A STREET food market could be extended across the city centre this summer and people may be dining al fresco in the grounds of the former Minster School – under plans for lifting lockdown.

NO new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in York in the last 24 hours.

DICK Turpin’s gravestone is set to be given pride of place under plans to improve a burial ground and build a block of flats near the site in York city centre.

THREE pupils from St Peter’s School, York, have reached the grand final of a major public speaking contest.

WHEN news broke last week that John Lewis was to close its store in York - many of us reflected on some of our older department stores.

A POPULAR TV series, which aims to uncover the UK’s most important archaeological sites, have been searching the River Ouse in York for evidence of Viking life in the area.

A POPULAR York sightseeing company is inviting people to learn more about their city, on board its award-winning bright red open top tour buses.

STUDENTS from a school in York have collaborated with York Minster to create a special Stations of the Cross exhibition for Holy Week.

PLANS for York’s historic Bootham Park Hospital site have finally been revealed.

AN old iron foundry in the heart of the huge York Central site could become a community hub.

A TWO-DAY Yorkshire conference will hear an assessment of the impact of Covid-19 on the county as a place to visit, live, work and study.

EUROPEAN citizens in York have less than 100 days to apply to continue living in the city.

A YORK community has said goodbye to their spiritual leader who won the respect of faith groups, footballers and others across the city.

No coronavirus deaths have been reported today from units run by York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.

YORK'S most vulnerable children will have free meals over the Easter holidays, the city's council has pledged.

FLUSHING toilets onto North Yorkshire Moors Railway's (NYMR) tracks will end two years ahead of schedule, thanks to the lockdown.

First York has outlined its plans to cope with an increase in passengers as the Stay At Home rule is relaxed.

The Lightning Seeds will headline as live music returns to Ryedale this summer.

YORK'S public areas are ready for the easing of lockdown restrictions on Monday, the city council has announced.

Acomb firefighters had a busy evening dealing with a series of fires in public spaces in and around York yesterday.

STUDENTS from a school in York have collaborated with York Minster to create a special Stations of the Cross exhibition for Holy Week.

York RSPCA are putting out a special appeal this week for 15-year-old Molly, who was brought to the Landing Lane animal home by an inspector after being found with a large untreated growth on her back foot.

PORTAKABIN has created 30 new jobs in York as it launches a brand new modular building product for the European market.

POLICE are preparing for a ‘mass trespass’ protest by Extinction Rebellion next month – saying new methods of protesting in recent years have made it more challenging to manage demonstrations.

THE sword which was placed upon Captain Sir Tom Moore’s coffin at his funeral has been delivered to a York museum - to go on display when the lockdown ends.

Weather watchers are keeping their eyes on a 60-hour polar blitz which looks set to arrive just in time for Good Friday.

The 'stay at home' order will ease on Monday when the second phase of the first stage of Boris Johnson’s road map will begin.

Salmonella poisoning, food allergies and unapproved premises' are just some of the reasons behind a number of urgent product recalls across the UK.

I FIND it hard to believe that Jane Austen was the author most people turned to when they became bored during lockdown.

SCIENTISTS, backed by billionaire Bill Gates, want to spray millions of tonnes of chalk into the stratosphere to reflect sunlight and slow global warming. Harvard University experts will test the system by sending a large balloon 12 miles above a Swe...

I MIGHT not have liked wearing one at the time, but I like school uniforms. I like seeing children on the bus and out and about in town, and being able to see which school they go to.

IT'S long been seen as York premier shopping street - but after years of Internet competition and unfair business rates, followed by the past year of lockdowns and disruption, Coney Street is currently a street of to let signs.

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

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.

A HISTORIC pub is set to be turned into student flats.

ARTWORK on a York railway bridge has been vandalised just days after its completion - leaving locals distraught.

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.

Will Cllr Aspden resign - or hide behind excuses?

TWO vehicles have crashed in York's Foss Islands Road.

THE occupant of a vehicle was trapped inside today after it rolled over and the roof collapsed.

ONLY one care home in York currently has a Covid case - and there hasn't been an 'outbreak' in a care home, involving two or more cases, since February 25.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has increased slightly - as 16 more cases have been recorded in the area.

A SKETCH of York Minster, drawn by the daughter of a well-known architect, is up for auction online.

ONE week has now passed since the last death related to Covid-19 was recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A CAMERA retailer which had a shop in York city centre until December has filed a notice to appoint administrators.

YORK Outer Tory MP Julian Sturdy has rebelled against his own Government on a vote to extend emergency powers and impose coronavirus restrictions for a further six months.

FIRE crews are on the scene of an incident involving a garage fire in a village near Selby.

POLICE are trying to locate family members of a York man who passed away last week.

DOG walkers are being urged to be vigilant, following unconfirmed reports of an attempted dog snatch in York.

DATA showing that the number of Covid patients being treated at York NHS trust hospitals has soared by more than a third is incorrect, say trust bosses.