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Selby female found dangling from an Ousegate bridge Picture: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Female found dangling from a bridge in North Yorkshire
Selby female found dangling from an Ousegate bridge.

A candle lit vigil is being held at York Minster to remember Sam Diatta, who died after a disturbance at Mappin and Webb jeweller

York candle lit vigil to remember man who died after disturbance at jeweller's

Bollards in Parliament Street, York, with, inset, Supt Mark Khan and York Labour leader, Cllr Claire Douglas

£3.5m anti-terror measures approved as ‘city more vulnerable than others to attack’

North Yorkshire Police arrested the three men and seized the weapons in a vehicle stop

Three arrested and weapons seized in police stop

North Yorkshire Police arrested the e-scooter rider on suspicion of drink diving

Man arrested for drink driving on e-scooter in York

Police and firefighters were called in to the river Ouse in Holgate in York after reports of a woman on the riverbank

Emergency crews called to York riverside after reports of woman in difficulty

Clockwise from top left, David Skaith, Rachael Maskell MP, Cllr Ashley Mason and Parliament Street in York

City businesses face 'hugely difficult period' amid cost of living crisis

Readers' letters

Empty Brexit boast on scrapping fuel VAT

Save our our bowls club - and what about Leeman Road?

Leaky water companies drowning in debt

'Bring on the Aussie drought-busters'

'Clean York’s filthy streets'

The tragedy of a cash-starved NHS

news

A man was arrested in Harlow Hill, Harrogate after 500 cannabis plants were found at his address

Teenager arrested after tip off leads to North Yorkshire drugs raid

Megan Nicholls holds a bottle of York Gin Stradivarius edition

New gin up for grabs for best dressed at racecourse today

Yesterdays' RMT and TSSA strikers at York rail station Picture: Gwen Vardigans

RMT strike organiser speaks out as strike clashes with Ebor festival

Saint Catherine's is set to host information and recruitment events

Hospice in North Yorkshire set for recruitment events

Apple issues major security warning to all iPhone, iPad and Mac users . (PA)

Urgent security warning issued to anybody who uses an Apple iPhone, iPad or Mac

Dr Farley and Dr Tabakov

York charity new HQ for medical physicists and biomedical engineers

The Harrogate Boardroom of the North - hairdressing salon in 1970. Picture: Yorkshire Film Archive

Old film brings Harrogate's past to life

Two men have been arrested after thieves targeted a North Yorkshire farm shop

Farm shop raid in North Yorkshire - two men arrested

Clifton, York: North Yorkshire Police say they will be holding a community question and answer session for residents

Police to hold special event for residents in this part of York

A new campsite is to be built behind the building. Picture: Google Maps

New campsite at former garden centre to ‘boost rural tourism’

What is BeReal? The viral TikTok app that promotes life without filters (PA)

What is BeReal? The anti-Instagram app that has taken TikTok by storm

Major change to UK motorways sparks AA warning amid new government plans (PA)

Major change to UK motorways sparks AA warning amid new government plans

Thousands of sex-crazed spiders are about to invade UK homes. (Canva)

Thousands of mating spiders are about to invade UK homes - how to keep them out

UK weather: Met Office issues update on '30C August Bank Holiday heatwave'. (PA)

Met Office issues update on '30C August Bank Holiday heatwave'

A-level celebrations at Joseph Rowntree School in York

York A-levels: these schools are bucking the national trend of falling grades

A-level results celebrations at Fulford School in York. Picture: Frank Dwyer

A-Level results day 2022 for York, North and East Yorkshire

Major General Idi Amin, bottom left, and driving a
jeep, top left. Top right, Yogesh Joshi in York,
and bottom right as a teenager

'Bodies were dumped in mass heaps' - York man's escape from terror

Major General Idi Amin, who had just overthrown Milton Obote to become President of Uganda in a coup, driving a jeep

When 60,000 Ugandan Indians fled the terror of Idi Amin

Newspaper headlines from the Yorshire Evening Press in 1972 about the arrival of Uganda Asians

How York prepared to welcome Ugandan refugees in 1972

York Racecourse full of glamour for Ladies' Day at the Ebor Festival Pictures: SWNS and York Racecourse

