A MAJOR York road is shut this morning due to overrunning roadworks.

CAMPAIGNERS have written to the Department for Transport asking government to intervene to improve access for disabled people to York city centre.

ALL three emergency services were called in to an incident where a man climbed out of a window.

A LEADING York GP has welcomed the government's decision to delay introduction of a controversial centralised databank of NHS patient records.

A LITERATURE festival for children will be held in North Yorkshire next week - after being delayed twice due to Covid-19 restrictions.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in to help rescue a trapped animal.

BRITAIN'S biggest charity meeting returns to York Racecourse this weekend to celebrate its half century.

A DEAL has been sealed which could deliver the world's largest negative emissions project in North Yorkshire.

WALKING down Huntington Road opposite the Grange (the old workhouse) yesterday, I came across life belts thrown into the River Foss.

YORK Hospital leaders say the number of Covid patients remains "very low" and they are not yet seeing any rise in case numbers in the region lead to a rise in hospital admissions.

REVIEW: Alan Ayckbourn's The Girl Next Door, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, until July 3. Box office: 01723 370541 and at sjt.uk.com

THOSE who dream of owning their own restaurant could turn it into a reality on the Shambles.

IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five York Ladies rugby league teams from the past.

LAST week Twitter finally found itself being banned in Nigeria, and curiously, they suddenly decided cancel culture wasn’t very nice after all. Now I’ve got no particular interest in the politics of Nigeria, but when the tech giants start censori...

CAMERA Club member Paul Bailey couldn't resist taking these entertaining photos of duck apparently singing and dancing on a rooftop in Dunnington when he was out and about. Just quackers!

HAVING just been treated to the free York News, delivered by Lib Dem volunteers this week, I was shocked to see the council trying to make political gain by its back-page stories of "Labour in crisis again" and "Tory funding cuts unsafe", as if the L...

YORK is about to get a taste of the future as a new restaurant run by robots has opened in the city centre.

ONE lucky boy had the chance to meet Harrison Ford on the film set of his latest movie this week.

THERE are two ongoing accidents this morning.

A COASTAL farmhouse close to one of Yorkshire's best loved beaches for auction with £160,000 price tag.

YORK’S ‘Dancing Queen’ Evelyn Witcombe has died at the age of 85.

AN 80-YEAR-OLD man from North Yorkshire has been sent to prison for nine years for non-recent child abuse offences against two girls.

Is this the worst bus stop in York? That's the question being asked by the York Bus Forum.

THE weekly Covid rates in York and both North and East Yorkshire have increased over the last 24 hours.

SINCE when has the England Cricket Board (ECB) been affiliated to North Korea's tyrannical regime?

A man whose attack on a woman caused her to lose one eye has been jailed for six years and three months.

UNDAUNTED and not subdued by the Covid-19 virus, older citizens of York have survived worse and are ready to get a grip on the future.

NO further deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A REFERENDUM will be held for residents in an area of York tomorrow - to decide whether a local neighbourhood plan should be used for planning applications.

Ministers have denied any favouritism was shown towards the communications agency Public First, when they were awarded a contract worth £560,000.

WORKS are planned in Bridlington's Pembroke Gardens this Summer in the hopes of boosting its appearance.

AN endurance athlete undertaking 15 marathons in as many days has the backing of a North Yorkshire business.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday there was a “challenging decision” to be made over the further lifting of Covid restrictions on June 21.

THE number of Covid-positive patients in hospitals in North Yorkshire has increased slightly over the last week.

A NORTH Yorkshire brick maker is building on its green credentials by launching a series of eco-friendly initiatives.

A PROPERTY company synonymous with some of the most characterful and historic homes to change hands in the region is celebrating 10 years of trading.

A YORK-based chocolate brand has landed its first supermarket listing in Sainsbury’s.

PUPILS at two York schools are getting creative to try and tackle traffic issues.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about an incident that occurred in Askham Lane in York.

Malton retained firefighter Ian Orledge is planning a 10k fundraising walk, in full 22kg firefighting kit and breathing apparatus - just months after being diagnosed with both Crohn’s Disease AND Long Covid.

ENTRIES are coming in for The Press Business Awards 2021 which have been launched to shine a light on success stories in our area.

NORTH Yorkshire Police has issued almost 4,000 fines for breaches of Covid-19-related laws, though the number has dropped in line with the easing of restrictions.

A FUNDRAISER has been launched to support a young boy, who was told he “probably wouldn’t survive” when he was born, through his time at school in North Yorkshire.

CUSTOMERS at a York pub have raised enough money to pay for a defibrillator to be installed on the outside wall, giving local residents a better chance of survival if they go into cardiac arrest.

YORK carers who have not yet been vaccinated against coronavirus are being urged to get the jab to protect themselves and their loved ones.

I have always admired Helen Mead’s articles because she says it as it is: no punches withheld.

The alarming practice of ‘fire and rehire’ is growing and employees at risk can take steps to help protect themselves against it. (Unions call for ‘fire and rehire’ to be banned, May 9).

I have received not one, but two letters from City of York Council, ‘respectfully’ urging me to allow my staff time off work with full pay to receive a Covid vaccination.

We need a National Dental Service.

MILLIONS more people will lose their homes each year worldwide if extreme weather events continue to increase with climate change, a charity has warned.