A CORONAVIRUS patient fought police in a hospital ward and tried to infect them with the virus, York Crown Court heard.

The level of the River Ouse has dropped below 14 feet and this morning was 13 feet eight inches or four metres 18 cm.

WHETHER it’s discovering how bats use echoes to find their prey or posing questions to an astronomer while watching live pictures of the moon, this year’s Virtual Dark Skies Festival promises something for everyone.

MILKMAN James Ridsdale had an extra special delivery to make - his newborn baby.

TODAY (January 23) marks the start of a week-long celebration of the life of the extraordinary woman who founded the religious order at at York convent.

FORTY years ago my neighbour wrote to the then Evening Press decrying the Fulford School traffic affecting his quiet cul-de-sac Fulfordgate.

Spot, who is five years old, was brought to the York RSPCA animal home by an inspector. She had come from a multi-cat household where her needs were not getting met.

FORMER Yorkshire Evening Press journalist Don Hardisty has died aged 91.

I MUST operate in an alternative universe.

CYCLISTS and pedestrians wanting to cross York's River Ouse have been left facing a lengthy and hazardous detour after the Millennium Bridge was marooned this week by floodwaters.

YORK leaders have responded to concerns that vaccine supplies could be diverted from the region to other parts of the country that have not yet vaccinated as many people in top priority groups.

APARTMENTS priced up to £1.75 million are available at one of York’s most ambitious redevelopments - which is on track to be fully complete in March.

TWO fundraising pages have been set up for primary schools desperately in need of more laptops for pupils during lockdown.

WORK on the flood defence scheme in Clementhorpe must start soon to '"lift this fear" from residents' lives.

Planning to move this the New Year? Here are just seven reasons why York is the best place to live in the UK:

AS we entered the third national lockdown, we asked readers to send us photos of what lockdown looked like for them.

Covid appears to have mutated to become MORE deadly, Government scientists fear.

THE body of a man has been found near train tracks.

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

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

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has dropped again, but cases of the virus continue to be recorded in the area.

THERE have been four further deaths related to Covid-19 at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell has met striking British Gas workers in the city and leant them her support.

YORK researchers have shown that the NHS could cut the number of staff going off sick by making ultra-grip shoes part of the uniform

NOT even a flooded house will stop York drag diva divine Velma Celli and sensational singing hairdresser Jess Steel from recording their latest streamed gig.

STAFF at a North Yorkshire care home have selflessly donated stock from their own kitchens to provide essential food and toiletry packages to local families affected by the pandemic and lockdowns.

PUMPS, pipes and sandbags were used today to keep two key York roads open and free from flooding after the River Ouse rose to its highest level in six years.

A North Yorkshire butcher accused of raping and murdering student Libby Squire was asked what he found funny and why he was “smirking” by interviewing detectives, a jury has been told.

YORK'S Covid rating has improved suddenly from 'red' to 'green' as the city experiences a fall in the number of infections.

PLANS are afoot to launch a new coronavirus vaccination site in North Yorkshire next month.

THE number of Covid patients being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen slightly again.

THE A166 at the Full Sutton turn off has now reopened after police were forced to close the section of road due to the icy conditions earlier today.

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

THE Archbishop of York, the Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, will preside at an act of worship for the Feast of Candlemas, which will be livestreamed from York Minster.

YORK'S Knavesmire has turned into a lake after the recent heavy rain.

THE Covid vaccine supply to the North-East and Yorkshire is set to be slashed from next week as NHS bosses admit other parts of the UK need to catch up.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

MORRISONS has increased the capacity of its meal delivery service for school children entitled to free school meals whilst schools remain closed.

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.