A 'BLACKOUT Challenge' which children at a York school have taken part in can kill in seconds, a safety boss has warned.

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• TRAFFIC on a main road into York was at a crawl this morning (Tuesday, April 22) following a road closure over the Easter weekend.

  The A19 is closed at the A1036 junction with Cemetery Road after Fishergate flooded on April 20 next to Fishergate Primary School. 0:00 / 0:15

• Hikes to Micklegate parking charges which would see an end to half-hour rates and free Sunday morning stays for churchgoers have been put on hold following a backlash.

  St Mary’s Bishophill Junior Church Warden Angela Carter said proposals to hike on-street parking charges to up to £5.30 for the first hour came as worshippers prepared to mark Holy Week.

• A former East Yorkshire subpostmaster has said he still wants “vindication” for the way he and his family were treated during the Horizon IT scandal after being made an OBE.

  Lee Castleford, 56, from Bridlington, went bankrupt in 2004 after being sued by the Post Office over claims that there was a £25,000 shortfall at his branch which he could not account for.

• Listening to your customers on what beers to offer is part of the recipe for success for a city centre pub in York.

  York CAMRA has presented the Bootham Tavern with a plaque in recognition of members voting it York CAMRA’s Spring City Pub of the Season.

• THOUSANDS of homes in parts of York are slowly getting their water supply back after having no or very low water pressure after a pipe burst.

  About 4,000 residents in the YO32 postcode area which covers Haxby, New Earswick, Wigginton, Earswick, Towthorpe, Strensall and parts of Huntington woke up this morning (April 17) to find they had no water or very little.

• Proposals for £100 fines for street urination, defecation and dog fouling in York have

  Proposals for £100 fines for street urination, defecation and dog fouling in York have prompted calls for more public toilets ahead of a decision on enacting them.

• POLICE and firefighters have been called to a crash in a York village.

  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 7.02pm on Tuesday (April 15) after reports of a crash on the A1079 at Kexby.

• A York pub landlord has been left stranded in a Benidorm hospital after waking up paralysed, his family has said.

  Bob Atkinson’s family hopes to raise the £35,000 needed to get him home, as well as an additional £40,000 to cover his medical bills.