Follow The Press live blog today, where we'll be bringing you the latest news and reaction on the Budget 2021 and how it affects you in York and North and East Yorkshire.

THIS is what a new 4,000-home village between York and Selby could look like.

A THUG pounded the face of an unconscious man “like a hammer hitting an anvil”, York Crown Court heard.

A TRUST in York has joined forces with a number of organisations to participate in a series of new online workshops to support those living with disabilities.

A TEENAGER had to be helped by firefighters after getting stuck in a child's swing.

Rishi Sunak will extend the furlough scheme until the end of September and pledge to do "whatever it takes" to help people and businesses through the coronavirus crisis when he unveils his Budget.

A POPULAR York park has reopened after it closed on the advice of the city's Covid marshals.

York wouldn't be the city it is without the River Ouse.

A NEW bridal shop is opening near York to help couples looking to tie the knot following a year of uncertainty.

DESIGNS for new state-of-the-art trains for the London Underground being built in East Yorkshire are being unveiled tomorrow.

A YORK-based health supplement company which enjoyed a surge in sales during the pandemic has further expanded its range.

RESIDENTS have attacked plans to make new student accommodation blocks in York even higher than was originally intended.

AN CAR parts supplier is driving forward with a new acquisition in York.

A HOUSEBUILDER that has operated within the Yorkshire region for decades has pledged its support to primary schools across the region, to encourage less screen time when students return to the classroom.

A SPEARHEAD discovered by a metal detectorist has been carbon dated by York Archaeological Trust - and found to be more than 3,000 years old.

The Supreme Court has now reached its decision on Uber’s appeal against the finding that its drivers were workers – and it’s not good news for the taxi app company.

A YORK Hospital boss says planned changes to its emergency department will help reduce overcrowding and ensure patients are 'seen in the right place by the right clinical staff.'

POLICE area appealing for the public’s help to locate a man that has gone missing from Deighton.

POLICE have issued CCTV and are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in York last week.

PLANS have been drawn up to partially privatise York Hospital's emergency department, an MP and staff at the complex have claimed.

THE Covid rate has risen to more than twice the national average in one area of York, just as the rate across the city continues to fall.

MANY are staring at their bank accounts right now trying to make the numbers balance. The cost of living ever higher, while this cruel year has stolen jobs, cut incomes and delivered uncertainty.

POLICE were called in after youths pelted buses with stones.

A SCAM warning has been put out by police after phone calls to residents about their national insurance numbers.

A NEW community group is set to launch in a York suburb.

THE weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has dropped in both York and North Yorkshire, the latest figures confirm.

PLANS to knock down a pub and build new homes on the site have been lodged for the third time - after two previous schemes were withdrawn.

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

A TRANSPORT boss has sought to reassure cyclists about their safety, following the closure of York's Terry Avenue to allow for the construction of new flood defences.

POLICE are working on behalf of the coroner to find relatives of a woman who died in Selby.

A POPULAR bookshop in York has received a financial lifeline from a website which has generated £1m profit in four months.

BRITISH and RAF indoor rowing champion Corporal Victoria (Toria) Needham had reason to celebrate after finishing sixth in her class in the World Indoor Rowing Championships for Team GB.

AN entrepreneurial farmer focused on growing distinctly British crops has added to her stable of produce.

THE pandemic has been piling pressure on relationships, with more than a third of couples 'identifying issues' and one in ten of these breaking up as a result.

INVEST East Coast Rail is calling for commitment to rail investment in tomorrow's Budget.

JOSIE Kirk has just celebrated her 102nd birthday and enjoyed a celebration with fellow residents.

THE team from a care home in York created a fun hero themed fancy dress day to thank staff for their "super," work during the pandemic.

AN award-winning York university graduate turned entrepreneur has signed a four-year deal to supply storage solutions to city students.

POLICE have launched a witness appeal following an attempted robbery that occurred in Pickering.

FIVE more residents at care homes in York have lost their lives to Covid-19.

Joggers should wear a mask when running past people, experts have said.

THERE'S been a truck fire in a York town this morning.

MORE than a million households, including those in York and North Yorkshire, are to be refunded £10.4 million after the energy watchdog found 18 gas and electricity suppliers overcharged customers when they switched to better deals.

YOUNGSTERS at a York primary school are to benefit from a donation of 30 Chromebooks and two iPads from a York-based charitable trust.

BORN in lockdown, these babies are a real ray of sunshine and hope for all of us.

A NEW luxury hotel in North Yorkshire will throw open its doors within months.

RENTS and rates remain key concerns for York businesses ahead of tomorrow’s budget - but the city has cause for optimism, says a leading figure.

CITY of York Council has responded to reports of heavy traffic at the city's tips last weekend - urging people only to go to the dump "if necessary".

A NEW restaurant planned for the city centre has been given the go-ahead, despite neighbours' worries about noise and the opening hours.

YORK Cycle Campaign is urging cyclists not to cycle in an area of York when work starts on new flood defences in Clementhorpe - because of the dangers from traffic.