TWO people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into theft and fraud allegations at a York funeral firm.

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

A FORMER York school boy who launched his own company in lockdown is celebrating $7million in sales in its first year.

CYCLE campaigners plan to stage a ‘go slow’ protest ride in York city centre today.

TWO people needed medical treatment after a flat fire.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in to help free a toddler with a potty stuck on their head.

A MAN has been charged with motoring offences following a police pursuit to Leeds.

A COUPLE who ran a Tadcaster chippy in1969 before branching out across Yorkshire have returned to their roots and launched a new outlet.

EVERY day businesses face risks. Careful planning and having the right measures in place can help reduce those risks or even remove them completely.

So there are to be more student flats for the centre of York - and not just one or two, we are talking in the hundreds (York bingo hall could be replaced by 280 student rooms, June 12).

In my last column for the Press I wrote about the need for the Government to lift all remaining restrictions on June 21, so that all sectors of the economy can get back to firing on all cylinders.

I’m incensed by The Groves road closures I am incensed by The Groves road closure and the arrogance of the person wielding this power (Should The Groves stay closed? June 14).

On Sunday morning I went to chapel. We had to wear our masks, sanitise our hands, and sit socially distant from others.

RENTAL e-scooters and e-bikes could be here to stay until at least March 2022, with the number available for hire increasing to up to 1,000.

SEX workers are being targeted in the latest drive to ensure York residents get jabbed against the coronavirus.

I’m a long-serving fan of The Press, which I take with a cup of tea six mornings a week, whether or not the doctor ordered it.

IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five team pictures submitted by our readers.

A YORK university has named its new college after a former student who was murdered.

YORK'S wedding industry has described the "struggle" to survive Covid-19 with one DJ warning how some businesses are "getting close to the edge".

THERE are reports of an accident in a York town.

POLICE are hunting a man who flashed a woman from a car.

THE council has apologised for missing garden waste collections across the city - saying a shortage of lorry drivers is to blame.

THE fate of the Great Yorkshire Show is now in the hands of public health teams, organisers confirmed.

SIX fire crews have been called to an incident involving a building fire in North Yorkshire.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid case rate has increased, taking it above the 55 mark.

YORK Racecourse has confirmed that it is ‘engaging with both Government and the racing authorities’ to explore ways of allowing the maximum possible number of punters to attend the John Smith’s Cup meeting on July 9 and 10.

FOR the first time in almost two weeks, a death related to Covid-19 has been recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

PM Boris Johnson should slap a windfall tax on profitable online companies - and cancel business rates for a year, a York business leader says.

POLICE are asking the public to report any sightings of a missing woman from Scarborough.

YORK'S hospitality and events businesses have been dealt another blow with a four-week delay to the final stage of the recovery roadmap.

CALLS are being made for urgent support for small firms in York and North Yorkshire who face another month of restrictions.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen to five – but the latest data has revealed that very few older people have been catching the coronavirus.

A 96-YEAR-OLD York woman who has helped run a club for the over 60s for nearly seven decades has been awarded the British Empire Medal.

A POPULAR footpath has been given a makeover to allow more people to use it.

MORE than 60 drivers and passengers have been stopped by police for not wearing a seatbelt during a week of action across North Yorkshire.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about an assault that occurred in York last month.

Professor Mike Holmes, who leads York’s vaccination centre at Askham Bar, tells in his latest column for The Press how the weather - be it hot or cold - is never going to beat staff and volunteers

THERE’S just a day left for you to help make the dream of a magical new ‘Hobbit house’ library come true for the children of Carr Junior School.

THE Great Yorkshire Show says it is still "monitoring the national situation" amid delays to the long-awaited June 21 roadmap milestone.

TEACHERS at one secondary school are in the running for two top awards.

ONE more resident at a care home in York have lost their life to Covid-19.

INDOOR reopening led to a record surge in the number of workers on payrolls last month.

A COLLABORATIVE team, including members from a university in York, have been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s new Organic Division Horizon Prize.

A NEW Castle Howard Gin has been created using herbs and fruit foraged from its historic 8,000-acre estate.

PEOPLE in York and North Yorkshire have two more days to enjoy the hot weather until much of the UK is hit by thunderstorms.

A MAJOR employer is offering virtual work experience to give young people a head start to a STEM career.

CALLING all Yorkies: do you have any old photos or memories of Nunnery Lane? Then the Clements Hall Local History Group would like to hear from you.

The RSPCA is bracing for an influx of unwanted cats coming into its care this kitten season.

YORK Parkrun events will not return in England until at least July 24 after the Government postponed the lifting of pandemic restrictions, organisers said.

A GARAGE is set to be demolished to make way for a block of seven new flats.