内容摘要：David Skaith, Labour Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, cut the ribbon at an opening ceremony on Monday.

David Skaith, Labour Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, cut the ribbon at an opening ceremony on Monday.

A new three-storey development would also be added to the rear of the existing property to provide 30 one and two bedroom apartments.One of the former court rooms within the building could also be turned into a heritage space for either a museum or an interactive information area, the plans reveal.

Another of the court rooms could become a two-bedroom apartment.Planning officers previously recommended that several conditions had to be met if approval was granted.This included the developer having to pay £234,181 toward provisions for education, libraries and pre-school places.

It also included a £121.89 levy per unit in the building.However, officers said the converted building "would be a well-designed and sustainable form of development".

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged with fraud in the US, which has accused him of orchestrating a $250m (£198m) bribery scheme and concealing it to raise money in the US.

The criminal charges, filed on Wednesday in New York, are the latest blow to 62-year-old Mr Adani, one of Asia's richest men, whose business empire extends from ports and airports to renewable energy.It will be a wait to see if it works, and it’s currently putting a lot of emphasis on measures which may take a long time to deliver.

Seven Labour MPs have had the whip suspended for six months after voting against the government on an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap.Ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell was among the Labour MPs who voted for an SNP motion calling for an end to the policy, which prevents almost all parents from claiming Universal Credit or child tax credit for more than two children.

Mr McDonnell backed the SNP motion alongside Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana.MPs rejected the SNP amendment by 363 votes to 103, in the first major test of the new Labour government’s authority.