Britain
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Saltburn restaurant 'over the moon' as viral American gobsmacked by unique crab dish
Viral American Tiktoker Kalani Smith, known online as Kalani Ghost Hunter, visited Seafront Kitchen in Saltburn to try their parmo, which combined the Chinese-American dish Crab Rangoon with a classic Teesside delicacy.
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Will it snow this week? Met Office issue latest verdict for UK weather
Storm Austen is forecast to bring disruptive rain and wind with gusts in excess of 70mph
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UK’s jobless rate falls but shrinking vacancies a ‘bitter blow’ to jobseekers
However, the number of vacancies available to workers has seen its biggest decline since the start of the year as job opportunities dry up.
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BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels to be shut down next year
Corporation announces broadcast closures and job losses in effort to find savings of £500m
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Female CPR manikins introduced to help close gender gap in cardiac arrest survival
Female CPR training manikins are being introduced by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to help address concerns that may prevent people from giving lifesaving
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UK fighter jets to help defend Saudi Arabia against attacks from Iran-backed Houthis
The UK will fly defensive counter air missions using RAF Typhoon fighter jets to support the protection of Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure
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Rich of Kemi Badenoch to complain about constraint payments to wind farm operators - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Steve Jeffrey, Davison Avenue, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear.
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UK to send jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks, and other Mideast news
An Israeli attack on a Gaza apartment has killed two people and injured others
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Zelenskyy arrives in Oslo ahead of meeting with Trump envoy Witkoff
The latest diplomatic push comes amid a deepening rift between Kyiv and Washington, as the US presses Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil infrastructure while Kyiv faces delays in Patriot missile deliveries and reported restrictions on intelligence-sharing and satellite communications. #EuropeNews
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Researchers uncover truth of British Empire’s trade routes
Researchers used AI to help extract data from the vast number of voyages noted in the handwritten port books
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Ronnie O'Sullivan: Why seven-time world champion faces a battle to stay in world's top 16
Snooker's World Championship without Ronnie O'Sullivan is hard to conceive, after years of him being so often the central figure at the Crucible. But it may not be far away.
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International students left in limbo by Home Office visa delays and refusals
Universities concerned about increase in international student visa delays and refusals – often for ‘arbitrary and unpredictable reasons’
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Face of man who died in Roman Scotland 2,000 years ago revealed
The man's bones provided a grisly eye into his life - and death
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Youth unemployment crisis is 'economic catastrophe and moral failure', Burnham says
The scale of youth unemployment is an “economic catastrophe and a moral failure”, Andy Burnham said as he pledged action to get young people off benefits and into work.
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Andy Burnham’s English degree may prove useful in a fractured Britain - Matt Bromley
It seems ironic that when the number of students studying English at university is plummeting, we welcome Britain’s first PM to have done so. Undergraduate enrolments in English dropped by nearly a fifth between 2019 and 2024 and several universities have started scrapping English courses due to low applicant numbers.
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Badenoch says Healey’s budget will be worse than Reeves’s if he doesn’t slash spending – UK politics live
Conservative leader to give a speech later, while Treasury sources say Healey has ruled out a rise in capital gains tax
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'Everyone told me Bradford was bad': Influencer reveals what he actually found
British Muslim influencer Lewis Haigh visits Bradford, challenging stereotypes and praising the city's Pakistani community, hospitality, food and culture.
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John Healey rejects calls to raise capital gains tax in Budget
The Chancellor has faced a barrage of voices urging him to raise the tax, which applies to the profit made from selling off assets
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York archaeologists join researchers to reveal face of man who died 2,000 years ago
York archaeologists help reconstruct the face of a 2,000-year-old man buried at Roman Inveresk, featured in a National Museum of Scotland exhibition in Edinburgh.
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A greater part of Andy Burnham’s credibility rests on delivering better railways for the whole of the North - Andrew Vine
The dismal saga of let-downs over better transport for Yorkshire has now become so long that I’ve lost track of just when the various promises were broken.
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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles
Critics said images of detained former leader were a stunt by the military to end country’s diplomatic isolation
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France protests live: New curfews to be decided after Italy deploys troops to Milan
Hundreds of thousands of people protested this weekend over declining public services and rising cost-of-living pressures
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Ukraine war live: Trump and Putin could attend China peace summit without Zelensky
The US president thinks somebody else needs to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine
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Healey to reject calls to raise capital gains tax in budget
Cabinet colleagues have previously called for an increase but chancellor feels it might ultimately cost the Treasury
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West Yorkshire should copy France to build mass transit network, report finds
Mayor Tracy Brabin has staked her reputation on bringing trams back to the streets of Leeds and Bradford as part of a £2.5bn project.
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York archaeologists join researchers to reveal face of man who died 2,000 years ago
York archaeologists help reconstruct the face of a 2,000-year-old man buried at Roman Inveresk, featured in a National Museum of Scotland exhibition in Edinburgh.
