A PAEDOPHILE who put four children "through hell" as he carried out years of sexual abuse has been jailed for 20 years.

A NEW hotel café bar has opened in York.

Workers on payrolls surged for the fifth month in a row in April as Britain’s economy began to spring back to life thanks to easing lockdown restrictions, official figures have shown.

A YORK employment law firm has joined a business network which works with employers to tackle domestic abuse.

A BRIDGE remains has reopened to traffic after being closed due to a gas leak.

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TERRY Avenue is now closed for flood defence work to take place.

THE millionth Covid vaccination first dose will be given this week in the region - as supplies of all vaccines improve.

A SURVEY on council plans to change recycling collections to every three weeks - with residents given bigger bins - has received more than 22,000 responses.

A SCHOOL in York has received a plaque from a charitable organisation to mark its contribution to Covid vaccination training.

A YOUNG girl from York has been crowned the winner of a national competition after designing her dream treehouse.

A BANNED driver broke a North Yorkshire policeman's knee before leading police on a 20-mile pursuit, York Crown Court heard.

AN ongoing police incident has shut a bridge to traffic.

A ROAD has been blocked after a crash between an HGV and a car.

A LEADING family-oriented North Yorkshire festival has outlined some of the extensive public health measures it will introduce to ensure maximum safety at the event.

A RENOWNED North Yorkshire chef has today launched a BBQ Box available nationwide every Friday throughout the summer.

A DISTRICT bordering York now has one of the lowest Covid rates in the country after only two new cases were confirmed in seven days.

AS York Theatre Royal prepares to reopen from lockdown this evening, its rival venue - the Grand Opera House - is set to remain closed until late next month.

WELCOME to Yorkshire has teamed up with the UK’s largest craft beer subscription service to showcase regional ales and promote Yorkshire.

YORK’s most prestigious hotel is embarking on an ‘exciting chapter’ as it relaunches with a new executive chef bringing 30 years of culinary excellence.

A LANDMARK development which has created 127 apartments and offices in the heart of York is now complete.

Professor Mike Holmes, who leads York’s vaccination centre at Askham Bar, tells in his latest column for The Press how he feels disheartened by negative media attention

NEW footage has emerged as part of an investigation into an arson attack that caused tens of thousands of pounds of damage.

A MAN in his twenties has been arrested after a crash in which a car ended up on its roof in a field.

HOTELIERS in York are celebrating the return of indoor hospitality with a heartfelt plea for guests to avoid last-minute cancellations.

POLICE are looking for witnesses to a crash that happened last night (Sunday, May 16).

THE widow of a popular York bus driver says she's been left in limbo after being told she will have to leave her home following her husband's death.

Boris Johnson warned “we’re likely to face some hard choices” as stage four of the lockdown roadmap was thrown into doubt.

A POPULAR hotel in York which is throwing open its doors today after months of closure has been shouting the news from its rooftop - literally.

A PETROL bomb was used to try and set a car on fire.

MOST people who think about RAF Elvington during the Second World War associate it with the French heavy bomber squadrons that were based there towards the war’s end.

YOUR front-page story (The Press, May 12) says that council officers have claimed that millions of pounds of government grants at York Central would be at risk if a public inquiry ruled against closing Leeman Road.

The artist who immortalised the volunteers and NHS heroes who have been inoculating York against Covid has now turned her attention to a different kind of hero - the York City fan.

A RESCUER known by many as the 'hedgehog lady' of Acomb has told of her role in saving the nocturnal and endangered species.

YORK teenage rower Rupert Fenby has become one of the youngest people to row the Atlantic.

'WE’RE back’ - York welcomed the next stage of reopening today as lockdown restrictions were lifted further.

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A MAN has been arrested after a stabbing.

A WOMAN described as "the best-dressed dog walker in York" has choked to death after eating a jam sandwich.

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has called for a "heavy dose of caution" as indoor socialising and physical contact resumes against the backdrop of the Indian variant.

YORK City Knights rallied to come from behind and defeat Widnes Vikings 35-14 at the DCBL Stadium.

THE parents of a toddler who died following a suspected gas explosion in Heysham have paid tribute to their "beautiful little angel".

For Mental Health Awareness Week, best friend PC Pierre Olesqui remembers PC 1066 Mick ‘Aky’ Atkinson who took his own life in 2018 - and his Leeds Rhino's style legacy.

A POTTER has told how creativity is a cure for not only mental health struggles but Covid-19.

NEW evidence gives a "high degree of confidence" that coronavirus vaccines work against the Indian variant, Matt Hancock said, as he urged people to get jabbed to prevent the new strain spreading "like wildfire".

PEDESTRIANS and vehicles are to be banned for more than six months from a stretch of road next to Bishopthorpe Palace as long-awaited flood works begin.

AN historic inn in one of North Yorkshire’s most picturesque villages has reopened with bookings stretching into 2022.

A YORK charity began a fresh chapter when the doors opened on its new shop and headquarters.

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