Yorkshire Post
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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‘Scrap politicised phrase net zero’
THE chairman of Great British Energy (GBE) has said the phrase ‘net zero’ should be “scrapped” as he called for major change in the language around decarbonisation and green energy. Speaking at the UKREiiF conference in Leeds, Jürgen Maier said the...
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Calls increase for social media ban
TEACHERS and parents are struggling with the “fallout” of excessive social media use, education leaders warn, as calls intensify over a ban for children aged under 16. There were warnings from MPs earlier this week with calls for urgent action to...
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Flower show glory for garden designer
Yorkshire garden designer Rob Hardy is celebrating after the Trussell's Together garden he created at the Chelsea Flower Show won two awards. The garden is inspired by the way food banks and communities that support them come together to help those on...
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Call to accelerate plan for trams
RUNNING trams to Leeds United’s expanded Elland Road stadium should be accelerated as a way to “kick off” momentum for the wider West Yorkshire mass transit scheme and regeneration work around the ground, a club board member has said. Leeds United...
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Blooming great start to Chelsea Flower Show
A Chelsea pensioner sits among the flowers of the Campaign to Protect Rural England’s show garden, London. Open to visitors from today to Saturday, the annual event is staged by the Royal Horticultural Society.
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Fire and mayhem at medieval festival
Monk Bretton Priory at Barnsley, South Yorkshire, held its sixth annual Medieval Mayhem at the weekend. There were battling knights, birds of prey and axe throwing at this 12th century priory in Lundwood. Pictured, jester Rob Sim entertained with a...
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Trams network moves step closer
PLANS to bring trams to Leeds United’s redeveloped ground as part of a new mass transit network for the city have taken a step closer with a fresh agreement between the club and Mayor Tracy Brabin, The Yorkshire Post can reveal. On Tuesday, the...
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Families fear for inquiry’s future
BEREAVED families, who lost babies in the Leeds maternity scandal, have raised concerns that Wes Streeting’s dramatic resignation from Cabinet could affect a public inquiry into failings at hospitals. Mr Streeting, inset, quit as Health Secretary...
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Starmer braced for battle after Streeting talks
SIR Keir Starmer is set to fight to remain in power, with leadership rivals expected to announce their challenge to the Prime Minister today. Health Secretary Wes Streeting confronted Sir Keir in Downing Street ahead of the King’s Speech yesterday...
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Starmer clings to power as his Ministers quit
SIR Keir Starmer has been left clinging to power as the Labour Party fractured over his future, with several Ministers quitting and more than 80 MPs calling for him to resign. Despite the pressure piling on the Prime Minister after devastating local...
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Council backs £57m airport loan
A £57m council loan for the Doncaster Sheffield Airport reopening project will go ahead, despite continuing uncertainty over the release of devolution funding which is due to pay back the borrowing. Reform councillors amended a motion to cancel the...
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Royal gardens get into shape for World Topiary Day
Senior gardener Ryan Bowden shapes some of the newest topiary additions to the organic and sustainably managed garden at Highgrove, the King and Queen’s family home in Gloucestershire, ahead of World Topiary Day today. Mr Bowden manages around 75...
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‘Starmer needs to do the right thing – and go’
YORKSHIRE LAbour politiciAns hAve told Sir Keir StArmer thAt he “needs to do the riflht thinfl And flo”, After the pArty fAced A mAulinfl in the locAl elections. Voters went to the polls in eiflht councils Across the reflion, As well As in London,...
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The face of nature broadcasting celebrates 100 years
Sir David Attenborough said he has been “completely overwhelmed by birthday greetings” as he thanked well-wishers “most sincerely” ahead of his centenary today. The naturalist said he had hoped to celebrate his 100th birthday “quietly”. Instead it will...
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Vintage plane’s pulling power
Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, York, had a visit from Hull’s strongest man, Miroslav Pohlodek, who tried to pull the mumsem’s Handley Page Halifax MkIII bomber ahead of the museum’s wartime weekend on Saturday and Sunday. He was ultimately unable...
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As Prince William visits the Dales, farmers say: ‘We’re the cheapest park-keepers the Government can have. There’s no tourism here without farmers.’
FARMERS have underlined to the Prince of Wales how the spectacular landscapes of the Dales look like they do due to their efforts, but fear agriculture in the area could be wiped out due to mounting financial pressures, writes Stuart Minting. During a...
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Ella and Velvet step out for country fair
Ella Lidster, six, from Malton, was competing in the Lead Rein and Bonnie Pony class with her 17-year-old pony Velvet, at yesterday’s Duncombe Park Country Fair. The annual event in Helmsley, featured gun dog displays, stunt horses, tractors, hounds,...
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Focus is on a vintage performance
1940s singer Charlotte Potter, from Lincoln, checks her make-up in front of Howden Minster before making her debut on stage as one of the many acts entertaining the crowds at this year’s Howden Vintage Day, which took place over the weekend.
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Airport cancellation ‘would create £50m financial crisis’
CANCELLING the Doncaster Sheffield Airport reopening project by revoking a vital start-up loan would cost almost £50m and plunge Doncaster Council into financial crisis, official documents have said. The local authority could effectively go bankrupt,...
