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• Car found in river near North Yorkshire

  24-12-2025 18:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service have been called to a car found in a river near Ripon.
  
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• How to see 'Santa's sleigh' flying across the UK's skies this Christmas

  24-12-2025 17:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Here is how you can catch a glimpse of Santa Claus and his famous sleigh in the skies over the UK this Christmas.
  
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• Government farm tax climbdown - York MPs and political group react

  24-12-2025 16:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  It comes after an announcement yesterday by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that from the start of the next tax year, the farm inheritance tax relief threshold will increase from £1 million to £2.5 million.
  
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• One taken to hospital after emergency services attend Yorkshire market place

  24-12-2025 15:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A main square in a North Yorkshire town is reportedly cordoned off with an air ambulance landing nearby.
  
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• Air ambulance and emergency services called to Yorkshire market place

  24-12-2025 15:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A main square in a North Yorkshire town is reportedly cordoned off with an air ambulance landing nearby.
  
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• Government farm tax climbdown - regional mayor and North Yorkshire MPs react

  24-12-2025 14:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  It follows yesterday's announcement (December 23) from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that from April 2026 the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers will increase from £1 million to £2.5 million.
  
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• Police hunt North Yorkshire man wanted on suspicion of supplying Class A drug

  24-12-2025 14:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a Filey man with connections to Whitby who is wanted on suspicion of supplying a Class A drug.
  
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• Is this the best place to enjoy festive food and drink in York?

  24-12-2025 13:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Here is our review of a very festive dinner at The Ivy in York
  
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• A century of sweet tradition: York’s role in the Christmas selection box story

  24-12-2025 12:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York’s Chocolate Story reveals how Rowntree’s transformed a luxury Victorian treat into a Christmas tradition which is today celebrating its 100th anniversary.
  
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• Police called after 'stand-off' between bus and car in York village

  24-12-2025 12:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  It happened in York Street, around 7.50pm on Friday, December 19.
  
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• Christmas shoppers warned about influx of unsafe toys in York and North Yorkshire

  24-12-2025 11:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of fake and unsafe toys were seized at the UK Border this year - shoppers in York and North Yorkshire have been warned.
  
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• Reminder to drivers of partial closure on main road in York

  24-12-2025 11:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Cemetery Road in Fishergate remains closed northbound at Fulford Road.
  
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• Poignant Christmas tree rescued from wildfire is voted favourite

  24-12-2025 11:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POIGNANT Christmas tree which was rescued from the Langdale Moor Fire has been voted the favourite at a North Yorkshire festival.
  
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• Parents urged to get children vaccinated after schoolgirl was left in flu coma

  24-12-2025 10:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Parents are being urged to make sure their kids are vaccinated - after one schoolgirl was left in a flu coma.
  
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• GMB viewers bid farewell to 'excellent' broadcaster after 26 years

  24-12-2025 10:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Good Morning Britain (GMB) viewers have said farewell to the programme’s Chief Correspondent this morning after 26 years.
  
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• 120 new homes planned in North Yorkshire village

  24-12-2025 09:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Bellway Strategic Land has submitted outline plans for a new development of about 120 new homes in the North Yorkshire village of Killinghall near Harrogate.
  
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• Van leaks fuel after crashing on its side close to North Yorkshire town

  24-12-2025 08:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The county's fire and rescue service said it happened on the B6451, which runs close to the west of Harrogate, at around 11.30pm yesterday (Tuesday, December 23).
  
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• Cyclist attacked by van driver and passenger near North Yorkshire town

  24-12-2025 08:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police said it happened around 11.45am on Saturday, December 20 in Kirby Lane, close to the village of Kirby Grindalythe.
  
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• Pope Leo declines to appoint new bishop for York and North Yorkshire

  24-12-2025 06:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Major changes could be ahead for Catholics in York and North Yorkshire as Bishop Terry Drainey retires. Pope Leo has asked the Bishop of Leeds to run their diocese.
  
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• Yorkshire Grinch wins new coffee machine to keep him going during festive season

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An actor who visits hospitals dressed as The Yorkshire Grinch has won a new coffee machine to help fuel his festive mission.
  
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• York nurses told about the removal of pay incentive - one week before Christmas

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Nurses have been told they can ‘simply choose not to accept further assignments’ after receiving the news that a pay enhancement was set to be removed
  
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• York and Scarborough Hospitals Charity raises record amount at auction

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A record-breaking charity auction has raised thousands of pounds for charity.
  
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• Teen photographer launches exhibition in York Hospital

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A teenage photographer from York is showcasing his work in a new hospital exhibition.
  
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• Stamford Bridge Beaumont thanks community with festive baking gesture

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Stamford Bridge Beaumont Care Home residents bake and deliver mince pies to local businesses and neighbours.
  
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• Sock fetish online paedophile 'made child's life a misery', court hears

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An online child sexual abuser made a child’s life a misery with emotional blackmail. George Casson appeared to have a sock fetish, York Crown Court heard.
  
