Yorkshire Post
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Developer ordered to plant 100 new trees and building holiday lets in Yorkshire woodland
Unauthorised works to a Yorkshire woodland area need to be removed and 100 trees planted in their place, a planning inspector has decided.
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Cupola Gallery: The Yorkshire gallery punching above its weight for 35 years
It’s the small Sheffield gallery that has long punched well above its weight when it comes to artistic talent.
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Andy Burnham’s pledge to crackdown on illegal waste dumps is welcome but there’s a whiff of style over substance to it - Andrew Vine
Everyone in Yorkshire is familiar with the sinking feeling of coming across illegally dumped waste in a place they love, whether it is a favourite urban park or alongside a footpath through the countryside.
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Linton-on-Ouse: Reform-led council to debate Linton-on-Ouse asylum plans
Plans to house people seeking asylum at a former North Yorkshire military base are set to be opposed by a Reform-led council about 50 miles away
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Couple’s epic reservoir run raises funds for suicide prevention charity CALM
It was a trek in the country with a difference. Terri Docza and her husband Stephen ran around Kielder Water reservoir, in Northumberland, not once but four times, clocking up 106.25 miles for charity.
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Duchy College celebrates outstanding exam success
Duchy College (formerly Harrogate Ladies’ College) is celebrating pupil excellence with an outstandingset of results.
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Young people ‘baiting police’ with dangerous driving, say Police Federation
Young people are “baiting police officers” with dangerous driving, the Police Federation of England and Wales said in the wake of the collision in which seven people, including two police officers, were killed.
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Brussels’ Flower Carpet coming to Yorkshire next month
Brussels’ popular Flower Carpet is coming to Bradford – and is taking inspiration from the city’s textiles industry. Alex Wood reports.
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Rare migratory bat species found roosting at a Yorkshire Water reservoir for first time
A rare migratory bat - the Nathusius’ pipistrelle - has been found for the first time at a Yorkshire Water reservoir.
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Andy Burnham’s approach will be judged not by Westminster headlines but on Yorkshire high streets - Kim Samuel
Walking down the high street of almost any Yorkshire town and you can see how much has changed. The shops that once felt woven into the identity of the region - Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, and BHS - are gone. Independent businesses are sadly disappearing too.
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Montagu's Harrier: where is AU in the UK is the question on every twitcher's lips
If you’re interested enough in the daily news agenda to be reading my newsletter, chances are you’re also like me in as much as you take your BBC Radio 4 Today Programme like you take your daily dose of meds. Religiously.
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Honest answers needed over Headingley test cricket snub
The absence of Headingley from the men’s Test cricket calendar until 2029 is deeply disappointing on a number of levels.
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More than £500,000 raised for families of two police officers killed in crash
More than half a million pounds has been raised for the families of two police officers killed in a dual carriageway crash.
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Social media platforms once again leave a mark on society with failure to take action on dangerous driving videos
The fingerprints of social media are once again leaving an indelible mark on society.
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Number of dentists offering NHS services across Yorkshire plummets, new figures show
There are just nine NHS practices for every 100,000 people in North Yorkshire and the Humber.
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RAF Fylingdales praised for 'extraordinary role in keeping UK safe' after wildfire
The RAF base in North Yorkshire was almost devastated by the biggest wildfire in the UK last year.
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Why we need to be more honest when it comes to the immigration debate - Matt Bromley
In a recent documentary marking a decade since Brexit, Nigel Farage was asked if he regretted his ‘Breaking Point’ poster which portrayed a long line of foreign-looking folk queuing up to enter Britain and promised leaving the EU would cut immigration.
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Plans lodged for 32-chalet holiday park at site of former York pub
Plans for a holiday park with 32 chalets at the site of a former York pub have been lodged.
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Two men arrested after firearm discharged on Doncaster street
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences after a gun was reportedly discharged on a street in Doncaster.
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'I think a book is like a time machine': Mark Gatiss on the second series of his detective drama Bookish
Mark Gatiss chats about his passion for books and how Bookish has evolved as the detective drama returns for its second series. By Lynn Rusk.
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A66 crash: Police officers among seven killed as 12 arrested in organised crime probe
Twelve people have been arrested in an investigation into criminal activity before a crash which killed seven, including two police officers.
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Forget 'woke' climate nonsense, says Barnsley Reform group...
Reform UK-led Barnsley Council has announced its intention to withdraw its climate emergency declaration and its climate targets as part of its “war on woke”.
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Double glazing and air con grants offer for residents near Leeds Bradford Airport
Grants towards double glazing and air conditioning in bedrooms could be given to residents as part of plans which campaigners claim will “dramatically increase” the number of night flights to and from Leeds Bradford Airport.
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Full list of 11 benefits to be paid early this August bank holiday weekend
Benefit payments will be paid early this August bank holiday weekend.
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Leeds Bradford Airport proposes changes to night-time operations and a Night Noise Insulation Scheme
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has announced the next step in its long-term transformation programme including proposed changes to night-time operations.
