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Waiting times are increasing at York and Scarborough hospital emergency departments with almost 20 per cent of people waiting more than 12 hours before being seen.
The figure was presented in a monthly report to the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s board of directors on Wednesday, November 29.
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Inconsistent leadership did not always support high-quality care at a council-run care home in York, a report says.
Flaxman Avenue care home, a short-break support service providing personal care to two people at the time of an inspection in October, was rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on November 25.
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A £3.9 billion Government cash boost is to bring faster train journeys to and from York.
The Government has today (Monday, December 4) pledged the amount to accelerate the Transpennine Route Upgrade between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.
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A York dog owner has been hit with a £6,500 vet bill after his cocker spaniel caught potentially lethal parvovirus.
Now Matthew Winship is warning other dog owners in the city to be on their guard against the serious illness.
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York experts says there is a critical need for action to reduce the impact of extreme weather on the health and wellbeing of older people.
Researchers, including a team in York, said that climate change and the increase in extreme weather events pose a “significant challenge” to the health and wellbeing of older people and warned there is now a pressing public health problem.
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EMERGENCY crews have been called in after a crash on a major road in York.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 5.44pm yesterday (November 27) after reports of a crash on the A64 Eastbound, near Copmanthorpe.
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The Met Office has issued parts of North Yorkshire with a yellow weather warning for snow and ice over the next few days.
It comes as icy patches and up to 3cm of snow is possible, which may lead to hazardous conditions from Tuesday evening (November 28) and overnight into Wednesday morning (November 29).
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A CONVICTED killer who mugged a young woman walking home at night near York city centre has been jailed for nearly four years.
Jordan Hipkins came up behind the woman on his bicycle as she tried to "power walk" away from him, said Rob Galley, prosecuting.
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New government funding for road repairs in York will cover just three per cent of the council’s highway budget, according to the councillor in charge of transport.
City of York Council will receive £360,000 this financial year to improve its roads, followed by a further £360,000 for the financial year beginning in 2024.
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SNOOKER players and fans have been evacuated from York Barbican as the UK Snooker Championship was delayed when a fire broke out.
Players, who had been minutes away from resuming first-round action, and fans were evacuated from the venue as alarms sounded and the fire brigade rushed to the scene last night (November 26).
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THE country's youngest MP is set to switch on the Christmas lights in a North Yorkshire Yorkshire village.
Following in the footsteps of actress Jean Alexander - better known as Coronation Street's Hilda Ogden - and the late BBC Look North presenter, Harry Gration, Selby's new MP Keir Mather, 25, will turn on the Christmas lights in Burn, just south of Selby.
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The owner of a XL bully dog, who punched a vet in the face and injured him, could be jailed.
Arbas Hamaz Hamid, 24, was among five people who descended on the vet’s surgery in north Acomb, said Kathryn Walters, prosecuting.
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A popular York café is under new ownership.
As The Press reported, FortyFive Vinyl Café, in Micklegate, was put on the market earlier this year as its owners Dom White and Dan Kentley bowed out after six years.
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Knife bins are to be installed across York and North Yorkshire in a bid to crackdown on crime.
The announcement follows the success of a pilot scheme in Harrogate where over 500 knives and bladed articles have been deposited since the start of the year.
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TWO men have been charged with drugs offences after being found in the attic of a house in a York suburb.
North Yorkshire Police say that on November 10, officers from the York Neighbourhood Policing Team received information about suspected drugs offences in Tang Hall.
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Services in York will be cut - and some may be stopped completely - as the city faces "some of the most significant challenges it has ever experienced".
City of York Council chiefs issued the warning after Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt issued his Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
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VISITORS to York in the run up to Christmas who fancy a tipple will soon be able to choose a unique alternative to the city’s traditional 'bricks and mortar' pubs.
City Cruises York, a sightseeing and dining cruising operator on the River Ouse, is launching a Boat Bar this weekend (November 25) at Lendal Bridge Landing, from 12pm to 8pm until December 23.
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Two robbers who used death and rape threats to force their victim to do what they wanted have been jailed.
Richard William George Webster, 30, and Sean Eoin Brown, 33, were part of a group of three that had been out drinking in York city centre, said Austin Newman, prosecuting at York Crown Court.
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MEET the new man in charge of a top York hotel.
Andy Barnsdale has been appointed general manager at Principal York, the city's grande dame hotel, nestled in the shadow of York Railway Station.
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THE owner of a cafe on the banks of the river Ouse in York has spoken of the weeks of uncertainty after recent flooding.
Ruth Richards, who has operated Tea By The Lock for the past two years said the phrase ‘sink or swim’ comes to mind when looking back on the disruption caused by the rising river levels
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More than 2,000 domestic abuse cases are recorded each year in York, according to a report.
York’s director of public health Sharon Stoltz presented a report on domestic abuse to the City of York Council’s executive member for health Cllr Jo Coles on Wednesday, November 15.
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A YORK actor and writer, who is set to star with Mark Gatiss and Kit Harington in this year’s BBC Christmas Ghost Story, will be reviving his Dickensian Ghost Stories here in the city this Christmas.
James Swanton – soon to be seen in Lot No. 249, this year’s BBC Christmas Ghost Story – will be reviving Ghost Stories for Christmas at York Medical Society in Stonegat
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AN empty shop on a popular street in York city centre is set to get a new lease of life in the New Year.
