THE mother of Claudia Lawrence is to explore the possibility of handing her missing daughter’s empty house over to a charity to help people in need.

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• A national expansion of free school meals has been welcomed in York

  - with local politicians praising the move as a step in the right direction for tackling child poverty and supporting struggling families.

• We go through the keyhole inside Purey Cust House beside York Minster on sale for nearly £6m...

  YORK'S most expensive private house has gone on sale with a price tag of £6 million.

• One of two alleged murderers told a friend “we might have just killed a guy”, a jury has heard.

  The friend claimed Jobie Tyers, 31, threw his shoes individually out of a car as it was driving through Tang Hall and said he was getting rid of evidence.

• One of York’s major employers is looking to make up to 66 staff redundant in the city and at a sister site in Scotland.

  Nestle has begun consulting with staff and unions in York and Girvan concerning the possible redundancies between the sites.

• A YORK MP has welcomed a step forward in his campaign to combat rogue bailiffs.

  Labour MP for York Outer Luke Charters says the Government’s announcement of a consultation to regulate the bailiff industry, following his campaign alongside debt charities, victims, and legal experts it very welcome.

• A highly-rated modern Italian restaurant in York has performed poorly in a food hygiene inspection.

  L’Osteria at 31 Castlegate received a one-star rating, meaning ‘major improvement necessary’ following the inspection of January 22.

• Brew York’s Hazy Session IPA, Coney, is now available nationwide in ASDA supermarkets. Shoppers can find Coney in brand-new four-packs, or as individual 440ml cans.

  Coney is described as a refreshingly balanced Hazy Session IPA, brewed with a vibrant trio of Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops.

• AN 18-metre high telecoms mast installed in a York "area of natural beauty" has been blasted as an "eyesore" that belongs on an industrial estate.

  Jason Shearer, who lives in Telford Terrace, raised objections with City of York Council’s planning department about the 18-metre-high pole and infrastructure in Albemarle Road on May 19, as the works process began.