TWO vehicles have been involved in a serious accident which has shut a road in both directions.

A YORK St John University lecturer was sacked after sending thousands of text messages and a love letter to a student, whom he wanted to be ‘part of my soul,’ a tribunal was told.

A CAR has overturned and is blocking a road.

POLICE are stepping up their crackdown on anti-social behaviour on a York stray this weekend, following increasing problems of drinking, littering and intimidating behaviour by groups of youths.

A YORK-BASED memorials business is among those that has introduced new measures and initiatives to help its clients post lockdown.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in after someone accidentally reversed in to their own home.

POLICE have launched an investigation after damage was caused at the site of Roman remains in North Yorkshire.

AN INSURANCE company will return to sponsor an award to celebrate unsung heroes across the city as part of the York Community Pride Awards 2021.

A RESIDENT at a care home in North Yorkshire, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, said the secret to a long life is to “always look forward to tomorrow”.

A NEW exhibition at York Art Gallery, featuring Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, will go on display as part of the 'Spotlight Series' to celebrate the reopening of the venue.

WILD and wiry would be two words to describe my lockdown locks.

WARM tributes have been paid to retired priest Father Ross Thompson, who died peacefully with his daughter holding his hand.

FAIRFAX House will be hoping to banish your lockdown blues next month ... with a little help from the Georgians.

I READ with disbelief the article to start a campaign to bring visitors to the city, first of all why waste all that money and secondly what are our visitors going to see?

"YORK Minster is falling down" - that's a sentence sure to grab your attention.

The Quaker philanthropist and chocolate magnate Joseph Rowntree is a man revered in York - and much further afield - for his passionate commitment to improving the lives of the less well off.

A PAEDOPHILE hunter caused a street disruption when he targeted a sex offender in Strensall.

LIVE theatre will burst into life in York for the first time since December 30 when Next Door But One presents Yorkshire Trios in The Gillygate pub's new outdoor seating area on April 23 and 24.

LEADING housebuilder Persimmon Homes has launched a £1million charity giveaway to support young people across Britain.

A TEENAGER has been arrested on suspicion of a serious sexual assault in York last night.

A rapist who attacked two defenceless women has had his jail term more than doubled by the Court of Appeal.

DRIVERS are being warned to expect delays around an ongoing police incident.

YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell has welcomed the Rowntree research as a 'painful but positive first step' in better understanding the 'gross errors of the past' - and also the continuing extent of racism and discrimination in Britain today.

NESTLÉ, the confectionery giant which bought out Rowntree Mackintosh in the 1980s and continues to make chocolate in York, today welcomed the research by the Rowntree Society into Rowntree’s past.

The Rowntree Society has pledged to continue its research into the Rowntree company history.

AN investigation into the history of the Rowntree chocolate company has produced shocking evidence that the famously philanthropic family business may have profited from slavery and forced labour.

ICONIC names including East 17 and Atomic Kitten are set to rock post-lockdown audiences later this summer.

BOOKINGS are "coming along well" for the new Malmaison hotel in York - which will open in York next month.

CITY of York Council looks set to relinquish responsibility for the delivery of key infrastructure at the massive York Central development.

A NEW grocery store is officially opening tomorrow (April 16).

DOUBLE Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes has urged people to sign up to The Great York Walk.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has increased slightly - but just five more cases have been recorded in the area.

BLUE Badge holders are being asked for their views on potential new parking spaces on the edge of York city centre - before a temporary ban on parking in footstreets could become permanent.

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

A NATIONAL charity has opened up a new store in York - and is encouraging residents to help raise vital funds for life saving research.

ONE lane on the A64 is shut after a crash.

THE creation at a York church of a special stained glass window to commemorate the D-Day landings will be featured on national TV tonight.

The German supermarket retailer published further details of items being delayed after warning customers of a 30-day backlog earlier this week.

YORK'S National Railway Museum has unveiled its reopening plans along with an ambitious target to achieve net zero by 2033.

A BIKER has died after a crash in North Yorkshire.

FIREFIGHTERS had to be called in to help free a teenager from a baby swing.

EMERGENCY services were called out to an incident on a bridge over the A64 near York.

The owner of a York attraction hopes to make a strong comeback with plans to double in size - with a mini zoo, fairground and golf.

A SUPERMARKET chain with stores in York has started consulting with more than 1,000 staff over its plans to overhaul its bakeries.

A FIRM has opened its first dedicated retail store in York, aiming to sell CBD products which "support the body and mind in many ways".

POLICE seized a car in Selby.

SCOUTS in Copmanthorpe are setting up 'hedgehog highways' to ensure the little creatures can get out and about to find food - and friendship.

Yet again more revelations of enormous salaries enjoyed by a select few on the Ferris wheel that’s City of York Council salaries (Council to recruit two new senior officers on £100k salaries as part of restructure, April 10).

SMALL businesses are being invited to tap into a £20,000 pot to help boost their post-lockdown revival.

How good to hear that safety experts are to consider life saving grab chains for the Ouse in York (The Press, April 13).