An MP who went from living above his parents’ York takeaway to studying at Cambridge and Oxford and entering parliament is to give an address to his old school.

More from Latest News

• A POPULAR York curry house has been judged among the best in England.

  Bombay Spice in Goodramgate has won the Outstanding Restaurant of the Year in the English Curry Awards 2023.

• FORMER pupils at a York school which was demolished in 1996 have made a generous donation to a planned new community boxing club.

  St George's Old Boys Association held its annual reunion at York NHS Social Club in White Cross Road and donated £200 to Charlie Malarkey's New Earswick Boxing (KO) for Kindness club project.

• FIREFIGHTERS have been battling a flat fire in York.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called out at 5.49pm on Tuesday night (December 3) after reports of a fire close to Fishergate Bar.

• More households in York applied for homelessness support last year, new figures show.

  It comes as a report is due to be published today (Wednesday, December 4) outlining City of York Council’s strategy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the city.

• Christmas and New Year bin collection changes for York - how it will affect you

  THERE will be no recycling collections for four weeks in parts of York under changes to bin collections over the festive period.

• Familiar face turns on Christmas lights in North Yorkshire village

  THE county's first elected mayor switched on the Christmas lights in a North Yorkshire Yorkshire village at the weekend.

• New beginning’ for building that housed troubled York care home

  A York building that once housed a troubled care home is in the hands of new owners who have hailed a “new beginning” for the site.

• Top York chef appeals to pie thieves after raid in North Yorkshire

  A TOP York chef has appealed to thieves who stole his van with 2,500 pies inside to “do the right thing”.