Chief Reporter

A MEMBER of staff has been injured during an armed robbery involving a knifeman at a York store.

POLICE are continuing to investigate the death of a farmer in an East Yorkshire village - and have issued a fresh appeal for anyone with information to get in touch.

YORK'S bid to become the home of Great British Railways (GBR) has won backing from the Science Museum Group, which includes York's National Railway Museum.

A YORK mother who launched a charity after her daughter died of a brain tumour 27 years ago - and has seen it grow to support musical activities with children in hospices, schools and hospitals all over the UK - is set to step down as director.

THE safety of cyclists on York's busy Fulford Road has been boosted with the extension of a shared path for both pedestrians and cyclists.

A NEW 368-bed student accommodation complex in York is already fully booked - even though it's still being built.

A SHUTTLE bus into York will be provided for asylum seekers staying at the former RAF Linton on Ouse base, the Home Office has revealed.

THE Government has allocated more than £1.13 million to help York and North Yorkshire businesses start exporting, says York Outer MP Julian Sturdy.

THE cost of petrol has risen again to a new record high in York - effectively wiping out the Chancellor's spring cut in fuel duty.

RACHAEL Maskell will stand again for Labour in York Central at the next General Election.