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• Argos in Piccadilly remains closed with no date given for its reopening

  02-07-2020 22:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE owners of York city centre's Argos store still can't say when it will reopen, weeks after other major retailers opened up their doors with the easing of the lockdown.
  
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• Licensee confirms Swan, Slip Inn and Volunteer Arms won't reopen on Saturday

  02-07-2020 19:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE licensee of three York pubs has confirmed that they won't be reopening on Saturday.
  
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• Cafe Rouge, Bella Italia and Las Iguanas in administration

  02-07-2020 19:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE owner of three big name restaurants with outlets in York has gone in to administration.
  
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• Dobbies Garden Centre restaurant prepares for reopening

  02-07-2020 18:37 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of York's garden centres has unveiled what visitors can expect when it reopens its store restaurant on Saturday, July 4.
  
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• Electric bike and push bike stolen in raid on shed in York

  02-07-2020 18:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN electric bike and a push bike were both stolen in a raid on a garden shed in York city centre.
  
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• What will schools look like when they reopen to all children in September?

  02-07-2020 18:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Gavin Williamson has unveiled his plan for how to get pupils in all year groups back to the classroom in autumn.
  
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• CCTV appeal after fight between two women in Heslington

  02-07-2020 18:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE in York have released CCTV images of a woman they want to speak to after a fight in a York village.
  
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• Two arrests in Hambleton as part of organised crime crackdown

  02-07-2020 18:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO arrests were made in North Yorkshire linked to a nationwide crackdown on organised crime, police have revealed.
  
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• New Pillar 1 and 2 Covid figures for York show drop in rate of fresh cases

  02-07-2020 18:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HEALTH chiefs have published an updated list of new Covid-19 cases - revealing that the rate of fresh cases in York has dropped further.
  
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• Coronavirus: When will schools reopen?

  02-07-2020 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Which children are going back to school, and what about the rest?
  
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• Man wearing just a belt flashed woman close to quarry in North Yorkshire

  02-07-2020 16:39 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are trying to trace a man who flashed a woman on a footpath close to a quarry in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Huge home set to get revamped

  02-07-2020 16:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PLANS for a huge house - once home to the general manager of York's Rowntree Cocoa Works - to be turned into homes for older people have been unveiled.
  
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• Bus services diverted after crash in Heslington Road

  02-07-2020 16:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO cars have crashed on a York road.
  
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• York trust goes 12 days without Covid-19 related death

  02-07-2020 15:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE latest figures confirm that it has now been 12 days since the last coronavirus related death was recorded in the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
  
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• Burglar found asleep in house jailed

  02-07-2020 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stephen Woodall was still asleep when police arrived at the house he had been burgling.
  
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• Morrisons cafes set to reopen this weekend

  02-07-2020 15:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NATIONAL supermarket chain is set to reopen its cafes this weekend after a multi-million pound investment into social distancing.
  
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• Police divers back in the River Ouse as search for missing man continues

  02-07-2020 14:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE divers are back in York's River Ouse today as the search continues for a missing York man.
  
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• LETTER: This ludicrously expensive green policy will bankrupt the city

  02-07-2020 14:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Council’s grandiose plans to turn everything and everyone as ‘green’ as possible will come at huge, ruinous cost as shown by the figures for the energy saving retrofitting of council houses (The Press, July 2).
  
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• Lifeguards to return to more North Yorkshire beaches

  02-07-2020 13:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  LIFEGUARDS will return to three more beaches in Yorkshire this weekend, as the RNLI steps up its service to coincide with easing of Government restrictions.
  
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• York Park & Ride set to re-open

  02-07-2020 13:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of the York's main Park & Ride sites re-opens this weekend.
  
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• Major York Park & Ride set to re-open

  02-07-2020 13:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of the York's main Park & Ride sites re-opens this weekend.
  
