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• Roman road found under Guildhall during redevelopment

  28-02-2020 19:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a previously unknown Roman road under the Guildhall as work continues to restore and redevelop the buildings.
  
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• Two men jailed in York blackmail case

  28-02-2020 19:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO men who used threats of physical and sexual violence to blackmail another man have been jailed.
  
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• Two men jailed for blackmail used threats of "sexual violence"

  28-02-2020 18:21 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  TWO York men were found guilty of blackmail at York Crown Court on Wednesday, February 26.
  
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• Woman cut free from car after York crash - A19 still shut

  28-02-2020 18:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN has been cut free from a car after a crash on the A19 just outside York.
  
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• Woman cut free from car after York crash

  28-02-2020 18:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN has been cut free from a car after a crash on the A19 just outside York.
  
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• A19 shut outside York after crash

  28-02-2020 18:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ALL three emergency services are at the scene of a crash on the A19 north of York.
  
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• Council consults on home-to-school transport

  28-02-2020 16:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FAMILIES of students in North Yorkshire who use home to school transport are being consulted on revised arrangements, including charges and the use of accessible vehicles.
  
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• Rail passengers asked not to travel to London this weekend

  28-02-2020 16:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  RAIL passengers in York are being given another reminder not to travel to and from the capital this weekend.
  
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• ‘Good’ rating marks big turnaround for Somerset House care home

  28-02-2020 15:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NURSING home in a village near York has turned its fortunes around to be rated as ‘good’ by Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors.
  
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• ‘Good’ rating marks big turnaround Somerset House care home

  28-02-2020 15:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NURSING home in a village near York has turned its fortunes around to be rated as ‘good’ by Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors.
  
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• Bus cuts residents in North Yorkshire villages call for demand-led service

  28-02-2020 15:24 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  RURAL residents who saw bus services to their villages cut to a single outbound service a day have submitted plans for a demand responsive “from-anywhere-to-anywhere” service to an authority seeking to investigate alternatives to traditional transport.
  
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• Claims of looting in flooded villages denied by police

  28-02-2020 13:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have denied claims that flooded properties in East Yorkshire villages have been looted.
  
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• Fresh start for two much-loved York stores

  28-02-2020 13:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MUCH-LOVED York interiors shop that was set to close after 19 years has secured its future under new owners.
  
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• Lewis Capaldi joins line-up for Leeds 2020 Festival

  28-02-2020 12:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  New acts have been added to the line-up for Leeds 2020 festival.
  
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• LETTER: Congratulations to talented cast of Oliver!

  28-02-2020 11:37 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Huge congratulations to all who were involved with York Light Opera’s production of Oliver! at the York Theatre Royal from February 12-22.
  
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• Man threatened Harrogate shop staff with bladed weapon

  28-02-2020 11:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN allegedly threatened staff with a bladed weapon at a shop in North Yorkshire this morning (Friday).
  
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• Lionel Richie York music festival must keep noise down

  28-02-2020 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A council says the planned decibel level for the event, which also features Westlife, is too loud.
  
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• LETTER: Don’t forget that £350 million for the NHS, Boris

  28-02-2020 11:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Dear Boris and the Yorkshire Tories, remember your promise of £350 million per week extra for NHS when we leave Europe, plus the fact you are going to look after Northerners.
  
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• Villagers warned they may face evacuation as flooding risk grows

  28-02-2020 11:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EMERGENCY services were tonight battling to prevent another East Yorkshire village being flooded.
  
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• LETTER: Council promises on transparency are so hollow

  28-02-2020 11:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Right on cue ex-Lib Dem councillor Quentin Macdonald tries to quell the fire burning at the closed office door of Lib Dem council leader Keith Aspden (Letters, February 27). Mr Macdonald says that ‘shock-horror’ letters have rolled in. That is his interpretation. Deeply concerned residents may have been shocked at the revelations about Mary Weastell’s departure, but all they want is the truth as to why she had left with such a huge amount of taxpayers’ money, having worke
  
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• Flooding worsens in East Yorkshire village - residents evacuated in early hours

  28-02-2020 11:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  RESIDENTS were evacuated from an East Yorkshire village in the early hours of today as floodwaters continued to rise.
  
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• York teen comes forward after appeal to trace people who helped unconscious boy

  28-02-2020 11:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PLUCKY teenager who came to the aid of a young man who was knocked unconscious after falling down stairs at York station has come forward following an appeal.
  
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• Man charged with assaulting PCSO in York

  28-02-2020 09:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been charged with allegedly assaulting a PCSO in York.
  
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• Arrest after 'large quantity of meat' stolen from York supermarket

  28-02-2020 09:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been arrested after a "large quantity of meat" was allegedly stolen from a York supermarket.
  
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• CCTV appeal after burglary at York cafe

  28-02-2020 09:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CCTV images have been released of a man police want to speak to after a burglary at a York cafe.
  
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• Washed-up plastics made into jewellery for York Fashion Week show

  28-02-2020 07:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PLASTICS from a Scottish beach will make it on to the catwalk in York Fashion Week thanks to local designer Kat Hick.
  
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• Race against time and the elements to replace historic North Yorkshire Moors Railway bridge at Goathland used by the Hogwarts Express...

  28-02-2020 07:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HARRY Potter would have loved it. An entire, 84-tonne iron and steel railway bridge being lifted, removed and replaced in - well, not quite the whisk of a wizard’s wand. But pretty quickly, nevertheless.
  
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• York's 'most wanted’ criminal Alfred Philip Dear is finally locked up

  28-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK’S most wanted criminal, who was arrested last weekend after being on the run for more than a year, is finally behind bars.
  
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• The Island charity's mini-bus appeal saved by eleventh hour donation

  28-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PRIVATE donor and supporters came to the rescue of a children’s charity following an eleventh-hour appeal for £6,000 to secure a mini-bus.
  
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• Changes to ordering of repeat prescriptions rapped in health watchdog report

  28-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHANGES to the way repeat prescriptions are ordered in the York area have been criticised in a new report by a health watchdog.
  
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• New centre for children's mental health set to open

  28-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FORMER adult mental health facility is to reopen as a 'state-of-the-art' new centre for children.
  
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• New 'east-west divide' splitting north start-up economy

  28-02-2020 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research shows more start-up business are thriving on the west of the Pennines.
  
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