A YORK barbershop has been temporarily shut down by City of York Council for breaking Covid rules.

"NHS is closed" and "I fear things are being missed" - these are some of the verdicts on GP services in York by Press readers.

SPECIAL REPORT

WELSH rock band Manic Street Preachers are heading to York on their latest tour.

THE newly appointed Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire and the city of York has said he will act as a “voice for the community”.

IT'S been a long time since King No One swapped busking outside Betty's for the stage but York will always be the place where the up and coming indie band was born.

TAKEAWAY delivery business Deliveroo is expanding.

THERE'S been an accident on a residential street.

Your article in Tuesday's Press (Transport in city to be transformed by 2030, The Press, May 11) would suggest the council are about to start some long term planning and visualising much less traffic in the city by 2030.

I REFER to your article ‘York Central not put at risk’ (The Press, May 12).

"WE'RE the last hat shop standing" declares local milliner Liz Devine-Wright who once sold a hat to pop star Christina Aguilera.

WHITBY has built a large part of its tourism industry on its connection to Bram Stoker's celebrated novel Dracula.

SURGE testing - mass coronavirus testing of the city's population - is not currently required in York after cases of the Indian variant were confirmed.

GORDON and Jean Massey are today celebrating their platinum wedding anniversary.

A NORTH Yorkshire flower show is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year - having survived two world wars and a global health crisis.

FOLLOWING the Queen’s Speech, the Government has yet again put the reform of adult social care into the “too difficult” pile.

THE Community Stadium reaches “an absolute milestone” on May 23 when fans are set to watch their first York City Knights match in person at the new ground.

CASES of the Indian variant of coronavirus have been confirmed in York.

YORK'S Labour group has named a new leader.

A WASTE company which paused collection charges for customers throughout lockdown has invested in environmentally-friendly vehicles as business resumes.

TWO York Italian restaurants that have been closed since the lockdown are poised to reopen on Monday.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information about a sexual assault that occurred in Sherburn in Elmet earlier this week.

POLICE are hunting a burglar who struck at a home in a York suburb.

DRIVERS are being warned to expect possibly seven weeks of disruption as a main road shuts through a York suburb.

IS it a new hotel? A block of flats nearing completion?

POLICE have launched a search to find a wanted man from Harrogate.

A 21-year-old woman who studied at the University of York has released her first single - and says she had lockdown to thank for it.

YORK’S Castle Museum is famous for being a museum of… well… everyday things.

A NEW campaign has been launched by the Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) to help raise awareness of child sexual abuse prevention.

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

A SOLDIER who tried to stop his girlfriend receiving pain relief as she gave birth has been jailed.

THERE was one question being asked by visitors enjoying sitting out in the May sunshine on York city centre's new benches on Wednesday: why didn't we have more of these before?

A POLICE helicopter has been deployed over York this morning.

THE Press is calling on readers to nominate their favourite hairdresser or salon.

A FORMER partner whose behaviour made his ex-girlfriend seek hospital treatment has been jailed.

A MAN has been jailed for more than six years for a vicious Christmas Day assault - which left the victim with life-changing injuries.

THE York Dungeons will reopen next week with a special visit from a character who looks frightfully similar to Boris Johnson.

A member of Sage said a “delay is possible” to the UK’s plans to end lockdown.

A PERSISTENT offender who carried out a series of attacks on police officers and other crimes has been made subject to a criminal behaviour order.

ATTRACTION operators in York are counting down the days until they can once again welcome back visitors.

Community campaigners are being given a chance to buy a fire-damaged York pub which has stood empty for years.

A NORTH Yorkshire attraction has been revealed as one of the locations for Radio 1's Big Weekend.

A NORTH Yorkshire business has launched a limited-edition product in aid of a charity which supports children with Down syndrome.

A YORK girl is set represent the county of North Yorkshire in the Miss England finals - which has been delayed three times from last year.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a lorry fire overnight.

TWO people had to be cut out of their vehicle after a crash.

FANCY dressing up in a ridiculous costume and taking to the waters of the River Ouse to paddle a dragon boat like mad against several hundred like-minded competitors? Then you'd better get a move on.

Stephen Lewis’ front page news on Tuesday (Now it must be our turn to help India, May 11) captures where British values stand. We care for India. It is indeed our turn to lend our hand to this admirable country.

BOOKINGS for a new wizard-inspired mini-golf attraction in York have been flooding in ahead of its launch.

An alleged risk of losing funding and a need to resubmit planning applications if Leeman Road is not allowed to be diverted should be seen as a blessing if it puts a stop to the fundamentally flawed York Central master plan.