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Watch: York Minster is falling down! How a 1967 BBC news report revealed the tower was in danger of collapse

Watch: York Minster is falling down! How a 1967 BBC news report revealed the tower was in danger of collapse

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‘First of a kind’ Roman remains discovered in Scarborough

‘First of a kind’ Roman remains discovered in Scarborough

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Two York history groups merge to bring city’s past to a wider audience

Two York history groups merge to bring city’s past to a wider audience

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Watch: Nostalgia city! Schoolboy takes tour of York in 1976 for BBC children’s show

Watch: Nostalgia city! Schoolboy takes tour of York in 1976 for BBC children’s show

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Remains of Victorian flagpole discovered by archaeologists at Clifford’s Tower

Remains of Victorian flagpole discovered by archaeologists at Clifford’s Tower

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Goodramgate then and now – How many places can you recognise?

Goodramgate then and now – How many places can you recognise?

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You could be the voice of Clifford’s Tower!

You could be the voice of Clifford’s Tower!

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One of York’s oddest buildings named among Historic England’s places of the year

One of York’s oddest buildings named among Historic England’s places of the year

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Work to put a roof deck on Clifford’s Tower begins next week

Work to put a roof deck on Clifford’s Tower begins next week

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Pictures: York Minster pays silent tribute to the war dead on Armistice Day

Pictures: York Minster pays silent tribute to the war dead on Armistice Day

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Child’s wartime ID bracelet found at a York car boot sale reunited with the owner’s family

Child’s wartime ID bracelet found at a York car boot sale reunited with the owner’s family

David Dunning

York war heroes to be immortalised in stunning stained glass window

York war heroes to be immortalised in stunning stained glass window

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Former paratrooper walks 11 miles to lay cross on ‘York’s unluckiest street’

Former paratrooper walks 11 miles to lay cross on ‘York’s unluckiest street’

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Pictures: Giant pipes arrive at York Minster as its grand organ is rebuilt

Pictures: Giant pipes arrive at York Minster as its grand organ is rebuilt

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Eighty years after the first blitz on York, a major new project ‘relives’ the air raids in real time

Eighty years after the first blitz on York, a major new project ‘relives’ the air raids in real time

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James discovers a concrete bomb shelter under his York garden – big enough to house a family of four

James discovers a concrete bomb shelter under his York garden – big enough to house a family of four

Chloe Laversuch - Local Democracy Reporter

Plan to turn York ruins into a hi-tech visitor attraction – where you could walk with Romans

Plan to turn York ruins into a hi-tech visitor attraction – where you could walk with Romans

Chloe Laversuch - Local Democracy Reporter

Historic human remains discovered at York’s Guildhall

Historic human remains discovered at York’s Guildhall

Chloe Laversuch - Local Democracy Reporter

A school steeped in history

A school steeped in history

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City walls to be lit up in red, white and blue to celebrate VE Day 75

City walls to be lit up in red, white and blue to celebrate VE Day 75

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