PLANS to reorganise the health service in York and create closer links with social care are underway.

Council tax in York is set to rise by almost five per cent this year, after councillors voted for the biggest increase possible without having to hold a local referendum.

RESIDENTS from a care home in York were "delighted," to be able to meet their loved ones in person this week, for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

A NORTH Yorkshire accountancy firm has appointed its first female partner in its 102-year history.

THERE will be an extra Bank Holiday to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Government has announced.

A FILM of a young York schoolboy giving a tour of historic York in 1976 for the BBC set many of us on a trip down memory lane.

YORK will be hosting a 'Girl's Night Out' with a difference tonight.

THE pandemic is likely to have a long-lasting socio-economic impact on York, a new study shows.

NEW images revealing the appearance of the rapid electric vehicle charging hub planned for Monks Cross Park&Ride have been unveiled.

WHAT is it like to live a life of solitude in a tiny space dubbed the 'smallest house in England' - just 10ft by 8ft?

AN ARTIST based in North Yorkshire has secured a place in the grand final of an international competition.

A YORKSHIRE charity, which supports some of the most vulnerable children in the region, celebrates 10 years since opening this month.

REGARDING The Press on Wednesday March 10 - can I just thank The Press for giving me my first laugh of the day, as I was reading it I came to the showbiz page and there was a photo of a female called Kim Kardashian West almost dressed in the stupi...

The police watchdog has launched an independent investigation into whether Metropolitan Police officers responded appropriately to a report of indecent exposure following referrals linked to the arrest of a serving officer in the Sarah Everard cas...

The family of missing York woman Sarah Everard have spoken out about their "bright and beautiful" daughter who has been "taken from us".

A YORK headteacher has spoken of his 'great sadness' about the devastating news of a former pupil's disappearance and subsequent developments.

AN A&E doctor fears plans to “privatise” part of York Hospital’s emergency department could cut the quality of care for patients and see NHS staff transferred to private contracts.

A BRIDGE in York is currently closed due to an ongoing police incident.

A DRIVER'S manoeuvre across no overtaking lines killed a woman and devastated her relatives in two countries, York Crown Court heard.

ORGANISERS of a vigil for missing York woman Sarah Everard are seeking legal action after claiming the Metropolitan Police reversed its position on allowing the event to go ahead.

FIVE people have been arrested in a joint operation targeting drug suppliers.

THE police officer suspected of kidnapping and murdering York woman Sarah Everard has been taken to hospital for a head injury sustained while in custody.

YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has increased slightly over the last 24 hours, but it remains below 50.

FOUR new cases of the Manaus variant of coronavirus have been identified in England - including one in Yorkshire - Public Health England said this afternoon.

POLICE officers feared for their lives as a joiner drove his car back and forth near them in a confined space, York magistrates heard.

A MAJOR city centre road in York is set to close to allow for Yorkshire Water to begin a programme of sewer cleaning on a section of brick-built sewer.

FOR the second day running, no more deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Flowers from members of the public have been laid outside a woodland site in Kent where police continue to investigate the disappearance of York woman Sarah Everard.

THE number of Covid wards at York Hospital has been cut again after patient numbers fell further.

ORGANISERS of an agricultural show near York have decided to wait another month before deciding whether or not to press ahead with the event this summer.

YORK City Football Club are appealing to the public for help after a number of break-ins.

A MAJOR vaccination centre has started giving patients their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine this week.

CLIFTON Without and Skelton is shown to have the highest rolling case rate on the latest Public Health England (PHE) Covid map.

A SCHOOL in York celebrated International Women’s Day with a special online event, in conversation with the first five girls to be educated there.

BORIS Johnson has said he is 'shocked and deeply saddened' by developments in the investigation into the disappearance of York woman Sarah Everard.

POLICE are continuing to question a serving officer on suspicion of the murder of Sarah Everard following the discovery of human remains.

THE disappearance of Sarah Everard has prompted a serious online discussion about women's personal safety.

A supermarket chain with stores across York and North Yorkshire has revealed that profits were cut by more than half over the past year after it was hit by £290 million in pandemic-related costs.

A MAJOR road has been shut due to an ongoing police incident.

A MAJOR department store chain with a York shop is set to announce more closures.

THE Flanagan Collective and Gobbledigook Theatre had to cut short their 18-month international tour last March, the pandemic forcing Alexander Wright and Phil Grainger to fly back to North Yorkshire from Australasia.

A PARALYMPIAN gold medalist shared her story at an event held to inspire small business owners facing tough times.

TWO Dracula fans who took a visit to Whitby Abbey got more than a fright after being fined by North Yorkshire Police for breaking Covid regulations.

Cancel culture has decided to try and silence Piers Morgan. Well, good luck with that one, because somehow I can’t see him going quietly.

VETERAN York fundraiser Joyce Gee has always said her daughter Deanne's main legacy is the more than £1 million Joyce raised in her memory to help children with physical and mental difficulties.

YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell is inviting constituents to a Zoom public meeting to discuss how to tackle loneliness after Covid.

YORK Hospital bosses have come under fire over plans to change the way A&E works so that some less seriously ill or injured patients can be 'streamed off' to be dealt with by sraff working for a private company.

HUMAN remains have been found in the search for missing York woman Sarah Everard, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has said.

POLICE say a missing York teenager has been found.

A RETURNING TV series is looking for people from York with various medical conditions to appear on the show.