@dylanconnell_

Journalist at @yorkpress @gazetteherald - All views my own. [email protected]

Joined April 2016
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Please read the press article and if you wish to help, here's Lionel's JustGiving link. justgiving.com/page/hospital… yorkpress.co.uk/news/2656846…

Lionel’s fundraiser for HOPING York Street Kitchen

Help Hospitality Association York HAY raise money to support HOPING York Street Kitchen

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Family of York infected blood scandal victim still waiting for compensation ift.tt/jSu5Hew

Family of York infected blood scandal victim still waiting for compensation

The York family of an infected blood scandal victim who died more than 30 years ago is still waiting for compensation over his death.

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Domestic abuse survivor ‘deeply concerned’ as abuser could be freed from jail early ift.tt/94SAZm5

Domestic abuse survivor ‘deeply concerned’ as abuser could be freed from jail early

A North Yorkshire domestic abuse survivor has said she is “deeply concerned” about the government’s early prisoner release scheme which could see her abuser freed from jail early.

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'Come and cheer us on', says Kevin Sinfield ahead of challenge ✍️ @dylanconnell_ yorkpress.co.uk/news/2650244…

‘Come out and cheer us on,’ says rugby legend ahead of endurance challenge in York

Sir Kevin Sinfield has urged people to “come out and cheer us on” ahead of his latest endurance challenge for motor neurone disease (MND) charities.

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The Press@yorkpressMay 30
Shed Seven singer 'marries' York couple – then the wedding party walks the City Walls ift.tt/Sabcwsm

Shed Seven singer 'marries' York couple – then the wedding party walks the City Walls

Newlyweds Jessica Steel and Stuart Allan from York celebrated their wedding in true style – with help from Shed Seven frontman Rick Witter.

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The Press@yorkpressApr 1
Last orders called at once ‘rocking’ York club after more than 100 years ift.tt/ETcO0Ce

Last orders called at once ‘rocking’ York club after more than 100 years

After more than 100 years, the York Burton Lane Club in Bootham Crescent has called last orders for the final time.

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‘Everyone idolised him' - friends fundraise for family of York man, 35, after death ift.tt/BhP9wcs

‘Everyone idolised him' - friends fundraise for family of York man, 35, after death

Friends have launched a fundraiser to support the family of a York man who died from illness aged 35 – and are calling on the community to help.

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The Press@yorkpressFeb 28
Service to remember 10 killed and dozens injured in one of UK’s worst rail disasters ift.tt/mqEikbe

Service to remember 10 killed and dozens injured in one of UK’s worst rail disasters

Ten people who died in the Great Heck rail disaster, one of the UK’s worst rail accidents, will be remembered at a service at Selby Abbey.

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The Press@yorkpressJan 16
‘Heaven has gained a true angel’ – Cain North dies aged 24 after cancer battle ift.tt/WYf02Tn

‘Heaven has gained a true angel’ – Cain North dies aged 24 after cancer battle

Cain North from York has died three years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

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The Press@yorkpressJan 14
‘It’s like all the anxiety has just left me,’ says woman as domestic abuser jailed ift.tt/2T50XoE

‘It’s like all the anxiety has just left me,’ says woman as domestic abuser jailed

Helen Duncanson has said she feels "safe" after her abuser Michael Boyes was jailed for three and a half years.

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The Press@yorkpress11 Dec 2025
‘People have died in the hands of the trust’: York MPs welcome inquiry into TEWV ift.tt/b9NWmJA

‘People have died in the hands of the trust’: York MPs welcome inquiry into TEWV

York’s MP have said the announcement of a public inquiry into the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) has been a “long time coming”.

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The Press@yorkpress11 Dec 2025
Public inquiry into troubled TEWV NHS trust CONFIRMED after years of campaigning ift.tt/MZiBAsj

Public inquiry into troubled TEWV NHS trust CONFIRMED after years of campaigning

Years of failings at the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS trust will finally be put under the microscope after the Health Secretary answered calls for a full public inquiry.

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The Press@yorkpress4 Dec 2025
A York mother diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour is fundraising for treatment which she hopes will extend her life yorkpress.co.uk/news/2567063…

York mum diagnosed with brain tumour fundraising for treatment to extend life

Emma Ward, a mother of two from York, has been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour and is fundraising for treatment which she hopes will extend her life.

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The Press@yorkpress2 Dec 2025
‘He will be missed by many’: Purpleman, beloved York street performer, dies ift.tt/QNCWHfT

‘He will be missed by many’: Purpleman, beloved York street performer, dies

Purpleman, the beloved York street performer, has died aged 65.

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The Press@yorkpress21 Nov 2025
More than 100 wheelchair users refused on board First York buses in nine months ift.tt/LvS1fo3

More than 100 wheelchair users refused on board First York buses in nine months

More than 100 wheelchair users were refused entry onto buses run by First York over a nine-month period, new data has revealed.

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Save STV North chng.it/X2ByXCTR via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

Save STV North

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The Press@yorkpress27 Sep 2025
‘Things have to change’: calls for inquiry into TEWV NHS trust welcomed ift.tt/CS1wWVd

‘Things have to change’: calls for inquiry into TEWV NHS trust welcomed

The York mother of a woman with a serious mental illness has welcomed calls for a public inquiry into the Tees Esk Wear Valleys NHS Trust (TEWV) – saying “things have to change”.

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The Press@yorkpress25 Sep 2025
Parents of adults with serious mental illnesses in York being ‘left without support’ ift.tt/OaEGcxb

Parents of adults with serious mental illnesses in York being ‘left without support’

Parents of adults with serious mental illnesses in York are being “left without support” due to long waits for care, the boss of a health watchdog service has said.

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The Press is backing calls for a public inquiry to be held into the Tees Esk Wear Valleys NHS Trust (TEWV). Today we reveal that more than 300 mental health patients were waiting a year to be seen by the trust after being referred by their GP 👇 yorkpress.co.uk/news/2548891…

Hundreds of mental health patients waited a year to be seen by NHS trust serving York

More than 300 mental health patients were waiting a year to be seen by the Tees Esk Wear Valleys NHS Trust after being referred by their GP, The Press can reveal.

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And here Press editor @NB_Hd_of_News says "keeping patients waiting for months and sometimes for years is simply not on", adding: "Something has gone badly wrong." yorkpress.co.uk/news/2548914…

Press backs calls for public inquiry into TEWV mental health trust

The Press is backing calls for a public inquiry to be held into the Tees Esk Wear Valleys NHS Trust (TEWV).

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