A 'National Day of Action' has been planned for tomorrow against the Government’s proposal to sell-off student debt to private companies.

Millions of pounds from the University is reaching companies perceived as unethical, including some accused of child labour and human rights abuses.

According to Twitter, there is a planned protest by fascist group EDL tomorrow at 2pm at Bull Lane Mosque.

A row broke out last night over plans to issue fracking licences in Aberdeenshire.

YORK council bosses have paid nearly £210,000 in three years to staff suspended for gross misconduct allegations, including violence, drink-driving, turning up for work drunk, and inappropriate sexual conduct. City of York Council paid £170,000 to suspended staff and an additional £40,000 in enhanced pay-offs for some employees dismissed for gross misconduct, The Press can reveal.

Assaults, muggings, ambulances and broken fire regulations. Just how safe is the city at night?

A DOG owner has told of the moment her golden retriever tumbled 104ft from a North Yorkshire viaduct – but somehow survived.

Lendal Bridge income hits £1.3m, new stats reveal - 10,000 have appealed and most have won - Fresh row over signs. Two thirds of drivers fined were heading from Museum Street towards the station. YORK’S controversial Lendal Bridge restrictions have generated £1.3m in fines but many are being waived because officials lack the resources to fight appeals.

Which departments have been cut the deepest in today's spending cuts – and which have largely escaped the chancellor's axe this time.

A drug investigation carried out by Nouse has shown that numerous sites across both the Heslington West and East campuses have tested positive for cocaine. The University has rejected the results.

The University's approach to portering has been described by YUSU as cost-cutting and misleading.

York pub landlords have expressed mixed views on plans to extend opening hours for England’s World Cup match against Italy. On Monday, David Cameron intervened and overruled the Home Office’s decision to refuse permission to extend opening hours for the match.

The University is struggling to provide hundreds of first year students with a room on campus for the first time since the 2010/11 academic year.

NEW evidence showing the extent of York Hospital ’s A&E crisis has emerged as it struggles to cope with longer waiting times, missed targets, and reduced staff numbers. Last year, 64 patients waited more than twelve hours in A&E before being discharged or moved to another department. This is more than seven times the number of patients who had to wait over 12 hours in 2011/12.

EDUCATION bosses in York have spent more than £135,000 on “gagging orders” for school staff since 2007. Over the past seven years, City of York Council signed 17 compromise agreements in educational institutions, all containing confidentiality clauses. In total 34 of the agreements were signed by the council, but they refuse to disclose the full cost.

Recent figures obtained by Nouse have revealed the University is set to miss its long term carbon emissions target. It has since admitted this to be a “challenging target”.