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• ‘It was a massive shock that someone had nominated me for the honour’

  13-06-2025 23:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A North Yorkshire Council manager has said she is “over the moon” to be recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
  
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• Arise, Sir Gary Oldman! Hollywood actor who started career in York knighted

  13-06-2025 23:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Gary Oldman, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor who started his professional career on stage in York, has been knighted.
  
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• Top York school announces shock closure with 'deepest regret'

  13-06-2025 22:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Queen Margaret's School for Girls, Escrick, has announced its shock closure.
  
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• Top North Yorkshire school announces shock closure with 'deepest regret'

  13-06-2025 22:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Queen Margaret's School for Girls, Escrick, has announced its shock closure.
  
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• £1000 of electrical goods taken fraudulently in North Yorkshire

  13-06-2025 18:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after £1000 worth of electrical goods have been bought fraudulently in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Mountain biker's rural rescue to be shown on TV tonight

  13-06-2025 18:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A mountain biker who was airlifted from a North Yorkshire Forest is set to feature on TV tonight.
  
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• Building badly damaged after fire deliberately started in York field spreads

  13-06-2025 18:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A building has been left badly damaged after a fire deliberately started in a York field spread, the fire service said.
  
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• Cards from wallet stolen in York used for unauthorised spending

  13-06-2025 17:39 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police said the theft happened in Station Road around 1pm on Thursday, May 8.
  
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• Start-up and insolvency activity down in Yorkshire and Humberside

  13-06-2025 17:33 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  R3 reports the rate of both new business starts-ups and insolvency-related activity dropped for the second consecutive month in Yorkshire and the Humber in May.
  
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• Comedy comes to York city centre with three summer shows announced

  13-06-2025 17:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Top comedians are heading to York city centre from next week for a series of one-off shows over summer at Thor's tipi
  
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• Victim’s ‘bravery’ helps put East Yorkshire paedophile behind bars

  13-06-2025 17:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The “bravery” of a victim has helped put Bridlington paedophile Graham Hart behind bars for 16 years.
  
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• Assault in North Yorkshire club leaves victim injured

  13-06-2025 16:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An assault in a working men's club in North Yorkshire has left a victim injured.
  
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• 'We try a new adults-only night at top York venue - here's what we thought!'

  13-06-2025 16:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Rum and chocolate are sharing top billing at a new adults-only event at York's Chocolate Story attraction in King's Square.
  
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• Loud bangs 'like a gun going off' heard over North Yorkshire town

  13-06-2025 15:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  SEVERAL loud bangs described as 'like a gun going off' have been heard over a North Yorkshire town this afternoon.
  
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• HMRC reveal top reasons for fraudulent work expenses - most are accidental

  13-06-2025 15:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HMRC has revealed the most common reasons for fraudulent work expenses - and most are done by mistake.
  
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• Have your say on what are York's best-designed buildings

  13-06-2025 15:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The public can now have their say to vote for their favourite recently completed building in the York area.
  
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• Much loved North Yorkshire business to close after almost 70 years

  13-06-2025 15:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Whitby Glass, who make the much loved Whitby Lucky Ducks, will close their shop next Friday after almost 70 years in business.
  
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• Retro games to return to York city centre

  13-06-2025 15:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York BID is bringing iconic retro games back to life in the city centre on July 5.
  
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• Bolt cutters used in daylight North Yorkshire town centre bicycle theft

  13-06-2025 14:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police said it happened around midday on Monday, June 2 from outside Clarks shoe shop in Market Place, Harrogate.
  
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• Christmas in June? Shoppers say ‘must be a wind up’ as festive stock hits stores

  13-06-2025 14:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Shoppers have spotted that Christmas and Halloween has come early in Home Bargains, Poundland and TK Maxx – as seasonal stock is out on shelves.
  
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• Check your P60 and see if you are owed thousands - here's how

  13-06-2025 14:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Employees should have been sent a P60 on May 31 - check your tax code, as mistakes can cost you thousands
  
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• Antique and memorial items stolen in North Yorkshire burglary

  13-06-2025 14:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Antique and memorial coins have been taken in a burglary in Meadow Road,
  
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• Group of youths damage charity shop in town - police investigation underway

  13-06-2025 14:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A police investigation is underway after a group of youths reportedly caused criminal damage to a St Leonard’s Hospice shop in Selby.
  
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• PICTURES AND VIDEO: York charity shop reopens after modern makeover

  13-06-2025 14:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A York city centre charity shop has undergone a modern and fresh makeover.
  
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• Upmarket bathroom retailer to open first shop in North Yorkshire town

  13-06-2025 13:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  UPMARKET bathroom brand Nôsa is to open its first physical store in the centre of Harrogate later this year.
  
