A YORK baker has given a warning to vegetable growers after touching parsnips in his allotment left him with blisters “like a chemical burn”.

YORK is to get a new Thai restaurant - and it is applying for an alcohol licence to City of York Council.

HAVING written in the past about the constant cutting down of wild flowers and grasses on Knavesmire I feel compelled to write again.

A PHOTOGRAPHER has thanked a York hotel for allowing its premises to be used as a backdrop for his nude and dance images, which have raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity.

A NEW Covid hotspot has emerged in a rural part of York with cases approaching 1,000 per 100,000 people.

ONE way of avoiding the heat it is to stick to the trees.

A SERIES of landmarks, replicated in Lego bricks, will star in a new trail for families to follow this summer.

I TOOK my young nieces to the new swimming pool at the Community Stadium. It is a good facility and we enjoyed it but it was just water in a plain rectangle.

ALMOST 30,000 racegoers and McFly fans may throng York Racecourse today as it stages the second day of its Music Showcase weekend.

Honda has excelled itself with the fourth generation Jazz – transforming the supermini into a distinctive-looking machine with a cool and funky vibe.

THIS is the £1.2million home that estate agents have described as "one of the most astonishing and coolest houses in York".

Childcare experts have revealed some great ways to keep kids entertained over the summer while sneakily helping them learn at the same time.

The variant, known as B.1.621, was designated a variant under investigation on Wednesday.

PUPILS at this school ended the Summer term with a visit from a Hollywood actor.

CRIMESTOPPERS is appealing for the public to contact them if they know the whereabouts of a 24-year-old man, who has been on the run since April this year.

POLICE are trying to trace a woman using an electric wheelchair who attacked a three-year-old girl in a buggy.

A MAN has tragically died after getting into difficulties in the sea on the Yorkshire coast.

A COUNCIL boss has hailed the ‘incredible job’ done by York care workers as pressures caused by soaring Covid cases and the need for self isolation and emergency childcare continue to grow.

NORTHERN has warned that disruption is likely this weekend as the rail operator loses more staff to the 'pingdemic'.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a van on fire in the car park of a popular shopping centre.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has dropped - taking it lower than the country's national average.

A MAN suffered head injuries after a car hit a tree.

INDEPENDENT homewares business Spruce York is hosting a pop-up in leading fashion outlet Urban Outfitters.

TV quiz-show star and stand-up comedian Paul "Sinnerman" Sinha is heading the new line up at a rural comedy club near York.

PLANS have now been formally lodged for a new student community close to York city centre.

A DESPERATE plea has been put out to all teachers and schools in the York area.

So, City of York council survives.

TWO men had to be rescued by firefighters after being trapped by heavy machinery.

A TAXI driver drove the wrong way along the A64 near York at night towards a police car at a combined speed of 140 mph, York Crown Court heard.

NORTH Yorkshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner will focus on the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on domestic abuse.

A VISITOR has been jailed and a resident given a suspended prison sentence at York Magistrates Court.

THE M62 is to be closed overnight and into tomorrow - with a no fly zone created overhead - after an unexploded wartime bomb was found.

With horsefly season firmly upon us - what do they look like and how would you know if you’ve been bitten?

A YORK level crossing will be out of action while works are carried out.

THE number of people told to self-isolate by Test and Trace in York has risen dramatically, the latest figures show.

THE number of schoolchildren with Covid in York has risen again.

I am pleased that City York Council will stay as its own unitary authority (York council ‘to be spared in shake-up’, July 22). Local democracy and local accountability - that was the theme of council leader Keith Aspden as he spoke for the Lib De...

OFFICERS and PCSOs from Eastfield Police Station are taking the lead in organising a community gala in Eastfield.

A FESTIVAL at a York university shared both ancient and modern aspects of Korean culture - from traditional music, dance and calligraphy to K-pop.

A TEENAGER has died after getting into difficulties in a North Yorkshire river.

YORK has been ranked in the top 10 'most zen' places to live in the UK.

MAJOR supermarkets are part of a campaign to help tackle problem underage drinking.

A NORTH Yorkshire firefighter and martial arts instructor from Tadcaster, is embarking on a challenge of 35 squats a day for a year to raise money for York Mind.

FILEY lifeboat staged a 'harrowing' rescue yesterday after three swimmers got into serious difficulties on the Yorkshire coast.

A POPULAR North Yorkshire theatre has announced it will be reopening for the summer season.

Flooding around the world must concern York There has been a lot in the international news about flooding, in parts of Europe and now China. To us in York, it is alarming to hear of these record water levels.

The last three-year pay deal for NHS staff expired in April and many workers have lost 20 per cent in real terms over ten years.

IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five cricket teams from the past.

A FUNERAL director is launching a new venture to help families celebrate key events in life.

The Duke of Sussex is to publish a literary memoir next year, promising to be an “accurate and wholly truthful” account of his life.