AFTER decades of endless discussions, meetings and negotiations, work finally starts next week on clearing land to pave the way for York Central, one of the UK’s biggest brownfield redevelopment schemes.

A YORK hotel owner has revealed he has lost about £400,000 since the start of the pandemic.

SMARTIES are to become the first global confectionery brand to switch to recyclable paper packaging, following pioneering work at Nestle's Product Technology Centre in York.

A POLICE officer has described how he lay in “overwhelming pain” after being assaulted, as figures show one emergency services worker is attacked every day in North Yorkshire.

THE Archbishop of York has called for the nation to pause and reflect to remember more than 100,000 people across the UK who have died after contracting Covid-19.

SWASTIKAS have been daubed on homes and cars by vandals.

I refer to your January 19 story ‘Homes, roads and footpaths to be named in honour of former York City stars’.

ANIMALS may not be aware of the coronavirus pandemic, but it has affected them nonetheless. Staff at the RSPCA's York animal home now have to wear face masks. Not all the pets in their care like it.

FEARS that she had lost her business overnight when the first lockdown started have translated into hopes of a bigger playing field for Angie Doig-Thorne.

Am I alone in thanking God that your correspondent Richard M Billinge (Letters, January 25) is not a hospital manager?

THE Covid19 crisis continues to take its toll with yet another rise in the number of York people seeking Universal Credit support.

A YORK-based company which helps the commercial shipping sector to reduce emissions has launched a system that allows shipping owners to create their own solution onboard.

A DIGITAL platform to help York employers and students collaborate is being trialled.

A YORK MP says the best way to safely relax restrictions is to set levels of vaccine delivery, rather than dates.

ALMOST 4,000 people got jabs at York’s Covid vaccination centres at the weekend, after organisers "listened and learned" when problems developed last week.

A NORTH Yorkshire butcher “only wanted to help” a “drunk, hypothermic, lost girl” and did not rape or kill her, a jury has been told.

YORK'S economy remains strong and it is one of 17 UK cities which has "only been marginally affected by Covid" - according to a major research body.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that as Covid variants become ever more resilient we are not doing nearly enough to combat it in our everyday lives.

The letter from Scott Marmion about the BBC (January 21) needs a response. To suggest that the flat rate payment for all BBC services at £3 a week is immoral is excessive even by the writer’s standards.

Principal of Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate (QE), Jeff Smith shares how, in periods of national lockdown and individual student absence, QE has offered continuity of education for its students.

A YORK restaurant has become the first in the city to be awarded a coveted Michelin star.

FORTY stone and nearing 40, Nathan McDonald went on to lose 23 stone in 18 months - and gain a new lease of life.

A CORONER recorded an open verdict after a young man fell from the footbridge at York Railway Station.

A SCAM email designed to look like it is from the NHS Covid vaccination service has been circulating in the past 24 hours, police warn.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen slightly - but still appears to have broadly stabilised.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in after a truck caught on fire.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has dropped again over the last 24 hours, the latest figures confirm.

YORK Theatre Royal’s Youth Theatre has reopened despite the lockdown - by going online.

A NORTH Yorkshire restaurant has become the first in the city to be awarded a coveted Michelin star.

PEOPLE struggling to get to York's Covid vaccination centres - perhaps because they don't have a car or can't drive - have been reassured that help is at hand.

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

A WOMAN was left with multiple injuries after being struck by a car in a hit and run incident.

Police are currently searching for missing Northallerton man who has now been since yeesterday morning.

A WOMAN has been taken to hospital serious injuries and a man hospitalised with minor injuries after a crash between a bus and car on the A19 near York.

A THIRD of York residents have food allergies or intolerances resulting in the demand for free-from products rising considerably.

A NORTH Yorkshire butcher accused of raping and murdering a 21-year-old student has told a court that they were “hugging” and “kissing” before having sex on the night she disappeared.

A HEALTH chief has welcomed the halving of York's Covid rate but warned that the number of cases is still too high and the NHS is still under huge pressure.

A MAN was arrested in York after a car was allegedly driven the wrong way down the A64.

A MANUFACTURER in North Yorkshire has repaid the £130,000 furlough funds it has used during the Covid pandemic.

Coronavirus is capable of infecting a wide range of species, meaning there is a significant risk of transmission to humans through their pets.

Facing criticism of a slow rollout in the EU, the European Commission threatened to impose controls on vaccines.

SIX more residents at care homes in the York area have sadly lost their lives to Covid-19.

Jobless figures have soared to the highest level for more than four years as official figures showed nearly 830,000 workers have been dropped from UK payrolls since the start of the pandemic.

A RESIDENT was rescued by fire crews after a blaze broke out at a house in the Selby district early this morning (Tuesday).

As a nurse working up at the mass vaccination site in York it has been great to hear of people’s experiences of using the facility.

"HE left his mark on Yorkshire" - this is the loving tribute paid to master stonemason Alan Tinsley who has died aged 82.

YORK parents Rachael Parry and Daniel Carling have twice as many reasons to celebrate - with the safe arrival of their twins.

A MAN suffering from the effects of Covid long after catching the virus is warning others that it "may change your life forever".

A CYCLIST from York whose helmet saved her life when she crashed into a bridge will tell her story on TV tonight.

Tuesday morning, Moor Lane, appointment for the Covid jab at 9.10am. I walked in at 9am, and I was on my way home at 9.20. In and out in 20 minutes.