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Free school meal pilots in York could be extended to two further schools next year following initial research into the impact of the meals.

Spotlight Dance Academy is set to expand after a successful fifteen years.

The sounds of the brass band playing seasonal favourites, choirs singing carols and the delicious smell of roasting chestnuts remain unchanged since Dickens sat down in Malton to write A Christmas Carol, but on Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 December, they will be joined by more than 80 stalls bringing together the skilled makers and producers of fine fare as the North Yorkshire town prepares for the Malton Christmas Festival.

Generous local businesses are supporting an online charity auction to raise funds for the Magnolia Centre at York Hospital, organised by York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity.