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• York folk fans raise £7,995 after death of Roland Walls

  13-12-2019 17:41
  
  FOLK music fans have raised almost £8,000 to help Motor Neurone Disease patients and their families in York after the illness took the life of the organiser of a top York folk club.
  
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• £27,000 of illegal tobacco discovered in Scarborough

  13-12-2019 17:06
  
  A LARGE scale operation against illegal tobacco in Scarborough has uncovered 29,000 cigarettes and 29.25kg of tobacco worth more than £27,500.
  
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• Standalone services at smaller hospitals 'don't fit modern NHS'

  13-12-2019 16:36
  
  NHS bosses have warned local standalone services, such as urology, at smaller hospitals will increasingly become a thing of the past partly because many medics do not want to work there.
  
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• Son ordered to pay mother for breaking her ornaments

  13-12-2019 16:13
  
  A SON must pay £80 compensation for smashing his mother's ornaments after he had been drinking.
  
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• Woman threatened by man with machete in Harrogate

  13-12-2019 16:04
  
  A WOMAN was threatened by a man with a machete before she was robbed near a Fish and Chip shop in Harrogate.
  
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• Suicide bereavement group starts in Harrogate

  13-12-2019 15:32
  
  A NEW service to support people bereaved or affected by suicide is starting in Harrogate.
  
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• York trust Pavers boosts junior football team

  13-12-2019 15:20
  
  A YORK football club has been given a £5,000 boost from a York-based charitable trust.
  
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• Labour takes second place in York Outer constituency

  13-12-2019 14:34
  
  LABOUR came in second in York Outer - but achieved a lower share of the vote than in 2017.
  
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• York Outer campaign was 'intense fight' - say Lib Dem Keith Aspden

  13-12-2019 14:24
  
  THE campaign for York Outer was an "intense parliamentary fight" - says Liberal Democrat candidate Keith Aspden.
  
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• Conservative candidate Fabia Tate praises 'inspiring and fun' campaign

  13-12-2019 14:20
  
  CONSERVATIVE candidate for York Central, Fabia Tate, said she felt the campaign had been positive - despite falling more than 13,500 votes behind Labour in the polls.
  
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• New kit for Stamford Bridge Under 11's from C H Render

  13-12-2019 14:08
  
  A JUNIOR football team have received a new kit, courtesy of of a York car dealership.
  
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• 'Priority now is a fairer deal' - returning MP Kevin Hollinrake

  13-12-2019 14:05
  
  CONSERVATIVE Kevin Hollinrake has been elected for the third time for the constituency of Thirsk and Malton.
  
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• York analyst Steve Brewer admits his election predictor algorithm needs some tweaking

  13-12-2019 13:37
  
  HANDS up - we got it wrong. That was the admission from the York-based data analyst who predicted the election would result in a hung Parliament - and that Julian Sturdy would lose in York Outer.
  
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• Minster School pupils take on The Ivy baking masterclass

  13-12-2019 13:27
  
  PUPILS from a York school were treated to a festive baking masterclass with a chef from The Ivy.
  
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• Gains mean Conservative Government must invest in north - says MP Julian Sturdy

  13-12-2019 13:26
  
  INCREASING school funding, dualling York's outer ring road and the A64 and securing funding for the York Central development will be MP Julian Sturdy's priorities when he returns to Parliament.
  
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• York bucks trend by 'voting for hope' - says re-elected Labour MP Rachael Maskell

  13-12-2019 13:17
  
  YORK Central Labour MP Rachael Maskell held on to her seat in the General Election - in what turned out to be a disastrous night for Labour in the north.
  
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• Carer Helen Ainsworth of Ebor Court wins top award

  13-12-2019 12:35
  
  A CARER has won a top award after judges praised her work at a care home in a village near York.
  
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• New brewery The 3 Non Beards set to open in York pub cellar

  13-12-2019 12:20
  
  A NEW brewery is set to open in York next week in the cellar of an award-winning pub.
  
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• York recovery carol concert

  13-12-2019 12:13
  
  THE annual Christmas carol service will be held at St Helen’s Church in Stonegate to celebrate the community in York.
  
