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• CORONAVIRUS: Sharp rise in confirmed cases in York today

  08-04-2020 20:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the City of York Council area has risen sharply today to 87 - compared to 75 on Tuesday.
  
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• North Yorkshire estate school may help cut capacity issue

  08-04-2020 17:27 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  PROPOSALS to build a primary school which could eventually take up to 420 pupils have been unveiled for a controversial housing estate on a greenfield site.
  
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• Second power cut hits hundreds of homes in York

  08-04-2020 17:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SECOND power cut has hit more homes in York this afternoon.
  
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• Major changes in North Yorkshire to pump extra capacity into NHS

  08-04-2020 17:10 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A LOCAL authority responsible for an area with one of the country’s highest proportions of elderly residents has introduced a “wholesale transformation” of its social care service.
  
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• Morrisons signs deal with Deliveroo

  08-04-2020 15:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAJOR supermarket chain, which has two big stores in York has gone in to partnership with Deliveroo.
  
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• A total of 29 patients with coronavirus have now died at York NHS trust hospitals

  08-04-2020 15:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ANOTHER five patients with the coronavirus have died at at York NHS trust hospitals, taking the total number of deaths so far to 29.
  
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• A total of 19 patients with coronavirus have now died at York Hospital

  08-04-2020 15:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A total of 19 patients with confirmed coronavirus have now died at York Hospital, following a further three fatalities.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Peter Kay's Car Share to return in bid to cheer people up

  08-04-2020 14:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Peter Kay's Car Share will return for a special audio-only episode on Friday, the BBC has announced.
  
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• Coronavirus: People in Harrogate 'disregarding' stay at home advice

  08-04-2020 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police patrols in Harrogate are being stepped up after reports of picnics and street parties.
  
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• Could you have coronavirus without any symptoms? How to protect yourself and others

  08-04-2020 13:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Fresh concerns have been raised over the possibility of contracting coronavirus without displaying symptoms.
  
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• Royal Mail changes to delivery and collections during coronavirus

  08-04-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ROYAL Mail has changed its delivery office depot opening and closing hours amid the coronavirus crisis, as well as altering the way it makes deliveries.
  
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• Funeral services and mourners to be barred from York Crematorium from tomorrow

  08-04-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MOURNERS, clergy and officiants are to be barred from attending funeral services at York Crematorium from tomorrow because of the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Power cut hits hundreds of properties in York

  08-04-2020 12:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HUNDREDS of homes and business have been left without electricity after a power cut in York city centre.
  
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• Coronavirus warning to parents over climbing on riverside tree

  08-04-2020 11:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PARENTS of children who climb a tree on York's riverside are being warned that they might be putting themselves at risk of catching the coronavirus.
  
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• Two men arrested by police investigating bank robbery

  08-04-2020 11:32 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  TWO men have been arrested by police investigating a bank robbery in Harrogate.
  
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• Two men arrested after bank robbery in Harrogate in broad daylight

  08-04-2020 11:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO men have been arrested after an alleged bank robbery in North Yorkshire in broad daylight.
  
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• Temperatures soaring to 19C in York - and Good Friday should be equally warm

  08-04-2020 11:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TEMPERATURES are set to soar to 19C in York today - warmer than many cities on the Med.
  
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• Sainsbury’s lifts buying restrictions on ‘thousands of products’

  08-04-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Restrictions will remain in place for items such as pasta and long-life milk.
  
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• 10 coronavirus myths tackled by a GP

  08-04-2020 10:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Dr Gero Baiarda is an NHS GP currently on call at GPDQ.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York's iconic department store Barnitts temporarily closes

  08-04-2020 10:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK'S iconic department store Barnitts has temporarily closed due to the coronavirus pandemic - the first time it has had to close its doors in its 124-year history.
  
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• Police "disappointed" at having to step up patrols in Harrogate

  08-04-2020 10:02 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police has said it is "disappointed" the force having to step up patrols in Harrogate.
  
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• York Mind charity group now online

  08-04-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LOCAL mental health charity in York will be supporting people experiencing mental ill-health throughout the Coronavirus crisis by providing vital services.
  
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• Communities warned to be vigilant for doorstep scammers

  08-04-2020 09:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NORTH Yorkshire Police is warning local residents not to accept help from unknown individuals knocking on doors and offering support with shopping for food and essentials.
  
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• Rowntree factory from the air, before 1930

  08-04-2020 07:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HERE'S a great aerial view of the Rowntree’s factory on Haxby Road, taken some time before 1930.
  
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• RNIB calls for a new generation to remember the 1920 'Blind March'

  08-04-2020 07:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  One hundred years ago this week (on April 5, 1920 to be exact) 74 blind workers from Scotland and north east England set off from Leeds to march down to London to meet the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George.
  
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• Thank you for all the help, tilly...

  08-04-2020 07:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Is it April already? Where has this year gone?
  
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• Helping the rich and famous is in property expert Alex Goldstein's blood

  08-04-2020 06:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CENTURY ago Louis Cope’s fashion emporium was busy dressing wealthy ladies in 1920s North Yorkshire.
  
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• Hotpod Yoga backs Press Supporting Local Businesses campaign

  08-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YOGA company that has helped people discover mindfulness since it opened last year has moved its lessons online to help keep people fit and flexible during the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Help your cash flow during COVID-19

  08-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THESE are difficult times for businesses and good cash flow must be maintained.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Organisers still not saying if York Festival cancelled

  08-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE organisers of York Festival - due to take place on June 19 to 21 with headline acts including Lionel Richie, Westlife and Madness - have not yet said whether the event is still due to go ahead following the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Cancer charity's £40k equipment boost for York Hospital

  08-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK charity has funded new equipment to help hospital patients get swift relief from distressing lung symptoms.
  
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• Hob Moor and Hob Moor Oaks pupils star on CBeebies

  08-04-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHILDREN from two York primary schools will feature on our TV screens over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Crisis leads to funerals taking place with no mourners

  08-04-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SOME people are now being cremated at York Crematorium without any funeral service and with no relatives attending because of the lockdown, a funeral director has revealed.
  
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