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• Fire at York nature reserve started deliberately

  21-04-2025 18:04 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FIRE at St Nicholas Fields nature reserve in Tang Hall is believed to have been started deliberately.
  
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• Fantasy and family fun in three-day scarecrow festival - PICS

  05-05-2025 17:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Residents, charities and local businesses combined with 146 scarecrows to create a three-day community festival over the Bank Holiday weekend. Thousands flocked to Haxby and Wigginton to see their creative work.
  
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• Burst water main forces York family out of their home

  05-05-2025 14:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A family has had to evacuate their home and lost irreplaceable items after a burst water pipe flooded their house. The Haxby family found their sitting room underwater when they woke up this morning.
  
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• Queues building on A64 and back roads as people head home

  05-05-2025 13:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Long queues at Buttercrambe bridge as folk are taking the back roads to avoid the A64. Motorhome and caravans often caught out by the width restriction.
  
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• Thousands of homes in York left without water - road partly closed

  05-05-2025 13:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HUNDREDS of homes in York have been left without water or with very low water pressure after a pipe burst for the second time  in just over a fortnight.
  
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• Thousands of homes in York left without water - AGAIN

  05-05-2025 13:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HUNDREDS of homes in York have been left without water or with very low water pressure after a pipe burst for the second time  in just over a fortnight.
  
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• 'They blame the weather, but it's decades of underinvestment and poor planning'

  05-05-2025 12:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York Outer MP Luke Charters has hit out at Yorkshire Water over what he claims is 'repeated mismanagement which has left customers facing water shortages'.
  
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• Pop-up shop offering free children's items to open in North Yorkshire town

  05-05-2025 12:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POP-up shop offering free clothing and other items for children returns to Mallon this week.
  
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• Major roads project in North Yorkshire needs extra £11.7 million to complete

  05-05-2025 11:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Council says an extra £11.7 million is needed to complete its A59 project at Kex Gill near Harrogate.
  
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• 'Everyone soaked up the art' - North Yorkshire pop up gallery success

  05-05-2025 10:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Keeble Gateway Academy in Sowerby near Thirsk, celebrated World Art Day with their local community as pupils hosted a pop-up art exhibition.
  
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• Firefighters rescue horse caught in cattle grid on North York Moors

  05-05-2025 10:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A horse had to be rescued by Malton firefighters after it got stuck in a cattle grid on the North York Moors.
  
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• Moorsbus M1 Sunday and bank holiday service returns

  05-05-2025 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Moorsbus (M1) service has returned.
  
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• Celebrations underway as York school comes out top in two leagues

  05-05-2025 09:45 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CELEBRATIONS are underway at Joseph Rowntree School in New Earswick after two year group teams won their respective football leagues.
  
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• Energy firm to give households 2 hours of free electricity every week this summer

  05-05-2025 08:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  OVO Energy will be giving households on its OVO Beyond rewards programme two free hours of electricity every week in the summer
  
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• 'We all have reasons for wanting to do a job like this' - mayor on year in office

  05-05-2025 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith reveals how he feels about his first year in office, saying: “I feel like I’m still finding my feet.”
  
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• Village club near York issues call for new members of a ‘most convivial’ game

  05-05-2025 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Fox Pétanque Club was formed in 1997 and originally met at the rear of The Fox Inn in The Village.
  
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• Yorkshire pubs to benefit from £40 million Heineken investment

  05-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Heineken UK has announced plans to invest £40 million in upgrading and reopening pubs in its Star Pubs division.
  
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• These are the areas of York set to get new wheelie bins as part of big rollout

  05-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The first York households set for new wheelie bins are due to get them delivered next month ahead of a wider roll out over the summer by City of York Council.
  
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• REVEALED: Top 10 farm shops, delis, and butchers in York as voted for by you

  05-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The 10 finalists in the running to be named the best Farm Shop, Deli or Butchers Shop in York have been revealed.
  
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• Remembering York's 'Young Person of the Year' - here's how you can nominate the next

  05-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Community Pride Awards are returning for 2025, and its a chance to recognise a young person who has had an impact on others in York.
  
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• On this day: sisters shocked to find VE Day 1945 issue of York Press

  05-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  On this day in 2020, the York Press reported that two sisters from York were shocked when they found an edition of the Press from VE Day in 1945.
  
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• Controlling husband caused wife bleed on brain after striking her in street

  05-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A North Yorkshire husband has been jailed after damaging his wife’s hearing and leaving her with long-term head injuries with a single blow.
  
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• Back to the classroom - can you spot anyone in these old York school photos?

  05-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WITH exam season approaching, students across York will be preparing to say farewell to the classrooms as they prepare to take on the world. So it seems fitting to dig out some old photos which give a taste of life at schools across the city for students in the not-so-distant past - the 1990s.
  
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• Update on affordable housing scheme in East Yorkshire

  05-05-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WORK is coming on apace at Yorkshire Housing’s Anthem development, off Minster Way in Beverley.
  
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• York MP says government must change course

  04-05-2025 19:13 via bbc.com
  
  The York MP Rachael Maskell says government policies have led to voters looking elsewhere.
  
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• Labour MP says government must change course

  04-05-2025 19:13 via bbc.com
  
  The York MP Rachael Maskell says government policies have led to voters looking elsewhere.
  
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• Police called after a 'number of' fires near York play park

  04-05-2025 18:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Police have been called after a "number of" fires near a play park.
  
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• Warwickshire chase 185 to beat Yorkshire

  04-05-2025 16:19 via bbc.com
  
  Warwickshire chase a target of 185 to beat Yorkshire by five wickets with a day to spare at Headingley.
  
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• How to remove tough marks from your shower screen with 'simple' 99p hack

  04-05-2025 14:58 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Find out how you can remove water marks from your bathroom, including shower screen with this 'simple' 99p household staple.
  
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• PICTURES: York Race for Life 2025

  04-05-2025 14:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  See The Press' pictures of the York Race for Life 2025, hosted at York Racecourse.
  
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