STRICTER controls around shared homes in the city may be brought in - after council inspectors found people living in rooms without windows, properties with woodlice infestations and a house with 35 people living in it where some of the rooms were to...

YORK’S longest serving landlord has died from Covid, just weeks before he was due to celebrate 40 years in charge of his village pub.

HOMES lost power supply after an electricity pylon fire.

A MAJOR bridge linking two towns in North Yorkshire has reopened to traffic for the first time since floods last month.

LOWER-income households across York are facing a higher risk of unemployment this year, as “deferred” company failures line up as the furlough scheme ends, experts will warn on Tuesday.

It was with dismay that I read that four of York’s political parties have joined forces to petition the Government for the status quo to be maintained regarding the governing of our city (York must remain York: party leaders fight council merger...

LITTLE Isla Mae Rhodes couldn't wait to be born - and was delivered at home by dad Andrew.

A NEW exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York has been launched, celebrating the vital role played by railway key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A RECORD 2,300 people braved freezing weather on Saturday to visit York’s vaccination centre - and more than 90 per cent of the city’s over 70s have now been vaccinated.

AN actor from near York has told how he took part in the surreal making of a new movie - right in the middle of the pandemic.

A YORK club dating back more than a century has closed for good and the site has been sold after members decided to merge it with another club.

Congratulations to Sean Bullick and team at Make It York on the renewal of their contract (Council agrees to renew Make It York’s contract, February 13). Although long retired I was involved in the York retail and museum sectors for a combined t...

Whilst our council tax bills rise by the largest amount possible we continue to see the council offices remain the bail-out centre for businesses of all descriptions within their boundary.

AN AUDIOLOGIST saw a business opportunity when delays for GP appointments during lockdown were leading more people to turn to private companies for help.

YORK’S Covid infection rate is now the lowest in the region after another fall in the number of cases.

A man who ran Castle Howard, the stately home made famous in two major TV series, has indicated in court that he will plead not guilty to charges of child sex offences.

PETER Lawrence OBE, father of Claudia, who has been missing from York since 2009, has died aged 74 following a short illness.

PETER Lawrence OBE never gave up on the search for his daughter, Claudia Lawrence, who was last heard from and seen in March 2009.

A CAR hit a tree and burst in to flames after an accident today.

DISADVANTAGED pupils at schools across York now have access to online lessons, thanks to a £10,000 flash fundraising programme by local Rotarians.

A 37-year-old man who was caught in York attempting to travel from Scotland to London without a ticket has been jailed for five months following a British Transport Police investigation.

A YORK-based veterinary group has announced a £5.5million investment in 2021.

PLANS to build 34 new homes on a former barracks site are set to get the go ahead this week.

A THUG who claimed to have Covid and spat at a police officer while in a cell has been jailed.

From getting children back to school to reopening pubs, speculation is rife as to when and how lockdown restrictions might be eased.

KEEP an eye out for a York antiques restorer on your television screens.

Boris Johnson will address the nation as the country reached 15 million vaccinations and ministers start to discuss the easing of lockdown.

THEATRICAL company Thunk-It Theatre and Pocklington Arts Centre (PAC) have created a new partnership to bring youth theatre to young people.

Professor Mike Holmes tells in his latest column for The Press how public plaudits are boosting morale at York’s vaccination centre as staff brave freezing weather to deliver record jabs

Backbencher MPs have put pressure on the government for a swift timetable for getting the country out of the current lockdown.

A NORTH Yorkshire school has received a glowing review from the renowned Good Schools Guide.

YOU might be forgiven for thinking that the Covid-19 restrictions and lockdown have driven the New Earswick Primary School teachers around the bend. But you would be wrong.

FIREFIGHTERS attended a fire at a tattoo studio.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen below 100 from a peak of 242 less than three weeks ago.

A MAJOR road through North Yorkshire has been partially blocked by an on-going accident.

A YORK pub owner is to raise £350 million from its largest investors to shore up its finances as pubs and bars remain shut across the UK.

THE chairman of pub chain with York bars is calling on the Government to open pubs at the same time as non-essential shops.

LET’S abolish Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Child Allowance.

I must take up the claim by John Zimnock ("Congratulations to Boris" - Letters. February 11).

Calling Old Elvingtonians - your village needs YOU. Or at least, your memories...

ON Friday, we invited City of York Council and LNER to explain their thinking behind plans to transform the front of York railway station. Today, the York Bus Forum and First York get to have their say.

DAVID Ryan was Tang Hall born and bred. His teaching career took him right across the world, to New Zealand. Back in the UK, he taught languages in Scunthorpe, became a teaching union official - and even served for a while as parish clerk in Elvin...

YORK students are likely to be living in temporary accommodation for the next five years under a plan before the city council.

PLANS to build an infill property in a historic York street have been rejected by planners.

A MAN who had a “very sophisticated” cannabis farm in a North Yorkshire village has been jailed.

A DAY out turned into more like as SAS mission for a group of York youngsters on Skipwith Common.

PLANS are underway for reopening York safely after lockdown - and could include advice from behaviour experts to encourage people to visit the city responsibly.

TEN years after the disappearance of his daughter Claudia Lawrence, Peter Lawrence opened his heart to The Press in an emotional interview.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he has no plans to introduce so-called vaccine passports for activities like going to the pub.

With two newly approved multi-storey car parks - at St George’s Field and the railway station - and a third one in the pipeline for York Central, the current Lib Dem-Green Council has really excelled itself. You wait forty years for a multi-stor...