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• Coronavirus: Passengers rush back to UK on British Airways' last flights

  29-01-2020 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "I wanted to get the kids out," says one man on the last British Airways flights from China.
  
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• Coronavirus: British mum told to leave young son behind in Wuhan

  29-01-2020 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Natalie Francis said she "had no words" when she found out she would have to leave her son behind.
  
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• Drivers warned cars with a dirty licence plate could land you a massive fine

  29-01-2020 19:53
  
  MOTORISTS have been urged to dig out their bucket and sponge and give their dirty licence plates a clean.
  
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• Appeal to find owner of this 'distinctive' ring

  29-01-2020 19:13
  
  POLICE need help to find the owner of a distinctive silver ring recovered by officers.
  
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• Appeal to find owner of 'Lord of the Rings' look-a-like goes viral

  29-01-2020 19:13
  
  POLICE need help to find the owner of a distinctive silver ring - which looks like the ring from 'Lord of the Rings'.
  
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• Tea caddy fingerprint helps police snare burglar

  29-01-2020 18:55
  
  A SINGLE fingerprint on a tea caddy led North Yorkshire Police to snaring a burglar.
  
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• Former York Rowntree's worker, Lily, celebrates turning 100

  29-01-2020 18:40
  
  A GREAT grandmother in York, who is one of five members of her family that used to work at Rowntree’s in the city, has celebrated her 100th birthday.
  
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• One fingerprint put house burglar behind bars

  29-01-2020 18:29
  
  A single fingerprint put a house raider behind bars for four and a half years.
  
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• 'Sustainable' scallop trial to begin at Scarborough seaweed farm

  29-01-2020 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The trial aims to provide a sustainable alternative to farming scallops, environmentalists say.
  
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• Trading success wins award for Driver Hire York

  29-01-2020 17:38
  
  OUTSTANDING work by a driver employment agency in York has won recognition for the team.
  
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• Northern: Rail firm brought under government control

  29-01-2020 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is to take control of the troubled train operator after two years of passenger chaos.
  
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• Family 'dumbfounded' by support for boy who got meningitis

  29-01-2020 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luke Mortimer lost his hands and legs to meningococcal meningitis when he fell ill before Christmas.
  
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• HS2: Senior government figures meet to consider rail link

  29-01-2020 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No 10 says no final decision will be taken on Thursday, contrary to previous reports.
  
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• Two times burglar jailed after breaking into homes in Harrogate

  29-01-2020 17:00
  
  A CRIMINAL has been jailed for almost five years after a single fingerprint was discovered by police at one of the homes he targeted.
  
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• 41 jobs announced for supermarket stores

  29-01-2020 16:58
  
  ALDI is looking to recruit at stores across North Yorkshire as a result of its growth across the region.
  
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• 41 jobs announced for Aldi in North Yorkshire

  29-01-2020 16:58
  
  ALDI is looking to recruit at stores across North Yorkshire as a result of its growth across the region.
  
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• Worker scares off knifeman in attempted robbery at York newsagents

  29-01-2020 16:43
  
  POLICE are hunting a knifeman who tried to rob a convenience store in the city this afternoon.
  
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• Reports of attempted robbery at York newsagents

  29-01-2020 16:43
  
  POLICE are investigating reports of an attempted robbery at a newsagents in York this afternoon (January 29).
  
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• York city centre cafe to shut on Valentine's Day

  29-01-2020 16:30
  
  A POPULAR city centre cafe is shutting on Valentine's Day.
  
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• Northern: Passenger reaction to rail firm being nationalised

  29-01-2020 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Passengers react to the government's takeover of troubled rail company Northern.
  
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• Elderly pedestrian dies after being hit by lorry in York

  29-01-2020 16:23
  
  AN ELDERLY pedestrian has died after being hit by a lorry in York.
  
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• Arrest after suspected stolen medical equipment found

  29-01-2020 16:05
  
  A MAN has been arrested after police found suspected stolen medical equipment at an address in a North Yorkshire town.
  
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• York- based train operator Northern to be taken into public ownership

  29-01-2020 14:24
  
  York-based train operator Northern will be taken into public ownership, the Secretary Of State for Transport has confirmed.
  
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• York Australian bush fires fund walk raises £300

  29-01-2020 14:12
  
  STAFF from a York hospital took part in a sponsored walk to raise money for Australian bush fire victims.
  
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• York rapper speaks of cancer battle and backs World Cancer Day campaign

  29-01-2020 13:49
  
  A RAPPER from York, who has battled with cancer himself, is urging people to come together to back a campaign fighting against the disease.
  
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• York mum in Wuhan told she can't bring child home with her

  29-01-2020 13:40
  
  A YORK mother who is currently working in Wuhan, China, has been offered a flight home to the UK - but told she will not be allowed to bring her child back with her.
  
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• Main road in York reopens after crash

  29-01-2020 13:27
  
  A CRASH closed a main road in York today (January 29).
  
