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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Thursday, 19 March 2026
📍 Lendal Bridge closes three nights next week. £145,000 landing in York community groups. Living North LIVE kicks off at York Racecourse tomorrow. And the Knights travel to Wigan tonight.
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Monday, March 16, 2026
📍 York wakes to a Monday of big ideas, blustery showers and a whole lot going on , from flooded staiths to a Roman kitchen on Fossgate, and a team on the way to Wembley.
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Wednesday, March 11, 2026
⚡ Station Gateway audit lands a "critical" blow as the £26m project balloons to £54.7m. Armed police descended on George Street Monday. A father-and-son cannabis pair's £21k goes to a York youth charity. Plus: heroes, Hokusai, and a very chocolatey F1 car
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Monday, March 9, 2026
🗞️ Gunshots in Tang Hall, a York busker wows BGT, City hit 100 goals, the UK's best chippy is ours - and £1,300 a year could be sitting unclaimed in your name. Monday sorted.
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THE YORK BRIEF - WEEKEND WRAP UP ⏰ March 7 - 8, 2026
🗞️93 affordable flats green-lit at Castle Mills • Knights lose Super League thriller • Guildhall's medieval Jewish secret revealed • ECML disruption begins • Tea room hit by lorry - again
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Friday, March 6, 2026
📍 Female rail pioneers honoured at the station, a York chippy wins Britain's top fish and chip award, Castle Mills gets the green light for 93 affordable homes, and York Knights' Super League dream continues.
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Thursday, March 5, 2026
☀️York's new bookshop inches closer, a royal plaque gets quietly altered, trolley waits hit their worst yet, and Coney Street has gone very yellow. Your York, Thursday 5 March.
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Wednesday, February 25, 2026
📰 York's Christmas Market faces changes, Eden Camp gets new owners, York City extends unbeaten run to 22 games & Race Across the World is coming to York this spring!
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Tuesday, February 24, 2026
📍A York scammer jailed after a decade on the run, Acomb's youth crime down 72%, Harry Rowntree brings a stadium to tears, Leo Atang goes 5-0, and the Lit Fest is almost here. This is your Tuesday Brief.
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Monday, February 23, 2026
📍 Vikings storm York's streets in epic festival finale, antisemitism concerns deepen, ITV cameras roll on Micklegate, a Michelin chef fights for York's tourism future, and there's everything a York resident needs to know heading into the week.
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Wednesday, February 18, 2026
⏰Free buses for student parents, boxing club £50k boost, visitor levy plan, £8m hospital delay, cremation costs up, wedding dress sale, Levellers Barbican show, school cupboard feeds 45 families
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THE YORK BRIEF ⏰ Tuesday, February 17, 2026
📍York's council tax rises 4.99%. Vikings take over the city centre. A hospital traffic petition hits 1,000+ signatures. A beloved cancer centre manager is mourned. York's newest theatre sits in limbo. And a new cocktail bar is coming to Lendal Bridge.