YORK dad and printer Dave Powell has died of Covid aged 57 - just weeks after the birth of his newest grandson.

THE farmer behind York Maze has claimed he plans to make his famous puzzle out of banana bushes.

A LOCAL chef has undertaken a giant Easter egg challenge ahead of the holiday break.

HUNDREDS of people in part of York are being asked to say what they love or loathe about their local shopping area.

THE hot weather which baked York and North Yorkshire along with much of the UK this week is set to give way to a chilly Easter weekend.

A POPULAR riverside restaurant in York is looking to recruit ahead of its reopening next month.

Dave Powell: August 16, 1963 to March 17 2021

City of York Council were a little bit premature with their ‘April Fool’ announcement that recycling could move from fortnightly to monthly.

SEATING 'pods' and two tipi tents will be installed in Parliament Street to create outdoor dining areas in the coming weeks.

A WARTIME museum has launched a mission to reunite a prisoner of war’s letter home with his family - 76 years on.

YORK looks set for a major summer tourism boom if the results of a new survey are anything to go by.

Many will have watched with interest the story of the Ever Given cargo ship that got stuck in the Suez canal last week, which rightly deserved the spotlight.

JULIET Forster has cut it as a director of Romeo And Juliet many times. Now she has sliced Shakespeare's "two the two hours' traffic of our stage" to 45 minutes, maybe 50, for CBeebies' show tomorrow morning.

Less than two weeks to go now until you can head down to your local for a pint and a bite to eat - provided it has a beer garden.

A MAN fell from a window in York city centre today.

POLICE have arrested a man in connection with an incident involving a child in York.

A YORK-based house builder has gone into voluntary liquidation.

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

THE Easter weekend holds the potential for a 'perfect storm' for serious crashes say police as they launch a traffic clampdown.

POLICE say they have broken up several groups of more than six people in York today - and have urged people not to leave litter behind.

A BIKER was airlifted to hospital after a crash on the A169 across the North York Moors.

THE new High Sheriff of North Yorkshire will spend her year in office thanking all the small charities for being community lifelines during the pandemic.

YORK'S Covid-19 weekly recorded case rate has dropped back below the 30 mark - and just five more cases have been recorded in the area.

A CANDIDATE for the Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner role in North Yorkshire has raised concerns about the police force's new social media strategy.

EAST Riding of Yorkshire Council is pleased to announce that Hagg Bridge on the B1228 between Sutton Upon Derwent and Melbourne has reopened today (March 31).

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

A MAN has been ordered to pay more than £3,000 after two incidents of fly-tipping.

THE transgender pride flag is flying at York’s Mansion House today – a week after City of York Council voted to become trans-inclusive.

A SAFETY app which alerts people when they’re entering ‘high crime zones’ is helping residents redirect to better routes.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen to a tenth of its peak in January, when the crisis was at its peak.

POLICE have issued 170 more Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for breaching Covid regulations across North Yorkshire.

THE Great Yorkshire Show will take place over four days for the first time in its history if the event is able to go ahead as planned this Summer.

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

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.

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

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.

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’.

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...

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.

Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe discussed with medics his transfer to palliative care in the final hours before he died in hospital from Covid-19, a coroner has said.

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.