THE community behind a planned new hub in a York village have spoken about what the project means to them.

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• ALL three emergency services have been called in after reports of a man in a York river.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called alongside the police and paramedics to the river Foss close to Clifford’s Tower in the early hours this morning (January 30).

• Two burglars who caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a York wine bar have been jailed.

  Billy Johnson, 27, and Daniel James Butler, 30, left £5,000 in damage behind them as they cycled off with a till drawer from Pairings Wine Bar in Castlegate, York Magistrates' Court heard.

• A WOMAN who lost her twins to stillbirth has been crowned in a national competition.

  Louise Prashad, 31, who lives with her husband, Max, 36 in Easingwold, has been named Ms Crown & Glory United Kingdom

• A body was recovered near a major road in York.

  The body of a man was found near a footpath at the edge of the Knavesmire, next to Tadcaster Road

• A new late-night grocery store planned for a York village would add to existing parking problems and create traffic "chaos", objectors claim.

  An application from Moorside Developments Ltd for planning permission to demolish Wilberforce House in North Moor Road, Huntington

• The family of a Second World War veteran who told them he had been a cook during the war were stunned to discover he had been in an elite special forces unit after his death.

  Captain Leslie Scott's collection of Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF) wings - which until recently were being stored in an attic near York

• A York pub has announced its closure "with a heavy heart".

  The Blacksmiths Arms in Main Street, Naburn, announced its closure on Facebook this week.

• VANDALS have attacked cars parked up in York.

  North Yorkshire Police say they are investigating a criminal damage incident which took place in Tanner Row off George Hudson Street in York city centre.