Anti-terrorism barriers are to be installed permanently in the centre of York, council bosses have confirmed.

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• ONE of the most recognisable brand names has come a step closer to being removed from York city centre.

  WHSmith in Coney Street is one of the retailer’s stores set to be rebranded under the name TG Jones.

• POLICE are investigating an incident where flowers were thrown at a woman.

  North Yorkshire Police are investigating an assault which took place at the end of last month.

• The head teacher at a top York school has said moving to a “smartphone free” learning environment has resulted in fewer incidents of online bullying.

  Russell Harris, head teacher at Fulford School, told The Press “the world is changing” after he joined 10 other York head teachers in signing a statement promoting limiting smartphone use at schools.

• A MAN is due in court this morning following a stabbing in York.

  North Yorkshire police say a 44-year-old man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, in connection with the incident in Baker Street, York, on Thursday, June 5.

• A police investigation is underway after a car was set on fire in a York suburb.

  The vehicle has been left damaged after the incident in Thoresby Road, Acomb, at about 2am on Sunday (June 8).

• A MAIN road near York was closed to allow police investigations to be carried out following a crash in the early hours of Sunday, 8 June.

  Police are now appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following the collision on the A19 near Escrick which involved a blue Volkswagen Golf and a silver Volvo XC90 at 1am.

• A man has been jailed for a late-night attack on his former partner that left her with a deformed face.

  Kenneth Shepherd, 36, repeatedly punched the woman in her home after spending the evening in the pub, said Rob Galley, prosecuting.

• Yorkshire Water work in a North Yorkshire village has seen a newly resurfaced road “dug up” – and a home’s driveway “completely blocked”, residents have said.

  The company started work on repairing a leaking pipe in Finkle Street, Sherif Hutton, on Monday (June 2) – three days after the road had been newly resurfaced.