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• Body Shop in Stonegate closes down

  27-07-2020 19:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ANOTHER shop has closed down in York city centre as the coronavirus crisis continues to take its toll on trade.
  
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• Coronavirus: Falkirk bus builder Alexander Dennis to cut 650 jobs

  27-07-2020 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Falkirk-based firm has confirmed a quarter of its 2,300 employees are at risk of redundancy.
  
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• Community Stadium test events and final works delayed by pandemic

  27-07-2020 17:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TEST events that must take place before the new community stadium can open have been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Plan to turn former Blossom Street New York Club into flats is approved

  27-07-2020 17:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FORMER working men's club will be turned into 16 flats - after the scheme was granted planning permission.
  
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• Tributes to "much-loved dad, brother, grandad, and friend”

  27-07-2020 16:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a motorcyclist who died following a crash in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Jools Holland has postponed his York concert until 2021

  27-07-2020 16:43 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  LEGENDARY musician Jools Holland has postponed his upcoming concert in York until 2021.
  
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• Drug smuggler Daniel Dobbs gets longer sentence after capture in Spain

  27-07-2020 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A prison escapee will serve two extra years after his capture in a counterfeit cigarette factory
  
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• Fishergate road closures loom as resurfacing scheme announced

  27-07-2020 16:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CITY of York Council is finally set to start a major road resurfacing project next month after it was originally delayed by the lockdown.
  
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• Job loss prediction for York is revised from 17,500 to 8,500

  27-07-2020 15:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE number of job losses feared in York as a result of the pandemic has been halved.
  
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• Police appeal after BMW car stolen from Barlby near Selby

  27-07-2020 15:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for information about the theft of a BMW car from outside a house in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Oak Furnitureland set to close 27 stores across country

  27-07-2020 15:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  OAK Furnitureland - which has a showroom in York - is planning to close 27 stores across the country with the loss of up to 163 jobs.
  
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• CCTV appeal after bike thefts in York city centre

  27-07-2020 15:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE in York want to trace this man.
  
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• Work on new Badger Hill resident parking zone to get underway

  27-07-2020 15:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW parking permit scheme is set to be rolled out as quickly as possible - after a man suffering from a heart attack reportedly could not be reached by an ambulance because of badly parked cars.
  
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• Thomas Grattoni-May: Boy's stammer 'made worse by lockdown'

  27-07-2020 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thomas, 15, said being "hidden" behind a computer screen meant teachers could not see him struggling to speak.
  
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• Police appeal after break-in at house in Harrogate

  27-07-2020 13:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN appeal has gone out from police following a break-in at a house in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Yellow paint thrown over car Honda HRV in Harrogate

  27-07-2020 13:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YELLOW paint was thrown over a brand new car parked up on a street in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Scammer withdraws more than £8,000 from York man's bank account

  27-07-2020 13:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SCAMMER is believed to have withdrawn more than £8,000 from a York man's bank account.
  
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• Two people injured in suspected York hate attack

  27-07-2020 12:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO people were allegedly attacked in York city centre in a suspected hate-related assault.
  
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• Morrisons Acomb donates food to RSPCA and foodbanks

  27-07-2020 12:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than 30 organisations have received donations of food from a Morrisons supermarket in York.
  
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• Queue for your shopping from home - Sainsbury’s to trial virtual queuing

  27-07-2020 12:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The pilot will take place at its stores in Uxbridge, Pimlico, Dome Roundabout in Watford, Leicester North and Newham Royal Wharf.
  
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• Concerns raised over number of Asian males given lockdown fines

  27-07-2020 11:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE 'sheer scale' of the number of young Asian males fined by police for breaching the lockdown in North Yorkshire has been raised by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.
  
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• Three more coronavirus cases confirmed in York area today

  27-07-2020 11:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THREE more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed today in the City of York Council area - after two new cases yesterday.
  
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• Male choir host virtual concert

  27-07-2020 11:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MALE voice choir in York hosted a virtual concert over the weekend, which they prepared for with weekly online rehearsals to support a local charity.
  
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• Nestle York bids to help feed families over the summer holidays

  27-07-2020 10:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAJOR York employer is to support 2,570 families who might otherwise go hungry during the school summer holidays.
  
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• LETTER: Charity shop aren't rude at all

  27-07-2020 10:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IT was with dismay that I read Emma Clayton’s column‘Why are charity shop staff so rude?’ (July 23), an article complaining about how she was treated trying to donate her lockdown lumber tarring every charity shop bar one with the same negative brush.
  
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• LETTER: Stick to click-and-tip

  27-07-2020 10:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  OVER the past three weeks I have had three visits to the recyclingcentre at Hazel Court.
  
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• LETTER: What price human life?

  27-07-2020 10:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SIR - Three years ago 72 innocent people lost their lives. Their only crime was to live in Grenfell Tower. (The Press, July 21 - 'Fire consultant not required'.)
  
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• LETTER: Fine the cycling menaces

  27-07-2020 10:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SIR - Despite all the effort and money put into the pedestrian zones in York by the council over the years nothing appears to deter some of the cycling fraternity who cycle at speed through the pedestrian zone.
  
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• Charity's appeal to raise £39,000 for new accessible caravan

  27-07-2020 10:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CHARITY has issued an appeal to local businesses to help it raise £39,000 for a new accessible caravan so it can continue to provide free holidays to some of the most vulnerable children in the Yorkshire region.
  
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• Wife took knife to husband’s lover’s home

  27-07-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WIFE armed herself with a knife and threw a rock through the patio door of the woman she believes is her husband’s lover, York Magistrates Court heard.
  
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• Children from across York take part in 'Olympics'

  27-07-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Olympic Games may have been postponed until 2021, but children from schools across York have taken part in an Olympics of their very own.
  
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• Are you affected by the Spain travel rule change?

  27-07-2020 09:43 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE UK has removed Spain from its list of safe countries to travel to after fears were raised that the European country was experiencing a second wave of coronavirus infections.
  
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• Man rescued from flat fire in Harrogate

  27-07-2020 09:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN was rescued by firefighters after a fire at a flat in North Yorkshire.
  
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• LETTER: Brexit will cost us dear

  27-07-2020 08:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BORIS Johnson's Conservative government is launching a £90 million campaign to celebrate our glorious future outside the EU.
  
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• Cross of York nets national Fishmonger of the Year award

  27-07-2020 06:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK'S oldest fishmongers has won national recognition after attracting praise for their quality and freshness, and friendly service.
  
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• Woman waving knife in street terrified York shoppers

  27-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN terrified customers in a shop by waving a lock knife in the street at someone she claimed was bullying her, York Magistrates Court heard.
  
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• Democracy fears raised over York council decisions during pandemic

  27-07-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A HUMAN rights group has questioned how much elected councillors were involved in key decisions by City of York Council at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• 'We’re Backing York' - Press campaign supports city tourism recovery

  27-07-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Press is celebrating the attractions and businesses - big and small - that make York one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.
  
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• We're Backing York: ‘Local support is vital for city’

  27-07-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE support of local residents is vital if the city is to recover and prosper, York Minster says, as major attractions welcome The Press’ tourism recovery campaign.
  
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• High Lot path to Ingleborough summit closed for repair work

  27-07-2020 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The path to Ingleborough summit is used by people walking from Chapel-le-Dale to the top of the peak.
  
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