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• Storm Francis set to bring very strong winds and heavy rain

  24-08-2020 21:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FORECASTERS are warning of heavy rain and very strong winds tomorrow in North Yorkshire, which could cause flooding and pose a danger to life from flying debris.
  
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• Four more coronavirus cases confirmed in York - and four more in North Yorkshire

  24-08-2020 20:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FOUR more coronavirus cases have been confirmed in York and another four in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Police called in to break up gathering at travellers' site in North Yorkshire

  24-08-2020 18:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE were called in to break up a large gathering in North Yorkshire.
  
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• 3 men arrested for preparing to steal fuel in North Yorkshire

  24-08-2020 17:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THREE men have been arrested on suspicion of preparing to steal fuel from lorries in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Fire in Birdsall being treated as suspected arson

  24-08-2020 17:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are treating a fire on farmland in North Yorkshire as possible arson.
  
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• School leavers invited to live Q&A about next steps

  24-08-2020 17:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SCHOOL leavers are being invited to a live Q&A with education figures from around the city.
  
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• Two women wanted after necklace stolen from 95-year-old

  24-08-2020 17:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO women are wanted by police after the theft of a treasured necklace from a 95-year-old woman.
  
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• Man jailed for money laundering - charging an elderly lady £33,000 for £1,000 work

  24-08-2020 16:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been jailed after pleading guilty to money laundering.
  
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• Lily & Rabbit soap bars win award honours

  24-08-2020 16:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FAMILY-run soap brand in North Yorkshire has won recognition.
  
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• New information released in Sherburn in Elmet robbery investigation

  24-08-2020 16:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DETECTIVES investigating a robbery in which two knifemen wearing balaclavas stole a large amount of cash have released new information.
  
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• New all-electric city P&R buses

  24-08-2020 16:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE zero emission bus fleet on the York Park & Ride network has been expanded.
  
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• Police hunt for wanted man Joseph Sandford in York and Leeds

  24-08-2020 16:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are on the hunt for a wanted man, believed to be in York.
  
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• York Small Charities Fund opens to help those hit by Covid19

  24-08-2020 16:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHARITIES which have been hard hit by the coronavirus crisis can now apply for a grant to help secure their future.
  
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• Fund opens to small charities hit by Covid

  24-08-2020 16:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHARITIES which have been hard hit by the coronavirus crisis can now apply for a grant to help secure their future.
  
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• Appeal over Harrogate death

  24-08-2020 16:13 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Police investigations are continuing into a "tragic incident" in which one man died and another was seriously injured.
  
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• Few caravans remain on public field in York but moving 'very soon'

  24-08-2020 14:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FEW caravans remained parked on a public field in York this morning, but are "moving very soon," a council spokesperson said.
  
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• Council clean up rubbish after caravans leave public field in York

  24-08-2020 14:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE city council has cleaned up rubbish from a public field in York where a number of caravans were parked for several days.
  
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• Caravans leave public field in York

  24-08-2020 14:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ALL caravans have now left a public field in York.
  
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• New Buddhist centre to open in the city

  24-08-2020 14:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW Buddhist centre is set to open in the city centre.
  
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• York Kuda nightclub boss in plea to Boris Johnson

  24-08-2020 13:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK club has joined leading night-time industry operators calling on the government to save the sector from collapse.
  
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• East Riding residents asked to share memories and contribute to Covid-19 Collection

  24-08-2020 13:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EAST Riding Archives are asking residents to share their memories of the coronavirus lockdown period in a new Covid-19 collection, which will be preserved for the benefit of future generations.
  
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• Warning after suspected sparrowhawk poisoning in North Yorkshire

  24-08-2020 12:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE in North Yorkshire have issued an appeal after the suspected poisoning of a bird of prey.
  
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• Yorkshire Explorer joins SeaGrown to create seaweed rum

  24-08-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN ARTISAN spirit producer based in York has teamed up with local sea farmers to create the first Yorkshire seaweed rum.
  
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• Malton Library set to shut for major makeover

  24-08-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE library in a North Yorkshire town is set to close for more than a month while it undergoes a much-needed refurbishment.
  
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• Hope for students in York still awaiting Btec results

  24-08-2020 12:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ALL Btec students will receive their results by the end of this week following delays, the awarding organisation has said.
  
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• Rescue centre calls for more legal protection for hedgehogs

  24-08-2020 12:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WILDLIFE rescue centre has seen a surge in orphaned hoglets over the summer as nests are disturbed or destroyed during garden makeovers, and is calling for more legal protection for hedgehogs.
  
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• Windfarms off the coast at Redcar get struck by lightning

  24-08-2020 12:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WHO said lightning never strikes twice?
  
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• Coronavirus: Does my child have to return to school?

  24-08-2020 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parents are being urged to send their children back to school for the autumn term
  
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• Mike Ashley’s Frasers promises to save jobs in DW Sports deal

  24-08-2020 10:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  JOBS could be saved at a gym and fitness business with a branch in North Yorkshire after a rescue deal has been struck.
  
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• Crews tackle fire involving around 130 bales in Birdsall

  24-08-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze involving about 130 bales near woodland in Ryedale.
  
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• Hedgehog group receives cash boost from homebuilder

  24-08-2020 09:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Market Weighton Hedgehogs Group has received a cash boost from local homebuilder, Taylor Wimpey Yorkshire.
  
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• Be a Hospice Hero and take part in socially-distanced fundraising walk for St Leonard's

  24-08-2020 09:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK'S St Leonard’s Hospice has launched It’s Not the Midnight Walk, its first ever socially-distanced fundraising walk as an alternative to its popular annual event.
  
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• Man dies and another injured in 'tragic' incident in Harrogate

  24-08-2020 08:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has died and another man is being treated in hospital after what police have described as a "tragic" incident in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Man dies and another injured in incident in Harrogate

  24-08-2020 08:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has died and another man is being treated in hospital after an incident in North Yorkshire.
  
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• LETTER: Delays over council projects have scuppered Lords move to York

  24-08-2020 08:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  REGARDING the public sector and its love of wordy titles (The Press, August 21), The Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority, obviously needing hundreds of new civil servants to run such an augustly-named operation, has said that the House of Lords now won’t be re-locating to York.
  
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• 'Miracle' baby Ronnie Church saved by quick-thinking medics

  24-08-2020 06:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MEET 'miracle' baby Ronnie Church who is now safe at home having cuddles with his big sister Ella.
  
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• York’s oldest tour group starts again

  24-08-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  GUIDES who took 16,000 people around York last year are taking to the streets again.
  
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• Still no new homes on prime York centre site -16 years on

  24-08-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HOPES that new homes will finally be built on a prime site near York Barbican after a 16 YEAR wait have been scuppered - for now - by the coronavirus.
  
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• Former Superbreak staff win £140k in compensation

  24-08-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SCORES of former employees of a collapsed York travel firm are to share £140,000 in compensation – thanks to a York lawyer and The Press.
  
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• Coronavirus stress led to home carer drink driving

  24-08-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CORONAVIRUS combined with work stress caused a home care assistant to be three times the drink drive limit, York Magistrates Court heard.
  
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• Anguish as thieves strike at Browns Nurseries in Wigginton

  24-08-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THIEVES broke into a popular York garden centre and stole more than £2,000 worth of vouchers as well as charity cash and expensive gardening equipment - leaving owners heartbroken.
  
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