Category: Local News

The irresistible Italian restaurant will be opening their delicatessen on St Helen’s Square to share their Christmas offerings. 

Willow Farm Cafe puts on a mean Sunday dinner, as Jason Chinnian found out.  I arrived just gone 12.30pm to find the car park quite full and, on entering the restaurant, found that to be virtually full. The clientele comprised couples, senior and junior, as well as many families with young children with prams. But […]

We all know award shows are corny, and York Maze wouldn’t have it any other way as they walk away with the gong for outstanding customer service! So you’re lost in a maze, a maize maze and all that is between you and your freedom is more than one million cobs of corn, over 15 […]

“Libraries are a vital part of our communities and provide an opportunity for lifelong development and learning. I’m pleased that plans for a new library for the local community in Haxby can now move forward.” Cllr Keith Myers, Executive Member for education, children and Young people, City of York Council The first draft for the future […]

We love a good news story here at Your Local Link. And thanks to our friends at Carecent, we’ve got a lovely one here for you. Carecent is a charity that provides breakfast, clothing and support to the homeless, unemployed and socially excluded throughout York. Open six mornings a week from 8.30-10.45am, Monday-Saturday, those in […]

York’s favourite stately home, Castle Howard, returns for the festive season with Christmas decorations that are bigger, and more beautiful than ever before. Theatrical designers, Charlotte Lloyd Webber and Bretta Gereke, have designed the house with the theme of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’. Children can enjoy picking out the clues of the Twelve Days […]

It’s fair to say that in York, we’re pretty spoilt for choice when it comes to beauty salons. With plenty dotted around the city centre, there are even quite a handful in various villages. But with so many options, how do we know which one to choose? Kuki Hair and Beauty Spa in Huntington have […]

TalkTalk has announced a welcome boost for York as the internet provider’s ultra fibre optic network reaches 20,000 homes and businesses across the city. Residents in Chapelfields, Foxwood, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe can now connect to 1000 Mb/s internet speeds as it ramps up the second phase of its full fibre rollout which will reach up […]

York has been revealed to have one of the healthiest high streets in the UK, according to the Royal Society for Public Health. The City of York placed sixth in the top ten ‘healthiest’ high streets. It came in behind cities such as Edinburgh and Canterbury, but beat Exeter and Cambridge. Meanwhile York’s neighbours, Grimsby […]

Returning for its seventh year, York Business Week (YBW) has been crucial in the creation and promotion of thousands of local businesses, from fledgling start-ups to ever-growing giants of industry. But just because they’ve been around the block doesn’t mean the great minds behind YBW are ready for the quiet life, as 2018 promises to […]

The recent onset of autumn reminded me that I’ve called York my home for 18 years. Those with exceptionally high IQs might be able to work out that I therefore arrived in the year 2000, and that I was a fresh-faced 18 year old, ready to suckle on the teat that was university knowledge. What […]

Carluccio’s in York has launched its Christmas Deli, offering tasty Italian treats for under the Christmas tree. Shoppers can get their hands on the Italian sweet breads that Carluccio’s has become known for. A particularly delicious gift, Panettone al Limoncello, comes coated in white chocolate with candied lemon peel and filled with a limoncello filling. […]

Dreading half term because you’ve no idea how to entertain the kids? Don’t you worry yourselves our lovely readers. We’ve got you covered. Here are five events that’ll keep your little monsters busy: SPOOKY WOODLAND TRAIL & AUTUMN FESTIVAL – BURTON AGNES HALL – 27TH OCTOBER-4TH NOVEMBER Ordinarily, this grand building and its gardens are […]

  Some people look forward to the mince pies and the mulled wine. Some people look forward to the presents under the tree. Some people just want an excuse to play their Now That’s What I Call Christmas CD. Here at Your Local Link, we look forward to pantomime season! And this year, we’re being […]

Studio 76 in York is celebrating after one of their beauticians placed sixth in the Miss English Rose Pageant.  Joni Turner, who works part time at the salon, travelled to The Prince of Wales Hotel, Southport for the qualifier of the Miss British Isles Pageant: “It was an experience like no other! I was nervous […]