Joe Cooper Local Democracy Reporter
  • York
  • National World

Local Democracy Reporter for York and Selby.

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Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Evening Post

85 Articles
over 1 year
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Many Ukrainian refugees in York ‘living very successful lives and want to stay’

Many Ukrainian refugees in York are building “very successful lives” and want to settle in the city more permanently,...

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York traveller camp to be relocated after outcry from councillors

York council chiefs have pledged to relocate a Gypsy and Traveller encampment following a petition by ward councillors.

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The Lord Nelson, Nether Poppleton: Locals lose fight over housing behind 17th-century village pub...

Updated plans for a house behind a Yorkshire village pub have been approved despite strong opposition within the comm...

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York Gallery considering reintroducing entrance charges amid £200,000 funding gap

York Art Gallery bosses are considering reintroducing charging for entry, a meeting heard.

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£16m defences could making flooding in Tadcaster 'one in 100-year event'

Defences aimed at making flooding in Tadcaster a one-in-a-hundred year event have been unveiled by the Environment Ag...

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200-year-old York business with annual turnover of more than £12million given green-light to expand

A 200-year-old York business has been given the green-light to expand its Osbaldwick headquarters after a vote by cou...

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Disabled woman left 'trapped' by Yorkshire cafe which put out pavement furniture wins out-of-cour...

A disabled woman has won a legal battle with City of York Council after she accused them of breaking equalities law.

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Plan to build dementia accommodation and elderly flats in York scrapped

Plans for specialist accommodation for people with learning difficulties on a major York housing development have bee...

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Residents “fuming” in York as student HMO growth leads to ‘noisy parties, congestion and aggressi...

Residents of a York terrace are “absolutely fuming” about the number of houses in their street being turned into HMOs...

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Private driveway bid thrown out after neighbour row over spur of road on ex-MOD estate

A Yorkshire homeowner says her rights have been “steamrolled” after failing in her bid to put up a fence on a public ...

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City of York Council: 'Something seriously wrong' with standards at Yorkshire council after 'argu...

York councillors have agreed to draw up a three year plan to try to boost standards at the council after a local gove...

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Network Rail to press ahead with Yorkshire bridge that will ‘exclude people from the countryside’

Network Rail is pressing ahead with plans to create a new, stepped bridge over the railway line between York and Chur...

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