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• Barnitts' future left on a knife-edge after dispute over affordable housing

  11-11-2020 20:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE future of York’s iconic Barnitts store has been left hanging on a knife-edge after councillors tonight deferred plans to redevelop part of the building.
  
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• Four deaths at York NHS trust

  11-11-2020 19:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FOUR more people have died at hospitals run by York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19.
  
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• St Peter's School in York marks Remembrance Day

  11-11-2020 18:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUPILS and staff at a York school gathered as a whole school community for the first time in eight months this morning to mark Remembrance Day.
  
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• D-Day for Barnitts - planners decide on plans for York store

  11-11-2020 17:49 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Follow our live coverage as City of York Council helps determine the future of one of York's most-loved stores, Barnitts
  
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• PM urges York to take up mass testing for Covid-19

  11-11-2020 17:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE PRIME Minister has urged City of York Council to take up the Government's offer of mass coronavirus testing in the city.
  
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• Judicial review bid after 'socially distanced' picket halted

  11-11-2020 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unite claims workers outside the bus factory were told they were in breach of coronavirus restrictions.
  
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• Nominate your favourite chippy in and around York

  11-11-2020 16:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Press is looking for readers to nominate their favourite chippy.
  
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• Tour de Yorkshire: Already postponed 2020 event delayed further until 2022

  11-11-2020 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tour de Yorkshire organisers say the already postponed 2020 event will now not take place until at least 2022.
  
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• Tour de Yorkshire now cancelled because of Covid until 2022

  11-11-2020 16:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NEXT year's Tour de Yorkshire has been postponed until 2022, organisers have confirmed.
  
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• York College students and staff fall silent for Armistice Day

  11-11-2020 15:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Staff and students at York College observed two minutes silence as part of an act of remembrance on Armistice Day.
  
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• Leah Heyes: Mother warns cheap drugs sold 'on our doorsteps'

  11-11-2020 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kerry Roberts, whose daughter Leah died after taking ecstasy, says drugs are an issue in rural towns.
  
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• Masked flasher strikes on York cycle path near Heslington Road

  11-11-2020 14:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MASKED flasher exposed himself to a woman on a cycle path in York.
  
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• Hunt for bike thief in York

  11-11-2020 13:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE in York are trying to track down a bike thief.
  
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• Spike in drink driving convictions during second lockdown

  11-11-2020 13:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MOTORING solicitor, whose firm runs a legal helpline in York, is warning of a spike in drink driving convictions during the second coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
  
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• "We pay our respects" - Rachael Maskell on Remembrance Day

  11-11-2020 13:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE crisp air and silence casts our minds to times past. As the bugle sounds and the poppy petals fall, we remember.
  
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• York pays silent tribute to war dead on Armistice Day

  11-11-2020 12:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PEOPLE in York joined others across the country in paying silent tribute to those who lost their lives in conflict on a coronavirus-hit Armistice Day.
  
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• York teacher receives national honour

  11-11-2020 12:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK teacher has been honoured in a national competition to find inspirational leaders of education.
  
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• Planners decide today on crucial plans for Barnitts

  11-11-2020 11:54 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TODAY is D-Day for one of York's best known and most loved shops.
  
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• River search continues for woman in York

  11-11-2020 11:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  UNDERWATER searches continue in York today to help find a missing woman.
  
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• Care home ‘set sail’ for party

  11-11-2020 11:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STAFF and residents from a retirement home in York came together to enjoy a special cruise ship-themed party to help keep spirits high.
  
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• MP calls for York to have mass testing - and return to Tier 1

  11-11-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK MP says York must adopt mass testing for coronavirus as soon as possible - and should go back into Tier 1 once lockdown is over.
  
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• Man rescued from crane over the River Ouse in York

  11-11-2020 09:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN was talked down after climbing a crane in York city centre overnight.
  
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• Jail for burglar who targeted homes in North Yorkshire

  11-11-2020 08:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been sentenced to five years in jail after a number of burglaries. ​
  
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• Sheffield freight train derailment causes major travel disruption

  11-11-2020 08:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Disruption is expected to last all day due to the "low speed" freight train derailment in Sheffield.
  
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• Firefighters called out to “smoke” coming from light switch

  11-11-2020 08:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CLEANING products on a light switch led to firefighters being called out.
  
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• York university students allowed to travel home in December

  11-11-2020 08:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  University students in York will be allowed to travel home in early December so families can be reunited for Christmas under Government guidance for the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• York could miss out on £146m festive shopping spree

  11-11-2020 08:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  FESTIVE shoppers spent almost £150m in York last year, according to figures which indicate how much locked-down retailers are missing out on.
  
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• Monk Bar Chocolatiers, Shambles, launches e-shop for lockdown

  11-11-2020 08:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FAMILY-run chocolate shop which has been in York more than two decades has taken its sweet treats online to get through lockdown.
  
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• Alison Munro joins Guest Walker's board of directors

  11-11-2020 07:39 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PROPERTY and life planning experts in York have appointed a new director.
  
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• Obituary - Harry Gledden York-born war hero and spy

  11-11-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Harry Gledden - February 28, 1923 to October 12, 2020
  
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• York firms team up to help businesses survive and thrive

  11-11-2020 06:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO York businesses have joined forces to offer a community-focused investment and business advice service.
  
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• Sweet treats to lift spirits at care home

  11-11-2020 06:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STAFF from a care home near York set up a vintage sweet shop to bring a taste of traditional cheer to residents.
  
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• Young people to be celebrated at first Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers awards

  11-11-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SUCCESSFUL young people from across Yorkshire will be vying for the first Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers awards tonight.
  
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• York bucks national trend as number of Universal Credit claims falls

  11-11-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK is bucking the national trend with a fall in the number of people claiming government support in the city.
  
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• Joan, 99, asks people to mark Remembrance Day - and 'roll up sleeves' against Covid

  11-11-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A 99-year-old pensioner called on people in York to make time to mark Remembrance Day today - and to “roll up their sleeves” to get through the pandemic.
  
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• Call for end to rows over future shape of local government

  11-11-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LEADING businessman has called on political leaders to stop rowing over the future shape of local government and immediately submit devolution proposals which aim to bring £2.4 billion of funding to York and North Yorkshire.
  
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• Emergency bid to help vulnerable children in York during pandemic

  11-11-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN EMERGENCY appeal has been launched to raise £15,000 to support local families throughout York at crisis point as a result of the pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus: Northern England 'worst hit' by pandemic

  11-11-2020 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health inequalities have led to Covid-19 taking a "devastating grip" on the north, a report says.
  
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