A NEW student community could be created as plans are unveiled to redevelop York's former Mecca bingo hall.

“SIGNIFICANT weaknesses” have been identified at the council’s tourism body Make It York, an internal report concludes.

THE UK is set to bask in its hottest day of the year so far over the weekend as football fans welcome the start of Euro 2020.

A HOUSING group will sponsor one of the categories in this year’s Community Pride awards.

IF you're thinking of heading to the beach with your family this weekend, DON'T let your children use inflatables on the open weater.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has reopened following lockdown and is on track for a busy season ahead.

SORA - York's new roof top bar with unrivalled views across the Minster and the Vale of York - has a lot to live up to.

YORK-BASED quiz experts have created the ultimate Euro 2020 quiz to challenge even the biggest football fans.

AMONG those sentenced recently at York Magistrates' Court were a driver, a shoplifter and a violent man.

WORK is already underway to build a 368-bedroom student housing development at the site for the former Frederick House in Fulford Road.

CURRENT reigning Miss York Elizabeth Martin is supporting this year’s 'Totally Locally Fiver Fest'.

WITH football fever building for England’s opening match in the Euros against Croatia tomorrow at Wembley, York is gearing up for what is hoped will be a memorable tournament for the Three Lions.

PLANS for a block of 86 student flats - which once councillor said would see people "cramped into teeny tiny rooms" - are set to be approved.

ANY delay to the final unlocking of legal restrictions would be a blow to York’s economy, warns a leading business figure.

SHOULD you take a mobile phone call while on the loo?

THE “hybrid” label is one we see more and more on the back of cars as the motor industry creeps towards full electrification.

IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five football teams from the past.

THESE are the answers to the ultimate Euro 2020 quiz created by York's SpeedQuizzers experts.

A FORMER archaeologist in York and a “dynamic” librarian in the city are among those to have their dedicated work recognised in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

A MAN was kicked in the face by a group of youths in an unprovoked attack in York.

A CAR and a caravan have been involved in a crash.

REPORTS are coming in of an accident close to a busy shopping centre.

YORK nurse and "lockdown hero" Brenna Allsuch is looking forward to hugging her children close again after fighting off a dangerous infection that nearly killed her.

A GANG of professional burglars who travelled 40 miles into North Yorkshire to target prosperous homes have been jailed for nearly 13 years.

A DRUG driver who fled from officers at 137 mph on rural roads west and north of York before crashing into a police car has been jailed.

HENRY Faure Walker, CEO of Newsquest Media Group and chairman of the News Media Association has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

YORK has been given a ‘red’ Covid rating as cases rise – but the latest data has revealed just how few of those cases involve older residents.

TOP York chef Tommy Banks is launching a new business selling cans of wine.

POLICE are asking for the public’s help to find a man who is wanted for recall to prison.

THERE has been no change in York's weekly recorded Covid-19 rate - but 25 more cases have been recorded in the area.

What is monkeypox? And how does it spread? All you need to know after two cases detected in the UK.

A YORK-BASED train firm has begun an eight-week public consultation to seek views on its proposed significant timetable change and uplift.

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

THANKS to readers for sending in their photos of the partial eclipse of the sun which was visible yesterday.

Originally posted to TikTok, the video shows a girl with long dark hair dancing for a few seconds.

THE military hopes of two young men could have ended because they went drink-driving on the same day, York magistrates heard.

A MAN from York, who set out on completing a 200-mile trek across the country last month, has raised almost £5,000 for a cancer charity.

YORK Minster is inviting composers to write a new piece of music to celebrate the return of its Grand Organ, following the completion of its refurbishment.

Gazza’s unforgettable Wembley celebration during England’s 2-0 win against Scotland took a whopping 42% of the vote to secure first place. 

THE roof had to be cut off a car to get the driver out.

RACHAEL Maskell's regarding our national dental health scandal makes your eyes water with its stark reminder why our Government needs a kick up the backside.

THE parents at Manor road school consistently insist on dropping their child off as close to the school as possible, ignoring the double yellow lines and with no regard for child safety.

I AM shocked at the cavalier attitude of the teachers, no doubt backed by their union, at the school my grandson attends in the York area.

A NEW organic wine bar and cafe could open in York city centre.

THERE have been 26 cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus recorded in York in the past month, according to the city’s public health team.

RAIL users in the North are being warned to expect busier than usual trains as Euro 2021 kicks off today.

YORK Designer Outlet is "working closely" with Gap as it prepares to close 19 unknown stores across the UK and Ireland.

A Police officer was caught on camera urinating on the street.

THE search is on to find Yorkshire's favourite picnic spot ahead of World Gin Day.

THE first look at how York's newest coffee shop on the block has been revealed in planning documents.