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• Council 'addresses' mezzanine matter at York store

  13-11-2020 20:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL bosses say they are 'addressing the matter' of a mezzanine floor at a York supermarket which has remained open to shoppers despite selling non-essential items.
  
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• Pocklington woman to pay £1,000 for misusing blue badge in York

  13-11-2020 19:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A DRIVER has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 as part of a city-wide crackdown on people misusing blue badges.
  
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• Cummings seen leaving Number 10 with boxes as he quits

  13-11-2020 18:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings has left Downing Street carrying boxes amid reports he has quit his post earlier than expected.
  
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• Shed workman made fake Mouseman products

  13-11-2020 17:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A craftsman who claimed the products he made in his shed were from the nationally renowned Mouseman furniture workshop has been given a community order.
  
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• Almost 600 new Covid cases recorded across York and North and East Yorkshire

  13-11-2020 17:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THERE has been another steep rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases recorded across York and North and East Yorkshire, the latest figures confirm.
  
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• Ryan Atkins: York-bound centre banned for three months after bet on Wakefield game

  13-11-2020 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England international Ryan Atkins is banned for three months after breaching RFL rules by placing a bet.
  
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• More covid testing sites to be set up

  13-11-2020 16:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CORONAVIRUS testing sites are to be set up in Selby, Northallerton and Skipton as part of North Yorkshire's ambition to get more people regularly tested.
  
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• Extra Christmas holidays for staff at Wickes

  13-11-2020 16:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A DIY store in York is thanking staff by shutting stores for an extended Christmas break.
  
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• Six new Covid deaths recorded at hospitals in York trust

  13-11-2020 15:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THERE have been six new deaths related to Covid-19 recorded at hospitals in the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the latest data confirms.
  
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• Santa dates at Harrogate showground grotto in December

  13-11-2020 14:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PARENTS will be able to take their children to see Santa Claus next month.
  
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• Million pound help for cycling

  13-11-2020 14:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NORTH Yorkshire is to get a million pounds from the Government to create safer space for cycling and walking.
  
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• 21 hours of storytelling fun to help Shine charity

  13-11-2020 13:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CHILDREN’S theatre company is to stage 21 hours of craft and storytelling fun over two days to raise funds for a York charity which enhances the lives of children with Down syndrome.
  
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• Harrogate firm launches Great British Bake Off box set for fans

  13-11-2020 13:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire firm has teamed up with the people behind The Great British Bake Off to bring fans a subscription box set with a difference.
  
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• John Lewis Christmas advert - Give A Little Love

  13-11-2020 13:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CHRISTMAS may be very different for us this year; but one thing remains the same - the John Lewis Christmas advert.Released today, the advert focuses on the act of giving and kindness with a colourful and heartwarming animation accompanied by the song Give A Little Love, sung by pop star Celeste.In the video, two children are playing in the snow. The girl opens a red umbrella that turns into a heart shape. This heart shape is echoed throughout the two-minute advert - look out for heart-shaped ba
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe dies

  13-11-2020 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The death of the killer of 13 women will bring "some closure", says the son of his first victim.
  
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• Award for volunteer-run Sherburn library

  13-11-2020 13:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A COMMUNITY library has been recognised in North Yorkshire’s Library of the Year award.
  
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• Address in York targeted three times by thieves

  13-11-2020 13:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICEC have launched an appeal after an address in York has been targeted three times by burglars.
  
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• Azeem Rafiq: Ex-Yorkshire player makes first statement in racism inquiry

  13-11-2020 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Azeem Rafiq hopes to bring about "meaningful change" after giving his first statement to the inquiry into alleged institutional racism at Yorkshire.
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper dead: ex-Press boss recalls living in fear

  13-11-2020 11:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Former Press deputy editor FRANCINE CLEE was a teenager in West Yorkshire at the height of the Ripper killings. Here she recalls the fear Sutcliffe's murders cast over Yorkshire women...
  
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• Opticians in York using new enhanced technology

  13-11-2020 10:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THREE opticians in York have invested in hospital-quality technology, which can help detect treatable eye conditions.
  
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• 10 pictures of York looking Christmassy as city's magical festive lights switched-on

  13-11-2020 10:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK city centre has been transformed by thousands of magical Christmas lights.
  
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• The grim roll call of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims

  13-11-2020 10:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe’s five-year reign of terror claimed the lives of 13 women. They were: – Wilma McCann, 28, from Chapeltown, Leeds, who was killed in October 1975.
  
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• The police mistakes which let Sutcliffe slip through the net

  13-11-2020 10:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper became the biggest manhunt Britain had ever known.
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe dies: Five-year reign of terror

  13-11-2020 09:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ‘Joy of the Ripper Hunters’.
  
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• Caffe Nero to ask landlords for better terms

  13-11-2020 09:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Bosses at struggling Caffe Nero plan to ask their landlords for better terms after the second lockdown forced the coffee chain into a corner.
  
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• "How disturbing that 72 million Americans voted for Trump"

  13-11-2020 09:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ON reflection after the result of the American presidential election I believe the whole world has dodged a bullet.
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has died of Covid-19

  13-11-2020 08:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE Yorkshire Ripper serial killer has died in hospital, the Prison Service has confirmed.
  
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• "Boris distracted by power struggle - why bother voting?"

  13-11-2020 08:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AT a time when our government should be putting all its energy into combatting the twin national crises of coronavirus and Brexit, I am appalled to learn that what has been captivating the government instead is a personal power struggle.
  
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• Dominic Cummings ‘set to leave Downing Street by Christmas’

  13-11-2020 08:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser Dominic Cummings is reportedly set to leave his Downing Street position by the end of the year.
  
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• York police should "name, shame and fine" speeding drivers

  13-11-2020 07:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ALTHOUGH lockdown tends to reduce the amount of traffic on our residential York Road in Haxby the average speed goes up.
  
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• "Why are Uber drivers from Leeds in York during lockdown?"

  13-11-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I BELIEVED that the latest lockdown was intended to restrict the spread of Covid-19 "a national lockdown ".
  
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• The best autumnal walking routes around York

  13-11-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Here are five of the best walking routes in York to explore during lockdown.
  
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• Obituary - Louise Simmons, York mum, who has died aged 48

  13-11-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK mum Louise Simmons has died aged 48 - leaving behind her 14-year-old daughter Gabrielle and a grieving family.
  
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• Give the gift of home this Christmas

  13-11-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  At Springfield Healthcare we want to make a difference; it’s that simple. It’s our company motto and as one of Yorkshire’s leading care providers we want to make a very special difference this Christmas. So, we’re launching our campaign by offering a residential care room with full board, absolutely nothing to pay, for the period approaching Christmas and into the New Year at The Chocolate Works Care Village, York.
  
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• 8 'ghost signs' around York - can you spot the locations?

  13-11-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NOW you see them, now you don't. Such is the nature of a "ghost sign" that they come and go, over days, months, years.
  
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• Sexual abuse report slams church failings

  13-11-2020 06:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  AN independent report into the abuse young people suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church has been published.
  
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• Luxury £8m new care home in York to offer bar, cinema and courtyard

  13-11-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN £8 million new care home will open in York in the New Year, offering 80 luxurious en suite bedrooms, a cinema room, bar, courtyard and library.
  
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• OBITUARY: Tribute to Joe Cafferkey whose body was found in River Ouse

  13-11-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  GRIEVING relatives today paid loving tributes to Joe Cafferkey, whose body was tragically discovered in the River Ouse last month.
  
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• Coronavirus: The gamers spending thousands on loot boxes

  13-11-2020 02:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An expert warns young people have been hit by "the perfect storm" of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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