YORK and Scarborough hospitals have begun the fightback against huge waiting lists for treatment which have built up during the Covid pandemic.

POLICE are out in force at the Great Yorkshire Show.

A plaque commemorating York's 'Ordnance Railway' is to be officially unveiled at the weekend.

THE return of crowds at York Racecourse will see a £250,000 increase in prize money when the Ebor Festival returns.

DRIVERS are being warned to expect delays and queuing traffic as the Great Yorkshire Show gets underway.

LIVE music has made a comeback at a local arts centre - even if it was outdoors in a nearby woodland.

After following every nail biting game of the Euros I am so proud to be British.

A MUSIC teacher cheated his way to £21,000 of public money, a court heard.

YORK’S Covid vaccination centre is pulling out all the stops to persuade as many people as possible to get the jab before next week’s lifting of restrictions.

A WELL-KNOWN York man is set to celebrate his 85th birthday with a sponsored walk with an Olympic torch - which he carried in 2012.

PLANS to create a new outdoor space at one of York’s top cultural venues have been unveiled.

A NORTH Yorkshire brewery is continuing the diversification of its products with the launch of its first ever cider.

The piece by by Graham Mitchell and Clive Goodhead in last Wednesday’s Press highlighting the legacy of Seebohm Rowtree (Happy 150th to York’s ‘Einstein of the welfare state’, July 7) brought back mixed memories for me.

A YORK councillor highlighted footballer Marcus Rashford’s contribution to the city through his campaign to help feed vulnerable children during school holidays, and made an off the cuff remark about his penalty last night.

A PICKAXE wielding criminal who smashed up vehicles before driving off with a man clinging to his car bonnet has been jailed.

A MAJOR York school is closing down until the end of term after more than 500 pupils had to self isolate today.

THE weekly recorded Covid rates in York and both North and East Yorkshire have increased - as further cases continue to be confirmed.

POLICE in York are searching for a teenage boy who was verbally abusive and violent towards the driver on a busy bus.

A MAN has been arrested after an attack in a layby.

A TEENAGER was left with a fractured jaw and a head injury after a serious assault in York at the weekend.

POLICE want to speak to three teenagers after a car was vandalised.

A COFFEE connoisseur is taking the reigns to champion businesses in York and North Yorkshire.

POLICE have released CCTV footage and are appealing for witnesses and information about a theft and an alleged assault on a staff member at a store in York.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in to a petrol fire in a garden.

A YORK hospice has been given a £7,000 funding boost after the cost of caring for a man dying from asbestos-related cancer was recovered by specialist lawyers.

A MAN has been rescued from York's River Ouse this evening.

VISITORS to York's Jorvik Viking Centre will still be asked to follow Covid-19 precautions after national restrictions are lifted on July 19.

A POTATO specialist has become one of the UK's largest independent seed suppliers after sealing a major deal.

FIREFIGHTERS in York were called in to rescue a dog from alongside the river Ouse.

TWIN sisters have seen their trekking business takes off.

The Prime Minister will announce that most of the legal coronavirus restrictions brought in during the pandemic will end as of July 19, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced.

THE largest combine harvester in the world is set to go on show at the Great Yorkshire Show this week.

The use of domestic vaccine passports and face masks will be encouraged as ministers set out a cautious approach to England’s “freedom day” on July 19 in response to soaring coronavirus cases.

A GROUP of individuals were making violent threats towards each other during an incident in York over the weekend.

A WOMAN who has been instrumental in the success of an award-winning hotel has been made a co-director.

YORK'S hospital trust has reopened a second Covid ward as the number of patients requiring hospital treatment continues to increase slowly.

A new live theatre attraction is heading to York to inject some magic into the school summer holidays for families.

Professor Mike Holmes, who leads York’s mass Covid vaccination centre, today urges communities hesitant about getting the jab to come and talk to the centre’s lead nurse and doctor

ANGELA Ashby’s bungalow in a town on the outskirts of York is bringing smiles to the faces of passers by.

ALMOST 1,000 children have already made a beeline for an "exciting" North Yorkshire Libraries initiative in the first month since its launch.

YORK magistrates have told the son of a woman with cancer he must return to the UK to face justice.

A DISTINCTIVE backpack and green jacket were stolen from someone having their picture taken outside York Minster last week.

The Prime Minister is expected to say that the country can move to Step 4 of the plan to lift coronavirus measures.

Adele, Dua Lipa and Piers Morgan were among the celebrities who left messages of support after the England team's loss to Italy.

Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were sent abuse on social media after their penalty misses at the Euro 2020 final.

YORK Rescue Boat has secured a cash boost from a local housebuilder - which will help the service to purchase a brand-new support vehicle.

AN INSPECTOR from North Yorkshire Police is set to take part in a cycling tour to honour police officers that have died in the field.

A WELL-KNOWN chain with York hotels is looking to fill 680 jobs across the country in readiness for this summer’s “staycation” season.

MEMBERS of a tennis club in East Yorkshire took on a 24-hour challenge recently - raising vital funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance in the process.

BORIS Johnson and Sajid Javid have decided it is safe to reopen the country, end to social distancing, use a mask at our own discretion, go to mass festival meetings, and return everyone back to work.