GRIEVING family, friends and colleagues have paid loving tributes to a York ambulance man who died from Covid while working on the frontline.

A FURTHER eight Covid patients are being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals.

A PRIVATE school in York has confirmed a case of Covid-19.

AN annual report into the safety of North Yorkshire’s roads shows a 15 per cent rise in the number of people killed in crashes.

YORK Rescue Boat is on standby with Storm Christoph set to bring heavy rain to York and North Yorkshire, which is likely to lead to flooding.

AS the number of first doses delivered in the UK passed four million, ministers and officials said it was still too soon to rely on the jab “coming to our rescue”.

Internationally-renowned York sculptor and stone carver Dick Reid, whose work can be seen at York Minster, Windsor Castle and Highgrove, has died following a short illness. He was 86.

I object to the way in which the internet is taking over everything.

I hope, like me, some of you get fed up with the continuous criticism over the rules/advice given out by the Government/scientists etc about this horrible Covid disease.

WELCOME to five more of York's lockdown babies.

THE doctor in charge of York’s new national vaccination centre has reassured local residents they will not be forgotten or face delays because of it.

BICYCLE couriers delivering food, medicine and supplies are calling for permit passes to allow them to cycle on pedestrianised streets in the city centre.

FRESH plans for a restaurant run by robots - which the owners say could be the future of eating out during a pandemic - will be discussed by City of York Council.

WORK has started to remove York’s Foss Barrier - just as the River Ouse looks set for serious flooding later this week after amber and yellow warnings were issued for heavy rain.

May I respond to Derek Reed’s letter (January 16) about World Heritage status for York?

Although we are advised that free sugars should make up five per cent or less of our daily calories, studies show that for some this figure may be greater than 20 per cent.

THESE are the first patients to be given a coronavirus jab at the new national Covid vaccination hub in York.

MORE than 200 patients with coronavirus are today being treated at York and Scarborough hospital, after a further influx over the weekend - and the number in intensive care has doubled.

THE River Ouse in York could rise to more than 4 metres above normal summer levels later this week, the Environment Agency warned this evening.

A FIRE chief has warned motorists not to drive past road closed signs after two came a cropper on a flooded road near York.

YORK'S Covid rate has fallen to just below the national average.

THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been hearing about emotional wellbeing support for UK-wide frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in North Yorkshire.

TWO suspected drug dealers have been arrested by police.

A CONSTRUCTION company has created nearly 30 new jobs and 15 new apprenticeships as part of three major investments in York.

A YELLOW weather warning for heavy rain and possible flooding is in place for York and North Yorkshire this week as “Storm Christoph” hits.

A MAN who harassed a woman in the run-up to the New Year and hit a police officer on New Year’s Eve, has been jailed for 18 weeks.

TEACHERS and pupils are being invited to tap into a virtual quiz app designed by a York firm to support learning during the pandemic.

BUDGET supermarket chain Lidl are set to open a new store later this month.

THREE more patients with coronavirus have died at York NHS trust hospitals.

A CAR was allegedly abandoned after a crash at a zebra crossing in York.

POLICE in York are appealing for witnesses to come forward after vandals struck in a village.

DO you recognise this man?

A MAN has died after a crash in bad weather.

WORK has started to remove York's Foss Barrier - just as the River Ouse looks set for serious flooding after amber and yellow warnings were issued for heavy rain.

A LEADING property development company is being relaunched with plans to help York's economic recovery by bringing investment and jobs into the city.

YORK will commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day with a special online event this year.

LOCKDOWN restrictions could be lifted from early March, with a return to the tier system for controlling Covid-19, the vaccines minister has said.

A SCHOOL boy with ADHD and dyslexia from North Yorkshire has had his first book published at the age of just ten.

POLICE arrested a man after a car was found in a ditch near York.

POLICE have arrested a wanted man in York.

WRITING in the 70s, a psychologist called Kahler found that each one of us has set ingrained patterns which run underneath many of our ways of thinking and behaving. He called these patterns “driver behaviours” and gave them catchy names that...

THREE flood warnings remain in place in and around York this morning.

SAINSBURY'S is applying for a licence to sell alcohol at is proposed new Local shop at York Railway Station.

The Press is today relaunching its Love Local Business campaign to support independent operators in York and help them survive the Covid-19 crisis and beyond.

MILLIONS of people aged 70 and over and those clinically extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 will be invited to get their vaccinations from today (Monday January 18) as the NHS begins roll out of the vaccines to the next two priority groups.

WHAT a good article Emma Clayton wrote about non-mask wearers (The Press, January 14)! Unfortunately, the people who need to read this will not, even if they have the education to comprehend!

A FEW nights ago I switched onto the BBC and caught the end of a quiz show called The Wheel. Not a show that I watch. Some lucky lady won £58,000.

CHILDREN aged between three and four may soon be admitted to a North Yorkshire primary school as it seeks to expand by opening a nursery.

YORK'S Local Plan is "crucial" to helping the city recover from the pandemic - but City of York Council is failing to devote enough money and staff to the project, say leading figures in the property industry.

A professional fraudster who has been using other people’s bank cards for years has been jailed for three and a half years.