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• Developers move ahead with 3,500-home village plan

  17-10-2026 11:00 via BBC News
  
  Permission for the new village near Escrick could be sought by the end of this year, developers say.
  
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• Arrest after motorcyclist dies in crash with car

  26-10-2026 19:00 via BBC News
  
  An Audi saloon car collided with the bike on the A63 Selby bypass on Monday morning, police say.
  
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• Merger plan for village schools to secure future

  26-10-2026 14:22 via BBC News
  
  Both schools in North Yorkshire would continue to operate, but would share leadership and teachers.
  
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• Thousands have power restored in storm aftermath

  26-10-2026 14:20 via BBC News
  
  Northern Powergrid says fewer than 900 homes across Yorkshire are now without supplies.
  
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• Campaigners say river bacteria levels too high

  26-10-2026 14:15 via BBC News
  
  Citizen scientists urge action after gathering weekly water samples from the River Ouse in York.
  
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• Charity hut transformation boosts teens' skills

  26-10-2026 07:06 via BBC News
  
  College students refurbish part of Scarborough's Rainbow Centre as part of a volunteering project.
  
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• Market square improvement works reach next phase

  26-10-2026 07:05 via BBC News
  
  The footway between The Three Tuns and Castlegate is being repaved as part of a wider scheme.
  
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• Storm Boelo brings flooding and cancelled flights

  25-10-2026 19:55 via BBC News
  
  A yellow weather warning for wind remains in place for Yorkshire until 21:00 GMT.
  
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• Support for cafe seeking retrospective permission

  25-10-2026 12:48 via BBC News
  
  The cafe, on a walking route between Richmond and Easby Abbey, is described as "extremely popular".
  
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• Man praises surgeons for reattaching severed thumb

  25-10-2026 09:35 via BBC News
  
  Daniel Parry, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, accidentally cut off his thumb with a chop saw.
  
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• Teen's anti-rat device could save railways millions

  25-10-2026 08:32 via BBC News
  
  Jackson's animal-proof screen could save railway millions in damage caused to cables.
  
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• Plan for Northern Olympics to get £7m in Healey's Budget

  24-10-2026 17:45 via BBC News
  
  The full feasibility study will look in detail at how hosting the Games in northern England could work.
  
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• Friends set up bar dedicated to showing women's sport

  24-10-2026 14:08 via BBC News
  
  Hattie Dillon, 22, and Erin Draper, 23, opened Hera Social in York to show primarily women's sport.
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of rape in York

  24-10-2026 10:11 via BBC News
  
  North Yorkshire Police arrested the man on Walmgate in the city centre on Thursday.
  
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• Man jailed over cryptocurrency drug dealing

  24-10-2026 10:00 via BBC News
  
  Benjamin Dack, 28, is jailed for four years at York Crown Court.
  
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• Rail museum's new entrance replaces 400m detour

  24-10-2026 08:26 via BBC News
  
  York's National Railway Museum opens an entrance on Hudson Boulevard close to the Station Hall building.
  
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• Cars stranded as flash floods hit seaside town

  23-10-2026 23:00 via BBC News
  
  Police asked pedestrians and motorists to avoid the centre of Scarborough.
  
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• Drug dealer jailed for county lines operation

  23-10-2026 13:57 via BBC News
  
  Dakari Roy Brown is jailed for operating a drug network between North and West Yorkshire.
  
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• Baby cinema clubs to show 18 certificate films

  23-10-2026 13:14 via BBC News
  
  Councillors in York vote to approve the changes for parent and baby cinema clubs across the city.
  
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• Taxpayers £1m loss warning over shopping centre

  23-10-2026 12:02 via BBC News
  
  The redevelopment of the Brunswick Centre is "not viable" without public funding, officials say.
  
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• 'I don't want to go into hedgehog mode at 4pm this winter'

  23-10-2026 09:01 via BBC News
  
  North Yorkshire's libraries loan out kits to help tackle the winter blues as the clocks go back.
  
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• No trains between York and Leeds for nine days

  23-10-2026 07:11 via BBC News
  
  Buses will replace trains between the cities during upgrade works on the mainline.
  
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• Pumpkin patches see a bright side to scorching summer

  23-10-2026 07:06 via BBC News
  
  Farmers say a hot and dry summer has led to an influx of larger and more colourful pumpkins.
  
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• Knifepoint burglar says weapon was to 'cut onions'

  22-10-2026 19:04 via BBC News
  
  Kyle Smith and Matthew Williams held a knife to the man's throat during the burglary, a court hears.
  
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• Bid to stop Chinese restaurant licence holder swap

  22-10-2026 16:27 via BBC News
  
  The Chinese restaurant lost its licence in September after officers found illegal workers there.
  
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• Landmark seaside sculpture could be on the move

  22-10-2026 15:11 via BBC News
  
  Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers could be moved to lengthen its lifespan, a report says.
  
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• Women break WI stereotype with 'Ladies in Leather'

  22-10-2026 14:12 via BBC News
  
  Yorkshire women break the WI stereotypes with 2027 calendar featuring 'Ladies in Leather'.
  
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• Inquest opens for A1(M) murder crash victim

  22-10-2026 12:14 via BBC News
  
  Elena Chiriac, 22 from Newcastle, died when two vehicles collided on the A1(M) on Sunday 4 October.
  
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• Calls to cut employer National Insurance contributions for under-25s

  22-10-2026 07:10 via BBC News
  
  Yorkshire businesses set out what they want from the chancellor ahead of the Budget.
  
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• Buses boost pledge for York's 'garden village'

  22-10-2026 07:06 via BBC News
  
  A planning application for the 3,400-home Langwith Village project near York is expected in 2027.
  
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