Police get keys for tenant drug checks
Landlords are handing police the keys to their tenants' homes so officers can trawl them for drugs. Town snubs royal bells appeal
The York Minster Bells Appeal ran into fresh controversy today when a leading Selby councillor said the bells should be dedicated to North Yorkshire's forgotten army on the home front who "actually contributed" to the war effort. Shout up for leisure centre
The people of Ryedale could soon get a new leisure centre - but only if they shout loud enough to demand one.
Millennium bridge steels the limelight
Work is well under way on constructing York's Millennium Bridge. Museum to show off its £300,000 revamp
The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life in Pickering is to open its doors for a new season following a £300,000 revamp. How the staff B&Q it - every day at the warehouse
Now here's a thing - nearly 200 people running, jumping, dancing and singing, and it always happens at about the same time every day. Code for council workers
Workers' conduct could be controlled by a list of rules proposed by City of York Council. Death crash aircraft 'plunged from the sky'
An inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death on four men who died when their stricken light aircraft plummeted to the ground. Cigarette end left at house traps burglar
A discarded cigarette butt led police to a burglar after his DNA was found on it by forensic scientists.
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