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• Quarry blasting approved despite objections

  08-04-2025 20:45 via bbc.com
  
  Blasting can go ahead at the quarry in Stutton following approval by North Yorkshire Council.
  
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• Hospital staff protest planned parking changes

  08-04-2025 20:02 via bbc.com
  
  Staff at Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital oppose plans they say could see people fined.
  
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• Hospital staff protest over planned parking change

  08-04-2025 20:02 via bbc.com
  Staff at Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital oppose plans they say could see people fined.
  
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• Crews at scene of second fire today close to railway line

  08-04-2025 19:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Crews from Whitby and Goathland  are currently at the scene of a second fire today at the side of a railway line.
  
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• Emergency services called to single-vehicle crash

  08-04-2025 18:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A crew from Malton were called to a crash in the town this afternoon (Tuesday).
  
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• Raiders hit North Yorkshire home in burglary

  08-04-2025 18:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Tools have been stolen as raiders hit a home in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Youths set fire to trees in York suburb

  08-04-2025 18:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YOUTHS have been setting fire to trees in Acomb in York.
  
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• Crash in North Yorkshire ambulance and firefighters called in

  08-04-2025 18:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A CAR has ended up in a field after a crash in Boroughbridge.
  
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• Man denies murder charge over fatal car crash

  08-04-2025 18:11 via bbc.com
  
  Cory Davies denies murdering James Roberts, who was killed in a fatal crash in Scarborough.
  
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• York riverside venue announces return of comedy nights

  08-04-2025 18:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COMEDIANS are lining up to take to the stage as a city centre riverside venue revives its history of hosting cultural events.
  
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• LEGAL COLUMN: Start-up to Scale-up – Planning to Take on Your First Employee?

  08-04-2025 17:26 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Start-up to Scale-up – Planning to Take on Your First Employee?
  
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• York family lawyer to speak on AI at Press networking event

  08-04-2025 17:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The next York Press business networking event is on Tuesday April 29 at the Business School.
  
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• WATCH: West Yorkshire cinema immortalised in world's best-selling video game

  08-04-2025 15:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WEST Yorkshire cinema has been immortalised in the world's favourite video game. The historic Keighley Picture House was recreated in Minecraft by a member of staff to mark the debut of the first movie based on the game. Minecraft is a 2011 sandbox game - which allows users to create and build theor own worlds - developed and published by Swedish video game developer Mojang Studio. It is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 300 million copies sold and nearly 170 million monthly a
  
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• Car window smashed outside home in York village

  08-04-2025 15:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A grey Citroën C4 window has been smashed outside the owner’s home in Huntington.
  
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• Bird centre closure risk without move, say owners

  08-04-2025 15:33 via bbc.com
  
  The York Bird of Prey Centre has submitted plans to build a new purpose-built site in Easingwold.
  
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• Fire service must 'adapt and invest' - mayor

  08-04-2025 14:57 via bbc.com
  
  A new action plan for North Yorkshire Fire Service lays out its approach for the next four years.
  
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• Yorkshire's 'best overall attraction' is not in York!

  08-04-2025 14:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Best Overall Attraction in Yorkshire is apparently not in York, but in Knaresborough!
  
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• Police in hunt wanted man who may be in North Yorkshire

  08-04-2025 14:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Humberside Police say he is wanted by officers who are keen to speak to him in connection with an ongoing investigation into multiple offences including criminal damage and breach of a restraining order.
  
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• Police in East Yorkshire hunt wanted man

  08-04-2025 14:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Humberside Police say he is wanted by officers who are keen to speak to him in connection with an ongoing investigation into multiple offences including criminal damage and breach of a restraining order.
  
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• Controversial giant posters removed in York

  08-04-2025 14:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A GIANT poster close to a York landmark showing controversial political figures has been removed.
  
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• Post Office to offload 108 branches putting around 1,000 jobs at risk

  08-04-2025 14:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Post Office is set to offload its last remaining directly owned branches, putting around 1,000 workers at risk.
  
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• Thieves attempt to steal van from home in York suburb

  08-04-2025 13:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE in York are hunting four men after an attempt to steal a van from a home in Ouseburn Avenue in Acomb.
  
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• Warning for anyone who fixed their gas and electricity bills last year

  08-04-2025 13:52 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Fixed deals from British Gas, EDF, OVO, E.ON, Octopus Energy, and several small suppliers are ending, and customer bills may shoot up
  
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• House in York targeted in food attack by unknown assailants

  08-04-2025 13:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A house in York has been pelted with food by unknown assailants.
  