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• People in Yorkshire urged to use NHS ‘digital front door’ this Christmas

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  People in the North East and Yorkshire are being reminded to use the NHS app over the Christmas season.
  
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• 'It's been astonishing' - boys raise thousands for hospice with 12 Acts of Kindness

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Two young boys, from York, have committed themselves to acts of kindness in the run-up to Christmas – raising thousands of pounds for St Michael's Hospice.
  
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• Experts share the most effective ways to cope with grief at Christmas

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  In the UK, searches for ‘grief support groups’ have surged by 177 per cent in the past week.
  
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• Drivers warned about hefty £5,000 fines for common winter habits

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Drivers are being warned about common winter habits that could result in fines of up to £5,000.
  
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• Councils issue plea over huge solar farm planned for land near Selby

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A group of town and parish councils has called on North Yorkshire Council to ensure its under-staffed planning department fully assesses plans for a huge solar energy scheme.
  
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• Beloved children's book series brings new play to York

  24-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A stage adaptation of a beloved children’s book series is set to charm audiences in York next year.
  
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• Driver in court accused of causing woman's death in crash

  24-12-2025 05:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A woman has appeared before York magistrates accused of causing the death of another woman in a car crash.
  
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• 'We all want to be good neighbours' - ten years of helping the lonely in York

  24-12-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York Neighbours, which helps lonely and isolated over 65s in the city, has completed 402 one-off tasks and seen 120 people take ten outings this year.
  
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• Trio turned pub 'into scene from Wild West' and 'left man for dead', court hears

  24-12-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Three men from Ripon and Boroughbridge who turned a North Yorkshire pub into “a scene out of the Wild West” and left a fourth man “for dead” have been jailed.
  
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• 'It’s at Christmas that our community really shines'

  24-12-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HERE the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, talks about the sense of community which makes our city special.
  
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• 'A massive thank you to everyone who donated'

  24-12-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ABOUT 400 people in need in York are set to receive a bumper Christmas hamper this year from I am Reusable food bank.
  
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• ‘A lovely Christmas present’: York mum diagnosed with cancer starts treatment abroad

  24-12-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A York mother diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour has started treatment in Germany after members of the community raised more than £100,000 for her.
  
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• Main road in North Yorkshire blocked after tanker comes off road

  23-12-2025 20:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A main road in North Yorkshire is blocked after a tanker has come off the road.
  
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• Christmas opening hours at UK supermarkets including Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Asda

  23-12-2025 19:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  These are the Christmas opening times at Asda, Tesco, Aldi, Morrisons, M&S, Lidl and Sainsbury's
  
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• Thief gets birthday present of 12 months in jail

  23-12-2025 18:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A thief’s time on the run has ended with swift justice and a birthday present of a year of jail. Anthony Vipas pleaded guilty to several offences.
  
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• RECAP: Emergency services at 'serious' crash - involving HGV carrying ethanol

  23-12-2025 18:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The air ambulance has been called to a North Yorkshire village after a serious crash involving multiple vehicles and a HGV
  
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• LIVE: Emergency services at 'serious' crash - involving HGV carrying ethanol

  23-12-2025 18:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The air ambulance has been called to a North Yorkshire village after a serious crash involving multiple vehicles and a HGV
  
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• Air ambulance called to serious crash in North Yorkshire village

  23-12-2025 17:58 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The air ambulance has been called to a North Yorkshire village after a serious crash involving multiple vehicles and a HGV.
  
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• Royal Mail, Evri, DPD and Parcelforce Christmas 2025 posting deadlines revealed

  23-12-2025 17:49 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Royal Mail, Evri, DPD and Parcelforce have shared their latest recommended posting dates for your post to arrive in time for Christmas
  
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• Government climbdown on farmers' inheritance tax following months of protests

  23-12-2025 17:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The change to the reforms initially unveiled at Labour’s first Budget in October last year comes after ministers “listened to concerns” of the farming community and businesses, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said today (December 23).
  
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• 'It's saved our farm basically' - Government waters down inheritance tax plan

  23-12-2025 17:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Stephen Ridsdale, 52, runs a 260-acre family farm in Thornton and Bielby and was facing a tax bill of "several hundred thousand pounds" under the original plans announced in the October 2024 budget.
  
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• Business booms at York university

  23-12-2025 15:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York St John University is one of the UK’s fastest-growing centres for awarding first degrees in business and management.
  
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• LAW COLUMN: Challenging a Will: What you need to know

  23-12-2025 15:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Anthony Reed, Associate, Contentious Probate at Ware & Kay writes on 'Challenging a Will: What you need to know'
  
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• 'It’s called magic and it's pretty much what happens here!'

  23-12-2025 14:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  For the tenth year Xmas Presence has taken place at Lord Deramore’s School in Heslington to give dozens of older people a great Christmas to remember.
  
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• Cyclist suffers serious facial injuries after violent assault near Malton

  23-12-2025 14:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CYCLIST has suffered serious injuries to his face after he was assaulted by two people near Malton.
  
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