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• CORONAVIRUS: Prime Minister sends 'national emergency' letter to every home - here's what it says

  28-03-2020 23:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Prime Minister is to write to every household in York and the rest of the UK to urge them to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.
  
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• SATURDAY'S FIGURES: Number of coronavirus cases increases in York and North Yorkshire

  28-03-2020 18:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE number of confirmed coronavirus cases in York and North Yorkshire has increased today, Saturday.
  
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• New pop-up drive-thru offers free bacon butties to NHS staff

  28-03-2020 16:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NHS workers can get a free bacon butty at a new drive-thru in York.
  
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• UK housing market frozen - what to do if you're buying, selling or trying to rent

  28-03-2020 15:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The UK housing market has been put on a 'temporary freeze' - with the public urged to delay moving into new homes to avoid spreading coronavirus.
  
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• While everything else is closing down, Rowntree Park has re-opened

  28-03-2020 14:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EVERYTHING else seems to be closing down in York as the coronavirus pandemic tightens its grip on the city, including areas of open space such as Deans Park and the Museum Gardens.
  
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• DON'T FORGET: Clocks go forward

  28-03-2020 14:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WE know you would probably rather forget the date where we all have an hour less in bed but here's a little reminder for you any way.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: What measures are supermarkets taking to keep customers safe?

  28-03-2020 13:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Supermarkets are introducing robust measures to help keep staff and customers safe amid lockdown conditions.
  
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• COMMUNITY PRIDE: Who do you think is the Spirit of Youth in York?

  28-03-2020 12:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NOMINATIONS are now open for this year’s Community Pride Awards, including the Spirit of Youth category.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York logistics YDL firm helps to keep country supplied during lockdown

  28-03-2020 11:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK-based logistics company that employs around 100 people has joined a national drive to keep the country supplied during coronavirus measures.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Live updates from York and North and East Yorkshire

  28-03-2020 09:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Follow our live blog today, where we'll be bringing you the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak as it happens.
  
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• Restaurant chain Carluccio’s says financial collapse is 'likely'

  28-03-2020 09:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  RESTAURANT chain Carluccio’s - which has two eateries in York - has drafted in advisers to look at pushing the company into administration, affecting around 2,000 workers.
  
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• Thomas Fairfax's 'buff coat'

  28-03-2020 08:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York Museums Trust boss REYAHN KING introduces a civil war jacket that once belonged to Thomas Fairfax
  
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• Hempland schoolgirls receive prizes for their creative work at NRM

  28-03-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUPILS at a York primary school attended a dazzling awards ceremony at the National Railway Museum and received prizes for their creative entries in a competition.
  
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• York Hospital has limited capacity to test staff for coronavirus - but Government says more tests on the way

  28-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Hospital currently only has a limited capacity to test nurses, doctors and other front-line health workers for coronavirus.
  
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• Rough sleepers MUST be housed by this weekend - says Government

  28-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ROUGH sleepers must be housed by this weekend – the government has told local authorities.
  
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• Changes to council services - including waste, parking and noise complaints

  28-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CITY of York Council has made changes to some services - to help people keep apart and slow down the spread of coronavirus.
  
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• The Press stands by local businesses, says editor

  28-03-2020 05:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of York's small enterprises which has taken up the offer of a free advert in The Press says the promotion has boosted business.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York firefighters to help deliver food and drive ambulances

  28-03-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS may deliver food and medicine, drive ambulances and retrieve bodies during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus: Will food supply fears see a rise in home-grown veg?

  28-03-2020 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Food insecurity" could cause a wave of first time horticulturalists, experts say.
  
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• Coronavirus: Retired police officers 'will jump at' return

  28-03-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former officers says many would go back into service to help their forces cope during the pandemic.
  
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