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'Tinkering while Rome burns': farming groups slam Healey for Budget

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey

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Chancellor John Healey poses for photographs as he leaves 11 Downing Street, London, before delivering his first Budget.

'Smoke and mirrors': John Healey criticised over business rates

Chancellor John Healey has delivered his Budget (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

John Healey gives £100 off energy bills in 'breathing space' Budget

Prime Minister Andy Burnham congratulating Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey after delivering his Budget in the House of Commons

Autumn Budget recap: John Healey's announcement as it happened

John Healey poses for the media in advance of his Budget

Building societies hail Healey scrapping Reeves's Cash ISA changes

John Healey with his team of ministers.

'Supporting 140,000 jobs': £20bn boost for Yorkshire finance bodies

'I've reimagined what happened during Agatha Christie's disappearance'
It was a mystery that wouldn’t look out of place in one of her bestselling detective novels. Nearly 100 years ago, crime writer Dame Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days, sparking a huge search effort involving hundreds of police officers and thousands of civilians.

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Drinks wholesaler acquired by hospitality group

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'My therapy sheep have helped children negatively affected by phones'

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Safe standing will be introduced within the Elland Road South Stand.

Leeds United confirm more rail seating work at Elland Road

Sheffield Wednesday interim manager Matt Hamshaw, pictured speaking to the media after the League One game with Cambridge United. Picture: Steve Ellis.

Hamshaw's Owls hope as Pedersen expresses 'shock'

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First phase of coastal erosion work in tiny Yorkshire hamlet set to cost £2.2m

Yorkshire Heritage

A Merry Bloody Christmas.

Yorkshire heritage railway introduces Christmas train with a twist
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has added a new service to its lineup this festive season - A Bloody Merry Christmas hosted by Mad Alice of the Bloody Tour of York.
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Canal & River Trust Trust volunteer, Clive Fearn poses for a photo on the canal trip boat as it passes through the Standedge Tunnel

Longest tunnel restoration celebrated with spooktacular trips in dark

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Leaks at 'poorly-maintained' historic nightclub building prompt repair plans

Atlantic salmon tackle Stainforth Force near Settle as they migrate upstream to their spawning grounds in the River Ribble. Photograph Tony Johnson.

Stunning photo shows salmon making journey up Yorkshire river cascade

Martin Rose is an illustrator, printmaker and art-educator based in West Yorkshire. He lives in Halifax and runs his studio, Martin Rose Illustration, in Pontefract. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

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Opinion

Bradford Interchange train station pictured in 2020. PIC: Tony Johnson

Central location of new train station to be welcomed - YP Letters

From: Nina Smith, Chair, Railfuture Yorkshire Branch, Hebden Bridge.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham (right) meeting with Chancellor John Healey at No11 Downing Street. PIC: Alberto Pezzali/Press Association

A serious Budget for serious times is what is required today

Dame Diana Johnson is MP for Hull North and Cottingham. Emma Hardy is MP for Hull West and Haltemprice.

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What Britain needs for reindustrialisation - Keith Ridgway

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner and Prime Minister Andy Burnham during England's first wildfire resilience summit. PIC: Temilade Adelaja/Press Association

PM's appearance on Gogglebox missed the mark - Sarah Todd

Farming Minister Stephen Morgan (left) and Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to a farm. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

MPs right to round on Farming Minister over SFI

Lifestyle

A group of volunteers helped to survey the site of the Great Ings floodplain at Fishlake, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The Don Catchment River Trust, has two sites in Doncaster at Fishlake and Sprotbrough creating the 'All Hands on the Don' project the aim of the project is to restore some of the habitats which once were common land and offering more space for wildlife. Pictured Volunteer Sophie Denton, surveying the wildlife on this wetland.

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'I ate at a 'new and improved' Hull restaurant - it was anything but'

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Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey delivers his Budget speech in the House of Commons on October 28 2026

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Business

John Healey with his team of ministers.

'Supporting 140,000 jobs': £20bn boost for Yorkshire finance bodies
An extra £20 billion is to be supplied to the Yorkshire-based financial institutions the National Wealth Fund and the British Business Bank in a move John Healey claimed will support 140,000 jobs.
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Chancellor John Healey has delivered his Budget (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

John Healey gives £100 off energy bills in 'breathing space' Budget

John Healey poses for the media in advance of his Budget

Building societies hail Healey scrapping Reeves's Cash ISA changes

Chancellor John Healey poses for photographs as he leaves 11 Downing Street, London, before delivering his first Budget.

