A PLUMBER has delivered his wife’s baby - on the bathroom floor at their York home.

'2020 was the ultimate in roller coaster business journeys', says Graham Richardson, who fears the stakes have never been so high as 2021 starts.

A SUPERMARKET security officer hero is to get a £350 reward for intervening when two armed men had a pre-arranged fight in the store’s car park.

COVID support marshalls are adding more areas of York to their rounds.

YORK and North Yorkshire are facing 30 hours of non-stop rain, sleet and snow today and tomorrow - and forecasters say it's possible that the 'Beast from the East' could return next week, bringing even colder and snowier weather.

A PROJECT manager who was involved in a new teaching and resource centre in York has launched his own consultancy practice.

Why have Yorkshire and Humberside been ignored over mass vaccination centres? We should have got one at the same time as the rest of the country.

VIRTUAL vegan cooking classes, two-hour breaks and budgets for plants are among the staff support measures offered at a York company.

A PRODUCT, designed and developed in North Yorkshire, is being used to secure 4.5km of power cables in a major infrastructure project in Norway.

AN innovator whose York tech business uses smart sensors to monitor hives and better understand the decline of bees has won national recognition.

A MAN bought a stun gun to spur police into action against another man - who he said had been targeting him for years, a court heard.

A SCHOOLBOY rugby star has become the second York drug dealer in a month to keep his freedom because of police and prosecution delays.

PLANS are being drawn up to stage an outdoor theatrical production near York Minster this Easter - pandemic permitting.

A New Year and a new disaster for City of York Council’s Local Plan (‘Withdraw Local Plan and start again’ - inspectors say scheme may be out of date, January 12).

Because of Covid, 2020 was a year that, safe to say, we would all like to have done without.

As we get back into well-rehearsed routines with the return of a national lockdown, it is imperative that we do not lose hope for 2021 amidst the storm of the resurgent pandemic. 

A NURSING home chef has been shortlisted for an honour at the regional Great British Care Awards.

PLANNING ahead to boost your business’s resilience.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 is now higher than the national average in England, the latest figures confirm.

A NEW 150-bedroom hotel in the heart of York is set to be completed by April - creating more than 100 jobs.

POLICE issued more than 70 fixed penalty notices for breaches of the Covid regulations at the weekend.

INTENSIVE care staff at York Hospital are bracing themselves for an expected surge in seriously ill Covid patients over the next couple of weeks.

YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell has pleaded with residents to make sacrifices for the good of the community, urging them to think of our 'exhausted, broken NHS staff.'

FIREFIGHTERS were called in after a dishwasher caught fire at a house in York.

EMERGENCY services were called to an incident earlier today involving a man trapped in a piece of agricultural machinery.

AN airline has suspended all flights and holidays until March 25.

A YORK MP has asked the Health Secretary to ensure everyone in and around the city has equal access to the coronavirus vaccine.

Tesco, Asda and Waitrose in York are the latest supermarkets to take a tougher stance on customers who refuse to wear a face covering without a medical exemption, and implored shoppers to be respectful towards staff.

RETAILERS are being invited to sign up for free online marketing workshops to support their business during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

THIS York couple lost nine stone two pounds in weight throughout the course of last year.

FOUR more people with Covid-19 have sadly died at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation.

POLICE have stepped up patrols across North Yorkshire in order to tackle poachers travelling into the county, following numerous incidents.

THERE have been no further deaths related to Covid-19 at care homes in the York area, the latest figures confirm.

A CARE home boss says Covid-19 is still claiming lives and has called on people to be even more vigilant.

PUBLIC Health England data has revealed there was a major rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases confirmed in the Selby district over a seven-day period recently compared to the previous week.

A FLOOD warning has been issued for the River Ouse in York.

SCIENTISTS want people in York to get fit and healthy with a 50K challenge to raise cash for York Against Cancer.

AS Covid cases surge across the UK, government ministers are thought to be considering further ways to reduce the spread of the virus

PEOPLE are urging others not to see their trips to York supermarkets as 'a social family outing' following concerns that shoppers are flouting Covid measures.

The chain coffee shop is currently only open for takeaway purposes, but customers can still get half price off their bill.

THE Met Office has warned there is a chance of heavy snow in York and North Yorkshire later this week.

During the pandemic it’s important you are aware of the scams doing the rounds to give you the best chance of keeping your personal details safe.

PEOPLE across York and North Yorkshire are being encouraged to look beyond the lockdown by making a date to join Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in York.

PLANNING inspectors examining City of York Council’s draft Local Plan - which sets out what houses can be built and where - suggest the draft plan is scrapped and fresh proposals submitted.

EMERGENCY services have been called out to vehicles getting stranded in floodwater in the North York Moors.

YORK Minster has closed to the public from today, in response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and for the driver to come forward after a road traffic collision in York yesterday.

STAFF and residents at a care home in York were "delighted," to be invited to have the vaccination at the home, which has lifted everyone’s spirits.

FREE online business support workshops – delivered by retail specialists – are being offered to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in town centres across the East Riding.

CITY of York Council is urging parents and carers who are critical workers not to send their children to school if they can manage to have them at home.