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• Nigel Adams MP promoted to Foreign Office

  14-02-2020 19:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SELBY and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams has been made Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.
  
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• Major incident declared as Yorkshire braced for flooding

  14-02-2020 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Storm Dennis threatens a further deluge to areas already devastated by flooding.
  
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• Popular York pub, The Graduate, to change name and look

  14-02-2020 18:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POPULAR pub in York is set to change its name and undergo a ‘huge’ refurbishment.
  
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• North York Moors National Park potash mine 'at risk'

  14-02-2020 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to build the world's biggest potash mine are at risk because of a significant funding gap.
  
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• TransPennine Express told to make urgent improvements

  14-02-2020 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TransPennine Express was rated as one of the worst performing railway companies in the UK last year.
  
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• Plans to spend £270,000 renovated empty council building 29 Castlegate in York

  14-02-2020 18:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A COUNCIL-owned building in the city centre - which has lain empty since 2017 - is set to be refurbished.
  
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• Young people take to York's streets to mark one year of climate protest

  14-02-2020 17:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HUNDREDS of teenage climate activists took to the streets of York today (Friday) to celebrate the one-year anniversary of YouthStrike4Climate.
  
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• Police appeal to locate wanted Selby man

  14-02-2020 17:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have launched an appeal to locate a wanted Selby man.
  
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• Storm Dennis set to cause train delays and cancellations

  14-02-2020 17:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK train operator LNER says it will run fewer and slower trains over the weekend because of Storm Dennis - and is urging passengers to delay their journeys until Monday if possible.
  
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• National recognition for St Peter's School in York

  14-02-2020 17:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK school has again attracted national attention for excellence in academic achievement by ranking among the best.
  
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• Bettys to appear on BBC's The One Show

  14-02-2020 16:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BETTYS is set to appear in an upcoming television show.
  
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• Youngsters take on chess master

  14-02-2020 15:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN INTERNATIONAL chess master came up against 18 junior players in York - with two of them holding out for a draw.
  
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• Storm Dennis: Met Office issues warnings for more rain and wind

  14-02-2020 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flooding and power cuts are forecast with amber weather warnings in place across England and Wales.
  
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• York technology boost to help reduce traffic jams and road rage

  14-02-2020 14:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK has been given a financial boost to trial an innovative transport project that looks to help cut reduce road rage, rush hour traffic and improve air quality across the city.
  
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• Young campaigner takes message to Parliament

  14-02-2020 14:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YOUNG campaigner from York travelled to Parliament to deliver a message about the importance of vaccines in the world’s poorest countries.
  
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• Applefields School students see science come to life at Drax Power Station

  14-02-2020 14:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SCIENCE was brought to life for York students when they visited Drax Power Station to understand how renewable electricity is generated.
  
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• Founder member of York Opera, Roy Gittins, dies

  14-02-2020 13:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FOUNDER member of York Opera has died, aged 90.
  
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• York set to see worse flooding after Storm Dennis than after Ciara

  14-02-2020 13:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STORM Dennis now looks set to cause worse flooding in York than the city suffered after Ciara.
  
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• Property flooding in York 'likely' after Amber warning extended to city

  14-02-2020 13:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Met Office has issued an Amber warning for York, saying very heavy rain caused by Storm Dennis is likely to cause flooding of property this weekend.
  
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• Infected patient attended conference - were you there?

  14-02-2020 13:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUBLIC health officials are facing a potential contact tracing nightmare after it emerged that someone infected with the coronavirus attended a conference with delegates from across the country.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: MP Alex Sobel in isolation after attending bus conference with infected person

  14-02-2020 13:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUBLIC health officials are facing a potential contact tracing nightmare after it emerged that someone infected with the coronavirus attended a conference with delegates from across the country - including a Bradford district MP.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: MP Alex Sobel in isolation after attending bus conference

  14-02-2020 13:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUBLIC health officials are facing a potential contact tracing nightmare after it emerged that someone infected with the coronavirus attended a conference with delegates from across the country - including a Bradford district MP.
  
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• Tadcaster Albion's appeal after flooding damage

  14-02-2020 13:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire football club have launched an appeal for donations after fears of closure due to damage from Storm Ciara last weekend.
  
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• Four more road closures proposed in The Groves to prevent rat-running

  14-02-2020 13:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FOUR more roads in a York neighbourhood are being proposed to close to prevent rat-running, the council has said.
  
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• Barnet P-P Harrogate Town

  14-02-2020 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saturday's National League game between Barnet and Harrogate is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
  
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• Council says there's no criteria for deciding who gets Freedom of the City

  14-02-2020 13:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CITY of York Council says it has no formal criteria to assess whether someone should be awarded the Freedom of the City of York.
  
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• Helmsley library shines at Dark Skies festival

  14-02-2020 13:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire community library will be getting involved in the Dark Skies Festival with displays on star gazing for amateur astronomers of all ages.
  
