£27m extra for Health Service

Health services in York and North Yorkshire today received a £27 million cash boost. But local health chiefs were warned some of this extra money depends on them meeting tough performance targets. Cannabis factory weeded out

Three men and a woman have been arrested after National Crime Squad officers discovered a large-scale illicit 'skunk' cannabis factory near Selby. Mystery over York art gifts given by wealthy American

Special gifts presented to York City art gallery and the Mansion House in the 1920s by a wealthy American have become damaged or lost. Lord Mayor racism plea to York City

Lord Mayor of York, Peter Vaughan, has implored York City Football Club to join a fight against racism. Flood victims seek urgent remedies

Victims of the Derwent floods said today a £4 million scheme to prevent a repeat of the disaster must go ahead as quickly as possible. Pair set up grants scam to defraud small businesses

Two fraudsters who set up a million pound scam designed to rip off small businesses across the North of England were being sentenced by a court today. Collection bursting out of current home

York Art Gallery could be one of the "foremost provincial galleries in the country" if space were provided for it to expand, it has been claimed. And the expansion could create extra jobs in the city's ever-growing tourist industry. Don't be Luddites over GM food urges farmer

Farmers who allow their land to be used for genetically-modified crop trials should be applauded, not hounded, says a North Yorkshire farmer. City hailed as excellent venue for conferences

York is being pushed as one of the main conference centres in Britain in a new Heritage Cities brochure aimed at the European business market. Couples hunted after taxi row

Police are searching for two couples after a taxi window was smashed because of a row over the price of the ride. Sharon sees red over hair remark

An angry North Yorkshire mum has hit out at Health Secretary Frank Dobson's "stupid remark" about redheads. Lake rescue firefighter to get Queen's award

A former Selby firefighter who weighed himself down with a boulder to rescue a young girl trapped at the bottom of a water-filled quarry is to receive a Queen's Commendation for Bravery.

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