LITTLE Hudson Johnstone was born so premature he was the same size as a bottle of Fanta.

CALVES and sheep have died in a major fire on a North Yorkshire farm.

Cookie and Ozzy, both three-year-old male Guinea pigs, were brought to The York Animal Home as their previous owner could no longer keep them.

A BUS firm's £1.4 million investment in top end coaches for its key link between York and Leeds is being hailed as “hugely significant” for the region’s recovery beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.

JULIAN Sturdy, Conservative MP for York Outer, reflects on hearing that the first UK coronavirus cases were confirmed in the city.

A YORK Hospital doctor has revealed how her hands were shaking the first time she anxiously put on high level PPE to treat a patient at the start of the pandemic.

SCIENTIFIC papers have been published documenting the first two cases of coronavirus in the UK and the treatment of the patients who had been staying at the Staycity hotel in York when they fell ill.

RACHAEL Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, remembers hearing about the first UK coronavirus cases and tells us what happened next

Here are some top-rated hotels across York and North Yorkshire- and what the reviewers have been saying about them.

THE family of a woman who died after a crash on the A19 near York have paid tribute to someone who was “kindness in its purest form."

A LEADING and often outspoken York head teacher is stepping down from his post at the end of the school year.

A YORK Hospital consultant has spoken about the physical and emotional toll of working on the coronavirus frontline.

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.

A BODY found near train track has been identified.

THE military has joined the battle to get York vaccinated against Covid-19.

CORONAVIRUS testing is set to be introduced in North Yorkshire’s schools.

THE weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 in York has dropped again, but further cases continue to be confirmed in the city.

A BRAND new Pride event has been unveiled for the Yorkshire Wolds just as the UK gears up to mark LGBT+ History Month.

THE Covid rate has fallen significantly in nine York council wards - and risen in none.

A PRIMARY school looks set to close.

THIRTEEN care homes in the York area have at least one resident or staff member with confirmed Covid-19 infection - up from ten a week ago.

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

THIRTY children at 19 different primary and secondary schools across York have tested positive for Covid-19 - even though the majority of pupils are not currently attending school.

MORE than 26,000 York residents have now had the Covid jab - with another thousand having had the second dose.

A COUPLE has told the trial of a butcher accused of raping and murdering Libby Squire how they heard "high-pitched female screams" on the night the student went missing.

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

A NEW bridge was airlifted into place at York's Foss Barrier and Pumping Station today, in one of the final stages of a six-year, £38 million upgrade.

FIREFIGHTERS came to the rescue when they loaned an old resuscitation dummy to beauty therapy tutors at York College - to support their students’ online learning.

UPDATED 4PM: The road is now reopened and the earlier accident has been cleared. DRIVERS are being warned about an accident just off the York ringroad.

HOSPITALS within the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have recorded over 100 deaths related to Covid-19 over the last four weeks.

A MAN suffered a broken leg when he was allegedly pushed to the ground by another man in York.

THE number of Covid patients being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen again - but the number in intensive care has risen.

A BURST water main is causing problems in a York village this morning.

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.

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.

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?

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

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?