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A state-of-the-art new hospice backed by TV writer Sally Wainwright OBE is set to be built in West Yorkshire

Happy Valley writer backs £3m fundraising drive for new hospice

The drugs and cash were found at an address on Quay Road, Bridlington

Three arrests as police seize haul of drugs and cash worth over £400,000 in Brid...

Damage to a parapet on the Stamford Bridge road bridge, protected by temporary barriers

Villagers face 'major disruption' when 300-year-old bridge closes in May

Emergency services arrive close to the Manchester Arena on May 23, 2017. (Photo by Dave Thompson/Getty Images)

Survivors of Manchester Arena attack sue M15 for compensation

The Community Hall, next to Burnby Hall Gardens

Burnby Hall set for new chapter after council declares it surplus

Connexin broadband infrastructure installation works in Aintree Close, Molescroft, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, on Thursday, April 11.

'Victory for common sense' as Connexin halts installation of new broadband poles

Date: 24th April 2019.Picture James Hardisty. Drypool Bridge, Hull.

Bridge in Yorkshire city forced to shut to road traffic

The machine the worker was trapped in

Worker's leg was amputated after he was trapped in machine

Picture: Lorne Campbell / GuzelianWyedean Weaving's 60th anniversary celebrations at their mill in Haworth, West Yorkshire.Picture shows staff member Jeanie Dixon working on a machine.PICTURE TAKEN ON MONDAY 8 APRIL 2024

Meet the Yorkshire firm which makes the flags for Trooping the Colour

The lawn before the wee beasties struck..

'I got home from holiday to find my entire lawn had disappeared'

The seafront at Withernsea. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Government inspector gives go-ahead to build homes on Yorkshire cliff edge

Steve Mathie owner of Spin It Records, one of the country's oldest vinyl stores which is celebrating its 30th anniversary of being in Trinity Market in Hull photographed by Tony Johnson for The Yorkshire Post. 29th March 2024

Country's oldest vinyl only shop celebrates 30th anniversary

(left to right) Director of Public Health at Hull City Council Julia Weldon, Assistant Chief Constable Thom McLoughlin, and Director of Housing, Transportation, and Public Protection at East Riding of Yorkshire Council Angela Dearing speak at a press conference at Melton Police Station, North Ferriby, Hull, to give updates on the investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. Picture date: Thursday April 4, 2024. PA Photo. The funeral directors have been under investigation after officers recovered the bodies, as well as suspected human ashes, at their site on Hessle Road in Hull. See PA story POLICE Funeral. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Blow for families whose relatives were cremated by Hull funeral directors

Solway Aviation Museum has come to the rescue of the he world’s last surviving Blackburn Beverley

Plans for last Blackburn Beverley flying high after fundraising target hit

File pic of a hospital ward: The woman was targeted by nurse Paul Grayson at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield

Woman sexually abused by nurse suffers nightmares and fears hospital treatment

Goole's water tower was out of operation and unable to boost the water pressure which resulted in some customers experiencing low water pressure.

Yorkshire Water told to pay compensation 'without delay' to customers in Goole

The legacies of farmer's wife Joan Wells and her brother in law Roy Boyson who died last year at the ages of 100 and 97, have given the campaign a massive boost

Campaign to save "Yorkshire's Wild Isle" kickstarted by generous legacy

File pic: The case against the Barnsley trust alleged that doctors failed to take a full alcohol history, then made the wrong diagnosis and failed to have an open mind

Woman left paralysed by rare disorder awarded seven-figure compensation

Artist's impression of the new rooftop terrace

Plans for rooftop terrace seating 40 overlooking North Sea at Hornsea

An artist's impression of how the house would look at the former Broadgate reservoir near Beverley

Plans to turn water reservoir near Beverley into four-bedroomed house

Investigating the foundations of the "previously unknown" Roman road

Roman road, 'burnt' mound and human remains discovered near Yorkshire village

To mark the 725th anniversary, the exhibition '˜Hull/Ravenser Odd: twin cities, sunken pasts' will display the original Hull and Ravenser Odd charters, on loan from The National Archives. The exhibition will also highlight existing items in Hull History Centre's collection (Hull's 1299 charter, maps of medieval Hull), and bring the little-known story about the sinking of Ravenser Odd and the ascendancy of Hull to life. Dr Emily Robinson is pictured with the charter roll from Edward I April 1st 1299..Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme 25th March 2024

