Yorkshire Post
PM’s vow over asylum centre fears
ANDY Burnham has pledged to raise mayor David Skaith’s “significant concerns” with the Home Office over controversial plans to open an asylum centre in a small North Yorkshire village. The Government has applied for planning permission to house asylum...
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You did it! Grades joy on GCSE results day
Pupils look at their GCSE results at Egglescliffe School, in Eaglescliffe, North Yorkshire. Nationally, the proportion of entries receiving the top grades has risen for the second year in a row and remains higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Queen’s main Item on agenda at Ebor Festival
The Queen, Royal Patron of York Racecourse, leaves the parade ring after making a presentation to winning horse Item, ridden by Colin Keane in The Juddmonte International Stakes. It was the main race of the day in the Sky Bet Ebor Festival 2026 at York...
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Trophy time at Ebor Festival
Emily Bremer with the Ebor Handicap Trophy, as York racecourse gets ready for the Ebor Festival, which runs from today to Saturday. Today features the Juddmonte International, the richest race of York’s season. Tomorrow is Legends Global Yorkshire Oaks...
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Jail has empty cells amid releases
BRITAIN’S newest “super prison” near York is still operating at hundreds of prisoners below its full capacity more than a year after opening, despite the early release controversy rumbling on. HMP Millsike, on the edge of the East Riding of Yorkshire,...
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Sister act ready for rural show
Eight-year-old Wren Musgrove and her sister, six-year-old Isla, getting ready to proudly show their Coloured Ryelands, named Grace and Grisabella at Rosedale Show, which was held over the weekend in Milburn Arms Field at Rosedale Abbey.
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PM sets out plan to tackle wildfires
FIREFIGHTING planes will be commissioned, the military has been called in, and disposable barbecues have been temporarily banned, the Prime Minister said yesterday as he visited the devastation caused by fires in the West Midlands. Andy Burnham urged...
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A-level grades gap between North and London widens
THE A-level attainment gap between Yorkshire and London has continued to grow, with the capital pulling even further ahead of the rest of the country when it comes to the top grades. Overall, the number of pupils receiving top results in Yorkshire...
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Burnham considers barbecue ban
ANDY Burnham is considering imposing a ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires continue to scorch the UK, with more extreme heat expected today. England and Wales have already seen as many wildfires in 2026 so far as there were in the whole of last...
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Warning of rising food costs caused by ongoing drought
MILK, fruit, vegetable and grain supply are all likely to be significantly impacted by the ongoing drought, experts warned yesterday, as the country prepares to go into its fifth heatwave of an already recordbreaking summer. The Met Office yesterday...
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Bid to crack down on vape shops
NEW vape shops and bookmakers will have to apply for planning permission, Andy Burnham has announced, in a bid to save Britain’s “hollowed-out high streets”. The Prime Minister, inset, intends to scrap the so-called “aim to permit” rule, which limits...
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A day for fans at Georgian Festival promenade
More than 100 participants dressed in Georgian and Regency clothing were joined by Pulteney’s 13th Regiment of Foot for a promenade through York, as part of the city’s annual Georgian Festival. Above, David Thomson and Hannah Anderson in front of...
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Wildfire precaution ‘brushed off’
REQUESTS by farmers and land managers to allow more controlled burning to tackle rampant wildfires that are turning the countryside to ash have been brushed aside by the Government, it is claimed. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) is...
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Call to ban disposable barbecues
NORTH Yorkshire politicians have urged the Government to ban disposable barbecues in public, after one sparked another wildfire in the North York Moors. The blaze broke out in Wykeham Forest, near Scarborough, on Sunday, with North Yorkshire Fire and...
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Toby hugs a friend at country celebration
Toby Christie, 10, of York, with a Valais Blacknose as the 105th Thornton-le-Dale Show returned with a celebration of countryside. Visitors enjoyed livestock competitions, horse classes, vintage tractors, horticulture, crafts, local produce and arena...
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Brutal summer threatens harvest
FARMERS are warning the extreme summer has been “completely brutal” as analysis suggests 2026 could be the worst harvest on record. Analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) suggests the exceptionally hot, dry spring and summer could...
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Comedian Jimmy Cricket dies aged 80
Comedian Jimmy Cricket asked for the last rites twice, “almost like he asked for an encore”, before his death at the age of 80, said his son, Fr Frankie Mulgrew. The Northern Irish stand-up comedian, whose real name was James Mulgrew, died yesterday...
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Esmae turns heads at rural show
Young animal handler Esmae Meadowcroft, aged eight from Tunstall, proudly shows her Dutch Spotted lamb, whose name is Julian, at Osmotherley Show. The 116th staging of the traditional North Yorkshire rural show took place on Saturday.
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Devolution reforms ‘will be solution to reopen airport’
ANDY Burnham has claimed his fiscal devolution reforms are “a solution for the challenging issues” with Doncaster Sheffield Airport, and said its reopening was “within touching distance”. The Prime Minister announced that mayors will be able to keep a...
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Remembering loved ones with dragonflies
An art installation of dragonflies by George Fell is unveiled at Cannon Hall in Barnsley in support of Barnsley Hospice. People bought them in memory of loved ones and they are now sold out but will stay on display at Cannon Hall’s walled gardens until...
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Computing artist’s work returns to abbey
One of the standout artworks from this year’s Selby Lights is returning to Selby Abbey. Through the liquid crystal display by computing artist Jazmin Morris will be on display from July 27 to August 9 as part of Michala Pearson is pictured with the...
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Sun shines on countryside show
A handler brings a bull into the judging rings at Ryedale Show, held in the picturesque grounds of Duncombe Park in Helmsley, North Yorkshire. Ian Rooke said it had been a great honour to be president of the show, which has been run since 1855.
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Golden moment for gymnast Whitehouse
Gold medallist Luke Whitehouse of Team England celebrates after victory in the men’s floor exercise final at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at The Arena. Whitehouse, from Halifax, made up for disappointment in the men’s all-around competition by...
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Cathys come home to mark Wuthering Heights Day
Participants gather at Penistone Country Park, in Haworth, for Actually the Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever – a celebration of all things Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë and the Kate Bush song in a stunning setting. 500 ‘Cathys’ took part in the mass...
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Mayor could get powers to fund trams network
ANDY Burnham’s ambitions for fiscal devolution could see Mayor Tracy Brabin able to collect taxes and approve West Yorkshire’s tram system herself, a senior Cabinet Minister has said. Angela Rayner, the returning Local Government Secretary under the...
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UK’s pubs ‘need to know that the cavalry is coming’, says Burnham
PRIME Minister Andy Burnham has defended limiting cuts to business rates to certain hospitality venues, saying pubs “need to know that the cavalry is coming”. Yesterday, he announced that 20 per cent would be knocked off rates for pubs, clubs and live...
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Fun day out for young cattle handler at show
Five-year-old Oliver Cammish from Pickering is pictured at the Driffield Show with his four-week-old Friesian calf. The headline attraction was a display by Atkinsons Action Horses, the Howden-based stunt riding team led by Ben Atkinson.
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Burnham to focus on cost of living
ANDY Burnham and his new Chancellor John Healey have told ministers they will have to reprioritise funding and projects to help tackle the cost of living crisis. The new Prime Minister, inset, told his first Cabinet meeting yesterday that an...
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Burnham vows to end political instability in UK
ANDY Burnham took office as the UK’s seventh Prime Minister since 2016 by noting that “Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again” as he appointed a Yorkshire MP as Chancellor. Last night Mr Burnham began a substantial...
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Dales steam fair draws the crowds
Crowds turned out for the 59th Masham Steam Fair which offered a range of exhibits, trade stands and entertainment and involved a road run to Masham market place. A spokesman said: “We are also very proud of and grateful for the support of our loyal...
