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Mayoral candidate David Skaith, Shadow DEFRA secretary Steve Reed and Selby MP Keir Mather

Labour says money is available to fix the UK's flooding problems

Tory mayoral candidate Keane Duncan

Mayoral election opponents criticise Tory pledge to buy Grand Hotel

Darryl Smalley says the council should allow adverts of sugary foods on its billboards

Councillor says council not advertising chocolate is "nannying"

Dyls

Popular York café and bar to be sold to staff member

York Station Gateway project CGIs

York cycle route to re-open following pressure from council

Reform UK

Reform UK apologises after dropping candidate without knowing he died

York Castle Museum

Museum CEO pleas for help from government after RAAC discovery

David Skaith speaking at the hustings

York and North Yorkshire mayoral candidates quizzed on transport policies

Keith Tordoff's TikTok account

York and North Yorkshire mayoral candidate joins TikTok to connect with youth

CGI of York Station Gateway project

Council officers "in discussions" to get LNER to U-turn on cycle route closure

Reform UK leader Richard Tice

Reform UK ditch two candidates in Yorkshire seats for next general election

The Olive Tree

Restaurant told "major improvement" needed in food safety

York Castle Museum

RAAC discovery at York Castle Museum cost almost £500k

Felicity Cunliffe-Lister

Lib Dem candidate for York and North Yorkshire mayor publishes manifesto

Senior York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority officer James Farrar

What powers will new mayor have and how much will they be paid?

Goodramgate

Plea to be "left alone" as group plans protest outside Chinese restaurant

Free school meal

Free school meal trial extended with further £100k to be spent

Coun Jo Coles, executive member for health

York Council: 'The cost of adult social care is not sustainable'

CGI of York Station Gateway project

Major bridge to close while train station transformation project continues

For sale stock image

Gap between earnings and house prices increase by more than £200k since 1997

Hopkins & Poyner Dental Practice

York dentist scraps NHS care for patients

York

Shortfall of affordable homes built in York over last three years

Liberal Democrats were absent from the audit and governance committee

Liberal Democrats boycott meeting over "unusual feud"

York West Offices

York councillors get small pay rise at £7k cost to the authority

Dentistry access has been an issue in York in recent years

"Serious questions" over plans to improve access to dentistry in York

Keane Duncan

Mayoral candidate pledges free parking in every town and city

Vapes seized by the City of York Council trading standards team

Illegal vapes worth more than £13k seized

York Outer Ring Road plans

Plans to dual Outer Ring Road approved

York Central artist's impression

City developers in talks for "substantial" amount of affordable housing

Luke Charters

Labour candidate says he won't take second job if elected as Yorkshire MP

Rachael Maskell

Labour MP questions plans to dual A64 despite council's support

Stock image

York Healthwatch contract worth £462k renewed

Osbaldwick Travellers Site

More than £5m to be spent on Traveller accommodation

York Minster

Cuts to tourism organisation so it "stand on its own two feet"

More places will be made at a York nursery

Children at nursery to be educated at new outdoor space

Proposed Appearance Of Haxby Station

TransPennine responds to accessibility concerns at planned Haxby station

Bishopthorpe Bridge

Concerns HGVs will drive through villages while work is carried out on bridge

The City of York Council executive team

How York council’s funding has declined since 2010

Road signs near the Hopgrove Roundabout, York

York Outer Ring Road to be dualled after consent is set to be granted for work

Out of order lift at York station. Pic: Flick Williams

Brexit delaying broken down lifts being fixed

Rowntree Park

City's park re-opens after three months of flooding damage

National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum's director says new funding is "incredible news"

Plans for student accommodation

Student accommodation approved after initial refusal by councillors

Old School Medical Practice

York village's only GP surgery to close

E-scooter in York

E-scooters and e-bikes to be removed from York

Micklegate, York

"Good news for York" as tax break for holiday let landlords is abolished