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Local charities have been expressing their fears this week concerning charity funding cuts to be made by City of York Council. Council provided funding to local charities and voluntary organisations is set to be cut by £82,000.

Tonight the second episode of the new series of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding airs on Channel 4, and the controversy sparked by the show will doubtless resurface in its wake. We take look at the issues surrounding the show.

The promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as multilingualism, is to be celebrated, but it is easy to forget the advantages when it seems like the whole world speaks English.

New figures released today by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies reveal that the development of one in four children in the UK is being negatively impacted by problematic home and family lives.

A child loses a parent every 2.2 seconds, and it is estimated that there are more than 132 million children worldwide who have been orphaned by disaster, disease or poverty, or abandoned on the streets by their parents.

World Cancer Day is being backed by a Facebook app which allows you to donate your status to help spread awareness of the single biggest killer.

A new report by researchers from the University of York has leant support to the case for further support for handyperson services, which provide older people with an ‘odd job’ service allowing them to live more independently.

With the spread of the American diet around the world, more and more people are dying from heart related diseases that are caused by poor diet.

Apple, who yesterday announced profits of $13 billion, have come under fire for poor working conditions in their Chinese factories.

Have the times changed so much that Britons have no choice but to abandon our integrity to ‘get ahead’?

The Government proposed Welfare Reform Bill, aimed at putting a cap on the amount of benefits a household can receive, was yesterday defeated in the House of Lords.

Young homeless people are more likely to suffer from poor health, depression and other mental health issues, and alcohol and drug abuse.

York has held its own with the South in terms of economic growth and employment, matching Southern cities on key economic indicators including welfare claimants, inequality and workforce qualifications.

Cervical Cancer Prevention week needs York’s help to raise awareness.

The Future Prospects service set up by City of York Council is part of a new national project, providing free advice to residents on employment, money, benefits and learning.

Scientists at the University of York have made important steps towards pin pointing the cause of Parkinson’s disease in young adults.