A VAN and a car have crashed on a major commuter route into York during this morning's rush hour.

Firefighters are tackling a fire in a property off Micklegate in York.

POLICE are urgently appealing for help to trace Connor Macdonald, 23, who went missing from his home in the Leeming Bar area on Monday.

YORK and Scarborough hospitals are now treating more Covid patients than at any other time during the pandemic - and ten more such inpatients have now died.

Fleeing, fighting or freezing in basements across Ukraine is the new reality for millions of our European friends.

A NEW festival event celebrating the ever-growing ‘vanlife’ community is coming to York for those who love 'life on the road'.

THE end of an era is approaching for Spark:York. We look back at its colourful history - with photos.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after a police car was damaged in Beverley, East Yorkshire.

THIS is one part of York that has changed considerably over the years - and yet is still instantly recognisable today.

A SPECIALIST stone worktop company dating back almost 100 years has launched its first showroom at its headquarters near York.

TWINS from a school in York, who have always studied together, have been offered places at the rival elite Oxford and Cambridge universities - the top two in the country.

A CAMPAIGN is underway across North Yorkshire to encourage more families to take up school meals as an affordable and healthy way to feed their children.

HARROGATE library is to close for two weeks as North Yorkshire County Council carried our a major maintenance programme across its three floors.

A MAN has been arrested after a police incident involving a man with a sword in Tang Hall Lane in York.

THERE are reports that armed police were called in after an incident in Tang Hall, York.

A MAN from Knaresborough is one of two men who have been charged with the murder of a man in Withernsea, East Yorkshire.

A PRIMARY school in a village south of York where a third of children are persistently absent could close next year if an academy sponsor cannot be found.

A FIRM has applied for a scoping opinion for a new 'Garden Village', including more than 1,700 new homes and a new primary school, with councillors in York.

Dozens of York people have registered their readiness to support refugees arriving from war-torn Ukraine.

A MAN convicted of sex offences abroad and a man who started a police investigation into a crime that never happened were among cases heard recently by North Yorkshire magistrates.

North Yorkshire music festival, Crawfest, is on for a second year in memory of Yorkshire Air Ambulance worker who passed away from Covid-19.

POLICE are searching for a York man wanted on recall to prison.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has increased by 20 - and more cases continue to be recorded in the area.

A WOMAN who twice tried to prevent police discovering if she had been driving under the influence of drink or drugs has been disqualified from driving for three years.

A MAN and a woman have been arrested after police executed a drugs warrant in York - acting on information officers were given by the public.

York Theatre Royal's pantomime Cinderella has been nominated for two awards in the UK Pantomime Association's The Pantomime Awards 2022.

A NORTH Yorkshire man is donating 255 bottles of Glen Moray whisky to two Falklands charities in memory of the 255 British Task Force members killed in the 1982 war against Argentina.

DRIVERS are facing up to 10 weeks of inconvenience on one of York's busiest commuter routes - as work is carried out on creating a better cycle route for students.

SOCIAL care staff and wider partners across North Yorkshire will take time to pause and reflect on Thursday to remember those who have died or lost loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A YORK MP has backed a plan for more than 1,700 new homes in the city - saying residents "desperately" need them.

COUNCILLORS in York have moved quickly to dismiss the "foolhardy" plan for the new garden village in the city - creating more than 1,700 homes.

THE sign is quite clear: "LOW BRIDGE," it states. In bold letters.

TEN more deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

B&M has opened a new shop in Seamer Road, Scarborough, creating 26 jobs.

BUSINESS figures across York and North Yorkshire are calling for a rise in interest rates.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service's Interim Chief Fire Officer has announced his retirement after 39 years of service in York and North Yorkshire

AN appeal has gone out after a bike was stolen in Blake Street in York city centre.

A NEST of baby bunnies have been rescued after being found by builders in a big bag of sand.

Whether wine, gin, or even whisky we've all the subscription boxes you should try.

England’s chief medical officer joined health experts in North Yorkshire to see how the community is recovering from the Covid pandemic.

ATG Tickets is extending its 2 for 1 tickets offer into April at participating shows thanks to the National Lottery.

A NORTH Yorkshire-based author has been using her work to educate young people on looking after the environment and plastic pollution.

ONE hundred residents joined the first four public tree planting events taking place at York Community Woodland, helping bring to total of trees to 3,000.

A YORK-BASED foundation has given a cash boost to a gender equality charity to back its "ground-breaking" research.

A YORK MP is urging older people in the city to apply for pension credit - as the Government has updated its guidance.

It seems that at long last a new railway station for Haxby may be on the horizon - but in a location that seems rather illogical.

A RENOWNED bagpipe band, who have reached "incredible heights" in their career, are preparing for a show in North Yorkshire.

We seem to have a very vocal number of people opposed to the new St George’s Field car park (‘Eyesore’ car park decision delayed as hundreds sign petition, March 10).

YOUNG readers at Northallerton library are in for a surprise following a full refurbishment of the children’s area as well as £3,000 worth of new books.

Firefighters rescue girl from swing in Foxwood, York.