ANYBODY aged 30 will be able to get their Covid-19 vaccination from today (May 26).

COUNCIL officials wrongly fined a Blue Badge holder for parking in York city centre - and then insisted they were in the right when she objected.

A RETAIL giant with two large York stores said it will be shutting 30 stores and switching others to food-only shops after Covid-19 lockdowns hit clothing demand.

IS this your bike?

A £401 million funding boost will help rail services in the North including between York, Leeds and Manchester.

The Press Business Awards 2021 are being launched today to showcase the success stories of enterprise, innovation and resilience within our region.

AT this time of year the chalk cliffs at Flamborough are alive with the sound of nesting seabirds.

One of York's top heritage organisations has welcomed plans for a 200-acre community woodland on the western edge of the city - but has warned it will NOT be a 'quick fix' to help the council meet its ambitious carbon emission targets.

THE number of people with dementia in York will increase by 39 per cent in the next 10 years, according to the Alzheimer's Society, amid concerns over a lack of drugs to cure the condition.

THE newly-created Tour De York challenge is inviting cyclists to embark on a 100km circuit of York.

COMING to the Theatre Royal next month - a form of 'aerial ballet' that's oddly appropriate to our post-pandemic times.

LANDLORDS are threatening to take the council to the High Court over plans to expand a housing licensing scheme.

A HUSBAND threatened to bite a friend’s nose off and murder him after he caught him with his wife and went “slightly off the rails”, York Crown Court heard.

A YORK man has put himself in contention for the city’s ‘big chip man’ title - after finding a whopping French fry while making his tea.

Judging by the result of Eurovision, it looks as though nobody wanted us to leave the EU.

The appointment of Martin Bashir as Religion Editor of the BBC and the subsequent revelations about the organisation’s cover up of his conduct tells us all much about the principles of BBC senior executives.

I write in support of the continuation by City of York Council of The Groves traffic scheme.

I refer to the recent letters from Danny Golding and Elizabeth M Harris regarding the loss of disabled parking spaces for those of us who need it.

An extraordinary capacity to care has been displayed this last year.

UP to two cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus were detected in York last week, new figures reveal.

POLICE are hunting a man wanted for robbery.

A MAN remains in hospital with very serious injuries after a crash between a car and an ambulance which shut a road near York.

YOU still have until tomorrow to have your say on York's new 'community woodland' - the 200 acres of farmland just to the west of York on which the city council plans to plant at least 50,000 trees.

FORTY-ONE trees could be cut down in a popular York park.

MORE than two thousand pupils across 51 York schools are set to get a special present this week.

A PIONEERING woodmeadow between York and Selby has welcomed schools back for outdoor learning as the lockdown eases.

A CUSTOMER who subjected shop staff to two hours of homophobic abuse followed by racial insults has been jailed for 14 months.

YORK-BORN Premier League star Ben Godfrey has been named in England’s provisional squad for the 2021 European Championships.

A WOMAN has died and a man has been arrested.

A WAR memorial in a popular York park has been vandalised with paint.

A MULTI-MILLION pound project is underway to conserve one of York Minster’s treasures.

A POPULAR Asian restaurant chain is recruiting staff for its two branches in York.

YORK residents and visitors to the city are set to get a taste of life at the seaside this summer.

A FAMILY-RUN fish and chip shop near York is dishing out free portions of scampi to customers this Friday in a bid to promote the British bitesize treat.

A PATIENT believed to be suffering from Covid has been admitted to a York trust hospital and is being treated in intensive care.

YORK looks set to enjoy a sunny and warm bank holiday weekend after one of its wettest Mays on record.

FREE gin and tonic is being offered at two bars in York in celebration of the easing of restrictions.

YORK’S mass vaccination centre has launched a recruitment drive for volunteers as some regulars return to their permanent jobs.

A DRIVER was arrested after a roadside breath test showed they were more than three times the legal limit.

WELCOME to the launch of The Press Business Awards 2021.

THE team at York Gin have scooped two international awards - saying they are "carrying the flag for Yorkshire gin on the world stage".

COUNCIL chiefs today welcomed the "important milestone" for York Hospital - after it was revealed on Monday the site currently had NO Covid patients.

THE new Lord Mayor of York, who will be sworn in at a ceremony on Thursday morning, has announced which charities he will be fundraising for during the coming year.

YORK’S Green Belt is set to be defined for the first time – and people are invited to have their say on the proposals.

A DRIVER has admitted a string of offences following a late-night city centre collision.

THE creation of a new school in a North Yorkshire town has taken a major step forward with the appointment of a multi academy trust.

A MULTI-MILLION pound project is underway to conserve one of York Minster's treasures.

Recently I have been seriously thinking of coming out of retirement and trying my hand at being an architect.

As residents of Penleys Grove Street we have witnessed a significant improvement in our quality of life since the road was closed to through traffic.

I am in complete agreement with Peter Rickaby regarding practice managers and patient well-being (GP’s patients are also feeling let down, letters, May 22). I am pleased to see that NHS England has asked doctors to see more patients face-to-face...