A YORK college is “financially failing” and needs to close a campus in Cumbria and sell it for £12 million to stave off insolvency, MPs told a Parliamentary committee.

WHEN work began a couple of weeks ago to improve the Millennium Green at Water End, it was billed as a big step in preparing to redevelop the huge York Central site behind the railway station.

RECYCLING collections could move to once every three weeks - or even once a month – under council plans to review waste rounds.

Will Cllr Aspden resign - or hide behind excuses?

YORK has been ranked among the best places to live in the North and Northeast of England.

MOVES to close John Lewis York highlights the need to ensure the city's economy is not over reliant on retail and tourism, says a leading figure.

MORE than 200 jobs are at risk with the announcement that John Lewis York will not reopen when lockdown lifts.

Gemma Olliman has been a surrogate four times - and changed the lives of three families forever. MAXINE GORDON reports on a remarkable story

The announcement of the closure of John Lewis in York - together with Betty’s Tearooms in Stonegate - is a bleak signal for York and a bitter blow for over 200 staff.

GEMMA OLLIMAN has been a surrogate mother four times - and hasn't ruled out doing it again.

WORK on drawing up detailed plans to transform the public space around the Eye of York and Clifford's Tower is about to begin - and designers want to hear from YOU.

WE all love a day out (remember them?) to Whitby.

Council planning officers have recommended approving plans to convert the top floor and part of the first floor of The Jubilee pub on Balfour Street into three flats.

DOG owners are being urged to remain vigilant after a pet in York was struck down with a potentially deadly disease.

THE North York Moors National Park Authority (NPA) will re-open to the public from Monday.

GRATEFUL residents in Rufforth have gone out of their way to thank village shop proprietors Frank and Rosa Di Lorenzo for their service to the community during the Covid-19 epidemic.

THE air ambulance has been called to an accident in Tadcaster Road.

TALKS are taking place between the operators of Vangarde Shopping Park and John Lewis to 'explore options' to save the store.

A PETITION set up to try and save John Lewis York attracted 1,100 signatories within 24 hours.

A SHOP in York’s premier shopping street sold at auction today for £465,000.

AN empty pub which caught fire a couple of weeks ago could be partly converted into flats.

PROPERTIES have been evacuated and a cordon put in place tonight after a fire in a North Yorkshire town.

A teenager drowned after getting into difficulties at a North Yorkshire beauty spot last summer, an inquest heard.

YORK Minster has announced its services and events for Holy Week and Easter - and it will be a case of more social distancing, hand sanitising, a one-way system, cleaning of all surfaces between visits and no more than 75 people in the cathedral at a...

TRIBUTES have been paid to local businessman and horse breeder Reg Bond has died aged 77.

SIX days have now passed since the last Covid death was recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

POLICE have arrested a lorry driver on suspicion of multiple offences this morning (March 25) after officers intercepted the vehicle on the A64 near Askham Bryan.

ANGRY John Lewis customers have inundated The Press with pleas for the York store to stay open following news that the department store at Monks Cross is to close with the loss of more than 200 jobs.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen for a second day running.

A HIGH street lender has announced plans to close 111 branches by the end of August.

POLICE'S coroner's office is appealing to anyone who knew a 53-year-old man from Harrogate and can help locate his next of kin.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after a pedestrian was seriously injured in road traffic collision on the A6055 Leeming Lane near Baldersby.

SCAMPSTON Hall, near Malton, is getting ready to welcome visitors back to its gardens and parkland next week after a long winter closure.

THREE “extraordinary and inspiring,” women from a care home in York, who are all over 100 years old, jumped at the opportunity to get their Covid vaccinations.

York researchers have revealed the anti-fraud device of choice for medieval lawyers - sheepskin.

ONLINE entertainment is still ruling the Stay Home world, but more promoters are announcing shows for the summer as the recovery roadmap begins to twitch our cultural satnav. Charles Hutchinson reaches for his diary.

YORK public art pioneers Art Of Protest Projects and The York BID are collaborating on a street art series of murals to "honour and elevate pandemic key workers from York". 

BUILDINGS and landmarks across York and North Yorkshire were lit up in blue and yellow - the colours of St Leonard’s Hospice in York - to mark the first lockdown anniversary.

NHS officials are being called up for questioning as part of a new probe into why the Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and Humber has not been used to treat coronavirus patients.

TRAFFIC at the tip continues to cause problems for nearby businesses, according to one councillor, who warns the queues mean staff and customers cannot get to traders near Hazel Court.

BANKS are facing calls to take their responsibilities to rural communities more seriously - and create one-stop shops for their services on market town high streets.

As we mark one year since the lockdown was announced on March 23, 2020, I wanted to thank York people for all you have done to support the city and each other in the most difficult of times.

I totally agree with Christian Vassie (Letters, March 23) that all these pandemic deaths are tragic, both here and worldwide, for all the families involved.

TWO drivers have been banned from the roads for three years each at York Magistrates Court. because they drove after taking drugs.

A MAJOR department store in York is closing for good as the latest high street casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.

A POPULAR chain is set to close one of its cafes in York, describing it as a "challenging environment to operate in," - but the shop in the street will remain open.

As John Lewis has today confirmed that it will not be reopening its store at the Vangarde Shopping Park when lockdown ends, we bring you the latest news and reaction to the news.

CALLS have been made for the leader of City of York Council to resign after a damning report into the handling of a £400,000 payout to the former chief executive.

A PETITION opposing the partial privatisation of York Hospital’s A&E department will be presented to Parliament tonight after being signed by more than 14,000 people.

York Hospital’s Covid vaccination hub has reopened to start giving more than 16,500 hospital staff and other health and social care workers their second dose of vaccine.