NORTH Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has been slammed by inspectors, who claim its ability to keep the public safe during fires and other emergencies is 'deteriorating'.

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• Ouse Bridge police incident: man left with head injury

  A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of wounding following a disturbance which caused traffic chaos in York.

• A Kirkbymoorside man is due to appear in court this morning charged with wounding and possessing an offensive weapon in public.

  At around 9am on Saturday 26 April, police were called by the ambulance service to a report of a 19-year-old man with serious injuries in the Yeomans Court area of Kirkbymoorside.

• North Yorkshire Police has made more than 100 arrests since launching Project Titan – cracking down on county lines drug dealing in York.

  Dylan Connell joined some of the officers patrolling the city.

• A new police taskforce has made more than 100 arrests as it seeks to crackdown on county lines drug dealing in York.

  County lines drug dealing is the “highest risk” to York and has resulted in “significant violent incidents”, said one of the sergeants involved in the operation.

• YORK’s MPs have spoken out after a York bird of prey shop has made the decision to stop showing live birds in their shop.

  As reported by The Press, falconry experts Owl Adventures recently opened a shop in Our Lady’s Row Goodramgate – originally intended to be a hands-on experience where people would be able to hold and learn about birds of prey.

• York Minster is set to be filled with metal music as a band prepares to rock the ancient building.

  A stage has been erected inside the Grade I listed cathedral’s nave ahead of the sold-out Organic Metal: Two Worlds Collide concert by Plague of Angels tonight (Friday, April 25).

• A woman who took out her bad mood on a complete stranger by pulling her to the ground and kicking her has been jailed.

  Kathryn Walters, prosecuting, said the victim was enjoying having a cigarette with friends outside a pub when Claire Ross arrived.

• A HAND gesture made by City of York Council’s deputy leader during a meeting has sparked complaints, an opposition call for an apology and counter-claims about previous behaviour from the latter.

  The complaints came after Labour’s Cllr Pete Kilbane appeared to turn his fingers next to his head during an exchange with opposition Liberal Democrats in February’s Budget meeting.