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• Early-morning theft of vehicle from North Yorkshire town

  13-05-2025 12:13
  
  It was taken around 4.30am on the morning of Thursday, May 8, according to police.
  
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• Neighbours object to restaurant's live music plans

  22-05-2026 11:09 via bbc.com
  A licensing application has been lodged to stage music until 02:00 daily at Hima Fuji restaurant.
  
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• 'Homophobic letter shows why we still need Pride'

  22-05-2026 09:25 via bbc.com
  York Pride organisers say next week's event will go ahead and they will report the letter to police.
  
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• AI app could alert swimmers to river sewage levels

  22-05-2026 06:55 via bbc.com
  The firm describes it as "the holy grail that people have waited years for".
  
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• Millions invested to improve national park access

  21-05-2026 18:20 via bbc.com
  Projects include helping young people learn outdoors and improving walking routes.
  
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• Smoker fined over cigarette drop video he claimed was AI

  21-05-2026 17:17 via bbc.com
  Robert Jones, 64, from York, was caught littering on camera by a neighbour, who alerted the council
  
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• Footballer turns terrace chant into national TV ad

  21-05-2026 15:34 via bbc.com
  Striker Lenell John‑Lewis has long been serenaded by supporters singing "his name is a shop".
  
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• Boy, 12, drowned while playing in river - inquest

  21-05-2026 14:12 via bbc.com
  Khaled Basem Al Satouf, 12, disappeared while playing in Richmond Falls during family day out.
  
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• Alpamare waterpark put up for sale by council

  21-05-2026 14:06 via bbc.com
  North Yorkshire Council says it wants to secure "a sustainable, long-term future" for the venue.
  
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• Cat dies after being shot with rifle

  21-05-2026 13:16 via bbc.com
  The RSPCA appeals for information after fragments of live round were found inside the cat on 5 May.
  
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• The young people rejecting a bank-breaking prom

  21-05-2026 07:32 via bbc.com
  Teenage entrepreneurs at Huntington School change the way pupils shop for a prom dress.
  
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• York City success prompts calls on problem parking

  20-05-2026 17:53 via bbc.com
  Residents' permits are being considered to tackle matchday parking problems around the LNER Stadium.
  
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• Mum to meet MPs over cerebral palsy campaign

  20-05-2026 13:34 via bbc.com
  Natalie wants to improve understanding and support around hemiplegia after her son was diagnosed.
  
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• Dozens arrested as specialist team targets romance fraudsters and scammers

  20-05-2026 01:56 via bbc.com
  The specialist team of financial crime experts is working "in the shadows" to hunt down scammers online.
  
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• The young entrepreneurs making prom cheaper

  19-05-2026 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Joanita Musisi meets the team behind Dress2Impress at Huntington School in York.
  
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• 'We've been evicted just two days before ban came in'

  19-05-2026 08:38 via bbc.com
  Family say they are struggling to find anywhere to live after church trust asked them to leave.
  
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• Pub closes six months after community takeover

  19-05-2026 08:29 via bbc.com
  Community owners of building say they may now consider using it for other purposes.
  
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• New station bollard is 'disorientating safety risk' say campaigners

  19-05-2026 07:13 via bbc.com
  The bollard is installed on tactile paving as part of works on the railway station entrance in York.
  
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• Plans lodged for padel courts at squash club

  18-05-2026 17:58 via bbc.com
  The proposed changes would improve and modernise facilities for the community, the club says.
  
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• Village gas rig plan formally rejected by council

  18-05-2026 16:35 via bbc.com
  It follows the government's refusal to intervene in the Burniston plan and leave it for the council.
  
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• Nazi banknotes tell story of wartime forgery plot

  18-05-2026 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Georgey Spanswick speaks to collector Andy Taylor from Scarborough.
  
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• Woodland gets picnic tables and animal sculptures

  18-05-2026 14:16 via bbc.com
  Picnic tables, wooden toadstools and animal sculptures now adorn the area following works.
  
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• Yorkshire wrap up innings win over Surrey

  18-05-2026 13:57 via bbc.com
  Yorkshire take the final five Surrey wickets they need on day four to seal victory by an innings and 127 runs.
  
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• Care home to be built on site of ex-council HQ

  18-05-2026 10:04 via bbc.com
  Plans for the three-storey, 66-bedroom site were approved by councillors on Thursday.
  
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• 'Our river is unsafe despite bathing status - but I'm optimistic'

  18-05-2026 07:35 via bbc.com
  The River Nidd is officially designated as bathing water, but quality tests rate it as Poor.
  
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• London mayor warning over northern Olympic bid

  17-05-2026 20:29 via bbc.com
  The government has commissioned UK Sport to conduct an "initial strategic assessment" into a potential bid for the north of England to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the 2040s.
  
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• Plan for 1,500-home development set for approval

  17-05-2026 12:40 via bbc.com
  Councillors are recommended to give the go-ahead to the plans for Eggborough despite 365 objections.
  
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• Collector's prized doll's house goes on display

  17-05-2026 10:59 via bbc.com
  Caroline Hamilton's collection of more than 60 doll's houses are on display at Newby Hall.
  
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• Buses connecting villages to city set to increase

  17-05-2026 08:15 via bbc.com
  First Bus in York says several services are set to become more frequent from the end of May.
  
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• Women's One-Day Cup: Warwickshire beat Yorkshire

  16-05-2026 20:30 via bbc.com
  Katie Levick's six-wicket haul helps lift Durham off the foot of the Women's One-Day Cup table as they thrash Somerset by 120 runs.
  
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