The A59 at Kirk Hammerton between York and Harrogate is closed due to accident investigation work from Pool Lane for Skip Bridge and Kirk Hammerton to Church Lane, the Hessay turn off.
It follows a serious accident late last night (March 3).
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area if at all possible.
More to follow.
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-known former York radio presenter and actress.
Kathryn Apanowicz, the partner of the late Countdown presenter and Minster FM co-founder Richard Whiteley, has died aged 64 after illness.
Two pop icons are set to play York Racecourse this summer.
The racecourse has announced that on Friday, July 25, Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be headlining an evening of music on the Knavesmire.
The final headline act has been announced for the Live at York Museum Gardens series.
Richard Hawley will close the summer music festival on Saturday, July 5.
A man is under arrest following a collision that led to the death of an 80-year-old woman.
A white van is believed to have collided with the woman, who needs assistance to walk, police said.
A MAN wanted after an attack in York has been arrested by police.
On Sunday (March 2) North Yorkshire Police launched a man hunt for 36-year-old Daniel Bhanura of Fossway in the city.
A SHOP owner is giving away her York business for free.
Mel Metcalf opened The Giftery & The Shop of Small Changes, in Burton Stone Lane back in Clifton in 2019
TRIBUTES have been paid to a father-of-three and leading businessman ahead of his funeral at York Minster.
James Fawcett died suddenly aged 60. He was recognised as a leader in his field and ran the seventh-generation Yorkshire family business Thomas Fawcett & Son
More than half of the assaults, public order offences and other violent crimes recorded in York city centre in 2023-4 were thought to involve alcohol, according to police data.
North Yorkshire Police figures show around two thirds of the 1,005 violent crimes recorded in York city centre in the year up to March 2024 were at night.
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