More than 300,000 tonnes of clay will be extracted from a York field for use in flood defences after councillors gave the go-ahead.

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• A business is moving out of York city centre due to an increase in parking prices, its managing director has said.

  Damian Marsden, managing director of Appealing Properties, told The Press the letting agents will move from its Clifford Street office after six years to a new premises in Middlethorpe, on the outskirts of York.

• A wife has told a jury that the man accused of trying to kill her was a “very good husband up to that night”.

  Lorna Carr alleged that her safety was always Stephen Carr’s priority.

• TWO men have been found dead at adjoining properties in a North Yorkshire town.

  The county’s police force say emergency services are currently working at two properties in Gatesgarth Close in Scarborough following the unexplained deaths of two men in separate homes.

• Campaigners claim a cemetery in York is ‘falling to bits’ – but site bosses say they face an unprecedented drop in income to maintain the grounds.

  Fulford Cemetery in Fordlands Road is having fewer areas of grass cut - and less frequently - this year, in a bid to reduce costs within its 30-acre grounds.

• A DAREDEVIL York businessman is all set to take on an extraordinary never-before-attempted challenge.

  Jim Mee is the founder of Rat Race, based in York, the UK’s leading provider of global adventure challenges, offering people the chance to tick off once-in-a-lifetime experiences in some of the world’s most remote and exhilarating locations.

• A busy road in York city centre has partially closed as work gets underway to repair a “void”.

  St Leonard’s Place is closed to traffic heading into the city centre from the direction of Bootham Bar.

• A husband allegedly fired arrows at his wife at close range and repeatedly stabbed her as he tried to kill her in their York home, a jury has heard.

  Angus MacDonald, prosecuting, claimed Stephen Carr told his wife Lorna Carr “You are dying tonight” and when she replied “Am I?” he replied “It’s too late, babe, it’s too late".

• A TEAM of about 18 people helped rescue a woman who broke her leg after she fell while out walking her dog in North Yorkshire.

  It took about 18 people - including police, firefighters, ambulance crews and mountain rescue volunteers - to rescue Zoe Allen after she injured herself while out walking her dog in Norton near Malton on Tuesday night (May 27).