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• A19 flooding diversion has itself been flooded

  25-02-2020 18:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A DIVERSION which was created after a main road shut because of damage caused by floodwaters has now itself been closed - by flooding.
  
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• Ouse may peak as high as 4.7 metres tomorrow - but sandbags up to the challenge

  25-02-2020 17:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE River Ouse in York looks set to peak early tomorrow at a 'worse case scenario' of up to 4.7 metres above normal summer levels.
  
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• York family whose son was born at 25 weeks back charity ride

  25-02-2020 17:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A COUPLE from York whose son was born three months early are supporting a new children’s charity bike ride in Yorkshire.
  
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• Theatre Royal ready for literature festival

  25-02-2020 17:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WILD night of fairy tales for grown-ups and a look at the woman beneath the crown will feature among four events taking place at York Theatre Royal Studio as part of the York Literature Festival.
  
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• Drivers on A64 slam their brakes on to take flood pics

  25-02-2020 16:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DRIVERS have been warned of the dangers after braking sharply on the A64 to take a photo of flooding around Tadcaster.
  
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• Jools Holland to play York Barbican

  25-02-2020 16:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  JOOLS Holland and his rhythm and blues orchestra will be visiting York later this year.
  
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• Tomahawk Steakhouse to open in old Jamie Oliver's in York

  25-02-2020 16:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FANS of a former Italian restaurant in York will soon be invited back to feast on steaks as new owners prepare to launch a fresh dining experience.
  
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• Treasure hunt planned to launch new TK Maxx and Home Sense in York

  25-02-2020 16:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CLOTHING and homeware brand is kicking off its new store opening with an Easter egg hunt.
  
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• Rainbow display in York to mark LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week

  25-02-2020 15:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK’S iconic bar walls will be bathed in rainbow coloured lights next week to celebrate LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week (March 2-8).
  
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• This is why forecasts for river levels may differ

  25-02-2020 14:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Environment Agency has provided an explanation as to why forecasts for river levels on its website may differ from information it has given to partners and the public.
  
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• This is why forecasts for river levels have differed

  25-02-2020 14:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Environment Agency has provided an explanation as to why forecasts for river levels on its website may differ from information it has given to partners and the public.
  
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• Ticket touts are jailed after probe

  25-02-2020 14:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO ‘ticket touts’ have been jailed for a total of six-and-a-half years over the fraudulent reselling of tickets on a large scale.
  
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• Fake number plates banned driver wins licence back

  25-02-2020 13:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A DRIVER caught driving with false number plates when he was banned from the roads has got his licence back.
  
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• We can't just build higher flood walls

  25-02-2020 13:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The graph on the wall at the Environment Agency Community Hub said it all. Freak weather events ever more frequent and river levels, on average, getting ever higher.
  
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• Sandbags to be used to bolster flood defences in Cawood as precautionary measure

  25-02-2020 13:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FLOOD defences are to be bolstered with sandbags and pallets in a village near York - 'purely as a precautionary measure' - as the River Ouse rises.
  
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• Don't travel to London on East Coast Mainline this weekend

  25-02-2020 12:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  RAIL passengers in York are being asked not to travel to and from the capital this weekend.
  
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• Institute of Directors welcomes Delroy Beverley as new regional chairman

  25-02-2020 12:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW figure has been appointed as regional chairman of the business leaders’ organisation, the Institute of Directors.
  
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• Man suffers injuries to his face in assault in Harrogate

  25-02-2020 12:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN suffered injuries to his face after allegedly being assaulted in a North Yorkshire town.
  
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• Cashier allegedly threatened with knife at petrol station in Goole

  25-02-2020 12:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have been called to reports of a robbery at a petrol station in an East Yorkshire town in which a cashier was allegedly threatened with a knife during
  
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• Detailed plans submitted for Siemens' rail manufacturing site in Goole

  25-02-2020 12:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DETAILED plans for a world-class trains factory in East Yorkshire have been submitted.
  
