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PLANS for a primary school as part of a major expansion of a town north of York have been dropped as fewer homes are now proposed.
The scheme proposes to build the homes on a 33ha site south of Rose Cottage Farm and the Lodge, Moor Lane, Haxby.
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"I still feel like it was yesterday when it all happened.”
Those are the words of a mother whose teenage daughter lost her life 25 years ago today (January 15).
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A YORK pub is set for a pretty special Saturday night.
The Songs of Stuart Adamson are playing the Lord Collingwood in Upper Poppleton this weekend on January 18 from about 8pm.
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AN ICONIC York shop that has introduced generations of people to a new hobby is closing this weekend after more than 40 years.
P&S Hobbies and Models, in Walmgate, is set to shut its doors this Saturday (January 18) after the building was purchased for redevelopment by property developers.
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A "historic" pub in North Yorkshire is up for sale.
The White Bear Inn in Main Street, Stillington, has been listed for £985,000 by Barry Crux estate agents. Built in the 1700s, the pub was first used as a stopping point for coaches travelling from Leeds to Helmsley, whilst travelling through York.
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CELEBRATIONS are underway at a York nursery which has come away from an inspection with top marks.
Little Green Rascals Day Nursery in Elvington has received an outstanding Ofsted report for the second time following a recent routine inspection. The previous inspection was in 2019.
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THE editor of The Press has told of his son's cancer battle to raise awareness for a charity which looks after young people fighting the disease.
Nigel Burton's son, Jack, was diagnosed with bone cancer shortly before his 18th birthday in 2023.
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Council tax, parking charges and other fees would rise in York under budget proposals for this year, but there are no new cuts planned according to senior councillors.
York Council’s Budget proposals would see a five per cent increase in most fees and charges including an extra 10 per cent for parking on Fridays, Saturdays and during events.
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York residents can now sign up to the council’s green bin collection service for 2025.
The council’s ‘Garden Waste Subscription Scheme’ operates for 40 weeks per year from early March until early December.
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A HISTORIC city centre shop will be welcoming a new tenant as a popular national retailer is set to take over the site.
Grade II listed 1 Kings Square is set to open its doors to a new business for the first time since Boots left the site in August 2023.
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A NEW hub for gamers has opened in York City Centre - offering a mixture of tabletop and console gaming, alongside workshops and tournaments.
Diane Wilkinson, 42, and Ryan Richardson, 32, who met while working together in social care, have teamed up to create Up A Level – a new gaming lounge located across several floors in 26 Market Street.
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INVESTIGATION work is underway as part of a major project in York.
Ground investigations are underway as part of the ongoing York Station Gateway scheme, which aims to revamp the area outside York Station and is due to be completed later this year.
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Farewell to Sainsbury's Foss Bank, closing this weekend
A FOND farewell to Sainsbury's at Foss Bank, York, and all the staff.
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A driver has been jailed for a high speed crash in York that nearly killed a nursery nurse and led to her leg being amputated.
York Crown Court heard that Scott David Bradley was doing between 50mph and 54mph in the 30mph speed limit area along Acomb Road in Holgate during the morning rush hour.
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The world's largest pizza chain is bringing a new store to a town in York.
Domino's has announced that they will be opening in Haxby on February 24. The store, at 3 Ryedale Court in The Village, will be open seven days a week from 11am to 4am.
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A MAN who died in a crash in East Yorkshire has been named by police.
Humberside say the BMW driver who died in a crash in South Cave on Wednesday (January 8) has been named by his family as 59-year-old John Cartmell.
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York Minster will once again display a dazzling array of colour.
The acclaimed Colour & Light is set to transform the iconic South Transept of York Minster from Wednesday February 12 to Sunday March 2.
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Patience, a new crime drama set in York, has aired on Channel 4 to mixed reviews.
Press readers praised how York looked in Matt Baker's drama – adapted from French show Astrid et Raphaëlle – but some critics found fault with its portrayal of autism and storyline.
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Three people were arrested after a police chase in York.
A vehicle involved in a suspected drug deal failed to stop for officers yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, January 8) which “sparked a pursuit”, North Yorkshire Police said.
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Tributes have been paid after the death of a former Rowntree's boss who oversaw the marketing of brands including KitKats, Polo and Fruit Pastilles.
Dr Ralph Kaner, a former Rowntree Mackintosh board member, led the KitKat brand when the iconic 'Have a break, have a KitKat' slogan was launched.
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AN historic York church is set to host an inaugural concert this weekend.
Members of York's own Shepherd Brass Band have formed a Brass Quartet and are performing in their first concert this Saturday evening (January 11) at 7pm at Edward the Confessor Church in Dringhouses.
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York’s hospital trust has paid out more than £1 million in the last five years over claims resulting from gynaecology related incidents.
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has received 35 claims over gynaecology related incidents since 2019.
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A MAIN road in York is set to close as works are set to get underway.
City of York Council says that North Street in York city centre is set at its junction starting at 9pm on Thursday (January 9) until 2.30am the next day.
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Serious flu cases at York's hospital trust have rocketed by more than 200 per cent in the last month - with a spike in cases arriving "earlier than last year".
Figures from York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust show a 233 per cent increases in flu patients in trust hospitals over the course of a month.
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More than half of ambulance patients waited 30 minutes or longer to be handed to accident and emergency teams at a York hospital trust in one week, new figures show.
NHS England data shows that 1,087 ambulance handovers were made at the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the week commencing December 23 – and 556 (51.1 per cent) took longer than 30 minutes.
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A MAN whose body was found in flood water in North Yorkshire has been identified.
North Yorkshire Police say the body of a man which was recovered on Monday (January 6) from an area of flooding near to Intake Lane in Beal near Selby has been informally identified.
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A MAJOR road in York is set to close as works are set to get underway.
City of York Council says that Micklegate will be closed at its junction with Bar Lane from 9am - 8pm on Sunday (January 12) for water supply works to be carried out.
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A man who was arrested after a woman in her 40s was found dead in York has been “released with no further action”, police said.
North Yorkshire Police has “ruled out any third-party involvement” in the woman’s death at a home in Tang Hall on Sunday (January 5).
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SEVEN flood warnings are in place this morning across York and North and East Yorkshire in the wake of recent snowmelt and heavy rainfall.
The Environment Agency has a flood warning in place in York for the River Foss upstream of Yearsley Baths.
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A NORTH Yorkshire school has been forced to close its doors because of the weather.
Tadcaster Grammar School is closed to all students and staff today (January 6).
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A YORK beck has bust it's banks in a popular park.
A combination of snowmelt and heavy rain has meant that Osbaldwick Beck has burst its banks, flooding Hull Road Park.
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A woman in her 40s was found dead at a home in York, police said.
Officers and paramedics were called to the scene in Tang Hall at about 9.45am yesterday (Sunday, January 5).
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Weather and travel updates as snow hits York
Heavy snow has fallen after an amber weather alert from the Met Office