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On Sunday, July 28, crowds of music enthusiasts will head to the concert to watch the live orchestra, talented opera singers and fireworks finale.

Mike Race’s uncle Harold Porter was a member of the British team who won silver in the 3,000 metre relay in 1924, at what are now remembered as the ‘Chariots of Fire’ Olympics.

Paul, who has lived in York all his life and runs a tattoo studio in Osbaldwick, was out at about at 3am and spotted the light show low in the sky.

Tony Binks passed away in his sleep on July 10 leaving widow Caroline - known as Cagga - and children Charlene, Janeann, Wilson, Farrow and Robinson as well as 15 grandchildren aged from five months to 17 years old.

Westfield ward’s Cllr Andrew Waller said the Liberal Democrats worked hard to secure the grants used to improve Front Street when they were in the administration which ran York Council.

Bollards in Acomb Front Street could be replaced with planters and seating after York council’s Executive gave the go ahead for detailed plans for its future to be drawn up.

The Olive Tree York in Tower Street received one star from City of York Council following an inspection in February, meaning ‘major improvement necessary.

Surrey Police say it follows the death of two men in a crash in Sunbury after their officers were called at 12.52am on Monday (July 22) to the A316 southbound slip road onto the M3 following a suspected collision involving a black e-bike.

City of York Council say they have completed works on the approach paths to Millennium Bridge, to ensure the route will be usable in all but the worst flooding.

David Skaith visited the Gascoigne Interchange site at Sherburn-in-Elmet after North Yorkshire Council approved plans for 1.5 million square feet of industrial and logistics space across seven units.

Dalton Terrace Surgery in Holgate is shrinking their practice boundaries and removing all patients from their list who don't live in the Holgate or Acomb area.

The Recorder of York, Judge Sean Morris, said it was “by sheer luck” that Benjamin Daniels’ actions did not kill someone when he overtook a lorry on a bend at Golden Hill, west of Malton, and crashed head on with a Ford Focus.

The delays and registration errors led to many having to go to City of York Council’s West Offices headquarters to resolve issues days before the general election, councillors heard.

Currently starting at £360,000 for a two-bed terrace, the homes at Latimer’s £83 million Cocoa Gardens development in York are in the final stages of being built on the former Rowntree's Factory gardens in Wigginton Road.

The application to construct a six-storey, 195,000 sq ft government hub was approved by the City of York Council Planning Committee last night (Monday).

A Vibrant and Sustainable High Streets Fund, Carbon Negative Challenge Fund, Business Innovation Fund and Skills Innovation Fund all aim to enable growth across the region and test new ideas.

The county's police say an assault is alleged to have taken place at a pub near Boroughbridge and man in his 40s was assaulted by a man and woman believed to be in their 20s following an argument.

Elaine Richardson died from liver cancer on April 21 – weeks before her 72nd birthday.

At The Press reported earlier this year, St Paul’s CE School, in Holgate, which retained its 'good' Ofsted judgement last year, was established in 1874, and has been a cornerstone of the community, nurturing generations ever since.

John McGall runs the I am Reusable food bank in the Leeman Road area of the city, and it was initially set up to help those in need through the pandemic, including NHS staff.

John Chapman’s family is working with lawyers to determine if his illness was linked to his career as a gas engineer.

The Victoria Hotel, overlooking the sea at Robin Hood’s Bay, has undergone a redesign of the hotel and its dining and entertainment spaces.

Budding athlete, Rowan Whittaker, 15, who is a student at Millthorpe School in South Bank

- After hearing that more than 6,000 children are living in poverty in the city.

York's Anti-Racism Task Force convened here in June and the chair of York-based Inclusive Equal Rights UK (IERUK)

The county’s fire and rescue service say they were called out shortly after 5.30pm last night (July 17) after reports of a plane crash near Sherburn-in-Elmet airfield near Tadcaster.

The YorSpace development of 19 homes at Lowfield Green in Acomb aims to create permanently affordable houses that are owned as part of a co-operative.

