A CHEF destroyed fruit and vegetables at his place of work when he was sacked for poor performance, York magistrates heard.

FIREFIGHTERS were called in after a car and an HGV were involved in a crash.

A GYM company with a branch in York has hailed a “rapid recovery” in membership numbers after reopening sites following enforced closures earlier this year.

SUMMER is set to return to York and North Yorkshire, with temperatures set to soar as high as 25C by next Monday.

THE team from from a gym in York have raised £10,000 for a special baby unit in the city by lifting over 2.2 million kilograms in one day.

BRITAIN'S most famous vicar is heading to York for one of the first key in-person events in the city's calendar post-Covid.

HEALTH experts in York are calling on the Government to offer antibody tests more widely rather than to just those testing positive.

PLANS have been revealed to transform College Green in York into a new ‘pocket park’.

IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five cricket teams from the past.

BETTYS is proposing to close its shop in York's Stonegate, The Press can reveal.

FRUIT farmers in North Yorkshire say they are ‘giving up’ after 20 years due to a lack of pickers and small margins.

WORK has now started on a 30,000 sq ft industrial and warehouse business park at the heart of an out of town shopping and business complex.

MORE than 20 people have died in York’s rivers over the past five years - with a dramatic shift in the average age of casualties from young people to older victims, often suffering from mental health problems.

THE Press is calling on readers to nominate their favourite café.

ROADWORKS that have closed a normally busy city side street are set to go on for another two weeks.

The variant named Mu, or B.1.621, has been identified in South America and Europe.

SIX more people have sadly lost their lives to Covid-19 at hospitals in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A MOUNTAIN Rescue team have found a body while searching for a missing man in woodland in North Yorkshire.

POLICE are reminding the public of the online access to the force available as well as phone calls - after handling over 38,000 calls last month.

A STAR studded line-up of comedy talent is set to bring the laughs to a popular venue in York for the upcoming season.

As of September 1, E10 fuel will replace E5 as the standard petrol sold in the UK.

A blue plaque is to be unveiled to one of York’s key ‘influencers’ of the 20th century, John Bowes Morrell.

Spiders usually start to come out in early September, with their presence noticeable in homes until around mid-October.

A YORK couple have launched a new business venture - aiming to make planning trips away with loved ones “effortless”.

WORK has been completed on 34 new homes for older people living in York as well as a new community hall.

A PERSON was rescued after a fire in a barn.

Many children in Yorkshire and Humberside may be feeling excited about going back to school.

TWO drivers have been arrested after separate crashes.

The compassion of the people of York has once again been extraordinary in response to the tragedy of Afghanistan.

WE asked to see photos of the largest sunflowers in York - and Press reader Sarah D'Elia throw us a curve ball with this photo of her TINY plants.

A BUSINESS that was born in a barn in rural North Yorkshire more than 20 years ago has grown to become an international online bra specialist retailer.

CAN you keep a secret? Better still, can you photograph a secret?

HEALTHCARE staff have been praised for improving mental health care in two York hospital wards.

CHANGE is afoot for thousands of children across York, North and East Yorkshire involved in a large schools merger.

A MUCH-LOVED York couple are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary today.

THE oldest horticultural society in the world will hold its first show in nearly two years in a village near York later this month.

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of tech will be hidden in York tomorrow to mark an online retailer's 25th anniversary.

A DAILY banana is what one York resident puts her longevity down to as she turns 105.

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

A CONVENIENCE store suddenly closed in York today.

FAMILIES in Yorkshire may be eligible for 'Tax-Free Childcare' to help pay for breakfast and after school clubs as children go back to school.

SCORES of children from across the York area have taken part in a summer dance school in the countryside.

THE number of Covid-19 patients being treated at North Yorkshire hospitals has dropped over the last week.

YORK’S food and drink festival is returning to the city centre for 10 days.

A YORK drinks company has been chosen to help kick off a national campaign to celebrate the role of small businesses.

The financial needs of business owners often differ from employed individuals. In employment, a company handles everything: health insurance, tax payments, retirement plans and more. When you quit a career to start your own company, everything change...

It isn’t just the size of the egg that matters (Egg-stream Disinformation, Letters August 31). Freshness matters too.

A PERSON had to be cut out of their vehicle after a three-car crash.

A YORK firm judged to be ‘head and shoulders’ above its peers has been crowned Independent Firm of the Year.

I have read in the media that some cities in the UK and EU are experimenting with abolishing traffic lights and instead clearly signing that drivers should approach junctions with great care and alternate with other vehicles through the junction.