Criminally Good Books is set to open at 14, Colliergate in York in 2024.
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A YORK school has been named Primary School of Year in a national competition.
Haxby Road Primary Academy in York scooped the title at an awards ceremony in Manchester, with their assistant head Josh Hind also winning Hero of the Year.
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A YORK vegan restaurant has won a ‘Best of the Best’ award from online review website Tripadviser.
The Orchid Vegan on George Hudson Street, which opened in August 2020 in the early months of the Covid pandemic, has been earning rave online reviews.
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A POPULAR children’s attraction near York is all set for the arrival of Father Christmas.
William’s Den, in North Cave, near York, in East Yorkshire is owned and run by Tor and Christian Carver.
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YORK suffered from what one reader described as ‘gridlock’ today as the first Saturday of the Christmas market coincided with a visit to York by Hartlepool FC fans.
Reader Derek Ralphs said traffic jams in the city centre caused long queues of cars – and also led to buses getting delayed.
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Rory Johnson-Hatfield’s family are struggling.
His mum Liz described the daily wondering what has happened to her son.
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York-based biotech firm, Aptamer Group, has recorded further losses but it says it is taking action to return it to profitability.
Announcing its full year results for the year ending June 30, the listed company reported an adjusted EBITDA loss of £4.7million for the 12 months ended 30 June 2023, up from £1.7million in 2021/22.
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A VIOLENT drug dealer who hid drugs in dog poo bags in a popular York nature reserve made £21,493 through his illegal activities, York Crown Court heard.
Ben Adam Cairns, 36, was among three balaclava wearing men who, with a gunman, burst into a house off Leeman Road, York. All four attacked a man inside and the gunman fired his gun twice and pistol whipped the victim, York Crown Court heard last June.
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Greg Dyke has announced that he will be stepping down as the Chair of Make It York in the New Year.
Greg has been Chair of Make it York for 4 years, during which time he helped create the city’s Tourism Strategy and Make It York Business Plan amongst other projects, which include the Rugby League World Cup, Kyiv City Ballet Tour, York Ice Trail and other city-wide events.
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A KEEN walker from York has completed an immense 274-mile trek across the country for a cause close to his heart.
Steve Smith, from Clifton Moor in York has completed the distance, which was the equivalent of ten marathons, in ten days, reaching Sheffield, Lutterworth, Birmingham, Bradford, Leeds and Normanton.
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Business owners on a road in York where a ‘no waiting at any time’ restriction will be implemented say it will damage their trade.
City of York Council says it hopes the change will help Tadcaster Road cope with current and future travel demands, whilst supporting and encouraging walking, cycling and bus use.
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YORK’S former transport boss has warned the city is in danger of 'wasting' a ‘large part’ of its £17.3 million of government bus improvement funding.
Former Green councillor Andy D’Agorne, who was the city’s executive member for transport until he lost his seat at the last election, said York’s ‘Enhanced Bus Partnership’ was ‘failing to deliver on key measures’ more than a year after it was set up.
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THOR'S Tipi is back in York for Christmas - this year opening up at a new venue in the city.
The popular tipi which used to be in Parliament Street, has opened tonight in Museum Gardens.
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A SENIOR Labour councillor has criticised the ‘horrendous’ way his authority handled attempts to extend a Salvation Army contract to provide a service for rough sleepers.
Cllr Danny Myers, the chair of City of York Council’s housing, health and adult social care scrutiny committee, said the intention had been to grant the charity a one-month extension on its £95,000-a-year contract after it officially came to an end in September.
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A TEENAGER from North Yorkshire who spent 17-months in hospital after being hit by a tractor, has spoken for the first time about her ordeal.
Lucie Maguire was just 19 when she was hit by a tractor and dragged along the road under its 10-tonne trailer.
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A WARNING has gone out to drivers not to go through flood water in North Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has put out a warning in the wake of Storm Debi to drivers not to drive through water on flooded roads.
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TWO men have been arrested after a stolen van was stopped driving the wrong way on the A64 in York in rush hour traffic.
North Yorkshire Police say officers were forced to take immediate action to bring the van to a stop, to prevent a potentially lethal collision.
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New data has revealed the most Instagram-worthy Christmas markets in the UK, with York coming fifth.
Event insurance specialists Protectivity analysed over 285,000 Instagram posts featuring location-specific hashtags for 56 UK Christmas markets. These were then ranked to determine which Christmas markets are the most popular on Instagram.
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A MUCH-LOVED York businesswoman and musician has died aged 64 after battling illness.
Denise Bull ran her popular cafe Chloes of York next to Barnitts in Colliergate for ten years before it closed in March this year, due to her ill health.
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A ‘freak’ gust of wind ripped a hole in the ceiling of the popular Thor’s Tipi in the grounds of York’s Principal Hotel as Storm Debi raged across the region.
Thor’s Tipi director Amanda Monaghan told the Press she received a call from the hotel around 6pm, whilst she was working in Museum Garden’s at Thor’s Tipi’s other Christmas venue.
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STORM Debi has left a legacy of crashes, people trapped by rising flood water and fallen trees across North Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire Police are urging motorists to take extra care this morning after exceptionally heavy rain overnight left roads in North Yorkshire flooded.