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• York teenager Jane Ashton has gone missing- police appeal for help in finding her

  19-02-2020 22:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have tonight launched an appeal for help in tracing a 15-year-old York girl who has gone missing.
  
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• Work to take place on Ouse Bridge

  19-02-2020 18:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO weeks of work will take place on Ouse Bridge as a power cable is replaced.
  
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• York village bridge set to close for six months for £900,000 revamp

  19-02-2020 17:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BRIDGE between two villages near York is to shut next month for six months for a £900,000 revamp, with motorists sent on a lengthy diversion.
  
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• SPRING: Trees and flowers planted in Badger Hill and Hull Road

  19-02-2020 17:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TREE and wildflower planting is getting underway - as residents and councillors look forward to spring in the city.
  
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• York TK Maxx and Homesense shops to shut and relocate

  19-02-2020 17:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CLOTHING and homeware brand is closing two of its shops in York and moving to one new store on the outskirts of the city.
  
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• Man arrested after making threats with knife in York pub

  19-02-2020 16:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man from York was arrested after he made threats and picked up a table knife in a pub after being refused service.
  
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• Man arrested after allegedly making threats with knife in York pub

  19-02-2020 16:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man from York was arrested after allegedly making threats and picking up a table knife in a pub after being refused service.
  
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• York trio celebrate Lottery win

  19-02-2020 16:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THREE people in York are celebrating today after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode.
  
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• Justin Greening praises York St John University

  19-02-2020 16:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK St John University has been commended in a report for its work to improve access to higher education.
  
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• Deer swim for higher ground across flooded fields near Wheldrake Ings

  19-02-2020 14:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  This extraordinary photograph of deer swimming through flooded fields at Wheldrake Ings was taken by Press Camera Club member Josh Sherwin.
  
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• York footballers lend a hand at The Lanes Community Garden

  19-02-2020 13:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FOOTBALLERS dropped in to help out at a new city garden in city.
  
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• Residents get chance to see plans for York Duncombe Barracks site

  19-02-2020 13:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  RESIDENTS are being asked to have their say on the future of a derelict plot of land in a York suburb.
  
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• UK house prices rising fastest in Yorkshire and Humber

  19-02-2020 12:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  House prices climbed 3.9% in Yorkshire and Humber last year, but just 1.2% in the South East.
  
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• Appeal to save Tadcaster Albion Football Club almost at half way mark

  19-02-2020 11:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN appeal to save a flood-hit football club in North Yorkshire has almost reached the half way mark.
  
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• The Tankard at Rufforth still shut after almost a year

  19-02-2020 11:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE only pub in a village near York remains shut almost a year after it closed.
  
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• Dancing the Tango with Gentleman Jack: Why the Yorkshire TV industry is booming

  19-02-2020 11:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THIS weekend sees the return of Alan and Celia Buttershaw, whose late-life romance unfolded so beautifully in Bafta-winning BBC1 drama Last Tango in Halifax.
  
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• Björn Again to star at York Racecourse

  19-02-2020 10:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Racecourse will go back to the 70s this summer when ABBA tribute band Bjorn Again take to the stage at the end of an afternoon of racing.
  
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• LETTER: Sparked into writing about Sir Vince...

  19-02-2020 07:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I noticed last week an effort by the local Lib Dems to award one of their own an honour being rejected for a change (Civic honour snub for Sir Vince Cable, February 14). Whatever you may think of Cable I would hope everybody would agree you really shouldn’t be using such systems to reward former players from your own side, whether it be a mere honorary title or a life peerage. So for once I was grateful to the other parties for blocking it.
  
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• LETTER: St George’s car park will operate during floods

  19-02-2020 07:49 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I write to respond to two parking related letters (February 15). As we have seen recently, St George’s Fields floods (Andy Wood’s letter) and has to be allowed to do so to reduce flood risk elsewhere. However, the innovative design for the proposed multi-storey car park (as arrived at through public consultation) would see the entrance from the top of the flood barrier at first floor level, with the ‘ground floor’ being capable of being closed off when under water. This m
  
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• Meet the Boss: Ellen Cole, of Little Seed Group

  19-02-2020 06:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Our series of Meet the Boss Q&As, we catch up with Ellen Cole, of Little Seed Group
  
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• Iconic Harrogate spring flower show celebrates its centenary

  19-02-2020 06:04 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  HARROGATE Spring Flower Show is turning back the clocks to celebrate a century of staging one of the country’s most popular gardening events.
  
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• Three-quarters of new Northern trains now in service

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK-based train operator Northern has now introduced 75 per cent of its brand new trains into customer service, the company said.
  
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• Plan for electronic flood signs to be installed in York

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ELECTRONIC flood signs are set to be installed along the River Ouse - to warn people about the risk of the river flooding.
  
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• Melrose Yard Music Studios - hit by floods in 2015 - set to be holiday flats

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FORMER York recording studio could be transformed into holiday flats.
  
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• Man with interest in 'vilest abuse' admits possessing indecent images

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A man with an interest in “the vilest abuse of very young children” had only four indecent images of youngsters when police knocked on his door, York Crown Court heard.
  
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• Expert warning over capital gains tax changes for house sales

  19-02-2020 06:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A NORTH-EAST tax expert is warning homeowners not to overlook the impending changes to capital gains tax reporting, which means that sales of residential properties may need to be reported to HMRC within 30 days of completion.
  
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• Councillors fear for the future of 68 Youth & Community Centre

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCILLORS say they fear for the future of a city community centre.
  
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• Council decision over senior staff member not revealed

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MEETING to decide if a senior council manager will take early retirement was held largely in private.
  
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• Closed York Arms at centre of High Court action

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK city centre pub which has been closed since last summer is at the centre of High Court legal action.
  
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• Children urged to stay safe this half-term break

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NORTHERN Powergrid is asking parents and guardians to talk to the young people in their lives about the dangers of playing near the region’s electricity network.
  
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• Ceilings saved at Fairfax House - 'England’s finest town house'

  19-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE ceilings in what is said to be “England’s finest town house” have been saved after emergency work prevented them from becoming a public danger.
  
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• Family-run Furnish & Fettle expands in North and East Yorkshire

  19-02-2020 05:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN INTERIOR design business is opening two new showrooms with the creation of jobs.
  
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• Mum starts campaign against 'heartless discrimination' after partner’s death

  19-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK mother whose partner died of a heart attack while out jogging has launched a campaign to end the "heartless discrimination" suffered by unmarried parents when their partners die.
  
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• Change is coming to the recycling services in the Selby district

  19-02-2020 02:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Selby District Council is delivering 80,000 brand new wheelie bins to replace the existing box collection service, in direct response to what people have said they wanted. The new bins are bigger – which means more material can be recycled – and they’ll also prevent problems with some material blowing out of the existing boxes when it’s windy.
  
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