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• STRUGGLING families in York will this year be able to claim only a single food voucher

  AND a single fuel voucher under a government support scheme for hard-up households, instead of the three of each they could claim before.

• A café worker has told of the moment she realised six people were in the water after a boat crash on the River Ouse in York.

  As reported by The Press online, six people were rescued from the Ouse after a small, customer-driven boat collided with a large City Cruises York passenger boat.

• York: Crash on A64 by Stockton on the Forest causing traffic

  THERE has been a crash on a major road in York.

• A YORK woman says she has been battling mould in her home for more than 14 years - claiming it is affecting her health.

  Jane Allison Walker, of Lucas Avenue in Clifton, first moved to the City of York Council owned property 15 years ago. She said the mould started to develop six months into her tenancy.

• AN historic building turned company headquarters in North Yorkshire has gone on the market for £1,500,000.

  Boston Lodge in Boston Spa near Wetherby is a Grade II listed building which dates from the late eighteenth century with later nineteenth century additions and extends to some 7,300 square feet.

• Nine arrests were made and five vehicles seized during a police crackdown on crime in York and Selby.

  Officers were out in force in York on Tuesday (April 23) as Operation Tornado started.

• FILMING is underway for a third consecutive day in York today.

  On Thursday (April 25) the crew film new detective drama Patience are in the Victorian Claremont Terrace off Gillygate

• A BOAT sank to the bottom of the River Ouse in York after a crash involving a larger passenger vessel.

  As reported by The Press yesterday (April 24), the incident happened at 12.25pm near Lendal Bridge. It involved a City Cruises self-drive boat and the larger passenger boat.