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The countdown has already started as York Minster reveals how it plans to mark Advent and the festive season.

Evans Cycles in Coney Street has opened the doors on a new free and secure bicycle storage area, which is intended to make it easier for people to travel into the city by bike over car.

The Neighbourhood Caretakers are set to work with residents, councillors and volunteers to respond to issues without the constraint of schedules facing the council’s existing public realm staff.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene on the A169 Blue Bank in Sleights, near Whitby, on Tuesday evening (September 16).

Plans for the first phase of redeveloping the former British Sugar refinery and Manor School site would see 1,097 homes and infrastructure built in six phases up to 2037.

The park’s ‘new and improved’ Food Warehouse opened to excited customers at 8am this morning.

The Press went to Foss Islands Road at around 4.30pm on Monday (September 15) and around half-a-dozen flags on the river Foss side had been taken down.

As reported by The Press, a fire broke out around 2am this morning at Brew York’s taproom in Walmgate. The site includes one of the firm’s breweries, a beer hall and a riverside garden.

Steven Shooter, 46, diverted funds meant to benefit students at Millthorpe School into his own bank account by sending out fraudulent invoices, York Magistrates' Court heard.

This family-run vineyard in Nun-Monkton was established in 2000 and is home to over 29,000 vines, which are lovingly nurtured across 18 acres to produce its range of red, white, rosé, varietal, and sparkling wines.

As previously reported in The Press, City of York Council says they will be doing resurfacing works in the A1079 Hull Road between Tang Hall Lane and the Grimston Bar roundabout.

The city has been included in a weather warning, spread across most of England and Wales, which will remain active until Monday evening.

a senior councillor has said amid claims a new bookshop would not have been approved under proposed changes.

The wait was over as finalists gathered at York Racecourse last night, Thursday, for the awards ceremony where families and friends raised a toast to their outstanding achievements alongside award sponsors, including headline sponsor Aviva.

Ainsty Ales is currently based at Acaster Malbis, at Manor Farm Buildings on Intake Lane.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 11.37pm on Thursday (September 11) after a man went into the river Foss at Tower Street.

A York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust spokesperson told The Press it has “robust plans in place to drive improvement”, and is “committed to providing safe, high-quality care for the communities we serve”.

Speaking at Northallerton Coroner's Court, coroner Jon Heath opened the inquest into the death of Owain Gordon Stephen Jones, 41, of Naburn in York who died on Monday, August 11.

Tom Brown, 27, already runs the Knapton Lion and the Lord Nelson at Nether Poppleton. And from next month, he will be adding The Fox at Stockton-on-Forest to his portfolio.

City of York Council leader Cllr Claire Douglas issued a statement saying the city had seen "totally unacceptable racist attacks" and graffiti in the last month - which had coincided with the increase in flag flying.

The area around York Station will see a number of key changes in the coming weeks as the Station Gateway project progresses.

The vehicles will be on show at York Racecourse from 10am to 4pm on Sunday (September 14).

St Wilfrid’s RC School in Monkgate has turned 150 years old and its birthday has been made all the more special by the publication of a glowing Catholic Schools Inspection (CSI) report.

The General Tarleton, an 18th century coaching inn at Ferrensby, between Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, re-opened on Friday August 29.

Severus Hill, next to Holgate’s water tower, is to be retained for York’s “water resilience and sustainability”, the company said, following the site previously being listed for sale.

The application to licence The Fox Inn, in Stockton on the Forest, was approved by York councillors on Monday, September 8.

The future of Wilton Rise and the Victorian footbridge which spans the railway lines at the end of Cinder Lane will be the focus of the meeting on Thursday (September 11) at St Paul's Church in Holgate from 6pm-8pm.

A £29 million transformation of the area around Selby Railway Station will see the creation of a new station building, a public plaza, better cycling and walking routes and improvements to Selby Park.

Andrew Horsman, 43, and Marcus Stannard, 33, stalked their 37-year-old victim before seizing their chance when he went into an alleyway off Coney Street, York Crown Court heard.

Go Outdoors York officially opened at the Vangarde Shopping Park on the outskirts of the city on September 7

York Council’s Labour environment spokesperson Cllr Jenny Kent said Rufforth’s Harewood Whin green energy park would make the city less reliant on energy coming the Middle East and the US.

Jim Crowley suffered a broken leg and a suspected broken pelvis in the crushing fall at York on Sunday.

British Transport Police said its investigation into the incident on Saturday evening (September 6) is ongoing

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.

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.

The company, which is the UK’s largest retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, will report that group revenues in the three months to June 30 are 27 per cent higher than in the same three months as last year.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Amber London from Cawood near Selby suffers from endometriosis, a painful condition whereby tissue that is similar to the inner lining of the uterus grows outside it.

Serial domestic abuser Ashley Paul Watson, 30, was being sentenced for crimes against a now ex-partner - the third partner who had suffered at his hands, York Crown Court heard.

A yellow alert has been put in place on Thursday, September 4, from 2am until 5pm as the weather conditions could cause some “localised flooding”.

Study Inn’s plans would see the complex built in James Street, near Foss Island Road, on the site of a motorcycle showroom which would be demolished.

An application to grant an alcohol licence to The Fox Inn, in Stockton on the Forest, is set to go before councillors on Monday, September 8.

Lesley Jones, of Steve Coates Music Productions, says Meta (formerly the Facebook company) has banned her from their platforms at a crucial time for ticket sales for upcoming fundraising shows for Snappy.

North Yorkshire Police has released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after the incident in the Slug and Lettuce, in Low Ousegate.