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• 76% of Press readers not confident about schools reopening in three weeks

  11-05-2020 18:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than 76 per cent of readers who took part in a poll said they would not feel confident sending children back to school in three weeks' time.
  
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• 34-year-old man dies after crash in North Yorkshire

  11-05-2020 17:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A 34-YEAR-OLD man has died following a crash in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Businesses must be 'flexible' as plans unveiled to ease people back to work

  11-05-2020 17:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ECONOMIC support schemes will be wound down and "smarter" social distancing measures introduced to ease people back to work.
  
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• Government sets out its 'road map' - here's what it says

  11-05-2020 17:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PEOPLE in England should wear face coverings in some settings, the Government has said as it published its "road map" which could include people being able to link up with one other households in a "bubble".
  
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• New director wanted for York Nativity production

  11-05-2020 17:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE search is on for a director for an annual Nativity play for York.
  
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• Increase in dolphin sightings near Scarborough coast

  11-05-2020 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Baines, from Sea Watch Foundation, says there was a tenfold increase in sightings last year.
  
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• Stunning rainbow door in Facebook auction for NHS workers

  11-05-2020 16:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THIS stunning stained glass door finished in rainbow colours has been specially created to raise cash for the NHS in an online auction.
  
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• Death toll from Covid-19 at York Hospital passes 100

  11-05-2020 15:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Hospital has now recorded more than 100 deaths of patients who had Covid-19, the trust has confirmed.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Don't rush to beauty spots' plea after PM speech

  11-05-2020 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police, tourism bosses and politicians say they fear some areas will see an influx of visitors.
  
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• REVEALED: The number of people who have booked in to use York's tips

  11-05-2020 15:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than 1,600 people have signed up to get an appointment to go to the tip since a booking system was launched.
  
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• Fashion and homeware stores set to reopen from June

  11-05-2020 15:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  But hospitality businesses, such as pubs, restaurants and hotels, will be able to reopen from July 4 at the earliest.
  
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• Public urged to use face masks as Government considers ‘household bubbles’

  11-05-2020 15:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PEOPLE should wear face coverings in some settings, the Government has said as it published its “road map” which could include people being able to link up with one other household in a “bubble”.
  
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• Aaron Atkinson: Murder arrests over Harrogate death

  11-05-2020 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aaron Atkinson was found with a head injury on Thursday at the property in Harrogate.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'You Are Loved' message sewn into hospital scrubs

  11-05-2020 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jen Legg added the message to make front line NHS workers "feel cared for that little bit".
  
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• CORONAVIRUS: York care home provider says testing 'still patchy'

  11-05-2020 14:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TESTING for those living in care homes is “still very patchy” despite a pledge by the Government to check all staff and residents for Covid-19, an operator with a York care home has said.
  
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• Parents ask Government for a choice on sending children back to school

  11-05-2020 14:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than 380,000 people have signed a petition urging the Government to give parents a choice on sending their children back to school if they reopen next month.
  
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• Male carers and bus drivers have highest rates of death involving Covid-19

  11-05-2020 12:58 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MALE carers, bus drivers, chefs and retail assistants have higher rates of death involving Covid-19 than other workers, new figures suggest.
  
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• York College student learning to become a GP in lockdown

  11-05-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK teenager who one day wants to become a doctor has been making the most of her studies in lockdown.
  
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• Starbucks to reopen around 150 UK sites from Thursday

  11-05-2020 11:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The firm said it will also reopen a ‘handful of takeaway-only stores’.
  
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• Businesses call for clarity and support with costs of adapting post-lockdown

  11-05-2020 11:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Businesses area calling for their practical questions to be answered so they can plan to 'restart, rebuild and renew'.
  
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• York Community Furniture Store in urgent appeal after £10,000 Lottery boost

  11-05-2020 11:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Community Furniture Store can continue supporting York residents throughout the COVID-19 crisis after being awarded £10,000 in National Lottery funding to supply vulnerable people in York with essential household goods.
  
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• North Yorkshire Police chief responds to new lockdown rules

  11-05-2020 11:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NORTH Yorkshire Police's assistant chief constable has responded to the new lockdown rules announced on Sunday evening by Boris Johnson.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion to stage socially distanced rally outside York Hospital

  11-05-2020 10:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EXTINCTION Rebellion protesters will stage a socially distanced rally outside York Hospital on Tuesday to mark the launch of a new campaign calling for a coronavirus recovery plan that prioritises people and planet.
  
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• LETTER: The EU response to coronavirus has failed

  11-05-2020 10:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  With regard to M Kendall’s recent letter saying we should all be in this together: yes many people in this country have come together to help each other. Shame the EU are not doing the same.
  
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• LETTER: We must act now to protect health workers

  11-05-2020 10:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  All of us were deeply moved by the heartfelt statement the Prime Minister gave about the NHS workers who saved his life.
  
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• Morrisons selling petrol below £1 per litre

  11-05-2020 09:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SUPERMARKET giant with stores in York has reduced its petrol prices to a maximum of 99.7p per litre at its UK forecourts.
  
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• Scarborough's North Bay pier and other great old views of the Yorkshire coast...

  11-05-2020 07:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YOU'LL remember that last week we posed you a challenge: could you identify (and even date?) seven historic photos of North Yorkshire towns and villages?
  
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• A new selection of photos of old York from the collection of Dr William Evelyn

  11-05-2020 07:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Piccadilly - the York one, at least - dates back to the 1840s. That's when a medieval lane which had once run alongside the lake known as the King's Fishpond (which had been created after the Norman Conquest to help protect York Castle by deliberately damming the River Foss but had long since been drained by Victorian times) was widened and named in honour of the famous London street.
  
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• 'I've seen patients suffering not from the virus, but from fear of getting it': a consultant psychiatrist speaks out

  11-05-2020 06:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Consultant psychiatrist Dr Bob Adams is one of the retired health professionals who has returned to work during the coronavirus crisis. He spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS
  
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• Watchdog's safety concerns over York psychiatric units

  11-05-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WATCHDOG has criticised safety at two York psychiatric units, saying poor staffing levels have left patients missing escorted leave and activities, and safeguarding rules have been breached.
  
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• Eurovision: How coronavirus changed the 2020 song contest

  11-05-2020 01:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The inside story on this year's cancellation from the artists who were due to sing in Rotterdam.
  
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