The family of the Spanish national thanked those who helped look for Seth after he was reported missing on Saturday, February 24, from his home in the Clifton area.

The plans would see a 19th Century Alliance House partially demolished and rebuilt and a former canteen torn down to make way for a new Maintenance Delivery Unit.

Little Bird Markets are returning to Acomb this weekend for another market.

The houses likely to be sold have not been individually identified,

These are the proud words of the grieving son of Houssen Mohamudbuccus, a founding member of the York Mosque, care-home owner and loving family man, who has died suddenly, but peacefully, at home.

The petition, opposing the conversion of the disused Iceland supermarket building by Fulford Cross into a McDonald’s, is set to be heard at York Council’s full meeting on Wednesday, July 17.

All three emergency services attended a crash on the A19 at Crockey Hill between York and Selby shortly after 9pm on Monday night (July 15).

The woman remains in hospital with life changing injuries after Anthony McDonald attacked her in Goole on Wednesday, April 3, at about 5.25pm.

The building, to be erected off Leeman Road, would be used as a Government Hub- meaning it would contain several government departments.

As The Press previously reported, the University of York decided in June to end its use of King's Manor, in Exhibition Square in the city centre.

Prosecution barrister David Brooke KC accused Taylor Fenwick, 22, of “concocting” a story about Luke Miller, 23, trying to break into Fenwick’s flat in the minutes before he died.

Police in Scarborough say that at about midnight on July 14 they dealt with a crashed vehicle in Stepney Road in the resort.

A bright red Virgin balloon landed on the grass outside Joseph Rowntree secondary school in New Earswick at about 8am today (July 15) as pupils and staff looked on.

- but a difficult national financial picture means the roll-out is not straightforward, a senior councillor has said.

On Saturday (July 13) Haxby Carnival is set to get underway with road closures in the town on the outskirts of York running from 12.30pm - 1.15pm which the parade takes place.

The recently-elected Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith, is to launch a Mayor’s High Street Fund, using some of the money central government has awarded the region as part of its devolution deal.

Marek Piotrowski, 43, worked at worked at York’s Web Adventure Park and Creepy Crawlies in Wigginton Road for more than a decade and although he left to return to his native Poland

Community venue Spark:York in Piccadilly is behind a reimagine the venue as an eco-friendly haven.

Ian Flatt, 58, from Green Hammerton, was diagnosed with MND in 2019. On June 15 this year, he embarked on a challenge to climb seven peaks across England, Scotland and Wales.

The second Merchant Adventurers’ Charity Beer Festival has raised more than £20,000, well above the £17,000 expected and the £13,000 raised last year.

As The Press reported back in February, locals were asked for their views on the latest phase of improvements to Front Street in Acomb.

Plans from York Museums Trust lodged with City of York Council stated the museum could be forced to relocate out of the Museum Gardens building if the roof is not fixed.

Cut & Craft, which has restaurants in York and Leeds, now plans to open in Manchester later this year.

The development will see the hotel, in Lendal, expand into Lendal House and the derelict Joseph Terry House.

At an inquest opening into the death of 19-year-old Harry William Calam in Northallerton this morning (July 9), coroner, Jon Heath said that he had died of a traumatic brain injury.

- promising major savings on ‘one-off’ designer dresses.

Today (Tuesday, July 9) is the first day of the 165th Great Yorkshire Show, an annual agricultural event which is set to welcome 140,000 visitors over the course of its four days.

Dave Long, then 41, was arriving on July 9, 1984, after two decades in the service.

The charge will be introduced on August 5 and anyone not signing up will not have specific garden waste kerbside pickups from the council from this date.

The students from York High School (YHS) in Acomb celebrated the end of their GCSE exams with a prom held at Fairfield Manor in Shipton Road.

City of York Council leader Cllr Claire Douglas told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the authority would have to join the queue with other public services following Labour’s victory.

As previously reported by The Press, menswear brand Lambretta Clothing was set to move from its longstanding site on the corner of High Ousegate and Spurriergate.