A PROFESSIONAL heavyweight boxer has been jailed for seriously and possibly permanently damaging a woman’s eyesight in a pub attack.

THE number of Covid patients being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals is continuing to fall - albeit very slowly now.

YORK Minster’s Grand Organ is to be played for the first time in three years following the completion of a £2 million refurbishment.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in after an agricultural building was deliberately set on fire by its owner to destroy it, North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said today.

YORK Pride will not be going ahead this year, but will instead be replaced by a virtual event.

ARGUABLY they are both national treasures - and Yorkshire ones at that.

SEASIDE accommodation prices have risen by an average of 35% this summer compared with last year, according to analysis.

I CANNOT believe the appalling news that part of our A & E department may be privatised (The Press, March 3).

THE BBC has opened its video archives for readers of the Press.

THEY say history repeats itself and so it does.

TWELVE months ago the words lockdown, social distancing, and Covid-19 were as rare as a Boris Johnson hairbrush.

HAS York changed much in the past 45 years?

A FORMER Principal of Askham Bryan College has challenged the controversial decision to sell off its campus in Penrith.

YORK’S lack of affordable housing is a “direct result” of the council delaying progress on the city’s Local Plan project - property bosses warn. They say the situation is becoming an "embarrassment" for the city.

YORK'S Covid-19 vaccination programme is "definitely helping" to reduce hospital admissions and the severity of illness - but health bosses warn younger people and those who have already been vaccinated are still at risk of infection.

THE chaos at the council tips is unacceptable and unsafe.

A STUDENT has scooped a prestigious placement at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

POLICE in Yokr are hunting a wanted woman.

CHILDREN from around York will be showing off their costumes today as they take part in the World Book Day celebrations from home.

THE world's only pie maker who favours Yorkshire pudding over pastry is expanding to meet growing demand for its products.

A YORK GP is asking for patience over Covid vaccines as doctors' surgeries receive high volumes of calls from people eager to get their jabs.

A popular North Yorkshire farm shop whose egg restaurant has become a go-to destination has won national recognition.

MEET Dr Sond, one of the first dentists in the country to become a Covid vaccinator right here in York.

WETHERSPOON says the beer garden at its Postern Gate pub in York city centre is to re-open from Monday April 12.

STAFF at one York school can't wait to welcome all pupils back in to school on Monday - so much so they've made a video to show just how excited they are.

THE weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has fallen in both York and North Yorkshire, but increased slightly in East Riding.

POLICE have arrested three people on suspicion of money laundering and conspiracy to supply class A drugs after an off-road pursuit near Selby.

A PHARMACY in York city centre has applied for permission to give the Covid jab to hundreds of customers a week.

A LEGO fan from York and his dad have helped combat lockdown boredom by re-creating parts of our marvellous city in miniature with a little help from FaceTime.

A NEW generation of trains which will be built in East Yorkshire to replace a 50-year-old fleet on the London Underground have been unveiled.

RETROSPECTIVE plans have been lodged to demolish a York pub and build six new homes on the site.

THERE have been no more Covid deaths recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the latest figures confirm.

FIVE female leaders will be sharing their stories at an event looking at the role of entrepreneurial women in driving the region’s economy.

A YOUNG Elvington CE Primary pupil has inadvertently brought a few smiles to people’s faces, after completing her latest school project.

POLICE and council officers are working together to tackle selfish fly-tippers, after a recent increase in tyre fly-tipping in the Selby area.

ONE local lady’s room-letting business has been hit so hard by the Covid restrictions and lockdowns, that a fellow countrywoman has come to the rescue by setting up a fundraising page.

YORK’S reputation as a leading gin-maker has been bolstered after the city’s gin company won two Best in England titles at the prestigious World Gin Awards 2021.

THE weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has fallen again in York - but the rate in the city's hot spot is now almost three times higher than the national average.

A YORK headteacher has warned that pupils will HAVE to wear masks in lessons when they return to school next week unless they have a medical exemption.

YORK businesses need normal trading conditions to survive - not extended subsidies to stay closed or below capacity, says a York MP.

YORK is the second-best city in the UK to retire to, according to a new analysis.

POLICE have been out tackling anti-social behaviour in two York communities.

TODAY it’s a nondescript convenience store in a northern town. But above it is a little room where two sisters mapped out a campaign that was to change the lives of millions of women in the UK.

A COUPLE, who were married in York 50 years ago, celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary today.

THE Howl & The Hum are to perform a very special live-stream concert from York Minster on May 25.

A CAR overturned and ended up on its roof after a crash.

THEY have brought a ray of hope to all our lives - York's lockdown babies.

A GRATEFUL grandmother has undergone lifesaving treatment after her optician spotted signs of an undiagnosed stroke.

PUPILS at one York school got a special surprise.

MORE people could enter York's rivers this spring as lockdown restrictions are lifted, water safety teams have warned.