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• Welcome to Yorkshire: Sir Gary Verity faces no further police action

  26-06-2020 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An investigation into Sir Gary Verity's expense claims has ended, West Yorkshire Police says.
  
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• Covid-19 case was at psychiatric unit

  26-06-2020 18:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN with dementia contracted Covid-19 in the health trust unit where she was confined for her own well-being, an inquest heard.
  
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• Harrogate Stray 'avalanche' of litter after parties

  26-06-2020 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some people enjoying warm weather on the Stray over the last few days have left piles of rubbish.
  
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• Prisoner had love rival arrested for fake robbery

  26-06-2020 18:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PRISONER in a love triangle took revenge on his best friend by getting him arrested for a robbery that never took place.
  
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• Tortoise stolen from garden in Malton, police investigate

  26-06-2020 18:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A TORTOISE has been stolen from a garden in a North Yorkshire town, and police are investigating.
  
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• Missing man Robin Purvis believed to be in North Yorkshire

  26-06-2020 17:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are tooking to trace a man who is missing from home and could be in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Resident hits out after claiming to see 50 people urinate in York city centre

  26-06-2020 17:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RESIDENT has hit out after claiming to see around 50 people urinating in the street in York city centre in an hour.
  
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• 1,171 fines issued by North Yorkshire Police for coronavirus lockdown breaches

  26-06-2020 16:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE latest figures show that North Yorkshire Police has still issued more fines for breaches of coronavirus regulations than any other police force in the country.
  
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• Another day without a coronavirus death at York Hospital

  26-06-2020 16:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK and Scarborough Hospitals have gone another day without a coronavirus-related death.
  
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• Police hunt 2 men who robbed woman in 90s in North Yorkshire

  26-06-2020 14:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are hunting two men who burgled the home of a woman in her 90s in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Burton Stone to create hotel rooms to adapt post pandemic

  26-06-2020 14:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PART of a York pub is set to be turned into hotel rooms - in a bid to adapt as businesses respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Clarion Housing Group sponsors York Community Pride Awards

  26-06-2020 13:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A HOUSING group will sponsor one of the categories in this year’s Community Pride awards.
  
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• York's walls will have 'one-way' system when they reopen

  26-06-2020 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is to aid social distancing when walking around the walls that are about two miles in length.
  
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• 'Works do' reveller spat food over York bar worker

  26-06-2020 13:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LATE night drinker racially assaulted a bar manager and spat food over him and another person, York Magistrates Court heard.
  
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• Racist spat food over York bar worker

  26-06-2020 13:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LATE night drinker racially assaulted a bar manager and spat food over two people, York Magistrates Court heard.
  
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• Forecasters warn of risk of thunderstorms for York this afternoon

  26-06-2020 10:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FORECASTERS say York is at risk of thunderstorms this afternoon.
  
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• Forecasters warn of risk of severe thunderstorms for York tomorrow

  26-06-2020 10:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THUNDERSTORMS are this afternoon heading towards York and North Yorkshire.
  
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• Forecasters warn of risk of severe thunderstorms for York

  26-06-2020 10:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK is at risk of severe thunderstorms, with frequent lightning and torrential downpours, forecasters have warned.
  
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• North Yorkshire Police warn of tombstoning dangers

  26-06-2020 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say tombstoning "is extremely dangerous" and people are taking unnecessary risks.
  
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• Tesco records bumper sales as shoppers move online

  26-06-2020 09:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SUPERMARKET giant with two large York stores says sales have surged over the past three months, after it rapidly expanded its online business amid increased demand for grocery deliveries in the face of coronavirus.
  
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• North Yorkshire school reaches final of spoken word competition

  26-06-2020 09:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SCHOOL near Selby has finalists in an annual spoken word competition that has encouraged thousands of young people to share their thoughts and feelings about life through their own performance poetry.
  
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• York tourism businesses awarded 'We're Good to Go' industry standard ahead of reopening

  26-06-2020 09:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK tourism and hospitality businesses are being urged to apply for a new official accreditation to signal that they are working hard to follow Government and industry Covid-19 guidelines.
  
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• York tourism businesses awarded 'We're Good to Go' industry standard

  26-06-2020 09:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK tourism and hospitality businesses are being urged to apply for a new official accreditation to signal that they are working hard to follow Government and industry Covid-19 guidelines.
  
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• New initiative provides ‘ring of confidence’ for York tourism and hospitality businesses

  26-06-2020 09:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK tourism and hospitality businesses are being urged to apply for a new official accreditation to signal that they are working hard to follow Government and industry Covid-19 guidelines.
  
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• LETTER: Closure of The Groves to cars is welcome news

  26-06-2020 07:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I WOULD like to thank the long-suffering residents of The Groves for having allowed me to use their neighbourhood as a rat run for the past 30 years.
  
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• LETTER: Planning row makes Jenrick's position 'untenable'

  26-06-2020 06:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DETERMINING planning applications is a legal function of councils, and precautions have to be in place to ensure that the councillors who decide them have to be strictly impartial. Any contact with either the applicant or objectors which might prejudice their view, or any friendship or financial involvement with them, requires the councillor concerned to declare an interest and withdraw from the meeting.
  
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• Woman slashed partner with knife as he was wearing just boxer shorts

  26-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN who twice slashed her partner with a knife showed “inadequate, not dangerous” behaviour, according to a judge.
  
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• Nuffield Health York steps in to help NHS in city

  26-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN INDEPENDENT hospital has dedicated its site to the NHS and undertaken hundreds of operations which would otherwise have been cancelled.
  
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• Heslington Fresh Foods gets a taste for home deliveries

  26-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A COUPLE whose wholesale business was hit by lockdown has built up a new following after branching out.
  
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• Tribute to Paul Rhodes Stabler of Browns department store

  26-06-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DEDICATED Paul Rhodes Stabler worked at Browns department store for 50 years and was buried carrying one of its plastic bags, his daughter reveals today in a loving tribute.
  
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• OBITUARY: Paul Rhodes Stabler, of Browns department store

  26-06-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Paul Rhodes Stabler
  
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• Offering you a warm welcome to York St John University this September

  26-06-2020 02:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  These are uncertain times for everyone. If you’re thinking of starting a new adventure at university this year, you may be wondering what it will be like.
  
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• Police condemn 'tossers' who left this rubbish on riverside

  26-06-2020 01:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have condemned revellers who left piles of rubbish behind on York's riverside last night - despite the council's new 'don't be a tosser' anti-litter campaign.
  
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