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• Coronavirus: 'Stay at home' plea as Easter holiday starts

  03-04-2020 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warm weather is expected but the coronavirus lockdown remains in place, authorities warn.
  
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• Coronavirus: Grand Central suspends rail services after lockdown

  03-04-2020 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Grand Central stops its London-to-Yorkshire and north-east services because of the lockdown.
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak

  03-04-2020 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Key maps and charts explaining how the respiratory virus has spread around the world and how it is being dealt with.
  
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• Temperatures set to soar to 19C in York - police patrols to enforce safety rules

  03-04-2020 18:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POLICE chief has warned people to adhere to social distancing rules if they must venture out this weekend as North Yorkshire prepares for a mini-heatwave.
  
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• 1,000 years of tradition broken as ancient North Yorkshire ceremony held online

  03-04-2020 17:48 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A TOP judge, cathedral dean and a leading businessman have broken more than 1,000 years of tradition by opening a crown court in their living rooms and donning their official robes to confirm the Queen’s appointment of a high sheriff.
  
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• Friday figures: Number of York coronavirus cases increases by more than 20 in 24 hours

  03-04-2020 17:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE number of confirmed coronavirus cases in York has increased by more than 20 in the past 24 hours - according to Public Health England figures.
  
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• How many of these Easter eggs do you remember?

  03-04-2020 17:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WITH Easter just around the corner, we decided a bit of nostalgia wouldn't go amiss and look back at some East eggs of yesteryear.
  
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• Coronavirus: Woman 'wrongly charged under new law'

  03-04-2020 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police want her conviction for refusing to say why she was on a train to be "set aside".
  
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• Coronavirus: Driver speeding at 132mph during lockdown

  03-04-2020 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police "will not tolerate North Yorkshire being used as a race track", even with less traffic about.
  
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• North Yorkshire Police warning over 'edible' drugs

  03-04-2020 16:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have issued a warning to parents and carers about drug-infused sweets and chocolate.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: rail operator Grand Central stops all trains

  03-04-2020 16:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK-based train company has stopped all its trains running from the end of today.
  
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• Another patient with coronavirus dies at York Hospital Foundation Trust

  03-04-2020 15:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ANOTHER patient has died at the York Teaching Foundation Trust.
  
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• Coronavirus: Yorkshire Air Ambulance grounds both aircraft

  03-04-2020 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The opening of Nightingale Hospital in Harrogate increases the need for experts in land ambulances.
  
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• Suspected human remains found in North Yorkshire

  03-04-2020 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police believe the bones found at Chop Gate may have lain undiscovered for several decades.
  
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• Mum's vigil for missing son - who may be walking 280 miles to near York

  03-04-2020 14:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A “heartbroken” mother is holding a vigil in the front garden of her home for her 16-year-old son, who is thought to have left his home more than a week ago to walk 280 miles to be with his girlfriend near York.
  
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• York students to get their grades from teachers

  03-04-2020 14:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK schools and colleges have been told to rank students within each grade for each subject after GCSE and A-level exams were cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Forest Live Kaiser Chiefs concert cancelled

  03-04-2020 13:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FOREST Live, the summer concert series presented by Forestry England, where acts perform in woodland locations around the country - including Dalby Forest - has been cancelled.
  
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• Coronavirus: Yorkshire breweries step up web sales

  03-04-2020 13:03 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  CHAMPION breweries in Yorkshire are working together and increasing direct sales to drinkers, to react to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• COMMUNITY PRIDE: Pryers Solicitors return for a sixth year as sponsors

  03-04-2020 12:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK-based firm founded in the city 18 years ago is to honour dedicated charity fundraisers at this year’s York Community Pride Awards.
  
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• BBC to re-air sports highlights including London 2012 Olympic Games, Euro 96 and Wimbledon

  03-04-2020 12:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  As summer’s major sporting events have been cancelled - the BBC has caved to pressure from sports fans on social media to re-air highlights of major events from across the last 25 years.
  
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• McDonald's rumours: Fast-food chain addresses 're-opening posts' on social media

  03-04-2020 12:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  McDonald's have addressed online rumours that the fast-food chain are set to reopen 'within days'.
  
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• JK Rowling launches online Harry Potter hub for children - how to sign up

  03-04-2020 12:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Thousands of children across the UK now remain at home during the coronavirus lockdown - and keeping them educated and entertained is a top priority for parents and guardians.
  
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• First York welcome government package to help bus service survive

  03-04-2020 11:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  First York bus service has welcomed the announcement by the Department for Transport (DfT) of a £167m stimulus package of financial support for 'crucial' bus services throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Cash boost for Saint Catherine's Hospice charity

  03-04-2020 11:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire computing company held a fundraiser event last month to raise money to donate to a hospice charity.
  
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• Weekend weather: temperatures set to soar in York as lockdown continues

  03-04-2020 11:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TEMPERATURES are set to rise this weekend in York and across North Yorkshire amid the Coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• LETTER: Foreign health workers who risk their lives for us must be allowed to stay

  03-04-2020 10:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Whilst it is welcome news that doctors, nurses and paramedics will automatically have their visas extended, free of charge, for one year, this does not go far enough.
  
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• Woman fined under Coronavirus Act has conviction quashed

  03-04-2020 10:19 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN who was fined £660 for breaking new coronavirus lockdown rules could have her conviction set aside after it emerged police misinterpreted the legislation.
  
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• Woman fined £660 under Coronavirus Act could have conviction quashed

  03-04-2020 10:19 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN who was fined £660 for breaking new coronavirus lockdown rules could have her conviction set aside after it emerged police misinterpreted the legislation.
  
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• Coronavirus: Police got new lockdown law wrong

  03-04-2020 10:19 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  POLICE have admitted misinterpreting new legislation after a woman was arrested, charged and fined as part of the coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• Uncovering the life of the mysterious 'Miss Busby', whose portrait hangs in Fairfax House

  03-04-2020 07:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  For the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, we have invited cultural organisations to highlight some of their treasures. Here, York Civic Trust's ANDREW MORRISON introduces an enigmatic painting that hangs in Fairfax House
  
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• Why everyone wants to be 'green to go' in Wuhan, the city of 11million awakening from lockdown

  03-04-2020 07:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WUHAN, Thursday April 2
  
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• 'Buy now visit later' voucher scheme one plank in Welcome to Yorkshire's coronavirus survival strategy

  03-04-2020 06:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IN just a few short weeks, the coronavirus pandemic that has swept around the world has turned all our lives on their heads.
  
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• 100+ businesses promote new services in The Press campaign

  03-04-2020 05:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than 100 local independent businesses have used The Press to spread the word about their services during the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• NHS Nightingale hospital to be built in Harrogate

  03-04-2020 05:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A new NHS Nightingale hospital will be built in Harrogate, the government has confirmed.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Boots staff fear for health - but shop vows thousands of face visors on the way

  03-04-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BRITAIN’S biggest pharmacist has said it will begin issuing 40,000 face visors to protect staff from the coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus: Bristol and Harrogate Nightingale hospitals announced

  03-04-2020 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An extra 1,500 beds will be provided across two new sites in Bristol and Harrogate, the NHS says.
  
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