over the next few years.The woodland will benefit York’s natural ecosystem by promoting […]

A bi-weekly food market in Tang Hall has won a national award, and it’s a biggie. Food Circle York recently won the Best Shop or Market Award at the BBC Food Awards. Headed by chef and grower Joe Fennerty, the market focuses on organic, regenerative and sustainable food production.The award was judged by food journalist Layla Casson […]

It was a Christmas party to remember for the Yorkies Talkies Walking Group at Hazlewood Castle in early December. They swapped walking boots for sparkles and suit jackets but stayed close to their outdoor-loving roots. The stunning event in a beautifully decorated tipi in the woods had mountain themed party favours by FifteenTenShop, and a […]

Babbies, bairns, and a fondness for Brown Ale. It’s an emotional reunion for the audience at Grand Opera House tonight for Dick Turpin Rides Again.  Berwick Kaler, York’s legendary dame, has come out of retirement, bringing with him pantomime faves Martin Barrass, Suzy Cooper, AJ Powell and David Leonard.  The plot is bizarre, it’s eccentric, […]

Local business owner Ed Gill has launched a brand new home care service covering York, Thirsk and Ryedale under the award-winning Radfield Home Care franchise.The service specialises in delivering person-centred, quality-focused care to older people living in their own homes and will be recruiting dozens of care professionals over the coming months. Clients from York to […]

Three key streets in York are due a makeover over the next two months.  City of York Council is completely repaving and resurfacing the footpaths on the full length of Stonegate and stretches of Colliergate and Church Street. Stonegate starts on 3 January for up to nine weeks, Colliergate on 3 January for up to seven […]

York Minster’s beautiful brollies are now back in stock. They were designed by 83-year-old photography enthusiast, Barney Sharratt.Barney would usually be out and about taking photographs, but due the pandemic and needing to shield, he had to get creative with existing photos that he had already taken during lockdown.Whilst reflecting an image he’d already taken […]

You’re sure to have a ball! Panto season has descended upon York, filling York Theatre Royal with excited families chattering over Christmas carols from the York Theatre Royal Choir.  Back in-house after the pandemic, a new pantomime era dawns on York Theatre Royal: This year’s offering, Cinderella, written by Paul Hendy, tells a tale as […]

Promoting an Equal, Inclusive and Accessible York A Makaton musical event, an ‘open-mike’ poetry night and a Christmas Fayre are just some of the events at York Disability Week from 27th November to 4th December. There’s also a lecture on the experience of disability in higher education, an event on moving into employment with a […]

It’s approaching three years since a small group of volunteers, known as the Friends of New Earswick Swimming Pool, took on the day to day running and development of the swimming pool in New Earswick after it was threatened with closure by a local housing trust.  “It’s been a steep learning curve for us,” said […]