THE council's decision to reject plans for the huge Roman Quarter development have left the developers "disappointed", some supporters angry and critics relieved.

A revolution in the way electric car owners can charge their vehicles is beginning.

THE Press is calling on readers to nominate their favourite takeaway.

TWO Ampleforth College pupils travelled to London to present a letter, signed by nearly 400 pupils, to the Prime Minister, asking him to lift the restriction order on admitting new pupils.

Consultation over access to the huge York Central site behind York Railway Station ends today. Once a decision is made over the route of any access road, attention will turn to drawing up a masterplan for the site. But conservationists are keen th...

"HE was a gentleman who loved to make people laugh" - this is the moving tribute paid to Jim Hammond, former York teacher and stalwart of the city's amateur dramatic scene.

The Government has finally announced a consultation on the future of local government in York and North Yorkshire to unlock devolution.

PLANS for a huge regeneration scheme - set to be named the Roman Quarter - have been rejected by City of York Council.

PLANS to extend and improve a care home in York have been given the go-ahead - as part of what council chiefs have called a drive to provide high quality accommodation for older people.

AN investigation into a nurse’s conduct prior to a York musician’s death still hasn’t concluded - five years after he died.

The very idea of a vaccine passport is beyond me.

Twice this week I have queued for over half an hour, hardly moving, before both times leaving without visiting the Hazel Court tip.

A COUNCIL leader has resigned in protest at an increase in council tax he has called “cruel and unnecessary” amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

A PEDESTRIAN has been taken to hospital after being struck by a car in York city centre.

POLICE have issued an urgent warning about dangerous and illegal drugs, believed to be LSD, after five young people have been taken ill.

POLICE have put out an appeal for witnesses  after a crash on a major route through North Yorkshire yesterday (February24).

YORK residents as young as 60 can now book themselves a Covid jab, The Press can reveal.

SCHOOL pupils will be tested for coronavirus at one of the city's three rapid testing sites, or at the school itself, before they return to class on March 8.

THE family of murdered York schoolgirl Katie Rough have been carrying out random acts of kindness in her memory.

DRAX has scrapped plans to build Europe's largest gas power plant in North Yorkshire.

A North Yorkshire man who posted “revenge porn” on a porn website has been jailed for six months.

A HEADTEACHER has insisted his York school is following appropriate procedures in consulting local residents over transport changes.

ANOTHER area around York is now shaded white on the Public Health England (PHE) Covid map due to low case numbers.

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

A NORTH Yorkshire nursery recorded a £13.2m turnover despite challenges posed by the pandemic, extreme weather and Brexit.

PUPILS at a North Yorkshire school put together a wacky and wild virtual contest to keep pupils, parents and staff alike entertained.

ONE more person has lost their life to Covid-19 at a hospital in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

THE number of Covid patients being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen to 71.

A NEW project in York aims to help businesses and landlords make their properties more resilient to flooding.

Sensibly and thankfully York’s planning committee has refused the proposed Roman Quarter development.

THEATRE is set to return to York this summer with the staging of Jesus Christ Superstar in a park.

POLICE have issued images of two men they would like to speak to following the theft of alcohol from two stores in Ripon.

LOVING tributes have been paid to Laura Mason, the York cookery writer and food historian, who has died from cancer aged 63.

THE approved Roman Quarter amply demonstrates the fundamental problem with the planning system in York.

A YORK MP will host a meeting for city residents ahead of schools re-opening next month.

POLICE have now issued over 1,000 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) to people in North Yorkshire for breaching Covid regulations during the third national lockdown.

A YORK MP has welcomed the announcement that construction is beginning on a new improved site for a mental health centre in the city.

YORKSHIRE and Humber virtual comedy club Your Place Comedy will play host to its eighth online double bill on Sunday at 8pm, presenting the remote coupling of Hal Cruttenden and Rosie Jones.

EDUCATION Secretary Gavin Williamson is to set out how the grades of hundreds of thousands of students in England will be awarded this summer in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year’s exams fiasco.

I THINK the development of the huge 'teardrop' site behind York Railway Station (otherwise known as York Central) is a great opportunity to regenerate the centre of York, which we all can see still has many empty shops.

RESIDENTS are being asked to take part in the 22nd census of England and Wales next month.

YORK'S coronavirus rates are still higher than last summer, the public health team has warned.

YORK is preparing to make it easier for people to safely meet outdoors as lockdown restrictions ease - with options including extra benches and space for businesses to trade outdoors when they are allowed to reopen.

Boris Johnson was asked about the idea of cutting tax on alcohol served in pubs and adding it onto supermarket alcohol instead.

PLANS for a new Roman Quarter in York have been REJECTED by councillors.

A MAN attacked a woman and threatened to throw her dog in the river in York.

THIS is the sight of former York pub Puss ‘n’ Boots which was demolished yesterday.

THERE are plans to overhaul one of the busiest junctions in York city centre.

A WELL-KNOWN York couple who ran a business in the city for many years have died within weeks of each other.

A TEENAGE boy was left unconscious after being attacked near a school.