THIRTEEN areas around York are now shaded white on the Public Health England Covid map due to a low number of cases in the area.

THE council wants residents to recycle more and is considering giving out extra recycling boxes, increasing garden waste collections and expanding the range of materials residents can recycle to make that happen.

A LONG-STANDING partnership between a York school and a much-loved community group has seen nearly 1,500 children tested for Covid-19 ahead of their return to the classroom.

STUDENTS from a school in Scarborough have taken on a very special challenge inspired by their hero - Captain Sir Tom Moore.

FIRE crews were called to cut a person free after a single single vehicle road traffic collision in York.

POLICE are appealing for information after a man was taken to hospital following an attack at a nature reserve.

A NURSE from York who has incurable cancer has completed a month-long 172-mile trek with his brother to raise funds for research.

Bill, a 15-year-old male cross breed, was brought to The York RSPCA Animal Home via an inspector after his needs were not getting met.

BISHOPTHORPE Road has changed so much since this photo was taken in 1983.

CAN you remember the first time you had a Big Mac or a Thick Shake?

UNIVERSITY of York lecturer Dr Juliana Mensah has published her first novel, Castles from Cobwebs, the winning entry in the NorthBound Book Award 2019.

POLICE searching for a missing person in rural North Yorkshire have found a man’s body.

COVID jabs are now available to people aged 56 and over in York and North Yorkshire.

EVERY state secondary school in York is set to reopen to pupils on Monday (March 8) bucking national trends.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has increased slightly over the last 24 hours, but remains below 60.

NO more deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

POLICE investigating a suspected murder in Harrogate have reassured residents as a man remains in police custody today.

A NEW exhibition will go on display at a church in Pocklington later this month to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on March 21.

A YORK out-of-school club has secured funding from a housebuilder for new outdoor play equipment.

A FOUNDATION in York has handed a £2,000 cash boost to a local charity which supports the homeless and vulnerable in the city.

A POPULAR North Yorkshire venue is set to reopen its doors to the public with a trip down the 'Yellow Brick Road'.

A WOMAN from a care home in North Yorkshire celebrated reaching her 100th birthday with a party with the other residents and staff members.

EIGHT areas around York are now shaded white on the Public Health England map due to low Covid case numbers, and the city's weekly rate has dropped again.

THERE are set to be a number of traffic restrictions in place around York over the coming weeks.

A PROGRAMME of free online events will be hosted by an organisation based in York to help celebrate International Women's Week, which starts today.

FIRE crews were called to an incident yesterday evening after the occupant of a flat had fallen asleep while running a bath, causing flooding to the flat below.

IT’S little surprise to see patience wearing incredibly thin in the government inspectors formally examining York’s Local Plan.

A YORK charity is looking to give away books to any school that can use them.

A 23-year-old North Yorkshire man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

DEMAND for empty shops and cafes for small businesses is high in York, despite the pandemic, with city bosses saying the situation is "very positive" for retail and tourism to bounce back.

HOW Boris Johnson can sleep at night after offering the NHS a contemptible one per cent pay rise is beyond me.

LARA Fawcett proved as daring as her brother TV endurance adventurer Bear Grylls when she took part in an open air ice-swimming challenge throughout February for charity.

A NORTH Yorkshire home of historic interest - set in parkland where King James I hunted - is on the market for £10 million.

THE claims by the Escrick Park Estate that the proposed Heronby village along the A19 between York and Selby would enhance biodiversity, as contained in your article "First Look at Plans for New Village", are misleading and absurd.

YORK Minster’s Grand Organ will be played in a service on Sunday for the first time in more than two years, following the completion of a £2 million, once-in-a-century refurbishment.

A YORK health chief has warned that more Covid cases can be expected in the city’s care homes despite residents and staff being vaccinated – but the illness will be much less serious and the virus won’t spread so much.

A MAN has been jailed after spitting several times at a nurse and saying: "I hope you get Covid, I hope you die."

A YORK-based company is looking for brave volunteers to take part in a set of epic endurance challenges once lockdown is lifted.

A MAN with a history of violence and having weapons in public has been spared a jail term after police found him with a blade in public.

BUSINESSES should see cash from Government lockdown grants land in their bank accounts from Monday, the council says.

DOZENS of judges past and present attended York Crown Court virtually to hear tributes to the first leader of the city’s only barrister chambers.

VIDEO cameras equipped with artificial intelligence are to be used in a pioneering scheme to catch and fine motorists throwing rubbish out of the window.

A COUPLE of years ago I wrote a column about how I, at the age of 58, could put myself to use as an influencer.

A PROFESSIONAL heavyweight boxer has been jailed for seriously and possibly permanently damaging a woman’s eyesight in a pub attack.

THERE are reports of a crash in a York suburb.

MORE than 30 per cent of York's population has now had a Covid jab.

AN overheating battery charger is thought to have caused a fire at a garage today.

PUPILS will go back to school in York next week with the number of Covid cases among them having dwindled to a handful.

A POPULAR venue will start the first phase of reopening later this month.

A YORK hospice is planning to light up the city's landmarks in blue and yellow on March 23 to mark the first anniversary of the first lockdown.