THE council is set to renew its contract with tourism body Make It York - but admits there are issues with the transparency and accountability of the organisation.

Firefighters used hydraulic cutting gear to free a person trapped in a vehicle following an accident at Bridge Court in Wetherby this morning.

CYCLE couriers will NOT be made exempt from rules against cycling on pedestrianised streets in York - despite calls from a union for permits to allow riders to cycle through the city centre.

Fire crews were called to deal with a fire in a rubbish bin behind a takeaway in Foxwood Lane, York, in the early hours.

A RENEWABLE energy firm based in North Yorkshire says the industry appears to be defying the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

WORK is set to get underway tomorrow (February 8) on a major road junction in York.

A COUNTRY hotel in North Yorkshire is set to appear on our television screens this month.

Residents at a new care home in York have been reliving the past - as a form of therapy.

CITY of York Council is to put £2 million towards flood defence work in Fulford.

If you want to take on your very own renovation project, here are five properties in York with bags of potential.

We could be in for at least FIVE DAYS of snow, starting from about 9am tomorrow.

SEVEN more patients with Covid-19 have died at York Hospitals Trust.

DIG out your gloves and scarf. Snow is on the cards for much of Yorkshire this weekend, a forecaster has warned.

A small army of Covid vaccinators is being trained in York this weekend as the fight to get people innoculated as quickly as possible steps up.

THE front of York railway station is set for a major revamp costing nearly £29 million - and work could start on the scheme in months.

About 170 properties in the Fishergate area have just been hit by a power cut.

The number of new Covid cases in York has started to fall again, after a 'blip' which saw a slight rise in cases.

SNOW is expected in many northern and eastern parts over the weekend.

About 80 properties in Copmathorpe were without electricity this morning following a power cut.

Flood warnings remain in place for the River Ouse in York city centre.

COUNCIL bosses investigating a social event at the York Acorn Rugby Club on December 30 which resulted in at least 12 people developing Covid say there are “a number of matters” relating to the event which are “clearly of concern”.

Police have recovered several bicycles they believe were stolen following an operation involving the city's York North neighbourhood policing team. One person has been arrested.

A chimney caught fire because it was blocked with soot.

Fire crews were called to an address in Doncaster Road, Whitley, near Eggborough, where they used a portable pump to pump water from a garden.

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THREE quarters of homeowners in York are looking for a new house, according to a new survey of city residents.

HUNDREDS of pupils at 24 schools in York, North and East Yorkshire are having a go at writing poetry as part of a competition - and parents can have a go too.

This month I am putting up a nest box for little owls in woodland close to my art gallery in Thixendale.

Ash, an eight-month-old male rabbit, was brought to The York Animal Home via one of the inspectors after his previous owner could no longer keep him.

A MAN who subjected his girlfriend to a terrifying ordeal in the sheltered housing where she lived has been jailed.

PLANS to demolish the former Carpetright store at the junction of Foss Islands Road and Layerthorpe and build a hotel in its place have been approved.

YORK’S ‘big chip man’ is making a comeback with a new motivational fundraiser to support York Hospital - and he wants you to get involved.

County councillors in North Yorkshire are set to forego any increase in their allowances this year.

Fire crews were called out to rescue a horse which had gots its leg stuck in railings.

Here are some celebrities who were educated in York.

THE first question I asked myself on seeing the CCTV footage of a group of women running hell for leather from a beauty salon being raided by police wasn’t why the salon was flouting the lockdown restrictions - although that is obviously what’s m...

ONE of the few silver linings to Covid-19 is the cancellation of Spain’s Pamplona bull run.

IN 1971, D Webster and Son, specialists in footwear and repairs, 13 Goodramgate, York, celebrated their 100th birthday.

A MAN has died after being involved in a crash.

A YORK school is to become one of ten centres across the country where St John Ambulance First Aiders will undergo training in how to administer Covid vaccinations.

PAUL Cooper - who helped achieve justice for hundreds of former York Carriageworks employees who fell victim to the factory’s asbestos timebomb - has died from Covid, aged 77.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has increased slightly for the first time in weeks, the latest figures confirm.

TWO more people have lost their lives to Covid-19 at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the latest figures confirm.

A YORK health worker has been struck off after police found he had been downloading indecent images of children on his home computer.

PEOPLE across York and North Yorkshire are to pay an extra 1.99 per cent in council tax to fund the area's police and fire and rescue services.

THE York-based factory where the Poppets confectionery brand is made will be on TV this Sunday, featured in the Channel 5 documentary ‘The Wonderful World of Chocolate’, airing at 7pm.

A MAN was punched and spat at in the street.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was hit by a van in Harrogate.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about a burglary which occurred in Scarborough.

THREE people accused of trying to disrupt Covid-19 testing at the Poppleton Bar site will make their first court appearances later this month.