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• Call for more financial support amid York's Covid tier shift

  16-10-2020 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  York's council leader says it is critical the government unlocks more funding for businesses.
  
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• TIER 2: Your questions about new rules for York answered

  16-10-2020 20:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK leaders have been answering people's questions about the new Tier 2 restrictions - which come into force from first thing on Saturday morning.
  
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• 'Drainage issues' delay York City Stadium opening until Christmas

  16-10-2020 18:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  DRAINAGE issues at the new York City Football ground mean the stadium has been delayed until Christmas, the building company has said.
  
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• York schools trust merger plan could affect 6,000 students

  16-10-2020 18:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO York academy chains, which between them teach about 6,000 children in city schools plan to merge.
  
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• North Yorkshire: Police force to set up 'Covid cars'

  16-10-2020 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police wants to use rapid response vehicles to act on tip-offs from the public.
  
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• 75 new Covid cases recorded in York over last 24 hours

  16-10-2020 17:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THERE have been 75 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in York over the last 24 hours, as well as new cases in both North and East Yorkshire.
  
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• Police hunt for wanted man from York

  16-10-2020 17:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for help to track a wanted man from York.
  
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• 12 students test positive for Covid-19 at York College

  16-10-2020 17:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THERE have been 12 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among students at a college in York.
  
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• Police launch 'Covid cars' to catch rulebreakers

  16-10-2020 16:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are to launch ‘Covid cars’ to rapidly respond to public tip-offs about people flouting rules.
  
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• Staff at IPS York packing plant test positive for Covid-19

  16-10-2020 16:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THREE workers at a food packing plant in York have tested positive for Covid-19.
  
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• Fifth Covid death this week recorded at hospital in York trust

  16-10-2020 15:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE further Covid-19 death has been recorded at a hospital within the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, taking the total for this week up to five.
  
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• Eight-year-old bitten by dog in West Bank Park in Acomb

  16-10-2020 15:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD child was bitten by a dog in a popular York park and police are investigating.
  
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• County Championship: Competition returns in 2021 alongside Bob Willis Trophy

  16-10-2020 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The County Championship will return next summer with the 18 first-class counties split into three groups.
  
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• Woman attacked in her own home in York by intruder - man arrested

  16-10-2020 13:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been arrested after a woman was allegedly attacked by an intruder in her York home.
  
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• Norton paedophile attacked lone girl on summer evening walk

  16-10-2020 13:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PAEDOPHILE who attacked agirl he didn't know on a country road while on licence from a prison sentence for sex crimes has been sent back to jail.
  
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• New community garden opens at Burton Green School in York

  16-10-2020 12:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NEW community garden has opened at a York primary school, despite a number of delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• High Court judge visits York court

  16-10-2020 12:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE most senior judge in Yorkshire and the North East visited York to publicly confirm his royal authority to sit in judgement in the city.
  
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• Police called to sudden death of man in York

  16-10-2020 11:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE were called to the sudden death of a man in York last night (Thursday).
  
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• We asked readers if they agreed with York Tier 2 move - this is what they said

  16-10-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK has been put into Tier 2 of the Government's coronavirus alert system.
  
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• Family of York Hospital consultant paralysed by Covid worry of deportation

  16-10-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FRIENDS of a “loved and respected” hospital consultant who is paralysed on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus say they are worried his family will be forced leave the UK while he remains in intensive care.
  
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• Family of NHS consultant paralysed by covid worry of deportation

  16-10-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FRIENDS of a “loved and respected” hospital consultant who is paralysed on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus say they are worried his family will be forced leave the UK while he remains in intensive care.
  
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• Do you agree with decision to put York in to Tier 2 restrictions? Vote here

  16-10-2020 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK has been put into Tier 2 of the Government's coronavirus alert system.
  
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• Adil Rashid: Yorkshire's England all-rounder signs new white-ball deal

  16-10-2020 09:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England all-rounder Adil Rashid signs a new one-year white-ball contract with Yorkshire.
  
