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• 86 more Covid-19 cases confirmed

  24-09-2020 23:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  EIGHTY-SIX more coronavirus cases have been confirmed in 24 hours in York and North Yorkshire.
  
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• Jobs Support Scheme: How is furlough changing?

  24-09-2020 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has announced a job support scheme for when furlough ends.
  
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• Bitcoin fraudsters con investors out of almost £300,000

  24-09-2020 17:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BITCOIN fraudsters have conned investors in North Yorkshire out of almost £300,000, police revealed today.
  
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• York store confirms positive coronavirus case

  24-09-2020 17:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WELL-known York store has reported that a staff member has tested positive for coronavirus.
  
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• Park & Ride reopens in raft of York bus changes

  24-09-2020 16:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE re-opening of Grimston Bar Park & Ride and a new dedicated service for students are among improvements to buses in York.
  
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• Archbishop of York: why I hate, hate, hate the coronavirus

  24-09-2020 16:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Archbishop of York has told why he hates the coronavirus in an emotional address to General Synod.
  
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• Union asks council how care home cash has been spent

  24-09-2020 15:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SOCIAL care staff union is asking City of York Council to reveal how cash for care homes has been spent.
  
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• New homes go on sale at Ambler's Grange, Pocklington

  24-09-2020 15:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW housing development is being launched near York next month.
  
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• REACTION: Is Rishi Sunak's latest coronavirus support enough?

  24-09-2020 15:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BUSINESSES hit by the pandemic are being urged to tap into the latest support outlined by the Chancellor in his bid to protect jobs.
  
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• Letter to patients explains what York Hospital is doing to tackle long waiting lists

  24-09-2020 15:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York Hospital Trust bosses are writing to patients apologising for long delays in treatment - and outlining plans to tackle waiting lists.
  
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• Police reveal five most common vehicle defects that get drivers into trouble

  24-09-2020 15:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ROADS policing officers in North Yorkshire are urging drivers to check their vehicles are roadworthy - and revealing the five most common vehicle faults they see.
  
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• Rail passengers heading to London face more disruption

  24-09-2020 15:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK rail passengers are facing further disrupted journeys to London this autumn and over Christmas after further closures of Kings Cross were announced as part of the £1.2 billion East Coast Main Line upgrade.
  
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• Covid-19 rate still rising in York - but falling elsewhere

  24-09-2020 13:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE coronavirus rate is still increasing slightly in York but is falling in several surrounding areas, according to latest figures from Public Health England.
  
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• Jobs Support Scheme replaces furlough in bid to protect jobs

  24-09-2020 13:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NEW action to protect jobs during the pandemic includes a Government pledge to top up wages for the next six months.
  
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• Government unveils wage subsidy for workers hit by crisis

  24-09-2020 13:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NEW action to protect jobs during the pandemic includes a Government pledge to top up wages for the next six months.
  
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• Council to put £6.5m towards upgrading Fulford School

  24-09-2020 13:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK school could get £6.5 million from the council to help it expand and upgrade its new buildings.
  
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• Rebecca Newman: husband Jay Fewtrell died from rare disease

  24-09-2020 13:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK singer Rebecca Newman today warned people to go to the GP with any irregular heart symptoms after a post mortem examination revealed her husband Jay Fewtrell's fatal heart attack was caused by a severe form of a rare inflammatory condition, Sarcoidosis.
  
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• Benenden reveals toll of poor mental health in workplace

  24-09-2020 13:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than 11 million UK working adults have taken time off work because of poor mental wellbeing, costing businesses an estimated 40 million working days each year, according to new research from York-based Benenden Health.
  
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• MPWR hosts online expo to help business owners bounce back

  24-09-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BUSINESS owners in York are staging an online conference packed with expert advice to help people recover from the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• MPWR hosts online expo to help business women bounce back

  24-09-2020 12:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BUSINESS women in York are staging an online conference packed with expert advice to help people recover from the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Award nomination for brave police officer who protected families from knife-wielding thief

  24-09-2020 11:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BRAVE North Yorkshire Police officer who single-handedly protected families in a busy restaurant from a knife-wielding thief has been nominated for a national award.
  
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• Crews will remain at Creswell Arms in Appleton-le-Street fire 'for some time yet'

  24-09-2020 11:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The road through Appleton-le-Street remains closed this morning following last night's fire at the Cresswell Arms.
  