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• 80s' music legends delight fans in sell-out show at landmark Yorkshire venue

  13-06-2025 12:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Indie legends James delight fans in sell-out show at landmark Yorkshire venue - here is our review
  
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• Appeal after theft and assault in North Yorkshire newsagent

  13-06-2025 12:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An assault and theft have taken place in a coastal newsagent.
  
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• North Yorkshire village seeks tenant to run its community-owned pub

  13-06-2025 11:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A community-owned village pub near Boroughbridge is closer to re-opening, with the search starting for a tenant to run it.
  
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• 'Offensive symbols' scratched onto vehicles in York suburb vandalism spree

  13-06-2025 11:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police said several parked vehicles were damaged in the Clifton area overnight from Saturday, June 7 into the following morning.
  
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• The next generation of Red Squirrels at the Yorkshire Arboretum

  13-06-2025 11:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Yorkshire Arboretum is pleased to welcome two new red squirrel kits to its enclosure.
  
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• Plans for 23 homes refused over 'manipulation' of affordable housing rules

  13-06-2025 11:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Two applications for up to 23 homes have been rejected by councillors over concerns about housing density and ‘manipulation’ of affordable housing rules.
  
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• Man who made sexual comments to girl, 15, on York train jailed

  13-06-2025 10:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A man who made sexual comments to a 15-year-old girl on a York train has been jailed.
  
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• PICTURES: D-Day veteran joins Yorkshire Big Curry Lunch

  13-06-2025 10:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Merchant Adventurer's Hall hosted a record turnout for the annual Yorkshire Annual Big Curry Lunch - including Normandy veteran Ken Cooke.
  
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• WATCH: Drink and drug driver ploughs into parked car in York street

  13-06-2025 10:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Drink and drug driver Timothy Jason Starkie has been banned from the roads after crashing his BMW into a parked car in Tang Hall Lane, York.
  
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• Poundland customers react to 'ironic' £1 sale as stores face closure

  13-06-2025 10:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Poundland has been sold for £1, putting up to 100 shops at risk, it has been reported.
  
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• 'Do not eat': Lidl issues recall warning as food may contain 'pieces of metal'

  13-06-2025 10:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned anyone who has purchased the recalled item from Lidl not to eat it.
  
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• Thief targets major national coffee shop in York city centre for food

  13-06-2025 09:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police said the theft happened in Costa Coffee in Museum Street and food was stolen from the store.
  
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• Man and woman arrested following reports of robbery in East Yorkshire town

  13-06-2025 09:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Humberside Police said the reported robbery happened in Ebor Gardens, South Cliff, Bridlington around 5.30pm on June 1.
  
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• Thief targets national retailer in York high street

  13-06-2025 09:18 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police said over £80 in goods were taken from Waterstones in Coney Street on May 18, at around 3.45pm.
  
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• Route to main road through North Yorkshire reopens following serious crash

  13-06-2025 08:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An exit slip road had been closed following a serious crash this morning - police said it is now reopen.
  
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• York school's support for young carers recognised with award

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A York secondary school has won an award, in recognition of its support for young carers.
  
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• Spitfire replica to grace Scarborough seafront for Armed Forces Day

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A Spitfire replica will take pride of place during Armed Forces Day celebrations in Scarborough later this month.
  
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• Santa himself to grace Polar Express Train Ride this Christmas

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Polar Express Train Ride will depart from Wensleydale Railway in November and December 2025.
  
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• Nominations now open for awards celebrating Yorkshire's young people

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Nominations have opened for awards that celebrates young people across our region.
  
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• Free entry for fathers this Sunday at Scampston Walled Garden

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Scampston Walled Garden, near Malton, is offering free entry to dads, grandads, and father figures this Father's Day.
  
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• Don't miss: week-long festival brings Edinburgh Fringe talent to York

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A seven-day comedy festival, Halfway to Edinburgh, is bringing Edinburgh Fringe previews to Monkgate in York.
  
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• Delays, inflation and design changes cause £18.5m York project shortfall

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An £18.5 million shortfall in the funding needed to complete improvements to the front of York Station has been caused by delays, inflation, contracts and design changes, City of York Council councillors have heard.
  
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• Debut Rainbow Ball at Scarborough Spa raises £20,000 for charity

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A charity ball, in Scarborough, has raised £20,000 for The Rainbow Centre.
  
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• Cafe and takeaway in fashionable retail district of York shortlisted for award

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK chippy located in the heart of one of the city’s most fashionable retail districts is among ten contenders for an award.
  
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• Bid to increase paedophile's prison sentence fails

  13-06-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A bid to increase the prison sentence handed out to a Ryedale paedophile has failed. The Attorney General has decided not to send Brian Pearce's case to the Court of Appeal.
  
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