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• Star of new BBC crime thriller series, Virdee, hints at 'high stakes and twists'

  03-02-2025 18:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The star of the new BBC One crime thriller series, Virdee - based on AA Dhand's books - has hinted at "high stakes and twists" in the show.
  
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• Planning decisions announced by City of York Council this week

  03-02-2025 18:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Plans have been submitted for a 10m light pole, illuminated hotel signs, and video displays in York.
  
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• Roofer who took money from customers for work he never did fined

  03-02-2025 18:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A Scarborough roofer who took money from customers for work he never carried out has been fined.
  
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• York vineyard set for growth in Spring

  03-02-2025 17:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The thriving Yorkshire Heart vineyard near York is planning a major expansion this Spring.
  
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• Project brings vital new experiences to adults with additional needs.

  03-02-2025 17:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN dance and movement project is bringing vital new experiences to adults with additional needs.
  
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• Starbucks rewards scheme changes make free coffee easier - but there's a catch

  03-02-2025 17:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  New Starbucks Rewards stars scheme changes will make it easier for newbies to earn a free coffee, but there's a catch
  
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• Caravan stolen in North Yorkshire found after cross-county police search

  03-02-2025 17:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police has found a Bailey Unicorn Madrid, which was stolen in Knaresborough, as well as a Land Rover Discovery with suspected fake number plates.
  
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• How ex North Yorkshire policewoman tells her business clients how they will die

  03-02-2025 16:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York businesses were told how they can boost the mental as well as the physical health of their staff, which by reducing sickness will deliver better business performance.
  
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• Urgent appeal for help to find girl missing from home in North Yorkshire

  03-02-2025 16:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An urgent appeal has gone out for help to find 14-year-old Skye who  is missing from home in High Street in Starbeck.
  
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• Girl missing from home in North Yorkshire found safe

  03-02-2025 16:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  14-year-old Skye who  was missing from home in High Street in Starbeck has been found safe and well, say police.
  
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• On this day, five years ago: women's cashmere retailer shuts up shop

  03-02-2025 16:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  On this day, five years ago (February 3, 2020), women's cashmere retailer Pure Collection closed on one of York's main shopping streets.
  
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• Station car park closure a 'crucial step forward' to new multi-storey

  03-02-2025 15:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Network Rail has explained the reason behind the closure of York station's long stay car park, which they say will be in effect "until further notice".
  
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• Card bid to boost trade in North Yorkshire town

  03-02-2025 15:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Harrogate BID has launched a campaign aimed to encourage member businesses to sign up to the Gift Card scheme in the town.
  
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• York man and woman wanted for shop thefts arrested

  03-02-2025 15:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Luke Michael David Pearson, 32, and Chelsea Danielle Briggs, 29, who were wanted for a series of shop thefts have been arrested, police said.
  
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• Man wanted after theft from shrine in York - suspect identified

  03-02-2025 15:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Police want to speak to a man after a theft from the Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow in Shambles, York.
  
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• Man wanted after theft from shrine in York

  03-02-2025 15:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Police want to speak to a man after a theft from the Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow in Shambles, York.
  
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• York celebrity to cut ribbon at 'grand opening weekend' of new York attraction

  03-02-2025 14:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Gifts, special guests and more are promised at the ‘Grand Opening Weekend’ of one of York’s most unusual attractions.
  
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• £10m North Yorkshire retail park now full with tenants

  03-02-2025 13:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A major retail park in North Yorkshire is now complete five years after its first tenant moved in.
  
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• Motorcyclist suffers life-changing injuries after crash in North Yorkshire

  03-02-2025 13:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A motorcyclist is in hospital with life-changing injuries after a crash in Copley Lane, near Sherburn-in-Elmet.
  
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• York school in planned shake-up with earlier finish

  03-02-2025 13:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Millthorpe School in South Bank in York is planning to change start and finish times.
  
