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• A York D-Day veteran received two special guests to his home and said: “Crikey, it was something!”

  Joseph Wood, who recently told The Press of his service on board a minesweeper on June 6, 1944, during the Normandy landings, was visited by the Lord Mayor of York and The Sheriff of York.

• A £16m 188-bed hotel opens next week on the edge of York’s city centre.

  The Premier Inn will be opening in Layerthorpe following the completion of the scheme by CBR Investment Management.

• A woman has been jailed for causing bodily harm by “wanton and furious driving” after “flying” around a blind corner on her bicycle

  -With no brakes and knocking over a pedestrian, causing catastrophic injuries.

• Work is set to begin on a key bridge in York in a bid to prevent it being cut off by flooding.

  City of York Council has announced that it is going to start work on improving access to Millennium Bridge, which is often cut off when the River Ouse rises.

• A new Scandinavian inspired bakery is coming to York this month.

  India Luck, 25, is the founder and owner of Heppni Bakeri - which will be opening "very soon".

• THE family of a dad who died in York aged just 46 have found comfort in dedicating a ribbon to help them remember him.

  The family of Dominic or Nick Ryan who died at St Leonard's Hospice in Tadcaster Road last year are among a growing number of people taking part in the 2024 Rainbow of Ribbons event

• A MAN and a 16-year-old boy have been arrested following eight suspected break-ins in York.

  North Yorkshire Police say that earlier this month, they received a report of a burglary at an address in Ovington Terrace in South Bank.

• THESE images are just heartbreaking - the last time a York mum and daughter were together before they both died within hours of each other.

  Muriel Garner, 79, died of COPD just nine hours before her daughter Suzie, 43, who had cervical cancer. Their joint funeral will take place at York Crematorium tomorrow (Friday, June 14).