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• Occupant of car arrested after violent incident in York

  28-10-2020 23:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have arrested the occupant of this car near Scarborough after a violent incident in York.
  
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• More than 300 additional coronavirus cases confirmed

  28-10-2020 21:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than 300 additional cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in North Yorkshire and York over the past 24 hours.
  
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• Poundland store in Coney Street to close on Saturday

  28-10-2020 20:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ANOTHER store in York city centre is to close down.
  
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• Jury sees video of ATM explosion

  28-10-2020 19:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK jury has seen a video posted by a 16-year-old on his Facebook page of people blowing a cashpoint open and breaking into the building where it was situated.
  
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• Yorkshire tiers: 'People want to travel to less restrictions'

  28-10-2020 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If you live in Yorkshire you could be living under any one of the UK's three Covid alert levels.
  
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• Police hunt for wanted man in York

  28-10-2020 18:37 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICe in York are hunting a wanted man.
  
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• Three sheds on fire in Chapelfields, York

  28-10-2020 18:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS were called out to reports of a shed fire in a York suburb this afternoon.
  
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• York tops poll of places spending most on house renovations

  28-10-2020 17:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PEOPLE in York are spending the most of anywhere in the country doing up their homes.
  
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• What can I do in a Tier 3 lockdown?

  28-10-2020 17:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FEARS are growing that York is facing a Tier 3 lockdown - but what will that mean?
  
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• Coronavirus: North Yorkshire tier one status 'hanging by a thread'

  28-10-2020 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A decision on tougher restrictions for North Yorkshire could be made within days.
  
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• Police appeal after man bitten by dog Burn Bridge, Harrogate

  28-10-2020 16:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN was bitten by a dog and police are appealing for information from the public.
  
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• One new Covid death recorded at York Hospital

  28-10-2020 16:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ANOTHER patient suffering from coronavirus has died at York Hospital.
  
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• Former landmark restaurant set to open as new business

  28-10-2020 16:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LANDMARK York restaurant that has lain empty for more than a year could be set to reopen as a new business.
  
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• Accolades for three AA Rosette winners

  28-10-2020 15:42 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A TRIO of restaurants in the region have been added to a prestigious list after being awarded three AA Rosettes.
  
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• Woolworths in York: remember when Woolies was a cinema?

  28-10-2020 15:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WOOWORTHS hit the headlines yesterday in a hoax news story claiming that some stores were to reopen in the UK.
  
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• Police hunt wanted Selby man

  28-10-2020 14:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are hunting for a wanted man from Selby.
  
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• Car speeds past police at 110mph - Knife and drugs found inside

  28-10-2020 13:45 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  FOUR men from County Durham have been arrested after a car containing drugs and a knife sped past a police safety camera van at 110mph.
  
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• Hocus Pocus and The Shining return to Vue cinema in York

  28-10-2020 13:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SCARY classics are back on the big screen at a York cinema this Halloween.
  
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• Halloween warning of threat pumpkins pose to hedgehogs

  28-10-2020 12:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUMPKINS can be fatal to hedgehogs, according to an East Yorkshire firm that builds highways for the prickly garden visitors.
  
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• York solicitor Rachel Roche in book launch

  28-10-2020 11:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN award-winning York solicitor has written a new book full of advise on how to set up a law firm.
  
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• Tell us why you love your pet - and share a favourite photo

  28-10-2020 10:58 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WE love our pets - they are part of our family and often our best friend!
  
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• ShoeZone could close up to 90 branches

  28-10-2020 10:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The boss of a well-known High Street chain has warned he could close up to 90 stores before April 2022 if the Government does not radically rethink the way it calculates business rates.
  
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• 'Cllr D'Agorne is anti-pollution, not anti-car'

  28-10-2020 10:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  There is a pandemic on. Because of that shops closed, therefore lots of people resorted to online shopping. Those are some of the factors that have contributed to the ‘dying’ city centre.
  
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• Archbishop of York Junior School shoebox appeal success

  28-10-2020 10:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHILDREN at a York primary school have been putting others first in the run up to Christmas again this year.
  
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• RACHAEL MASKELL: No one should go hungry in the UK in 2020

  28-10-2020 08:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Poverty is about more than food; it is about the choices politicians make. We have to ask why in 2020 parents don’t have the means by which they can feed their children. But as one of the richest countries in the world, we also have to ask why 14.5 million people (including 4.2 million children and two million older people) are living in poverty.
  
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• Lego, Barbie and Baby Yoda among top Christmas toy list

  28-10-2020 08:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  LEGO,Barbie and Monopoly are being tipped to be among the top toys this Christmas, according to new research.
  
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• Man rescued from stream by firefighters in Easingwold

  28-10-2020 08:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN had to be rescued from a stream last night.
  
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• Couldn’t we let empty shops to Xmas market stall-holders?

  28-10-2020 07:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  It is sad that we can’t have the Christmas market in York (Chrsimas market cancelled, October 13).
  
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• JH Shouksmith and Sons Ltd toasts 200 years in York

  28-10-2020 07:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FAMILY firm which is believed to be York’s oldest building company is celebrating its 200th anniversary, reports Nadia Jefferson-Brown.
  
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• 'First we had bikes with no lights, now it's scooters too!'

  28-10-2020 07:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Early on Sunday evening I was walking down Green Dykes Lane when I saw a dark shape coming towards me on the pavement at some speed.
  
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• 'How can MP claim £88K in expenses as poor children go hungry?'

  28-10-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Ryedale’s MP Kevin Hollinrake is an exceptional person. Of the more than 300 MPs who recently voted against funding free meals for disadvantaged children over the school holidays, he has topped the expenses league table.
  
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• What happens next for York council?

  28-10-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCILLORS will be asked to reject plans for City of York Council to merge with Scarborough, Selby and Ryedale at a meeting tomorrow.
  
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• Grab chains along York's river banks could save lives, says expert

  28-10-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RETIRED British Waterways civil engineer has called for 'grab chains' to be installed on the steep-sided city centre banks of York's rivers.
  
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• 'Goodbye and long live France' - 75 years since French squadron left York

  28-10-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  “GOODBYE and long live France.”
  
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• Flood defences ruled out for Naburn - 20 years after it was swamped

  28-10-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAJOR flood defence scheme for a village near York has been ruled out - 20 years after it was swamped by floodwaters from the River Ouse.
  
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• Council shake-up: what York's political groups had to say

  28-10-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK'S Liberal Democrat and Green Party groups - currently leading City of York Council - oppose plans for the council to merge with Scarborough, Selby and Ryedale councils under a proposed local government restructure.
  
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• Council merger 'may mean council tax increase and bin collection fees'

  28-10-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL tax could rise by £117 a year, residents could be charged for green bin collections, and planning applications for York could be decided by councillors in Scarborough - if local government reorganisation plans go ahead, City of York Council warns.
  
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• Council claims merger 'may mean council tax increase and bin collection fees'

  28-10-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL tax could rise by £117 a year, residents could be charged for green bin collections, and planning applications for York could be decided by councillors in Scarborough - if local government reorganisation plans go ahead, City of York Council warns.
  
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• Covid-19: 'I'll be hosting my Christmas over Zoom'

  28-10-2020 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some families are already making plans and getting ready for a "digital Christmas" this year.
  
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