A YEAR ago today, two people fell ill at a York hotel - and Britain started its chaotic slide into lockdowns, deaths, quarantines, masks, economic crises, overwhelmed hospitals and closed schools.

LOCAL leaders and communities needed the power to respond to the pandemic much earlier, according to health bosses, as they reflect on the first UK coronavirus cases identified in York a year ago today.

A COLOURFUL inclusive road crossing has been unveiled at the University of York.

POLICE are investigating after a number of reports of antisocial behaviour in a village.

DO you recognise this man?

IT'S a year ago today since two people staying at a York hotel became ill with what were soon to be diagnosed as the UK's first cases of coronavirus.

IT is a year since two people became ill at a York hotel with what turned out to be the UK’s first cases of coronavirus. Since then, we’ve had three lockdowns and, nationally, more than 100,000 deaths - 460 of those at York Hospitals Trust alo...

THE woman who alerted the York Press to the UK’s first case of Covid-19 after spotting paramedics in hazmat suits outside a city hotel said the moment gave her “shivers”.

PRESS journalist Simon Walton recalls the night, one year ago today, that the UK Covid-19 outbreak started in York

The first reports more than a year ago of a mysterious and deadly new virus that had struck in the Chinese city of Wuhan prompted a rush of sympathy and concern for members of York's small Chinese community.

TODAY marks a year since two guests were taken ill at a York hotel - which found itself at the centre of a media storm.

"REALLY strong relationships" helped the University of York to navigate the "scary" first days of the Covid outbreak.

A CHARITY in York is set to host a virtual comedy evening around Valentine's Day to help lift spirits in the city.

THIRTY-THREE life-saving community public access defibrillators (CPADs) are being installed at ambulance stations across Yorkshire, including in York.

In the midst of all the Covid news Brexit has disappeared from the headlines.

Train operator LNER say their ambition is to get as many car drivers as possible to use rail for long-distance journeys. Projections are for a massive tripling in passenger numbers.

The NHS is doing a sterling job of getting the Covid19 injection out there. But could more be done?

I have just been to the supermarket for my weekly shop and it amazes me how the ladies (and men, of course!) manage to keep a smile on their faces when they have masks and visors on all day. When I see the girls on self-serve trying to social dist...

DO you recognise anyone in these old school photos from the 1950s and 1960s?

According to data from the RSPCA, interest in adopting pets on their website grew 68% during lockdown.

Staff from one of York's oldest restaurants, The White Rose, in Jubbergate, were waiting to hear whether they would be kept on by new owners of the business, after its sale in January 1981.

The Product and Process Innovation (PAPI) project has helped small businesses in York, North Yorkshire, East Riding and Leeds City Region develop innovative new products by providing grants for equipment since 2016.

A WOMAN is fighting for her life after being hit by a tractor.

COUNCIL bosses are 'working to establish what happened' at York Acorn Rugby Club on the night of December 30, after a post-Christmas fundraising dinner was followed by an outbreak of Covid cases.

YORK Hospital Trust has reached a new peak in the number of Covid inpatients.

PLANS to demolish Queen Street Bridge and revamp the front of York railway station are set to be approved.

THE Foss in York has a new barrier.

CARE homes in York and North Yorkshire have revealed they will not hire new staff who have refused to have a coronavirus vaccine on non-medical grounds.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 continues to drop, but further cases are still being confirmed in the area.

A YORK fashion retailer has spoken about the challenges and lows of lockdown in a documentary-style film.

A BINMAN has lost his job after being caught after he kicking the head off a snowman built by a three-year-old.

SEVEN more people have sadly lost their lives to Covid-19 at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A CHILDREN'S play centre in Selby is set to open as a Covid-19 mass vaccination centre next month

A BLAZE at a house in the Selby district is being treated as deliberate.

THE head of a UK and US sustainable energy company says 17,000 jobs would be supported by developing decarbonisation at its North Yorkshire plant.

A POPULAR budget supermarket has opened a new store.

THE Archbishop of York has commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day by offering a Jewish prayer found in the clothing of a dead child, following the liberation of the Ravensbruck concentration camp.

YORK poet, storyteller, journalist, songwriter and radio presenter Miles Salter has come up with his Fix for a seven-year hiatus.

NORTH Yorkshire Police has issued a further 87 fixed penalty notices for breaches of the Covid regulations since January 19, down from 134 the week before.

THERE was a major fall in the number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in the York area over a seven-day period recently compared to the previous week, Public Health England data has revealed.

THE number of Covid patients being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen sharply.

HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a "much-loved" member of a York special school’s wellbeing team, who has died after a crash near York.

Cyber-security consultant Daniel Card urged members of the public to remain vigilant against such scams.

A MANAGER of a York hotel used to accommodate NHS staff said the biggest challenge of lockdown had been keeping spirits up.

WORK will get underway to repair a section of York's historic Bar Walls next month.

NEW Earswick now has York's highest Covid rate.

A NEW film has been created which aims to prevent people taking their own lives and urges the public to play their part.

A COUPLE from York celebrate reaching 60 years of marriage today at their home in New Earswick.

THERE are four flood warnings in place for North Yorkshire with more heavy rain on the way.

YORK doughnut shop Doe is re-opening this week to sell its colourful and whacky range of treats and drinks as take-out.