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  • Love story blossoms at York theatre

    ALFRED Uhry’s Pulitzer award-winning play Driving Miss Daisy is at the York Theatre Royal until June 29 with Paula Wilcox, Cory English and Maurey Richards in leading roles and York Theatre Royal Associate Artist Suzann McLean directing. Made famous

  • Co-op to host 'Blooming Great' tea party

    MALTON Co-op Funeralcare has signed up to host a 'Blooming Great' Tea Party this June - and is calling on members of the local community to support the charity by doing the same. Lorraine Gould from Malton Co-op Funeralcare, commented: “We’re thrilled

  • Yorkshire is ragwort capital of the country

    COMPLAINTS about ‘ragwort’ in England have risen by over 20 per cent between 2016 and 2018. Commonly called ‘Stinking Willie’ and ‘Mare’s Fart’ due to its strong, bitter odour, the striking ragwort plant with its pretty yellow flowers is toxic

  • WIN: a family pass to music festival

    A WIDE variety of jazz, blues, acoustic, soul and funk will be on offer at the Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival next month. The Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival, which first began in 2007, takes place over the weekend of Friday 12 to Sunday

  • COLUMN: Telling it to the bees

    I was walking the dog this morning when a big, black, buzzy, mass of something fell from the air and plopped to the ground. As I got closer, I realised it was a cluster of bumblebees all behaving rather aggressively towards another, larger, insect