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Cashpoint melts after pavement blaze in Driffield

Cashpoint melts after flames shoot 8ft into air from pavement in Driffield

7:52pm Saturday 18th May 2013

UPDATE: FLAMES have erupted up to 8ft in the air from a pavement in an East Yorkshire town, melting the front of a cashpoint machine and cracking a window.

Norton fire flats landlord jailed for 12 months

Alan Foster

10:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

The owner of flats where two young jockeys died in an arson attack has been jailed for a year, after a judge said he showed “complete disregard” for residents’ safety.

Work starts on new Monks Cross shops project

A new view of how the John Lewis Store will look

9:40am Saturday 18th May 2013

WORK on a £90 million shopping development on the edge of York is under way after newts caused a hold-up – and the project is set to open by next Easter.

Shake up of York’s care facilities behind schedule

9:39am Saturday 18th May 2013

A SHAKE-UP of York’s elderly people’s homes is running behind schedule, as opposition parties claim the project is in “crisis” and city leaders dodge questions about its future.

Poetry professor seeks beauty among rubbish

9:29am Saturday 18th May 2013

SOME poets find inspiration from nature, others from myths and legends. But one has now chosen a very different setting in which to seek his muse – a North Yorkshire rubbish depot.

Teenager's bungee jump to raise money for transplant unit

Megan Guest prepares for her bungee jump

9:18am Saturday 18th May 2013

A BRAVE youngster will climb 210 steps and jump off a bridge 160 feet high tomorrow to celebrate her 14th birthday and raise money for the transplant unit at Leeds General Infirmary.

Teacher in court on child sex charges

Richard Oldham

9:08am Saturday 18th May 2013

A YORK teacher has appeared before the city’s crown court charged with a series of sex offences against children in the city.

North Yorkshire Police could face questions over officers' Jimmy Savile links

Jimmy Savile

9:05am Saturday 18th May 2013

NORTH Yorkshire Police will be asked to consider whether there are any questions over officer conduct in connection with revelations about Jimmy Savile.

Campaign to honour VC hero on memorial

The Rev Marcus Ramshaw, a resident of Wilberfoss who wants VC winner Harry Blanshard Wood to be recognised on the village war memorial

8:50am Saturday 18th May 2013

A CAMPAIGN to remember a First World War hero who won the Victoria Cross has been launched after it emerged he has been left off a village war memorial.

Tributes paid to travel firm boss

Daryl Pinnington

8:14am Saturday 18th May 2013

STAFF at a York travel and conference company are in shock following the unexpected death of their managing director.

Travellers’ site issue ‘will not go away’

Christine Shepherd, of the York Travellers’ Trust

8:07am Saturday 18th May 2013

THE York Travellers’ Trust claims City of York Council should be applauded for trying to find new sites for gipsies and travellers, because existing sites are becoming seriously overcrowded.

National Railway Museum seeking former Mallard crew members

Bernard Bell, a former Lord Mayor of York, who was a fireman on the Mallard, back on the footplate at the National Railway Museum

7:56am Saturday 18th May 2013

THE National Railway Museum is searching for the drivers and other crew members who drove the world’s fastest locomotive in its final decades on the tracks.

Plumber wins £20,000 on TV game show – but it could have been £50,000

Bryan Sellars with wife, Joanne, and daughter

7:52am Saturday 18th May 2013

WHO Wants To Be a Millionaire contestant Bryan Sellars missed out on a £50,000 question – despite giving the right answer to host Chris Tarrant.

Mum-of-two walking tall for York Hospital garden project

Sally Deakin, centre, whose daughter Louise, left, and sister Kathryn Hough are taking part in the Nidderdale Walk

7:47am Saturday 18th May 2013

THE family of a mum-of-two who has undergone treatment for cancer three times is fundraising to create a new courtyard and garden area for York Hospital patients.

Charity fundraising teenager nominated for Community Pride award

Joseph Rowntree School pupil Imogen Bawtry has her head shaved to raise money in memory of close family friend Charlie White, who died in April 2012

7:41am Saturday 18th May 2013

A TEENAGER who had her hair shaved off in front of her school mates to raise money for a children’s cancer charity has been nominated for a Community Pride award.

New £4 million GPs’ surgery plan for farm land at Pocklington

An artist’s impression of the proposed new surgery in Pocklington

7:29am Saturday 18th May 2013

POCKLINGTON is to get a £4 million new doctors’ surgery, offering patients better treatment rooms, waiting and reception areas and car parking.

New lighting for dark campus lane

9:30am Saturday 18th May 2013

NEW lighting has finally been installed on a dark lane near the University of York, 20 years after safety fears were first raised.

Mothers’ Union welcomes new local president

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, and Mothers’ Union members outside York Minster

8:57am Saturday 18th May 2013

MEMBERS of a Christian charity which helps families throughout the world have gathered in York to welcome their new local president.

