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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 […]
JORVIK Viking Festival, 15-23 February 2020, York, UK It already holds the accolade as the largest family Viking Festival, regularly welcoming 45,000 visitors to the city, but this year, York’s Norse settlers are going one step further and aiming to be the most stylish Vikings in the world when the event returns from 15 – […]
North bus firm’s award-winning young apprentice steers a course towards future success Meet Matthew Wallis – an award-winning young apprentice on the road to success with North of England bus firm Transdev. Matthew, 20, is celebrating after being highly commended in the Engineer of the Year category in the bus operator’s annual Amazing Awards, which […]
Jump on board the broom with a witch and her cat. Meet the young boy who befriended a great artist. Play in a giant garden with lots of slime. See the amazing adventures of the strongest girl in the world. Enjoy a theatre festival for young children. Accept an invitation to the ball and the […]
Spartan, the world’s largest obstacle course race (OCR) and endurance brand is entering the Northern market for the first time in a push to bring a completely new sporting spectacle to the region in the form of OCR. The 2020 race weekend is set to be held at one of Spartan’s most prestigious and iconic […]