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• LETTER: Dog walkers could always try Hob Moor

  25-02-2020 11:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  In reply to Helen Jones (Please stop persecuting West Bank dog walkers, February 22), if she and other dog walkers do not like the restrictions in place at West Bank Park they can take a short walk to Hob Moor where their dogs can run off their leads to their hearts content. As for the dog walkers ‘who happily go round the park minding their own business’, could I ask that they also pay attention to their dogs’ business? In winter we see more and more dog business left on footp
  
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• LETTER: What effect did austerity have on flood defences?

  25-02-2020 11:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  In 2007, the UK experienced a series of floods. As a result, the then Labour Government commissioned the Pitt Report (based on expert scientific evidence), which concluded that ‘climate change has the potential to cause more extreme scenarios ... severe flooding could become the norm’. As a result, the Labour government increased spending on flood defences by 10 per cent annually.
  
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• LETTER: How can £400K payout possibly be justified?

  25-02-2020 11:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  How does City of York Council justify £400k for an early retirement payment, with an apparent non-disclosure agreement, for its Chief Executive? (Council boss to get £400K settlement, February 22). This comes on top of a previous spend of £1 million on 68 gag clauses (The Press, July 23, 2019).
  
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• Observation wheel to return to Scarborough seafront

  25-02-2020 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wheel will once again be erected on the site of the former Futurist Theatre in Scarborough.
  
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• Part of Hirst Courtney evacuated as River Aire bursts its banks

  25-02-2020 10:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PART of a village in the Selby district has been evacuated after the River Aire burst its banks.
  
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• Police incident at shop in Acomb, York

  25-02-2020 09:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have cordoned off a shop in a York suburb this morning.
  
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• River Ouse in York could rise up to 4.7 metres above normal, Environment Agency says

  25-02-2020 09:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Environment Agency has warned that the River Ouse in York could rise up to 4.7 metres above normal early tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.
  
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• River Ouse in York could rise up to 4.7 metres above normal, agency says

  25-02-2020 09:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Environment Agency has warned that the River Ouse in York could rise up to 4.7 metres above normal early Wednesday morning.
  
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• WELLBEING COLUMN: How to be kind to yourself, by Bill Merrington

  25-02-2020 07:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Be kind to yourself, says BILL MERRINGTON
  
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• Fawlty Towers star John Cleese's play heads to York theatre

  25-02-2020 07:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  JOHN CLEESE takes our Q&A ahead of his stage-writing debut with Bang Bang! at York Theatre Royal
  
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• This is how much council tax you will probably be paying next year

  25-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NEW figures on how much your council tax could cost next year - if City of York Council’s budget plans are agreed on Thursday - have been released.
  
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• Storms cause pothole misery - with one monster said to claim several tyres

  25-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POTHOLES have been appearing in roads across York in the wake of heavy rain and floods - and angry motorists claim this monster hole on a main road near Wheldrake must be one of the biggest.
  
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• Ouse peaks at 4.5m - just below 'flooding threshold' for homes and businesses

  25-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK’S River Ouse finally peaked yesterday (Monday) at about 4.5 metres above normal - its highest since the 2015 floods disaster but just below a crucial flooding threshold for some homes and businesses.
  
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• Motocross bikes taken in burglary

  25-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BURGLARS have stolen motocross bikes and tools from a business in York.
  
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• Grand Opera House York to host ghost hunt

  25-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A GHOST hunt is to be held after dark at a city theatre - led by Paranormal Research York.
  
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• YORK CENTRAL: Leeman Road tunnel set to be reduced to one lane

  25-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TRANSPORT plans through the York Central site include controversial proposals for Leeman Road tunnel to be made one way.
  
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• Military Wives: 'Director didn't want us to sound too slick'

  25-02-2020 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The film inspired by much more than Gareth Malone's famous BBC choir series.
  
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