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• Woldgate School closed to year group after confirmed case of Covid-19

  24-09-2020 10:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SECONDARY school has been closed to an entire year group after a pupil tested positive for Covid-19.
  
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• Chancellor to reveal emergency job protection plan

  24-09-2020 10:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Government plans to protect jobs will be unveiled later today.
  
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• Car recovered from river Ouse in York and woman taken to hospital

  24-09-2020 10:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE car that went in to the river Ouse in York last night has been recovered from the river and a woman was taken to hospital.
  
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• Car recovered from river Ouse in York

  24-09-2020 10:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE car that went in to the river Ouse in York last night has been recovered from the river.
  
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• Up to 60 people to be laid off at Grand Opera House

  24-09-2020 09:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of York’s major theatre venues is to lay off up to 60 workers and operate a skeleton system as the furlough scheme comes to an end.
  
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• Covid map shows how many cases in your area recently

  24-09-2020 09:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAP from Public Health England allows York residents to track positive coronavirus cases across the city.
  
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• 'Do we need an expensive high-speed rail when the one we use everyday is rotting away?'

  24-09-2020 08:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A fast and efficient railway is a national ambition of some merit.
  
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• Child tests positive for Covid-19 at Rillington School

  24-09-2020 08:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CHILD has tested positive for Covid-19 and other pupils and staff in their"bubble" are self isolating.
  
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• Firefighters battle large fire at the Cresswell Arms in Appleton-le-Street

  24-09-2020 08:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS fought through the night to tackle a fire at a pub.
  
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• 'Why do we need a container shopping mall when half the shops in Coney Street are empty?'

  24-09-2020 08:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Would some kind and clever person explain to me why we have container shops in our city when half the shops in Coney Street and around are empty?
  
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• Scooter and motorbike 'retro ride' raises £600 for research into prostate cancer

  24-09-2020 07:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A gathering of vintage scooters and motorbikes outside York Minster raised more than £600 for prostate cancer research.
  
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• 'At 97 I cannot use my blue badge in Goodramgate so can't visit St Sampson's'

  24-09-2020 07:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I was pleased to read in The Press that the St Sampson’s Centre was opening again after lockdown.
  
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• 'I can't thank St Leonard's enough for their kindness to my husband'

  24-09-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I have always heard about the wonderful work done at St. Leonards Hospice but have recently had first hand experience.
  
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• Could a PAPI workshop help your business innovate and grow during COVID-19?

  24-09-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Could a PAPI workshop help your business innovate and grow during COVID-19?
  
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• 'People won't give up their cars for bikes? What tosh!'

  24-09-2020 06:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  According to John Zimnoch (Letters, September 21): “People will not give up cars for bikes - many are unable to do so such as the disabled and pensioners”.
  
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• Brexit: 26 key questions for business with 98 days to go

  24-09-2020 06:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  BUSINESSES are facing the threat of a second wave of coronavirus and receding government support schemes with just 98 days to go until the end of the Brexit transition period.
  
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• York man jailed for burning girl with cigarette and choking her

  24-09-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN who gave a girl a cigarette burn and choked her in separate incidents has been jailed.
  
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• Warnings sent to York noisy neighbours more than double

  24-09-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE number of noisy neighbours warned to keep the volume down has more than doubled in the past year in York - and that is before lockdown started.
  
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• Top council jobs vacant in shake-up

  24-09-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO senior jobs at City of York Council are to be left vacant - after one successful job applicant pulled out of plans to join the local authority and a top officer resigned.
  
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• New online deli Cook's Larder delivers local produce

  24-09-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW delicatessen is on a mission to celebrate regional food and offer a safe alternative to supermarket shopping.
  
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• £500k raised to tackle brain tumours in Oscar's memory

  24-09-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE charity set up by Oscar Hughes’ parents Marie and Ian after he died of a brain tumour in 2014, aged nine, has now raised about half a million pounds to help other children facing similar illnesses.
  
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• Mum lost child and husband to brain tumours - now son Milo has similar illness

  24-09-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A HEARTBROKEN York woman who first lost a son and then her husband to brain tumours has told how another of their sons is now battling against a similar illness.
  
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• Sporting opportunities on offer at Selby College

  24-09-2020 03:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  As momentum behind physical activity builds, Selby College is providing a number of courses designed to give people the skills to fulfil careers in health and wellbeing, sports coaching, sports nutrition, sports fitness, sports psychology and sports therapy.
  
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