THE man who ran Castle Howard for 30 years has been charged with two counts of child sex offences.

RETAILERS have issued a rallying call for new and expanding businesses to put their faith in York ahead of its reopening post-Covid.

SO, plans to transform the front of York railway station have been approved. Councillors voted in favour of the scheme by a majority of 9-6 at a meeting on February 4.

ROADWORKS are causing traffic delays on a main road through North Yorkshire this morning.

TWO York entrepreneurs have opened a second cafe in the city - and are selling take-out during lockdown.

I SEE yet another hotel is to be built in York (Hotel by walls set for approval, February 4).

WHO remembers when a trip to the supermarket looked like this?

INSTEAD of designing York station so that either more cars can be parked nearby or asking commuters to take the park and ride, could not a parkway station be built outside, say at Copmanthorpe?

THOUSANDS of children have been singing through lockdown thanks to York Music Hub.

A GROWING number of small retailers have been eyeing up York, according to Make It York.

MENTAL health is the biggest concern among York businesses, economic bosses have revealed.

INDEPENDENT takeaway owners are backing York's cycle couriers in a bid to help them speed up delivery times - with one restaurant owner saying they are "essential" to the survival of businesses.

THE council is set to put around £800,000 towards bailing out the organisation that runs York's leisure centres.

FOOTBALL fans now have the chance to bid on more than 130 historic items from York City’s home ground, Bootham Crescent.

YORK Hospital chiefs are backing a new NHS campaign to urge families to talk about organ donation following research that shows less than half of adults in England have had the conversation.

WHAT else will it take to convince the Chancellor to change his mind ?

A North Yorkshire butcher has been convicted of murdering and raping 21-year-old Libby Squire.

POLICE are searching for a wanted man that has been recalled to prison.

THE number of students applying for places at York's universities has increased, despite the pandemic.

TEN adults have been fined for Covid rule breaches after York police discovered a children's birthday party and the grown ups were found having a barbecue.

Detective Superintendent Martin Smalley, Senior Investigating Officer in the case, said:“This has been one of the most challenging and emotional cases I’ve led on in my 30 year career as a detective, and I know everyone has felt as deep a pers...

FIREFIGHTERS are currently tackling a barn blaze.

After the verdicts, Libby's parents Lisa and Russ Squire said: “Firstly, we would like to thank everybody for their love and support over the past two years. We have really appreciated it.

Detectives who investigated the murder of Libby Squire have said there was nothing more police could have done to prevent her tragic death – despite Pawel Relowicz committing a series of sexually-motivated crimes in the months before he raped an...

A timeline of the events leading up to Pawel Relowicz's rape and murder of Libby Squire

Libby Squire was “in the best place in her life she had ever been” at the time of her death, according to her parents and her long-term boyfriend.

The “utterly disgusting” sexual predator who stalked, raped and murdered Libby Squire is a far cry from the religious family man described by those who knew him.

Student Libby Squire died because “it was her sheer misfortune by a terrible twist of fate” to stray into the path a serial sexual offender who was on the prowl for vulnerable women.

Libby Squire’s parents still do not know how their daughter died.

A BOUTIQUE hotel in York which has scooped several prestigious awards during the past year has now been included in the Michelin Guide 2021.

AN accident has reduced a major road through North Yorkshire to one lane.

YORK'S Covid infection rate has fallen to five times lower than its peak last month - but is still twice as high as it was in early December.

BORIS Johnson has stated that he will ‘compensate’ those businesses, such as fresh fish suppliers, which are experiencing difficulties exporting to the EU.

THE approval of plans to revamp York station frontage shows that the lunatics have taken over the asylum in York. We need another hideous, environmentally ruinous multi-storey car park in York like we need a hole in the head.

THE leaders of four political groups on City of York Council - representing 43 of the city’s 47 councillors - have united to speak out against proposals to merge the council with Selby, Ryedale and Scarborough under a devolution deal. The Libera...

Consumer comparison site, Which? Compared 19 ever day items sold my all major UK supermarkets throughout January

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

ALL the stock has been removed from another fashion shop in York city centre - along with the signs outside.

A SCHOOL in York has been selected to become a regional teaching school hub.

A POLICE inspector has spoken out about North Yorkshire Police’s new operation after a spate of anti-social behaviour and other criminality in Ripon in recent weeks.

FLOODING in York has finally receded after the recent cold but mostly dry snap gave the River Ouse chance to fall back to more normal levels.

A NEW takeaway is set to open on Shambles.

WILDLIFE enthusiast Alicia Hayden is hoping to boost funds for a conservation charity after publishing a book of illustrated poetry.

STAFF at York's Topshop and Topman store have left a moving farewell note to customers following its closure.

A MAN has been arrested as police investigate the theft of several quad bikes stolen from North Yorkshire.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen again - but the number on intensive care has risen to 16.

Mr Hancock said people want certainty over whether it was possible to go away this summer.

The chairman of Royal Mail has apologised for gaps in its service over Christmas, as parcel carriers faced their busiest ever winter.

PEOPLE aged 65 and over have started getting Covid jabs in York - but anyone over 70 who has not yet been vaccinated is still being urged to book an appointment.

DRIVERS are being asked to avoid an accident on a major road through North Yorkshire.