An historic York Army barracks that was to be sold off by the MoD has been saved.

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• 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.

• GCSE results day has arrived for pupils across York, North and East Yorkshire.

  LIVE The GCSE results are out today (August 21), while A-level and AS results were released last Thursday (August 14

• New plans for a solar farm and battery plant in the North Yorkshire countryside have attracted criticism from residents over the use of agricultural land.

  A planning application for a 49.9MW solar scheme and a 10MW battery energy storage system (BESS) has been filed with North Yorkshire Council for fields off Brownmoor Lane, south west of Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold.

• A new shop has opened in a village near York selling skateboards and scooters, a venture that could lead to York having a new indoor skatepark.

  Dan Tyssen, 34, from Dringhouses, York, has been skating since he was eight.

• ONE of York’s busiest streets could be set for a new shop after the 15-year tenure of an alcoholic drinks, oils and vinegars stockist ended.

  City of York Council received an application for listed building consent from Jamie Roche of Sora Workshop Ltd for the vacant site of the former Il Gusto in Low Petergate.