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• North Yorkshire refugees 'struggle to access pharmacy interpreters'

  28-01-2020 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A watchdog says refugees face "significant inequalities when it comes to accessing healthcare".
  
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• Leeman Road in York to close for water works

  28-01-2020 19:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAJOR city centre road will be closed to vehicles to allow water works to take place.
  
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• Wait over North Yorkshire landslips road plan frustrates

  28-01-2020 18:03 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  COUNCILLORS have spoken of their frustration over delays to a scheme to prevent further land slips on a major route across the north of England.
  
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• Burgling bikers jailed for more than seven years

  28-01-2020 17:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO burgling bikers have been jailed for a series of house raids in North, West and East Yorkshire.
  
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• North Yorkshire council tax rise

  28-01-2020 17:15 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A COUNCIL looking at a four per cent hike in its council tax is sounding the alarm bells over a 'crisis' in adult social care warning repeated temporary fixes by the government are causing harm.
  
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• Here's how to get free York Festival tickets

  28-01-2020 16:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE organisers of the first ever York Festival are offering residents the chance to become a festival ambassador and earn free tickets.
  
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• Friends' scooter tribute at funeral for Mckenzie Doherty, 11

  28-01-2020 16:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HUNDREDS of mourners - including a convoy of youngsters on scooters - gathered for the funeral of a much-loved York boy today (Tuesday).
  
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• Manchester Arena attack: Inquiry to start in June

  28-01-2020 16:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds were injured and 22 were killed in the 2017 Manchester bombing.
  
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• Arrest after woman, 20, is allegedly sexually assaulted in York city centre

  28-01-2020 16:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a woman in York city centre.
  
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• Northern rail: Driver 'embarrassed' to work for troubled firm

  28-01-2020 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The driver has described the "demoralising" task of working for the "deteriorating" rail operator.
  
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• York Ice Trail returns with 'fantastical fiction and fairy tales' theme

  28-01-2020 15:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK city centre is set to be transformed when the biggest outdoor Ice Trail in the UK returns this weekend.
  
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• Aviva apologises for calling thousands of customers 'Michael'

  28-01-2020 15:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK insurance giant Aviva has apologised to thousands of customers after it accidentally called them 'Michael' when sending them an email.
  
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• Street food pair set to host taster

  28-01-2020 14:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO friends, who set up as street food bar in York last year, are hosting a taster event as they look for a new venue.
  
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• Top 10 valuable old mobile phones - could you be sitting on a gadget goldmine?

  28-01-2020 14:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Hoarders are sitting on an unused treasure trove of old mobile phones and gadgets – worth enough to pay for a weekend for two in Mallorca.
  
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• York student lands design role for Ice Trail

  28-01-2020 13:49 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PROPERTY development in York has commissioned a secondary school student to design its sculpture for this year’s York Ice Trail.
  
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• SG Petch, York, is Dealer of the Year at Kia UK National Dealer Conference

  28-01-2020 13:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STAFF at a car dealership in York have been honoured for their sales success and excellent customer care.
  
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• St Leonard's Hospice gears up for Challenge Walk

  28-01-2020 13:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MAY sees the 30th anniversary of the St Leonard’s Hospice Challenge Walk and the charity is looking for walkers to challenge themselves by taking part in the event.
  
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• 81-year-olds behind news in Kirk Hammerton

  28-01-2020 13:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A COUPLE, both 81, from a North Yorkshire village are now into their 28th year of running a news letter for the area.
  
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• North Yorkshire Hedgehog Hospital in appeal for volunteers

  28-01-2020 13:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SPRING may be a few weeks away yet but a wildlife rescue centre is already preparing for its next influx of animal orphans.
  
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• Host of golden daffodils blooms in York - in January

  28-01-2020 13:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IT’S still only January, but anyone wandering lonely as a cloud on York’s City Walls or near the University of York may all at once see a host of golden daffodils.
  
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• Drink driver drove on wrong side of road in front of police

  28-01-2020 12:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A DRINK driver broke the speed limit and drove on the wrong side of the road when travelling in front of a police car, York Magistrates Court heard.
  
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• Using cannabis for pain relief led to patient turning drug dealer

  28-01-2020 12:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN with long-term chronic pain became a drug dealer because she used cannabis as a painkiller, York Crown Court heard.
  
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• The Helmsley Group enjoys record year with £75m worth of property investments

  28-01-2020 12:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK-based property specialists invested £75 million in 2019 in a record year for the company.
  
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• Dangerous driving conditions after snow falls in North Yorkshire

  28-01-2020 11:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HEAVY snow has been falling in parts of North Yorkshire.
  