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Burnham vow on communities as Labour chief
ANDY Burnham yesterday pledged to give control back to communities after he was crowned unopposed as Labour’s leader just weeks after his spectacular return to Westminster following the Makerfield by-election. It makes him the seventh Prime Minister...
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Steel firm’s ex-owner ‘may get nothing’
BRITISH Steel’s former owner Jingye may not receive any compensation for nationalisation, the Business Secretary has suggested. The Chinese firm is seeking to recover money for the loss of British Steel, operational control of which was seized by the...
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Regulator questions airport’s figures
PASSENGER and freight forecasts for the Doncaster Sheffield Airport reopening project are "particularly speculative" with the aviation industry facing "significant uncertainty and disruption", the Civil Aviation Authority has warned. An options...
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A GRAND DAY OUT AT THE SHOW ‘Palpable frustration’ on wildfires
THERE is a “palpable sense of frustration” among farmers and gamekeepers who feel powerless in moorland management, says the chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee, currently conducting a major inquiry into the growing...
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Tackle food security or risk disaster, NFU tells new PM
THE leader of the NFU has issued a stark warning to the new Prime Minister – start treating food resilience and security as seriously as it does energy or face disaster. In a wide-ranging interview with The Yorkshire Post ahead of the first day of the...
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Dales bus transport policy may cost more
NORTH Yorkshire’s controversial changes to the home-to-school transport policy - which families have said will “kill the Dales” - will not save the council any money and could cost more, according to an impact assessment by campaigners. The...
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Burnham urged to back farmers
INCOMING Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been urged to give his backing to British food producers by ensuring new chicken farms get the green light amidst mounting frustrations about rejected applications. Estimates suggest the country needs 1,000 new...
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Maze marks ‘100 years’ of Attenborough
A 15-acre maze in North Yorkshire has been cut into a giant likeness of Sir David Attenborough to celebrate the broadcaster’s 100th birthday. An aerial view of York Maze shows the new design featuring the naturalist’s face together with images of an...
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Wildcard wonder Fery reaches Wimbledon semis
Briton Arthur Fery was cheered on by the Queen as he won his Wimbledon quarter final in straight sets. Camilla, making a surprise visit, was supporting Fery from the Royal box. Fery, only the second wildcard in history to reach a Wimbleon semi-final,...
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‘Yorkshire Water is busted flush’
YORKSHIRE Water has been responsible for five pollution incidents per week on average over the last year, new figures have revealed. The 260 incidents in 12 months, revealed in the company’s newlypublished results for the 2025/ 26 financial year,...
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The ‘patched together’ care system
THE public are to be asked who should get social care, who should pay, and what role the state should play as part of a major review into the “patched together” system. Baroness Louise Casey, who is leading a commission into adult social care in...
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Ex-mayor’s plea to end council deadlock
A FORMER mayor has urged Kirklees councillors to “put aside personal, political and ward prejudice” for the sake of residents, after two months without a leader. The May 7 elections showed how fragmented politics has become, with almost half of...
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County’s water firm to receive one-star rating
YORKSHIRE Water is to be downgraded to a rare ‘one-star’ rating by the Environment Agency for its poor environmental performance, The Yorkshire Post can reveal. CEO Nicola Shaw said there were several mitigating factors involved, including delays to...
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Princess cheers on British tennis star
The Princess of Wales is pictured with Anne Keothavong and Sir Andy Murray watching Katie Swan during her ladies’ singles match against Madison Keys of the United States. Kate greeted fans who had queued for hours in the hopes of securing a ticket to...
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Whale bones set to star at reopened museum
THE bones of a 40-foot whale will be among the stand-out attractions in Hull Maritime Museum when it reopens on August 8. The juvenile whale was killed with its mother off New York by a 78-year-old retired whaling captain more than 100 years ago. Now...
