Live updates across York and North Yorkshire as York school children celebrate World Book Day.

Firearms officers stopped a lorry, stolen from Sherburn in Elmet on the A1 near Wetherby.

A Goole man has been fined £300 for dumping old furniture in a back alley.

North Yorkshire reports show that anti Semitism has more than doubled over last two years.

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A WOMAN was found unconscious at her home in York after neighbours raised the alarm.

Police and firefighters were called in to help rescue a woman from a bridge in Huntington Road in York.

A YORK Post Office is to become a beauty salon under plans before the city council.

AN award-winning tourist information centre facing its third threat of closure in a decade looks set to be given the publicly-owned building it operates from to secure its long-term future and enable it to develop services further.

THOUSANDS of school pupils in York gathered in the city centre yesterday to form a prayer chain as an act of solidarity after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A YORK hospice has given a £500 bonus to all of its staff to thank them for going 'above and beyond' during the Covid pandemic.

STAFF at Bettys in York have shown more than a cup of kindness after raising an astonishing £17,000 for a York hospice in memory of a colleague who died after being cared for there.

A MERCEDES van left the road and flipped on to its side after a crash at Menwith Hill.

YORK’S MPs have spoken out about the safety of women in society on the first anniversary of the disappearance and abduction of former York schoolgirl Sarah Everard in London.

SOME 88% of parents and carers in North Yorkshire secured their first secondary school preference for their child, similar to recent years.

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ACTOR, presenter and 2016 Strictly winner Ore Oduba will be donning his fishnets in Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show at the Grand Opera House, York, from March 14 to 19.

A NORTH Yorkshire school is set for expansion to help the county cope with growing demand from children and young people with complex needs related to autism.

THIRSK and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake has written to Environment Secretary George Eustice and Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove to further express his concerns over a proposed solar farm at Eden Farm, Old Malton.

Coronation Street viewers will see his final scenes play out in the summer months.

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Attack at Middletons Hotel was 'horrifying, random and unprovoked'

YORK man Daniel Collinson and his Ukrainian wife Yana, who fled the besieged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv by train, are expected to fly back to the UK tonight.

FORMER York postman John Darvill and his Ukrainian family are trapped in a tiny village just outside Kharkiv as the Russian assault on Ukraine’s second city continues to escalate.

AN ELEGANT country house - with a swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and gym in the grounds - has gone on sale for £2.5 million in a North Yorkshire village.

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Roman Abramovich has confirmed that he will sell Chelsea Football Club amid Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine.

POLICE were out in force in York city centre today.

CHILDREN at Bootham School in York are holding a peace vigil in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 case rate has dropped to 350 - but more cases continue to be recorded in the area.

John Darvill, the York man trapped with his wife Yuliia and mother-in-law Olga near the besieged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, has been keeping a daily diary since the Russians invaded a week ago. Here are a few extracts:

A COLLECTION point has been set up on York St John University’s campus for essential aid items for Ukrainian refugees.

POLICE have released CCTV of a man they would like to speak to following a burglary at a popular York hotel Middletons.

CITY leaders in York will formally submit their bid for the city to become the national headquarters of Britain’s railways in the coming days.

THREE people have been arrested following a number of drug raids in a North Yorkshire town.

TWO drivers and a thief were among people sentenced recently at York Magistrates Court.

These drone photos show thousands of school pupils taking to the streets of York today in an act of solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

Police have issued a CCTV appeal after violent threats to taxi driver in Sherburn in Elmet.

York Central MP, Rachael Maskell, has hit out at City of York Council housing executive, Cllr Denise Craghill, about the lack of new council housing built in York.

A TRUCK dealership in York has been inundated with donations for people fleeing Ukraine.

ONE more Covid death has been recorded at hospitals in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The bargain giant will open its online store following the takeover of Poundhshop.

A MAJOR York employer has announced plans to give staff £1,000 in shares as thanks for their efforts.

THE first-ever art curator at the University of York has big plans for its £4m art collection.

A SENIOR York councillor says any successor to Welcome to Yorkshire must have a 'fair-share' funding formula and work alongside Visit York.

A NEW crime reporting tool dubbed a “digital police station” will free up staff time and help reduce 999 and 101 waiting times, North Yorkshire Police has said.

THOUSANDS of school children in York are set to join forces for a show of solidarity with the people of Ukraine today. Pupils from schools across the city are forming a human chain which will wind its way through the city streets along a 0.6 mile rou...

A YORK-based housebuilder enjoyed a boost in revenues and rising house prices as it benefited from a strong market.

A JUNIOR football team in York has been handed an end of season boost with a new kit from a builders merchant.