SCHOOL pupils will be tested for coronavirus at one of the city's three rapid testing sites, or at the school itself, before they return to class on March 8.

YORK is preparing to make it easier for people to safely meet outdoors as lockdown restrictions ease - with options including extra benches and space for businesses to trade outdoors when they are allowed to reopen.

YORKSHIRE and Humber virtual comedy club Your Place Comedy will play host to its eighth online double bill on Sunday at 8pm, presenting the remote coupling of Hal Cruttenden and Rosie Jones.

EDUCATION Secretary Gavin Williamson is to set out how the grades of hundreds of thousands of students in England will be awarded this summer in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year’s exams fiasco.

I THINK the development of the huge 'teardrop' site behind York Railway Station (otherwise known as York Central) is a great opportunity to regenerate the centre of York, which we all can see still has many empty shops.

YORK'S coronavirus rates are still higher than last summer, the public health team has warned.

RESIDENTS are being asked to take part in the 22nd census of England and Wales next month.

PLANS for a new Roman Quarter in York have been REJECTED by councillors.

A MAN attacked a woman and threatened to throw her dog in the river in York.

THIS is the sight of former York pub Puss ‘n’ Boots which was demolished yesterday.

THERE are plans to overhaul one of the busiest junctions in York city centre.

A WELL-KNOWN York couple who ran a business in the city for many years have died within weeks of each other.

A TEENAGE boy was left unconscious after being attacked near a school.

A YORK council chief says “we don't want to lose the things that make York special” when it comes to devolution.

TRAFFIC delays continue after a crash on a major route through North Yorkshire.

PLANS for the Roman Quarter develoment are set to be decided by City of York Council today.

ONE of York's biggest employers has unveiled plans to invest £9million in upgrading its city site to create a new post-pandemic workplace.

A HEADTEACHER has invoked the wrath of TV presenter Piers Morgan after removing Horatio Nelson, Walter Raleigh and Francis Drake as house names at his school because of their ‘links to slavery, oppression and racism.’

THIEVES burgled a house while the homeowners were in the garden.

ANOTHER area of York is now shaded white on the Public Health England (PHE) Covid map due to low case numbers.

PET owners are being asked to join a bid to combat the growing problem of dog theft in York and North Yorkshire.

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

POLICE area appealing for witnesses following a crash in the Ryedale area yesterday (February 23).

A HOTELIER will be championing the city's independent businesses as the new chair of Indie York.

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

'NO jab, no job' is a risky stance to take, warns a York employment law expert.

THE Leeds Festival is going ahead this summer, following the news that the country is set to come completely out of lockdown by the end of June.

VIRTUAL house viewings have been launched for people interested in buying a home at City of York Council's Lowfield Green development.

YORK Minster will reopen from lockdown for worship and private prayer on Sunday March 14, with a number of precautions in place to help keep visitors and staff safe.

POPULAR French restaurant Rustique is to close in Lendal - but fans will be pleased to learn it is not 'au revoir'.

POLICE in York after appealing for witnesses after a distinctive bike was stolen from outside a city supermarket.

LOCKDOWN birthdays have helped a balloon business stay afloat during the pandemic.

THIS Sunday (28 February) will mark 10 years since the Malton Community Sports Centre was officially opened to the public.

FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a fire at a bungalow.

THERE are reports of an accident on a main road in to York.

The vaccination of 'medically vulnerable' people is due to resume at the Askham Bar vaccination centre today after being briefly suspended until new supplies of vaccine could be received.

THIEVES have struck in a North Yorkshire village.

PARENTS in York and North Yorkshire are being asked to check children's phones for ten less well-known apps used by online child abusers.

A charitable foundation will aim to continue the musical and educational work of composer and former Minster School headmaster Dr Richard Shephard, who died at the weekend.

I believe the original proposal for the Roman Quarter was for eleven stories (Roman Quarter development will be ‘blot on the landscape’, Letters, February 22). Whoever moved into the top penthouse suites would have the best views possible - at...

A PIE producer is looking to expand after enjoying a boost in orders - despite having lost its main source of trade in lockdown.

HOPES are high that the Budget will offer a silver lining following many dark months for businesses, reports Nadia Jefferson-Brown.

ICE-SKATING and boating on the pond, fishing in the lake, birthday party picnics, splashing in the pool and playing tennis - these just some of the warm and wonderful memories of Rowntree Park.

MEMBERS of Ryedale District Council have agreed to ring-fence £2million of funding for local projects, along with an increase in council tax.

A York couple in their seventies who both beat coronavirus say they can't wait for lockdown to end.

AN INFORMAL networking group is inviting businesses to catch up over a cuppa with people facing similar challenges during these challenging times.

THE chopping down of trees lining a bridleway between Knapton and Rufforth does NOT mark the beginning of work on York's planned 50,000-tree 'community woodland'.

THE owners of a new restaurant set to open in York city centre say it will not be a live music venue - but neighbours fear the plans will lead to "droves of drunk and unruly people falling all over the street".

THE 20th anniversary of the UK’s worst rail disaster of the 21st century will be marked this Sunday in a North Yorkshire village and in nearby Selby Abbey.

NORTH York Moors National Park Authority has opened the opportunity for members of the public to share their own opinions about the future of the area.