ICY weather has led to an increase in people rushed to York Hospital with broken bones - putting extra pressure on already stretched services.

FRONTLINE staff at York Hospital will start being vaccinated against coronavirus today (Tuesday) - as the number of Covid-related patient deaths at the hospital continues to rise.

EMERGENCY services were called out to reports of someone trying to go in to the River Ouse in York.

LAST night the Prime Minister set out further measures as part of a lockdown in England in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus.

AS the country wakes up to a new national lockdown, this is the guidance around weddings, civil partnerships, religious services and funerals (from the gov.uk website):

FIREFIGHTERS rescued a driver after a crash.

THOUSANDS of people have downloaded a new fitness app created by two York graduates to keep people active during the pandemic.

SCHOOLS and colleges in England will again be asked to shift to remote learning as part of a third national lockdown announced by the Prime Minister.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in after an accident left the cab of an HGV hanging off a bridge.

It’s a disgrace the way John Heawood was treated when he tried to book his coronavirus jab (‘First come first served’ booking not right, Letters, January 2). Our own situation was very much a tale of two medical groups.

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THE owner of a popular children’s soft play centre in York has offered the use of her premises as a vaccination centre.

A MUSICIAN in York is looking to kick-start the new year with a fresh tune release later this month.

As we enter this New Year may we walk clear of this minefield of the Covid virus and begin to look forward with confidence to a different but safer world.

Congratulations to Angela and Michael Blows from Strensall, who managed to get married despite the upheavals of Covid.

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It was interesting to read in the news recently Tom Jones pointing out that being 80 years old has some benefits. He has already had his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine.

BORIS Johnson has ordered a new national lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus amid fears the NHS risks being overwhelmed.

Council chiefs in York tonight moved to reassure residents and businesses that they will continue to support local communities after a new national lockdown was introduced.

YORK'S coronavirus rate has increased rapidly in recent days. The city was the area with the lowest rate in Yorkshire and Humber three weeks ago – now it has the highest rate in the region.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make a televised address at 8 pm to outline further steps to tackle rise in coronavirus cases in England.

POLICE in York are hunting a wanted man.

POLICE have arrested a teenager after receiving a report of an alleged sexual offence in York.

NEW figures show how coronavirus is affecting each age group in York.

TWO further York primary schools will not be reopening for the majority of children this week.

A SECOND York primary school will not be reopening for the majority of children this week.

Frontline staff at York Hospital will start to be vaccinated against coronavirus from tomorrow.

A YORK primary school is closed today to all but the children of key workers and 'vulnerable' pupils.

I was five years old when two members of the Yorkshire Bank staff came to our school, Yearsley Grove Primary, to give a talk on saving your pocket money.

A member of catering staff at Buckingham Palace has been jailed after admitting stealing medals and official photos of the royal family from the Queen’s residence.

POLICE are trying to locate the family of a man who died at his home in North Yorkshire.

YORK'S coronavirus rate is now more than seven times higher than only a month ago - leaving the city an island of purple surrounded by blue on an official Covid map.

York City's first scheduled game at the new LNER Community Stadium on January 12 will no longer be played at the site, the club has confirmed.

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A FAMILY-run vineyard and brewery near York has produced its very first brandy.

FIVE more patients with coronavirus have died at hospitals in York and Scarborough.

FLOOD defence work could start soon to protect homes in Clementhorpe, Bishopthorpe and Clifton and Rawcliffe.

A FIELD is set to be turned into a dog walking site where pet owners can pay to walk their pups in a secure space.

POLICE have released this photo of a man they want to speak to, following reports that a naked man performed a sex act on himself in view of the public.

AN ambitious decarbonisation plan which will create jobs for the region has received £1.7m.

POLICE are on the hunt for whoever scratched an 'offensive symbol' on a car in York.

AN accident is causing traffic problems through Tadcaster.

A LAGER lout on bail for violence injured a police community support officer (PCSO) during a large-scale city centre gathering, York magistrates heard.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has refused to rule out another national lockdown amid concerns the new variant coronavirus is spreading out of control.

TWO out of three charities in York have reached crisis point and will close within a year unless more is done to help them, according to a new report.

A WOMAN suffered from smoke inhalation and needed oxygen after a wifi router caught fire in her flat.

VOLUNTEERS in a small market town feel they are fighting a battle against a national charity to save a vital community hub.

FIREFIGHTERS came to the rescue after a horse became wedged over a stable door in an East Yorkshire village.

PEDESTRIANS, cyclists and motorists should beware in York this morning, as pavements and residential streets have numerous dangerous patches of black ice.

THERE'S been an accident on a main road in to York.