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• Plans for 114 affordable homes near Tadcaster Road have been blocked amid concerns over its impact on traffic, Green Belt land and a neighbouring football club.

  Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust’s application for the homes, off Sim Balk Lane opposite York College, was refused by York Council’s Planning Committee A on Wednesday, February 5.

• A SIGN above a shop located in one of York’s most historic streets has been refused planning permission and may have to come down.

  City of York Council refused listed building consent yesterday (February 6) to applicant Mr Hussain Ahmed for the display of a sign above the door of 68 Goodramgate in the city centre.

• EMERGENCY crews have been called in after a crash in a York suburb.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called out at 1am on Friday (February 7) after reports of a crash in Heworth.

• Players in a York girls football club are standing up against harassment after being accused of cheating - because some have short hair.

  Footballers, parents and coaches from York Railway Institute AFC U12 team have launched an anti-harassment campaign after multiple incidents in which girls were accused of cheating by ‘being boys’ on account of their short hair.

• EMERGENCY crews have been called in after a crash on a main road in a North Yorkshire.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 6.14pm on Wednesday (February 5) after reports of a crash on the A63 Selby bypass.

• A man who was part of a “professional cannabis growing operation” in a York housing estate has been jailed and faces deportation.

  Illegal immigrant Sang-Van Tran, 31, was living in a two-storey terraced house in St Joseph’s Court, Clifton.

• A difficult customer told a policeman "there’s a gunman in York, it’s me” then later threatened to kill two baristas, York Crown Court heard.

  A Caffe Nero employee feared she was going to die when Gary Maddison, 65, told her and a colleague “this is going to be your last breath,” said Rob Galley, prosecuting.

• Plans for a new 3G pitch at a York school have been approved

  The plans, approved by City of York Council’s Planning Committee B on Thursday, January 30, are set to see the pitch built at Fulford School, in Fulford Gate.