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Criminals must attend sentencing
JUDGES will for the first time be able to compel those convicted to attend their own sentencing hearings after the new Justice Act came into effect yesterday, bringing with it a raft of other reforms to the sector. The Victim and Courts Bill, which...
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PM rounds on Reform over airport
THE Prime Minister, inset, has said Reform UK should “stop playing games” and get Doncaster Sheffield Airport open. Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday with the reopening in doubt. Reform councillors in Doncaster...
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White House waves for Royal visit
King Charles, Queen Camilla and US President Donald Trump and his wife First Lady Melania Trump stand together on the Blue Room balcony during the ceremonial welcome at the White House, Washington DC, on day two of the state visit to the US. Charles...
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Archbishop’s gift for the Pope during Vatican visit
Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally held a private audience with Pope Leo XIV at the start of her visit to the Vatican. She hailed her meeting as “a significant moment”, describing it as warm, encouraging and hopeful. She presented him with a jar...
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Record-breaking marathon feat
Kenyan athlete Sabastian Sawe smashed the marathon world record and became the first man to break the two-hour barrier in an official competition to win the London Marathon in one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds yesterday.
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Authority’s boss threatens action against councillors
THE chief executive of Doncaster Council has threatened legal action against leading Reform councillors in connection with the £193m Doncaster Sheffield Airport reopening project, The Yorkshire Post can reveal. Reform group leader Craig Ward and...
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‘Eight is great’ for daredevil prince
FOOTAGE of a fearless Prince Louis in a wet suit jumping into the sea and playing on the beach during a family holiday to Cornwall has been shared by the Prince and Princess of Wales to celebrate his eighth birthday. The video, shot by photographer...
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Wildfire inquiry after record year
MPS have launched an inquiry into the “growing threat” of wildfires, after two major blazes ravaged moorlands in Yorkshire in recent months. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee is seeking evidence on how risks are mitigated...
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Elizabeth honoured for 100th landmark
THE Royal family turned out en masse yesterday to mark the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Queen Elizabeth II. The King recorded a heartfelt tribute to his “darling Mama” to mark the centenary of her birth, describing how “she remained constant,...
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King pays tribute to ‘darling Mama’
THE King has recorded a heartfelt tribute to his “darling Mama” to mark the centenary of her birth but said much of life today would likely have “troubled her deeply”. The news came as details were revealed of a statue to the late monarch to be sited...
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Castle hosts stunning dressage display
Peter Maddison-Greenwell performs a pesade on his Spanish horse in the Riding House at Bolsover Castle, near Chesterfield. The team of El Caballo de España treated visitors to a show in 17th century costume as they showed their dressage skills to...
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Hospital ‘is unsafe for critically ill’
A STRING of staff members and medical organisations have been raising concerns about the safety of critically ill children at Dewsbury and District Hospital since early 2024, The Yorkshire Post can reveal, with warnings that such children should not be...
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Art that digs deep into experience
The National Coal Mining Museum’s Devinia Skirrow with My Village by artist Betty Miller, part of a new project, Sculpting the Community, launched at the museum in Wakefield. The bronze sculptures depict life in Royston, a mining village near Barnsley,...
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Moore works at largest outdoor exhibition
Reclining Figure: Points, Two-Piece
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Tulips from Pocklington at annual festival
The annual Tulip Festival, at Burnby Hall Gardens, in Pocklington, starts this Saturday and ends on Saturday May 9, with several thousand blooms in tubs and beds and a “cascade of colours” promised. Above, gardeners Laura Edwards and Andrew Underwood...
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MPs ‘may not get vote’ on EU rules
SIR Keir Starmer’s Government will follow European Union rules without necessarily giving MPs a vote on each piece of red tape under socalled Henry VIII powers which will be unveiled in the King’s Speech. As part of the Prime Minister’s reset with...
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Vintage tractors hit the road in memorial run
The Brian Chester Road Run, organised by the West Yorkshire Vintage Tractor & Engine Club, is pictured under way after setting off from Larkhill Nurseries, near Ripon. More than 70 vehicles took part in the run which took place over 25 miles in memory...
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Veteran, 101, receives the British Empire Medal
AT 101, Mervyn Kersh may believe he has seen it all. But he was thrilled to be presented with the British Empire Medal in a ceremony at the Tower of London. Mr Kersh, an ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial, was given his honour in...
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Minister ‘troubled’ by Israel strikes
THE Foreign Secretary says she was “deeply troubled” by Israeli strikes in Lebanon which Iran has said breached the terms of the ceasefire. Yvette Cooper also said it was “crucial” that Iran was not allowed to apply tolls in the strait. The calls...
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Blow to mayor’s hopes of city trams
THE secret Whitehall review into West Yorkshire’s proposed mass transit system has urged mayor Tracy Brabin to consider using buses over trams due to a “significantly less” cost. Ms Brabin has pledged to bring trams back to the streets of Leeds and...
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Lunar spectacular
Spacecraft Artemis II is beginning its epic journey home after reaching a record distance from Earth. In this stunning image, captured by the crew, Earth is setting over the Moon. The photograph was taken during their journey around the far side of the...
