Suffragette vesta case

The tiny silver case which helped strike a huge blow for women's suffrage
Match point… John Vincent reports on the little silver vesta case that helped to strike a blow for the women's suffrage movement.

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    HS2 workers wave flags from the boring machine Cecelia following its break through after digging the longest tunnel in the HS2 project, completing its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills. PIC: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

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    BBC weather presenter Georgie Palmer was kicked off a SunExpress flight alongside her family after requesting passengers not to eat peanuts. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

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    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to reintroduce National Service if the Conservatives are re-elected in July. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

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    Marks & Spencer has revealed a better-than-expected surge in annual profits as the group's turnaround plan pays off, with the retailer reporting a 58% hike in underlying pre-tax profits to £716.4 million for the year to March 30. (Photo by James Manning/PA Wire)

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    Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Deputy Leader and Shadow Housing Secretary, (left) with Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, at UKREiif in Leeds. (Photo by Greg Wright)

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    Bolton Estate in Wensleydale is to launch Curlew Safaris this June with a birdwatching tour. Gamekeeper Ian Sleightholm is pictured at Castle Bolton on the look out for Curlews. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

    Yorkshire estates holding 'curlew safaris' to help wading birds thrive

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    Huddersfield Town head coach Michael Duff at the club's Canalside training ground. Picture courtesy of Huddersfield Town AFC.

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    Leeds United's Georginio Rutter of Leeds United looks dejected after Southampton's Adam Armstrong scores in the Sky Bet Championship play-off final match at Wembley Stadium. Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images.

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    Your World

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    Mini Pride arrives at North Yorkshire arts centre for the first time

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    Property

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    Helen Lederer on career setbacks and the dark side of comedy

    Henry Winkler accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for "Barry" at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

    Henry Winkler on Springsteen, Barry and his unlikely relationship with Yorkshire

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    Maddie Toy, collections assistant at The Bankfield Museum, Halifax with the shirt worn by Colin Firth as  Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice, which is going on permanent display, photographed by Tony Johnson for The Yorkshire Post

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    Grassington is returned to normal after the Filming of All Creatures Great and Small. 24th May 2024 Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

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    A row sparked when a council leader demanded an apology after being accused of being in Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen’s “pocket” has seemingly been settled.
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    Andy Bell, the Chief Executive of the Centre for Mental Health

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    Tom Wilson, Labour's candidate to take on Rishi Sunak in Richmond

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    Rishi Sunak told voters he will keep them safe, despite not even being able to find an umbrella.

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    Alexander Stafford, Rother Valley MP.

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