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• Care service launched in North Yorkshire town

  03-02-2025 12:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Helping Hands Home care is opening a branch in Knaresborough, to serve the region, including Harrogate and Ripon.
  
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• Lloyds and Halifax banking app customers urged 'do not make repeat payments'

  03-02-2025 12:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers have been urged 'do not make repeat payments' after banking app issues
  
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• Plans submitted for 380 homes as part of York 'garden village'

  03-02-2025 12:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PLANS have been submitted for 380 homes at Stockton lane just outside York, in a scheme which would form part of an 845-home ‘garden village.’
  
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• Top names announced as headliners for new comedy festival in York

  03-02-2025 11:43 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Dara Ó Briain and Katherine Ryan will co-headline the first York Comedy Festival at Museum Gardens on Sunday, July 6.
  
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• Norton Town Council thanks community heroes in awards

  03-02-2025 11:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Norton town council thanks community heroes Volunteers, charities and shop owners have been presented with awards in the first Norton on Derwent town council community awards.
  
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• 'I wanted to do something different for 2025' - York's firm sculpture wows crowds

  03-02-2025 11:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SIX foot tall daffodil commissioned by an award-winning York firm shone out as part of The York Ice Trail in city at the weekend.
  
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• 'I wanted to do something different for 2025' - York firm's sculpture wows crowds

  03-02-2025 11:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SIX foot tall daffodil commissioned by an award-winning York firm shone out as part of The York Ice Trail in city at the weekend.
  
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• Popular Yorkshre hotel goes into liquidation

  03-02-2025 11:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The owners of The Bell Hotel in Driffield have said that the establishment will cease operations on February 13, 2025, as they enter voluntary liquidation.
  
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• Shed load of meat blocking road in North Yorkshire

  03-02-2025 10:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A SHED load of meat is blocking Bulmer Bank near Castle Howard in North Yorkshire.
  
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• All you need to know ahead of Celebrity Bear Hunt's first series airing

  03-02-2025 09:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Celebrity Bear Hunt is a new Netflix series hosted by Holly Willoughby where Bear Grylls hunts the celebrity contestants in the Costa Rican jungle.
  
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• Urgent appeal for girl missing from home in North Yorkshire

  03-02-2025 08:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN urgent appeal has gone out for help to find a teenager missing from home in Harrogate.
  
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• Girl missing from home in North Yorkshire found sfae

  03-02-2025 08:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN urgent appeal has gone out for help to find a teenager missing from home in Harrogate.
  
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• Mayor David Skaith launches new fund to help North Yorkshire high streets

  03-02-2025 07:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Boosting the resilience of the region’s high streets and attracting visitors to our town centres is the goal of a major new funding programme launched today by the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith.
  
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• York MP says government 'must fix' pub sector to support locals

  03-02-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central, has launched a campaign to support local pubs - and called on the government to "fix" the sector.
  
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• Work on plans to oversee the development of Selby set to be stopped

  03-02-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Work on plans overseeing development in the Selby area until 2040, which has been taking place for the last six years, is set to be stopped.
  
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• Thug who repeatedly punched and kicked victim in York restaurant is jailed

  03-02-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A thug who beat up and kicked a McDonald's customer and left him unconscious on the ground has been jailed.
  
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• Serial Selby shoplifter claims he is being exploited by criminal gang

  03-02-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A serial and violent North Yorkshire shoplifter told a York court he stole on the orders of a Sheffield gang.
  
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• Plan for energy storage system on green belt land in York sparks objections

  03-02-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A compound roughly the size of five rugby pitches, and infrastructure, is proposed for farmland off Murton Way.
  
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• Competition launched to find York's best hairdressers 2025

  03-02-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The competition is on to find York’s best hairdresser and it’s time for you to have your say.
  
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• Praise for York council’s adult learning service after inspection

  03-02-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  City of York Council’s adult learning service has been praised following its most recent inspection.
  
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