A YORK head teacher is pleading with the Government not to ask schools to reopen on March 8 - only to tell them to close again a few days later.

HOUSEBOUND York pensioner Gill Thompson will be getting her Covid jab on Sunday.

ORGANISERS of a North Yorkshire beer festival say they have had to postpone this year’s event till a later date.

POLICE are investigating after a specialist piece of kit was stolen from where workmen had been working.

POLICE are hunting thieves who stole sentimental jewellery in a home raid.

A YORK primary school has laid on a two-week programme of live online art, dance, music and science workshops to help make up for what pupils have missed during lockdown.

GAY rugby team the York RI Templars will be taking over the Castle Museum's Twitter feed for the day next Thursday to celebrate gay history and sport.

YORK'S two new electric vehicle charging 'hyperhubs' are set to be the largest in the north of England.

A FRAUDSTER stole the identities of her new boyfriend and his estranged wife as she cheated her way to more than £21,500, York Crown Court heard.

THE North York Moors Railway is to receive almost £300,000 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.

SAGE advice has left us all ‘falsely imprisoned’ I read with interest Julian Sturdy’s article proposing that his government should draft a plan for releasing lockdown (Time to plan route out of lockdown, February 10). A wise MP might have in...

In these times of lockdown from Covid, we need to look at the massive task of getting the whole country back on track. The NHS is doing an unbelievable job of getting everyone vaccinated.

HEALTH bosses want to make York's playgrounds no smoking areas and are asking residents to have their say by filling out a short online survey.

OLDER residents in Church Fenton were surprised by an afternoon tea donated by a local plant hire company supporting National Random Act of Kindness Day.

AN AWARD-WINNING historian from North Yorkshire has exposed a 1,300-year-old religious conspiracy.

A CAR has crashed into a wall in York tonight, causing damage but no serious injuries.

A LARGE number of drain covers have been removed from streets in a village near York.

TRAFFIC queues from people using the central tip in York have led to complaints from some businesses.

POLICE, fire and ambulance crews are all involved in an on-going river search.

A YORK woman who has been formally shielding since last March has told of the 'incredible and surreal' moment when she finally received a Covid jab at the city's vaccination centre.

A MAN who launched a "frenzied attack" on police officers - including spitting on one and kicking another - has been jailed.

A POLICE helicopter and fixed wing plane have been deployed as part of a police operation against hare coursing in East Yorkshire.

A 15-YEAR-OLD from York, running 5k every day during February to raise money for a child bereavement charity set up by his mum, has attracted the support of former Olympic athlete Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill.

ANOTHER area of York is now shaded white on the Public Health England (PHE) Covid map, meaning there is a low number of cases there.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has increased slightly, the latest figures confirm.

A RECORD number of businesses have been set up in York and North Yorkshire during the past year.

MEDICS with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance can now practise carrying out life-saving thoracotomies on an anatomically correct dummy with the look and feel of a real person, but without risk to real patients.

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

Our latest nostalgia gallery looks back to York's cinema hey-day.

A YORK charity has been handed the keys to a brand-new, purpose-built headquarters at the LNER Community Stadium.

A PROTEST, part of a global event, will be held to stand up to racism in York next month.

ANYONE wanting to get rid of the lockdown blues and make use of their additional time at home by learning how to play bridge now has their chance.

SALES at a new housing development in East Riding of Yorkshire have been strong - with increasing numbers of York buyers showing an interest.

TWO best friends are taking on a 100-mile bike ride challenge to support a horse riding school near York which is close to their hearts.

Barclays has revealed payouts for shareholders and hefty bonuses for staff and bosses despite seeing annual profits tumble after a £4.8 billion charge for loan losses in the pandemic.

The Government is looking at how coronavirus testing of pupils could help the return to school amid reports that parents may become responsible for tests, a health minister has confirmed.

A DOOR supervisor and company secretary faces the loss of his financial assets because he worked illegally for three years.

A surge in global energy commodity prices has raised the cost of sourcing gas from the wholesale market, leading to an increase in the cap.

Hundreds of patients have received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a new vaccination centre for Selby.

A YORK MP is to hold a public meeting to talk about the Covid-19 vaccination programme in York.

ROADWORKS are causing traffic delays on a main road through North Yorkshire this morning.

WHO says young children don't understand about coronavirus? Youngsters from three York primary schools have been drawing messages of hope to send to children around the world affected by the virus. Their pictures are full of wit, humour - and wisd...

LOCKDOWN measures are driving down coronavirus infection levels but the overall rate remains high, according to new figures.

LAST year's Dragon Boat Challenge had to be cancelled thanks to Covid. It was 'reinvented' as an online event - and still raised £20,000 for good causes. But given what happened last year the Rotary Club of York, which celebrates its 100th birthd...

It was interesting to read Cllr Crawshaw’s letter (Wait 40 years - then get three car parks at once, February 16). Labour pretends to support the climate emergency, but supports increasing road capacity, and seems opposed to an overall reduction...

LOCAL residents have called for a fresh public consultation over a York school’s controversial transport proposals, which they say would fail to rid their streets of school buses and cars.

THE poor quality of some private accommodation in the city "cannot be ignored any longer" according to campaigners - who say housing issues are affecting residents' physical and mental health.

A HUGE regeneration project for the city centre, dubbed the Roman Quarter, is set to get the go ahead at a planning meeting.

THREE former MPs are calling for a Parliamentary inquiry into a controversial decision by a college in York to close a campus in Cumbria and sell off the site.

THE world famous Circus of Horrors show is to return to the Yorkshire coast for two shows later this year.