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• Good causes boosted by large North Yorkshire employer

  22-04-2025 13:39
  
  Good causes in North Yorkshire received more than £260,000 from the Drax Foundation last year.
  
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• Hundreds of euros stolen after suspect uses 'distraction technique' in York shop

  06-05-2025 18:41
  
  Staff members at a Post Office in York were distracted so that a suspect could steal hundreds of euros.
  
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• Timeline of offending for York pair who set man on fire

  06-05-2025 17:52
  
  Both men who sprayed lighter fluid on a man and set him alight had been violent before. Joshua Strickland's violence had previously forced a holiday flight to Cyprus to turn back to the UK.
  
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• York animal health firm reports £74.2m profit

  06-05-2025 17:48
  
  York-based Animalcare Group has reported a 'strong financial performance' and strategic progress in its preliminary results for the year ending December 31 2024.
  
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• Crash in York street - police and paramedics called in

  06-05-2025 17:31
  
  Police and paramedics are on the scene of a crash in Marygate, off Bootham in York.
  
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• Police launch hunt for man wanted in connection with making threats to kill

  06-05-2025 17:28
  
  A wanted man has connections to York, say North Yorkshire Police.
  
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• 'Horrific crime': York pair jailed for total of 26 years for setting man on fire

  06-05-2025 17:21
  
  York men Joshua Strickland and Robinson Binks have been given sentences totalling 26 years for spraying lighter fuel on a man and deliberately setting him on fire.
  
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• North Yorkshire town to mark VE Day

  06-05-2025 17:13
  
  The cenotaph in Harrogate town centre
  
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• Major retailer still seeking five York sites in national expansion drive

  06-05-2025 16:50
  
  Lidl GB is seeking five sites in York for new stores as part of a major expansion programme.
  
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• WATCH: Crowds gather for salute to honour King's coronation

  06-05-2025 16:37
  
  A gun salute was held in York city centre today to mark two years since the ascension of King Charles to the throne.
  
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• Luxury York hotel makes top one per cent again as judged by customers

  06-05-2025 15:47
  
  A LUXURY boutique hotel and restaurant in York has been judged by its customers to be among the best in the UK.
  
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• CCTV image issued as part of appeal after York shop theft

  06-05-2025 15:31
  
  We’ve issued a CCTV image of a man we would like to speak to following a theft from a Spar Store in York.
  
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• How to protect your passwords and keep your data safe, say experts

  06-05-2025 15:28
  
  Millions of customers have had their personal online data stolen, and face the risk of being targeted by hackers and cyber criminals. Here's how to stay safe.
  
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• Have you seen this bike? Police issue appeal for witnesses

  06-05-2025 15:25
  
  We’re appealing for information about a bike that was stolen from the rear of a premises on Mickelgate, York.
  
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• North Yorkshire markets in call to run your own stall for free

  06-05-2025 15:01
  
  WOULD-BE traders can try running a their own market stall for free in a move to celebrate Love Your Market fortnight.
  
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• Ukraine war volunteer smuggled grenades from front lines to North Yorkshire home

  06-05-2025 14:22
  
  A self-styled humanitarian volunteer who smuggled hand grenades from the front lines in Ukraine to his home in North Yorkshire has been jailed.
  
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• Man and woman arrested after police incident in East Yorkshire

  06-05-2025 13:45
  
  A MAN and a woman have been charged with drug offences after a police incident in Howden, East Yorkshire.
  
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• Growing York firm in major rail electrification project

  06-05-2025 13:39
  
  York-based rail company PBH Rail Group has partnered with structural engineers HBPW Consulting to join a group of small medium enterprises (SME) who have been awarded a significant contract by SPL Powerlines UK for the major Midland Mainline Electrification project.
  
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• Man, 37, dies after motorcycle and two cars crash in North Yorkshire

  06-05-2025 13:33
  
  A 37-year-old motorcyclist from Selby has died after a crash on the A65 near Settle, North Yorkshire Police said.
  
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• Company fined more than £500,000 after York man falls to death at work

  06-05-2025 13:01
  
  East Riding Sacks Ltd has been fined more than £500,000 after a York man fell to his death while at work.
  
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• 'This event feels very special to me' - North Yorkshire gala event unveiled

  06-05-2025 12:57
  
  Yorkshire Cancer Research is holding a centenary gala dinner at Castle Howard this Autumn to raise vital funds for pioneering cancer research.
  
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• Volunteers restore weather-beaten historic cart as reminder of village's past

  06-05-2025 12:51
  
  VILLAGERS near York have rallied together to revitalise a weather-beaten historic cart and reunite it with a life-size wicker horse.
  
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• Waitrose shows the spirit by stocking top Yorkshire whisky

  06-05-2025 12:43
  
  The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery at Hunmanby has created a unique single malt whisky to spotlight their regenerative farming practices.
  
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• Pressure builds on Starmer to reverse winter fuel cuts after local election

  06-05-2025 12:35
  
  Labour lost the previously safe Runcorn and Helsby constituency in a by-election and almost 200 councillors as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK made sweeping gains
  
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• University of York launches scheme to help firms grow

  06-05-2025 12:21
  
  Enterprise Works at the University of York has launched a new Founder Advisory Board to provide small and medium-sized businesses with targeted 1-2-1 support in overcoming the challenges of scaling-up a company.
  
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• Car driven off after crash in North Yorkshire town, police say

  06-05-2025 12:13
  
  North Yorkshire Police has issued an appeal for witnesses and information.
  
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• Attack on teenager in York play park in Acomb - appeal for key witness

  06-05-2025 12:01
  
  AN appeal has gone out to find a key witness following an attack on a teenager in Chesney Fields play park in Acomb.
  
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• Top award for thriving York travel company

  06-05-2025 12:00
  
  YORK-based specialist travel firm The Group Company has received the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2025—one of the UK’s top recognitions for business excellence and international growth.
  
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• £3.3m York business units development completed

  06-05-2025 11:36
  
  A £3.3 million expansion of the long-established Northminster Business Park has been completed with the construction of three new industrial units.
  
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• Man carrying an ankle grinder arrested in North Yorkshire town

  06-05-2025 11:24
  
  A man carrying an ankle grinder has been arrested in North Yorkshire.
  
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