SOME days I felt like I was dying. These are the harrowing words of one York man who has been battling Long Covid since being struck down with Coronavirus 14 months ago.

A NORTH Yorkshire police hero and his wife have marked a very special anniversary with a party at the care home where they now live together.

PLANS for a block of 48 new flats to be built on a former NHS site in York have been approved.

SYMPTOMS of Long Covid are many - and varied - and can be hugely debilitating and distressing for patients, many of whom were fit and healthy before contracting coronavirus.

POLICE searching for a missing 78-year-old York man have discovered a body in the River Ouse.

SELBY businesses have rallied round to try and get a 38-year-old father of two private health care after he has become a “prisoner in his own body.”

A VEHICLE has caught fire after being involved in a crash on a North Yorkshire road.

FAIRY houses, put together by a local woman and placed on the banks of the River Foss, have been damaged and stolen.

A POPULAR village pub near York whose landlord died from Covid earlier this year has failed - so far - to reopen from the lockdown.

A STAR of the hit TV show Gogglebox and a Hollywood actor are set to drop in at a York school next month.

A DRIVER dragged a broken lamppost along Gillygate under his car in a “very unusual” case, York Crown Court heard.

A SHIRE enthusiast has driven his horses through York while on a 600-mile trip from Gloucestershire to northeast Scotland to raise funds for a charity which helped his police officer brother after he was badly injured on duty.

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A CYCLIST was found unconscious in a North Yorkshire road early today.

THE ages of York's youngest and oldest residents to have died with Covid have been revealed by City of York Council.

FURTHER lockdowns might be needed next winter because of the emergence of new respiratory viruses, scientists have warned.

RESIDENTS in a village near York decided to honour their local shopkeeper with a surprise birthday celebration as he turns 70.

POCKLINGTON Arts Centre has announced its plans to reopen next month- with a number of film screenings.

FIREFIGHTERS performed first aid after being called out to a crash at a North Yorkshire beauty spot.

A DRIVER was trapped inside their vehicle after a crash on a North Yorkshire road.

A MEMBER of the River Foss Society has pulled more than 50 bikes from its waters.

DEMAND is growing for more people to take on security and steward roles in York.

PEAKY Blinders fans must have felt like they'd walked on to the set of the smash TV drama during a 1920s film day in East Yorkshire.

A MOVE to send stroke patients from Scarborough to York is set to be made permanent, the NHS trust in charge of the town’s hospital has confirmed.

A 78-YEAR-OLD man has gone missing in York.

A FURTHER 51 Covid cases have been confirmed in York as a top scientist said a third wave was definitely under way.

EMERGENCY services say they have no idea why a helicopter has been flying over York for much of today.

A LEADING York entrepreneur has hired his former boss to be his second in command.

A CASHBOX robber “whacked” a security guard into his van and ran off with money that could have been spent on council services, York Crown Court heard.

A MUSIC teacher who turned to writing almost by accident, is celebrating having sold over 30,000 books on the subject.

A WOMAN who fell and injured her ankle on the North York Moors was rescued by firefighters.

POLICE have been shocked to see an E-scooter rider trying to get on to a Yorkshire motorway.

A YORK Rotarian is to receive a national award for her voluntary work in tackling period poverty.

BUSINESSES are being warned that they could face spot checks and inspections to make sure they are continuing to abide by Covid restrictions.

NEW data has revealed that out of 144 new Covid cases in York, only five involved people aged over 60.

A SANDY beach has started appearing close to York's River Ouse as workers prepare to give residents and visitors a taste of life at the seaside this summer.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to commercial premises in York city centre after a microwave oven caught fire.

MORE than 100 further cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus have been recorded in York, new figures have revealed.

A YORK charity that supports children and young people with disabilities is set to purchase new laptops following a £1,000 donation from a well-known housebuilder.

COUNCILLORS have rejected plans for a block of 86 student flats to be built in York – saying they fear residents will develop mental health problems if there is not more shared space to socialise.

AN inquest will be opened next week into the death of a much-loved university tutor who had been suffering from Long Covid.

A NEW bar and restaurant in Castlegate has been given the go ahead by council licensing bosses - despite worries from some neighbours about noise and anti-social behaviour.

FIVE York motorcyclists will set off on a 1,103 mile trek from Land’s End to John O’Groats on the longest day of the year to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

AN award-winning hairdresser from Yorkshire has weighed in on the rice water trend as it grows your hair.

LIFE is slowly returning to normal - whatever that means for us now - in York, data suggests.

THE controversial closures of The Groves continues to divide residents, as revealed in The Press' reader poll.

A PLATE of cod and chips at Harrods will set you back £35. A helping of one of Britain’s best-loved dishes at celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s new ‘gourmet’ chippe in the famous store will cost that, compared to the national average price of ar...

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HOMEOWNERS who take on a lodger can earn a tax-free income of up to £7,500, according to SpareRoom, as the flatshare site pushes for more people to become live-in landlords.