YORK Hospital Trust has reached a new peak in the number of Covid inpatients.

COUNCIL bosses are 'working to establish what happened' at York Acorn Rugby Club on the night of December 30, after a post-Christmas fundraising dinner was followed by an outbreak of Covid cases.

A NEW film has been created which aims to prevent people taking their own lives and urges the public to play their part.

A COUPLE from York celebrate reaching 60 years of marriage today at their home in New Earswick.

POLICE have issued a further 87 fixed penalty notices across North Yorkshire for breaches of the Covid regulations since January 19, down from 134 the week before.

WORK is set to start today to replace a huge flood barrier in York.

THERE are four flood warnings in place for North Yorkshire with more heavy rain on the way.

HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a "much-loved" member of a York special school’s wellbeing team, who has died after a crash near York.

YORK doughnut shop Doe is re-opening this week to sell its colourful and whacky range of treats and drinks as take-out.

FRESH plans have been submitted to build two homes behind a pub - despite a previous planning application being thrown out by councillors.

AN ILLEGAL supplier of sleeping tablets and tranquilisers has been given a community order.

With reference to Richard M Billinge’s letter ‘TV coverage of Covid wards is frightening’ (January 26) - these reports are meant to be frightening and aim to encourage us to stay at home, keep safe and protect the NHS.

I don’t know which church you go to Peter Rickaby (Priests need to learn ways of 21st century, Letters, January 25) but I’d really like to invite you to join the congregation of St Paul’s and St Barnabas here in York.

I would like to congratulate York Press on all the beautiful photographs of new babies. It really lifts my spirit to see them. Thank you to the parents for sharing!

BUS services must be prioritised after the pandemic, according to a York organisation.

A WOMAN from York has created gift bags as a way of saying 'thank you' to staff at York Hospital.

It has been three weeks since The Mount School York returned to remote learning and girls and staff are once again outperforming expectations.

AFTER decades of endless discussions, meetings and negotiations, work finally starts next week on clearing land to pave the way for York Central, one of the UK’s biggest brownfield redevelopment schemes.

A YORK hotel owner has revealed he has lost about £400,000 since the start of the pandemic.

Up to seven inches (20cm) of snow is set to fall across parts of the UK in the coming days, along with a band of heavy rain which could lead to flooding, forecasters have said.

EMERGENCY services were called out after a van crashed in to a parked car and ploughed in to a property.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has dropped back down below 300 people per 100,000, the latest figures confirm.

A MALTON butcher accused of raping and murdering a student told a jury he spent more than three hours driving around Hull looking for women on the night she disappeared.

POLICE are appealing for the driver of a silver car to come forward following a collision in Reeth involving a small child.

A YORK-headquartered business has joined the national Covid effort by delivering mass vaccination centres across the UK.

DELAYED work on a major road junction in York is back on.

POLICE have launched an appeal for information following a serious collision in Scarborough earlier today.

FOUR more people have sadly lost their lives to Covid-19 at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

SCHOOLS will not reopen after half-term, Boris Johnson has announced amid calls for teachers to receive Covid-19 vaccinations during the break.

MANY York adults are finding the latest Covid-19 lockdown a struggle due to the short, dark days and dreary weather.

A SERIAL thief and fraudster has been banned from a long list of shops in her neighbourhood.

HERE are the latest death notices from The Press.

STUDENTS from a school in York have created a cook book aimed at helping those living with dementia to enjoy cooking with others.

THE latest figures for Covid-19 patients in York and North Yorkshire hospitals and people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus across the city and county have been revealed.

A YORK-based rail company has been named as a UK top employer for another year.

POLICE are issuing an urgent warning for the public to be vigilant for a new covid vaccination email scam.

THE group behind a popular hotel and restaurant in North Yorkshire is up for a hat-trick of awards.

A YORK MP says the best way to safely relax restrictions is to set levels of vaccine delivery, rather than dates.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about a theft of 11 Beltex sheep from a field near Boroughbridge.

SMARTIES are to become the first global confectionery brand to switch to recyclable paper packaging, following pioneering work at Nestle's Product Technology Centre in York.

A POLICE officer has described how he lay in “overwhelming pain” after being assaulted, as figures show one emergency services worker is attacked every day in North Yorkshire.

THE Archbishop of York has called for the nation to pause and reflect to remember more than 100,000 people across the UK who have died after contracting Covid-19.

SWASTIKAS have been daubed on homes and cars by vandals.

I refer to your January 19 story ‘Homes, roads and footpaths to be named in honour of former York City stars’.

ANIMALS may not be aware of the coronavirus pandemic, but it has affected them nonetheless. Staff at the RSPCA's York animal home now have to wear face masks. Not all the pets in their care like it.

FEARS that she had lost her business overnight when the first lockdown started have translated into hopes of a bigger playing field for Angie Doig-Thorne.

Am I alone in thanking God that your correspondent Richard M Billinge (Letters, January 25) is not a hospital manager?

THE Covid19 crisis continues to take its toll with yet another rise in the number of York people seeking Universal Credit support.

A YORK-based company which helps the commercial shipping sector to reduce emissions has launched a system that allows shipping owners to create their own solution onboard.

A DIGITAL platform to help York employers and students collaborate is being trialled.