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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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⏰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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📍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.
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🚨 Rail chaos, wintry weather ahead, street rangers stop armed shoplifter, classical star tours, new cocktail bar, and the Minstermen stay top.
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🍳 Proper Friday, this. York Knights stun reigning champions in historic Super League debut, council tax hits £1,817, hospital trolley waits surge 60%, and snow on the way. Let's get into it.
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📍 Council tax vote tonight | Groves traffic crackdown | £40m energy plans | 800-piece Iron Age hoard | Snow hits 7pm | York City's 103rd-minute thriller
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Westminster chaos as York MPs question Starmer's judgement. Locally: traffic petition gains steam, council hikes taxes, Tommy Banks charges £640 for dinner. Typical Wednesday, really.
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📍University warns skills gap threatens £490bn growth, Archbishop's home sees security breach, racecourse unveils luxury makeover, bridge repair delays hit Lendal, and Restaurant Week returns with 100+ venues.
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🌤️ Wall collapses block Harrogate trains, police bust illegal horse racing, council still rowing over £500k bill, York City hit 19 unbeaten, and St Mary's becomes a film set. Proper Monday energy, this.
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📍Lendal Bridge delayed, life sentences for machete killers, trans people let down by NHS, £500K tribunal row, Ice Trail returns, Suede tonight - your complete weekend sorted!
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📍Crime wave hits York streets and buses; PM apologises over the Mandelson scandal affecting the nation; Ice Trail kicks off tomorrow; and local businesses face a major payroll shake-up.
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💡Council faces £500k tribunal bill, Drax cuts 350 jobs despite £281m profit, York gets spades ready for £12.1bn projects, Moda in Pelle opens UK's largest concession at Browns, and York City duo nominated for awards after unbeaten month.
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Someone cycled off Clifton Moor last night with an axe and stolen EV cables, your weekend trains to Leeds are cancelled for a month, and the council's just been handed a £360k tribunal bill. Classic Wednesday in York.