A MAJOR road in York is down to one lane.

A MAIN road in to York is partially blocked after a crash.The A19 Selby Road in Fulford is  partially blocked both ways with slow traffic due to an accident from Heslington Lane to the B1222 Naburn Lane.

A £7.7 MILLION new flood defence scheme could fail to protect scores of York properties from being flooded by the River Ouse, two retired civil engineers have claimed.

FOUR thousand people are expected to attend York Racecourse as it welcomes back guests for the first time since 2019.

SEWERBY Hall and Gardens will be hosting two evenings of socially spacious outdoor cinema this August.

IT was just a city cafe - but deep inside lay a secret that would change York forever.

THANKS to Camera Club member Angela Malone for this great photo of a blackbird in blossom tree - can you see it!.

Enterprising Beth Clark not only had her first child in lockdown but launched her first business too. MAXINE GORDON has the story

DOG owners have been carrying weapons after reports of pet thefts.

HEALTH leaders will write to employers across the city asking them to give their staff paid time off work to get vaccinated.

PLANS have been submitted to demolish a former working men’s club and build 35 apartments, as well as improving a neighbouring park where highwayman Dick Turpin is said to be buried.

ORGANISATIONS failed a sex offender with the mental age of a child, York Crown Court heard.

A DAY boating on the River Ouse turned into a rescue mission for Karl Morris - when he dived in to save a dog.

WHAT is it about this Government that on the one hand it will allow dozens of people in pubs who no doubt after a few beers will break out singing and thousands of people who will be attending the Glastonbury festival, where a large majority of th...

SO, after 40 years, the Government is finally admitting that the privatisation of the rail network was not an unqualified success and is stressing that it's a sign of strength to be prepared to confess when you got things wrong. Excellent. So coul...

At The Mount School York, girls develop their academic and social talents to the full within a happy and supportive community.

AN accident has shut one lane of a main road in York.

Fans of York City Knights will be able to travel to the club’s home game this weekend in a bus branded in the team's colours.

A MAIN road into York has been blocked after a crash

A GLITCH in the national test and trace system that caused a delay in reporting positive Covid cases has only affected a small number of people in York, health leaders say.

A £3.5m investment will help a North Yorkshire family firm create up to one million sausages a day.

CALLING all green-fingered residents of York! A new competition is hunting for Britain's best gardener - and it even comes with a cash prize of £10,000.

YORK is reportedly one of eight areas affected by a glitch in the national Test and Trace system that caused a delay in alerting councils about positive Covid cases.

A MUCH-LOVED attraction has reopened its gates for the first time in over a year.

POLICE officers and an ambulance crew have been called to assist at a property in York.

THE ‘hidden heroes’ running York’s vaccination programme have won recognition with a host of awards for ‘outstanding performance during the pandemic.’

THERE'S been a possible sighting of a missing man.

NEW owners are set to reopen a popular pub next week.

A unique collection of 2,000-year-old artefacts found in Ryedale has just sold for £185,000.

YOUNGSTERS at Wheldrake Pre Forest School, part of Wheldrake Pre-School, have been busy working in a nearby woodland.

GUIDE Dogs is appealing for animal lovers to sign up as Puppy Raisers and join its team of volunteers in York.

“IT would really be a refreshing change if you stop coming to court and appearing before me.”

NO further deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - and just six more have beeen recorded across the country.

DATES have been set for people to get their Covid-19 vaccinations at a new location in York.

LIVE events are being planned for Selby thanks to a £89,500 grant to stage cultural activities on the high street.

POLICE have launched an appeal for information after a peregrine falcon was found shot near Selby Abbey.

TWO men were arrested in a North Yorkshire town last night (May 19) on suspicion of drug offences.

A WOMAN from York, who lives with a pacemaker, has backed research from the University of Leeds which will look into benefits of personalised programming for the devices.

The £31 billion merger between Virgin Media and O2 has been given the green light by regulators.

PART time rail commuters in England will be able to save hundreds of pounds a year on certain routes with new flexible season tickets, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

A COUPLE from York are celebrating a special anniversary today - 60 years of marriage.

A DRIVER was arrested after a roadside breath test showed they were nearly twice the legal limit.

THE Press on the May 18 included an item on page 3 headlined ‘Park set for big 100th celebration’.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your correspondent Danny Golding on the subject of the cutting back of parking spaces for blue badge holders.

HOW can we improve access to GPs as we move out of lockdown? York's two MPs go head to head and give their diagnosis on what's going on in primary care - and offer a prescription for improvement...

THIS incredible photo reminds us that nature is right on track - and not even a global pandemic can stop the 'snow storm' of dandelion seeds that occur at this time of year.

In honour of World Bee Day, this expert offers a bee-friendly planting calendar to encourage these insects to your garden all year long.

PLANS for a mini-supermarket to sell alcohol on race days have been criticised by neighbours - who fear people attending events at York Racecourse will buy drinks at the shop and misbehave.

YORK is a key testing location for trials of a new Covid-19 vaccine being developed that's derived from plants.

A HAMMER wielding attacker has been jailed for injuring two brothers - and permanently scarring one of them.