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The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, serving Leeds and the wider county since 1754. The paper leads on Yorkshire politics, the rural economy and culture, with detailed coverage of health, transport and climate adaptation across towns, coasts and the Dales. It has a strong track record at the UK’s Regional Press Awards, and its journalists are regularly recognized for investigative and business reporting. Each issue includes accountability journalism, enterprise stories and commentary that champions evidence over rhetoric. Business pages cover manufacturing, green tech and university spin-outs, while arts and sports reflect a county-wide audience. Readers value service pieces on planning, housing and flood risk, alongside analysis linking Westminster policy to local impacts. The Post’s tone is measured and confident, with clear sourcing and a focus on solutions when relevant. Available on PressReader, the paper aims to unify a large region around facts and shared interests, and it does so with consistency and care.
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...
LEEDS families, who have been campaigning after their babies’ bodies were kept at a funeral director’s house, have praised the Government for pledging to regulate the industry, saying it will mean no one else would have to through their...
THE Environment Agency has given preliminary approval for gas exploration in North Yorkshire, using a technique which campaigners and some MPs believe is fracking. Europa Oil & Gas has been granted a draft permit to drill a test...
A LONG-TERM urban gull strategy for the North Yorkshire coast is set to be approved by council bosses today. New measures to manage gulls across Scarborough, Whitby and Filey have been introduced – as part of a proposed new approach which...
A PLAQUE honouring businesswoman and philanthropist Martha Crossley has been unveiled in Halifax. Born Martha Turner in 1775, she rose from domestic service at the age of just 13 to become a key figure in establishing what would grow...
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FROM theatre to painting, Wakefield punches above its weight. But now it is aiming to make the most of its expanding reputation by billing itself as a ‘Capital of Sculpture’. The district has turned a proud industrial past into a bold new...
