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• MORE than £3,200 has been raised by families from York, North and East Yorkshire for the city's special educational needs primary school following a major event.

  Hob Moor Oaks Academy in Green Lane in Acomb in the west of the city provides specialist education for youngsters aged between two and 11.

• A York mum who had her hands and feet amputated after developing a severe infection and being in a month-long coma has spoken about embracing her new life.

  Mandy Neal, 61, was rushed into York Hospital, put in an induced coma and placed on a ventilator at the end of 2023. She was diagnosed with pneumonia but also an infection - Strep A. The induced coma lasted the majority of January 2024.

• A major York church development has been saved after a mystery donor offered to donate £1.2 million – the full shortfall the project faced after a government rule change.

  The unnamed donor has approached St Michael le Belfrey and offered to cover the outstanding cost, if needed, of the £8.5 million Impact project next to York Minster.

• A TOP celebrity chef has taken on an historic coaching inn in North Yorkshire.

  Award winning chef and TV star Tommy Banks is part of a new venture called Jeopardy Hospitality (JH), along with business partner Matthew Lockwood, brother James Banks and businessman, Neil Armstrong.

• A POPULAR retailer has unveiled plans for a new store in York.

  Pavers Shoes is opening a new shop within McArthurGlen York Designer Outlet later this month – just a few units down from its current location.

• THE glazed canopy in Coppergate Shopping Centre in St Mary’s Square could be removed, plans say, under proposals to “enhance the visual quality of the public realm.”

  The structure follows a hook shape over the frontage of stores including Bonmarché, Primark, Fenwick and Flying Tiger, as well as doors to the Coppergate Centre multi-storey car park and the path to the River Foss and Piccadilly.

• A SKIN cancer diagnosis led to two friends setting up a new business in York.

  Emma Gascgoine and Lois Cook co-founded The York Skin Clinic in Acomb Road in Holgate after Emma herself discovered she had skin cancer.

• Parking charge hikes of more than 500 per cent at York’s Bishopthorpe Road could lead to job losses, traders based there have claimed.

  Business owners told a City of York Council meeting on Thursday, May 13 the hikes had already driven customers away since they came into force last month.