THERE are plans to overhaul one of the busiest junctions in York city centre.

A WELL-KNOWN York couple who ran a business in the city for many years have died within weeks of each other.

The vaccination of 'medically vulnerable' people is due to resume at the Askham Bar vaccination centre today after being briefly suspended until new supplies of vaccine could be received.

PARENTS in York and North Yorkshire are being asked to check children's phones for ten less well-known apps used by online child abusers.

THERE are reports of an accident on a main road in to York.

PLANS for the Roman Quarter develoment are set to be decided by City of York Council today.

THIS is the sight of former York pub Puss ‘n’ Boots which was demolished yesterday.

THIS Sunday (28 February) will mark 10 years since the Malton Community Sports Centre was officially opened to the public.

FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a fire at a bungalow.

THIEVES have struck in a North Yorkshire village.

A charitable foundation will aim to continue the musical and educational work of composer and former Minster School headmaster Dr Richard Shephard, who died at the weekend.

I believe the original proposal for the Roman Quarter was for eleven stories (Roman Quarter development will be ‘blot on the landscape’, Letters, February 22). Whoever moved into the top penthouse suites would have the best views possible - at...

A PIE producer is looking to expand after enjoying a boost in orders - despite having lost its main source of trade in lockdown.

HOPES are high that the Budget will offer a silver lining following many dark months for businesses, reports Nadia Jefferson-Brown.

ICE-SKATING and boating on the pond, fishing in the lake, birthday party picnics, splashing in the pool and playing tennis - these just some of the warm and wonderful memories of Rowntree Park.

MEMBERS of Ryedale District Council have agreed to ring-fence £2million of funding for local projects, along with an increase in council tax.

A York couple in their seventies who both beat coronavirus say they can't wait for lockdown to end.

AN INFORMAL networking group is inviting businesses to catch up over a cuppa with people facing similar challenges during these challenging times.

THE chopping down of trees lining a bridleway between Knapton and Rufforth does NOT mark the beginning of work on York's planned 50,000-tree 'community woodland'.

THE owners of a new restaurant set to open in York city centre say it will not be a live music venue - but neighbours fear the plans will lead to "droves of drunk and unruly people falling all over the street".

THE 20th anniversary of the UK’s worst rail disaster of the 21st century will be marked this Sunday in a North Yorkshire village and in nearby Selby Abbey.

AFTER the success of their Christmas lighting display, Ripon Museum Trust are again lighting up the Workhouse Museum with a new display that celebrates the city’s past.

While the toll of coronavirus remains very great, and the strain on our NHS considerable,  with the successful completion of the first phase of the vaccination programme, and the Monday 22nd unveiling of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown,...

A similar beast has been reported in my area too (‘Bizarre beast’ spotted by walker in fields near York, February 19).

Boris Johnson’s ‘slow march to freedom’ statement about lifting Covid-19 restrictions in part defies logic.

AS we all know, the Brexit transition period ended on December 31, 2020, but what impact does that have on our financial reporting?

Selby district is one of the fastest growing areas of North Yorkshire. This means that there is a shortage of housing.

A PROUD dad has talked about the part he and his teenage son played in helping someone in distress on a York bridge.

A 71-year-old pensioner “robbed the NHS” out of more than £54,000 through his illicit cigarette activities, York Crown Court heard.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen to a third of its peak last month - and two more Covid wards have shut.

TWO new areas around York are now shaded white on the Public Health England Covid map due to a low number of cases.

POLICE in York have stopped a taxi from Bradford which contained drugs - and made arrests in the city's Bishopthorpe Road area.

PLANS for the huge Roman Quarter development in York city centre are set to be decided at a planning meeting tomorrow, Wednesday.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in after a crash in York city centre.

GROWING numbers of people in York and North Yorkshire are turning to Universal Credit to help with their living costs.

Prof Mike Holmes, who leads York’s vaccination services on the former Askham Bar Park & Ride site, explains in his latest column for The Press how the two systems work for patients

A YORK entertainer is trying to banish the lockdown blues with a free online workshop tomorrow.

Ellie Goulding, who got married at York Minster in 2019, is pregnant with her first child.

The York Designer Outlet is planning to re-open its doors to shoppers on April 12 - the earliest date possible envisaged in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's road-map to ending lockdown.

THE weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has dropped in York, as well as in both North and East Yorkshire, the latest figures confirm.

A VOLUNTEER from North Yorkshire is to feature on a Mother’s Day card sold in Tesco stores across the country to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

TWO young sisters put their half-term holiday to good use and raised a tremendous £260 for their own school, Amotherby Community Primary School.

A TRAFFIC marshal sold drugs as she worked at the World Cycling Championships in Harrogate, York Crown Court heard.

RAF Corporal Victoria Needham will be pulling out all the stops tomorrow (February 24) as she goes through the pain barrier.

THE University of York has become the first in the country to sign the Good Business Charter (GBC).

THREE more people have lost their lives to Covid-19 at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the latest figures confirm.

The presence of salmonella make these products a health risk and customers are advised to return the product.

SPRING is on the way to York, giving a boost for residents battling against lockdown blues.

A YORK train company has announced plans to re-start services in March after an extended shutdown period.

A York woman who has been shielding since last March for health reasons has finally had her first Covid jab at the Askham Bar vaccination centre.