THE mayor of York and North Yorkshire David Skaith has started work to tackle traffic congestion around hospitals.

A WARNING has been issued to residents after a spate of '2-in-1' burglaries in the west of York.

A SCARBOROUGH resident is appealing the council’s refusal of his retrospective application to cut down a large tree outside a residential property.

The cause of a house fire on a main road in Ripon attended by three North Yorkshire firefighting crews is being investigated.

Ex-pat Joshua Bolton lists his reasons why life in Norway is better than in York and the UK

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A teenage girl has been harassed in separate incidents in a shop in December and January.

A naked man exposed himself to a woman on a path close to a busy park and ride and a college in York.

Here are the latest public notices announced across York this week.

Rock, blues and jazz singer Elkie Brooks is set to perform in Harrogate this summer.

Charities Parkinson’s UK and the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) have formed a new partnership to improve access to tailored yoga sessions.

The new 36 members of the York and North Yorkshire Youth Commission met for their first in-person meeting of the year at the Priory Street Centre.

Criminally Good Books in York has been shortlisted for a major industry award.

Broadway 50/50 has been named as a finalist in The Press’ Best Hairdresser competition.

Goddards Gardens in York, the former home of the Terry family, will reopen on March 1 and will welcome visitors every weekend.

York Civic Trust has announced Our Place: Acomb and Westfield to help residents celebrate the history of their neighbourhoods.

An East Yorkshire couple who have been married for 66 years have reflected on a lifetime of love.

Yorkshire Garden Centres has raised more than £75,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice in Wetherby, surpassing its fundraising target

Busy Bees nurseries in York are taking part in the ‘Get the Reading Buzz’ pledge, which aims to reignite a love of reading.

More than 60 events have been announced in this year’s York International Women’s Week.

City of York Council Liberal Democrats have said £150,000 would get Dial & Ride restarted but Labour have said a long-term solution is needed.

The Grand Babylon Hotel will run at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre (SJT) from March 18 to 21.

North Yorkshire housebuilder, Barratt Homes, has donated power washers to help volunteers maintain Huntington Cemetery.

A total of 27 organisations came out to support Pocklington’s inaugural Town Culture Bid 2028 meeting, held at the town’s arts centre studio.

Sensory kits designed to support people with learning disabilities have been donated to an emergency department at Harrogate District Hospital.

Our readers are suggesting ways to reduce traffic jams at York Hospital

Labour regional mayor for North Yorkshire David Skaith on future of health care

A rare set of 18th and early 19th-century handbills of race meets across Yorkshire is set to go under the hammer.

TWO lorries are currently stranded on a main route in North Yorkshire.

DRIVERS in York are being warned about the next phase of roadworks in Scarcroft Road, which form part of a major project.

York Rescue Boat said a person was reported in the water in the River Ouse this morning (February 18).

CELEBRATIONS are underway at New Earswick Boxing (KO) for Kindness following a £50,000 cash injection.

FORMER York Press journalist, Robert Beaumont, has spoken of his pride about his great aunt, who fought for women to get the right to vote, is being honoured.

A company has been convicted over the death of its employee after a ride-on mower whose safety feature had been removed fell into a North Yorkshire village pond.

Why this North Yorkshire spa town less than an hour away from York has been crowned among the world's most welcoming places by Booking.com

PLANS for a tourism levy must be fair and ringfenced in order to work, a leading hospitality organisation in Scarborough has said.

UK inflation has dropped to 3%. Here’s what it means for mortgage rates, savings accounts and the chances of a Bank of England rate cut.

York man Jake Bamber has denied a non-fatal suffocation of a young woman by repeatedly holding her head under water.

Comments from Hospitality Association York (HAY) follow a national consultation into proposals for visitor levies.

Six teens have been arrested in connection with a burglary during which raiders stole car keys and a car.

Reality TV show winner and West End star Lee Mead will lead the cast of Barnum: The Circus Musical at the Grand Opera House, York.

The popular Thor’s Tipi is hoping to become an annual summer feature in Parliament Street in the centre of York.

A derelict North Yorkshire pub which is being returned to life with the help of a television series has reached it's investment target with support from all over the world.

A DATE of an upcoming North Yorkshire by-election has been announced.

York Hospital's traffic situation has been made worse by lunatic anti-car policies of City of York Council," says our letter writer.

North Yorkshire Police are reporting that a light aircraft has crashed in the Masham area. Emergency services said the pilot - believed to be the sole occupant - has been transported to hospital with serious injuries.

POLICE are hunting the culprit after a vehicle was deliberately damaged in a village near York.

Harrogate’s largest 15 hotels have voted in a ballot against a proposed £2-a-night tourist tax in the town.

The University of York is facing potential legal action for disrupted teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Tadcaster-based steelwork manufacturing and coded welding specialist Tadweld says it is on track for its strongest year to date.