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• Cyclist suffers serious head injuries after coming off his bike

  20-06-2020 21:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CYCLIST suffered serious head injuries after coming off his bike on a North Yorkshire country road earlier today.
  
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• York area goes 16 days without fresh coronavirus case being confirmed

  20-06-2020 20:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE York area has now gone 16 days without a fresh case of coronavirus being confirmed.
  
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• Pilot taken to hospital after glider crashes in field

  20-06-2020 18:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PILOT was injured when his glider crashed in a field near a North Yorkshire village this afternoon.
  
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• Glider pilot lucky not to suffer life-threatening injuries

  20-06-2020 18:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN investigation is to be launched into a glider crash in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Former York council chief exec Mary Weastell withdrew employment tribunal claim

  20-06-2020 17:58 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE former chief executive of City of York Council was taking the authority - and its leader - to an employment tribunal before her early retirement with a £400,000 settlement payout, it has emerged.
  
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• A total of 214 patients with coronavirus have now died at York trust hospitals

  20-06-2020 15:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ANOTHER patient with coronavirus has died at a York NHS Trust hospital.
  
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• Coney Street, pictured at noon during lockdown and yesterday

  20-06-2020 14:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK'S first Saturday since mainstream shops were allowed to reopen saw streets returning to something like normality.
  
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• Coney Street, during lockdown on April 4 and today, after restrictions were eased

  20-06-2020 14:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK'S first Saturday since mainstream shops were allowed to reopen saw streets returning to something like normality.
  
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• Great Yorkshire Creature Count under way

  20-06-2020 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Wildlife Trust urged people to explore the "nooks and crannies" of their gardens.
  
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• York band Skylights celebrate storming to number 2 in the charts

  20-06-2020 12:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK band Skylights are celebrating after going straight into the charts at number 2.
  
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• A64 near York getting back to normal as lockdown eases

  20-06-2020 12:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TRAFFIC heading to the Yorkshire coast on the A64 is getting back to normal after the easing of the lockdown - if these pictures are anything to go by.
  
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• A64 near York gets back to normal as lockdown eases

  20-06-2020 12:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TRAFFIC heading to the Yorkshire coast on the A64 is getting back to normal after the easing of the lockdown - if these pictures are anything to go by.
  
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• Colleagues come together in memory of former MP

  20-06-2020 12:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A GROUP of work colleagues have refused to let distance be a hurdle, as they are planning to join together to show their support for the ‘Great Get Together’.
  
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• Subway in Clifford Street won't be reopening as lockdown eases

  20-06-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BRANCH of Subway in York which shut when the lockdownwas imposed won't be reopening its doors.
  
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• Hospice spaces for race to roll over

  20-06-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire hospice will roll over all its Great North Run places to 2021, following the cancellation of this year’s event.
  
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• Cash boost to beat loneliness

  20-06-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK charity has received a cash boost from the National Lottery Fund to help tackle loneliness in the city.
  
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• LETTER: We need electric buses to help us save the planet

  20-06-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MR Aked (Letters June, Electric Buses) is right that there are downsides to manufacturing electric buses. That is also true of Clothing, Housing, Health Care, Consumer Electronics and Food to name but a few. He is right that we must husband our planet’s resources far better than we do now and reuse the constituents of life expired batteries not just dump them.
  
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• Cash only rule at The Little Delicatessen in Tadcaster despite pandemic

  20-06-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SHOPS across the country are urging customers to pay by contactless debit and credit cards amid concerns that banknotes could spread coronavirus by passing on the disease.
  
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• "Brothel on fire" - the verdict on a York art treasure

  20-06-2020 09:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  REYAHN KING picks her object of the week from York's museums' collection. This week the focus is on the work of William Etty
  
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• Virtual event planned after 2020 Dragon Boat Challenge cancelled

  20-06-2020 09:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THIS year's Dragon Boat Challenge on the River Ouse has been cancelled - but York Rotary Club is planning a virtual dragon boat challenge instead.
  
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• York and Selby schools praised by MPs for work in lockdown

  20-06-2020 09:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE good work done by schools in York to teach vulnerable children through the coronavirus pandemic has been used as an example in parliament.
  
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• LETTER: How the council can help York emerge from lockdown

  20-06-2020 08:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK’S economy has taken a knock. The Covid-19 crisis has had a profound impact on local business and hit council finances in a major way. But our city is resilient, with a vibrant independent retail sector, a skilled workforce and an extraordinary level of community and voluntary endeavour.
  
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• Knifeman who threatened his own mum and grandmother is jailed

  20-06-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A THUG who threatened his mother and grandmother with a knife at Christmas time has been jailed.
  
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• "Bribery will get you everywhere!" - a family walk at Hovingham

  20-06-2020 07:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK photographer NIKKI BOWLING shares her photos and tells us why she loves a family day out at Hovingham
  
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• York's Clifford's Tower to reopen later than other historic sites

  20-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MAJOR York tourist attraction Clifford’s Tower will reopen to the public in August - at least a month after most other English Heritage sites in the area throw open their doors again.
  
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• Many pubs at ‘make or break point’ - reopening in July 'impossible' for some

  20-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MANY pubs are facing a “make or break point” and are thinking about cutting their losses if the Government doesn’t provide an update in the coming days – with the possibility of reopening in July “impossible” for some.
  
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• LETTER: Reduce social distancing to one metre now!

  20-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  RESTRICTIONS of lockdown are slowly being relaxed as Covid-19 reduces in impact.
  
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• Dads to test 'creaky knees' as they join dance class with daughters

  20-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DADS are preparing to dance with their daughters as part of a one-off class with a local dance school.
  
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• Clifford's Tower to reopen late because of 'design challenges'

  20-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MAJOR York tourist attraction Clifford’s Tower will reopen to the public in August - at least a month after most other English Heritage sites in the area throw open their doors again.
  
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