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• GP shares 6 unusual hacks that can help you sleep with hay fever symptoms

  06-04-2025 11:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  From chewing gum before bed to using silk pillowcases, here are six tips from a GP to help you sleep with hay fever symptoms.
  
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• Leading York councillor's hand gesture sparks row

  25-04-2025 12:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A hand gesture made by York Council’s deputy leader during a meeting has sparked complaints, an opposition call for an apology and counter-claims about previous behaviour from the latter.
  
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• York expert can help city firms boost their social media presence

  25-04-2025 12:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Businesses from across York can now benefit from a new initiative designed to supercharge their social media presence, drive customer engagement and boost sales.
  
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• Traffic issues in Pickering this morning after tractor loses load

  25-04-2025 11:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Traffic issues are reported in Pickering this morning (Friday)
  
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• North Yorkshire town promoted at top flower show

  25-04-2025 11:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Harrogate’s businesses, shops and events are being promoted by its BID at a major event in the town this week.
  
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• Popular tourist attraction currently closed due to power outage

  25-04-2025 11:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A POPULAR tourist attraction is currently closed due to a power outage.
  
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• 'Financial distress' down in Yorkshire but it's the 'calm before the storm'

  25-04-2025 11:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A Yorkshire finance expert says despite fewer number of county firms being affected by financial distress, this is the ‘calm before the storm.’
  
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• Yorkshire brewery boss to join panel event near York

  25-04-2025 10:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Managing Director of Wold Newton-based Wold Top Brewery is to contribute to a panel session at a sustainable farming event next month.
  
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• HMRC introduces 'most significant change to Self Assessment since 1997'

  25-04-2025 09:42 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HMRC is urging tax payers to get ready for the most significant change to Self Assessment since 1997
  
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• 5 photos that show how this popular York street has changed over the decades

  25-04-2025 07:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  RECOGNISE this parade of shops in York? Our photos show how Gillygate has changed over the decdes
  
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• 'This is a colossal waste of money needed for other more important services'

  25-04-2025 07:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Our letter writer says the proposed new gates for Castle Mills Lock are a: 'colossal waste of money' - what is your view?
  
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• Police swoop after incident in York park

  25-04-2025 06:49 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Police have seized three mopeds in Walmgate after an incident in a Tang Hall park.
  
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• Woman attacked stranger because she was in a bad mood, court told

  25-04-2025 06:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A woman who took out her bad humour on a complete stranger by felling her to the ground and kicking her has been jailed.
  
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• York MPs speak out in row over keeping live owls at York city centre shop

  25-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York's MPs have spoken out after a York birds of prey shop has made the decision to shop showing live birds in their shop.
  
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• On this day in 2024: 'Hit the Road Drax' sung at London protest

  25-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  On this day in 2024, the York Press reported that climate protesters had targeted Drax at its annual shareholder meeting.
  
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• Insurance protection for customers following Jorvik Tricycles deal

  25-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Jorvik Tricycles has partnered with a cycle insurance provider.
  
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• 'I felt like my dad had set this up for me' - Best hairdresser finalist to open salon

  25-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A hairdresser, dubbed by Press readers to be amongst the best in the city, has opened up her first salon.
  
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• Husband broke wife's jaw and eye socket in 'grotesque' Christmas violence

  25-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A husband who broke his wife’s jaw and eye socket in “grotesque” Christmas violence has been given a suspended prison sentence.
  
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• Third York area vineyard now blossoming on farm west of city

  25-04-2025 05:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A new vineyard is developing in the Vale of York, west of the city.
  
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• ‘It’s going to be fun’: metal band prepares to rock York Minster

  25-04-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York Minster is set to be filled with metal music as band Plague of Angels prepares to rock the ancient building.
  
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• 'Everyone had a very muddy time!' - well-known manufacturer combines bricks and beer

  25-04-2025 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York Handmade Brick Company has given a demonstration of the ancient art of hand-throwing bricks in the shadow of one of the company’s greatest projects.
  
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• Crews called out after fire spreads to fence posts in Pickering

  24-04-2025 19:35 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A crew from Scarborough attended a report of a fire sighted in the open earlier today (Thursday).
  
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• PICTURES: 'Lost' room in North Yorkshire castle opens for first time in 85 years

  24-04-2025 19:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Parts of a historic North Yorkshire castle that have been away from public display will be revealed tomorrow for the first time in 85 years.
  
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• PICTURE: Crowds flock to North Yorkshire for popular flower show

  24-04-2025 18:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A North Yorkshire show has attracted thousands of visitors to see stunning displays of spring blooms and the biggest floral exhibition of its kind in the UK.
  
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• Toy thieves strike in North Yorkshire

  24-04-2025 17:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THIEVES have struck at a shop in Scarborough.
  
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• North Yorkshire man who died in avalanche at ski resort named locally

  24-04-2025 16:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A NORTH Yorkshire man who died after being buried in an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps has been named locally.
  
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• Identical twins from York to run London Marathon in memory of loves ones

  24-04-2025 16:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Identical twins from York are preparing to run the London Marathon in memory of their father and cousin who both died from brain tumours.
  
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• Identical twins from York to run London Marathon in memory of loved ones

  24-04-2025 16:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Identical twins from York are preparing to run the London Marathon in memory of their father and cousin who both died from brain tumours.
  
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• Check your pension payments as £800m of DWP state pensions underpaid

  24-04-2025 15:58 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  More than £800 million of state pension underpayments has been identified in a correction exercise, and they're not finished yet
  
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• More than half a million more savers to benefit from HMRC cash - apply today

  24-04-2025 15:48 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  More than half a million more UK savers are in line for Government bonuses to boost their cash pots HMRC has announced
  
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