Category: Local News

While sports like football, basketball and golf are worth billions of pounds, there is a new sports industry that is making the big bucks, too. Esports, or electronic sports, involves playing video games competitively. Analysts of esports say that the esports industry could be worth $1.79 billion by 2022. Esports is hugely popular in the […]

If you didn’t already know, RONAN KEATING is coming to the York area and performing a summer concert at Castle Howard. The show’s promoters LPH Concerts & Events and Castle Howard have announced the Wandering Hearts as the supporting act for the summer show on Sunday 4th August 2019. Ronan Keating’s opening act for the […]

The peppy off-Broadway musical adaption of Little Miss Sunshine spreads laughter and cheer, but falls short of the Oscar winning film.  When the youngest member of the Hoover family, Olive, learns that she has placed in the final of a children’s beauty pageant in California, her family decides to embark on an 800-mile road trip […]

By Jenny Holmes “Public transport is always so awkward” was the complaint my friend made when on our way to visit our friend.  We were on a busy train, crowded and squished against the doors. My friend shared how she always felt awkward talking on a quiet train, but felt even more awkward standing amongst […]

People were bursting out of the tent as screaming fans desperately fought their way to the front with their disgruntled partners in tow.

Cricket fans rejoice: it’s not long until York Cricket Club hosts the four day Specsavers County Championship game between Yorkshire CCC and Warwickshire CCC from 17th – 20th June. As a result the club has received a grant from the England and Wales Cricket Board to buy an electronic scoreboard, covers and sight screens. “York […]

York Burton Lane Club on Bootham Crescent in York is now open after a £34,000 revamp and it looks totally different. The refurbishment took around four months to complete and has seen the bar area open up to create more space for visitors. A big separating wall has been removed and the bar has moved […]

Okay peeps, brace yourselves. This is gonna be a pretty heavy edition of Tech Talks. Ever heard of a monster movie called Cloverfield? The 2008 JJ Abrams film told from a behind-the-camera perspective of one of the characters? Other than its infamous ‘Blair Witch’ style, it had arguably the most impressive and successful marketing strategy […]

By Claire Brooks How do you introduce a show that’s been running in London since 1952; has starred legendary actors such as Richard Attenborough, Julie Walters, Miranda Hart and Patrick Stewart; was written by the iconic Dame Agatha Christie; and serves as a prime example of the ultimate murder mystery? Well, like that I suppose. […]

For the first time ever Countryfile Live is coming to Yorkshire! The event will take place at York’s very own Castle Howard from 15-18 August. Countryfile presenters Matt Baker, Anita Rani, John Craven, Steve Brown, Tom Heap and Ellie Harrison joined chef Brian Turner this week at Yorkshire stately home Castle Howard to launch this […]

The four-starred Grange Hotel in Clifton has recently had a major makeover – and we’ve been given a sneak peek at the results.

Six men have been charged nearly £2,000 for urinating in the streets of York. Paying 20p to use the toilet might not sound like such a bad idea when you compare it to the £468 you could pay for getting caught having a wee in a car park. That’s exactly what happened to Peter Stableford […]

Always assuming that I’m going to be good at everything, before I actually have a go: I volunteered to try out the high intensity, low impact workout class: PiYo with Niamh in York. The verdict? It’s the perfect tonic for any tired fitness routine, whatever the goal. What is PiYo?  PiYo combines yoga, pilates and […]

A local garage is raffling off an MOT and service worth £250 to raise funds for local food banks.  STS Tyre Pro Centre on Clifton Moor will use every penny raised to buy essentials that local food banks require, as well as accepting donations on-site to be given to the food banks. The deadline for […]

I think it’s fair to say that most people have seen – or at least heard of – The Sound of Music. This charming yet poignant story is based on the real-life Von Trapp Family Singers – who escaped from Nazi-invaded Europe – and adapted for stage and screen from Maria Augusta Von Trapp’s memoir. […]