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1 week ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
Parliament is being recalled amid growing hopes that beleaguered British Steel will be bought back into public ownership. MPs left for their Easter break on Tuesday but will now sit from 11am on Saturday, followed by the House of Lords from 12 noon to debate the future of the Scunthorpe steelworks.
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1 week ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
A labourer fractured his skull after falling through a skylight on his first day on a job at a farm. Twenty-nine-year-old Jacob Thomas was removing wooden boarding from an internal roof at Great House Farm, Great House Road, in Lancashire, when he plunged over 13ft to the floor below. His horrific injuries included a brain haemorrhage and other fractures including to his breastbone, spine and shoulder.
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2 weeks ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
Campaigners have told North Yorkshire Council construction work on a new maritime hub should “halt immediately” following their court success over Whitby Harbour. Diggers are already on Endeavour Wharf taking up tarmac to build the £10m hub, funded by the government’s Town Deals programme, to house offices, training facilities and workshops. However Fight4Whitby says the hub – which will take up around 100 car parking spaces - is contrary to the North East Marine Plan.
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2 weeks ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
Two well-known Yorkshire hotels, which have been in the same family’s ownership for many decades, have gone into liquidation. The Grade II listed Lairgate in Beverley, which was owned by the Riggs family for over 25 years, has been put up for sale with a guide price of £500,000 after closing on February 1. The Riggs family also own The Bell Spa and Hotel in Driffield which they have also liquidated and is also up for auction. The Bell closed on February 13. They had run that for almost 50 years.
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2 weeks ago | 
elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
Nowadays, companies must go beyond simply offering a product or service to build lasting relationships with clients. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through personalised experiences that cater to a client’s individuality. Clients are no longer interested in just completing a transaction, they want experiences that reflect their personal preferences and make them feel valued.
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2 weeks ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
Sitting on medieval foundations on Wakefield Bridge, the splendidly ornate Chantry Chapel of St Mary is only one of two bridge chapels where services are still held in England, the other being Rotherham. And for the past 35 years it’s been looked after by the Friends of Chantry Chapel, a support group established in 1990, which works to ensure the chapel's upkeep, repair and maintenance, host events and raise awareness and funds for the historic building.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Alexandra Wood
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2 weeks ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
Women from the most deprived backgrounds in Yorkshire are far less likely to have treatment for ovarian cancer than those living in more affluent neighbourhoods. They are 32 per cent likely to receive surgery and chemotherapy compared to those from more affluent areas the study led by researchers at Hull York Medical School found. Surgery and chemotherapy are the main treatments for women with ovarian cancer, and those who receive them are more likely to survive.
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2 weeks ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
A crayfish plague has wiped out the majority of the native population in a Yorkshire river – although they are clinging on in its tributaries. The deadly plague, which is usually carried by American Signal crayfish, has killed thousands of white-clawed natives since it was first detected on the river Ure five years ago, upstream of Aysgarth Falls in the Dales.
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3 weeks ago | 
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood
There was no dedicated lookout on the bridge of either of the ships which collided in the North Sea, causing a massive fire and multiple explosions, according to investigators. The Solong collided with the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate about 12 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire on March 10, leaving one man, able seaman Mark Pernia, missing, presumed dead.
