SELBY businesses have rallied round to try and get a 38-year-old father of two private health care after he has become a “prisoner in his own body.”

A POPULAR village pub near York whose landlord died from Covid earlier this year has failed - so far - to reopen from the lockdown.

A STAR of the hit TV show Gogglebox and a Hollywood actor are set to drop in at a York school next month.

A DRIVER dragged a broken lamppost along Gillygate under his car in a “very unusual” case, York Crown Court heard.

POCKLINGTON Arts Centre has announced its plans to reopen next month- with a number of film screenings.

FIREFIGHTERS performed first aid after being called out to a crash at a North Yorkshire beauty spot.

A DRIVER was trapped inside their vehicle after a crash on a North Yorkshire road.

A MEMBER of the River Foss Society has pulled more than 50 bikes from its waters.

DEMAND is growing for more people to take on security and steward roles in York.

PEAKY Blinders fans must have felt like they'd walked on to the set of the smash TV drama during a 1920s film day in East Yorkshire.

A MOVE to send stroke patients from Scarborough to York is set to be made permanent, the NHS trust in charge of the town’s hospital has confirmed.

A FURTHER 51 Covid cases have been confirmed in York as a top scientist said a third wave was definitely under way.

EMERGENCY services say they have no idea why a helicopter has been flying over York for much of today.

A CASHBOX robber “whacked” a security guard into his van and ran off with money that could have been spent on council services, York Crown Court heard.

A MUSIC teacher who turned to writing almost by accident, is celebrating having sold over 30,000 books on the subject.

A WOMAN who fell and injured her ankle on the North York Moors was rescued by firefighters.

POLICE have been shocked to see an E-scooter rider trying to get on to a Yorkshire motorway.

A YORK Rotarian is to receive a national award for her voluntary work in tackling period poverty.

BUSINESSES are being warned that they could face spot checks and inspections to make sure they are continuing to abide by Covid restrictions.

NEW data has revealed that out of 144 new Covid cases in York, only five involved people aged over 60.

A SANDY beach has started appearing close to York's River Ouse as workers prepare to give residents and visitors a taste of life at the seaside this summer.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to commercial premises in York city centre after a microwave oven caught fire.

MORE than 100 further cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus have been recorded in York, new figures have revealed.

A YORK charity that supports children and young people with disabilities is set to purchase new laptops following a £1,000 donation from a well-known housebuilder.

A LEADING York entrepreneur has hired his former boss to be his second in command.

COUNCILLORS have rejected plans for a block of 86 student flats to be built in York – saying they fear residents will develop mental health problems if there is not more shared space to socialise.

AN inquest will be opened next week into the death of a much-loved university tutor who had been suffering from Long Covid.

A NEW bar and restaurant in Castlegate has been given the go ahead by council licensing bosses - despite worries from some neighbours about noise and anti-social behaviour.

FIVE York motorcyclists will set off on a 1,103 mile trek from Land’s End to John O’Groats on the longest day of the year to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

AN award-winning hairdresser from Yorkshire has weighed in on the rice water trend as it grows your hair.

LIFE is slowly returning to normal - whatever that means for us now - in York, data suggests.

THE controversial closures of The Groves continues to divide residents, as revealed in The Press' reader poll.

A PLATE of cod and chips at Harrods will set you back £35. A helping of one of Britain’s best-loved dishes at celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s new ‘gourmet’ chippe in the famous store will cost that, compared to the national average price of ar...

I HAVE always enjoyed BBC’s Countryfile, but not so last Sunday.

Do we really need to own so much stuff when we could rent it? I am ashamed to say I haven’t a clue what was discussed at the recent G7 summit, or  what the outcomes were, but after it dominated the news for a week I know an awful lot more about re...

HOMEOWNERS who take on a lodger can earn a tax-free income of up to £7,500, according to SpareRoom, as the flatshare site pushes for more people to become live-in landlords.

THE whole of Yorkshire is invited to take part in a creature counting challenge this weekend to discover the wildlife all around us.

BUOYED by the success of its small SUV, the Mokka, Vauxhall has given it lashings of sharp new styling to provide it with something that the first version lacked – the wow factor.

Here at Queen Ethelburga's we understand the importance of developing the whole child, by presenting opportunities and experiences to learn and have fun beyond the walls of the classroom. Our range of Summer Camps offer parents high quality childcar...

A BEREAVED York mum is fundraising to help find a cure for brain tumours just two months after the death of her daughter.

A LEADING York GP has warned that the "tsunami" of people demanding appointments could leave the most vulnerable patients without the care they need.

ENGLAND fans have faced a frustrating evening at pubs and bars across York as the country drew 0-0 with Scotland in the European Championship.

A WOMAN who has told thousands of York schoolchildren how she escaped the Nazis with her family when she was a little girl in Austria received recognition in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has increased again - taking it above the 70 mark.

POLICE have issued CCTV of a group of people who they believe may hold important information regarding an incident where a six-year-old girl received a dog bite to her lip.

RESIDENTS and businesses are being warned to look out for a fake voucher scam by police.

A NORTH Yorkshire man has been detained in Singapore and faces up to six months in prison after a video appeared on Facebook of him riding a train without a face mask.

FIRST up, an assurance from photographer Elaine Graham - no pets were harmed in the taking of her wonderfully quirky photo of a dog eating a birthday cake.

FIREFIGHTERS in York sent a special message on a landmark day for a brave 12-year-old.

RESIDENTS at a York village care home took to the garden to join in with Cornwall’s Eden Projects ‘Big Lunch’ event.