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£3.2m flood defence boost for York

2007 and flood waters threaten homes off Leeman Road

5:19pm Thursday 9th February 2012

A £3.2 MILLION upgrade of vital York flood defences will go ahead later this year after the Government approved funding.

North Yorkshire Police name new interim chief constable

3:04pm Thursday 9th February 2012

ONE of North Yorkshire Police’s most senior officers is to take temporary charge of the force when its current Chief Constable retires.

Inquest warning on river dangers

9:50am Thursday 9th February 2012

A POLICE officer has issued a fresh warning about the dangers of the Ouse after telling how a bartender jumped in and drowned in the bitterly cold river.

Young magician's hopes for Britain’s Got Talent fame

9:44am Thursday 9th February 2012

A YOUNG magician from York is hoping to conjure up the support he needs to make his Britain’s Got Talent bid for fame.

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US fashion chain to open York store

9:30am Thursday 9th February 2012

A MAJOR fashion chain has confirmed today that it is to move into the former city-centre home of one of York’s flagship stores.

Sharp rise in NHS bill for hospital interpreters

9:31am Thursday 9th February 2012

SPENDING on interpreters at York Hospital has leapt tenfold in the last five years, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Aviva protester stages fresh demonstration

9:34am Thursday 9th February 2012

AN AGGRIEVED Aviva customer who was served with an injunction to stop him going on the York insurance giant’s property has staged a fresh demonstration on public land near its offices.

Snow clearing in York's car parks would ‘drain resources’

9:36am Thursday 9th February 2012

GRITTING policies in York's car parks have been defended by the council after people and cars struggled in an ice-bound Castle Car Park in the city centre.

Boy, 14, rescued from River Foss

9:20am Thursday 9th February 2012

Updated: A TEENAGE boy had to be pulled from a freezing River Foss after the sledge he was playing on went into the water.

Former police officer in court

9:29am Thursday 9th February 2012

A FORMER Selby police officer has appeared in court accused of conning cash out of her colleagues after claiming her daughter was suffering from leukaemia.

Sex assault masseur ruined dream holiday

9:12am Thursday 9th February 2012

A FURIOUS York couple have told how their dream family holiday in Turkey was ruined when their nine-year-old son was indecently assaulted by a masseur.

Pest control costs soar

9:05am Thursday 9th February 2012

THE cost of calling in pest controllers to tackle rat problems in York homes is set to soar by 283 per cent.

York's council leader hits back at tax rise comments

9:06am Thursday 9th February 2012

YORK’S council leader has hit out at a Government minister who criticised proposals to increase the city’s council tax by 2.9 per cent next year.

York College students shadow Cambridge University undergraduates

8:57am Thursday 9th February 2012

TWO YORK College students have been finding out what life is like at Cambridge University by shadowing undergraduates.

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Man attacked his ex-partner

8:53am Thursday 9th February 2012

A DRUNK man broke into his former partner’s home as she slept, then attacked her in front of their children, York magistrates heard.

Stephen Hester: ‘I thought of quitting RBS’

8:44am Thursday 9th February 2012

FORMER Easingwold School head boy Stephen Hester has revealed that he considered quitting Royal Bank of Scotland amid the political storm over his £1 million bonus.

Council ‘should buy Bootham Crescent’

8:50am Thursday 9th February 2012

COUNCIL chiefs should look at buying York City’s current ground rather than building a new stadium, the city’s main opposition party has claimed.

York's new chocolate attraction wants your recipes

8:33am Thursday 9th February 2012

YORK’s latest attraction is calling for the city’s best bakers to submit their favourite indulgent recipes.

Latest stage of Derwenthorpe model village taking shape

8:15am Thursday 9th February 2012

THE vision for how the second phase of one of York’s biggest and most controversial housing developments will take shape has been handed in to planners.

York gears up for 27th Viking festival and thousands of visitors

8:31am Thursday 9th February 2012

More than 40,000 people are expected to visit the annual Jorvik Viking Festival in York next week which was launched with a spectacular visual display by a local company.

More auditions for York Mystery Plays

9:35am Thursday 9th February 2012

BUDDING actors are being given an extra chance to perform in the York Mystery Plays in the Museum Gardens this summer.

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Tree planting to mark Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

9:38am Thursday 9th February 2012

YORK, Ripon and Wetherby racecourse are to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by planting trees as part of a national campaign by The Woodland Trust.

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Fire authority precept frozen

9:39am Thursday 9th February 2012

A GOVERNMENT grant of £600,000 to the North Yorkshire Fire Authority means the amount paid by residents will not rise this year.

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Chance to air views on city bus services

9:13am Thursday 9th February 2012

Bus users in York are being invited to air their views on transport issues in the city.

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York researchers delve deep into digital archives

3:30pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

RESEARCHERS from York hope to unravel the lives and affairs of people 800 years ago by digging deep into modern-day digital historical records.

Ben Nevis climber returns to York after making amazing recovery

10:04am Wednesday 8th February 2012

THE wife of a climber who fell 200 feet down Britain’s highest mountain has spoken for the first time of how her husband has made a “miracle” recovery and has now returned to York.

Big names join opposition to Monks Cross shopping complex plans

10:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

TWO of York’s most famous businesses have hit out at plans for a huge out-of-town retail complex - and warned it could affect their future in the city.