PLANS to open a new railway station in Haxby have taken another step forward with City of York Council looking set to buy a plot of land which could form a suitable site for the building.

YORK has the hottest residential property investment market in the north of England, according to a leading estate agent.

AN EX-BOYFRIEND who threatened to stab his former partner and a man has been jailed for 12 months.

AN award-winning holiday park in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors has enjoyed another stellar year amid the staycation boom.

Here is a list of UK companies struggling to keep up with demand and their messages to customers.

Morrisons has combined two of the nation’s favourite takeaway foods in an ultimate pizza mashup.

A YORK-headquartered group of veterinary practices is expanding further into Europe.

ACTOR Miriam Margolyes will take to the stage in Harrogate next month to discuss her new memoir.

CLAUDIA Lawrence’s father would have been relieved to know that the police have not given on the search for his missing daughter, a family friend has said.

THREE people had to be cut from their vehicles following a collision between two cars on the M62 between Eggborough and Snaith.

A MAN who throttled a woman in a “frenzied”, “brutal” and “barbaric” attack has been jailed for more than four years.

Firefighters rescued a seagull that had got 'trapped in a lamp post' at Bridlington's Quay Road roundabout.

York saw a big fall in the number of Covid cases in the seven days up to August 30.

FORMER York MP Sir Hugh Bayley has passed though York on the latest leg of his 125-mile sponsored walk to raise money for vital aid work in Afghanistan.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with an assault on two police officers in Scarborough.

THOUSANDS of children are preparing to head back to schools across York next week.

In the days leading up to the anniversary major networks and streaming platforms are rolling out a range of programmes to look back on 9/11.

York is ‘Top of the Pots’ this weekend as the annual ceramics fair returned following a Covid lay-off last year.

Previous victims have found they’ve been charged over £240 a year for fraudulent plans.

We've rounded-up some of the highlights to look out for in each supermarket.

VULNERABLE people in York are having to wait longer for applications from carers to make decisions on their behalf, figures show - with one person left in limbo for around four years.

BOSSES at York’s newest vintage store have hailed their first week in business - saying: “We can’t believe how many customers we had.”

A CARE home in Pickering is calling for new volunteers to bring companionship and support to its residents.

HOW come men of a certain age living it up in nightclubs are labelled ‘dad dancers’ when women, whose moves are just as bad, are never mocked?

THROWAWAY plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups could be banned under government plans to ramp up the war on plastic pollution.

ARE you sitting comfortably? I am, and that’s because I am behind the wheel of the new Citroen C4.

CHEWING gum producers have signed up to a £10million taskforce to remove the sticky scourge from our high streets.

In the days leading up to the anniversary major networks and streaming platforms are rolling out a range of programmes to look back on 9/11.

A STALKER pulled a bollard out of the ground and tried to smash his way into Foss Park Hospital with a metal pole, York magistrates heard.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an arson attack in York city centre.

A FLAGSHIP charging centre for electric vehicles - originally due to open on York’s outskirts in July - is still fenced off and closed following delays in connecting it to the electricity grid.

PEOPLE in south York are being warned by police that they might be woken by a loud boom today as an unexploded shell is detonated.

A THIEF on the run from Newcastle mounted a wholesale shoplifting raid on Tesco in Clifton Moor, York magistrates heard.

LOSING your job because you’ve been caught speeding is not exceptional hardship, York magistrates told a motorist as they banned him from driving for six months.

THREE youths were detained by police after an incident at a war memorial.

DINERS and staff at a popular York cafe and restaurant were joined by a famous face this morning.

AN HGV and three cars were involved in a crash.

A GYM company in York has hailed a 'rapid recovery' in membership numbers after reopening following enforced closures earlier this year.

A MINI driver is facing a court date after being stopped by police.

York recording studio Young Thugs is punching above its weight in the music industry, reports Maxine Gordon

AN AREA of York that has previously had the highest Covid rate in the city now has the lowest.

A CYCLIST has been killed in a crash with a car.

THE numbers of schoolchildren and care homes affected by Covid in the York area have both risen, according to latest figures.

A TADCASTER care service has won big in the regional finals of the Great British Care Awards.

The JCVI is not recommending mass vaccination of children aged between 12 and 15.

MARKET Weighton Town Council has received a grant from the National Lottery heritage fund towards their canal trail.

FIRE service crew have joined forces with North Yorkshire County Council and a charity to highlight how joint working can help vulnerable in the county's communities.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen to its highest level of the current coronavirus wave.

PLANS to close a well-used community library have been postponed until next month.

A UNIVERSITY student in York, who was crowned 'Miss York' earlier this year, is using her title to raise awareness of breast cancer.