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• Letters: 'A hung Parliament would not work with the Labour party, they can't even create a united manifesto for themselves'

  13-12-2019 11:55
  
  WE used to dream of a hung Parliament to put a new party with fresh ideas centre-stage and “break the mould” of our politics.
  
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• LETTER: Do we really need the apostrophe?

  13-12-2019 11:30
  
  Helen Meads (sic) column (We should fight to save apostrophes, December 9) tickled me - especially when she managed to get an inverted comma at the start of one sentence without its corresponding equivalent at the end.
  
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• LETTER: Why is recycled rubbish all bunged in one bin?

  13-12-2019 11:26
  
  We are being constantly exhorted to recycle and City of York Council kindly provides different coloured plastic boxes to help us.
  
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• LETTER: York people are lucky to have such caring A&E staff

  13-12-2019 11:21
  
  Given the recent NHS horror stories used for political purposes during the general election I would like to relate my recent very positive experience of York District Hospital’s A&E Department.
  
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• Landslide win for Tory Nigel Adams in Selby and Ainsty

  13-12-2019 10:50
  
  CONSERVATIVE Nigel Adams has been re-elected as MP for Selby and Ainsty with a sharply increased majority of more than 20,000.
  
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• 'It's such an honour' - Tory Nigel Adams after landslide win in Selby and Ainsty

  13-12-2019 10:50
  
  CONSERVATIVE Nigel Adams has been re-elected as MP for Selby and Ainsty with a sharply increased majority of more than 20,000.
  
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• York in the 1960s - but how many buildings can you recognise in this stunning rooftop view?

  13-12-2019 07:20
  
  THE Guildhall, York Minster and the city’s jumble of rooftops have seldom looked better than in this stunning 1964 photograph from our archives.
  
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• The 2019 General Election as it happened

  13-12-2019 06:39
  
  The latest events as voters head to the polls for the 2019 General Election
  
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• ELECTION LIVE: The latest events as Tories secure victory

  13-12-2019 06:39
  
  The latest events as voters head to the polls for the 2019 General Election
  
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• General Election 2019: What you need to know

  13-12-2019 06:15
  
  If you're in a rush this morning, here's what you may have missed throughout the night in the General Election.
  
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• Police force welcomes volunteer cadets to help in communities

  13-12-2019 06:05
  
  A DOZEN new volunteer cadets are celebrating after being welcomed into North Yorkshire Police.
  
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• Office workers plant hundreds of trees on the North York Moors

  13-12-2019 06:05
  
  A TEAM of property experts swapped their city centre office for the North York Moors to plant more than 300 trees.
  
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• New York brewery opens beneath award-winning pub

  13-12-2019 06:00
  
  A NEW brewery has opened in the cellar of an award-winning pub.
  
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• Man who had sexual relationship with underage girl is jailed

  13-12-2019 06:00
  
  A MAN who had a sexual relationship with a “vulnerable” underage girl despite being warned off by police has been jailed.
  
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• Last postal dates for Christmas

  13-12-2019 06:00
  
  PEOPLE are being urged to post Christmas cards and other mail as early as they can this month, to ensure letters and parcels arrive on time.
  
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• Help make some children smile this Christmas

  13-12-2019 06:00
  
  A WASTE management company has forged a partnership with a children’s hospice to ask for donations of unwanted toys this Christmas.
  
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• Doubts over York footfall figures as cameras 'not operational'

  13-12-2019 06:00
  
  FOOTFALL figures in York city centre cannot be trusted because three of the four cameras used to record visitor numbers are not working, according to a business-led partnership.
  
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• Do a 'good deed' and help stop drink driving this Christmas

  13-12-2019 06:00
  
  MOTORISTS in North Yorkshire are being urged by the police to do a 'good deed' this Christmas to help reduce drink driving.
  
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• ELECTION RESULTS 2019: How York Central and York Outer voted

  13-12-2019 05:53
  
  YORK'S two MPs have been re-elected to their seats.
  
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• Plans to help York businesses make most of apprenticeships

  13-12-2019 05:00
  
  COMPANIES in York could get help to use their apprenticeship levy and encourage more people to take up apprenticeships.
  
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• Construction work to start at University of York campus

  13-12-2019 05:00
  
  A CONSTRUCTION company has got the green light to start work on a £130 million contract to deliver 1,480-bed student accommodation.
  
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