THE composer, former head of Minster School and former Chamberlain of York Minster, Richard Shephard MBE, has died, aged 71.

YORK is near the bottom of a new national league table for accessibility to public loos.

A YOUNG woman from Thirsk has become the youngest female to row solo across an ocean after completing the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

AN urgent appeal has gone out from a disabled children’s charity for donations after an influx of applications from struggling parents in York.

A YORK housebuilder is celebrating wildlife through a partnership with the RSPB.

Meet Alpha, Tango, Victor, Yankee and Zulu - five gorgeous degu boys who were admitted to The York Animal Home along with other degus after inspectors had the mammoth task of removing more than 300 from a single property.

IT was one of the most dramatic moments of the year in York - and one that hundreds would crowd on to the Ouse riverbank to watch - as well as TV cameras from all over the world.

IT all began with a photo of the Northern Supermarket in Whitby Avenue in York.

A CARE home resident in York has celebrated her 100th birthday - and says she has always been "disgustingly healthy".

A MODERN courtyard seating area is planned for the new Hudson Quarter development.

A MEMBER of staff at a top security prison near York has been taken to hospital after being assaulted.

A CAR with no tyre on its front offside wheel has crashed into a parked vehicle in York after failing to stop for police.

SMILING Lexi Taylor, who will be eight tomorrow, realised her dream when she celebrated recovery from a brain tumour and meningitis - by ringing a bell outside her York home.

TWO people have been arrested and weapons, drugs and cash seized in a raid by North Yorkshire Police.

RESIDENTS have the chance to have a say on plans to improve the railway stations in their towns.

JOBS may be at risk at City of York Council - as the cash-strapped local authority looks to balance its books in tough financial circumstances.

Two drivers are off the road for 40 months after they admitted drink driving at York Magistrates Court. A third admitted drug driving and was banned for three years.

YORK and North Yorkshire's Covid rates have fallen again.

OUTDOOR family gatherings could be allowed within weeks while care home residents will be able to hold hands with a loved one again under the Government’s road map for easing coronavirus restrictions.

THE number of coronavirus cases at York's universities has fallen to 15.

FIVE more Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals have died.

EMERGENCY repairs are being carried out to York's roads after a winter of heavy rain, floods, snow and freezing temperatures has taken its toll on the surfaces.

FIVE York council wards have seen statistically significant falls in the number of Covid cases, a new report has revealed.

ONLY eight York schoolchildren have tested positive for Covid in a week - but six care homes in the city have got cases amongst staff and residents.

CARE home residents look set to be allowed to hold hands with a loved one again from March 8 under the Government’s roadmap for easing coronavirus restrictions.

POLICE were called in after a car left in a layby - possibly after being involved in a crash - was destroyed by fire last night.

A BIN and its contents have been destroyed after apparently being set on fire deliberately in York city centre early today.

ANOTHER 8,692 York residents have been given a Covid jab in the past week.

A PROJECT which promotes local walks is in line for a major expansion in the months ahead with plans to extend it to assist communities worst affected by coronavirus in North Yorkshire.

NOT even a global pandemic can come between the English and their love of afternoon tea.

KEEN photographer Denise Hall found a creative way to beat the boredom of being on furlough and living alone in lockdown.

PROMPTED by Cllr Crawshaw’s letter (February 16) about ‘new car parks’, including York Central, I watched the webcast of the relevant planning committee on March 25, 2019.

IN reply to Honorary Alderman Ann Reid (Letters, February 18). Ann, Yorkshire is even bigger than you give examples of. Yes we should include Doncaster to Redcar. We should also include Hull to Halifax AND beyond. Yorkshire is huge, lets take full...

A MALTON drug trafficker will be subject to police controls for four years after he is released from a prison sentence of more than 15 years.

WORK is to start on Leeman Road Millennium Green as part of the York Central project.

THE manager of York’s Coppergate Centre says she is "cautiously optimistic" that its huge former Topshop and Topman store will not stay empty for too long.

IN THE kitchen there’s an empty space where our cat’s bowls once stood.

One dodgy meal can out you off a certain food for life, research by UK scientists found.

A "BIZARRE," beast has been spotted by a walker in fields around the Selby area near to York.

TWO teenagers and three young men from Scarborough are today starting life sentences for murder.

HUNDREDS of people were asked by police to leave York city centre with their food today.

EMERGENCY services were called in after a vehicle hit a telegraph pole.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has now dropped back down to 80, the latest figures confirm.

HARRY Potter, comedy, panto and a whole lot more are part of the line-up at a big drive-in Easter extravaganza in York.

ONE more person has lost their life to Covid-19 at a hospital in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A MAN is due to be sentenced at crown court after admitting two breaches of the sex offenders’ register.

FIREFIGHTERS are tackling a motorbike fire on the outskirts of York.

COACHES and players from a football team in York are covering the distance from the city to Qatar to help raise funds for a new 4G pitch.

A NEW project, set up by Citizens Advice in North Yorkshire, is giving legal help and advice to members of the public to solve problems in their everyday lives, as well as support for those representing themselves in court.

WELCOME to Yorkshire has posted losses of almost £200,000 over the past two years in its latest published accounts, which includes the departure of former chief Sir Gary Verity.