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GCSE results day has arrived for pupils across York, North and East Yorkshire.
LIVE The GCSE results are out today (August 21), while A-level and AS results were released last Thursday (August 14
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New plans for a solar farm and battery plant in the North Yorkshire countryside have attracted criticism from residents over the use of agricultural land.
A planning application for a 49.9MW solar scheme and a 10MW battery energy storage system (BESS) has been filed with North Yorkshire Council for fields off Brownmoor Lane, south west of Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold.
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A new shop has opened in a village near York selling skateboards and scooters, a venture that could lead to York having a new indoor skatepark.
Dan Tyssen, 34, from Dringhouses, York, has been skating since he was eight.
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ONE of York’s busiest streets could be set for a new shop after the 15-year tenure of an alcoholic drinks, oils and vinegars stockist ended.
City of York Council received an application for listed building consent from Jamie Roche of Sora Workshop Ltd for the vacant site of the former Il Gusto in Low Petergate.
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A MAN has died following an incident involving police in a North Yorkshire town.
The county’s police say they were called at 3.30pm on Monday (August 18) to assist a cyclist who had been found in a serious condition in Skipton Road in Harrogate at the junction with Dragon Road.
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A village pub west of York which closed ‘suddenly’ will be back open tomorrow.
The Bay Horse in Green Hammerton closed on July 28 “due to unforeseen circumstances.”
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A York ward councillor has condemned a “deeply worrying” incident which police said left a man “shaken”.
North Yorkshire Police said a cyclist was chased and shouted at by a group of around eight children at the Hob Moor nature reserve at 9.10pm on Friday, August 8.
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A ROW has blown up over an 'eyesore' sign that's appeared on a listed wall in York.
The controversial sign which has appeared on the listed wall at Vita Student York in Lawrence Street
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Crews remain at the scene of a major fire on the North York Moors for a fifth day as warnings are put in place to prevent a 'catastrophe'.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS) say they expect to at the incident at Langdale Moor and for some time.
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BAILIFFS have been brought in after a well-known fashion brand closed their York shop.
Jigsaw, an international women’s clothing brand, is currently closed and foreclosure notices have appeared in their Stonegate shop window.
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A Major York employer has hailed a “strong first half performance” with operating profits increasing 22 per cent to top a billion pounds.
Insurance giant Aviva PLC says it momentum continues, with Group Chief Executive Officer Amanda Blanc calling the results ‘outstanding.’
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A new petition has called on the government to rethink plans to close Healthwatch York.
The Healthwatch network is to close after the government announced the country-wide watchdog service would be absorbed into local councils and integrated care boards.
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YORKSHIRE Water has said that reservoir levels have 'dropped to their lowest ever' level due to the 'extremely dry' year.
The company, whose boss chief executive Nicola Shaw is under fire over payments of £1.3 million she received from the firm's parent company, said that since hosepipe restrictions were implemented on July 11, domestic water usage has decreased by ten per cent.
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THE goalkeeper who helped York City to defy the mighty Liverpool of the 1980s in their Anfield fortress has written his first book.
Crossing The White Line, A Life Sentence by former City goalkeeper Andy Leaning is a memoir of a professional football dream that became reality.
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A MOTHER and daughter have banded together to create a new café offering an ‘artisan take on classic British food with a bit of a European injection’ just outside York city centre.
Mae Café, which is set to open on Saturday (August 16) in Holgate Road, is a new café run by mother and daughter team Laura Mae, 25, and Joanne Bowes, 64, and named after Joanne’s own mother Mae.
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'VILLAGERS are understandably concerned' after a police incident where a body was found in a York village.
As The Press reported yesterday, the body of a man was found in a playpark in Naburn and a woman is in hospital with head injuries.
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A disabled campaigner from York has taken on Marks and Spencer after alleging she was discriminated against at a city store – and won.
Flick Williams, a visually impaired wheelchair user, described the case as a “David and Goliath fight” which showed “disabled people don’t have to just sit back and accept discrimination”.
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A POPULAR takeaway on York’s most famous street was broken into this morning – but it is business as usual as the owner vows to stay open.
The door to Shambles Kitchen was damaged as the culprit or culprits forced their way into the sandwich business in a brazen attempt to steal cash.
