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• Temperatures could hit 26C in York next week

  18-06-2020 23:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TODAY may have been chilly, cloudy and wet but don't worry - summer's set to return to York, with temperatures soaring as high as 26C next week.
  
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• Costa Coffee reveals which local branches have reopened

  18-06-2020 18:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Costa Coffee has unveiled a list of branches which are now serving customers again.
  
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• Firefighters release child locked in vehicle in New Earswick

  18-06-2020 18:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CHILD who became distressed after being locked in a car in York has been rescued by firefighters.
  
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• Woman sexually assaulted in Selby village

  18-06-2020 18:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN was sexually assaulted by a man in a North Yorkshire village earlier today.
  
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• Choc Affair hopes to aid cocoa farmers with Father's Day set

  18-06-2020 18:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Choc Affair's Father's Day premium dark chocolate bars originate from cocoa farmers in Vietnam, Peru, Uganda and Colombia
  
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• Trust keen to reopen York's Museum Gardens to visitors soon

  18-06-2020 17:37 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MUSEUM Gardens is set to reopen soon - as the trust which runs the site says it is working hard to get ready to open the gates to visitors.
  
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• Deadline looms for City of York Council business grants

  18-06-2020 17:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BUSINESSES have until June 30 to apply for City of York Council's small and micro grant scheme.
  
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• St Leonard's Hospice plans rainbow of ribbons

  18-06-2020 17:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK hospice is set to create a Rainbow of Ribbons to give people a chance to remember loved ones, celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or births, or thank friends and neighbours for being there for them.
  
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• No confirmed cases of coronavirus in York area for two weeks

  18-06-2020 17:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IT has now been two weeks since there was a case of coronavirus recorded within the City of York Council area.
  
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• Star Inn working on reopening on July 4...probably

  18-06-2020 16:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A TOP York restaurant has given a slightly tongue-in-cheek update as to when it might be able to reopen its doors following the lockdown.
  
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• National Express unveils destinations when services restart

  18-06-2020 16:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RAFT of safety measures are being introduced to give customers the confidence to travel when National Express restart services from July 1.
  
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• Forecasters warn of more heavy rain - but York looks brighter

  18-06-2020 16:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Forecasters are warning of more heavy rain and thunderstorms after some parts of the country were hit by flooding.
  
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• Three people arrested after raid in York city centre

  18-06-2020 16:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs following a police raid in York.
  
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• Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough reopens

  18-06-2020 15:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POPULAR attraction which tells the tale of a legendary Prophetess has reopened for visitors.
  
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• No further coronavirus related deaths in York trust

  18-06-2020 15:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THERE have been no further coronavirus (Covid-19) related deaths recorded in the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
  
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• Police warning to York licensees ahead of restriction easing

  18-06-2020 15:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUBS and bars across York and North Yorkshire have been warned by police not to risk their licence ahead of Covid19 restrictions easing.
  
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• York woman uses The Press to make household objects

  18-06-2020 15:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AFTER finishing reading The Press, a woman from York has been using her daily deliveries to make basic objects to use around the house.
  
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• York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub offers businesses mentorship

  18-06-2020 13:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FREE mentorship scheme has been launched to help businesses in York and North Yorkshire recover from the impact of Covid-19.
  
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• Emergency services rescue man from Ouse at Clifton Bridge

  18-06-2020 12:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a man from York's River Ouse.
  
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• York St John University buys NHS's Peppermill Court for £3m+

  18-06-2020 12:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK St John University has purchased Peppermill Court from the NHS for more than £3million.
  
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• BBC One Show surprise for East Yorkshire lockdown volunteer

  18-06-2020 11:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RETIRED policeman from East Yorkshire who has gone above and beyond helping people during lockdown will appear on The One Show tonight (Thursday, June 18).
  
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• Reopened Disney Store says face covering required on entry

  18-06-2020 11:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK city centre store reopened today with customers being told they must cover their faces - as a York MP called for masks to be mandatory in all shops.
  
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• Disney Store states: 'A face covering is required on entry'

  18-06-2020 11:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK city centre store has reopened today with customers being told they must cover their faces.
  
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• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Anyone for raspberries?

  18-06-2020 11:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TODAY’S picture was taken by Hannah Stockdale and was taken while out strawberry picking with her brother. These look absolutely delicious!
  
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• York Guildhall: Human remains found on building site

  18-06-2020 11:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bones could be linked to a friary which was on the site six centuries ago, a councillor says.
  
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• Arthur doubles target for 700-mile bike challenge

  18-06-2020 11:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YOUNG boy from York, who set himself a 700-mile challenge, to raise funds to support the research into finding a coronavirus vaccine, has now doubled his fundraising target.
  
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• PICTURES: One hundred people 'take the knee' on Hob Moor in Black Lives Matter protest

  18-06-2020 11:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HUNDREDS of people stood in a silent protest and took a knee on Hob Moor yesterday.
  
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• Dame Vera Lynn dies aged 103

  18-06-2020 11:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  She helped raise British spirits during the Blitz and became known as the Forces’ Sweetheart.
  
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• York's Specsavers reopens for routine appointments

  18-06-2020 10:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SPECSAVERS stores - including its main branch in York's Low Ousegate - will reopen for routine testing from today following approval from NHS England.
  
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• COMMUNITY PRIDE: Who is your Sporting Hero in York?

  18-06-2020 10:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NOMINATIONS are now open for this year’s Community Pride Awards, including the Sporting Hero award, which will again be sponsored by York Racecourse.
  
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• Burglary at junior football club in North Yorkshire

  18-06-2020 09:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THIEVES caused considerable damage when they broke in to a junior football club in North Yorkshire.
  
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• LETTER: Extend transition date to get right EU trade deal

  18-06-2020 06:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Government is pursuing a US trade deal, risking our high farming and food standards by placing agriculture on the negotiating table. This is likely to lead to a reduction in our healthy farm to fork strategy in favour of a system that supports unacceptable standards of animal welfare, a system that is likely to throw our environmentally supportive farming methods and standards into the open arms of the powerful American agri-chemical companies.
  
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• York Covid anti-body test firm Abingdon Health expanding with new jobs

  18-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK firm which is part of a consortium of top UK diagnostic companies developing a new Covid-19 antibody test is expanding its headquarters.
  
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• Potions Cauldron and micro-brewery join forces for York relaunch

  18-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SELF-proclaimed director of wizardry has teamed up with a micro brewery to tempt customers back to his pint-sized shop.
  
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• Baby tribute to tragic James Moore-Carnell who died in York crash

  18-06-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IT is the ultimate tribute – lockdown baby Shelby-James has been named after his uncle, James Moore-Carnell, who died tragically in a traffic accident in York almost one year ago.
  
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