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Rail project ‘may repeat HS2 errors’
THE failures of HS2 risk being repeated on the Northern Powerhouse Rail project, MPs have said, raising concerns that the company in charge of the disastrous rail scheme has been brought in to develop plans for the new lines. In a major report...
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Tributes paid to ‘comic genius’ Penelope Keith
Tributes have been paid to Dame Penelope Keith who has died aged 86. A star of The Good Life and the age of 36. She was remembered as a “comic genius” who was “a joy to know and work with”.
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Stokes’ guard of honour after retirement surprise
England’s Ben Stokes, one of the game’s greatest all-rounders of all time, is given a guard of honour after he announced his surprise retirement from international cricket mid-way through a session on day four of the Third Rothesay Test at Trent Bridge...
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Yorkshire to avoid summer hosepipe ban
YORKSHIRE will Avoid A hosepipe bAn this summer despite this week's record-breAking temperAtures substAntiAlly increAsing customer demAnd, Yorkshire WAter's chief executive hAs sAid. NicolA ShAw told The Yorkshire Post: "I Absolutely do not expect to...
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Air conditioning needed in schools, union chief warns
AIR conditioning must be rolled out to schools, the head of UK’s largest education union has demanded, in a letter to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. At least 1,000 schools decided to close completely or send children home early as the June...
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Cooling off on the beach... as records tumble
IT was hot in Yorkshire yesterday as weather records across the country tumbled. And by all accounts, we are in for another day of sunshine today. Nick Gramlick, from Chesterfield, is pictured having fun skimboarding on Bridlington's South Beach, as...
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Honour for Last Tango in Halifax star
Actress Anne Reid, 91, who was raised in Redcar, after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. She starred in the TV comedy and in which was set in West Yorkshire.
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Burnham poised to become PM after Starmer resigns
ANDY Burnham is almost certain to become the next Prime Minister after an emotional Sir Keir Starmer announced he would resign in the coming weeks. Sir Keir acknowledged he had lost the support of his MPs and promised an “orderly handover of power” to...
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Kiss for prizewinning cow at agricultural show
North Yorkshire Agricultural Show was held yesterday in sunshine. Alisha Lack gives Joan the English longhorn a kiss at the show. Some of the main attractions included the Grand Parade of Champions, a fun dog show, and the parade of the Hurworth Hunt...
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PM urged to set out transition of power
YORKSHIRE MPs have urged Sir Keir Starmer to set out an “orderly transition of power” after Andy Burnham won the Makerfield byelection. Mr Burnham defied national trends to increase Labour’s share of the vote in a seat where Nigel Farage’s Reform UK...
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Mayor in warning on risk of wildfires
A WILDFIRE deemed the “most extensive and devastating” ever recorded in North Yorkshire could have burned until winter, reports delving deeper into the response reveal. At its height, last summer’s fire on Fylingdales Moor covering 20km, swept across...
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Welcome return for Princess
The Princess of Wales returned to the Royal Ascot race meeting, making her first appearance at the course since being diagnosed with cancer in 2024 and undergoing chemotherapy treatment. William and Kate rode in a carriage behind Charles and Camilla...
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West End theatre to be renamed after Dame Judi Dench
A WEST End theatre is to be renamed after acclaimed Yorkborn actress Dame Judi Dench. In February next year the largest independent theatre in London’s theatre district, the Shaftesbury, will be renamed the Judi Dench Theatre. Dame Judi’s long...
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Tributes as Lord Hattersley dies aged 93
The former Shadow Home Secretary and Labour stalwart Roy Hattersley, from Sheffield, has died at the age of 93. Tributes have poured in for the party’s ‘nearly man’, including from Sir Keir Starmer, who thanked him for his ‘decades of service’. Mr...
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Raducanu loses final at Queen’s
Emma Raducanu fell short of a dream title on home soil after she was defeated 6-0, 7-6 (6) by Donna Vekic at the HSBC Championships at the Queen’s Club, London. The British number one was swiftly beaten in the first set but saved three championship...
