FIRE CREWS from across North Yorshire have been battling all night to contain a fire at a North Yorkshire beauty spot.

TRAFFIC REMINDER: Gillygate is closed between Bootham and Portland Street this morning while swer maintenance works are carried out.

'Stop Uber in York - we should support local taxi drivers instead' - letter

Bowls club demolition plan: 'Joseph Rowntree will be spinning in his grave' - says our letter writer

Why Tony is running more than 500 miles to mark his 70th birthday

DID you go to St Lawrence’s Junior School in the mid '50s and '60s?

WHO remembers when this corner of York’s city centre looked like this?

A report has warned that a major North Yorkshire convention centre will suffer huge losses of £250 million unless a major redevelopment is carried out.

YORK bus users have welcomed planned improvements to the service – but fear cuts to services may still be on the way.

Grosvenor Road in Clifton in York will close for more than a month outside the former Bootham Crescent football ground.

DO you have room in your home and your heart for a trio of 11-week-old kittens?

There are few things to look out for in tyres when setting out in very hot temperatures.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will call for the price-cap freeze in a speech tomorrow

The latest drama on the BBC takes a look at a married couple struggling to deal with changes in their lives

POPULAR pub managers Sarah Walmsley and Phil Roper will be calling ‘time’ for the last time at their York pub on Monday.

This is all that was left of a combine harvester that caught fire in a field near Bulmer yesterday.

Four drivers and car owners are facing large bills after they failed to respond to court summons and were convicted in their absence.

Police, fire and other emergency and rescue services were out in force in Coney Street today.

A 77-year-old man who was injured when a car collided with him in a supermarket car park has died.

A pilot and his passenger walked away unhurt after crash landing when the propeller fell off their light aircraft 450 feet up in the air.

YORK Rescue Boat volunteers teamed up with emergency services to save a man who fell into the River Foss last night.

YORK is now thought to be at risk of thunder, lightning, flash floods and strong winds on both Monday AND Tuesday.

A man was pulled from the River Wharfe in Tadcaster by passers-by this afternoon

POLICE investigating a collision in Harrogate yesterday between a car and a bicycle which left the cyclist seriously injured have traced a potential witness.

PEOPLE enjoying the sunshine in Heworth's Glen Gardens today were taken by surprise when the air ambulance landed in the park.

Train operator LNER managed to keep a skeleton schedule of trains running along the East Coast mainline through York today as train drivers belonging to the ASLEF trade union staged a strike.

York City travel to Kent to take on Maidstone United in their second game of the Vanarama National League season. Can York make it six points from two matches? Live updates from 3pm.

A number of sectors will be affected in August as workers stage walk-outs set to affect Brits.

DO YOU care about the state of York's buses?

LAND Rovers, Jaguars and BMWs were stolen in the Pocklington area, stripped down and the parts sold and shipped overseas. Humberside Police said

YORK punk rocker Stevie Ze Suicide says he likes to shock people - and his latest hairdo is sure to do that... although whether he can actually see anyone's reaction might be open to doubt.

North Yorkshire Fire Service has warned of the danger of fires breaking out over the weekend in tinder-dry farmland areas.

FIREFIGHTERS raced to reports of a fire in a field near Askham Lane just before 9.30pm last night - only to find a householder had already taken things into their own hands.

POLICE are pleading with people NOT to jump off bridges into the water in an attempt to cool off.

NOMINATIONS are coming in for a share of our £16,000 giveaway to local charities - including a group which offers "a lifeline for anyone with breast cancer"

CONGRATULATIONS to same sex couple Alessandro & Ryan Merchant-Russo who have tied the knot at the Principal hotel in York - photos

Best places for afternoon tea in York? Try these 5 spots

Country Walk: Redmire and Bolton Castle, a short walk

WE asked readers: "Where was your favourite place to go in York as a kid?". From Londons toy shop to Waterworld - here are 20 things we loved to do growing up in York

'York needs more GP surgeries, schools, and dentists - not more houses' - letter

City of York council and MP Rachael Maskell are urging York residents to vote for York as the Great British Railways HQ.

PLANS for 21 houses in a village west of York have been rejected by councillors because of the impact on the green belt.

PROFESSOR Mike Holmes, of primary healthcare provider Nimbuscare, says in his weekly column for The Press that he hopes York's autumn Covid and flu vaccination programme can begin in September - although it depends on vaccine supplies.

A NEW service is being launched in York to help overweight people shed pounds and become healthier.

The UK is braced for days of extreme temperatures in the latest heatwave, as millions more people face a hosepipe ban in the coming weeks.

COMMUTING from North to West Yorkshire in 1995, I remember the convoys of tankers on the A64, ferrying water from one county to another.

Thunderstorms are expected in North Yorkshire for Tuesday, August 16

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti, winners of this year’s Love Island series, have announced they will have their own TV show which will see them go on road trips to their home countries.

Helen Skelton has been revealed as the 15th celebrity contestant to take part in Strictly Come Dancing this year.

Nine rail companies are striking through Aslef on Saturday, August 13