THE upper floors of a building in a busy city centre street can be converted into six flats, says City of York Council.

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• An "incredible" exhibition of local artists is returning to York for the seventh year.

  The York Printmakers annual Print Fair has earned a reputation as North Yorkshire’s best affordable original print fair and brings people from all over the country to view, chat about and buy prints.

• A York MP has said that she is "sceptical" about suggestions to tie Winter Fuel Payments to council tax bands.

  Responding to a written question by Labour MP Rachael Maskell, Pensions Minister - Emma Reynolds - said banding based on property values may not accurately reflect taxpayers’ incomes.

• KEEN photographer Paul Mortimer took these photos last night (September 12) of the Northern Lights over York and North Yorkshire.

  Paul, who has lived in York all his life and runs a tattoo studio in Osbaldwick, was out at about from about 9.30pm and into the small hours of this morning and spotted the light show low in the sky.

• TWO men have been jailed for unprovoked York city centre violence that left an ex-policeman with severe brain injuries.

  The former officer now cannot read, write or understand numbers, has difficulty communicating and cannot look after himself, York Crown Court heard.

• A well-known former retailer has bounced back by opening the first store of its kind on the edge of York.

  Jessops last operated a photography store in the city until 2020 when it closed its Coney Street branch during the pandemic.

• REPAIR works to a major road in York are set to take a full month to complete.

  Following a crash on Sunday, September 1 near the B1222 at Naburn Lane the A64 between the A19 and A1 junctions has been down to one lane at Middlethorpe.

• York could get its Local Plan for development approved by Christmas but hundreds more homes than planned

  - may have to be built under proposals for mandatory targets, councillors have heard.

• A “loving” 21-year-old died following a rare brain bleed after being found unresponsive in York, her mother said as she paid tribute to her.

  Anna Graves passed away after having a spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage – a type of stroke caused by bleeding on the brain.