A HOMELESS charity in York has itself become 'homeless' - and is pleading for help ahead of what could be a “tough winter” for the city’s rough sleepers.

CAMPAIGNERS against proposals to restrict blue badge access to York city centre say they are planning non-violent direct action next week aimed at disrupting City of York Council business.

FIVE people were arrested after a teenager was robbed.

A POPULAR arts centre is set to host a new family musical - which will bring the joy of koalas to the local area.

A TAKEOVER bid for a supermarket with stores across York and North Yorkshire has intensified.

YORK’S live music venues are set to receive a £100,000 package of support from the council as they face up to a "very challenging period".

ROMANS, Vikings, Tudors – York has them all - and from this weekend, they will be put under the magnifying glass during a week-long celebration of archaeology in the city.

CASTLE Howard Proms are back this weekend after a year’s delay with an open-air picnic and concert.

IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five sports pictures submitted by our readers.

POLICE have tonight issued an urgent appeal for help in tracing a missing York teenager.

PLANS to host a 'night market' in York have been postponed over Covid-19 fears.

A BITTER break-up note found in a book in a York charity shop has caused a media storm - and gone viral.

POLICE have put out a warning to residents after a prolific burglar has been released from jail.

THESE are the vivid moments that saved one of York's oldest buildings from ruin.

TWO men have been hailed as heroes for tackling a fire in the historic heart of York and saving the city's oldest row of shops.

A PAIR of golfing pals were astonished when they both got a hole in one in succession - breaking 17 million to one odds.

FIREFIGHTERS have tackled an arson attack on a house in York.

THE £2.5 million sale of a 17th century manor house and former police head quarters has finally been completed after five years.

NETWORK Rail is upgrading sections of its North Yorkshire routes over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

FASHION took centre stage on Day 2 of the Ebor Festival at York racecourse today. But what else would you expect on Ladies Day?

A NEW campaign has been launched to stop fare dodgers on Northern trains after more than 8,000 prosecutions.

A PRIVACY watchdog has warned pub-goers about handing over data to table service apps amid the pandemic.

A YORK-BASED train firm has launched a seat sale with thousands of tickets available from as little as £5.

PRESSURE is mounting on the Government to intervene to get a British animal sanctuary boss and his staff out of Afghanistan as a York fundraising campaign nears £20,000.

A MUCH-LOVED heritage railway has issued an urgent appeal.

A TEAM of talented youngsters are fundraising to be able to compete on the international stage.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 case rate has dropped - but further cases continue to be confirmed in the area.

A DRIVER reversed into woman and injured her arm during a fail-to-stop collision in a North Yorkshire seaside town.

ONE more person has sadly died as a result of catching Covid-19 at a hospital in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

AN ENTIRE bus fleet in Harrogate may be converted to electric vehicles after North Yorkshire County Council was invited by the Government to bid for more than £8 million to help to finance the project.

A LAW firm has relocated to new offices in York as part of growth ambitions.

A NEW wood near York is set to be permanently named 'York Community Woodland' after almost 800 people took part in a consultation - as it emerged that seven acres of the site has already been transformed into a wild wood meadow.

A MAN from York has completed the challenge of paddle boarding between two islands to fundraise for a charity supporting young people abroad.

After a successful trial, the change will roll out in all new and newly refurbished Aldi stores.

The arctic animal is making do with the lack of sea ice near UK coastlines by taking over people’s boats for his midday snooze.

YORK’S live music venues are set to receive a £100,000 package of support from the council as they face up to a ‘very challenging period’.

PASSENGERS and visitors to York railway station were given a treat when the Scarborough Spa Express appeared.

THE number of Covid patients in York and Scarborough hospitals has risen to its highest level of the current wave of the pandemic.

Scientists have said the new research proves it is essential as many people as possible get vaccinated.

A YORK bus service has announced that its fleet of all-electric double-deckers saved 826 tonnes of carbon emissions in the first year of service.

It is clear that it is possible to recall Parliament at a moment’s notice, as has been proved as the Government responds to the crisis in Afghanistan.

The Taliban are, and always have been, a disparate group of local war lords who have been given a common aim.

MORE than a thousand 16 and 17 year olds got the Covid jab in York in the first week it became available for their age group – and more pop-up vaccination clinics are being planned across the city to encourage even more young people to get vaccinat...

A FUNDRAISING drive has been launched to help people from disadvantaged backgrounds get a university education, in memory of a York lecturer who died after suffering severe long Covid.

He has also released a new singe entitled ‘Visiting Hours’, which he says is dedicated to his late friend, Michael, who passed away earlier this year.

Arla, the farmer-owned co-operative, said it is aiming for a 30% reduction in emissions per kilogram of milk by 2030.

The suggestion, which appears in a Department for Education document, has been branded “total fudge” by a union.

YORK is preparing to welcome a ‘small number’ of refugee families from Afghanistan.

MEET Her Majesty the Queen – or at least the statue of her that will, from next year, gaze down across what is now Duncombe Place from a niche in York Minster’s West Front.

IT'S been a long wait - but fans of smash hit interiors show Changing Rooms are in for a treat tonight when the show returns to TV after a 17 year 'break'.