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• PEOPLE in York are being warned about a scam doing the rounds.

  North Yorkshire Police is urging parents and young people to be on their guard if they come across 'jobs' offering hundreds of pounds for liking or sharing social media posts.

• A builder who told his partner that "as a man" he could do what he wanted has been jailed for “barbaric” violence towards her.

  Thomas Plant, 23, hit the woman as she was driving, throttled her twice and kicked her with his work boots so hard she fell backways through a doorway, said Jemima Stepheson, prosecuting.

• York Council’s Labour administration was unable to make all homes on a new development affordable because it was too far advanced when they took power, its housing spokesperson has said.

  Cllr Michael Pavlovic said they would have done the scheme featuring 34 energy-efficient Passivhaus homes at Duncombe Square differently if it began under Labour’s tenure, after previously saying prices were obscene.

• A “genuine street corner local” has been honoured by beer enthusiasts in York.

  The Volunteer Arms in Watson Street, Holgate, has been recognised by York CAMRA as the group’s City Pub of the Season for Summer.

• Homes designed to need as little heating and cooling as possible in a development aiming to foster community amongst residents have been unveiled ahead of them going on the market.

  York Council officials and others involved with the Duncombe Square development, in Burton Stone Lane off Bootham, looked around the homes ahead of sales starting on Friday, September 12.

• A London-based property company has bought a major out-of-town shopping centre in York for over £44million.

  British Land has acquired the 339,000 sq ft Vangarde Shopping Park at Monks Cross, which was previously owned by the Associated British Foods Pension Scheme.

• York train passengers are set to benefit from more services on the East Coast Main Line, as LNER announces the route’s biggest timetable increase in a decade.

  LNER said from December nearly 10,000 new services will run on the line, between Edinburgh to London, per year with more than 60,000 extra seats across the route each week.

• A popular dining pub in North Yorkshire has officially re-opened after a six-figure refurbishment.

  The Smiths Arms in Beckwithshaw, near Harrogate, began trading again on Monday (Sep1) after being closed since August 4.