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• CORONAVIRUS: City chiefs seek to reassure businesses after pub and restaurant closures

  20-03-2020 22:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK council chiefs have moved to reassure businesses following the government’s closure of pubs, cafés, nightclubs, bars, theatres, restaurants, leisure centres and gyms.
  
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• FRIDAY: Increase in number of York coronavirus cases

  20-03-2020 21:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE number of confirmed coronavirus cases in York has risen again today, Friday.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: PM orders ALL pubs and restaurants to shut tonight

  20-03-2020 18:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BORIS Johnson has ordered pubs and restaurants across the country to close as the Government announced unprecedented measures to cover the wages of workers who would otherwise lose their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Prayers on Facebook from Archbishop John Sentamu

  20-03-2020 17:28 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  WITH churches closing across the region, the Archbishop of York is turning to modern technology to offer comfort.
  
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• Fraudsters offering coronavirus 'cures', warn police

  20-03-2020 17:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are warning residents to be vigilant after reports of opportunistic fraudsters creating scams to cash-in on coronavirus anxiety.
  
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• Double decker bus destroyed by fire

  20-03-2020 16:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A DOUBLE decker bus was destroyed by fire in North Yorkshire.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Food wholesaler now delivering to public in York and surrounding area

  20-03-2020 15:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FOOD wholesaler based near York, which serves the catering industry, has begun delivering goods to residents in York and the surrounding area following the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• ITV reveals major changes to its schedules - episodes of The Voice postponed

  20-03-2020 15:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Bosses at ITV have revealed a major shake-up to its schedules as the coronavirus affects the production of its primetime programmes.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York schools act as 'emergency service' in the weeks ahead

  20-03-2020 15:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TEENAGERS and children need to observe the same rules for social distancing as adults, according to the leader of a York schools chain.
  
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• Gin company making hand sanitisers asks for help from Government

  20-03-2020 15:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The owners of a gin distillery who are making hand sanitisers to help fight the coronavirus outbreak are urging the Government to drop the duty on their vital product.
  
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• 'Coronavirus is not a bioweapon created in a lab' - scientists rubbish theories

  20-03-2020 13:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Scientists have rubbished claims that the coronavirus is an artificially-created bioweapon cooked up in a shadowy laboratory.
  
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• Only M&S will do for York M&S booze thief

  20-03-2020 13:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN ALCOHOL thief who targeted a city centre Marks and Spencers store three times in three hours has been given a community punishment.
  
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• Watchdog to clamp down on retailers exploiting coronavirus

  20-03-2020 12:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The competition watchdog has said it will clamp down on retailers using the coronavirus outbreak as an opportunity to exploit customers.
  
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• Coronavirus: RFU ends rugby season below Premiership level

  20-03-2020 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Rugby Football Union confirms the end of the 2019-20 season for all levels below the Premiership because of coronavirus.
  
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• Howardian Hills tops the 'best places to live' list

  20-03-2020 12:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Howardian Hills have been named the best place to live in the North and North East.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Dog show in York postponed until next year

  20-03-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FUNDRAISING dog show in York, which was due to take place next month, has been postponed in light of the government guidance on coronavirus.
  
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• York churches prepare to broadcast Sunday services online

  20-03-2020 12:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHRISTIANS will still be able to worship communally on Sunday despite their churches being closed.
  
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• Burnby Hall Gardens to remain open during coronavirus pandemic

  20-03-2020 11:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BURNBY Hall Gardens in Pocklington has announced that it will remain open during the coronavirus pandemic, unless directed otherwise in the future.
  
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• NYMR launches public appeal to help it survive

  20-03-2020 10:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is warning it may not survive the coronavirus epidemic without help.
  
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• Today's train cancellations between Scarborough , York and Leeds

  20-03-2020 10:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Transpennine Express is still running its full timetable, but is announcing a list of cancellations every day.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York council recruiting workers to keep essential services going during pandemic

  20-03-2020 09:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CITY of York Council is recruiting workers as it endeavours to keep frontline services going during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• "No panic buying here" - say Bishop Wilton Community Shop

  20-03-2020 08:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MAXINE GORDON reports on a local shop where there is no panic buying and everyone is pulling together
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: The full list of key workers

  20-03-2020 08:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Government has finally published the full list of key workers whose children can still have to go to schools next week.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York Chocolate Festival called off

  20-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Chocolate Festival has been cancelled - with organisers saying they are disappointed, but feel that calling off the event is the responsible decision.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Vets prepare to help pet-owners through challenge

  20-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A VETERINARY group based in York - but with a number of practices in Italy - is making preparations to keep staff, customers and pets safe during the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Scammers using fears to con residents

  20-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SCAMS - including promises of a full list of confirmed coronavirus cases in the local area and bogus advice from someone claiming to be a virologist - have been reported to police.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Calls for more action as hotel bookings plummet

  20-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ROOM bookings have dropped dramatically in York as social isolation measures hit hotels hard.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Online support group set up to help the vulnerable

  20-03-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SUPPORT group in York is searching for volunteers in a bid to help those who are most vulnerable to coronavirus.
  
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