THIS year's empty coastal resorts could lead to changes in gull behaviour. With no tourists, and catering facilities closed on the east coast, herring gulls don't have their usual access to fish and chips and scraps dropped by humans on beaches
TWO further cases of coronavirus were confirmed today in the City of York Council area, taking the total so far to 444. This is the second day running that the city has seen two new cases. The number of confirmed cases in the North Yorkshire
RELEGATION across the English Football League (EFL) is "integral" to the integrity of the competition, the league's board has said. The framework laid out by the EFL, which has still yet to be voted on, appears to dent League Two's plans to curtail
A SCHEME piloted in North Yorkshire to stop offenders drinking alcohol is to be rolled out across the country. From this winter, courts nationwide will be able to order defendants to wear a "sobriety" ankle tag which will detect if they have drunk
FARMERS in the Vale of York and East Riding are confident they have enough labour to bring in the harvest. Unlike the big fruit and vegetable growing areas of the country such as Kent and East Anglia, Yorkshire tends to grow crops that do not require
A RENEWABLES firm has donated 10,000 face masks to the NHS. Scarborough-based Mainprize Offshore Ltd which supplies to the European offshore renewables industry has given 10,000 safety approved masks to frontline workers during the COVID-19 outbreak
ANOTHER patient with coronavirus has died at York Hospital. The fatality takes the total number of Covid-19-related deaths at the hospital to 118. The other hospital run by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough Hospital,
POLICE have issued a warning about illegal drugs after the death of a 14-year-old girl. North Yorkshire Police were called by the ambulance service to a report that a girl had become unwell at an address in Scarborough, at about 4pm on Wednesday
A MAN has been arrested after a drugs raid on a house in a North Yorkshire village. North Yorkshire Police executed a warrant on a property in Byram near Selby yesterday (Wednesday, May 20). After conducting a search of the house, an amount of
A PIONEERING new mental health and wellbeing project has been launched to support York primary care healthcare workers as they cope with the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. #YorCareSpace is being launched as part of Mental Health Awareness
A YORK woman who has been paralysed from the waist down since birth has set up lockdown workout videos for wheelchair users. Ella Beaumont, 25, who has been in a wheelchair since birth, has now launched her own Wheelchair Workouts YouTube Channel
YORK-based insurer Aviva expects to pay £160 million of claims related to the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of the COVID-19 claims will be in business interruption, commercial lines and travel insurance. The news highlights how the government
PUPILS at a North Yorkshire school got to design a dress fit for a queen in a competition with a star judge. Year 7 students at Barlby High School were tasked by history teacher, Louise Fillingham, to create a dress fit for a queen as part of their
TWO book fairs have joined forces to ensure that book lovers don't miss out because of the pandemic. The York National Book Fair scheduled for September 2020 has been moved to January 15 and 16 when it will be combined with the 2021 York One-Day
A HEADTEACHER and former schools inspector is among four people who have been appointed Deputy Lieutenants in North Yorkshire. Isobel Nixon will join more than 40 other Deputy Lieutenants and assist the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire Johanna
THE Lord Mayor of York, Cllr Janet Looker, is to stay in office for a second year running in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. It is the first time since 1933-35, when Herbert Edward Harrowell was Lord Mayor, that a Lord Mayor will serve a term
HERE are the death notices carried in The Press, on Thursday, May 21. CLAYTON Brendan Age 77, peacefully after a long illness. Much loved husband of Marion, devoted father to Ashley and Emma. A kind, friendly, funny man who will be greatly missed
A HOTEL chain with four York properties, has revealed plans to raise £1 billion through a rights issue, as the vast majority of its hotels and all its restaurants remain shut in the face of coronavirus. Premier Inn owner Whitbread has said it has
Arts event of the week ahead and beyond: Alan Ayckbourn’s Anno Domino, online from May 25 to June 25 WHEN the Coronavirus pandemic meant Truth Will Out would not be out this summer at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre, Alan Ayckbourn responded
YORK Heroes artist Sue Clayton is participating in the nationwide #portraitsfornhsheroes initiative. Her subject is Rachel Beal, a “vibrant, young, positive” nurse in charge of a Covid-19 ward in Rotherham, who Sue has never met but was struck by
York council chiefs need an extra £24m on top of the £10m already received from Government to weather the pandemic. This is not an insignificant sum. Therefore, does the council leader not feel it is his duty to explain to ratepayers not only why this
I lived in Leeds for many years and as a motorist was inconvenienced by the introduction of the pedestrianisation of some sections of the city. However, Leeds is now a very nice place to visit with seating areas outside shops and other street furniture
LIKE Ed Sheeran, Les Mis and Killing Eve, I think Normal People is one of those things that everyone adores - except me. A friend gave me the book - one of those cherished reads you want to pass on to others - and I thought I’d love it. By the time
FIRE crews were called out to a blaze in a York suburb yesterday evening. At about 5.30pm last night North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue were called to Danebury Drive in Acomb after reports of a house fire. Both Acomb crews attended and on arrival
A COW had a lucky escape after it got stuck in mud on a river bank in North Yorkshire. The animal got stuck three metres down an embankment in the village of Newland near Selby and was unable to free itself from the mud. The fire brigade sent
A MAJOR airline has said it will resume passenger flights next month. EasyJet will resume flights from a number of UK airports from June 15. The low-cost carrier announced it will restart flights on mainly domestic routes between 22 European
A POPULAR cafe has reopened with a new layout in order to feed its faithful customers throughout the lockdown measures caused by Covid-19. No3 Cafe, in Heworth, York, has now reopened and is operating as a deli and a takeaway food service.
YORKSHIRE'S tourism industry will work together to promote the region to visitors as the country emerges from lockdown. Welcome to Yorkshire has brought together local authorities, businesses and organisations to work on a tourism recovery plan
A NEW safety quality mark could be introduced for tourist attractions and businesses as the industry emerges from lockdown. Tourism bosses are also calling for an extra bank holiday this year - and for planning rules to be relaxed so that food and
A MOTHER has spoken of her heartache after her 14-year-old son suffered life-changing injuries that left him wheelchair-bound. Vicky Broadhead, from York, has been at the bedside of her son, Leo Pearson, for the last 12 months after he suffered
TOURISTS from other countries may not be returning to York any time soon - a tourism body meeting has heard. And a marketing campaign to attract British visitors to the city will be launched to try to boost tourism after the lockdown. Confidence
POPULAR head of marketing at York's tourist body, Paul Whiting, has left the organisation. Mr Whiting confirmed he no longer works for Make It York, the city's tourism and business organisation, in a tweet on Tuesday. Mr Whiting - who began
YORK is one of 14 parts of the country where the spread of coronavirus is accelerating and lockdown restrictions should be increased in the city - according to a major study. The report, by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, says a live
PARENTS will not be fined if they choose not to send their children back to schools in York next month, council chiefs have confirmed. And City of York Council says that primary schools and some secondary schools in the city are issuing surveys