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‘We have been selling sausages and pies for over 50 years without changing our recipes’
Skipton Farmhouse Fare began selling pies and sausages in 1975 and has been going from strength to strength while staying true to its original recipes.
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Glorifying dangerous driving is ‘truly reprehensible’, Burnham says after A66 crash
Andy Burnham made the comments as the Government urged TikTok and other social media firms to remove wrong-way driving videos.
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'Normal Yorkshire lad' becomes first Briton to die fighting for Putin in Ukraine
A self-proclaimed “Yorkshire lad” has become the first Briton to die fighting for Vladimir Putin against Ukraine.
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Look where our votes have got us over the past 16 years - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Philip Hutchinson, Scarr Green Close, Meltham.
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Best photos as Johnny Depp's and Alice Cooper's band Hollywood Vampires perform
Halifax went Hollywood as Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper brought the American supergroup to Halifax.
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Brimham Rocks: “I climbed the bizarre Yorkshire rock formations estimated to be 320 million years old”
This summer, most of my walks have been along shaded riverbanks.
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History of Britain’s oldest cliff lift in Scarborough that has closed after 150 years
A cliff lift in Scarborough which is believed to be Britain’s oldest funicular cliff lift has been closed by the council due to ageing infrastructure.
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Courts: Police van arsonist jailed, child abuser sentenced and driver spared jail
A man who set fire to a police van, an 18-year-old jailed for raping two girls, a child sex offender caught with more than 87,000 indecent images and a driver who caused a pensioner's death are among the latest cases heard in Yorkshire courts.
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Motorcyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in serious Oxenhope crash
A 65-year-old motorcyclist has been left with life-threatening injuries after his bike struck a kerb and crashed into a wall in Oxenhope.
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Government tells TikTok to take down joyriding clips after police killed in A66 crash
Seven people - including two police officers - died in the horror crash along the A66 on Saturday morning.
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Heatwaves show protecting greenbelt land is an imperative - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Paige Turner, Surrey Street, Sheffield.
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How Leeds can be to Manchester what Seville is to Barcelona - Brett Jacob
Manchester is the Barcelona of the North. That's it. I've said it. It doesn't sting anymore. The former Mayor of Greater Manchester is now Prime Minister, and half the commentary since has been about ‘Manchesterism’ arriving in Downing Street.
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Restored East Cleveland railway could be ‘backbone of much larger tourism enterprise’
A private railway company could be set up to serve a previously mothballed passenger railway line in East Cleveland with the public investing in it as shareholders, it has been suggested.
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The Government cannot magic up new prison places in a couple of weeks - Andy Brown
There aren’t many people who think it is a good idea for the courts to come to the conclusion that someone is so dangerous that they need to be locked up for a long time only for that person to get let out because we simply haven’t got enough prisons.
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'Forever our superhero': Emotional family tributes to officers killed in A66 crash
The two officers who were killed when a car driving the wrong way on a dual carriageway crashed into their police vehicle have been described as heroes by their loved ones.
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Business rates review to help pubs and hotels, Treasury says
The Treasury has enlisted an expert to review how business rates are calculated for pubs and hotels and make recommendations for reform of the system.
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‘Animals on road’ shuts M1 motorway
Drivers heading to Leeds are facing major delays after animals reportedly wandered onto a main highway.
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Proposals for a national care service are failing to add up without international workers - Jayne Dowle
When it comes to social care, Andy Burnham’s heart is in the right place, but already his proposals for a national care service are failing to add up.
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A66 crash: Everything we know so far on Monday morning as tributes paid to officers
Two police officers were among seven people who died in a crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Yorkshire Water apologises as families forced to wash in swimming pool changing rooms
Amid the recent sweltering weather, households in Marton-cum-Grafton were without water due to burst mains as part of infrastructure work.
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Mayors v councils: planning wars are on the horizon
Anyone surprised that Prime Minister Andy Burnham plans to hand the power to regional mayors that will help them to push on with planning applications and subsequent on-the-ground development cannot have been paying attention.
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‘Will be looked at’: Andy Burnham responds to empty places at Yorkshire ‘super-prison’
Andy Burnham has said the possibility of filling hundreds of currently empty spaces at a Yorkshire ‘super-prison’ is under consideration as part of efforts to reduce the mass early release of criminals including the killers of PC Andrew Harper.
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Girlington: can the children of Bradford afford to be denied this facility?
Consternation surrounding the abandonment of a new leisure centre by the Reform UK-led Executive in Bradford is understandable, particularly given surfeit of drowning tragedies this summer.
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Yorkshire coast to lose visitor facilities as National Trust announces closures
Two of the coast’s most beloved beauty spots are set to lose visitor facilities, it has been announced.
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Men killed in A66 crash had posted joyriding videos before collision with police car
Some of the five young men who died as their Volkswagen Passat collided with a police car, killing two brave officers in the line of duty, had posted apparent joyriding videos on TikTok in the months before the crash.