North Yorkshire

Page last updated at 22:25 GMT, Wednesday, 2 December 2009

From left: Sam Usher, Oliver Smith, David Bloomer, Oliver Young and Luke Porter
One of the British yachtsmen held alongside a Scarborough man in Iran has admitted they strayed into Iranian waters by "mistake".

An electronic image of missing York woman Claudia Lawrence is unveiled on a large television screen at Leeds railway station.

A police crackdown is started to tackle the problem of poaching and other rural crime in North Yorkshire.

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A North Yorkshire church is now home to a post office.

Councils get £2m to fight erosion
The government awards two councils on the east coast more than £2m to help combat the effects of coastal erosion.

Protest staged over waste plant
Campaigners including children don gas masks to protest against a planned hazardous waste incinerator near Tockwith

Building societies agree merger
The Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies confirm plans to merge, creating a society with 2.7 million members.

Swollen river floods part of city
High water levels in the River Ouse bring flooding to parts of York and close a major route into the city.

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