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Updated Multi-vehicle crash on main route in to York UPDATED 10.05AM: There is still queueing traffic due to the earlier accident, but all lanes have now been re-opened. A MULTI-VEHICLE crash is partially blocking a main route in to York. Emergency services are currently on the scene of a crash on the A1237 at Upper Poppleton. The road is partially blocked both ways with queueing traffic due to a multi-vehicle accident from the A59 Upper Poppleton to the A19 Shipton Road at Rawcliffe. ...

Submitting... Unfortunately this is one of many examples. The root cause is Government guidance with its presumption in favour of development. The problem goes back a long way but has worsened since the Conservatives came back to power in 2010. Several leading Conservatives have advocated libertarian policies where “anything goes”. For example, Minister Liz Truss called for a million homes to be built on London green belt, effectively wrecking it. She is not alone. Locally, inappropriate...

FISHERGATE Primary School’s kitchens could be in for a complete refurbishment. “The proposals are for a complete refurbishment of the existing first floor kitchen,” says an application lodged with city planners by City of York Council. “The kitchen equipment and existing wall, floor and ceiling finishes will be stripped out completely. “The proposed kitchen layout includes modifications to the existing recent partition walls. A new cooking area is to be installed (and) a new v...

Submitting... The decision to inflict major change on an exhausted NHS in the midst of a global pandemic suggests the Government realises how much its £4bn 2012 reorganisation was mistaken. Thirsk and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake. In the new proposals, the shift from competition to collaboration is welcome. The Secretary of State will have greater powers to intervene in our local health service, 
which at least gives us someone to hold to account if things go awry. But many important detail...

By Readers letter Letter York should become part of a single, unified North Yorkshire council, says former Lord Mayor and council leader Ian Gillies It was with dismay that I read that four of York’s political parties have joined forces to petition the Government for the status quo to be maintained regarding the governing of our city (York must remain York: party leaders fight council merger, February 11). As a former Lord Mayor and ...

Flooding blocks main street in York village FLOODING has blocked the main street in a York village. Main Street is shut to traffic this morning in Upper Poppleton both ways due to flooding between Ouse Moor Lane and The White Horse Pub. First York have said that their buses are being diverted via Ebor Way and Dikelands Lane. Stops at the Lord Nelson Pub and along Main Street are not being used this morning.   Service 10 - due to #flooding on Main Street in Poppleton, buses are...

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