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An £18.5 million shortfall in the funding needed to complete improvements to the front of York Station has been caused by delays, inflation, contracts and design changes, councillors have heard.
City of York Council’s City Development Director Garry Taylor told councillors changes making the scheme comply with accessibility standards cost £2 million to £3 million while construction inflation was running at 35 per cent.
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A drink and drug driver has been banned from the roads after crashing his BMW into a parked car in a residential York street.
Timothy Jason Starkie was over the legal alcohol limit and “well over” the prescribed limit for cocaine and cannabis when the crash happened in Tang Hall Lane on Sunday, January 5, North Yorkshire Police said.
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'OFFENSIVE symbols' have been scratched onto vehicles overnight in a vandalism spree in a York suburb.
North Yorkshire Police said several parked vehicles were damaged in the Clifton area overnight from Saturday, June 7 into the following morning.
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Plans for the major expansion of a town north of York have been recommended for approval - despite nearly 350 letters objecting to the scheme.
A 2023 application for outline planning permission to City of York Council from Barratt and David Wilson Homes
Community News
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Conservation project on part of York’s medieval walls
Conservation works on part of York’s medieval walls are due to start next week.
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York Goes Retro: The Actual Reality Arcade Takes Over Parliament Street This July
Get ready, gamers! York BID is levelling up summer in the city with a completely free and wildly interactive event – The Actual Reality Arcade – landing on Parliament Street this July.
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Commemorative service to mark women’s war memorial centenary at York Minster
On Tuesday 24 June, York Minster will mark the 100th anniversary of the rededication of the Five Sisters Window as a memorial to women who died in the First World War.
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International medical technology company praises council support
An international medical technology company which has made York its UK base has praised the business support available in the city.
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York leaders welcome government plans to extend free school meals to more children
City of York Council leaders are highlighting the positive impact of the city’s free school meals pilots, following the government’s announcement [5 June] that it will extend free school meals to children in households receiving Universal Credit from September 2026.
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York Minster goes for Eco Gold – and succeeds!
On World Environment Day (Thursday 5 June), York Minster has announced that it has received a Gold Eco Church Award.
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More than £32 million to resurface roads and build new cycle lanes in the North East and Yorkshire as region hosts UK’s largest women’s cycling race
An extra £20m boost will improve roads across the North East and Yorkshire – part of an additional £500m to tackle potholes nationwide.
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Your chance to try simpler train tickets in Yorkshire this September
Digital ticketing trials will start from the end of the summer across Harrogate, Leeds, Doncaster, Barnsley and Sheffield
Podcasts & Interviews
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Episode 11 - END OF YEAR TWO
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LET ME CALL MY MANAGER
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JONATHAN COWAP'S MORNING EDITION
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Episode 10 - BOWEL AND BLADDER PROBLEMS