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Sir Bob Kerslake, former Sheffield Council chief executive

Taxpayer funding ‘bribes’
on empty fire HQ

The Government is offering large taxpayer-funded “bribes” to encourage organisations to move into Yorkshire’s abandoned fire control centre, which still stands empty and unused six years after being built.

The �400m Able Marine Energy Park planned for the banks of the Humber

Humber ‘energy park’ decision delayed for two months

A CRUCIAL planning decision on the future one of the largest industrial sites in the Yorkshire region has been postponed by the Government until later this summer.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg

Tories must stop squabbling and start governing says Clegg

Nick Clegg will today call on the Conservative Party to “get back to governing” after the divisive rows over Europe and gay marriage as he insists the Coalition will stay the course until 2015.

South Yorkshire chief constable David Crompton

Exclusive: Police get extra help to stamp out child sex gangs

A YORKSHIRE police force which came under fire for failing to “get a grip” on child sexual abuse is to set up a specialist team to help protect children from exploitation.

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Chef Sophie Hutton with Kainaat Rashid, 15. Picture by Simon Hulme

Specialist ‘platform for work’ schools on increase video

ONE of the first of the Government’s studio schools to open in Yorkshire may have attracted just 40 pupils in its first year.

Alistair and Jonny Brownlee at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire. Picture: Kippa Matthews

Brothers throw down the gauntlet

Yorkshire’s Brownlee brothers are unbeatable the world over, but now they are giving people the rare chance to race against them on home soil.

Sport rss

Former Bradford boss Stuart McCall is linked with a return to Yorkshire at Sheffield United.

Sheffield United launch McCall raid

Sheffield United have made an approach to Motherwell for their manager Stuart McCall.

Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson celebrates with the npower Football League Two Play Off trophy. The experts have their say on the weekend's action in the Yorkshire Post's SportsTalk podcast.

SportsTalk: Bradford City cap memorable season, our manager of the year, and the return of Magic Weekend

Saluting Bradford City for a triumphant season and our pundits name their managers of the year. Download to your iPod or listen online to this Yorkshire Post podcast.

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Phil Parkinson with the npower Football League Two Play Off trophy

Agents hold key to City strengthening plans, admits Lawn video

BRADFORD CITY joint-chairman Mark Lawn admits agents will have a big say in the club’s attempts to strengthen ahead of next season’s return to League One.

Gary Madine

Stepping up at Leeds as Madine is timed out

THE post-Ken Bates era at Leeds United has taken a further step forward with the promotion of the man expected to be named as the club’s chairman later this summer.

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Paul Dickov

Promotion heroes are set to play vital role for Dickov video

Paul Dickov says he will give the players who earned Doncaster Rovers promotion the chance to build on that in the Championship after the Scot edged out Michael Appleton in the race for the Keepmoat job.

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VIDEO: Duncalf opens up British Open bid in clinical style video

JENNY Duncalf gave herself an early boost in her bid to become British Open champion when she demolished Latasha Khan in the first round.

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O2 call centre jobs in Leeds under threat, claims union

MANAGERS at the O2 call centre in Leeds today denied a union’s claims that a sixth of workers affected by an outsourcing deal are under threat.

Falling prices at the petrol pumps led to a bigger-than-expected drop in inflation in April

Fuel prices spark bigger-than-expected inflation drop video

FALLING prices at the petrol pumps led to a bigger-than-expected drop in inflation in April, the first easing in the annual rate of price rises for six months.

Vodafone posts huge losses as European revenues fall

VODAFONE posted its largest ever quarterly fall in key organic service revenue, prompting it to keep hold of a £2.1bn dividend from its US arm rather than return it to shareholders.

Series of mishaps impact on Carnival atmosphere

CARNIVAL, the world’s largest cruise company, yesterday issued its second warning of falling profits in less than three months.

Asia demand lifts Burberry profits

Luxury group Burberry said full-year pre-tax profit rose a better-than-expected 14 per cent on strong retail growth in Asian markets, where it is increasing numbers of Burberry branded stores.

Nuclear contracts help fill Renew’s record order book

ENGINEER Renew Holdings reported a record order book at £361m, driven by contract gains at the Sellafield nuclear processing plant.

Lifestyle rss

Carbis Bay Hotel & Resort, Cornwall

Bay of plenty

In search of a top-notch seaside staycation with his family, Richard Mulligan heads to Carbis Bay.

Louise Healy encounters gorillas in Rwanda

Gorillas in our midst

Rwanda still conjures memories of a genocidal civil war but Louise Healy finds so much more on her silverback safari.

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Tank warfare

The cost of driving on the Continent this year has soared, due to rising petrol prices. Jeremy Gates reports.

A floating sculpture called 'Wave' by Rebecca Newnham has been installed at The Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park, Grewelthorpe, Ripon. Photo: Simon Ryder.

Goodbye to the gnome

Most gardens have a bit of sculpture among the plants. It could be a thoughtfully-placed statue, an interesting urn, even an unfashionable gnome, but it’s there somewhere, if you look closely.

Mole on a molehill

Wholly moley

The moles are on the move, and that’s bad news for anyone who takes pride in their lawn.

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Building to rent will bring us back to the future

A Yorkshire property expert is part of the government’s new Build to Rent taskforce. Sharon Dale asks if it will revolutionise rentals.

Audio & Video rss

Falling prices at the petrol pumps led to a bigger-than-expected drop in inflation in April

Fuel prices spark bigger-than-expected inflation drop video

FALLING prices at the petrol pumps led to a bigger-than-expected drop in inflation in April, the first easing in the annual rate of price rises for six months.

Aysha Cakir, 11, from Harrogate was the first person to try out the new Angry Birds Activity Park at Lightwater Valley near Ripon

Video: Angry Birds over Lightwater Valley video

AN Angry Birds Activity Park will be opening to the public at Lightwater Valley, Ripon, on Saturday.

A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods

Scores killed by monster tornado in America’s midwest video

A MONSTROUS tornado at least a half a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening neighbourhoods and destroying a school as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200mph.

Vicky Harrison, Collections Manager, with the Horn of Ulphdating from Saxon times

Video special: Beneath York Minster video

THE grandeur of York Minster has left millions of visitors awestruck as they have caught sight of the cathedral’s gothic spires for the first time.

Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson celebrates with the npower Football League Two Play Off trophy. The experts have their say on the weekend's action in the Yorkshire Post's SportsTalk podcast.

SportsTalk: Bradford City cap memorable season, our manager of the year, and the return of Magic Weekend

Saluting Bradford City for a triumphant season and our pundits name their managers of the year. Download to your iPod or listen online to this Yorkshire Post podcast.

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Colette Mcloughlin arrives at Liverpool Women's Hospital to visit Coleen

Baby joy for Wayne and Coleen Rooney video

MANCHESTER United star Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen have had a second son.

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