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• Seven more people confirmed as having coronavirus in York

  27-04-2020 23:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EXPERTS revealed tonight that a further seven people have tested positive for coronavirus in the City of York Council area, taking the total number of cases to 258.
  
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• More people confirmed as having coronavirus in York

  27-04-2020 23:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE people have been confirmed as having coronavirus in York, North and East Yorkshire.
  
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• Coronavirus: Selby woman, 101, goes out for first time in years

  27-04-2020 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bessy was given a walking frame with a seat so she can go into her garden in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Coronavirus: North Yorkshire day-trippers 'ignore' rules

  27-04-2020 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One officer says she "endured more abuse than dealing with drunken idiots outside nightclubs".
  
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• Teacher jailed for sex assaults on girls in North Yorkshire

  27-04-2020 16:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SUPPLY teacher has been sent to prison for eight-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting six girls at a North Yorkshire school.
  
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• Three more coronavirus related deaths at York Trust

  27-04-2020 15:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THREE more people with coronavirus have died at hospitals within the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
  
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• Coronavirus: Police issue more than 60 fines across the weekend

  27-04-2020 15:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE issued more than 60 fines across the weekend for people who were not following government guidance - and the force has slammed those who are "blatantly ignoring the reason why we have to be in lockdown".
  
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• Medication delivered by volunteers to people shielding and in isolation across York

  27-04-2020 14:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  VOLUNTEERS have been helping to deliver medication from York's largest independent pharmacy group to people who are shielding or in isolation during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• Jonathan Clayton: Sex abuse primary school supply teacher jailed

  27-04-2020 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The school where Jonathan Clayton targeted girls said it was not told about a previous complaint.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Greggs to start reopening stores amid lockdown

  27-04-2020 14:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Greggs has become the latest high street retailer to put forward plans to reopen its stores despite the coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• VIDEO: Footage captures deserted York in Covid-19 lockdown

  27-04-2020 14:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK city centre is a magnet for shoppers, day-trippers, tourists, hen and stag parties - in normal times.
  
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• Volunteers make hundreds of scrubs and visors for York NHS staff and other key workers

  27-04-2020 13:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ALMOST 300 seamstresses and other volunteers across the York and Malton area are creating scrubs and visors to help protect key workers from coronavirus.
  
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• Roadworks on major road in to York

  27-04-2020 13:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  KEY workers still using the roads in York are being warned about gas works starting today (May 27) on a main road in to the city.
  
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• Yorkshire cancel deals of Keshav Maharaj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Nicholas Pooran

  27-04-2020 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire cancel the deals of overseas signings Keshav Maharaj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Nicholas Pooran because of coronavirus.
  
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• Coronavirus: Harrogate care homes wait 10 days for tests

  27-04-2020 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vida Healthcare has two care homes in Harrogate for people with dementia.
  
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• Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says this is moment of maximum risk for country

  27-04-2020 12:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The UK is at the moment of maximum risk in the coronavirus outbreak, Boris Johnson has said, as he urged people not to lose patience with the lockdown.
  
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• Former Huntington deputy head teacher inspires 'virtual marathon'

  27-04-2020 12:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RETIRED York teacher living with cancer has inspired his daughter to run a virtual fundraising event for the charity helping him through his illness.
  
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• Justine in bid for volunteer award

  27-04-2020 11:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FOSTER carer from York has been nominated for a Community Pride award for her work supporting those struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: Selby College in PPE give-away

  27-04-2020 10:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire college has donated vital PPE equipment to local emergency services and care homes.
  
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• McDonald's statement on restaurants opening

  27-04-2020 10:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  McDonald’s has responded to reports that it's going to reopen its restaurants across the UK.
  
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• MP welcomes opening of new drive-through coronavirus testing centre in York

  27-04-2020 08:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell has welcomed the opening of a new coronavirus testing facility at Poppleton Park and Ride on the outskirts of the city.
  
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• Harrogate care homes left waiting 10 days for coronavirus tests

  27-04-2020 08:40 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A CARE home operator which had two residents die with coronavirus has been waiting 10 days for testing kits to arrive, its healthcare director said.
  
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• Police appeals after burglaries

  27-04-2020 08:01 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  POLICE have issued appeals following a spate of burglaries in the York area.
  
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• Institute of Directors launches its Director of Year Awards

  27-04-2020 07:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SEARCH has started for the region's best business success stories.
  
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• How Parliament Street was 'improved' to become York's 'new heart'

  27-04-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Back in January 1990 Albert Cowen, then the chairman of York City Council's planning committee, launched a special exhibition in Parliament Street.
  
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• The opening of Skeldergate Bridge, March 1881

  27-04-2020 06:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The official opening of Skeldergate Bridge on March 10, 1881, was obviously a major occasion. Just look at the crowds in our first photograph today - a veritable river of people lapping around the entrance to the bridge. The river was actually in flood on the great day (so nothing unusual there, then) but that wasn't enough to put the dampeners on a regatta that had been planned to mark the opening.
  
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• Dreaming of a day out up on the Moors...

  27-04-2020 06:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Fed up of lockdown? Dreaming of the wide open spaces out there in the glorious Yorkshire countryside?
  
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• Gin makers put alcohol to another use in sanitiser

  27-04-2020 06:02 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  HAND sanitiser made by North Yorkshire gin distilleries is helping council key workers to stay safe and keep others safe during the Covid-19 outbreak.
  
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• York cleaning firm sets sights on growth after lockdown

  27-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SPECIALIST cleaning firm in York hopes to grow its team when the Covid-19 lockdown eases.
  
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• Hospital shuts for ‘staffing reasons’ - but could convert to coronavirus care

  27-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A REHABILITATION hospital in York has been temporarily closed.
  
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• Gin distilleries change tack to make sanitiser

  27-04-2020 06:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  HAND sanitiser made by North Yorkshire gin distilleries is helping council key workers to stay safe and keep others safe during the Covid-19 outbreak.
  
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• Council's first online meeting set to take place next month

  27-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CITY of York Council is to hold its first online meeting during the lockdown.
  
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• 'Can I play croquet in lockdown?' - police answer residents' questions

  27-04-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CAN people play croquet during lockdown?
  
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• Malmaison hotel set for completion by end of year after work had stalled

  27-04-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW 150-bedroom hotel in the heart of York is set to be completed a year late after the main site contractors went into administration.
  
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