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Giggling Squid, a popular Thai chain, is starting to take shape with decorators inside the building on Sunday (July 13).

Germaine Mason, who helps manage York properties for rental company Pass The Keys, said the industry recognised people had concerns about holiday lets and backed proposals to register them.

Marcus Lee Noble, 26, of Thornton Road in Fulford in York was sentenced at York Crown Court on Friday (July 11).

North Yorkshire Police say they received a report that a man was holding a knife in a car park at Aldi in Fulford Road at about 2.20pm on Sunday (July 13).

Deanne Ferguson, the GMB union’s organiser for Yorkshire, said people in the region are “being punished while profits flow and pollution pours out”.

A planning application to extend its stay, which is due to end on September 30, says the extension is needed “because relocation to York Central is not deliverable.”

The men from York, aged 20 and 24, are due to appear at York Magistrates’ Court this morning (Friday, July 11).

Adam Anderson, 41, was fatally injured in the crash on the A59 near the A1(M) junction, west of York, on Wednesday (July 9) morning.

Labour Mayor David Skaith said the £24 million scheme would help cut congestion while York Outer MP Luke Charters said the announcement meant the project was no longer in limbo.

A York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust spokesperson told The Press that any risks identified by such claims are incorporated into its patient safety processes to prevent them from happening again.

York Racecourse has relaxed its dress code for the John Smith’s Cup on Friday and Saturday, when the Met Office is predicting afternoon temperatures of 30C and 31C.

North Yorkshire Police said officers are at the scene of a crash involving a car and a motorcycle, at junction 47 of the A1(M) and A59 - Allerton Park - on the bridge over the motorway.

Chris Whitty told the Active City York conference that the smallest changes to help people walk, wheel and cycle could transform people’s health for the better.

Jemma Graham has created Paws ‘N’ Promises, which she believes is the only one of its kind in the York area.

A total of 2,954 cases of illegal waste dumping were recorded in York in the year up to March, up from 2,500 in 2023/4 and the highest since 2011.

Adam Davis, then 22, disregarded warnings from his passenger to slow down, had barely slept and had cannabis in his body when he raced round a blind bend on the wrong side of the road,

The county’s police say it happened at about 3.12pm on Thursday, June 19 in Ripon Road in Killinghall near Harrogate and involved a white Audi TT and a Fiat van.

Stephen Carr, 57, is now serving a 20-year extended prison sentence for the attempted murder of Lorna Carr in Southfields, Strensall. 

St George’s RC School in Fishergate say that following 'very constructive and positive discussions' with the newly appointed board of trustees at the Middlesbrough academy chain to which the school now belongs

The replacement section of Leeman Road, running from Salisbury Road to Marble Arch is set to open at 6am on Tuesday, July 8, in time for the morning rush hour.

The four and five-bedroom detached properties have been built in the grounds of the Grade II-listed Ousefield House, opposite the Imphal Barracks in Fulford Road.

Yesterday, July 1, Keir Starmer's Labour Party debated and voted on the welfare reform bill - which originally looked to cut £4.8 billion by 2030.

The hospital, managed by the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 1.44am on Wednesday (July 2) to Ouse Bridge in the city centre.

Plans to save £4.8 billion by 2030 were tabled by the government's secretary of state for work and pensions.

For many, it marks the end of months of revision and a busy exam period and is a chance to celebrate with friends and teachers.  

Samuel Efejuku told The Press he saw the woman, who he described as being distressed, enter the river while he was sitting next to Ouse Bridge in the early hours of Sunday (June 29).

Police investigating after the lamppost hosting the camera on the A64 at Sherburn near Malton was damaged at around 2.20am today (Tuesday).

The event promises a vibrant programme of culinary demonstrations, cultural collaborations and hands-on experiences.

On Tuesday (June 24) a group called YorSchools organised a film screening event at The Crescent in support of the strikes at All Saints and St George's RC Schools.

The Met Office has said temperatures of 29C are expected this morning, rising to 30C from 3pm until 5pm.

TransPennine Express said the incident is between Northallerton and Thirsk stations. There is disruption on the East Coast Mainline.

YORK'S Young Sportsperson of the Year has been crowned.

VELOUR tracksuits and low-rise jeans will be out in force as a popular York venue stages a secret one-night throwback to the noughties.

AN ELEVEN-foot fairy statue by one of the UK’s leading sculptors has been unveiled in York.

A YORK charity which has received royal recognition is facing an uncertain future after its funding was pulled.

A YORK gallery which celebrates independent and local artists has closed its doors - with plans for a new opening in the summer.

A YORK tennis club is serving up a summer of free sessions to encourage the city’s next generation of players.

STRIKES are underway for a second day in a row today at two York schools - with more dates possible and another school poised to join the action.

A MAJOR housing development in York is celebrating its sixth birthday as the site moves into the final three years of construction.

Customers and volunteers of a much-loved York charity bookstore have reacted with shock following an announcement that the store could be at risk of closing.

A FORMER York estate agent has announced an ambitious Europe and US music tour with band, reports Nadia Jefferson-Brown.

A MEMBER of staff at a popular York buffet restaurant has been fired after the venue scored just one star- meaning ‘major improvement necessary’ - for food hygiene.

STRIKES at two York schools are set to go ahead today and tomorrow (June 24 and 25) after the two sides failed to reach an agreement.