Flower festival marks Haxby parish’s 150th anniversary

The Rev Paul Jackson admires the flowers at St Mary’s Church, Haxby

8:22am Saturday 18th May 2013

A SPECIAL flower festival is being staged this weekend to celebrate a York parish’s 150th anniversary.

Shopkeeper fined for selling drink to 15-year-old

4:38pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE owner of a York off-licence has been fined after he was caught selling alcohol to a 15-year-old in a sting operation.

Man arrested over city centre sex assault

3:23pm Friday 17th May 2013

A MAN has been arrested following the sexual assault of a woman in York city centre.

Road blocked after York level crossing barrier jams

4:54pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE road into Haxby from the York Outer Ring Road has been blocked by police this afternoon after barriers at a level crossing on the York-Scarborough railway line became stuck.

Motorcyclist dies in hospital

3:45pm Friday 17th May 2013

A MOTORCYCLIST who was airlifted to hospital after falling from his bike has died.

Family’s anguish over rare disorder

Philippa Ward with her son, Thomas, who has inherited the condition Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

9:59am Friday 17th May 2013

A ONE-YEAR-OLD boy is at permanent risk of developing tumours because of a rare genetic disorder – and tests have shown his mum has the condition too.

Nurse faces being struck off after mistreating patients

Christina Cooper

9:53am Friday 17th May 2013

A NURSE who branded dementia patients “disgusting” for soiling their bedding and threatened to strangle a woman with a scarf faces being struck off.

How King's Square will look following revamp

An artist’s impression of how the pedestrianised King’s Square in York may look,

9:50am Friday 17th May 2013

WELCOME to the new-look King’s Square. This artist’s impression, produced by City of York Council, gives an idea of how the square will look following its £490,000 revamp, which will start on June 3.

Woman sexually assaulted in York city centre

9:04pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A WOMAN in her twenties has been sexually assaulted in York city centre.

Tributes to student found dead in halls of residence

9:34am Friday 17th May 2013

A STUDENT at the University of York St John has been found dead in his halls of residence.

Man on toy store theft charges

9:51am Friday 17th May 2013

THE deputy manager of a York toy store has appeared in court, charged with stealing stock worth more than £16,000.

Violent teen is locked up

9:14am Friday 17th May 2013

A TEENAGER who damaged a man’s kidney with a knife and started an attack that put a younger boy in a coma for three weeks has been locked up.

Ex-Labour councillor Lynn Jeffries joins Lib Dems

Lynn Jeffries, who has now joined the Liberal Democrats on City of York Council

9:07am Friday 17th May 2013

AN EQUALITIES campaigner who quit York’s ruling Labour party over care cuts is to join the rival Liberal Democrats.

Mothers’ Union service at York Minster

9:55am Friday 17th May 2013

Members of the Mothers’ Union from across the north of England will meet for a special service at York Minster today for Barbara Taylor as she is commissioned as the new president of Mothers’ Union for the Province of York by Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York.

Disgruntled ex-employee hacked into firm’s website

Robert Hall

8:59am Friday 17th May 2013

A RECRUITMENT agent wiped his former employer’s website in a fit of anger only hours after his employment ended, York magistrates heard.

400 sign petition to save green belt land

Councillor Andrew Waller, holding petition, and protesters who are fighting plans to possibly develop green belt land into a showpeople’s site

8:56am Friday 17th May 2013

MORE than 400 people have signed a new petition against plans to develop green belt land between Acomb and the York Outer Ring Road.

Plan for incinerator at Kellingley pit sparks opposition

An impression of the planned waste burner at Kellingley pit

8:42am Friday 17th May 2013

A £200 MILLION waste incinerator producing enough power for 63,000 homes could be built at a North Yorkshire colliery.

Waiting game for Kenyan wife

Robert and Marysella Earnshaw at home in Haxby with some of their letters from the UK Border Agency

8:35am Friday 17th May 2013

A KENYAN woman is awaiting the results of an English language test which could determine whether she can stay in York with her English husband.

Work on collapsed drain in Micklegate to finish soon

8:22am Friday 17th May 2013

WATER bosses say they hope to complete emergency repairs next week on a collapsed sewer that has forced part of a city-centre road to be closed.

Families to get a say on tackling child poverty

8:13am Friday 17th May 2013

FAMILIES across East Yorkshire are to be given the chance to air their views on how child poverty can be tackled in the county.

Putting on the style at York Races

Putting on the style at York races are, from left, Helen Windass, Karen Luty and Lisa Procter

8:11am Friday 17th May 2013

Sir Alex Ferguson and Miss York brought success and glamour to Knavesmire as racegoers donned their finest for Ladies Day.

Arrested man is bailed

9:31am Friday 17th May 2013

A MAN arrested following a raid in Woodthorpe has been bailed by police.

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