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Government announces new rail station for Bradford - on site of city's Interchange
THE Government has today announced that a new, modern rail station will be built on the Bradford Interchange site as part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.
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Aberfan: The Village That Fought Back
Aberfan’s grieving community takes on the government, demanding justice and the removal of the remaining tips after the disaster that killed 144 people.
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Traditional degrees failing to prepare young people for work, new report warns
The report - backed by former Labour education secretary Lord David Blunkett and entrepreneur and inventor Sir James Dyson - said that traditional three-year degrees have ‘not delivered the skills that the modern economy needs’
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Healey rejects calls to raise capital gains tax at the Budget
The Chancellor has faced a barrage of voices urging him to raise the tax, which applies to the profit made from selling off assets.
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Experts reconstruct face of man from Roman Scotland after 2,000 years
The man’s skull will be displayed alongside the digital facial reconstruction in a new exhibition
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Healey should adopt cuts at Budget to ‘live within our means’, Badenoch to say
The Conservative leader will urged Andy Burnham and his Chancellor John Healey to ‘live within our means’, by adopting cuts across Government.
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Country pub named one of the region's best wedding venues
An independent country pub has been named a regional finalist in the Wedding Industry Awards 2027.
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Sam Fender announces huge Scottish gig in Lord of the Rings-style video
Sam Fender announces a huge Scotland concert in a Lord of the Rings-inspired video, featuring Edinburgh’s Murrayfield. Newcastle singer urges fans to sign up.
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What proposed eBay tax changes could mean for thousands of Bradford online sellers
Chancellor John Healey is reportedly preparing to announce plans requiring online marketplaces to collect VAT on sites such as eBay.
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‘We are the shame of Europe’: France imposes curfews to stop growing riots
Europe erupted with fresh protests over the unaffordable cost of living over the weekend - and organisers are calling for more
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Fuel prices could fall for Bradford drivers as thousands demand budget action
More than 30,000 drivers join calls for a fuel duty cut and permanent freeze as campaigners urge the Chancellor to act in the October 28 Budget.
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Rock TV series Traitors' Scottish style with House of Bruar's guide to tartan
With the huge popularity of the BBC programme Traitors, Scottish style is once again dominating the world of fashion
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Staff at Britain’s grid operator did not cover up blackout risks, probe finds
The National Energy System Operator was being investigated over allegations raised by whistleblowers.
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Qatar plans new defence partnership and warns of energy crisis 'peak'
Qatar is preparing a new regional defence partnership while keeping channels open with Tehran, arguing that dialogue and economic ties offer a route to lasting peace. Doha also warned of an energy disruption “peak” with more difficulties on the horizon “in the coming days and months”.
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LISTEN - Remembering the soap legend with links to a North Yorkshire village
Jean Alexander was one of Britain’s biggest TV stars with millions of fans. She was also Auntie Jean to Sonia Hearld who lives in Burn near Selby. This month marks the 100th anniversary of her birth in Liverpool. Sonia has been talking...
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Video report: Could we see France’s chaotic protests spread to the UK?
France has seen its worst unrest in decades, with thousands arrested and buildings set alight. What began in September as a student protest over school conditions has grown into a nationwide backlash over living costs, drawing at least 800,000 onto the streets. Emmanuel Macron says “we feel anger and shame”, while unrest has spread to Belgium and Italy. So could Britain be next? The Independent political editor David Maddox says the Met Police’s experience of mass protests makes similar scenes unlikely, though violence cannot be ruled out.
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Microsoft ditches residency plans at UK's largest data center over power supply concerns
Nscale data center's only publicly announced customer has pulled out
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Exact time clocks change in Bradford this weekend and why we still do it
Clocks will go back across the UK this weekend on Sunday, October 25 at 2am, marking the end of British Summer Time and an extra hour in bed.
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Country pub named one of the region's best wedding venues
An independent country pub has been named a regional finalist in the Wedding Industry Awards 2027.
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Harrogate Spa Society launches with plans to revive town's spa heritage
A new organisation has been established to explore how Harrogate can build on its historic identity as a spa town, with plans covering its mineral springs,
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Exact time clocks change in the UK this weekend and why they change
Clocks will go back across the UK this weekend on Sunday, October 25 at 2am, marking the end of British Summer Time and an extra hour in bed.
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Labour should heed the warning from voters after dramatic surge in Green support
Triumph or disaster?
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New North East centre to train more than 40 engineering apprentices
MTC opens a Cobalt Park training centre in North Tyneside, offering engineering apprenticeships and tackling skills shortages in North East manufacturing.
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Alberta votes on Canada secession as PM fights to keep country united
Alberta has the world's fourth-largest proven oil reserves and separatist momentum has been driven by anger over Ottawa's management of the sector.
