The campaign by City of York Council is targeting secondary schools and sixth forms students after a recent survey found one in five have used an e-cigarette.

Nicotine products offered to schoolchildren in bid to tackle vaping

The landmark agreement will create a new combined authority across the region led by a directly elected mayor.

Mayor and £540m set for York and North Yorkshire as devolution deal unveiled

York's Council Leader is urging people to wear a face covering in busy outdoor areas in the city, to help tackle the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

York council urges people to wear face masks in crowded outdoor areas

According to the Environment Agency, 5.2 million properties across the country are at risk of flooding.

Households in our region being urged to prepare for the risk of flooding

The council says the plans to ban blue badge holders from parking on pedestrianised streets is due to the terror threat.

Anger over 'discriminatory' blue badge parking ban in York

North Yorkshire Police are processing over 160 fines as a result of people breaking Covid rules in York at the weekend. 

More than 160 fines issued to Covid rule breakers in York 

York Minster Cathedral from the city walls of York

If the PM follows through on the idea, York would resume its mantle as a seat of government, having served as a capital in Roman Britain and Viking England.  Critics of the scheme say York lacks a building big enough to house hundreds of parliamentarians. 

PM says Parliament could move to York in plans for 'government hub'

The council is reviewing around 50 sites which contain banks for recycling between one and 12 different materials. 

York Council to review recycling banks in the city

A council is to ban mosquito devices from it premises amid concerns they may breach human rights.

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