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• Man wearing swastika face covering arrested in York city centre

  18-07-2020 21:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN who wore a swastika face covering in York city centre this afternoon was arrested by police.
  
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• Repairs to burst main leave York driveway completely blocked

  18-07-2020 20:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CONTRACTORS who carried out repairs to a burst water main went away leaving a York driveway completely blocked.
  
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• Another day passes without a confirmed Covid case in York

  18-07-2020 17:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ANOTHER day has passed without any new cases of coronavirus being confirmed in the York area.
  
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• Little Apple book of the week: Know Your Sheep by Jack Byard

  18-07-2020 16:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Book of the week: Know Your Sheep by Jack Byard (Old Pond Publishing £6.99)
  
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• No coronavirus deaths reported at York NHS Trust for a month

  18-07-2020 15:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HOSPITALS in York and Scarborough have now gone a month without a coronavirus-related death.
  
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• Ask Italian restaurant in York WILL be reopening

  18-07-2020 14:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THERE was good news today for people worried that a restaurant in one of York's finest buildings might close down.
  
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• York Dungeon tourist attraction is a sell-out as it reopens from the lockdown

  18-07-2020 13:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of York's most popular tourist attractions reopened from the lockdown today - and was a complete sell-out.
  
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• Managers sought for long-closed Agar Arms, Tankard and Buckles

  18-07-2020 13:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MANAGERS are being sought for several Samuel Smith's Brewery pubs in the York area which closed down last year.
  
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• Two vehicles seized after Harrogate 'used as a racetrack'

  18-07-2020 11:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NORTH Yorkshire Police has said that it 'doesn't usually do deals' but it made an exception when two vehicles were seen 'using Harrogate as a race track.'
  
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• Woman arrested on suspicion of drug driving in Tadcaster

  18-07-2020 10:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN has been arrested by North Yorkshire Police on suspicion of drug driving.
  
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• York Dungeon is welcoming back visitors after lockdown

  18-07-2020 10:01 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  YORK Dungeon is set to reopen to visitors today as national lockdown measures continue to ease.
  
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• LETTER: "Put Captain Sir Tom on a plinth"

  18-07-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CONGRATULATIONS Sir Tom on receiving your knighthood at the open-air ceremony at Windsor Castle on Friday from Her Majesty the Queen.
  
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• Customers shocked after Blacksmith's Arms at Skelton shuts

  18-07-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A VILLAGE pub near York has suddenly closed its doors again, less than a fortnight after reopening from the lockdown.
  
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• York Theatre Royal boss keeping options open over panto

  18-07-2020 09:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK Theatre Royal boss Tom Bird says he is still keeping his options open over a possible Christmas panto, following the Prime Minister's announcement that live indoor theatre can resume with socially distanced audiences from August 1.
  
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• LETTER: Flats plan will "ruin" view of Terry's factory

  18-07-2020 09:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I AM writing to draw people's attention to the soon-to-be-heard planning application to build two blocks of flats that are four storeys high in front of the listed former Terry's Chocolate factory on Bishopthorpe Road that looks south over open countryside.
  
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• St Wilfrid's School, York, turns to a saint for exercise tips

  18-07-2020 08:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUPILS at a York primary school have followed in the footsteps of a saint - albeit virtually - to try and keep active during lockdown.
  
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• Nostalgia: photos from York schools in the 1990s

  18-07-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IF you were  at secondary school in York in the late 1990s then this latest batch of photos from The Press archives might interest you.
  
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• The 'new normal' in Yorkshire - in pictures

  18-07-2020 07:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EVEN Rasputin the polar bear has been put under lockdown at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
  
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• The Ackhorne in York says "Use your common sense" to punters

  18-07-2020 07:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  USE your common sense. That's the message being served to punters returning after lockdown from one of York's oldest pubs - The Ackhorne.
  
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• EATING OUT: The Ship Inn, Acaster Malbis, York

  18-07-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MAXINE GORDON heads for a first meal out since lockdown at The Ship Inn, Acaster Malbis
  
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• Tower Vets shut one practice and give another a makeover

  18-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LONG-established York vets has closed one surgery and given another a makeover - including a new stress-free cat sanctuary room.
  
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• Teens 'threaten to stab' York jogger after he asks them to stop littering

  18-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A JOGGER says he was assaulted by three teenagers who threatened to stab him after he asked them to stop throwing litter into a river.
  
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• New Tomahawk Steakhouse to create 50 jobs in York

  18-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Finishing touches are being put in place at York's new Tomahawk Steakhouse as part of a re-fit of the former Jamie’s Italian off St Helen’s Square.
  
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• Pavement cafes plan for Museum Gardens, College Green and Micklegate

  18-07-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PAVEMENT cafes and stalls could be placed in Museum Gardens, Exhibition Square outside the art gallery and St Helen’s Square - in a bid to create a family-friendly atmosphere and boost businesses.
  
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• Smoking should be banned outside pubs, bars and cafes, councils say

  18-07-2020 01:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Smoking should be banned outside pubs, cafes and bars to make them more family friendly and help high streets recover from lockdown, councils have said.
  
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