PICTURES: Glamour and frills at York Racecourse for Ladies' Day

York City Knights' Pauli Pauli is helped off the field after picking up an injury against Bradford Bulls. Picture: Craig Hawkhead

York City Knights head coach James Ford confirms scans are due for pair

York's top 10 viewed properties on Zoopla in July Pictures: Zoopla

The top 10 most viewed properties in York in July (with one for £180k)

North Yorkshire Police have launched an appeal

Man kicked in head in attack in town - police appeal

York Crematorium, which is to get a larger waiting room

York Crematorium to get larger waiting room

Sport

York City Knights' Pauli Pauli is helped off the field after picking up an injury against Bradford Bulls. Picture: Craig Hawkhead

York City Knights head coach James Ford confirms scans are due for pair
JAMES FORD has noted that both Pauli Pauli and Jordan Thompson are going for scans after picking up injuries against Bradford Bulls.

Artists impression of the news stand at York Rugby Union Football Club

York rugby club reveals start time for new stand

York City Knights prop forward Pauli Pauli takes on the Bradford Bulls line. Picture: Craig Hawkhead

York City Knights forward Pauli Pauli issued a one-game ban

Yorkshire Vikings' Jordan Thompson bats during the Vitality Blast T20 semi-final match at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Yorkshire Vikings fall to 88 run defeat to Essex Eagles in Royal London Cup

Ashley Hugill during day three at The Crucible, Sheffield. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA Wire

York snooker star Ashley Hugill beaten in European Masters by Judd Trump

York City midfielder Mitch Hancox goes for goal. Picture: Tom Poole

'There won't be many who get a point at Solihull' - York City boss John Askey

York City striker Lenell John-Lewis celebrates his goal. Picture: Tom Poole

York City fight back to earn 1-1 draw at promotion contenders Solihull Moors

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National Sport

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp: Last season’s Man Utd thrashings will not help Liverpool on Monday

Morgan Gibbs-White is Nottingham Forest's 16th summer signing

Nottingham Forest complete signing of Morgan Gibbs-White from Wolves

Bournemouth boss Scott Parker is a big fan of Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus, pictured

Bournemouth preparing for the challenge of stopping ‘incredible’ Gabriel Jesus

England v New Zealand – Fourth Women’s ODI – Incora County Ground

Heather Knight ruled out of India series and WBBL after hip surgery

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper is relishing the challenge after overhauling his squad

Steve Cooper enjoying Nottingham Forest spending spree

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History

The Harrogate Boardroom of the North - hairdressing salon in 1970. Picture: Yorkshire Film Archive

Old film brings Harrogate's past to life

Major General Idi Amin, bottom left, and driving a
jeep, top left. Top right, Yogesh Joshi in York,
and bottom right as a teenager

'Bodies were dumped in mass heaps' - York man's escape from terror

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Business news

Megan Nicholls holds a bottle of York Gin Stradivarius edition

New gin up for grabs for best dressed at racecourse today

Yesterdays' RMT and TSSA strikers at York rail station Picture: Gwen Vardigans

RMT strike organiser speaks out as strike clashes with Ebor festival

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Education news

A-level celebrations at Joseph Rowntree School in York

York A-levels: these schools are bucking the national trend of falling grades

A-level results celebrations at Fulford School in York. Picture: Frank Dwyer

A-Level results day 2022 for York, North and East Yorkshire

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National News

Man withdrawing money from ATM

Almost half of bill-payers struggling with energy costs before next hike – poll

Sir Sean Connery's Aston Martin DB5

Sir Sean Connery’s Aston Martin DB5 makes £1.9m at US auction

Someone watering grass with a hosepipe

Don’t call us to report hosepipe ban breaches, say police

A bee on a wildflower in the South Downs

‘Vital’ bee populations boosted by national park wildflower corridor scheme

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss

Tory candidates face hustings as Truss accused of wanting ‘devastating cuts’

The Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London

Labour demands recall of Parliament to tackle soaring energy bills

Cars on motorway

Self-driving vehicles ‘on UK roads by 2025’ under new Government plans

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