Plans to convert an apartment off York’s Fulford Road into a house of multiple occupation (HMO) have been approved - despite opposition from neighbouring locals.

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• Celebrating York’s Creative Economy at the First UNESCO City of Media Arts EXPO

  Launching the UK’s first UNESCO City of Media Arts EXPO to celebrate York’s 10th anniversary of global designation. The Guildhall, 7-9 November 2024.

• A WATER pipe has burst again on a major road in York.

  The Press has received footage this afternoon (October 20) of a burst water pipe on Wigginton Road, which was previously said to be flooding the road with around a foot of water.

• A bid to clean up a York war memorial 100 years after it was unveiled has been given the go-ahead.

  City of York Council has approved Network Rail’s application to clean the North Eastern Railway War Memorial, in Station Rise.

• EMERGENCY crews have been called in after reports of two people in a York river.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they the ambulance and York Rescue Boat were called out at 10.22pm last night (October 20) after reports of people in trouble in one of the city’s rivers.

• Frango's Food Market opens in Parliament Street today

  THEN there were three! Husband-and-wife restaurant team Ted and Emma Hustler are opening a new pop-up street food outlet in York today - marking their third new food and drink venture in just 14 months.

• Armed police swooped on a busy York city centre street after a report of a person carrying a weapon.

  North Yorkshire Police said officers were alerted to the Bootham area yesterday afternoon (Thursday, October 17) after a member of the public raised the alarm.

• YORK'S much loved Jorvik Viking Centre will be transformed into a winter wonderland as it gets a Narnia-style makeover to mark its 40th anniversary.

  The popular attraction - which first opened in April 1984 - will get a snowy refit for the first time in its history.

• A main road in York city centre has reopened after a crash involving a bus, van and cyclist.

  Gillygate reopened at 9.10am after the crash at 6.15 this morning (Friday, October 18).