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• Who left Celebrity Big Brother last night? 3 stars evicted - see 6 finalists

  23-04-2025 07:43 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  This is who left Celebrity Big Brother on ITV last night (April 22) as three housemates were evicted on 'Triple Tuesday' - see who the six finalists are.
  
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• Expert shares egg and vinegar hack that will help plants thrive this spring

  16-05-2025 09:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Improve your plants and flowers growth with this eggshell and vinegar hack.
  
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• Cooker hob explosion in North Yorkshire home - occupant injured

  16-05-2025 08:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN induction home has exploded at a home in North Yorkshire injuring the occupant.
  
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• 'I was queuing at Bettys for bread - still wearing my gold chain of office!'

  16-05-2025 07:55 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Eileen Dean, now 97, was the Sheriff's Lady of York. MAXINE GORDON joins her for a cuppa, along with outgoing Sheriff of York Fiona Fitzpatrick
  
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• Man charged after police incident in East Yorkshire

  16-05-2025 07:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested following a police incident in Bridlington.
  
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• Immigration: 'This is who to blame for rising UK immigration numbers'

  16-05-2025 06:39 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Blair is really to blame for our UK immigration crisis says our letter writer? Is this fair?
  
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• Yorkshire Water dumps rubble on pensioner's property then leaves it for months

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An Acomb pensioner has hit out at Yorkshire Water after it dumped a pile of rubble and barriers on his property - and left the mess there for months.
  
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• York vet soothes cats with classical music - but Bach is banned

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Tower Vets' Fulford Road practice in York is soothing cats with classical music.
  
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• Paedophile tried to lure underage girl to outdoor meeting for sex

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A North Yorkshire paedophile who tried to lure an underage girl to an outdoor meeting for sex and threatened to “make her life hell” has been given a suspended prison sentence.
  
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• North Yorkshire Moors Railway announces May half term activities

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The North Yorkshire Moors Railway will host a series of family-friendly activities from May 24 to May 31.
  
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• Last finalist in Press awards brings 'modern thinking to an old trade'

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Our final entry in a Press competition is a butchers shop owned by a man with a family legacy in the meat trade who hopes to bring a modern way of thinking to the business.
  
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• Grass cutting regime to be reconsidered after litter left in 'terrible state'

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The cutting regime for grass in the central reservation of Hull Road is set to be reconsidered after litter was shredded and left strewn there following mowing last year.
  
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• Councillors will spend extra £11.7m to end 'misery' on key North Yorkshire road

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Senior North Yorkshire councillors say they have no choice but to spend an extra £11.7 million to “end the misery of Kex Gill once and for all”.
  
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• Children to retell Gruffalo story in mix of four languages

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Community Language School at York St John University has been granted permission by the publishers of The Gruffalo to stage a multilingual reading of the well-known children's story.
  
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• Bootham School to host workshop day as part of THRIVE initiative

  16-05-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Bootham School, in York, is set to run a day of workshops as part of its THRIVE initiative.
  
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• Two deer get stuck in York and North Yorkshire

  15-05-2025 19:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Two deer have been stuck in fences in North Yorkshire.
  
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• Wanted man arrested after series of police appeals

  15-05-2025 19:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A wanted man has been arrested after a series of police appeals.
  
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• Ampleforth College monk had 'crushes' on adolescent boys, court told

  15-05-2025 18:16 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A monk accused of sexually abusing boys at Ampleforth College told a doctor he had “crushes” on adolescent boys and rushed after them in the street, a court has heard.
  
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• Call for York and North Yorkshire firms to help with top business survey

  15-05-2025 16:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Now is the time for all businesses to have your say on how you feel the economy is doing.
  
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• Tributes after death of reporter who exposed grooming gang scandals

  15-05-2025 16:31 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Andrew Norfolk, the former Times reporter who exposed the Rotherham grooming gang scandal, has died aged 60, the newspaper has reported.
  
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• York service remembers those who ‘gave us our freedom and the life we enjoy today’

  15-05-2025 16:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A VE Day service in York remembered those who had made the ultimate sacrifice during the Second World War.
  
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• York concert raises £5,700 for good causes

  15-05-2025 15:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A concert in York has raised £5,700 for good causes in the city.
  
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• Popular York city centre wine bar announces it is to move

  15-05-2025 15:43 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The popular York city centre wine bar Pairings has announced it plans to move to another location in Castlegate.
  
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• Global internet sensation creating ‘vibrant’ community garden in North Yorks town

  15-05-2025 15:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  An ecological gardener who has become a global internet sensation is creating a new community garden in Pickering.
  
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• Four men jailed as police dismantle ‘Tony Montana’ drug dealing line in North Yorks

  15-05-2025 14:39 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Four men have been jailed for a combined total of 13 and a half years for their roles in conspiring to supply cocaine in North Yorkshire – after police dismantled a drug dealing line named “Tony Montana”.
  
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• Mum's rent petition gets more than 40,000 signatures in a week

  15-05-2025 14:32 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A petition by County Durham mum Bridget Chapman calling for a cap on how much landlords can raise rent has been signed by thousands
  
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• York entrepreneur launches eco-friendly mobile car valeting service

  15-05-2025 13:38 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York entrepreneur Gareth Livesley launched an eco-friendly mobile car valeting service called Kaizen.
  
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• Eight arrests during police crime blitz in York and Selby

  15-05-2025 13:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Eight arrests have been made during a police blitz on crime in York and Selby.
  
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• Date announced for second 'Meet the Media' business networker

  15-05-2025 13:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York PR experts Linda Harrison and Jo Leatham have announced the city’s second ‘Meet the Media’ speed networking event is on Thursday June 26.
  
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• ‘We must send a message to our government': pro-Palestinian activists gather in York

  15-05-2025 12:43 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Pro-Palestinian activists have staged a peaceful protest outside York Hospital.
  
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