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Figures show cancer patients at the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are not being seen quickly enough.

A FORMER Lib Dem council leader has challenged York Labour’s flagship £100,000-a-year free school meals pilot

YORK'S indoor "urban jungle" is heading to the Chelsea Flower Show.

A FORMER York College student has joined a prestigious band of alumni who have between them won BAFTA, Oscar and Emmy awards.

A WELL-KNOWN school near York has appointed a new head.

A PURPOSE-BUILT centre to help York children deal with mental health and other issues has been approved on the edge of the city.

A “loving” husband, father and grandfather died after being knocked off his bicycle by a car in North Yorkshire, an inquest was told.

A couple say their retirement dream of living in their £150,000 second home on the North Yorkshire coast could end up in tatters - because of “punishing” new rules which will double their tax.

Brainkind who are behind the new Neurological Centre, the brain injury hospital in Bishopthorpe Road, which overlooks York Racecourse, have become a York Racecourse Community Partner.

WORK has begun on the development of a new school in York.

MALTON Town Council is calling for issues over the "outdated and overstretched infrastructure" in the town are addressed before more homes are built.

WORK is expected to start in about two weeks on building a ‘retaining wall’ to support York’s ancient city walls at the site of the demolished Queen Street Bridge.

A NORTH Yorkshire charity which hosts some of the region’s most popular events has retained its royal patronage.

A YORK personal training studio is celebrating 10 years since first opening by supporting St Leonard’s Hospice.

Reflecting on his diagnosis, Derek explains: “I was 23. I had a group of friends – we’d go out, work, have a good time.

A PARTY band have been out in the sunshine entertaining the crowds in York.

A POPULAR York bar has new owners who are well-known in the business community.

A dog is a man’s best friend. And a Guide Dog to a blind man is someone extra special.

POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a 15-year-old girl who has gone missing from the Dunnington area.

A YORK man celebrated winning a gruelling 24 day, 7,500km bike race – before getting back into the saddle to ride the route of one of professional cycling’s blue-riband events.

A DRAG superstar is coming to York with her newest stand-up comedy tour.

THE University of York has ceased investment in companies that primarily sell weapons, defence products and fossil fuels.

The protesters in St Helen’s Square chanted messages in support of Palestinians from 6pm on Thursday (May 9).

Two fire crews, police and an air ambulance rushed to the scene on the B1257 in Helmsley at 6pm yesterday (Thursday, May 9).

David Wilson Homes will contribute £120,000 to City of York Council for repairs to Fifth Avenue, Tang Hall

Indian restaurant Kalpakavadi, in Fossgate, received the one out of five score - meaning major improvement necessary - following an inspection by City of York Council on March 10.

Ofsted inspectors visited the Lord Mayor’s Walk campus between Tuesday, March 12, and Friday, March 15, and rated its degree apprenticeships as ‘good’ in all areas.

Criminal Sean Beard was before York magistrates for yet more car break-ins and yet more breaches of a criminal behaviour order (CBO) designed to stop him offending.

Dustin Hone, founder of DNA MMA, has moved his fitness and martial arts company into its new home in Yorvale business park - which is just off James Street.

North Yorkshire Police said a car was recovered from a hedge on the roadside after a collision involving a black Volkswagen Tiguan and a grey Mini Cooper.

Polish culture will take centre stage in York’s Explore Library with the return of the annual Polish Heritage Day on Saturday, May 11.

Love Triangle, already a firm favourite amongst viewers in Australia, premiered on British screens last month and is set to fill the void left by the end of the hit show Married at First Sight.

He says it will be his job to act as the public face for the region: attracting investment, driving change and bringing joined-up decision-making while ensuring no part of his large and diverse constituency is overlooked.

Drivers are urged to avoid the A19 at Clifton, near Clifton Green, which is closed this morning (Wednesday, May 8) due to the collision.

South Bank Academy Trust in York is looking for a principal, to run York High School in Acomb.

A young woman from near York has celebrated her first wedding anniversary after getting hitched while she battled cancer for a second time - aged just 26.

PizzaExpress in Museum Street, next to Lendal Bridge and the River Ouse, received the rating after a visit by City of York Council inspectors.

Just under two inches of rain fell per hour between 6pm and 8pm yesterday (Monday, May 6) in Knaresborough.

Firefighters were called to the scene of the fire in Acomb at 7.50pm yesterday (Sunday, May 5).

The warning is in place today (Monday, May 5) from 1pm to 9pm.

Two fire crews were called to the scene in Hovingham at 1.10am today (Monday, May 6).

These are the farewell words from a loving son to well-known York businessman Ken Garland who has died aged 87.

Ahead of the result of the vote being declared at Harrogate Convention Centre at around lunchtime today (Friday, May 3)

The Transpennine Route Upgrade hopes to bring faster train journeys on routes passing through York. The project is being carried out with a £3.9 billion cash boost from the Government.

THOR’S bar will have two locations in York again this Summer with SOL AST in the grounds of the Principal York hotel from Wednesday, May 22 - Sunday, August 25

Max Poynton, co-founder of the doughnut company Project D, was part of the team that closed the store in Parliament Street, just six months after it opened.

Cllr Pete Kilbane, who is also City of York Council’s deputy leader, said the council continues to investigate how the charging points could be installed in the streets but admitted that factors stand in the way.

The winning candidate will be in office for at least the next four years, working alongside local councillors and council leaders in a bid to champion the region.

Bill Gornall, who lives in Holgate, dropped in at York-based coffee business, YO1 Coffee Co

As The Press reported at the time Low Petergate in York city centre close to York Minster only reopened in July last year having been closed since October 2022.

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs RC primary school was rated ‘good’ overall by Ofsted after inspectors called on Tuesday, February 6, and Wednesday, February 7.

Robert Smith, an LNER Railway Police Constable who served at York Railway Station during the Second World War

North Yorkshire Police say they are on the scene in Barwick Street, Scarborough which is currently closed due to a sinkhole forming in the road.

As previously reported by The Press, the Snook auction for St Leonard's Hospice will be held York Barbican on Thursday (May 9) and tickets are still available priced £5.

Jane Plum is taking over from the former H&M unit at Monks Cross and will be creating 10-15 jobs.

He said it will be “an honour” to be joined by Hardest Geezer Russ Cook for the final leg of his challenge.

North Yorkshire Police say that it happened in Cropton near Pickering on Saturday, April 20

The authority says a section of the wall near Tofts Tower has deliberately been left standing for now.

And to celebrate the Saturday opening, the company is giving away 3,000 pizzas.

The weekend of May, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 sees the return of the community Scarecrow Trail run by the Friends of Rowntree Park.

Whitby Distillery’s campaign will support its planned expansion through trade, retail, tourism and export.

Members of the public and police got Lisa Welford, 49, of Malton, out of the River Derwent at Malton shortly before midnight on April 24 and gave her CPR.