ONE of York’s top hotels is getting a new name next week in recognition of one of the city’s war heroes.

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• Residents react to Fishergate McDonald's being rejected

  Residents, councillors and head teachers have welcomed news that plans for a new McDonald's in York have been rejected.

• Residents in an upmarket area of York are being held hostage by cars parked outside their homes,

  - one of those calling for the introduction of permits has claimed. Pippa Cole, of Wellington Street, said parking problems had become worse in her 20 years

• Opening Coney Street up to the riverside is exactly what York city centre needs to breathe new life into it, a director of the group behind the ambitious plans said.

  Ed Harrowsmith, director of investments at the Helmsley Group, was speaking to The Press

• A MAN has been arrested following a knifepoint robbery in North Yorkshire.

  The county’s police say that just after 8pm on Sunday (October 6), a man entered a petrol station in Wetherby Road in Harrogate holding a knife.

• A NEW nursery has opened in York.

  St Wilfrid’s RC School in Monkgate held a 'come and see' celebration day, opening its doors to current and prospective parents and members of the local community.

• Shed Seven have announced their biggest ever North Yorkshire headline show.

  The York band will play the Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Saturday, June 14, next year.

• Plans which aim to tackle congestion in the run up to Christmas at York Designer Outlet have been lodged.

  An overflow staff car park with 340 spaces would run during November and December under plans from the shopping centre’s owners.

• Coptoberfest returns to St Giles' Church, Copmanthorpe

  A small, friendly beer festival just outside York is set for an almighty blessing when it opened by Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York.