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• Married couples could be OWED more than a £1,000 from HMRC

  14-02-2020 12:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MARRIED couples across the country are being urged to sign up to a tax break which could see more than £1,000 paid into their bank accounts by the government.
  
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• Barclays Bank branch in Heslington to shut

  14-02-2020 12:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BANK is to close its branch in a village on York's outskirts.
  
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• East Riding council agrees 3.99 per cent council tax increase

  14-02-2020 12:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCILLORS have agreed to increase the council’s part of the council tax charge in the East Riding by 3.99 per cent for the 2020-21 financial year.
  
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• LETTER: We’re the Earth's custodians, not its owners

  14-02-2020 11:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Ingrid Newkirk of PETA (Letters, February 10) throws light on the widespread human reluctance to recognise that we are able to enjoy life on this Planet Earth because it is - as it has been for millions of years - a home we share with thousands of other life-forms, all of equal worth and functional importance, living interdependently.
  
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• LETTER: Double standards on planning?

  14-02-2020 11:37 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Planners in York have a very strange way of going on. On the one hand, a young woman is trying to get a business up and running whilst wanting an extension to her building to make a home for herself and her son (Call for compromise over new shop plan, February 9). An application for planning consent looks likely to be declined on grounds the extension would impact adversely on neighbours - who, we understand, have no objection.
  
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• LETTER: Who gave the NRM the right to build on Leeman Road?

  14-02-2020 11:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Does your ‘Five designs for the NRM hall unveiled’ report (February 13) mean that the right to build across an adjacent public highway (Leeman Road) has been legally decided?
  
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• Break-in at Lidl supermarket in York - man arrested

  14-02-2020 11:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been arrested after a Lidl supermarket in York was allegedly broken into in the early hours of this morning (February 14).
  
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• LETTER: Why not make a start now on northern HS2 route?

  14-02-2020 11:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  If the HS2 rail project is so important to the North, why is work not beginning now on the top section starting at Leeds?
  
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• Haxby Road Academy takes part in operation to clean up park

  14-02-2020 11:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUPILS from a York primary school have been making a difference in the community – by helping clean up a nearby park.
  
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• 'We are ready for Storm Dennis', says Northern Powergrid

  14-02-2020 10:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NORTHERN Powergrid says it is ready should Storm Dennis cause damage and disruption to its network.
  
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• Motorcycle fire outside York house

  14-02-2020 10:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIRE crews were called to a motorcycle fire outside a house in York in the early hours of this morning (February 14).
  
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• Motorbike fire in York believed to be arson

  14-02-2020 10:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FIRE which destroyed a motorbike outside a house in York is being treated as arson.
  
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• Moped fire in York believed to be arson -police carry out house-to-house inquiries

  14-02-2020 10:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have been carrying out house-to-house and CCTV inquiries after a moped was set on fire outside a house.
  
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• CBeebies Rainbow Adventure shows potential of York Castle Gateway

  14-02-2020 05:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PLANS to house a giant inflatable structure on a York car park will provide "a window into the area's future as a family-friendly space".
  
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• York school meal provider in allergy court case

  14-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NORTH Yorkshire County Council has appeared in court charged with an allergy offence in connection with its school meals service.
  
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• York NRM Central Hall display opens

  14-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE chair of a jury which will decide on the design of a £16.5 million new Central Hall at York's National Railway Museum visited a display of the five shortlisted entries yesterday - and urged residents and visitors to do the same.
  
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• York man jailed for stabbing his brother in the back

  14-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN stabbed his brother in the back with a kitchen knife as the victim tried to defend their mother, York Crown Court heard.
  
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• Freedom of City call for Sir Vince Cable blocked in York

  14-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL chiefs have rejected a call for York-born Sir Vince Cable to be awarded the Freedom of the City.
  
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• Coronavirus: York mum and son head home from quarantine

  14-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK mum who spent the last two weeks in quarantine with her son after returning home from China left isolation yesterday, it is understood.
  
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• North Yorkshire MP replaces Javid as chancellor

  14-02-2020 02:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak takes over at the Treasury, as his predecessor says he had "no option but to resign".
  
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• Mental health graduate programme looking for people who want to make a difference in Northallerton

  14-02-2020 02:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A mental health charity is looking for graduates who want to make a difference to the lives of people in Northallerton. The Think Ahead programme is a paid two-year fast-track scheme and is one of the UK’s most competitive graduate programmes. It offers graduates and career-changers a direct route into a career as a mental health social worker.
  
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• Flooding of homes likely as weather warning upgraded to amber

  14-02-2020 00:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Met Office has heightened its weather warning for the Yorkshire Dales to amber when Storm Dennis hits the country on Saturday- with potentially serious consequences for York downstream.
  
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• Driver stuck on top of vehicle partially submerged in floodwater near Tadcaster

  14-02-2020 00:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A DRIVER was stuck on top of his vehicle when it became partially submerged in floodwater in North Yorkshire.
  
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