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A FORMER head teacher has died after going into a York river. Coroner Jon Heath opened the inquest on Monday (November 24) into the death of Elizabeth Margaret Chisholm, 85, who died on Wednesday ...

Evan Geoffrey d'Andilly was a student at the University of York A man who died after entering the River Ouse in York has been named as 19-year-old Evan Geoffrey d'Andilly. The body of the University ...

A £4m project to improve the water quality in North Yorkshire has begun this week. Yorkshire Water has announced that the work began at the Thornton-le-Beans wastewater treatment site, which will see ...

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City Cruises York is making waves this summer with the UK launch of City Cruises Live — a brand-new live music experience on the water — and it’s kicking off with a one-night-only floating concert on ...

Yorkshire Water has been given permission to extract more water from two rivers to boost its supplies during the ongoing drought. The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a permit allowing the firm to ...

A double rapist who attacked his last victim just weeks before her body was found in a river has been jailed for more than 14 years. Courageous Leah Bedford, 16, accused labourer Kristian John Franks, ...

Sandbags have been stacked across streets in York as the River Ouse rose to just one metre below the flood levels of 2000. Flood plains around the city have been covered by several feet of water. St ...