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Fire at city centre shop
FIREFIGHTERS are on the scene of a fire at a shop in Coppergate. Crews were called to the scene at about 4.45pm and have not confirmed which building the fire is in. Firefighters from York, Acomb and Huntington Fire Stations are on the scene
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Driver admits causing biker’s death
A DRIVER extradited from the Czech Republic has admitted killing a motorcyclist by careless driving on a North Yorkshire country road. But Zdenek Pulko’s sentencing had to be delayed because the family of the deceased, Ian Stewart, 63,were sent
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Drivers and cyclists behaving worse during lockdown – survey
The behaviour of road users has deteriorated since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey suggests. An AA poll of more than 19,700 drivers indicated that a quarter (25%) feel car drivers and cyclists are behaving worse than before
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Armed police swoop on York street after 'disturbance'
ARMED police swooped and one person was taken to hospital after reports of a disturbance at a flat in a York street today. At least half a dozen police vehicles descended on a block of flats in Leeman Road - about 200 metres from the entrance to
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York gin shop hosts virtual 1940s knees-up to mark VE Day during lockdown
A gin company in York is running an virtual 1940s knees-up and gin-tasting session to celebrate VE Day. York Gin has been running Facebook Live quizzes each Friday at 6pm since lockdown started. This week, there will be songs from the 1940s
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Police issue another 60 Covid-19 fines over the weekend as visitors continue to ignore guidance
VISITORS are still ignoring COVID-19 warnings and advice to stay away from North Yorkshire - as the police used over 60 fines across the weekend. This weekend proved to be another busy weekend for police in North Yorkshire, with the force seeing
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City centre baker’s shop reopens tomorrow
A BAKER’S shop in York city centre reopens tomorrow, more than a month after being closed as part of the national lockdown imposed because of the coronavirus. Cooplands Bakers in Davygate will now be opening daily from 8am until 4.30pm, but the
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More coronavirus deaths at York and Scarborough hospitals
FIVE more patients with coronavirus have died at hospitals run by York Hospital NHS Trust NHS Foundation Trust. The deaths take the number of Covid-19-related fatalities at the hospitals, York and Scarborough, to 140. The Press has asked the
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How these pegs on a girl's face have helped raise £1,700 for York Rescue Boat
THE cousin of a teenager who drowned in York’s River Foss has raised more than £1,700 for York Rescue Boat - by becoming a 'puppet' for 24 hours. Hayleigh Lockwood Twose - whose 19-year-old cousin Sonny Ferry, of Rutland, died in the river during
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Council staff can now get coronavirus test - but it 'should have happened sooner'
THE government announcement that council workers with coronavirus symptoms can now be tested “should have happened much sooner”, a trade union has said. The government has written to all local authorities in England to say council staff – and members
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Domestic abuser broke court ban
A MAN has been jailed for eight weeks after he broke a court order aimed at protecting a woman during lockdown. Samuel Peter Myers, 22, of Fletton Road, Norton, was banned from contacting a woman and from going to her York home after a district
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'Guaranteed winner in lockdown draw' - York residents told how to claim lottery 'prize'
THOUSANDS of York residents have been told today that they might have won a 'lockdown lottery.' A leaflet posted to homes says there is a 'guaranteed winner in lockdown draw, brought to you exclusively by Lockdown Lotteries.' It then suggests
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All set for Britain in Bloom 2021
VILLAGERS are preparing for next year’s Britain in Bloom without breaking social distancing and lockdown regulations. Thornton-le-Dale had been hoping to build on its 2019 flower success in 2020.. But when this year’s Britain in Bloom was cancelled
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Local residential centre to run clinic for potential coronavirus patients
A LOCAL residential treatment centre will begin running a designated clinic for potential Coronavirus patients from today it has been confirmed. Selby Town Primary Care Network (PCN) has been granted permission to use Worsley Court, the NHS building
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LETTER: I can’t believe you’re writing about chips!
I can’t believe that at this time of uncertainty and stress, The Press is publishing stories about the size of chips (York resident ‘amazed’ by large chip, Press online, April 29) Surely there are more important things to report on? Perhaps, it
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LETTER: Let’s pedestrianise more of the city centre
I refer to your article ‘Shambles could be one way after lockdown’ (The Press, April 29). Why stop there? Milan will be restricting motor traffic in a large part of its centre. Imagine the opposition to that in ‘normal times’. But a reason why coronavirus
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LETTERS: The arguments for and against ending lockdown - and why the NHS has 'too many chiefs'
Our Government is hoping that we will obey their instructions to the letter as this coronavirus flows through our country causing lockdown. I beg to differ. People are rebelling. Some have been cautioned by police as they inhabit our Yorkshire beauty
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Coronavirus: York MP opens over 2,000 constituency cases since March
YORK Central MP, Rachael Maskell, has opened over 2,000 new cases with York residents since the coronavirus pandemic began in the city. So far, 2,068 new cases have been opened on behalf of residents in York since the beginning of March this year
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Small businesses hit by lockdown could tap into new £617m pot of government money
EXTRA funding has been announced to help small businesses which were previously unable to access an emergency coronavirus government grant scheme. The Business Secretary Alok Sharma and Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government, Simon Clarke
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Coronavirus: Live updates from York and North and East Yorkshire
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WANTED: Your stories, pictures and blogs about life under pandemic
Archivists are compiling a unique record of how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the people of York - and they want your help. STEPHEN LEWIS reports HOW have you been coping with life in lockdown, and the stress of living through a global pandemic
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Popular Platform Festival cancelled until 2021 due to coronavirus
A POPULAR festival of live music and comedy in East Yorkshire has been cancelled this year in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Pocklington Arts Centre’s (PAC) fifth Platform Festival was set to take place over five days, from July 9 to 15, at
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Amazing true story of the Halifax bomber that should never have made it home...
Seventy-five years ago, ADAM W HUNTER’S bomber pilot grandfather Andrew Wilson guided his crippled Halifax bomber back home to safety after an appalling mid-air collision over France. Ahead of VE Day, Adam tells the story... My grandfather could
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Inside York's Victorian 'fever hospital'
WHOEVER would have thought, this time a few months ago, that we'd soon all be so familiar with the concepts of self-isolation and social distancing as a means of disease control. A flu or other virus pandemic has been top of the Government's list
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Take our 'when and where' history challenge: 7 great photos to identify...
WE'VE got a challenge for you this week: a series of old photographs of North Yorkshire towns and villages in years gone by which we haven't named. Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to identify where they were taken - and also, if you can,
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Non-coronavirus urgent services to resume at York Hospital
YORK Hospital is drawing up plans to resume non-coronavirus urgent services in the coming weeks. A spokeswoman for York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said it previously suspended planned operations and appointments in response to national
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York Samaritans see surge in calls during lockdown
SAMARITANS in York have seen a surge in calls from domestic abuse victims and people feeling suicidal from the effect of weeks in lockdown. The small team of volunteers who work from the Samaritans office in Nunnery Lane had expected to be busy
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York firm supports schools in lockdown
A YORK-BASED education technology company is helping schools to benefit from a partnership between the government and tech giants, Google and Microsoft, to improve remote education. Vital York Limited, based in Huntington, is assisting in the roll-out