AN empty pub which caught fire a couple of weeks ago could be partly converted into flats.

TWO adjacent retail premises in York’s premier shopping street are going under the hammer today.

THREE “extraordinary and inspiring,” women from a care home in York, who are all over 100 years old, jumped at the opportunity to get their Covid vaccinations.

York researchers have revealed the anti-fraud device of choice for medieval lawyers - sheepskin.

ONLINE entertainment is still ruling the Stay Home world, but more promoters are announcing shows for the summer as the recovery roadmap begins to twitch our cultural satnav. Charles Hutchinson reaches for his diary.

YORK public art pioneers Art Of Protest Projects and The York BID are collaborating on a street art series of murals to "honour and elevate pandemic key workers from York". 

BUILDINGS and landmarks across York and North Yorkshire were lit up in blue and yellow - the colours of St Leonard’s Hospice in York - to mark the first lockdown anniversary.

NHS officials are being called up for questioning as part of a new probe into why the Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and Humber has not been used to treat coronavirus patients.

TRAFFIC at the tip continues to cause problems for nearby businesses, according to one councillor, who warns the queues mean staff and customers cannot get to traders near Hazel Court.

As we mark one year since the lockdown was announced on March 23, 2020, I wanted to thank York people for all you have done to support the city and each other in the most difficult of times.

I totally agree with Christian Vassie (Letters, March 23) that all these pandemic deaths are tragic, both here and worldwide, for all the families involved.

TWO drivers have been banned from the roads for three years each at York Magistrates Court. because they drove after taking drugs.

A MAJOR department store in York is closing for good as the latest high street casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.

A POPULAR chain is set to close one of its cafes in York, describing it as a "challenging environment to operate in," - but the shop in the street will remain open.

As John Lewis has today confirmed that it will not be reopening its store at the Vangarde Shopping Park when lockdown ends, we bring you the latest news and reaction to the news.

CALLS have been made for the leader of City of York Council to resign after a damning report into the handling of a £400,000 payout to the former chief executive.

A PETITION opposing the partial privatisation of York Hospital’s A&E department will be presented to Parliament tonight after being signed by more than 14,000 people.

York Hospital’s Covid vaccination hub has reopened to start giving more than 16,500 hospital staff and other health and social care workers their second dose of vaccine.

A £4.1m contract to build 32 homes in North Yorkshire has been awarded to a company behind luxury new apartments in York.

At the heart of everything we do at York Museums Trust are the people who come to visit us. During much of the last 12 months, we have missed you greatly. We could not have imagined, a year on, that the Yorkshire Museum, York Castle Museum a...

CITY of York Council will become trans inclusive – with pronouns he, she or they to be added to email signatures, the trans pride flag to be flown twice a year at council buildings and extra training to be provided.

POLICE are appealing for information to help locate a 51-year-old wanted man that was last sighted in York.

YORK'S Covid-19 weekly recorded case rate has dropped very slightly over the last 24 hours, the latest data confirms.

ANY move to close the York John Lewis store should not be a knee-jerk reaction to the past difficult year, says York Outer MP.

JOHN Lewis's first customer in York is "gutted" that the £15m store is to close and says she has emailed the company to protest.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen slightly after declining fairly steadily for weeks.

IT is almost seven years to the day that John Lewis first opened in York.

FIVE days have now passed since the last Covid death was recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

CITY of York Council bosses are seeking talks with John Lewis in a bid to keep the department chain giant in York.

A YORK MP has described a possible ban on summer holidays abroad as 'very draconian' and 'unwise.'

The University of York's Heslington Hall was lit up in blue and yellow last night to mark the first lockdown anniversary.

"DEVASTATED", "flabbergasted" and "disappointed" is the reaction among York shoppers today at the

Government support measures to help retailers through the pandemic crisis have come under fire in the wake of the John Lewis closure announcement.

A LEADING retail figure in York has condemned the closure of the city's John Lewis store as 'ludicrous'.

FOLLOWING its debut in North Yorkshire last summer, a music event featuring top bands has announced a new venue in York for its concerts this year.

THREE people were arrested during drugs raids on two properties in York's Walmgate area today.

A MAN from Scarborough is due to appear in court charged with attempted robbery following an incident in the town.

Little did we know just over a year ago, when the first two cases of Covid-19 were identified in York, that we would have spent the twelve months since in the midst of a global health crisis.

STUDENTS from a college in North Yorkshire "stepped-up," to take on a walking challenge for Comic Relief - raising over £300 in the process.

MORE than 60 young people are benefitting from specialist support to get on the career ladder thanks to the new York Jobcentre Digital Youth Hub.

Everyone has had their own experience of lockdown.

A BEAUTY business owner whose salon was plunged into lockdown within a month of its launch has been named a finalist in UK industry awards.

BUBBLING cauldrons and magical portals will add to the fun when a new family attraction opens in York.

WORKSHOPS designed to help York women gain confidence, resilience and fulfilment are being launched.

THERE has been much talk over the last year of the revolution in working habits sparked by the coronavirus pandemic - for office staff, at least.

The proposed Policing, Crime and Sentencing Bill for England and Wales passed its second reading on Thursday.

AN independent travel agency boss has warned that another “six months like this” would need the government to step in with financial aid to help save the industry.

Nearly 60,000 frontline workers at telecoms giant BT are to get a £1,500 special bonus in recognition of their efforts during the pandemic.

Jim Welsman wrote of the horrendous state of the roads in and around York (Council must fix potholes before visitors arrive, Letters, March 22).

Yesterday marked the anniversary of the Prime Minister first instructing us all to ‘stay at home’ on March 23, 2020.