LIFE expectancy has fallen for women living in some of the poorest areas of the city.

YORK is set to get a new chocolate shop.

OWNERS of a bridal boutique who have lost more than £70,000 of turnover are calling for more support for the wedding sector.

A FAULT in a washing machine is thought to have caused a fire in a York house.

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to abduct an 11-year-old boy.

A MOTORIST has been caught on camera overtaking a tractor - right on the approach to a hairpin bend.

Fern is a sweet girl who was brought to the York RSPCA animal home by an inspector after her needs were not getting met.

A PARLIAMENTARY committee is to examine a York college’s controversial decision to close and sell its campus in Cumbria.

THE RSPCA has issued a warning after a York woman was conned into buying an unfit puppy.

One of the things we’ve learned over the last year is that for many people, books have been a great way to get through lockdown.

YORK BID, the organisation responsible for the city's Christmas lights, street rangers, events including the Bloom flower festival and many other projects, has won a further five year term.

200 new Cabinet Office jobs are set to move to York in the next five years, according to the Government.

PUPILS at a York school are self-isolating after a number of cases of Covid-19.

POLICE in York are continuing their hunt for a wanted woman.

A FAULTY washing machine is thought to have caused a house fire in York.

TYRES were slashed on a car in a residential street.

KIND-HEARTED staff at a York pub have donated all their surplus snacks and soft drinks to pre-school children.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about criminal damage to a historic building in Ripon city centre.

YORK'S Covid-19 weekly recorded case rate has dropped below 40 - and just five more cases have been confirmed in the area.

A NORTH Yorkshire therapist is running mental health first aid courses to help businesses.

POLICE officers waded into the sea at Scarborough to secure a vulnerable person and ensure he received the help he needs.

TWO more people have lost their lives to Covid-19 at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

ONLY one care home in the York area now has a Covid case - and the last 'outbreak' involving two or more cases was reported as long ago as February 25.

POLICE are appealing for information about a wanted man with links to Leeds.

A CRACK cocaine and heroin dealer snared by undercover cops has been jailed for 20 months.

PROFESSIONAL chef Tom Spenceley is to appear in one of the country’s top programmes.

POLICE are appealing for information about a wanted Selby man who may be in the Hull area.

POLICE want help to identify a man who approached a teenager in a village.

CHILDREN at a York school are being asked to self-isolate after a case of Covid-19.

THIRTY Covid patients are today being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals, down by four on yesterday and by 212 on the peak of the crisis on January 26.

A YORK school nurse has spoken at this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women.

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

A CARE assistant in York, who is also a keen artist, has been using her sketches to bond with her clients in special way.

A MAIN road through a York village is shut for emergency repairs for a fifth day.

TODAY'S photo hero is Brian Hughes - who has captured some amazing shots of the peregrine falcons mating at York Minster.

IS there a photo that sums of our year in lockdowns?

HOUSEHOLD cleaning tips from a bygone age have proved to be more effective than some modern-day methods, English Heritage experts have found.

SEVERAL empty York city centre businesses are set to get a new lease of life.

'Through a set of horrific circumstances, two of our own have opened up a national discourse about violence and women’s safety'

SUMMERS were always better in the past weren't they?

AS Sunday approaches those Census forms must be sent or an expensive fine is threatened.

YORK St John University has been awarded more than £700,000 to help it take a lead in tackling climate change.

A FIESTA that transforms the skies above York with more than 50 hot air balloons is set to make a return to the city.

A TEAM of specialist cleaners have been working around-the-clock over the last year to ensure the safety of customers on LNER train services - clocking up half a million hours of work.

THE appalling murder of Sarah Everard has sparked national soul-searching about the treatment of women.

A FRAUDSTER stole his former girlfriend’s credit card details and used them to order takeaways and Amazon purchases, York Crown Court heard.

A SCHEME to provide new jobs for the young unemployed is gaining momentum in North Yorkshire with a wide range of options being thrown open.

THE final Your Place Comedy virtual double bill for now is confirmed for March 28,  starring Lou Sanders and Ed Gamble live from their living rooms.

A CAR fanatic from York scooped a brand new set of wheels worth more than £30,000 in an online car competition.

On 23rd March 2020, everyone’s lives changed as we entered the first lockdown to help the fight against COVID-19. What followed was an incredibly challenging year.