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  • Two car collision causes delays

    TWO cars have collided in York causing rush hour chaos. The two vehicles crashed outside of the Plough Inn, on Main Street, Fulford, at 5.20pm, partially blocking the road. Traffic is being directed by police while the cars are recovered from

  • York kidnap: Trial date set

    The trial date for an alleged kidnapper from Acomb has been set during his first crown court appearance. Wayne Simon Illingworth, 30, of Chapelfields Road, is charged with kidnapping and wounding a man with intent earlier this month on Lowfield

  • Car hits gas pipe

    FIREFIGHTERS have been called to the scene of a gas leak in Sherburn-in-Elmet after a pipe was damaged by a car. Crews from Tadcaster and Selby are at the scene of the incident, on Enterprise Way, following the crash at 5.30pm today. Engineers

  • Spotlight turned on Illuminating York

    A LEADING light in York’s history has inspired the centrepiece of this year’s Illuminating York festival. John Snow, a 19th century doctor, made crucial discoveries in the treatment of cholera, and went on to pioneer the use of anaesthetics.

  • Horse stabbed repeatedly in York:Update 4pm

    A HORSE has been put down after being repeatedly stabbed in York. North Yorkshire Police said the animal was found wandering in Murton Way, Osbaldwick, at 7.17am this morning, shocked and bleeding from multiple stab wounds. A force spokeswoman

  • Teenage girl punched in the face

    A TEENAGE girl was punched in the face by a man in Harrogate. The 17-year-old victim was walking along a cycle path off Woodfield Road at about 1.30pm on Friday when she noticed a man who appeared to be lost. North Yorkshire Police said the

  • Miniature violin stolen

    THIEVES have stolen a distinctive miniature violin from a North Yorkshire house. North Yorkshire Police have released images of the instrument, which was stolen from a house in Hovingham, near Malton.   Police said they believed the instrument

  • York runners showered with colour

    A COLOURFUL 5k event made a splash in York this weekend. Runners at the Colour Me Happy Fun Run at Rawcliffe Country Park were showered with paint and clouds of colour as they made their way around the route in aid of York’s St Leonard’s Hospice

  • £8 wage pledge given cautious welcome in York

    THE Joseph Rowntree Foundation has welcomed Ed Miliband's pledge that Labour would raise the National Minimum Wage to £8 per hour by 2020. Julia Unwin, chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said in-work poverty was a huge problem with

  • Shake-up planned for York council meetings

    A MAJOR overhaul of the way council meetings work is planned in York, to make it easier for councillors to grill the leadership. A long-term review of the authority's constitution has been going on at City of York Council, and next week the audit

  • Fundraiser to remember York baby who died aged 10 months

    A TRAGIC York baby who died aged just 10 months old will be remembered at a special event next month to raise money for the charity that helped her family through difficult times. Baileigh Bluebell Kettlewell died in May, after spending a month

  • Has York's housing market turned the corner?

    YORK’S housing market is emerging from its slump and there should be significant increases in construction next year, a new report has claimed. Paul Landais- Stamp, City of York Council’s housing strategy manager, says the number of houses given