MORE than 130 properties in a York community are finally safe from flooding, following the completion of a £7.7 million flood defence project.

A RAIL operator employee has been recognised for an act of bravery at Wakefield Westgate station.

A YORK Scout and Guide have been selected to represent North Yorkshire and perform in Gang Show 90 at London’s Eventim Apollo.

SIEMENS Mobility is expanding its £200m rail village in Goole by building a new £7m component facility which will create up to 30 new jobs. Business Minister Lee Rowley signed a steel of the building to mark the occasion.

PATIENTS and visitors at York Hospital will soon be able to benefit from a new place to relax outdoors.

A FOUNDATION based in York has led a tree planting project to create its very own forest - and children from a local school have got involved.

YORK actor Ian Kelsey returns to his home city to play viperous talent-spotting agent Ray Say in a new tour of Jim Cartwright's bittersweet comedy The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice from Monday.

A YORK swimming pool was forced to close for several days after it ran out of chlorine.

Firefighters were called in after a car fire in Wigginton Road in York.

A total of 11 people have been arrested and drugs totalling an estimated £170,000 have been seized in raids in Selby, Beverley, East Yorkshire and Hull.

A DRIVER has been arrested following a roadside stop on the A64 in York.

SADDENED York fans of legendary TV presenter Harry Gration have left moving tributes to the former Look North presenter.

A NEW coalition of organisations committed to reversing York’s blue badge parking ban is to hold a protest tomorrow (Saturday, July 2).

A YORK MP has given a lukewarm welcome to a Government review of short-term holiday lets, which aims to ensure they don't drive residents out of their communities.

"To put a little context on that, the hottest day in the entire decade of the 1980s was 34.4C.”

The extra strong tablets were previously only available with an NHS prescription.

Law changes pushed through this month could have a huge impact on the future of transport in this country.

Your Hearing Consultants offers premium and accessible ear health and hearing rehabilitation services which makes it stand out from the crowd, according to owner Lucy Cabaniuk.

Law changes pushed through this month could have a huge impact on the future of transport in this country.

The extra strong tablets were previously only available with an NHS prescription.

A DRUG dealer who fled to Peru to escape justice is today starting more than five years in a British jail.

A CHAMPAGNE thief has been jailed for half a year at York Magistrates Court for a series of raids on upmarket food stores across the country.

FIREFIGHTERS from across North Yorkshire are currently battling a huge barn blaze at a Bedale farm.

TRAVELLERS who set up camp near a children's playground in a grassed area of York have now departed.

A SINGLE mum from York who is battling cancer has sent a heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended variety shows in memory of three amazing women.

WORK done to save historic church buildings across North Yorkshire is being celebrated with a special day.

THE Play What I Wrote premiered in 2001 with its canny critique of fractious double acts and boundless love for Morecambe & Wise.

HUNDREDS of school children from across York got to meet sporting heroes at an event in the city.

YORK passengers can look forward to faster and more frequent trains to Manchester after a multi-billion-pound rail upgrade in West Yorkshire was given the green light.

POLICE in North Yorkshire have launched a hard-hitting video campaign to encourage young people to think of the consequences before abusing alcohol.

GIANT seabirds have been popping up as part of an art trail along the East Yorkshire coast.

A MAN has appeared in court accused of causing £19,000 damage to York Minster.

CHILDREN at two primary schools in East Yorkshire have been making global links.

TWO more deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A spectacular music festival and family fun day in Acomb last weekend is expected to have raised £15,000 for Acomb Sports Club.

COMMUNITY groups and charities across York are being given the chance to build a brighter future thanks to a nationwide initiative.

THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen to more than 100 as the latest wave of the pandemic sweeps the community.

A MOUNTAIN top walk to watch the sunset at over 3,000 feet has raised more than £2,000 for local hospitals.

The A1079 Hull Road is currently blocked westbound in Osbaldwick in York with heavy traffic due to a crash from the Park and Ride to Osbaldwick Link Road.

A NEW safeguarding campaign is encouraging everyone in York to help prevent and stop the abuse of adults by learning more about it.

STAFF at a care home in York have received top awards in recognition of their hard work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A flagship council development on a former prison site looks set to feature a celebrated artist’s sculpture of an impoverished  11-year-old girl jailed for stealing a loaf of bread.

A WOMAN from North Yorkshire is preparing to take on a coast to coast cycle challenge to raise money for a hospice that cared for her dad.

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says his party has a “great chance” of taking Harrogate and Knaresborough from the Conservatives in the next general election.

Harrogate’s business community has insisted lessons must be learnt from a new review into the town’s controversial hosting of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships.

A NATIONAL supermarket chain is on the hunt for new store locations in Yorkshire as part of its rapid expansion drive.

A CHARITY shop in a North Yorkshire town is calling for new volunteers to give up their time to help out a great cause.

YORK has been named as a UK hotspot when it comes to getting an appointment with a top-rated beauty professional, according to new research.

Fire response times in north York could jump dramatically if full-time firefighters are axed at a city station, a union leader has claimed.

COUNCIL bosses have said they are already making changes to the way they run children’s services after a “disappointing” Ofsted inspection in March.