EMERGENCY services are searching for a missing person in York.

YORK’S Omicron wave looks to have finally peaked after record numbers of students and children caught the virus - but thousands of residents are predicted to suffer Long Covid in its wake.

A CAT rescue charity in York is offering low-cost neutering for just £10.

A SECOND soldier from a North Yorkshire garrison has died.

A MULTI-MILLION pound programme of cycleways and walkways is set to be approved by councillors next week.

A MAN who drove his work’s van while drinking champagne and calling his friends has been jailed for eight months.

YORK City football club is asking fans past and present to help it come up with suggestions for names for the four apartment blocks which are to be built on its former Bootham Crescent ground.

EMERGENCY services were called in after two vehicles were involved in a crash.

IT takes courage and faith to open a new business in these stricken times - especially in a sector that has been impacted hugely by the national lockdowns.

HOW adorable is this photo of tiny Archie William Tansey - photographed at just three hours old!

Around 100 'Lions ', including some from as far afield as Germany, gathered in Easingwold at the weekend.

ENTRIES for a popular charity event returning to York have opened.

A YORK childminder seeks to turn his home-based business into a ‘childcare on domestic premises’ operation.

The Black Horse in Wigginton prides itself on being a 'pub for everyone'. Here, publican James Wright tells us what makes it special...

FARMLAND on the edge of York could be used to store electricity.

YORK will change “in the blink of an eye” if councillors do not have a proper plan for what the city should look like in the coming years, a meeting heard.

THE fire service in North Yorkshire is facing having to borrow at least £25 million.

YOUNG people across the East Riding will go to the polls this week to elect two representatives to sit on the UK Youth Parliament.

PEOPLE across North Yorkshire have a chance to honour volunteers who make a real difference in their community and to nominate their unsung heroes for an award.

Carr defended his joke in a gig at Whitley Bay.

See hints and today's answer.

A SOLDIER has died at an army base.

THE amount of extra council tax which residents will have to pay to fund police and fire services in the coming financial year in York and North Yorkshire has been set.

THREE vehicles have been involved in a crash in York.

A TALENTED team of young dancers have just qualified for Team England.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has dropped by more than 30 - but more cases continue to be recorded in the area.

MORE than 3,500 York residents are set to develop Long Covid in the three months to the end of March, according to a computer model.

POLICE are appealing for information after an incident where three men were arrested in York city centre.

SEVERAL parked cars have been damaged in a North Yorkshire town - and police have launched an investigation.

ALMOST 600 York schoolchildren contracted Covid in the last week of January, new figures have revealed.

PARENTS and young people are being asked for their views on proposals to turn a residential special school with falling numbers into a co-education day school.

THE deadly Delta variant of Covid has almost disappeared in York following the rise of Omicron.

A BOXING legend joined a bus firm's knock-out celebration of employees who kept the wheels turning during the pandemic.

The worst of the weather is anticipated to hit at the back end of this week and leading into next.

HUNDREDS of people gathered in York to watch the 21 gun salute to celebrate the Queen's 70th year on the throne.

POLICE have issued a CCTV image of a man they need to trace in connection with a suspected theft.

CITY of York Council has been told to pay £10,000 in costs and formally apologise after a mix-up over a man’s care funding.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen.

A CHARITY challenge that encourages people to get fitter while raising money for York Hospital returns this month.

A MAN has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car on a major road in North Yorkshire.

BUSINESSES hit by Omicron may be in line for support as City of York Council opens a new round of funding.

A NEW contractor has taken over a North Yorkshire development which will feature a cinema, restaurants and civic square.

DEFRA has uncovered the cause of dead crabs and lobsters found washed up on the North East last year.

EMERGENCY works are causing traffic problems on a major road.

POLICE have released CCTV footage of a person they would like to speak to in connection with a robbery in York.

A MAN was taken to hospital with swelling and bruising to his face after an assault in York last month - and another man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

RESTORATION work of York Guildhall is reaching the final stages - including the installation of 21st century carbon-cutting heating.

It’s no secret that the natural world is hugely beneficial to our mental and physical health.

I AGREE with a recent letter in York Press from Matthew Laverack.

A ROAD through North Yorkshire was closed for about three hours this morning after a crash.