Haxby Town Council has reaffirmed its belief it would prefer a future railway station serving the town to be built near York’s Outer Ring Road.

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• A vacant York working men’s club next to Dick Turpin’s grave is set to be demolished to make way for an apartment block - despite objections from politicians.

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