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Healey quits in defence budget row
JOHN Healey has dramatically resigned as Defence Secretary, saying that Sir Keir Starmer’s funding plan for the Armed Force “could make the country less safe”. In a letter to Sir Keir earlier yesterday, the Rawmarsh and Conisbrough said the Prime...
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PM urged to ‘act now’ on harmful content online
SIR Keir Starmer has been urged to act quicker to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images on their smartphones. The Prime Minister issued a three-month ultimatum to Apple and Google to make it impossible for such images to be used...
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Freedom day for Royal Lancers
The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own) are pictured at the weekend on their Freedom of Richmond parade. It is an Armoured Cavalry Regiment based in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. A family day with the regiment was staged yesterday.
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Andrew’s rejected ‘offer of help’ to Sheffield Forgemasters revealed
THE Government rejected an unsolicited “offer of help” from Prince Andrew, inset, to find investors in Sheffield Forgemasters weeks after convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had been contacted about potential involvement with the steel company, The...
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Bus costs ‘a tax on rural education’
CONTROVERSIAL access cuts to free school buses in North Yorkshire have been condemned as a “tax” on rural education amid warnings it could spell a death knell to struggling schools. Harrogate MP Tom Gordon, securing a Westminster debate yesterday,...
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Grooming gang members face total of 188 years in jail
A GROOMING gang is to face a total of 188 years in jail, it can now be revealed, as a judge lifts reporting restrictions on a series of court cases in Bradford. Some 15 men have been sentenced for their role in the historic rape and sexual offending...
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North now Natural Health Service
THE Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors are leading the UK in nature prescriptions, a new report has found, with the region’s protected landscapes becoming the country’s first Natural Health Service. North Yorkshire has been a testbed for green...
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Rugby league giant John Kear dies aged 71
YORKSHIREMAN John Kear has been described as a coach who made players believe they could achieve the impossible. Kear, who masterminded one of the sport’s greatest shocks when his Sheffield Eagles side won the Challenge Cup in 1998, died suddenly on...
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Finding joy in metal detecting
Metal detectorist Dan Hartley, from Liversedge, West Yorkshire, has found a 14th century seal belonging to Geoffrey of Newcomb and an ancient silver coin. The 24-year-old is part of a new generation of detectorists, with the hobby rapidly gaining in...
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Reeves shields solar sites from law
RACHEL Reeves is set to block communities from using legal action to halt mega solar farms – such as the controversial Whitestone project in South Yorkshire – except in the narrowest of circumstances. The Chancellor, inset, is set to bring in powers...
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See Ermelai play at Industrial Museum
Aleks Fagelman, assistant community curator at Leeds Industrial Museum with Ermelai, the Ancient Defender of the Woods, a felt creation by Katy Small featuring in the exhibition The piece is one of a large number displayed in a trail around the museum...
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‘Amazing mum’ who was shot dead in street
A woman killed in a shooting near a Sheffield bar has been described as an “amazing mum”. Shanice Brookes, 30, was shot near the One Four One bar in West Street shortly before 2.45am on Monday, according to detectives who said “she was simply an...
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The King visits agency that champions red squirrels by restricting their rivals
THE King was praised for his “innate understanding that we need to be in harmony with nature”, as he visited a project in North Yorkshire aimed at promoting red squirrels by limiting their grey cousins’ numbers using contraceptives. In sweltering...
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Hull City fans celebrate at bus parade
Hull City fans took to the streets of the city yesterday to watch their team’s open-top bus parade that marked Hull’s Championship play-off triumph and return to the Premier League. There were joyous scenes in baking hot weather as fans celebrated...
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Romans return at city festival
Crowds turned out in force at the weekend for the Eboracum Roman Festival in York. Pictured are performers dressed as Romans at St Mary’s Abbey in the city. There was a Roman living history camp in the York Museum Gardens. The festival runs until...
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