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• Coronavirus: Yorkshire Air Ambulance grounds helicopter

  30-03-2020 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flying medics return to frontline NHS roles to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• FREE ebooks, audiobooks and family tree research tools available at York Explore

  30-03-2020 19:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  LIBRARIES are closed – but thanks to York Explore you can still check out books, trace your family history or look at historic pictures of the city – all while you stay at home to save lives.
  
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• Selby man arrested on suspicion of affray and possession of knife

  30-03-2020 18:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A man was arrested on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon in Selby earlier today (Monday).
  
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• Selby man arrested on suspicion of affray and in possession of knife

  30-03-2020 18:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A man was arrested on suspicion of affray and for the possession of an offensive weapon in Selby earlier today (Monday).
  
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• Man allegedly spat at key worker in York - and made comments about him getting coronavirus

  30-03-2020 18:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN allegedly spat at a key worker in York and made comments about him getting coronavirus.
  
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• Monday figures: Number of York coronavirus cases increases

  30-03-2020 18:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE latest Public Health England figures reveal there have been 30 confirmed coronavirus cases in York as of today, Monday.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Fears over people from London and Birmingham bringing virus to Yorkshire

  30-03-2020 18:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FEARS have been raised that a wave of second home owners who have moved from coronavirus hotspot cities to their boltholes “to ride out the outbreak” at countryside beauty spots have put themselves and others at further risk.
  
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• Tributes as HSBC bank chief, Jonathan Rutter, 57, dies from Coronavirus

  30-03-2020 17:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a York banking director who died after contracting coronavirus.
  
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• Pub landlord to be reported to licensing after allegedly serving drinks despite ban

  30-03-2020 17:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LANDLORD has been caught allegedly selling drinks at a North Yorkshire pub, despite the coronavirus-related ban on opening.
  
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• St Leonard's Hospice in York appeals for help as fundraising is delayed

  30-03-2020 17:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK hospice is appealing for the public’s help as it faces losing hundreds of thousands of pounds of fundraising due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Landlord to be reported to licensing after serving drinks despite ban

  30-03-2020 16:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LANDLORD has been caught allegedly selling drinks at a North Yorkshire pub, despite the ban on opening pubs to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Barratt Developments Yorkshire East shuts 18 sites

  30-03-2020 16:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LOCAL housebuilder has announced the temporary closure of its 18 developments, as well as all of its sales and head office, as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Mercedes F1 helps develop breathing machine in under 100 hours

  30-03-2020 15:37 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care has been developed by mechanical engineers, medics and the Mercedes Formula One team.
  
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• BrightHouse collapses into administration putting jobs at risk

  30-03-2020 15:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  More than 2,400 jobs are at risk as rent-to-own operator BrightHouse sank into administration today (Monday).
  
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• Police checkpoints on the A166 and A1079 near York - a tale of two forces

  30-03-2020 13:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MOTORISTS heading out of York on the A166 and A1079 could be stopped at police checkpoints - but only for the first few miles.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York law firm, Roche Legal, backs bid to change law on wills

  30-03-2020 13:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK law firm is backing a move to change the law governing wills in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Morrisons distributing £10m of groceries to food banks

  30-03-2020 13:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SUPERMARKET giant Morrisons is distributing £10 million of groceries to the nation’s food banks during the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Easyjet grounds entire fleet of 344 planes

  30-03-2020 11:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EASYJET has grounded its entire fleet of aircraft due to the coronavirus pandemic, the airline has announced.
  
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• LETTER: We need journalists to record what’s happening

  30-03-2020 10:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I was disappointed that one of your readers was critical of BBC reporters being out and about (Letters, March 27).
  
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• LETTER: We had plenty of warning a pandemic was due

  30-03-2020 10:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Once again Peter Rickaby (Letters, March 25) displays his Conservative bias in berating Jeremy Corbyn for asking why the NHS is currently struggling with the pandemic. Yes this pandemic has taken over the world but scientists have been predicting such an event for some time now so the Government should have had contingency measures in place.
  
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• Watch: York firefighter shows off musical side to back 'stay home, save lives' message

  30-03-2020 10:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK firefighter has shown off his musical side to back the 'stay home, save lives' message.
  
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• Selfishness eased by acts of kindness to help people through coronavirus outbreak

  30-03-2020 10:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NOT one of us was really prepared for the life changes that have happened since the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• The dos and don'ts of working from home

  30-03-2020 07:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  With millions of us forced to work from home because of the coronavirus outbreak – often juggling childcare, or sharing desk space with our partner – what is the best advice for managing the workload, keeping in touch with colleagues, and looking after our wellbeing? MAXINE GORDON seeks some sound advice…
  
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• York's railway stations old and new

  30-03-2020 07:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  We've dug out some great photographs of York railway station (both the old one and the new one) for you this week from Explore York's new-look digital archive, Explore York Images.
  
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• 50+ businesses claim free advert in The Press campaign

  30-03-2020 06:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SMALL but vital food suppliers have taken advantage of The Press Supporting Local Businesses campaign to alert readers to how they have adapted their services in the face of coronavirus.
  
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• Can we learn from the wartime spirit of 1940s York?

  30-03-2020 06:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IT has been said quite often recently that we haven't faced a crisis like the one we're in now since the Second World War.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York firm Portakabin may be set to make temporary morgues

  30-03-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK manufacturer Portakabin looks set to construct temporary morgues to help the authorities cope with the rising death toll from coronavirus.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Hatch at pharmacy in bid to stop spread of virus

  30-03-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK pharmacy has barred off access to most of the shop - with medicines passed through a serving hatch - in a bid to protect staff and customers from the coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'I still wear a suit even in my own home'

  30-03-2020 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Lawson-Green is trying to maintain a normal routine during coronavirus self-isolation.
  
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• Coronavirus: Self-isolation when you are affected by dementia

  30-03-2020 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Families affected by dementia are adjusting to develop new routines away from external support.
  
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