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• Will you be getting a lap day proposal on February 29?

  27-02-2020 21:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  • 1 in 4 women say their man has waited too long to pop the question
  
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• Coronavirus has potential to close UK schools for months – chief medical officer

  27-02-2020 20:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  England's chief medical officer has warned that schools could potentially close for two months or more in the UK if the spread of coronavirus intensifies.
  
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• Manchester Arena attack trial jurors shown mock-up of bomb

  27-02-2020 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A paint tin was placed inside a money tin and packed with thousands of nuts and screws, the court heard.
  
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• 'Pony therapy' visits help care home residents with dementia

  27-02-2020 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American miniature horses help care home residents through 'pony therapy' visits.
  
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• York Festival gets go-ahead - but must be quieter

  27-02-2020 18:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A HUGE new music festival in York has been given the green light - after City of York Council granted a licence for the event.
  
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• Paramedic in hazmat suit visits house in York suburb, sparking coronavirus concerns

  27-02-2020 18:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CORONAVIRUS concerns have been raised in a York suburb after a paramedic in a hazmat suit was seen visiting a house this afternoon.
  
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• Drax Power Station cuts 230 jobs as it ends 50 years of burning coal

  27-02-2020 17:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HUNDREDS of jobs will be axed as a North Yorkshire power station announces plans to end almost 50 years of coal-fired electricity generation.
  
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• Art world's greats to be represented in new exhibition at Beningbrough Hall

  27-02-2020 17:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HOW often do you get to see work by artists as renowned - and different - as L.S. Lowry, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Henry Moore and Marc Chagall rubbing shoulders in the same exhibition?
  
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• Devolution deal in North Yorkshire and York is facing threat of veto

  27-02-2020 17:06 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  DISTRICT council leaders have warned they could veto a devolution deal if they are not handed decision-making powers in a new authority covering North Yorkshire and York with a mayor at the helm.
  
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• Off Broadway date for Theatre Royal's Alan Bennett play The Habit of Art

  27-02-2020 16:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A stage production starring Matthew Kelly which premiered at York's Theatre Royal is heading to America as part of the Brits Off Broadway festival.
  
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• Mum wants to trace anyone who helped her unconscious son at York station

  27-02-2020 16:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE family of a young man who was knocked unconscious after falling down stairs at York station want to trace people who came to his aid.
  
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• Suspected Second World War tank shell found in garden

  27-02-2020 16:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE cordoned off a garden in a North Yorkshire village after a suspected tank shell was found.
  
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• Tributes to the ‘face of York Theatre Royal’ Brian, 77

  27-02-2020 15:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Theatre Royal have paid tribute to their former stage door keeper, Brian Morrison, who has died aged 77.
  
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• Storm Jorge set to bring more heavy rain to Dales - and flooding to York

  27-02-2020 15:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW storm called Jorge is set to bring more heavy rain to the Dales tomorrow - which will cause flooding from the River Ouse in York to worsen again over the weekend.
  
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• CEOs in York to sleep out for charity

  27-02-2020 14:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A HOMELESS charity is challenging bosses from companies across York to take part in its next sleepout event held in the city.
  
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• Drax power station to cease burning coal in March 2021

  27-02-2020 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The power company says the closure of its coal units will cost 230 jobs at the North Yorkshire site.
  
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• North Yorkshire company secures £9.5m aircraft components deal

  27-02-2020 13:49 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A COMPANY in North Yorkshire has signed a £9.5 million contract to manufacture specialist features for military transport aircraft.
  
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• Civic Trust’s events programme

  27-02-2020 13:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BOOKINGS for the York Civic Trust’s events programme for this year have now opened to the public.
  
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• Castle Mills Bridge in York to partially close this weekend for five weeks

  27-02-2020 13:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POPULAR bridge will be partially closed from this weekend for five weeks as refurbishment work is set to start.
  
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• Coronavirus advice - this is how to reduce risk of catching it

  27-02-2020 13:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AVOIDING hand-shakes is one effective way of reducing the risk of catching coronavirus, experts say.
  
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• Monster making at York Art Gallery this weekend

  27-02-2020 12:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  JOIN a monster hunt and then create your own magical creatures this weekend at a special event for families at York Art Gallery.
  
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• Monster making at gallery in York

  27-02-2020 12:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  JOIN a monster hunt and then create your own magical creatures this weekend at a special event for families at York Art Gallery.
  
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• Barratt Developments Yorkshire East chooses SASH as its 2020 charity

  27-02-2020 12:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YOUTH homeless charity has won the support of a local housebuilder which has chosen to dedicate a year of fundraising to the cause.
  
