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Tom and Laura Platt Sandhall Farm, Skelton Howden. Tom and Laura run a 2000 acre farm and have just won the Yorkshire Post Rural Awards Farm of the Year & Arable Farm of the Year - they also produce Lister's Crisps from their potatoes. Tom and Laura are pictured with there daughters Autumn, two, and Alana, two, and dog Luna.

Crunch decisions that bagged awards
Two weeks ago a young farming couple picked up not one but two of this year’s Yorkshire Post Rural Awards – Arable Farm of the Year and Farm of the Year, but arguably it was their annual crop of around just 60 acres of potatoes and what they do with them that made all the difference.

The bridge is adorned with the city's coat of arms which features the 'golden fleece,' symbolic of Leeds' once flourishing wool industry. It's the oldest crossing point in town!

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Douglas Halley, who served in the Royal Artillery, landed in Normandy on D-Day as part of the second wave of troops.

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An heroic D-Day veteran from Sheffield is finally to receive his wartime medals after 81 years.

Sir Ed Davey visits independent retailers in Hull as the city gears up for a busy Christmas shopping season: the visit has led to calls for shoppers to support independent retailers during a pivotal period for the high street

Ed Davey champions Hull’s independent traders ahead of pivotal festive period

Prime Minister Andy Burnham views an illegal rubbish dump beside Bradford City´s Valley Parade stadium, to announce a new crackdown on illegal waste dumping and action to clear up communities as part of his pledge to bring (Image: Scott Heppell/PA Agency)

Council gives brief update on when huge illegal waste site will be cleared

Sofra Express Grill Kitchen has been refused permission to relocate to a former betting shop 250m from its current base on Alverthorpe Road due to it being within a "takeaway exclusion zone."

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Katy Phenix, 33, her partner Josh Moore, 35, children, Hetty, 6, and Teddy, 11, moved to Fair Isle, Scotland, along with three dogs, and four cats.

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Crime

Homes in Yorkshire damaged and buses targeted in suspected attacks

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Politics

Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle speaking during the final day of the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool in September. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Yorkshire Water's one-star rating is unacceptable: Angela Eagle

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Hull lands £2.6m government fund to revive derelict high street buildings

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Autistic boy left without support to help him communicate for a year

Chancellor John Healey ahead of delivering the Labour Government's Budget to Parliament last week in the House of Commons.

MJ Gleeson hails John Healey's Your First Home scheme

Transport

Northern takes step closer on new electric trains from York to Leeds

Northern Rail has cancelled numerous trains in recent days

More than 20 trains cancelled in a day as 'slippery leaves' cause chaos

Major motorway traffic warnings as police to escort abnormal 420 tonne load this weekend which can only go 8mph

Major traffic warnings as police to escort abnormal 420 tonne load

The Hopgrove Junction on the A64.

The Yorkshire A-road with 218 days of closures since 2020

Works on Middlewood Close, in Rufforth, York.

'Moonscape' road plagued by potholes gets repaired in £16.5m improvement drive

Bradford Interchange pictured in 2019. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Bradford Council leader '1,000 per cent' behind plans for through station

Weather

A man walks to work in freezing conditions in January 2010 in London, England.

How and when disrupted polar vortex could affect the UK’s weather

Stuart Gibson, a Morrisons pumpkin grower, harvests pumpkins for carving and cooking despite this year´s challenging weather conditions.

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Louise Lee, 53, was at her daughter’s home in Redcar on Monday when powerful winds lifted her grandchildren’s trampoline off the ground.

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Health

'I'm a jeweller and love playing with fire - we're pyromaniacs'
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Sheffield swimming pool must close for six months for roof repairs

Rotherham Hospice cares for over 1,700 patients a year and needs to raise over £6 million a year to continue their Outstanding care.

Hospice leaders issue plea to John Healey over £2m shortfall in financing

Wellbeing practitioner Emma Longbottom wants to start a 'rest revolution'.

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Education

The site of former Hull Grammar School was earmarked for student accommodation, but could now become a place of worship if plans are given the green light.

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Business

A retrospective planning application has been submitted to allow the former Black Swan, on Westgate, to remain in use as 13-bedroom shared accommodation. LDRS image

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Lucy Punch and James Norton as Santa and Mrs Claus in the M&S 2026 Christmas campaign advert.

M&S brings it home as James Norton and Lucy Punch star in TV advert

Kevin the Carrot searches for Cauli Dog in Aldi’s 2026 Christmas advert.

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UK News

Musician Paul Heaton said he was "absolutely dumbfounded" by what he described as Sheffield Arena's "pitiful reaction" to two medical incidents in the crowd during his show on Friday, November 6

Paul Heaton blasts Sheffield Arena's "pitiful" medical response

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Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger victim 'had previous bouts of psychosis'

Yorkshire Wildlife Park will re-open on Friday, October 16 six days after William Chapman was mauled by a tiger and died.

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UK hospitality industry risks losing £500m because of poor toilets

Over half of parents saying their child avoids creativity due to fear of getting it wrong

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World

Volodymyr Zelensky and Andy Burnham shake hands outside 10 Downing Street, flanked by soldiers in red dress uniform

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Shannon Lawrie, a student at Leeds Trinity University, is visiting her partner in Penticton, British Columbia, where the pair have watched the Bald Range wildfire grow and residents evacuated from nearby communities.

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