A YORK man has finally returned home from hospital to his overjoyed family - 15 months after falling down the stairs and breaking his back.

SNOW is falling across the region this morning, and police are urging people not to travel unless they have to.

POLICE are searching for a missing man.

NORMALLY Nick Julius has ten people working in his bustling restaurant in the heart of York.

More time for pedestrians to cross at traffic lights, more encouragement for children to walk to school (once schools do finally re-open), a bus interchange, better-connected cycle lanes - and a crackdown on vans parking on pavements.

Nearly 4,000 deaths from Covid-19 and 20 million with the virus in America, as if that was not something to worry about, Mr Trump cannot accept he was voted out of the top job and is making so much trouble.

HOME schooling returned for thousands of families across the York area this week.

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A NETWORK of independent businesses in York is looking for a new leader as its long-standing chairman prepares to step down.

A SERIAL house raider burgled his neighbour’s home in the middle of the night, York Crown Court heard.

IF you ever wondered what happened to York Elvis impersonator Eddie Vee then log into Facebook today at 3pm.

THE people of York are being asked to lend their voices to help bring the story of Clifford’s Tower to life as part of a new project.

This map shows were every crime was reported in York last November.

WITH the re-introduction of lockdown comes that phenomenon (very noticeable in the earlier version) of 'exercising the car'.

POLICE are warning that people are trying to "get around" lockdown rules - as the city faces its highest recorded level of Covid infections.

SNOW is causing difficult driving conditions over higher ground this morning.

York's iconic city walls will be lit blue to coincide with the return of the ‘Clap For Heroes’ at 8pm this evening (Thursday).

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has now reached over 500 people per 100,000, the latest figures confirm.

THERE have been two further deaths related to Covid-19 recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the latest figures confirm.

THE Army will use “battle preparation techniques” to keep up the pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollout across the UK, with hundreds of thousands of doses per day administered by the middle of this month, Boris Johnson has said.

YORK Hospital has created extra capacity in A&E for dealing with broken bones as people continue to fall in the icy conditions.

FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a fire at a flat in York.

A TOTAL of 355 fixed penalty notices were issued by North Yorkshire Police between December 2 and January 5 for coronavirus breaches.

TWO brothers who found music fame in North Yorkshire are to bring their successful 'rock and roll' bar to York.

BUSINESS confidence is improving but the Covid pandemic has cost many jobs and 'hollowed out' industries.

THE number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in the York area over a seven-day period recently compared to the previous week has surged by more than 100 per cent.

A SUITCASE full of Fat Rascals, jockey racing silks, a Viking outfit and a Tesla made it on to a list of bizarre things left behind at York Travelodge last year.

STAFF at a GP surgery have been praised for ensuring residents received the Covid-19 vaccination.

YORK St John University will continue to offer face-to-face teaching to a select number of critical courses over the lockdown period.

NATIONAL Express has announced that it will fully suspend its scheduled coach services from midnight on Sunday.

ONE casualty has been taken to York Hospital following a road accident involving three vehicles.

RESIDENTS in York and North Yorkshire have been warned that if they are outside their home "without a reasonable excuse," or gather indoors or outdoors with others, they could be fined of up to £200.

THE re-opening of York Theatre Royal has been postponed because of the latest lockdown measures.

AN ADDITIONAL £100,000 is now available for discretionary payments to York residents who are required to self-isolate during the Covid-19 pandemic.

CHANGES are set to come in on some bus routes in York following the start of the third coronavirus lockdown.

A WOMEN’S charity in York is celebrating after being awarded more than £322,000 in National Lottery funding to support its work with vulnerable women.

AS THE country enters a third lockdown, Big Issue North vendors face a predicament as they are once again not permitted to sell the magazine.

CLAP for Carers looks set to return this Thursday at 8pm, under a new name.

A SWING bridge which carries the A63 over the River Ouse at Selby will undergo permanent repairs to the control system this weekend.

The founder and chief executive of a high street store with a York outlet  has handed himself another massive payout of £30 million as Christmas sales soared.

THERE have been no further deaths related to Covid-19 at care homes in the York area, the latest figures confirm.

ICY road conditions led to two accidents on the same stretch of road.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a car fire in York.

A YORK MP will push for the new national lockdown to end as soon as it is safe to do so.

SNOW showers and freezing fog is forecast to sweep the UK in the coming days.

VETERAN York fundraiser Joyce Gee has finally hung up her boots - after raising more than £1 million to help children with physical and mental difficulties over 47 years.

YORK'S city centre streets should be places where people can walk and live, rather than being dominated by cars and delivery vehicles, an influential transport forum says.

A COUNCILLOR has praised York Hospital staff for the ‘fantastic’ treatment they gave her after she fell on black ice and broke her wrist in two places.

THE doctor in charge of York’s largest vaccination centre hopes all of the city’s over-50s can get the jab by Easter - provided everyone continues to pull together and sufficient vaccines are delivered.