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• Vulnerable man and another person assaulted in York - this man is wanted in connection with incident

  16-10-2020 09:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are searching for a wanted man in the York area and are urging the public to report any sightings.
  
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• UK’s wettest day recorded in wake of Storm Alex, Met Office reveals

  16-10-2020 09:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE UK had its wettest day on record after Storm Alex hit earlier this month, with enough rain falling to more than fill Loch Ness, the Met Office has said.
  
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• York under tougher coronavirus restrictions from midnight

  16-10-2020 08:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FROM midnight tonight half the population of England, including York, will be under stricter lockdown measures, as the city's health chief it would have made a difference if restrictions were introduced sooner.
  
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• Dunnington doesn’t want these 78 new green belt homes

  16-10-2020 08:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I refer to your article of October 2 headlined ‘78-home development planned for green belt land at Dunnington’.
  
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• Twitter resolves widespread outage

  16-10-2020 08:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SOCIAL media site Twitter says it has resolved a problem which prompted it to crash, causing problems for users across the world.
  
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• 'They could not have picked worse time' - Resident's 'shock' over notice to vacate house

  16-10-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RESIDENT in a village near York says he was “shocked” to have received a notice to vacate the home he rents from the Ministry of Defence, adding that they “could not have picked a worse time.”
  
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• Hempland Primary has first confirmed Covid-19 case

  16-10-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A York primary has told pupils to self isolate after its first confirmed case of Covid-19 within the school.
  
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• Freda Chaplin's last years - York celebrant tells sad story

  16-10-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SHE blamed herself for her twin sister's death, pined for her every day, and denied herself home comforts - these were heartbreaking final years of Freda Chaplin.
  
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• Theatre of Science and Explore York team up for interactive new online panto

  16-10-2020 07:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WORRIED the coronavirus pandemic might make you miss out on your dose of panto fun this Christmas?
  
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• 'You'd sometimes see the sisters, walking and talking in unison'

  16-10-2020 07:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  What a great article on Freda and Greta Chaplin Congratulations to The Press on another insight into York’s local characters - in this case Freda and Greta Chaplin (World famous twin is buried with her sister, October 14).
  
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• North Yorkshire’s biggest People’s Postcode Lottery winners

  16-10-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Here are the biggest People's Postcode Lottery winners in North Yorkshire- do you live on one of these lucky streets?
  
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• Harry Gration leaves Look North: fond memories in photos

  16-10-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HARRY Gration may have been the face of Look North for almost 40 years - but he was more than a just a TV presenter to the people of York.From charity champion and City football fan, to panto side-kick and devoted father, who only had his last child in 2019 at the age of 68, Harry has been a regular face in the pages of The Press.He even once had a column for the paper (and we'd love to have that again!)To mark Harry's departure from Look North, we've dipped into our archive to share photos of H
  
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• Meet the local musician who raised £50k for York Against Cancer - then got the disease himself...

  16-10-2020 06:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  When he was busy raising £50,000 over seven years through a string of sell-out concerts to support the work of York Against Cancer, musician Ian Surgenor never dreamed he’d one day need the charity’s support himself.
  
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• 'Mad' Albert of York - readers share memories and photos

  16-10-2020 06:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IT seems many readers remember 'Mad' Albert - a colourful character who loved to shout "move it" to passersby.
  
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• 'We are all equal, but the council has chosen to forget about this': Disability campaigner

  16-10-2020 06:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CONTROVERSIAL extensions to York pedestrian zones introduced at the end of June under emergency Covid legislation which have left Blue Badge holders feeling excluded from the city centre will almost certainly NOT be reversed next month.
  
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• York Community Pride Awards - the winners revealed

  16-10-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK’S unsung heroes were celebrated last night at a virtual ceremony for this year’s Community Pride Awards, organised by The Press.
  
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• Students 'not to blame' for tougher Tier 2 Covid restrictions in York

  16-10-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STUDENTS are not to blame for tougher Tier 2 Covid restrictions being imposed in York, health bosses have said.
  
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