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• Major police response results in five arrests for affray and damaging crops

  28-01-2020 11:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIVE men have been arrested on suspicion of serious offences, after a report of suspected poaching activity near Selby triggered a major police response.
  
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• “I’m proud I bring parents together” - Meet the Boss with Emily Pickard, of York Mumbler

  28-01-2020 11:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Our latest Meet the Boss series features Emily Pickard who owns York Mumbler, an on-line resource for local parents, and is a mum to two daughters
  
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• Hollicarrs Holiday Park at Escrick launches new luxury lodges

  28-01-2020 11:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A HOLIDAY park is celebrating the launch of 42 luxury lodges.
  
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• Rory’s back to picking pockets...

  28-01-2020 11:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Rory Mulvihill, one of the leading lights on York’s amateur stage scene, comes full circle when he plays Fagin in York Light Opera’s revival of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! next month.
  
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• LETTER: We should be grateful to Supreme Court for upholding the rule of law on Brexit

  28-01-2020 11:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Scott Marmion took a swipe at the UK Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Gina Miller vs The Prime Minister (Trump’s tormentors are just bad losers, Letters, January 25). He called it a political issue being decided by unelected judges and asked Boris to “Fix it”.
  
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• LETTER: We stand with Berwick. Oh yes we do...

  28-01-2020 11:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Someone once told me we have to stand up for what we believe in.
  
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• A1 northbound near Bramham reopens after van fire

  28-01-2020 11:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE A1 northbound between the A64 and Boston Spa was fully closed this morning (January 28) due to a van fire.
  
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• A1 northbound closed due to van fire

  28-01-2020 11:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE A1 northbound between the A64 and Boston Spa is fully closed this morning (January 28) due to a van fire.
  
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• Ware & Kay relocates after outgrowing offices in Wetherby

  28-01-2020 11:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LAW firm has relocated after outgrowing its offices.
  
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• Haxby Road Academy children in live link to Windsor Castle

  28-01-2020 11:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHILDREN at a York primary school took part in a live link up with Windsor Castle.
  
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• Police operation to crackdown on speeding drivers in residential areas and on key routes

  28-01-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DRIVERS who speed through North Yorkshire towns and villages are being warned that they will be caught as a county-wide operation launches.
  
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• Car and bus crash on York's Boroughbridge Road

  28-01-2020 09:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CAR is said to have collided with the side of a bus on York's Boroughbridge Road on Monday evening.
  
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• Bus and car crash on York's Boroughbridge Road

  28-01-2020 09:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BUS and a car crashed on York's Boroughbridge Road on Monday evening.
  
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• Woman cut free from car after it crashed into tree on A59 at Upper Poppleton

  28-01-2020 09:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS cut free a woman from her car after it crashed into a tree near York.
  
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• Woman cut free and taken to hospital after car hits tree on A59 at Upper Poppleton

  28-01-2020 09:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN in her 70s was cut free from a car and taken to hospital after it crashed into a tree near York.
  
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• Driver fled Harrogate crash

  28-01-2020 08:14 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  THE driver of a mini who knocked down a pedestrian before fleeing the scene and leaving behind their car is being hunted by North Yorkshire police.
  
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• Bill Merrington offers advice on getting the most of of 2020

  28-01-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Bill Merrington offers advice on getting the most of of 2020
  
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• "Why we like fighting" – meet York's female professional boxers Carly Mackenzie and Tasha Boyes

  28-01-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MAXINE GORDON meets two York women swapping the canteen for the professional boxing ring
  
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• Young screenwriter's film adaptation shown to hundreds of pupils

  28-01-2020 06:07 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A FILM with a screenplay written by a young York man was shown to more than 250 schoolchildren in at a museum on Holocaust Memorial Day.
  
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• York Minster works to reduce CO2 emissions - as Church of England to discuss going carbon zero

  28-01-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STEPS have already been taken to reduce the carbon footprint of York Minster - as the Church of England outlines ambitions to go carbon zero by 2045.
  
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• Man performed sex act in front of customers in York McDonald's

  28-01-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN who performed a sex act in front of customers and staff in McDonald's in York city centre has been jailed.
  
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• Haxby Hall - council's last care home - set to be leased to private company

  28-01-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE last council-run nursing home in York will be transferred to a private company.
  
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• Blue Barbakan opens - 1,489 days after Blue Bicycle was shut by flooding

  28-01-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RESTAURANT in York city centre has finally reopened - 1,489 days after it was forced to close by flooding.
  
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• 2,000 face masks sold at York pharmacy amid coronavirus fears

  28-01-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK pharmacy has sold thousands of face masks as concerns grow about the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China.
  
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