The curious tale of the Yorkshire island which disappeared beneath the sea

The New Clarence lit up

Campaigners celebrate £300,000 grant to create community-owned pub

The Land of Green Ginger in Hull has featured in several recent films

New visitors guide for Enola Holmes, Victoria, Bodies film locations in Hull

CGI image of the new shipping container food village that is coming to Leeds Kirkgate market

Huge new shipping container street food village is coming to Leeds

The New Clarence lit up

More than £100,000 raised towards city's first community owned and run pub

KCOM's headquarters on Carr Lane, HullLast week Digital Infrastructure Minister Julia Lopez said due to "increasing public concern” operators should do “everything possible” to share infrastructure.

Telecoms rival accuses KCOM of 'anti-competitive behaviour'

Jason Carver on Startmeup wins the The Kiplingcotes Derby in the East Riding of Yorkshire, photographed by Tony Johnson for the Yorkshire Post. 16 March 2023.

Tough conditions for riders in oldest horse race after record wet winter

Residents protesting outside the town council's offices earlier this week

Councillors dig 'massive hole' by dropping disciplinary against clerk

The plane has been largely dismantled Picture taken 24th August 2021 by Jonathan Gawthorpe

Tiny museum gets 'fantastic' public backing in fight to save Blackburn Beverley

Work is expected to start this summer on the £400m project

£400m project to upgrade high-voltage power network near York gets sign off

File photo dated 15/09/08 of a dentist at work.

Dentists offer new NHS appointments to 3,000 patients across the region

File pic: Two teenagers from Leeds were caught trout fishing without permission or licences on Driffield Beck. (Photo: Tony Johnson/Yorkshire Post Newspapers)

Teenagers fined hundreds for fishing illegally in renowned trout stream

Whitby stock - Whitby harbour at sunset

£27m repair bill for Whitby and Scarborough harbours likely to be underestimate

Pictured: Newby and Scalby Town Council (from Google maps) and inset, from top: North Yorkshire councillor Subash Sharma, Coun Richard Thompson (chairman) and Derek Bastiman (vice chairman).

Villagers plan protest to keep pressure on town councillors over 'bully' clerk

Stamford Bridge is nearly 300 years old

Drivers face diversions as 300-year-old bridge closes for eight to 10 weeks

Ben Crosby who died in a road traffic collision shortly after his partner's body was found

Killer died 'accidentally' in high-speed police chase

Yorkshire researchers are on the hunt for lost civilisations that lie under the waves in the North Sea and the Baltic

Yorkshire researchers on hunt for lost civilisations

Ben Crosby who died in a road traffic collision shortly after his partner's body was found

Killer died in police pursuit after driving into a van at up to 84mph

School Kitchen will offer Thai, Mexican, Sir Lankan and Spanish dishes

Eco-friendly home delivery food service launches at York school kitchen

Birkhill Wood substation

Second substation at Cottingham to connect Dogger Bank D to grid

Vessels moored at Albert Dock in Hull

Payroll assistant 'hijacked system" to pay herself £84,000

Rick Battarbee test the water for polution on the River Wharfe at Ilkley Picture by Simon Hulme 29th November 2022

More official bathing waters announced for Yorkshire rivers

The Traveller's Rest, Main Street, Long Riston. Photographed for the Yorkshire Post by Jonathan Gawthorpe. 10th October 2023.

Council rejects latest bid by developer to have new 'pub' declared legal

Mark Kemp, of Hull, known as 'The Yorkshire Fossil Hunter' an expert in finding, collecting and preparing fossils for the last 10 years. He's also offers guided walks, along the Yorkshire coast and owns a large assortment of fossil which he found and prepared during his many travels. Just before Christmas 2023 Mark, was out fossil hunter along the Yorkshire Coastline near Whitby North Yorkshire, where he discovered a large bone assembly from a Jurassic Crocodile Fossil which lived on earth over 180-million-years ago. The fossil which has taken over 40 hours to prepare shows vertebrae, ribs, legs bones, parts of the jaw bone and scutes. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 8th February 2024.

Rare crocodile bones discovered near Whitby over 180 million years old

Demolition work at the site in 2020

'Better than ever' - Property developer rebuilds 200-year-old Yorkshire pub