A METROPOLITAN Police officer has been arrested in connection with the disappearance in London last week of a woman from York.

HERE is a timeline of the key events in the disappearance of missing York woman Sarah Everard.

A teenager who plunged a knife into the abdomen of a father of three has been jailed for more than six years.

AN ongoing accident is causing problems on a main route this morning.

A SUPERMARKET chain with stores in York has become the latest essential retailer to reject the Chancellor’s extended business rates holiday after major rivals turned down the support last week.

A RESTAURANT owner with outlets in York is tapping investors for £175 million to shore up its finances after the business was struck hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW apartments boasting a private roof top terrace will soon be open in York.

Since my last column, the Prime Minister’s roadmap to ease lockdown and the Chancellor’s Budget have provided the detail we have been longing for as to how we will bounce back after the pandemic.

The electorate of Switzerland took part in a routine referendum last Sunday, March 7, as part of their normal democratic procedure.

Have I watched that interview? No.

The last 14 lime trees that line the north side of Lord Mayor's Walk beside York St John University may have to be cut down.

A CANNABIS dealer who was twice caught with lock knives in his car has been jailed - after originally being stopped for a defective light.

YORK’S vaccination centre is “leaving no stone unturned” as it bids to ensure everyone gets the jab, including people with learning difficulties or eating disorders, or who are homeless.

A PILOT scheme to reduce the number of deliveries made by van to the city centre will be launched.

MORE than 1,000 littered face masks have been disposed of by York’s Covid marshals.

THE search was continuing in London today for former York schoolgirl Sarah Everard, one week after she disappeared while walking home.

AN OFFICERS’ mess for York’s Imphal Barracks has closed and gone on the market – and the Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its plans to shut the entire barracks in 10 years’ time are still going ahead.

SEWERBY Hall and Gardens has revealed that it is preparing to reopen in line with the Government's road map.

York Property Forum is right to have concerns about the urgent need to adopt York’s draft local plan (The Press, March 5). But it is not right to blame a ‘lack of new homes and offices being built’ on failure to adopt the plan thus far.

How I agree with Eddie Vee (Why haven’t we had a Council Tax reduction this year?, Letters, March 8). How long is it since we had a refund?

After a long and depressing time out of school, York’s school students are at last able to return to the classroom, to the relief of everyone.

POPULAR TV series ‘This Week on the Farm’ is to feature the zoo at Sewerby Hall and Gardens in an episode on TV tomorrow.

Following planning applications for the proposed felling of 28 trees and an unspecified number (group of) of hollys last week, plus three additional trees as reported in The Press at Skelton Hall, it is somewhat pleasing to record that this week, ...

Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate is proud to announce its highest ever number of offers for Oxford and Cambridge Universities. This year, nine students (6 Cambridge, 3 Oxford) successfully navigated a rigorous and challenging application process to...

POLICE are using sniffer dogs and searching drains in London as the hunt for a woman from York continues, nearly a week since she vanished.

YORK is expecting to see a “Covid bounce” with more people visiting the city than usual this summer - and residents are being warned it could come as "a shock".

In his final appearance on Good Morning Britain, Piers stormed off set on Tuesday morning after facing criticism for his treatment of Meghan Markle.

EAST Yorkshire residents are being urged to complete a Covid-19 vaccine survey.

YORK and North Yorkshire now have some of the lowest Covid rates in the north of England and the Midlands, a Public Health England map has revealed.

A FIRE at a moorland pub is though to have been caused by rodents.

YORK-born Dame Judi Dench has backed a tree-climbing eco-warrior camping out up a 100-year-old tree to stop it from being chopped down.

A NEW festival for food and drink lovers, is set to take place this summer.

A COLOURFUL new addition to York's cafe scene is set to open this week.

THE York Teaching Hospital Charity is encouraging people to dig out their walking boots and join them for the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge this September.

A LOCAL artist and community group have brightened up a York footbridge as part of a wider project to tackle graffiti.

POLICE are after two burglars who raided a house taking jewellery and other valuables.

A FORMER York school girl has been interviewed on national television for her work treating Covid-19 patients throughout the pandemic.

A DEALERSHIP in North Yorkshire has been named the top retailer for one of the world’s biggest car providers.

Professor Mike Holmes, who leads York’s vaccination centre at Askham Bar, tells in his latest column for The Press how he wants to ensure everyone has a chance to get their jab against Covid

A MAN accused of trying to disrupt the Poppleton Covid testing station during the current lockdown is wanted on warrant.

CASTLE Howard is set to go ahead with a series of outdoor summer concerts in August, with organisers saying the Government's roadmap out of lockdown has given them confidence they won't need to cancel them.

YORK Minster will open its doors as part of a national day of reflection to mark the first anniversary of lockdown.

POLICE are trying to reassure pet owners after someone tried to snatch a dog.

NO residents at care homes in the York area died from Covid in a week, according to the latest data.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen by four after falling fairly constantly for weeks.

VANDALS caused considerable damage during a break-in at a school.

THE Nightingale hospital in Harrogate, set up to cope with a spike in Covid-19 cases, is set to close.

FIREFIGHTERS have been tackling a blaze at a pub.

A WANTED woman has been arrested by police in York after being on the run.

CHILDREN at a North Yorkshire primary school and elderly residents of a nearby care home were able to keep in touch during lockdown - partly thanks to poetry.