An empty village pub near York which residents are hoping to reopen could be granted protected status.

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• "IT'S fantastic that we could make this happen."

  Those were the words of Glen Kilvington project director at Sisk which has coordinated efforts to help revamp a much-loved community allotment in York.

• THE start of something new is underway at a York business at the centre of a protracted row over its signs.

  The Old York Tea Room opened back in February 2023 in one of the oldest buildings in York in Our Lady's Row in Goodramgate.

• A son “did not regret” murdering his father in a North Yorkshire town, a report has said.

  Lukasz Lukasik died by suicide in HMP Hull while awaiting sentence for murdering his father, Jerzy Lukasik, in Selby on December 29, 2020.

• THREE East Coast Main Line train operators have been granted permission to run additional services from December, including routes passing through York.

  Regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it approved some proposals from "open access operators" Lumo, Grand Central and Hull Trains to enhance their timetables.

• A SCHOOL in York is celebrating after being gifted a new minibus.

  The Bingo Association has donated a Variety Sunshine Coach to Applefields school in Bad Bargain Lane in Burnholme, marking a significant milestone: the 38th coach funded as part of their ongoing support for Variety, the Children’s Charity.

• A BARN fire in a North Yorkshire village which saw a partial roof collapse is set to be investigated.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Malton and Pocklington went to a double barn fire measuring 90 square metres in Acklam at 7.45pm last night (July 28).

• Citizens Advice York is working at its “maximum capacity” as the need for its services continues to grow amid the cost-of-living crisis, the charity’s chief executive has said.

  Speaking to The Press, Fiona McCulloch said “it appears that there’s no end in sight” as rising costs continue to put pressure on households in the city.

• Short-term holiday lets continue to put pressure on York’s rental market and government plans to address the issue do “not go far enough”, the council’s housing boss has said.

  Cllr Michael Pavlovic said he recognised that “the tourism sector brings a great deal of money into the city” but said there had been “massive growth”