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A NEW 4,000-home development set to be built between York and Harrogate, has moved closer to fruition.
The development plan document (DPD) for a new settlement at Maltkiln has received approval from a planning inspector.
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THE body of a man has been found in a playpark in a York village and a woman is in hospital with head injuries following a police incident.
North Yorkshire Police say at about 5.50pm on Monday (August 11) they were called by a concerned member of the public to reports of an assault at a property in Naburn.
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EMERGENCY crews have been called in after a crash in a remote part of North Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 9.06pm on Sunday (August 10)
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EMERGENCY services are currently at the scene of a crash on the A64.
The accident is between York and Malton around Thompsons Fish and Chip Shop and new Starbucks junction.
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York employers who participate in a programme to tackle long-term joblessness will get help with staff long-term sickness absences
- a senior councillor has said amid concerns about its effectiveness.
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A RESTAURANT in one of York’s most expensive streets has received a zero for its food hygiene rating - meaning 'urgent improvement necessary'.
Indian restaurant Jorvik Spice, at 74 The Mount, offers a wide range of South Asian dishes and has been called ‘top notch’ and a ‘flavour sensation’ by diners.
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An empty village pub near York has been granted protected status amid ongoing efforts to reopen it.
City of York Council approved the bid to make The Fox Inn, in Stockton on the Forest, into an asset of community value (ACV) on Tuesday, August 5.
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A mother has urged York Council to take action to improve the safety of an Acomb crossing used by schoolchildren after a number of near misses with cars.
Mother-of-two Vicki Fox started a petition calling for lights and signs to be installed at Beckfield Lane’s zebra crossing where cars stop abruptly or fail to stop due to poor visibility.
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'A TRAGEDY' is how residents in one York street describe plans to introduce wheelie bins to their terrace.
Residents claim St John Street in The Groves is the last original early Victorian street in the city centre which is totally domestic.
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A MAJOR road in York is partly blocked after a crash.
There are reports coming in of a crash on the A64 westbound in the city.
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The healthcare supplier which provides NHS wheelchairs in York and North Yorkshire has entered liquidation.
Nottingham Rehab Limited, which trades as NRS Healthcare, is being wound up after a court appointed the official receiver, Gareth Jonathan Allen, as liquidator on Friday (August 1).
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ONE of York's most historic buildings is set to reopen to the public today following the first phase of a £1.3 million restoration project.
The results of refurbishments at York’s Mansion House were revealed yesterday - ahead of its reopening.
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A MUCH-LOVED village pond is set to get a makeover.
Wigginton Parish Council says work will soon begin on a major renovation project at Wigginton Pond.
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A woman with MS who claimed a GP called her lazy after seeking help for fatigue is among those being let down by York health services, according to a watchdog.
Testimonies from women who felt dismissed, ignored and treated differently to men were among those in a York Healthwatch report.
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Two people have been airlifted to hospital after a large branch of a tree fell on their car near a main road in North Yorkshire.
At around 4.50pm yesterday (Monday), their grey Volvo XC40 was travelling along Greets House Road near Welburn, Malton, towards the A64.
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a specialist in world health care whose interest in the field started in York.
Sir David Nabarro, who was the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) special envoy for Covid-19, and died aged 75 last month (July).
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Works to tackle the risk of masonry falling from York’s Treasurer’s House have uncovered further issues with the building, according to planning documents.
Planning documents from the National Trust stated additional repairs on the Grade I-listed building’s roof had been carried out while the scope of works to its lift shaft had changed.
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A coroner has told the NHS trust that runs York and Scarborough hospitals to act after a patient died while under its care following delays.
Assistant coroner Gillian Kane said there is a “risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken” by the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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A WOMAN has been arrested after a dog was shot dead by police in a North Yorkshire town.
The county's police say an Alsatian-type dog had to be put down by a police firearms officer in Bedale after it bit a man and a police officer on their legs.
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A “much-loved” former councillor killed on the A19 in North Yorkshire had campaigned to make the road safer, an MP has said, paying tribute to him.
John Michael Duggan, 81, died in hospital after the crash near Riccall on Friday morning (August 1).