AT 10pm last night, many York residents had settled down in front of the telly to watch the UK score nul points in the Eurovision Song Contest or were enjoying an evening out at a recently reopened pub.

THE new leader and deputy leader of the Labour group at City of York Council have shared their priorities - and say the party is looking ahead to the next local elections in 2023.

A DUO who opened a well-known vegetarian restaurant in York in 2004 and moved the business to London are back in the city where it all started for a special date.

MORE than 100 children in York were stripped of disability benefits after their 16th birthday, new analysis shows.

YORK nightclub Kuda is applying to City of York Council for a 4am alcohol and entertainment licence.

THE Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is 88 per cent effective against the Indian variant after two doses, a study by Public Health England (PHE) has found.

RE: E-scooters in York. Here we go again - more dangers to the public who want to walk on a footpath.

VILLAGERS near York are having the last laugh as their village hall becomes a mecca for some of comedy's biggest stars.

TWO vehicles have crashed into a telegraph pole in an East Yorkshire village.

A FULL Super Flower Moon will fill the night sky from Monday – but where is the best place to view it?

Press reader ROSE BERL shares precious memories and photos of growing up at the Festival Flats in Fishergate

AS a damning report into how former BBC journalist Martin Bashir obtained his legendary interview with Princess Diana is published, we turn back the clock 40 years to when the newly-wed royal visited York.

GENERATIONS young and old are continuing the craft of letter writing in the modern age.

YORK beauty queen Elizabeth Martin has been enjoying the easing of lockdown restrictions - and is hoping to boost tourism in her home city in the process.

FOUR thousand delighted racegoers were able to enjoy a visit to York Racecourse today for the first time in more than one and a half years.

A YORK musician who broke his neck and spine 25 years ago after jumping off Ouse Bridge has died of cancer aged 49.

“SHOCKING and appalling” – that’s how one York head described the lack of sufficient time given by the Government when making announcements to schools during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A PERSONAL trainer is taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks to raise awareness of mental health after the tragic death of a young dad.

A TRAPPED driver has been cut free from their car after it crashed into a hedge on a country lane.

THE Covid infection rate has continued to fall in North and East Yorkshire - while rising slightly in York.

MORE than 110,000 York residents have now had a Covid jab - and more than 62,000 of them have also had a second dose.

RIVEERSIDE walks and drinks in York are off today after the River Ouse flooded again, following heavy and persistent rainfall in the Dales catchment over the past couple of days.

KAISER Chiefs fans could win free tickets to a summer concert by the Yorkshire band in a special treasure hunt being held tomorrow in a North Yorkshire park.

NINE Covid cases have been confirmed in one area of York, while most of the city has virtually none.

THE difference between a dictatorship and democracy is with one you're told and enforced and made to do the will of the Government. With the other we are advised and given recommendations by the government in power and if we don't like the recomme...

A THUG who fractured his victim’s jaw and nose and caused bruising to his brain after attacking him with a metal bat has been sentenced to five years and ten months in prison.

THESE amazing pictures show big-hearted teenager Robert Clark having his locks shaved off - in memory of his grandad.

A RARE opportunity to buy a property in one of North Yorkshire's most iconic spots has opened up.

GPs say they are tackling an "unprecedented rise in demand" for their services as the Vale of York emerges from lockdown - but they want to make it clear they never closed during the pandemic.

NINE new homes could be built on a scrapyard near York Hospital.

A NEW and bigger vintage fashion room has opened in the centre of York.

PEOPLE aged 32 and 33 will now be invited to have their Covid-19 vaccination - the NHS has confirmed.

IT’S OFFICIAL: trainspotting is cool.

A NEW 'Yorkshire variant' of Covid-19 has been detected in the UK, with 49 cases identified so far.

A YORK barbershop has been ordered to shut until July 17 unless owners can prove they are following Covid safety rules, the council says.

A NEW park space could open next to York Minster in the grounds of the former Minster School.

RYEDALE now has the second lowest Covid rate in the country after just one person tested positive in seven days.

THE body of a man has been recovered from the River Ure - after two canoeists had got into difficulty.

A GARAGE in York has been damaged after a fridge freezer caught fire.

A POWER cut has hit 120 properties in a North Yorkshire village.

A CYCLIST has been seriously injured in a North Yorkshire village.

THE finishing touches are being applied to a new 40-bedroom luxury hotel.

JUST one Covid patient is still being treated at York Hospital following the huge decline in the infection rate in the city - and the huge number of vaccinations - over the last four months.

AN initiative that warns pubs, bars and clubs about trouble-makers has launch a new app.

A TERRIFIED mother and daughter successfully confronted a burglar when he broke into their home in the middle of the night, York Crown Court heard.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after the main door to Pickering Castle was damaged by vandals.

POLIE have arrested two men and two women in York as they continue to crack down on drug supply in the area.

THE principal of one of York's private schools is to retire after six years in charge and 33 years in a teaching career.

NO further deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - and just five more have beeen recorded across the country.

THESE students are among a cohort of young volunteers gaining valuable work experience in York as part of the Covid-19 vaccination effort.