A MAIN road in to York is partly blocked after an accident.

PEOPLE can have their say on council plans to change recycling collections.

OPERATORS of York's newest hotel are working with the city's Jobcentre in its bid to recruit 130 staff.

YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell says plans to convert Bootham Park Hospital into a retirement village may turn out to be a 'missed opportunity' for the city.

A CHARITY which supports elderly people with their dog walking has put out a call for volunteers in North Yorkshire.

THREE pupils from schools in North Yorkshire have been announced as winners of a poetry competition - where they had to explain what they love about their town.

A TREE house was set on fire deliberately in York.

RESIDENTS are being warned not to “blow it” ahead of what could be the UK’s hottest March day on record today.

The varied and ingenious ways in which birds build their nests is the subject of a new virtual art exhibition opening for Easter.

A FASHION graduate who launched her own business during lockdown hopes to give women more confidence when they start socialising again.

A PIPE dream quickly became a reality when three furloughed colleagues took the plunge and launched their own business.

A HERITAGE railway is looking to fill a number of jobs.

Professor Mike Holmes, who leads York’s vaccination centre at Askham Bar, tells in his latest column for The Press how he hopes the jabs it has been giving are reducing cases and deaths

A NEW team of family law experts has been set up in North Yorkshire.

City of York Council have paid out over a quarter of a million pounds on gagging orders in the past year (‘Gagging orders’ cost York council more than £250,000 in one year, March 29). It begs the question, what are they trying to hide from th...

Regarding the recent spate of reader’s letters about York’s pothole problem: I recommend that everyone downloads the ‘FixMyStreet’ app onto their smartphone.

I deplore John Lewis’ decision to close our York store. It displays a remarkable lack of foresight on the part of the company bosses.

So the government’s idea of levelling up in the north is to provide 40 civil service jobs a year for five years in York (200 Government jobs to move to York, March 19). This tokenism should be no surprise as the government is cash-strapped due t...

With the clocks changed, a hint of warmth in the air and blossom about to burst into the fresh colours of spring, it feels like we have turned a corner.

THE Off-Payroll Working rules, commonly referred to as IR35, are due to change for the private sector from April 6, 2021. The new rules were originally due to begin in April 2020, but were hastily deferred in March by 12 months due to the sudden i...

THE mother of a teenager who drowned in York’s River Foss said she still believed someone else may have been involved in his death - as a coroner concluded that it was accidental.

OPERATORS of York's newest hotel have revealed plans for its new Asian fusion tapas and cocktail bar where diners can enjoy live performances into the early hours.

A CORONER has concluded that a chef died accidentally in York’s River Ouse - while conceding that questions over his death remained unanswered.

ONE of the UK's largest bakery chains is set to open a new shop creating 30 jobs.

NORTH Yorkshire Police is set to cut back the number of social media accounts its officers and staff operate - to provide "easier updates" and for quicker and more effective responses in communities to protect them.

Not long to wait, now...

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about a burglary that occurred near Alma Square in Scarborough - during which power tools were stolen.

JUST three more cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the York area - but the city's rate has increased slightly.

DO you recognise this woman?

PARKING charges are set to come back in to force at some council car parks.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about the theft of a motorcycle in York.

AS more and more of us look to shop local and help save the planet, there are plenty of ways for York residents to go ‘green’.

PIECES of litter were spotted scattered around the area near Millenium Bridge in York this morning - just one day after some lockdown restrictions were eased by the Government.

Metropolitian Police officers were NOT 'heavy handed' in the way they handled a vigil for York woman Sarah Everard at Clapham Common, an investigation by a police watchdog has concluded.

ELEVEN days have now passed since the last death related to Covid-19 was recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

THE boss of tourism and business organisation Make It York has left suddenly.

A POPULAR Betty's cafe in North Yorkshire is set to feature on a BBC show - which explores the "most remarkable" places to eat in the UK.

YORK’S River Ouse flooded riverside footpaths today - despite the city being free of rain.

Screen Yorkshire has recruited a former top executive from Irish broadcaster RTE to spearhead a new campaign to develop local talent in Yorkshire to work as writers, directors and producers in the region’s burgeoning TV and film industry.

A NEW Covid-19 testing site is set to open.

FIREFIGHTERS were called out to two separate incidents where manure spontaneously burst in to flames.

WORKSHOPS are being held to offer free advice to fledgling businesses in York.

Staff at a North Yorkshire rapeseed business have raised more than £4,000 to support children with Down syndrome.

LINZI Gatman is on a mission to supply free books to the Children’s Ward at York Hospital.

MOST parents take time and consideration to pick a name for their new baby.

Bootham Park plans a ‘wasted opportunity’ NHS Property Services has made a massive mistake and done a great dis-service to the residents of York in selling the Bootham Park Hospital site to ERL.

Keith Massey mourns the passing, after a short five-year tenure, of John Lewis’s store at Vangarde (Letters, March 26).

PLANS for holiday flats to be built next door to popular live music venue The Crescent have been approved - after the developers and the owner of the club reached a landmark agreement.

NORTH Yorkshire-based Make it Wild is about to plant its 50,000th tree since setting out on a 10-year mission to give space back to nature.

A SURVEY on planned changes to the junction at Bootham Bar, Gillygate and Lord Mayor's Walk closes tomorrow.