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Hexham is awarded happiest place to live in the UK (PA)

Rightmove's happiest places to live in the UK has been released – see the full list
View the full list of happiest places to live in the UK, according to Rightmove.

Seized Kinder egg with suspected drug wraps inside and a knuckle duster

Teenagers aged 15 and 16 caught with heroin, crack cocaine and knuckle duster

Heavenly Desserts - opens on June 12 in Blake Street in York

PHOTOS First look inside late-night dessert cafe about to open in the region

The entrance to the former police training base in Pannal Ash. Picture: HARROGATE COUNCIL

Decision on 200 homes plan on former police base is delayed

POLICE have confirmed that they have found missing 38-year-old man Alex Scanlon

Missing York man found safe and well

Picture: Continuum Attractions/ITV

I'm a Celebrity theme park planned by York-based company working with ITV

The school gates of Westfield Primary School, Acomb

Woman hit man in violence at school gates

Police concerned for missing 17-year-old from Harrogate

Police concerned for missing 17-year-old from Harrogate

The scene at the BrewDog bar in Micklegate yesterday

Bar reopens after car crashed through window

Beverley House off Shipton Road has been vacant for around six years

Victorian villa to be turned into apartments

The Quarterdeck team comprising director and head of training Alan Aucoin; operations director Kris Northfield; and managing director Laura Bouttell

Company reaps benefits of moving online

Farmer Roger Raimes surveys the lake which has appeared in a field at Acaster Malbis, near York, with (inset) Alan Senior, pictured in the final days of Stillingfleet Mine in the early 2000s

Field near York turns into LAKE after sinking two metres

The scene of the incident in Micklegate Picture: North Yorkshire Police

Man ill and crashes car into Brewdog pub

Kyle Clouston, 11, is missing from Haxby, York

Missing 11-year-old boy found

Rougier Street with Kenny Carl Thomas inset

'Gangster' who broke both arms of victim jailed for 10 years

Schoolgirl left shaken after being touched in a 'disturbing' sexual manner (file photo) Picture: Pixabay

Schoolgirl left shaken after being touched in a 'disturbing' sexual manner

Beckii Davis with her brother Elliot Dodds

Family's battle to free autistic man detained in a mental hospital for three-years

A police officer stands outside the barbers' shop in Bishopthorpe Road Picture: Mike Laycock

Police raid barbers shop at centre of Covid mask wrangle

Police are investigating the death of a woman in Harrogate

Woman found dead

York Glaziers Trust employees Kieran Muir (left) and Emily Price (right) remove a stained glass window panel at the start of a new five year, Â£5m project to conserve York Minster's South East Transept and its medieval St Cuthbert Window.

Repairs for 600 year old window

Martin Hall - who has died aged 49

Musician who broke his neck jumping off bridge dies of cancer aged 49

The riverside walk at New Walk is under water today Picture: Mike Laycock

Pictures: No riverside walks or drinks today after river floods

Freya Lee drifts dreamily as ‘The Lady of Shalott’ one of the floral installations at Spring Essentials

Harrogate Spring Essentials flower show opens today

The men are suspected of dealing Class A drugs including heroin (file photo)

Multiple arrests linked to county lines drug dealing

Seaton Carew Clock Tower

Picture: CHRIS MADDISON

Living life on the edge in this week's pictures

Jessica Fordham and Fiona Fisk celebrate a century of Harrogate Flower Shows

Spring event celebrates 100th anniversary of Harrogate Flower Show

Catch!

Picture: LEE TURNER

Snack attack! Animals do anything for food in this week's pictures

A Nepalese man in a protective suit walks between two pyres as he cremates the bodies of Covid-19 victims near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal Picture: NIRANJAN SHRESTHA / AP

This week in pictures: news across the UK and world

Durham’s underwater archaeologist searching for evidence of the Raiding of Northern England, 1311-1322 Picture: GARY BANKHEAD

Searching for evidence of brutal raiders who wreaked havoc in charming town

Harrogate Flower Shows Spring Essentials will feature favourites like large-scale show gardens..

Iconic flower show returns for its 100th anniversary

Man exposed himself in shop

DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel

Death of couple at hotel believed to be murder-suicide

North Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation

Man and woman found dead in hotel

Teams repaired damage to the track, points and signalling system overnight

Repairs made to track after train derailment in North Yorkshire

Rail services expected to be back on track tomorrow after major track repairs

Rail services expected to be back on track tomorrow after major track repairs

Chasing the ball

Picture: NEIL
RUTHER
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Weather can't make its mind up in this week's pictures

The bust of Marcus Aurelius, who became Emperor in AD 161. He survived what a smallpox epidemic in AD 165

Want to see the face of the ‘lucky’ Emperor, unbroken by ancient pandemic?

Nestle has announced it is closing its site in Fawdon, in Newcastle, as well as cutting 98 jobs from its factory in York Picture: GOOGLE

Nestle to close North-East factory and slash almost 600 jobs

Dale Michael Tyson was sentenced at York Crown Court for 17 offences including sexual communication with a child and distributing indecent images of a child

Jail for online child sex predator who manipulated his young victims

Harrogate Turkish Baths

Single-sex baths report is published – with ‘highly sensitive’ information blacked out

Teresa Jennings Clinical Psychologist

Health care charity urges public to be supportive of NHS staff

Jo Thornton, 55, was enjoying the sunshine in the garden when BOTB competition announcer Christian Williams video called to let her know she’d won the four-figure Tag Heuer watch

Warehouse worker wins £5,000 Tag Heuer watch after buying 25p competition ticket

Cleaning the exhibits as the museum prepares for opening. Picture: CHARLOTTE GRAHAM

How to get free tickets for museum as reopening plans are announced

The two brothers will open their new venue in York on Friday

New 'Rock n Roll' venue set to open in the region

Knifeman Simon Michael Hughes

'Want me to stab you in the neck?' - knifeman's chilling threat

Left, Professor Timothy Betts with the revolutionary heart rhythm technology

Grant for new heart rhythm technologies from research charity

Peggy Ferguson credits her long life to a daily dose of cod liver oil and Sherry!

'Little glass of sherry' the secret to 105-year-old's long life

Police are investigating reports of fighting

Man hurt after riverside fight

Durham-based underwater archaeologist Gary Bankhead searches for evidence of the Vikings in York Picture: GARY BANKHEAD

Diving in 'brown' river for historical treasures ‘not for the faint hearted’

River detectorist Beau Ouimette with a grindstone, evidence of Viking activity in York. The artefact was recovered by the River Hunters.

Noses to the grindstone: River Hunters search for evidence of notorious seafaring raiders

George Tunney, inset and the damaged ATM

Raider blew up ATM to get cash

Inside the Whinfield property. Photo taken from Croft Residential/Rightmove

Look inside the £2.95 million home with its own swimming pool and cinema

YORK'S McArthurGlen designer outlet will be re-opening to shoppers on April 12

Popular designer clothes outlet centre announces re-opening plans for April 12

The Grange Hotel, and (inset) Lisa Rose and Scott Gardiner, who had been due to get married there in May

Heartbreak for brides after popular hotel axes weddings