'Smoke and mirrors': John Healey criticised over business rates

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Chancellor John Healey. PIC: Paul Reid/Press Association

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The joint administrators of Headlam Group plc have confirmed the sales of two of the group’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Domus Tiles Limited and Melrose Interiors Limited, through pre-pack transactions. A spokesman said "The sales secure the ongoing trading of both businesses and provide continuity for their customers, suppliers and employees." (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)

147 jobs saved after administrators secure sale of two firms

Country and Farming

Farming Minister Stephen Morgan (left) and Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to a farm. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Farming Minister slammed by MPs for not pausing 'shambolic' SFI scheme
The £253m scheme, that pays farmers in England for “public goods” such as insecticide-free farming, wildflower strips and managing ponds and hedgerows, closed within six hours.
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Farmers drive their tractors through a dry and dusty field near Helmsley, North Yorkshire in 2025. Picture: James Hardisty.

Farming groups hoping for inheritance tax U-turn at Budget

The acclaimed Michelin-starred chef with a background at The Black Swan at Oldstead and Roots in York, partnered with Sunderland AFC to launch Banks on the Wear.

Tommy Banks: 'This is the toughest hospitality has been in 20 years'

Equine nutritionist Briony Witherow.

Will there be another hay shortage this year?

Charles and James Johnson with their pasture-grazed hens at Mallard Grange Farm, near Ripon.

Awards for trio of innovators exploring fresh fields

Sport

Bradford City manager Michael Duff during the Carabao Cup, fourth round match at Mbanq Valley Parade, Bradford. Picture date: Tuesday October 27, 2026.

Bantams boss on big selection 'quandary' plus updates on duo ahead of Town derby
BRADFORD City manager Michael Duff admits to facing a real ‘quandary’ regarding who will replace suspended defensive midfielder Callum Connolly in Saturday’s Le...

Sheffield Wednesday have relieved Henrik Pedersen of his duties.

'Hard for me' - Henrik Pedersen addresses Sheffield Wednesday sacking

TRUST: Steve McClaren (left) has spoken about his relationship with Rotherham United chairman Tony Stewart (Image: Kerrie Beddows)

McClaren confident Stewart will back Rotherham with his legacy under threat

CHAOS: Michael Duff (centre) (Image: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Michael Duff curses Bradford City chaos but pleased with growing goal threat

Sheffield Wednesday caretaker manager Matt Hamshaw pictured in charge of his first game against Cambridge United. Picture: Steve Ellis

Owls interim boss on future, Pedersen and 'frustration' after draw

Huddersfield Town head coach Martin Drury. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Town chief's key message after strong opening to League One season

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Property

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Gig review: Duran Duran at First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds
The Birmingham veterans play up the pure pantomime of a copper-bottomed post-new wave catalogue that still stacks up with the best of them after so many years.
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Squeeze stars Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook join Billy Bragg for a special video chat ahead of the Tried, Tested and Trixies UK tour.

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Band Echo & the Bunnymen will play Holmfirth Picturedrome on November 19.

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Politics

Doncaster Chamber has welcomed the move to purchase Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Chancellor unveils £1.5bn borrowing facility to help airport reopening
South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard is in the process of buying the Doncaster Sheffield Airport freehold for an undisclosed fee.
Ralph Blackburn

Prime Minister Andy Burnham (right) meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey at No11 Downing Street, central London, ahead of the Budget. Photo credit: Alberto Pezzali/Press Association

Households could be £770 a year worse off by 2030, report warns

Political leaders and business groups in South Yorkshire have campaigned to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport since it was closed by its owners in 2022 (Doncaster Sheffield Airport/PA)

'Massive gamble': Tories warn on Doncaster Sheffield Airport reopening

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A London bus crosses the Tyne Bridge as the city of Newcastle prepares for the Olympic Torch Relay by displaying the Olympic rings on the landmark .

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Rough sleepers in Leeds find it hard to get access to help.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey is due to deliver his Budget speech on Wednesday.

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