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Gardener wins coal carrying race
Fern Gardener, from Liversedge, who went on to win the first of the women’s races in the World Coal Carrying Championships, leads from the front at the event, which took place in Gawthorpe, near Ossett, yesterday. A man was rushed to hospital after...
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End the ‘pointless conflict’ in Iran
THE Archbishop of York, in his Easter Sermon, has called for an end to the “literally pointless conflict” in Iran and criticised the erosion of international law. Speaking at York Minster yesterday on Easter Sunday, the Rt Rev Stephen Cottrell urged...
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Airport reopening in the balance
THE reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport has been plunged into uncertainty after Reform UK Doncaster revealed it wishes to cancel a vital £57m loan to support the project. Coun Jason Charity, deputy leader of Reform UK Doncaster, told an...
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Grieving families’ call to regulate funeral directors after scandal
FAMILIES, whose relatives’ bodies were kept by fraudulent Hull funeral director Robert Bush, have urged the Government to act now to regulate an industry which operates with very few rules or oversight. Victims have spoken of their anguish at not...
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Last check before balloon goes up
A hot air balloon pilot checks the interior rigging as he prepares for flying season and plans the 2026 Bristol Balloon Fiesta from August 7-9. One of the board trustees, Pete Dalby, became interested after a hot air balloon landed outside the hamlet...
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More troops on way to Middle East
BRITAIN is to send more troops to the Middle East, Defence Secretary John Healey announced yesterday, as the Iran war continues to escalate. Air defence batteries will also be sent to Gulf nations, while RAF Typhoon jets’ action in Qatar will be...
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PM urges firms to ‘pull together’
THE Prime Minister has called for businesses to pull together with the Government to help weather the impact of the Iran war and lessen the spiralling cost of living crisis. He met with industry leaders from energy companies, insurance firms, shipping...
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Call for a ‘level playing field’ for British farmers
RURAL Labour MPs have called for a “level playing field” and Australian-style origin labelling to help make British farms more profitable. With farmers operating on razorthin margins in the face of extreme weather, difficult harvests and the fallout...
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Famous locomotive on show at museum
Senior conservator Dean Smith polishes up Flying Scotsman in the National Railway Museum, York, where it will stay for a month over Easter. The locomotive, which was built in Doncaster in 1923, is famous for being the first to reach 100mph in 1934. It...
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Yorkshire Water’s 32 years of sewage discharges in 2025
SEWAGE was pumped into rivers, lakes and the sea from storm overflows by Yorkshire Water for the equivalent of more than 32 years in 2025, new figures show. This was actually a significant reduction on 2024 – by a third – due to the dry weather last...
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A64 upgrade put back for 5 years
NO central Government funding for the dualling of the A64 is expected for at least another five years, a Government minister has told The Yorkshire Post. The long-awaited upgrade to the road linking Leeds, York and Scarborough has seen cross-party...
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World Snooker Championship to stay in region
THE Prime Minister has helped secure the future of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield for years to come as a £45m revamp was announced for the Crucible Theatre. World Snooker Tour and Sheffield City Council have agreed a contract to ensure...
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Iran war ‘could continue for some time’, Starmer warns
THE country must brace itself for the war in Iran to continue “for some time”, the Prime Minister warned yesterday as he chaired a Cobra meeting on the crisis. It came as oil prices fell yesterday after US President Donald Trump said he was delaying...
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Archbishop’s pilgrimage before enthronement
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally at Canterbury Cathedral after an 87-mile pilgrimage from London to Canterbury Cathedral, ahead of her formal enthronement as the top bishop in the Church of England, which takes place in Canterbury on...
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Food producers in plea for help as energy costs soar
FARMING and food and drink businesses across Yorkshire are calling for greater Government support to tackle the spiralling energy costs caused by the escalating war in the Middle East. Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane, has...
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Thousands missed out on vital care
BORIS Johnson’s “Stay home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives” messaging used during the pandemic inadvertently led to thousands of people missing out on life-saving care for cancer and heart attacks, the Covid inquiry has found. The message, which was...
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Royal welcome for President of Nigeria
The King and Queen are pictured with the President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu during a welcome at Windsor Castle. It is taking place amid the backdrop of the conflict in the Middle East, with police saying extensive...
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Mayors could get a share of taxes
A PROPORTION of income tax raised in the North could be directly allocated to mayors and regional leaders, Rachel Reeves has said, as she revealed plans for greater fiscal devolution. The Chancellor gave her second Mais Lecture yesterday and set out...
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PM unveils £53m aid package for heating oil users
HOUSEHOLDS that rely on heating oil are set to receive £53m to help with bills, the Prime Minister has announced, as prices soar due to the war in the Middle East. Sir Keir Starmer made the intervention yesterday after customers raised concerns that...
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City celebrates with dazzling spectacle
The Our Tides daytime procession, part of the celebrations in Hull which took place over the weekend. More than 1,500 people took part in the event, which transformed the city centre and culminated in a open-air evening performance in Queen Victoria...
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