A PETITION opposing the partial privatisation of York Hospital’s A&E department will be presented to Parliament tonight after being signed by more than 14,000 people.

A £4.1m contract to build 32 homes in North Yorkshire has been awarded to a company behind luxury new apartments in York.

At the heart of everything we do at York Museums Trust are the people who come to visit us. During much of the last 12 months, we have missed you greatly. We could not have imagined, a year on, that the Yorkshire Museum, York Castle Museum a...

CITY of York Council will become trans inclusive – with pronouns he, she or they to be added to email signatures, the trans pride flag to be flown twice a year at council buildings and extra training to be provided.

Little did we know just over a year ago, when the first two cases of Covid-19 were identified in York, that we would have spent the twelve months since in the midst of a global health crisis.

STUDENTS from a college in North Yorkshire "stepped-up," to take on a walking challenge for Comic Relief - raising over £300 in the process.

MORE than 60 young people are benefitting from specialist support to get on the career ladder thanks to the new York Jobcentre Digital Youth Hub.

Everyone has had their own experience of lockdown.

A BEAUTY business owner whose salon was plunged into lockdown within a month of its launch has been named a finalist in UK industry awards.

BUBBLING cauldrons and magical portals will add to the fun when a new family attraction opens in York.

WORKSHOPS designed to help York women gain confidence, resilience and fulfilment are being launched.

THERE has been much talk over the last year of the revolution in working habits sparked by the coronavirus pandemic - for office staff, at least.

The proposed Policing, Crime and Sentencing Bill for England and Wales passed its second reading on Thursday.

AN independent travel agency boss has warned that another “six months like this” would need the government to step in with financial aid to help save the industry.

Jim Welsman wrote of the horrendous state of the roads in and around York (Council must fix potholes before visitors arrive, Letters, March 22).

Yesterday marked the anniversary of the Prime Minister first instructing us all to ‘stay at home’ on March 23, 2020.

Christian Vassie seems obsessed with criticising our country (The UK’s pandemic record is a poor one, Letters, March 23).

INDEPENDENT auditors have released a damning report into City of York Council's handling of the former chief executive's departure.

YORK'S 'tent of hope' - the city's mass vaccination centre at Askham Bar - tonight marked the first anniversary of the UK's first lockdown by being illuminated in yellow and blue.

POLICE have issued an urgent appeal to find a missingYork woman amid growing concern for her safety.

STAFF at York Hospital have joined people across the UK in taking part in a minute’s silence today to remember Covid-19 victims and mark one year since the first lockdown began.

An 85-year-old woman has appeared in court accused of causing death by careless driving.

PLANS to build 300 new homes on York's former Rowntree factory site have been unveiled.

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, reflects on how we can find good things in a year of ‘despair and sadness, horrors and sorrows’ since the Covid pandemic forced the UK into its first lockdown.

The Prime Minister was joined by England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty and Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

A YORK property developer is exploring options for more student accommodation in the city.

This time last year we were starting to hear about this possible pandemic. There have been various scares so at first I wasn’t that concerned. But as we approached March 21 things started to happen very quickly and we were asked to close by publ...

IS this the worst pothole in York?

We have all been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But here in York there has been one organisation above all that has been on the frontline of the battle against the disease: York Hospital.

IT is a year today since the UK first went into lockdown. On the day PM Boris Johnson announced a raft of strict measures designed to curb the spread of Covid in the UK, the virus had already been wreaking havoc in other countries - not least Chin...

YORK'S Covid-19 weekly case rate has not changed over the last 24 hours - and just six more cases have been recorded in the area.

POLICE have caught and fined three groups of people who had travelled long distances to get to a North Yorkshire country park in breach of Covid rules.

YORK has been named as the UK's most popular location for a 'staycation' city break.

THE RSPCA is appealing for information after a pet cat was was injured by a suspected shotgun in a North Yorkshire town.

VACCINATION badges, PPE, Covid-19 test kits, poems, drawings from local school children and a letter to the future chief executive – these were just some of the items placed in a time capsule which was buried in a York hospice's garden today.

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

STAFF from a train firm which operates in York marked the one year anniversary since the first national lockdown started with a minutes silence.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about an incident involving a blue motorcycle driving dangerously.

In one way or another, the coronavirus pandemic has affected everyone. Some of us have lost loved ones. Others have lost jobs, or spent long weeks and months languishing on furlough.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about an incident of criminal damage near Whitby.

ONE of York's most luxurious boutique hotels has sold to private buyers.

Firefighters were called out to tackle a small camp fire in woodland at Cromwell Road, York, last night.

A FUNERAL directors based in York marked the anniversary of the first national lockdown today with the planting of a new blossom tree.

A SERIES of online concerts will be held at historic venues across York this weekend to celebrate moving into spring.

ONE more residents at a care home in York has lost their life to Covid-19.

POLICE want to know who removed a window from a house in a small North Yorkshire town.

On the anniversary of the first UK lockdown, Emma Cousins, associate at York-based employment law firm, Torque Law, looks back at how Covid-19 has impacted businesses and employees and what it might mean for the future.

COVID-19 and the impact of restrictions on daily lives have led to a shift in the housing market, with new priorities for buyers.

Care organisations, charities, businesses, membership organisations, community groups and many more have committed to supporting a National Day of Reflection today - on the anniversary of the UK going into the first national lockdown.

A pensioner may never drive again after his failing health led to him drink driving and losing his good character, York Magistrates Court heard.