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• Work re-starts on 37 North Yorkshire 'affordable' homes development

  08-04-2025 13:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Building work has restarted on 37 affordable homes at Hutton Bank in Ripon after a new contractor was appointed.
  
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• Power from the ground study approved for North Yorkshire village

  08-04-2025 13:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CONEYSTHORPE near Castle Howard could one day be heating their homes using hot water taken from the ground.
  
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• The York bakery that's in the UK's top 50

  08-04-2025 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Haxby Bakehouse in York has been listed in the good food guide 2025.
  
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• Why Matt Goss can't wait to be in York

  08-04-2025 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer tells Georgey Spanswick about his love of the city and his new tour.
  
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• York set to be hotter than Ibiza - here's when

  08-04-2025 12:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York is set to be hotter than Ibiza at the end of the week, according to forecasters.
  
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• 'Thanks for your loyalty': Shop supported by generations of York families to close

  08-04-2025 12:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of York’s long-standing family businesses is closing its doors for good.
  
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• 'Thanks for your loyalty': Nursery shop supported by generations of families to close

  08-04-2025 12:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ONE of York’s long-standing family businesses is closing its doors for good.
  
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• IN PICTURES: Dunesforde Food and Wine Fair

  08-04-2025 12:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The sun shone gloriously at the Food and Wine Fair at the Dunesforde Vineyard between York and Boroughbridge.
  
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• New High Sheriff of North Yorkshire is music festival chairman

  08-04-2025 12:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The chairman of a major week-long classical music festival is the new High Sheriff of North Yorkshire.
  
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• Vehicle seized by police on major North Yorkshire road

  08-04-2025 11:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Police said the force carried out an operation yesterday (April 7) on the A61 between Bishop Monkton and Ripley in unmarked vehicles.
  
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• York CAMRA awards East Yorkshire bar its Spring Pub of the Season

  08-04-2025 11:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A Brew York venue has been recognised as the Spring Pub of the Season by York area CAMRA.
  
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• Closing down sale as popular shoe shop set to close in York

  08-04-2025 11:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POPULAR shoe shop in York is closing.
  
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• £2.5m investment plan to modernise car parks

  08-04-2025 11:12 via bbc.com
  
  The council says the cash will mean drivers can pay with cash, card or app in all their car parks.
  
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• Where to watch The Handmaid's Tale series 6 in the UK as release date announced

  08-04-2025 11:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Handmaid’s Tale returns with its final series and the UK release date has been announced by Amazon Prime Video.
  
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• HMRC cash reward scheme for whistleblowers to launch 'later this year'

  08-04-2025 11:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Would you be tempted to blow the whistle on your boss to HMRC if you thought they were avoiding paying their tax - and you'd get 25 per cent?
  
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• York Hospital to light up blue – here’s why

  08-04-2025 10:40 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York Hospital will light up blue to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease.
  
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• Top North Yorkshire restaurant named in major food guide

  08-04-2025 09:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Pignut restaurant in Bridge Street, Helmsley has been named in the 360°Eat Guide.
  
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• Is Michael Fabricant wearing a wig on Celebrity Big Brother? Star addresses hair

  08-04-2025 09:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Former Tory MP Sir Michael Fabricant hints at whether his hair is a wig for the first time as he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house 2025 last night.
  
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• Two main roads remain closed in York

  08-04-2025 09:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO main roads in York remains closed today after a burst water main,
  
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• Here's when you'll will be able to spot the stunning Pink Moon this week

  08-04-2025 09:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Here is when stargazers in the UK can expect to see the stunning Pink Moon this April.
  
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• Baby girl becomes first child in the UK born from a womb transplant

  08-04-2025 09:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A baby girl called Amy has become the first child to be born from a womb transplant in the UK.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson's Hawkstone Lager recalled due to 'possible health risk'

  08-04-2025 09:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Batches of Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone Lager products have been recalled as they may pose a “health risk” to some customers.
  
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• What happens to your DWP State Pension when you die? Can your partner claim it?

  08-04-2025 09:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  What happens to our DWP State Pension when we die and who, if anyone, can we pass it on to?
  
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• Benefit cuts: 'I’m already working. What more do they want from us?'

  08-04-2025 08:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Citizens Advice York examines how cuts to welfare benefits will impact people in York
  
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• Trisha Goddard to have cancer treatment while in the Celebrity Big Brother house

  08-04-2025 07:49 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Trisha Goddard has shared that while on ITV's Celebrity Big Brother, she will be undergoing cancer treatment.
  
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• New mural in gardens will celebrate Rowntree

  08-04-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  
  North Street Gardens, where mural will be, were donated to city by chocolate baron Joseph Rowntree.
  
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