A MAN has appeared in court charged with arson after a fire burnt a popular North Yorkshire inn to the ground causing £2 million worth of damage.

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• Plans have been lodged for a 110-bed student accommodation block with an on-site health spa, gym and games room in York.

  Study Inn’s plans would see the complex built in James Street, near Foss Island Road, on the site of a motorcycle showroom which would be demolished.

• Residents of a village near York working to reopen their local pub have said they want to create a calm and relaxed environment amid noise fears from neighbours.

  An application to grant an alcohol licence to The Fox Inn, in Stockton on the Forest, is set to go before councillors on Monday, September 8.

• A CHILDREN'S charity trustee says she's been banned from social media for six months after being accused of child sexual exploitation.

  Lesley Jones, of Steve Coates Music Productions, says Meta (formerly the Facebook company) has banned her from their platforms at a crucial time for ticket sales for upcoming fundraising shows for Snappy.

• A PERSON was sexually assaulted in a York city centre bar.

  North Yorkshire Police has released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after the incident in the Slug and Lettuce, in Low Ousegate.

• ONE York resident is determined to share his love of poetry with the people of the city through street poetry.

  Joel Wilson, who is originally from Gainford near Darlington, has been writing street poetry on a typewriter in York city centre since last October

• The beauty, history and character of York is helping the city attract growing numbers of national and international investors - overcoming any uncertainties over the national UK economy.

  Since launching a dedicated commercial agency division last August,

• PLANS are afoot to turn a York village pub in to a home.

  The White Swan Inn in York Road in Deighton looks set to be converted into a house with planned alterations to the porch and a garage to be added.

• A CARAVAN park is being evacuated this morning (Tuesday) as the major moorland fire spreads overnight.

  Fire crews have arrived at Rigg Farm Caravan Park near Stainsacre around an hour ago and are advising people to leave.