Category: Local News

Castle Howard, in North Yorkshire, has won two prestigious UK Heritage Awards this month.  The awards were presented at a glamorous award ceremony at Grocers’ Hall, London. Dr Christopher Ridgway, Castle Howard’s Curator since 1984, received a very special Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to the Heritage sector. He’s dedicated his life’s work to […]

Hilarious and occasionally harrowing. The Full Monty: The Musical explores important themes that feel even more relevant today than they did in 1997.  Opening night for The Full Monty is on a Wednesday at Joseph Rowntree Theatre but it feels just like a Friday. Excited women are filling the seats, with a healthy littering of […]

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu is to attend and give the address at a service entitled ‘Faith, Hope and Love’ at St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton, YO17 7HB on Sunday 24 March at 6.30pm.   The service is to mark the 10-year anniversary of Claudia Lawrence’s disappearance in March 2009. Cllr Joan Lawrence, […]

By Claire Brooks Avid theatre-goers will be extremely familiar with the internal buzz of excitement that the words ‘the auditorium is now open’ are followed by. That feeling of knowing you’re about to immerse yourself in another world and park the real one on the side for a couple of hours can’t be compared with […]

York St John’s Musical Production Society put on a fun and upbeat performance of the popular theatre adaptation of High School Musical this weekend.  The story goes something like this: Troy Bolton, a popular athlete on the high school basketball team, falls in love with Gabriella Montez, a beautiful geek, while away on holiday at […]

Each month we bring you the latest gardening news from our green-fingered experts in York On your marks. Get Set. Grow! By Tony Chalcraft Onions are one of the easiest vegetable crops to grow, especially if you plant them from ‘sets’. For any novice growers out there, ‘sets’ are dried baby onions grown the previous […]

The year is 1948, and the location is Malaya – the perfect setting for Peter Nichols’ hilarious 1977 play with music. And Robert Readman’s Pick Me Up Theatre have taken on the challenge of bringing it to life, here at the John Cooper Studio @41 Monkgate. One of the many things that’s always prevalent in […]

Your Local Link’s MD, Gini Guttery, took four of her grandkids to William’s Den to put it to the test. “I want to work here” – Jacob, age 6 “It’s well cool” – Jessica, age 13 With four grandchildren to entertain aged between six and thirteen, finding something to do that’s suitable for all, not […]

He was once the glimmering winner of The X Factor, but now, in 2019, the lovely Joe will be taking to the stage in brand new 80s musical Club Tropicana. Joe plays Garry – a hilarious club rep. “He’s camp, he’s witty, very flamboyant and quite sassy,” he says about his theatrical alter ego. “There’s […]

York Family Mediation Service (YFMS)  York Family Mediation Service is a Registered Charity that provides two sources of help and practical support for families experiencing the breakdown of relationships – mediation and support with child contact. Mediation is a process of conflict resolution, which is being used increasingly to support people going through separation and […]

Yorkshire’s leading food and drink businesses have been recognised for their entrepreneurial spirit, business acumen and product or service excellence, as winners were revealed at the second annual Garbutt + Elliott Food Entrepreneurs awards, last week. 11 winners emerged from over 100 entrants to be crowned across nine categories, including the coveted ‘Garbutt + Elliott […]

Get ready for a brand new treatment – Lanamiche Beauty Salon and Skin Clinic are proud to be offering CooLifting to existing and new clients. This nifty device looks like it’s come from the future – but it could make you look like you’ve gone back a few years.  CooLifting works through pressurised CO2, which […]

Want to dip your feet into the vast sea of music in York? Check out these up and coming local bands who are making big moves. 1. Flooded A four piece band with a great debut single titled ‘Too Much for Lucy’. Their indie rock tune has had over 20,000 streams since the songs release […]

Getting ‘Steamy’ in The Yorkshire Dales with Wensleydale Railway Your Local Link’s Jason Chinnian went to see what Wensleydale Railway has to offer. The first outing on The Wensleydale Railway was a showcase of the famous Tornado train. Now I am no train buff so all the stats, chassis numbers are of no interest to me. But I appreciate […]