YORK nurse and "lockdown hero" Brenna Allsuch is looking forward to hugging her children close again after fighting off a dangerous infection that nearly killed her.

THE roof had to be cut off a car to get the driver out.

RACHAEL Maskell's regarding our national dental health scandal makes your eyes water with its stark reminder why our Government needs a kick up the backside.

THE parents at Manor road school consistently insist on dropping their child off as close to the school as possible, ignoring the double yellow lines and with no regard for child safety.

I AM shocked at the cavalier attitude of the teachers, no doubt backed by their union, at the school my grandson attends in the York area.

A NEW organic wine bar and cafe could open in York city centre.

THERE have been 26 cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus recorded in York in the past month, according to the city’s public health team.

A "BRILLIANT" man and popular radio broadcaster who worked at the BBC for more than 30 years has died.

UNIQUE is a word over used but it is totally justified in the case of the Sora sky bar at the new Malmaison hotel in York.

A STATUE of Her Majesty The Queen is set to be installed at York Minster.

A MAJOR York road is shut this morning due to overrunning roadworks.

CAMPAIGNERS have written to the Department for Transport asking government to intervene to improve access for disabled people to York city centre.

Mr Men and Little Miss characters are being carved into more than a million maize plants in York as Europe's biggest maze prepares to reopen.

ALL three emergency services were called in to an incident where a man climbed out of a window.

A LEADING York GP has welcomed the government's decision to delay introduction of a controversial centralised databank of NHS patient records.

The two leaders and their wives also admired the view overlooking Carbis Bay, Cornwall.

FAMILY and friends of a much-loved dad whose death ‘touched the whole of Tadcaster’ are close to raising £30,000 after a 192-mile trek.

A PAEDOPHILE who tried to persuade an underage girl to bring her friend to meet him for group sex activity has been jailed.

THE weekly recorded Covid rates in York and both North and East Yorkshire have increased again, the latest data confirms.

AN apprentice with a York university is celebrating after scooping a prestigious award from his employer.

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.

MONEY is available for York businesses looking to hire apprentices for winter.

Temperatures on Friday, Saturday and Sunday are predicted to see highs in the mid-20s, with Sunday lined up to be the warmest day of the weekend.

A SCHOOL in York is loaning free prom dresses and suits to students from across the city this year.

UNIVERSITY student Emma Franklin, 20, is preparing to complete one of the biggest challenges of her life in aid of Endometriosis UK.

AN escape artist rabbit got trapped in a van dashboard and needed rescuing by the RSPCA and fire service.

Also known and the Delta variant the mutation has become the UK’s dominant Covid-19 variant.

Ms Spielman said Ofsted found that mobile phones were “frequently enabling harassment and abuse” – such as the sharing of “nudes”.

GP practices in the Vale of York have been working with local housing services and community providers to ensure that homeless people have been able to access the Covid-19 vaccine.

A YORK pub marathon, which featured runners taking on a route which passed around 40 pubs near the city, has raised over £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

NEXT week, work will start on a new walkthrough aviary at the zoo at Sewerby Hall and Gardens.

A LITERATURE festival for children will be held in North Yorkshire next week - after being delayed twice due to Covid-19 restrictions.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in to help rescue a trapped animal.

BRITAIN'S biggest charity meeting returns to York Racecourse this weekend to celebrate its half century.

A DEAL has been sealed which could deliver the world's largest negative emissions project in North Yorkshire.

WALKING down Huntington Road opposite the Grange (the old workhouse) yesterday, I came across life belts thrown into the River Foss.

YORK Hospital leaders say the number of Covid patients remains "very low" and they are not yet seeing any rise in case numbers in the region lead to a rise in hospital admissions.

YORK is now home to the nation’s biggest bee-friendly floral display - complete with 'rest stops' for our pollinator pals.

THE Delta coronavirus variant is among "a number of positive cases" at a school in North Yorkshire.

More Things To Do in and around York

REVIEW: Alan Ayckbourn's The Girl Next Door, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, until July 3. Box office: 01723 370541 and at sjt.uk.com

THOSE who dream of owning their own restaurant could turn it into a reality on the Shambles.

CAMERA Club member Paul Bailey couldn't resist taking these entertaining photos of duck apparently singing and dancing on a rooftop in Dunnington when he was out and about. Just quackers!

LAST week Twitter finally found itself being banned in Nigeria, and curiously, they suddenly decided cancel culture wasn’t very nice after all. Now I’ve got no particular interest in the politics of Nigeria, but when the tech giants start censori...

HAVING just been treated to the free York News, delivered by Lib Dem volunteers this week, I was shocked to see the council trying to make political gain by its back-page stories of "Labour in crisis again" and "Tory funding cuts unsafe", as if the L...

YORK is about to get a taste of the future as a new restaurant run by robots has opened in the city centre.

ONE lucky boy had the chance to meet Harrison Ford on the film set of his latest movie this week.

THERE are two ongoing accidents this morning.

A COASTAL farmhouse close to one of Yorkshire's best loved beaches for auction with £160,000 price tag.

YORK’S ‘Dancing Queen’ Evelyn Witcombe has died at the age of 85.