COUNCIL tax in York will rise by nearly 5 per cent after the local authority agreed its budget.

AN East Yorkshire man claims to have opened the first electric only car centre in the whole of Yorkshire.

CELEBRITY chef Gregg Wallace's recent visit to York will be airing on national TV next week.

Minnie is a 6-year-old female cat who was brought to The York Animal Home by an inspector because her needs were not getting met.

STAFF from Explore York libraries will be teaming up with volunteers from York CVS to help York people fill in their census forms.

A FIREFIGHTER who decided to re-train to become a paramedic says he has turned his life around.

KEEN walker Emma Shipley has been encouraging people to get outdoors for their exercise in lockdown - and raise money for a good cause.

A community choir that has been helping people find their voices for over a decade are inviting new members to join them as they continue their rehearsals online in lockdown.

THE last two lockdowns have shown us that once restrictions are lifted, everything depends on the behaviour of the population.

I am writing to you as City of York Council's executive member for the environment.

THE council has withdrawn its objection to plans for a new restaurant to open in York city centre.

A COUPLE say £55,000 has been knocked off the value of their house and the buyers of the property pulled out of the sale, after Network Rail unveiled plans for a temporary works compound near the home.

A NEW Resilience Hub has launched to support health, care and emergency services workers across the Humber, Coast and Vale areas.

A SKETCH of Castle Howard, painted by the daughter of architect Tom Adams more than 40 years ago, has sold for £700 at auction.

A MANAGER defrauded his company to take on staff, York Crown Court heard.

YORK band The Howl & The Hum are set to stream a unique live performance from York Minster.

EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a crash that's shut the A64 both ways.

POLICE in York are hunting a wanted woman.

The finance manager whose fraud put the Northern College of Acupuncture’s future plans in jeopardy, will have to pay back more than £15,000.

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

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YORK'S new Community Stadium will be the new home for the NHS blood taking service.

FIVE care homes in the York area had Covid cases yesterday, affecting at least one member of staff or resident, a new report has revealed.

A WOMAN who led police on a 125 mph chase through North Yorkshire has been allowed to keep her freedom.

THE Meadowbeck Care Home in Osbaldwick has recently brought a touch of magic to their residents by providing a new ‘Magic Table 360 and the Happiness Programme’ as a way to improve residents’ quality of life.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has increased slightly over the last 24 hours.

ONE of North Yorkshire’s oldest tourist destinations - formed over 500,000 years ago - is appealing for support to keep its doors open after lockdown.

MORE than a quarter of York's population has now received a Covid jab.

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

ONE more person has lost their life at a hospital in the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

YORK Racecourse bosses say they are 'positive about welcoming a crowd' back for big races in the summer such as the Ebor Festival - although details and protocols are still to be clarified.

PEOPLE will continue to be prioritised by age for Covid jabs in the next phase of the vaccination programme - despite calls for people such as teachers and police officers to be prioritised.

LETTERS are now going out to people aged 60-64 across the country, inviting them to book their jabs, York's vaccination centre organisers have revealed.

THIEVES stole a motorbike from outside a York home.

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...

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

"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.

A NORTH Yorkshire hospice has put out a call for photographs to feature in the annual calendar next year.

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.