Tributes have been paid to a "much-loved" North Yorkshire man whose death sparked a police investigation.

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• Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will today open a £200 million train manufacturing factory in Goole which will support 700 jobs.

  The site will build the new Piccadilly Line trains for a planned refurbishment of that line to deliver more reliable, accessible and faster journeys across London.

• A much-loved York community pub has reopened after its first major renovation in almost 60 years.

  The Dick Turpin has been virtually unchanged since it opened in Woodthorpe in 1965.

• A TOP York chef is celebrating an award win.

  S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy has awarded Kurtus Auty of Bosun’s Restaurant in York, with its Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought award.

• The search for a missing North Yorkshire woman has been extended to a towns river banks, police have said.

  An appeal was issued for 34-year-old Victoria Taylor, who was last seen at an address in Malton at 9am on Monday, September 30.

• A driver has been told to prepare for jail after a jury convicted him of offences involving a pedestrian.

  The jurors heard how Ian Shields, 37, tried to get the pedestrian to drop charges two days before the victim was due to attend a police identity procedure.

• THERE were missed opportunities before the death of a prisoner who subjected a vulnerable woman to months of violence, an ombudsman has found.

  Keith Andrew Turner was jailed for three years and nine months in March 2019, after he subjected a vulnerable woman to months of violent and psychological abuse.

• AN annual football match has been held in memory of a popular York teenager.

  Peter Woodmansey a student at Bootham School, died of septicaemia at Leeds General Infirmary in December 2020, less than three weeks after receiving a diagnosis of leukaemia and despite having responded well to early treatment.

• "IT'S the best job I've ever had!"

  York College and University Centre’s principal and chief executive Ken Merry took over as acting college boss almost a year ago, getting the role permanently in March this year.