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• 'Our town has everything we need - that's why it's such a happy place'

  07-12-2025 08:32 via bbc.com
  North Yorkshire market town ranks highly for access to green space and community spirit.
  
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• Yorkshire manufacturer chairman named among Britain's great 100

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Chairman of a Yorkshire-based plastics manufacturer, Simon Price, has been named among Britain’s Great 100.
  
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• Yorkshire accountancy firm agrees to join professional services group

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire-based accountancy firm, BHP, has agreed to join the professional services group Sumer.
  
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• York care home hosts special presentation about air ambulance service

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Highfield Care Home in Tadcaster welcomed the National Children’s Air Ambulance for a special presentation.
  
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• Ouse Bridge closure - what has happened to the public response?

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  What has happened to the public’s (i.e. the electorate’s) response to what the authorities euphemistically call the Rougier Street proposals, asks our letter writer.
  
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• North Yorkshire football club unveils new kit after local sponsorship

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Wigginton Grasshoppers FC in North Yorkshire is sporting a new kit thanks to sponsorship from Specsavers.
  
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• North Pole adventure themed events and Santa's Grotto open in York

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A North Pole adventure and Santa's Grotto are open at Dobbies Garden Centre in York.
  
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• Here is the cheapest fuel stations in and around York currently

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Here is a list of the cheapest garages in and around York, according to petrolprices.com.
  
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• Flexible Goole grant scheme allocates more than £364,000 to local businesses

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  More than £364,000 has been awarded to Goole-based businesses and individuals through the Opportunity Goole project.
  
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• Derelict York mental health unit could be turned into HMO as council sells building

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A derelict former mental health referral unit in Clifton could be turned into a house of multiple occupation (HMO) under new plans.
  
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• Christmas card designs by York pupil spreads festive cheer to community

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Pupils from Howden Junior School have created a winning Christmas card for residents, organised by Lovell.
  
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• Call for 'contemplative garden for all' as part of Castle and Eye of York scheme

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The regeneration of the area around York’s Clifford’s Tower should include a new Peace Garden, a Jewish group has said.
  
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• BMW in 90mph police chase crashed inches from retired couple watching TV in lounge

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BMW crashed inches from where a retired couple were watching television in their North Yorkshire home at the end of a high speed police chase.
  
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• Best luxury Christmas Hampers in York and North Yorkshire worth the price tag

  10-12-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Press reviews the best luxury Christmas Hampers in York and North Yorkshire , including Bettys, Oldstead, Botham’s and Weetons.
  
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• 'He fights every day to do the things other children his age do naturally'

  10-12-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The family of Kai Macgregor from Starbeck hope to raise £4,000 to help their boy, who has cerebellar hypoplasia and ataxia.
  
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• Date set for hosepipe ban to end

  10-12-2025 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Water has announced a temporary hosepipe ban for the region ends today.
  
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• Fallen tree partially blocks main road in North Yorkshire town

  09-12-2025 21:41 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Motorists are being urged to drive with care due to a fallen tree in a North Yorkshire town.
  
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• Plans for 645 homes, link road and school in Norton finally approved

  09-12-2025 20:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PLANS for hundreds of new homes in Norton have been given the go-ahead despite concerns over the impact on the town's medical services, the proposed siting of a primary school and the effects of 10,000 additional toilet flushes a day on the sewerage system.
  
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• Your chance to meet the Yorkshire Shepherdess in York this weekend

  09-12-2025 18:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda Owen, will be signing copies of her first-ever children’s book at The Blue House Bookshop, York.
  
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• Woman taken to hospital after three-vehicle crash in North Yorkshire

  09-12-2025 18:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 60s has been taken to hospital following a crash on the A1041, close to Selby, North Yorkshire Police has said.
  
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• Stolen cars and illegal e-bikes seized as police step up action in part of York

  09-12-2025 17:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have taken a number of illegal and stolen vehicles have been taken off the roads as part of efforts to keep York's streets safe.
  
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• 'Leah brought warmth and laughter to everyone’ says family as inquest concludes

  09-12-2025 17:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The family of Leah Bedford has said she was a “vibrant and loving 16-year-old” who "brought warmth and laughter to everyone around her” after an inquest into her death concluded.
  
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• 'Leah brought warmth and laughter to everyone’ say family as inquest concludes

  09-12-2025 17:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The family of Leah Bedford has said she was a “vibrant and loving 16-year-old” who "brought warmth and laughter to everyone around her” after an inquest into her death concluded.
  
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• Major route into York returns to normal after being partially blocked

  09-12-2025 17:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Two major North Yorkshire roads were experiencing traffic delays after separate incidents which both took place this afternoon.
  
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• Major route into York partially blocked by two separate incidents

  09-12-2025 17:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Two major North Yorkshire roads are experiencing traffic delays after separate incidents which both took place this afternoon.
  
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• Morrisons confirms axing of Christmas staple from cafes after more than 20 years

  09-12-2025 16:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Morrisons has confirmed it is not offering its Christmas dinner in cafes for 2025.
  
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• Free travel for some as festive bus service changes announced

  09-12-2025 15:37 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Festive bus service changes have been announced for the Christmas and New Year period - with free travel offered some some travellers.
  
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• Dom Littlewood on the Warm Home Discount scam that relies on pensioners' panic

  09-12-2025 15:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  As pensioners are targeted by Warm Home Discount scam texts, broadcaster and consumer champion Dom Littlewood is urging people not to panic
  
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• 'People's lives are falling apart': Campaigners on impact of solar farms

  09-12-2025 14:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  People’s lives are falling apart because of huge solar farms - such as the Helios solar farm planned for near Selby - being built in the North Yorkshire countryside, say campaigners who claim the cumulative impact of the schemes is being ignored.
  
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• Criminal damage outside popular York cafe - did you see it?

  09-12-2025 13:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE are investigating vandalism to property outside a cafe in Acomb.
  
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