A secret venue, kept hidden from most of the public for almost a century, is set to gain a new lease of life. The Freemasons’ Hall will fling open its imposing wooden doors to the public for the first time when it is transformed into an events venue. The Grade II-listed Art Deco building, on Bridge Street, in Spinningfields, has been largely untouched since its completion in 1929. As The Freemasons’ Hall, it was built as a home for the group to hold their ceremonial meetings. Inside the impressive Read more [...]

Graham Wynn OBE Chairman of the Marches LEP A £250,000 project which will revolutionise the way businesses access support services across Shropshire and Telford Wrekin was officially launched today. The Marches Growth Hub brings together local and national products and services available to support businesses whatever their sector, size or stage of growth, in one place for the first time. The virtual hub, www.marchesgrowthhub.co.uk, was launched today. The business-friendly Read more [...]

The new charity, which started trading on 1st April 2015, following the transfer of staff and assets from Cambridge City Council, is responsible for the management and running of the venues as well as the operation of the Cambridge Folk Festival and the city’s portfolio of outdoor entertainments. In addition to ongoing building improvements, Cambridge Live has focused on key elements of its conference offer across the two spaces to ensure that the venues are positioned as the ideal conference Read more [...]

Ticketmaster's State of Play: Dance Music Report, an investigation analysing data pertaining to the live UK dance music industry, reveals there has been a 500 per cent increase in the number of UK dance music festivals operating since 2000. While clubs remain the most popular destination for UK dance music event attendees, with 60 per cent of the 1017 surveyed having been to a club in the past three years, 51 per cent have visited a festival, a figure pointing towards a growing prominence of festivals Read more [...]

A CHARITY is calling on people across Yorkshire to hold Christmas events to stop half a million older people from spending Christmas Day alone. Friends of the Elderly say a third of older people in the region are affected by loneliness. It is supporting an initiative to log every Christmas Day event for older people on an easily accessible website, so that no one who wants to be alone on Christmas Day has to.Last year there were 12 Christmas Day activities listed in Yorkshire on the Read more [...]

A spooktacular range of events are taking place across the area as part of Halloween. Ghostly goings on are promised at these events listed below. If you have organised a Halloween-themed event please email us the details and send in your pictures to editorial@doncastertoday.co.uk From creepy ghouls to creepy crawlies, youngsters are set for fun-packed week at Doncaster Dome this half term. The leisure venue has a host of activities taking place to suit all ages.Dinosaur Read more [...]

Half a million older people from across Yorkshire are facing spending Christmas Day alone. Last year there were 12 Christmas Day activities listed in Yorkshire on the Community Christmas website - but the charity said many more are needed this year.Almost two thirds of people surveyed by Friends of the Elderly, said they feel they could do more to support older people at Christmas time. The charity said now is the time to start planning a community Christmas, and it’s not just about Read more [...]

A former aide to Sir Edward Heath, embroiled in a bitter planning dispute in his own leafy parish, has been charged with assaulting a pensioner on the village green. Stratford-on-Avon District councillor Robert Vaudry is accused of shoving 70-year-old Paul Turner in the chest during an heated exchange in the heart of quintessential rural community, Dorsington in Warwickshire. The alleged incident, in a village which boasted multi-millionaire publisher Felix Dennis among its residents, took place Read more [...]

Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesFireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on January 1, 2014 in London.Payment processing company Worldpay had London's biggest stock market listing of the year so far this week — and it's a huge moment for fintech, short for financial technology. Worldpay was valued at £4.8 billion ($7.4 billion) when shares listed on Tuesday, and the stock price popped over 3% on the opening day. The reception of the listing could cement London's Read more [...]

ANIMAL-lovers are being invited to attend a fundraising event in Bosham to help raise money for bears and other animals in need. To be held on Saturday, October 17 at The Hamblin Trust at Bosham House, the event will fundraise for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which rescues and protects animals around the world.The event will include a presentation from the UK director of IFAW, Philip Mansbridge. He said: “Throughout the world, bears are in trouble. “They Read more [...]