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• York set to offer refuge in hotel for up to 90 asylum seekers

  02-07-2020 13:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK is preparing to offer a safe refuge to up to 90 asylum seekers affected by movement restrictions due to Covid-19.
  
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• York in top 10 English high streets struggling post lockdown

  02-07-2020 12:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE high street in York is struggling to emerge from lockdown.
  
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• Child of the Year award still open for nominations

  02-07-2020 11:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NOMINATIONS for this year’s Community Pride awards remain open, including the Child of the Year prize.
  
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• Extra police deployed as pubs reopen in East Yorkshire

  02-07-2020 11:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EXTRA police will be deployed across East Yorkshire at the weekend as pubs, bars and restaurants reopen.
  
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• SIX The Musical comes to drive-in theatre at Church Fenton airport

  02-07-2020 11:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THEATRE has been hit for six by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, but SIX The Musical has found a way to make a summer comeback as a drive-in theatre experience at a Church Fenton airport.
  
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• Grand Central tops passenger satisfaction survey polls

  02-07-2020 11:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK-based train company has been rated the passengers’ favourite in a national survey of rail users.
  
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• NHS worker produces pandemic inspired poetry

  02-07-2020 11:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN NHS workers in York has revived his love for writing poetry, inspired by the coronavirus pandemic and lock down period.
  
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• Tommy Banks makes changes to Roots York menu for relaunch

  02-07-2020 10:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A TOP chef is swapping his popular sharing plates for a new tasting menu when his York restaurant reopens.
  
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• First pictures of baby beaver born in North Yorkshire forest

  02-07-2020 10:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THIS baby beaver was born in the wild in a forest in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Broadband boost for homes and businesses in Selby area

  02-07-2020 10:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BROADBAND with speeds of up to one gigabit or 1,000 megabits per second (Mbps) is now accessible from another 365 homes and businesses across the Selby and Ainsty area.
  
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• Broadband boost for homes and businesses in Selby

  02-07-2020 10:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BROADBAND with speeds of up to one gigabit or 1,000 megabits per second (Mbps) is now accessible from another 365 homes and businesses across the Selby and Ainsty area.
  
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• Sales "encouraging" says Primark owner

  02-07-2020 09:39 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE owner of a fashion retailer with two big York stores has said sales have been “encouraging” after reopening sites, despite predicting a major hit to profits.
  
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• Divers going in Ouse today to assist with new flood defences

  02-07-2020 09:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DIVERS will be at work in York's River Ouse today, carrying out an underwater survey for a flood defence project.
  
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• Hang on in there - summer should return to York next week

  02-07-2020 08:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK has woken up to heavy rain today and there's more on the way over the next couple of days - but summer is set to return next week.
  
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• Top chef Tommy Banks makes changes to menu for big relaunch

  02-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A TOP chef is swapping his popular sharing plates for a new tasting menu when his York restaurant reopens.
  
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• ‘New cystic fibrosis drug will change my life’ - says campaigner

  02-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK woman who struggles with cystic fibrosis has hailed a decision to make a new combination drug treatment available on the NHS, saying it will literally transform her life.
  
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• Government announces £5m boost for Tadcaster Road repairs

  02-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  GOVERNMENT has put £5 million towards the resurfacing works on Tadcaster Road.
  
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• Eight council houses to be made ultra-low energy - at a cost of £68,000 per home

  02-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EIGHT council houses are to be adapted to meet the highest green energy efficiency standards - at a cost of more than £68,000 per home.
  
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• Couple devastated by Talbot Hotel wedding cancellation

  02-07-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A COUPLE who were set to get married at a luxury North Yorkshire hotel say they are devastated it’s not reopening.
  
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• Coronavirus: New seating plans for cinemas and restaurants

  02-07-2020 02:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How will social distancing affect going out when cinemas, bars and restaurants reopen in England, on 4 July?
  
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• MOT rules in lockdown: How to get your car out of lockdown

  02-07-2020 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Haven't used your car in a while? Here are five tips to help you get going again.
  
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