PC arrested over gun raid

A York police officer has been arrested by detectives understood to be investigating an armed robbery at a village post office. Hard core drink-drivers to be targeted

Police in North Yorkshire are pledging to continue targeting a 'hard core' of drink-drivers who play games with the lives of other road users. Doctor rapped for HIV tests on patients

A GP has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct after testing five patients for the HIV virus "without justification". County left with only one intensive care bed

Just one intensive care bed was available in North Yorkshire today as the flu bug continued to sweep the country. Soldier 'torched' ex-lover's house

A York soldier set fire to part of the house of his ex-girlfriend when she told him she had a new boyfriend, York Crown Court heard. Two schools become one

Children who attended two village schools in Copmanthorpe before Christmas came back to just one today. Copmanthorpe Infant and Junior Schools officially merged at the beginning of the month and are now Copmanthorpe Primary School, which has 340 pupils. Teacher who abused boys is sent to prison

A former care worker and sports master at a North Yorkshire Barnardo's home was yesterday jailed for 39 months for sexually abusing young boys. Flu bug knocks out Millennium man

Millennium stockpile man Mike Stampfer says we may never know how close we came to disaster as clocks struck midnight on December 31. Cash boost for Yorkshire arts projects

Arts projects across North Yorkshire are delighted after winning more money from the Government and the National Lottery, via the Yorkshire Arts Board. The battle of the burgers

A burger war for the over-18s is starting in North Yorkshire, with a pub chain taking on American fast-food giant McDonald's.

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