Councillor Keith Orrell, who will become the city’s new Lord Mayor next Thursday, has announced which charities he will support during his year in office. The 3 local organisations are the York Blind and Partially Sighted Society, The Island and the York Music Hub.

A new play area is now open at School Lane, Fulford, thanks to funding from Fulford Parish Council and City of York Council.

The City of York is supporting ME awareness week, as a result of a recent Liberal Democrat motion to kick-start an awareness campaign on the issue.

Tonight, over £1.2 million of additional funding has tonight been made available to help relieve pressure on York’s adult social care services.

A meeting will be held in June for local residents to hear more about the plans for flood defences in Fulford.

York is now one step closer to adopting a Local Plan and shaping its own future, following a meeting of the Local Plan Working Group (LPWG) tonight.

Over £1.2 million of additional funding is due to be committed to help relieve pressure on York’s adult social care services, thanks to support from Liberal Democrat Councillors.

The first work package of the bold and ambitious masterplan for the transformation of Castle Gateway can now proceed after receiving Executive approval tonight.

It has been revealed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) that there has been a significant rise in the number of EU nurses and midwives leaving the NMC register, with 3,962 nurses and midwifes leaving between April 2017 and March 2018.

Cllr Ian Cuthbertson, Liberal Democrat ward councillor for Haxby & Wigginton, is supporting a new petition calling for a new pedestrian crossing on York Road, Haxby, following a number of concerns over safety raised by local residents.