DEAN'S Park reopens to the public today. The green oasis of calm on the north side of York Minster has been shut since the coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March. A Minster spokeswoman said the popular green space will be open daily from
THERE have been no new coronavirus cases confirmed in the York area, for the second successive day. Figures released today (Sunday) by Public Health England show that the number of confirmed cases in the City of York Council area remains at 456
ARMED police were involved in a search for a suspect in the New Earswick area of York after an incident in Ryedale. The incident happened in Norton, near Malton, at around 1.30pm on Saturday, when a 20-year-old man was threatened by a man in a
AN 82-YEAR-OLD man has died after he was attacked by a herd of cows in North Yorkshire, police said. The man and his wife were walking at Ivescar, near Ingleton, when the incident happened at around 1.45pm on Saturday, North Yorkshire Police said
The Government has revised its plans to reopen schools 41 times since May 12 because of errors in judgment, an education union leader has claimed. Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), has added to calls for
The Government is to set out full guidance on how the 2.2 million extremely vulnerable people shielding from coronavirus can safely venture out for the first time in months from Monday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised their resilience as he
FOUR more patients with coronavirus have died at hospitals within the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. NHS England said that the total number of Covid-19 related fatalities within the trust is now 210. The trust includes York Hospital
A MAN from near York has completed an epic tyre flipping challenge to raise money for York Foodbank. Andrew Gray, who lives in Shipton by Beningbrough, set himself the task of flipping a large tyre over a 5km distance, from Skelton into York city
A YORK man has undergone potentially sight-saving surgery after an optometrist at a Specsavers branch in York helped identify signs of a serious condition. While the store is currently only open for essential and urgent services during the Covid
A YORK resident has criticised those who left behind this rubbish on a river bank near the Ouse. The picture of litter strewn across the riverside spot close to St Barnabas Primary School was taken on Saturday morning. The resident, who does
RESIDENTS in York and across the region looked out of their windows and stood in their gardens to try and catch a glimpse of the SpaceX rocket and International Space Station (ISS) last night. SpaceX has made history by becoming the first private
THE Government is to set out full guidance on how the 2.2 million extremely vulnerable people shielding from coronavirus can safely venture out for the first time in months from Monday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised their resilience as he
AS a stalwart of the supermini club, the Toyota Yaris has become increasingly important for the Japanese manufacturer. A great deal of time and money has been lavished on improving the design quality and performance to widen its appeal to discerning
AN ARTIST with a city centre gallery has used the lockdown period to create a new piece of work in honour of the NHS. Mark Braithwaite, who often sketches outside York’s St Michael Le Belfry Church in 'normal times', is raffling off prints of his
THE new Archbishop of York is to lead a review of the future of the Church of England’s 42 dioceses as the coronavirus crisis continues to leave church doors closed, with many services conducted online instead. Bishop Stephen Cottrell, who will
THE CPS is to drop a charge against a motorcyclist accused of injuring a girl in a hit and run last summer. The 12-year-old schoolgirl was a pedestrian on Low Poppleton Lane, west York, in the late afternoon of June 12 last year when she and a
HERE are 17 New Earswick photos from The Press archives, dating back to 1950. Take a virtual walk around the streets of the Rowntree garden village on the outskirts of York and see how it looked in years gone by.
THIS year’s Asda Foundation York 10K has been called off - the latest victim of the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of runners from across the country had been due to pound the city’s streets on Sunday August 2. But organisers have announced