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• Crash on Huntington Road in York - scene cleared

  29-01-2020 13:27
  
  A CRASH on a main road in York caused heavy traffic today (January 29).
  
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• Crash on Huntington Road in York

  29-01-2020 13:27
  
  THERE are reports of a crash on a main road in York, which is causing heavy traffic.
  
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• POLITICAL COLUMN: We need hope as new decade dawns

  29-01-2020 12:26
  
  I am so grateful for the thousands of conversations I had throughout the city in the lead up to the election and for your continued support for me to represent you in Parliament at such a volatile time in our politics.
  
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• LETTER: Berwick should decamp to a rival theatre

  29-01-2020 12:13
  
  Management at York’s Theatre Royal seems intent on doing away with the ‘old’ and bringing in the ‘new’ for next year’s winter show production.
  
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• LETTER: Will ratepayers end up paying for council's Castle Gateway ambition?

  29-01-2020 12:07
  
  Readers of Private Eye will know that councils throughout the UK have been causing ratepayers throughout the country massive financial losses with various investment schemes. Now, sadly, York councillors propose to do the same (Council takes on Castle Gateway, January 23).
  
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• LETTER: If pollution’s such a killer, why build a new city-centre car park?

  29-01-2020 12:03
  
  According to an article in The Press, air pollution plays a role in one in 24 deaths in York (Shock at air pollution death toll, January 27). So why is the city council insisting on building a multi-storey car park at St George’s Field? The ring road is already heavily congested and the pollution levels will obviously increase with a multi-storey car park - on top of which the council will be borrowing millions to build it.
  
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• Woman who brought superfast broadband to York claims sex discrimination and unfair dismissal

  29-01-2020 11:12
  
  A FORMER TalkTalk director that helped lead the £30 million pilot "Lightning" project to install broadband to tens of thousands of homes in York, claimed sex discrimination and unfair dismissal against the telecommunications giant.
  
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• Volunteers needed now for Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal in York

  29-01-2020 11:03
  
  THE charity Marie Curie is urgently calling for volunteers in York to give just two hours of their time to hand out the charity’s iconic daffodil pins, in return for donations.
  
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• Talk about old shops of South Bank

  29-01-2020 10:39
  
  AN ILLUSTRATED talk about the old shops of South Bank will be given by a member of Clements Hall Local History Group on Friday evening (January 31).
  
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• £800,000 investment by Nestlé in York factory to make three new KitKats

  29-01-2020 10:11
  
  NESTLÉ has invested £800,000 in its York factory so it can start producing three new versions of its best selling chocolate bar KitKat.
  
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• Pedestrian, 20, in 'serious but stable condition' after crash in Hemingbrough

  29-01-2020 09:35
  
  A 20-YEAR-OLD pedestrian has been seriously injured and airlifted to hospital after a collision with a car near Selby.
  
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• Dutch Elm Disease arrives in New Walk, November 1980

  29-01-2020 07:38
  
  HOW are the mighty fallen...
  
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• Finance director bolsters senior team at Incremental Solutions

  29-01-2020 07:06
  
  A YORK-based transport technology company has strengthened its senior management team.
  
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• York criminal practice Howard & Byrne undergoes expansion

  29-01-2020 06:32
  
  A CRIMINAL practice has grown its team and is now almost doubling the size of its York offices.
  
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• Linley & Simpson appoints James Curtis-Bean as sales consultant

  29-01-2020 06:11
  
  AN INDEPENDENT York estate agency has strengthened its land and new homes team of specialists.
  
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• 'Violent' man who terrified partner with shotgun is jailed

  29-01-2020 06:00
  
  A MAN with a history of domestic violence terrified his latest partner with a shotgun, York Crown Court heard.
  
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• Rates bill to be halved for independent music venues and pubs

  29-01-2020 06:00
  
  MUSIC venues in York could see their business rates halved - a move they say could “make a real difference”.
  
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• Rail passengers face £20 penalty if they buy ticket on the train

  29-01-2020 06:00
  
  RAIL users have hit out at a decision by Transpennine Express to introduce a new penalty fare of up to £20 for passengers who do not buy their tickets before a train journey.
  
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• Pub 'is of national significance'

  29-01-2020 06:00
  
  PLANS to demolish a pub on the A64 should be thrown out because the building is of "national significance".
  
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• Novel new way of seeing the sites of York - on a rickshaw

  29-01-2020 06:00
  
  A NOVEL new way of getting a guided tour of York has been launched - on a rickshaw.
  
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• Rapid growth leads to expansion for Abingdon Health

  29-01-2020 05:37
  
  AN INNOVATIVE York company is expanding in a move which will create new jobs in the region.
  
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• York schools celebrate Ofsted success with MP

  29-01-2020 05:00
  
  A YORK MP dropped in on pupils at two city schools to help celebrate recent Ofsted successes.
  
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• Emergency hospital dementia admissions in York rocket by 64 per cent

  29-01-2020 05:00
  
  THE number of emergency hospital admissions for people with dementia in York has increased by 64 per cent in the last five years - well above the national average.
  
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