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• Morrissey is coming to Leeds: one of our 10 shows not to miss

  27-02-2020 11:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COMEDY from Maddox, Thomas and Menopausal soap stars, Russian opera, Peppa Pig on a day out and Morrissey’s sole northern outing all make CHARLES HUTCHINSON’S list of shows not to miss
  
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• Police appeal after suspected thieves target building site

  27-02-2020 11:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for help after suspected thieves attempted to steal diesel from a building site in York.
  
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• Friends reunited? Stick to the re-runs, Chandler and co

  27-02-2020 11:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IT was when I woke up shivering, with a raging hangover, on a flea-bitten carpet in a grotty Brixton flat that I realised two things. One: I’m getting too old to kip on living-room floors. Two: I hate reunions.
  
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• Arts centre to celebrate 20 years

  27-02-2020 11:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire arts centre is celebrating its 20th anniversary by opening its doors to the public.
  
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• Public to have a say on plan to fell Queen's wood

  27-02-2020 10:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE public will get to have their say on controversial plans to cut down a community wood of about 700 trees in a York village.
  
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• Gig line-up revealed for the summer

  27-02-2020 10:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BRITISH rock band, Keane, are set to be joined by up coming musicians when they play in North Yorkshire later this year.
  
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• Eurovision 2020: James Newman announced as United Kingdom's entry

  27-02-2020 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Singer-songwriter James Newman will represent the United Kingdom with his song My Last Breath.
  
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• Up to 60 East Yorkshire properties thought to have flooded

  27-02-2020 10:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AROUND 60 properties across Yorkshire are now thought to have flooded.
  
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• More residents evacuated from East Yorkshire villages overnight due to floods

  27-02-2020 10:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE residents have been evacuated overnight from Yorkshire villages - as agencies have been working overnight to help those affected.
  
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• Drax announces bid to stop using coal by March 2021

  27-02-2020 10:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire power station has announced plans to end almost 50 years of coal-fired electricity generation in 2021– years ahead of the UK’s 2025 deadline.
  
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• Two more coronavirus cases confirmed in UK

  27-02-2020 10:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO people who returned from Italy and Tenerife have test positive in the UK.
  
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• Appeal to locate wanted Scarborough man Mitchell Johnson

  27-02-2020 10:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for information about a wanted Scarborough man.
  
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• LETTER: Try being content instead of happy, Helen

  27-02-2020 07:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Reading Helen Mead’s column on Happiness (February 24) I was reminded of a column I wrote in the Mind, Body and Soul series for The Press (Happiness is only temporary, look for contentment: January 4, 2015). It can be found on my blog bit.ly/2SUsSfM and in Wise Words, the compilation of my columns from 2014-2019.In it I wrote: “I prefer the word ‘contentment’ to ‘happy’. It’s a deeper experience. Happiness isn’t a constant state, it can’t pos
  
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• D-Day for York Festival

  27-02-2020 07:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ORGANISERS of a huge new festival planned for York will find out today whether they will get the go-ahead to hold the event.
  
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• LETTER: The age of cheap imports is surely over

  27-02-2020 07:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  With the outbreak of the coronavirus in China and enforced shut down of many production lines the era of importing cheap mass production goods into the country is over.
  
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• LETTER: Council should be open about £400K payout

  27-02-2020 07:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Having read the Press article regarding the severance payment to Ms Weastell (Council boss to get £400K settlement, February 22) I contacted one of my local ward councillors for an official view on the reasons for such a large amount of ratepayers money being given away in such circumstances.
  
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• Praise for work to help the homeless in York

  27-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCILLORS have praised volunteers and staff for their hard work to help rough sleepers in the city - which includes helping 15 people find homes in the private housing sector this year and a successful fundraising campaign.
  
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• Plans in for ‘Maltkiln Village’ - a 3,000 home new settlement near York

  27-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A REVISED planning application for a 3,000-home new settlement west of York has been submitted to planners.
  
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• Missing Claudia Lawrence's 46th birthday marked today

  27-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MISSING York woman Claudia Lawrence’s 46th birthday is marked today, Thursday, February 27.
  
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• Former firefighter reunited with engine after more than 50 years

  27-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FORMER firefighter has been reunited with a fire engine he drove more than half a decade ago after he saw an article published in The Press.
  
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• Plans lodged for major rail scheme which could create 33,000 jobs

  27-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FORMAL proposals for a major rail scheme in Yorkshire have been lodged with the Department of Transport.
  
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• Mum reveals how she could die if she gets too close to fish

  27-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN has revealed how she suffers from a rare allergy that could kill her if she comes too close to fish.
  
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• Thousands of Brits due for holiday windfall

  27-02-2020 02:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Research by the legal team at MySpanishDeposit found that thousands of locals who lost money on a Spanish holiday home can claim back thousands of euros – but only if they act now.
  
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