ELECTRIC bikes are now available to hire across York - and 250 rental e-scooters have been upgraded with smaller decks to stop two people riding them at the same time.

THIEVES have stolen a Land Rover.

THE votes have been counted and The Press can now reveal the winner of the Best Takeaway in York competition.

POLICE and firefighters were called in after a crashed car was set on fire.

A YORK-BASED foundation has handed a £5,000 cash boost to a charity which puts together learning projects for those living with disabilities - to help with the group's choir.

A YORK-based building consultancy which has doubled its team in the past five years is celebrating its 35th anniversary.

GINEVRA HOUSE speaks to residents in York about their experience of racism

YORK'S public health director Sharon Stoltz has urged the city's people to get tested for Covid twice a week as lockdown eases.

YORK-headquartered housebuilder Persimmon has launched a new awards scheme to recognise construction excellence at its developments.

I took a trip into York city centre on Sunday afternoon. Gorgeous day. Sun shining. Families of all ages having fun. Food and drink vendors doing a roaring trade.

With the reopening of non-essential shops, hospitality and sports facilities on April 12, and the lengthening hours of sunlight, life and energy does now seem to be returning to our city as we head towards the fairly normal summer we all deserve.

CYBER crime continues to rise in terms of frequency, cost and complexity, affecting private individuals and businesses alike.

A BIG hello to our latest lockdown babies.

European Super League must be stopped The proposal to form a new football European Super League must be opposed.

OPPOSITION councillors are calling for the leader of City of York Council to resign over a damning report into the handling of the former chief executive's £400,000 payout.

IT'S not often you see a famous film star when out walking your dog, let alone in rural Ryedale.

FOLLOWING the publication of a damning public interest report into the council's handling of a payout to the former chief executive, The Press asked council leader Keith Aspden a series of questions.

JUST three more cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the York area, the latest figures confirm.

A COMMUNITY group which set up a "sharehouse" where people can drop off or collect food and other essential items says it has been helping around 50 families a week.

THE Covid-19 pandemic has not stopped members at York Golf Club from being on target - raising over £15,000 for a local hospice over the course of the last year.

A PLANT nursery close to York is opening during National Gardening Week.

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

PUPILS and staff at staff at ten schools in York and North Yorkshire have embraced their inner poets.

The supermarket giant admitted 22 breaches of the food safety and hygiene regulations.

A North Yorkshire property developer led by former Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn has bought one of the UK's major housebuilding firms.

The UK is set for 18C sunshine lasting across the Bank holiday weekend.

MOTORHOMES and campervans in York, Selby and Malton are being targetted by criminals.

The owner of a high street chain with a York store will repay £121 million in furlough money claimed under government job retention schemes and pay out a dividend to shareholders despite a slump in profits.

THE former home of a York club is set to be demolished to make way for a block of student flats.

A PHARMACY in York is working towards opening a new Covid vaccination centre to "play its part in beating the virus".

FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a shop fire.

The use of Covid passports to get into pubs, cafés and other local businesses would be an attack on personal freedoms, as well as bad for business, a top Liberal Democrat councillor has said.

Raking up Rowntree past is ‘indulgent stupidity’ Is it really necessary for the Rowntree Society to investigate the history of the Rowntree company (Rowntree chocolate firm ‘may have profited from slavery’, April 15)? Are they trying to co...

CYBER-related stalking crimes have more than doubled during lockdown - with offenders often using smart tech to prey on their victims, police warn.

A CITY centre sandwich shop could be turned into a holiday flats.

PLANNERS have rejected the latest bid to convert part of an abandoned York pub into flats - overruling their own planning officers in the process.

IT is no secret that York is home to some of the most beautiful and historic backdrops for film and TV shows.

BRAVE ghost-hunters could take part in a paranormal investigation and meet the spirits of York Dungeon.

28 NEW polling stations have been created in York for Covid-19 secure voting in the upcoming May election.

THOUSANDS of driving tests were cancelled in York last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, figures show.

EAST Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding businesses across the county to check if they are eligible for a Restart Grant.

A SUPERMARKET chain, with stories in York, are giving away half a million free postcards to help spread positivity and loneliness as lockdown eases.

Dr Peter Williams (Write to your MP to ‘stop NHS privatisation’, Letters, April 16) actually makes a good argument for NHS privatisation.

What should York’s new woodland be called? asks the city council, in a piece in Monday’s Press (April 19) about the proposed 50,000-tree community woodland between Knapton and Rufforth.

In the final week of consultation on potential changes to our council boundaries the information released by the Taxpayers Alliance (Revealed: Seven council staff in York earnt £100k or more last year, April 8) was at least illuminating for one t...

THE Strictly Come Dancing line-up rumours have already begun as the nation waits for the iconic TV show to return to our screens.

A DAMNING report reveals City of York Council leader Keith Aspden faced allegations of “bullying and victimisation” from the former chief executive Mary Weastell.

CITY of York Council leader Keith Aspden has responded to a report by independent auditors that found he was accused of bullying by the former chief executive.

CITY of York Council paid the former chief executive more than £117,000 more than they were contractually obliged to, according to independent auditors.

A MAIN route in to York is partially blocked after an accident.