Follow our live blog throughout the day as we bring you flooding updates for York and North and East Yorkshire

THERE are still 13 flood warnings in place around York this morning with river levels still rising in the city.

A CAR got stuck in water when its occupants were allegedly making a "non-essential journey" from Leeds to the North York Moors, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

YORK is the best performing centre in the whole Yorkshire and Humber region for carrying out covid vaccines.

EVERYONE in England who tests positive for Covid-19 could automatically be given £500 as part of plans ministers are reportedly considering to boost quarantine compliance.

FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to flooding at numerous properties across North Yorkshire.

Could somebody please explain why we have the unnecessary expense and time consuming exercise of regularly putting up a temporary flood barrier across the entrance to Tower Gardens? It has been built and taken down four times this winter.

EVERY week in our ‘Adopt a Pet’ column - written in conjunction with the RSPCA’s Landing Lane animal home - we feature a different pet in need of a new home.

A FAMILY-run business which caters for special events remains positive of a strong comeback from the crisis - with its diary full of summer bookings.

This week a cherished member of my family died of Covid, adding one more to the shameful list of almost 100,000 people who have died in the UK.

EMPLOYMENT levels in York will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022, research suggests.

A MAIN road was flooded and homes were put at risk after the River Foss overtopped its banks in York yesterday - but there was good news for motorists and householders about future flooding threats.

A love of the sea and a eye for a great shot have landed local photographer Alison Taylor a top award. Alison, a retired teacher and university administrator who lives in Woodthorpe, has been made an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society - the ...

With regard to the path naming at Bootham Crescent, (Homes, roads and footpaths to be named in honour of former York City FC stars, January 19) I would like to put forward the name of Alf Patrick.

Let’s take and in depth look at the York property market to see how it has changed in the last decade.

ABOUT 130 homes at risk of flooding have been offered evacuation to a covid-safe hotel as the River Ouse continues to rise.

A YOUNG photographer from York has captured the flooding in the city centre today.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has dropped again, this time by over 30 people per 100,000.

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

A MAIN road through York is now closed due to flooding.

ORGANISERS of York's mass vaccination centres say it received 'lots of compliments' today from patients after it avoided any repeat of yesterday's queuing problems.

MEMBERS of the public, a police officer and a PCSO who helped save a woman at risk of suicide have received certificates of commendation.

THE clever folk at the York Museum Trust have used the popularity of the current hit Netflix drama Bridgerton to their advantage.

The jury in the trial of a North Yorkshire butcher accused of raping and murdering a 21-year-old student has heard a witness describe hearing screams of “desperation” on the night she disappeared.

Questions were being asked this afternoon about why the sluice gate at Clifton Ings has not been opened to let flood waters enter the Ings.

YORK Open Studios is pushing back its 2021 events from April to July because of the Covid pandemic and lockdown rules.

POLICE are appealing for information after teenage girls were approached by a man acting suspiciously on two separate occasions in Selby.

THE River Wharfe in Tadcaster is said to have peaked.

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MANY roads across the region are affected by flooding today (Thursday).

A HOSPITAL has confirmed the number of non-priority people who wrongly received the Covid-19 vaccine after turning up without an appointment.

GLASTONBURY Festival 2021 has been cancelled.

A TEMPORARY bridge has been built with scaffolding across a flooded York to ensure residents are not trapped in their community by floodwaters.

THE River Ouse in York is set to peak at 4.76 metres above normal at 3am tomorrow - just short of the levels at which there is widescale property flooding, a council official has revealed.

ONE of York's biggest employers has announced plans to close one of its offices in the city.

TWO regular customers at the Shambles Market in York have hailed the work of one of the security staff members, explaining he has done "superb," work to keep the market safe and under control.

THE number of Covid patients being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals has finally fallen - but health chiefs believe it still may not have peaked as yet.

A FORMER Army officer who killed a York estate agent after subjecting her and her colleague to nearly nine hours of brutal attacks has failed in a bid to challenge his conviction.

THE council in York say they have taken immediate action to support residents under threat of flooding living along the River Foss in York this morning.

A MULTI-AGENCY onslaught was launched in Malton overnight to avert potentially serious flooding.

THIS was the scene on Bridge Street in Tadcaster last night, which sparked a "massive" community effort to prevent properties flooding.

FIRE crews have been called out to various incidents involving flooding around North Yorkshire throughout the night.

A YORK-BASED train operator has told customers not to travel before 12pm today (Thursday).

THERE are 42 flood warnings in place across York and North Yorkshire with homes in York at risk of flooding this morning.

PET portrait artist Louise Harrison supported her creative work through a part-time post with a high street retailer - until it became another casualty of the Covid-19 crisis.

FUNDING is available to help businesses develop technologies to create renewable energy.

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FURTHER flood defence schemes could be planned for York and North Yorkshire - as councils team up to bid for cash from Government.

TRIBUTES have been pouring in to honour Malcolm Bonney, the York ambulanceman who has been killed by Covid.

The privately-run psychiatric clinic which moved into The Retreat hospital two years ago is moving out again, after failing to get planning permission for a new £14 million mental health centre in the grounds.