A YORK man, who led England to victory hopes the inaugural Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) World Cup, hopes it will be be a catalyst for the sport.

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  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called in at 6.44pm on Wednesday (March 5) to an address in Acomb.

• A GARDEN bar is set to open for the Summer in a stunning location in York.

  The creators of Sketch, the restaurant in the York Art Gallery, Philip Veal and Maria Rodriguez

• The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire has hit back against criticism of his authority's £31,000 rebrand.

  As The Press reported, the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority announced its new-look logo - and revealed that it cost £31,860.

• A “dangerous” knifeman who stabbed a man in his hand while trying to rob him outside busy York shops has been jailed for more than six years.

  It was the latest in a series of violent crimes by Simon Michael Hughes including threatening to "bite out" or stab the throat of a soldier on duty at Imphal Barracks.

• MORE than 500 people have signed a petition calling for a suspended teacher to be reinstated at a York secondary school.

  The petition, created by an anonymous parent at Millthorpe School in South Bank, calls for the reinstatement of Mr Brothers – an English teacher and union representative.

• A free school meals trial in York has taken its next step with the launch of a breakfast club as attention turns to funding the programme’s future expansion.

  Fishergate Primary School has begun offering free breakfasts and activities for children from less well off families, with plans to extend the offer to more pupils.

• PLANNED changes to start and finish times for the working day are set to come into force at two York schools.

  As The Press reported back in January York High School in Acomb, which has about 750 pupils

• An emergency search is is underway after reports of a man entering the River Ouse.

  North Yorkshire Police said they received a call at 3.06am today (Wednesday, March 5), reporting that a 19-year-old man had entered the water from Ouse Bridge.