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We have been in discussion with NYCC Local Resilience Forum, Ready For Anything and Major Incident Response Team about how we best administrate spontaneous volunteers. However we recognise that the communities are self-organising, and know their communities best. Due to the potential risks to the public and organisation in coordinating volunteers in this setting without […]
COASTLINER AND YORK AND COUNTRY STEP IN TO HELP VOLUNTEERS TAKING SUPPLIES TO PEOPLE ISOLATED AT HOME DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Bus operators offer free travel for organised groups to deliver food, medicines and vital supplies As the UK prepares for an expected rise in cases of Coronavirus, York and North Yorkshire bus operators Coastliner […]
FROM SILVER SCREEN TO STAGE, MILITARY WIVES CHOIRS ANNOUNCE UK CONCERT SERIES FOR AUTUMN 2020 Tickets go on general sale on Wednesday 11 March at 10am via www.myticket.co.uk. (London 06/03/2020) Following the nationwide release of the Motion Picture “Military Wives”, the much-loved Military Wives Choirs have announced they will be performing together in widely anticipated 8 date concert […]
Friendly Malton-based bus driver shortlisted in bus firm’s Amazing Awards His co-workers say “he’s more than just a colleague, he’s a friend to all” – and Coastliner bus driver Eamonn Wall’s been singled out for special praise at a prestigious awards event. Eamonn, a familiar face to thousands of customers on the company’s buses between […]
Another Flashing Success For The Blue Light Theatre Company! The Blue Light Theatre Company took to the stage once again in January at our home, Acomb Working Men’s Club to raise money for two worthy York Charities, York Against Cancer and Motor Neurone Disease Association (York). We are thrilled to announce that we managed to […]
Crowds fill the city streets for March to Coppergate, but finale event cancelled due to high winds at JORVIK Viking Festival The stormiest February half term in over 30 years led to the first cancellation of JORVIK Viking Festival’s son-et-lumière performance at the Eye of York, but visitors to the city still joined the celebrations […]
YORK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK PROGRAMME 7th to 15th March The York International Women’s Week co-ordinating group is delighted to announce that an exciting and wide-ranging programme for York International Women’s Week 2020 is now available. The events are offered by local organisers (individual and groups) and the programme is pulled together by a small group […]
A student who saved a stranger’s life with skills she learnt on Restart a Heart Day is urging the county’s secondary schools to sign up for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service event in October. Registration is now open for secondary schools to get involved in Restart a Heart Day (Friday 16 October 2020) when Yorkshire Ambulance […]
Saturday 15 February – Sunday 23 February 2020 The Vikings didn’t manage to travel the world without knowing where and when to anchor their boats and pitch their tents, and the Norse invaders arriving for JORVIK Viking Festival this weekend (15 February) are tweaking their plans slightly with Storm Dennis expected to unleash its fury […]
UK’s most popular heritage railway, North Yorkshire Moors, returns to our TV screens on Friday 21st February at 8pm, in the series three premiere of The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard, which is airing on Channel 5. Get ready to immerse yourself in a glorious roller-coaster ride, as viewers follow the same lovable cast of […]
