The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire has hit back against criticism of his authority's £31,000 rebrand.

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• “You are a menace to shopkeepers and you make their lives hell,” a judge told a serial York shoplifter as he released him from jail.

  Daniel James Bell, 31, targeted shop after shop in York, despite being repeatedly arrested and on a suspended prison sentence, said Kelly Clarke, prosecuting.

• Referrals to a counter-extremism programme are rising in York as people have become more willing to report concerning behaviour and views, councillors have heard.

  York Council’s Children, Culture and Communities Scrutiny Committee heard referrals to Prevent had increased in the wake of last year’s Southport attack and as awareness of extremist beliefs has spread.

• A POPULAR North Yorkshire hotel and spa has been placed in administration.

  The Feversham Arms in Helmsley will continue to operate as normal and will shortly be put up for sale.

• An investigation has been launched after two buses crashed in York - blocking a key route through the city centre.

  East Yorkshire Buses confirmed that there were no injuries reported after its X46 and X47 services collided in Pavement last night (Thursday, March 6).

• PARAMEDICS and firefighters have been called in after someone collapsed in the street in a York suburb.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called in at 6.44pm on Wednesday (March 5) to an address in Acomb.

• A GARDEN bar is set to open for the Summer in a stunning location in York.

  The creators of Sketch, the restaurant in the York Art Gallery, Philip Veal and Maria Rodriguez

• A “dangerous” knifeman who stabbed a man in his hand while trying to rob him outside busy York shops has been jailed for more than six years.

  It was the latest in a series of violent crimes by Simon Michael Hughes including threatening to "bite out" or stab the throat of a soldier on duty at Imphal Barracks.

• MORE than 500 people have signed a petition calling for a suspended teacher to be reinstated at a York secondary school.

  The petition, created by an anonymous parent at Millthorpe School in South Bank, calls for the reinstatement of Mr Brothers – an English teacher and union representative.