THE Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called in after a serious crash in North Yorkshire.

FIFTY new jobs are set to be created in the York area through plans to manufacture the world’s first 100 per cent compostable three-ply face mask - which could save not only lives but also the environment.

YORK’S battle against the coronavirus has been boosted after new figures showed that more than 45,000 residents have been vaccinated, hospital Covid patient numbers have more than halved and infection rates are falling in care homes, schools and...

A GROUP of animal-loving York locals calling themselves ‘Team Badly Drawn Pets’, are re-uniting to pick up their pencils to raise money for an animal charity.

FIRE crews were called to an incident involving a kitchen fire in Scarborough yesterday evening.

A YORK garage is appealing to drivers not to put off getting their MoT.

AN Enterprising 11-year-old York schoolgirl has created her own business during lockdown.

HOW sweet! The York mum who started a global craze for decorated Terry's Chocolate Orange gonks has given them a romantic makeover for Valentine's Day.

"THERE are no sunlit uplands anywhere to be seen, just heartache" writes Chris Mitchell about Brexit (The Press, Letters, February 11).

HOLIDAYS holidays, holidays. Lockdown blues creates unrealistic expectations.

PEOPLE living near the University of York may soon get free residents' parking permits - after an increase in students and staff parking on their streets.

THE council has agreed to renew its contract with controversial 'destination management company' Make It York.

Learning at The Mount School York continues beyond the classroom, even in virtual times!

A 26-year-old Malton butcher who raped and murdered university student Libby Squire has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years.

EMERGENCY services are on the scene of a crash on the York outer ringroad.

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.

A WARNING has been issued for possible freezing rain in York and North Yorkshire on Sunday, which could cause treacherous ice and crashes.

ONE area of York has had only three cases of coronavirus confirmed in seven days as the Covid rate continues falling across the city.

A DOG owner has agreed to pay the vet’s bill in full after his dog seriously injured a sheep in Dunnington, York.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has dropped back down to 120, after peaking at over 600 last month.

Tory MP William Wragg warned a statement after February 22 risked “pushing it towards Easter” before pupils could return to class.

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

PUPILS at a York village school need your help.

LATEST figures are showing a fall in the number of Covid cases in York's care homes, school and universities.

HERE is a list of proposals to change parking, stopping and waiting arrangements for vehicles in York from the city council.

THE over 60s will now be invited for a Covid-19 vaccine in England if supplies allow and if GPs have done all they can to reach those at higher risk.

AN appeal has gone out to families not to be tempted to head to the countryside or coast this half term holiday.

ON February 10 this year the York Press reported that Lee Robert Waring, 41, was unable to attend a court hearing at which a judge made a serious crime prevention order (SCPO) against a co-defendant. Waring, who was self-isolating in prison, was ...

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 continues to drop and is now over four times lower than it was a month ago.

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The UK government is due to outline its lockdown exit roadmap in the week commencing 22 February.

THE number of Covid wards at York Hospital has been cut from seven to five following a 'promising' fall in the number of patients with the coronavirus.

A YOUNG man left worrying about how to care for his family after losing his job has turned his life around after embarking on an apprenticeship.

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.

Sainsbury’s aims to help customers “save more on their grocery shopping” with the new campaign.

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.