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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.

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.

The Government has today (Monday, December 4) pledged the amount to accelerate the Transpennine Route Upgrade between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

Now Matthew Winship is warning other dog owners in the city to be on their guard against the serious illness.

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.

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.

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).

Jordan Hipkins came up behind the woman on his bicycle as she tried to "power walk" away from him, said Rob Galley, prosecuting.

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.

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).

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.

Arbas Hamaz Hamid, 24, was among five people who descended on the vet’s surgery in north Acomb, said Kathryn Walters, prosecuting.

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.

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.

North Yorkshire Police say that on November 10, officers from the York Neighbourhood Policing Team received information about suspected drugs offences in Tang Hall.

City of York Council chiefs issued the warning after Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt issued his Autumn Statement on Wednesday.

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.

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.

Andy Barnsdale has been appointed general manager at Principal York, the city's grande dame hotel, nestled in the shadow of York Railway Station.

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

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.

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

Criminally Good Books is set to open at 14, Colliergate in York in 2024.

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.

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.

William’s Den, in North Cave, near York, in East Yorkshire is owned and run by Tor and Christian Carver.

Reader Derek Ralphs said traffic jams in the city centre caused long queues of cars – and also led to buses getting delayed.

His mum Liz described the daily wondering what has happened to her son.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The popular tipi which used to be in Parliament Street, has opened tonight in Museum Gardens.

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.

Lucie Maguire was just 19 when she was hit by a tractor and dragged along the road under its 10-tonne trailer.

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.

North Yorkshire Police say officers were forced to take immediate action to bring the van to a stop, to prevent a potentially lethal collision.

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.

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.

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.

North Yorkshire Police are urging motorists to take extra care this morning after exceptionally heavy rain overnight left roads in North Yorkshire flooded.