A quarter of the places at a top-ranked prison near York are not being used, despite it being a “scarce and valuable resource,” prison inspectors have said.

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• 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.

• York councillors have approved the local authority’s Budget for this financial year including a 4.99 per cent increase in council tax.

  The ruling Labour group’s Budget was approved on Thursday, February 27 as the council says it faces an up to £10 million-a-year black hole in its finances.

• A York hair salon has been damaged during an attempted burglary.

  North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information about an attempted burglary of the Grosvenor Salon in Grosvenor Terrace.

• AN independent cafe and tearoom in York has closed its doors after the lease has been seized.

  York's Hairy Fig in Fossgate is closed after the landlords, the Company of Merchant Adventurers took enforcement action.