FRANCES Luck thought her 21-month wait for surgery was finally over as she walked towards an operating theatre at York Hospital last Tuesday.

A THEATRE in York is set to host a concert celebrating 70 years of pop music this weekend.

A POPULAR East Yorkshire venue has announced it will be opening fully for the summer this weekend.

Jonathan Bonner (Letters, March 19) can attack me as much as he likes, but it doesn’t alter the fact that Spark is fundamentally wrong and should never have been granted planning permission let alone taxpayer subsidies.

Good old Boris, ever alert for opportunities to put his foot in it - this time by comparing the vote for Brexit with the struggle for freedom in Ukraine.

Firefighters were called in to a fire at a playground in Foxwood, York.

THE future of a £14 million multi-storey car park at St George’s Field looks to be in doubt now that the council’s deputy leader Andy D’Agorne has spoken out against it.

RAIL passengers arriving in York will now be offered the option to hop on an e-scooter or e-bike to finish the final leg of their journey.

A £3.4 MILLION scheme to strengthen flood defences in a York village – aimed at better protecting almost 200 properties – has been completed.

YORK Minster and St Peter’s School York are searching for a school girl to audition for the world famous Choir of York Minster.

Many thanks to the kind person who handed in my wallet, which I left on the No.1 bus from Acomb on Tuesday morning. I was gratefully relieved to reclaim it later in the day.

Asda has announced that it will offer Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK a guaranteed job interview.

Musharaf Asghar paid tribute to his teacher Mr Burton for helping him to overcome his stammer as he graduated from university

The plane, involved in the country’s worst air disaster in a decade, crashed with 132 people on board.

The two main leads of the BBC series Time won't be returning for the second instalment of the programme.

A MUM has raised more than £3,600 to thank a York charity for the help it has given her daughter in learning to speak for the first time.

All of Newsquest's titles across the UK are united in our efforts to support the people of Ukraine and we have raised more than £10,000 already.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has rocketed to a new record.

TWO men have been arrested following an attack on a security guard inside the Sanctuary nightclub on St Nicholas Street in Scarborough.

YORK’S tourism body has said it does not want to borrow any more money from the council and wants to become commercially viable within three years.

York firefighters were called to tackle a Wigginton washing machine fire.

A WEDDING venue near York has been named the best in the UK.

German Doner Kebab restaurant now open on Piccadilly, York city centre.

The number of rough sleepers in York has declined for the fourth year running, according to City of York council and the Government.

PERFORMERS from York St John University have staged a play for schoolchildren aimed at preventing them getting involved in domestic violence when they become adults.

Tockwith, North Yorkshire village near Harrogate, has raised over £11,000 on Go Fund Me for Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

North Yorkshire Police have issued CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following the theft of a customer's iPhone in McDonald's in Scarborough town centre.

A COLLECTION of tiny artworks amassed by a woman from York is set to fetch thousands of pounds at auction.

TEMPERATURES are set to soar to 18C in York later this week - warmer than Barcelona, Istanbul or Nice.

Rishi Sunak is reportedly gearing up to slash fuel duty in his spring statement

Tougher limits are coming in for drivers when using mobile phones at the wheel.

YORK is set to adopt Lviv as a sister city in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people as their country continues to come under heavy attack by the Russian army.

Harrogate police want help to try and identify a man who is alleged to have withdrawn hundreds of pounds using stolen bank cards.

THE transport boss for Harrogate says he is “confident” that the town will still be able to trial a park and ride service and get dozens more electric buses despite government funding cuts.

POLICE are searching for a man who threatened teenagers with a knife in Newmarket Street, Skipton.

The team at Ray Chapman Motors in Malton have been awarded the Regional Retailer of the Year award by Volvo Car UK for the second year running.

YORK'S National Railway Museum has received its biggest ever single donation - £2.5 million,which will help fund a new interactive, family gallery called Wonderlab.

CONCERNS have been raised about the risk to heritage from 'jostling delivery vans in the heart of the city' after a driver hit one of the most photographed street lights in York.

THE Joseph Rowntree Trust has applied to build more homes in New Earswick.

WORRIED customers have been phoning funeral directors in York over reforms which, they fear, could see people getting caught out.

A POPULAR  burger restaurant in York seeks to make outside dining more permanent.

A VILLAGER has raised more than £5,000 for suffering Ukrainian children by walking for 24 hours around his village - undeterred when he collapsed with chest pains part way through his odyssey.

Monk Fryston CE primary school near Selby is removing existing fossil fuel gas boilers to install a greener ground source heat pump.

TESCO is looking to open a Tesco Express in the former Wackers fish and chip restaurant in Gillygate, York.

Here's your chance to live as the Bridgertons do. See the best Bridgerton-style properties on the market in the UK right now.

Eggs sold in shops will be classified as “barn eggs” rather than free-range

A LEADING York firm which counts Emeli Sande and Katie Melua among its clients has acquired a London-based rival for an undisclosed sum.

A LAMPPOST in historic Minster Gates, York, has been destroyed after it was hit by a vehicle.

A SPORTS chain is eyeing a move into the former Debenhams store at the Monks Cross shopping centre.

New York brand Champion has opened as new shop at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet, York.