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Two dead in ‘head on’ collision on Woodhead Pass near Sheffield

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The A168 near Thirsk. Picture: Google.

York man dead after car crash near Thirsk

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If police try to pull you over, you must comply. Photo: West Yorkshire Police

When can police legally stop your car? This is what the law says

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Snow is not likely today - as warmer sunshine moves across Leeds

Will it snow in Leeds on Sunday? This is what the Met Office says

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A costume department at Christmas: Backstage at Leeds Playhouse

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Wages worth less than 10 years ago for vast majority of Yorkshire’s workers, research claims

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‘Rerd werks’ sign in Yorkshire accent brings smiles to drivers and social media

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How this homemade hi-tech device helped a serial fraudster con victims out of £500,000

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Woolworths closed 10 years ago

Ten years on, the wonder of Woolworth is that its shops are still in business...

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William Wallace: No deal on Brexit may well mean the end of the UK. Here’s why...

Politics More Politics >>

Should more EU funding be made available to bolster Yorkshire's sea defences?

YP letters: Battling to find funds for local needs

Opinion

Christmas shoppers are being urged to heed Usdaw's respect campaign.

YP Letters: Respect our shopworkers at busy time of year

Opinion

All eyes will again be on Theresa May when she makes a Commons statement on Brexit and the latest EU summit.

YP Letters: Get behind the Prime Minister’s deal to get us out of the EU

Opinion

Liam Fox has indicated he could support a free vote for MPs on Brexit options. Picture Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire

Plan for Brexit needed now

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BBC Political Correspondent Chris Mason

Chris Mason interview: Now is the best time I've ever known to be a BBC political correspondent

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Theresa May survived this week's confidence vote - but what are the consequences for Brexit?

YP Letters: MPs have a responsibility to honour Brexit vote

Opinion

Brexit continues to polarise opinion.

YP Letters: Risk that Brexit would make our products uncompetitive

Opinion

YP Letters: Harrogate developments would ruin our countryside

Opinion

Justine Greening calls for second vote to kill off PM’s Brexit deal before Christmas

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Sheffield Council says inquiry into tree dispute would be 'a distraction'

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Tom Richmond: Theresa May has been saved – but can she save the country?

Opinion

Crime More Crime >>

Police have been using mobile speed cameras this week

Police have been out catching speeding drivers on these Leeds roads this weekend

Crime

Two of the men locked up in Leeds Crown Court in 2018 for child sex offences

10 paedophiles locked up at Leeds Crown Court in 2018 and the jail time they got

Crime

Police want to speak to this man in connection with the attack on a 20-year-old woman

Police searching for man after footballer's sister assaulted near Leeds station

Crime

PC Jade Hunter described her horrific callout

Yorkshire Police officer called to death of three-year-old girl issues heartbreaking plea

Crime

When can police legally stop your car? This is what the law says

Crime

Knifeman went on street rampage with hunting knife after random attack on shop worker

Crime

Crime in Yorkshire's schools on rise four years on from Leeds teacher's murder in classroom

Crime

Thieves target North Yorkshire home in overnight Leyburn burglary

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Transport More Transport >>

Travel headaches for Christmas shoppers in Yorkshire as rail workers stage 40th walkout

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The Yorkshire Post's weekly cartoon by Graeme Bandeira.

Tom Richmond: Theresa May has been saved – but can she save the country?

Opinion

The woman had jumped onto the tracks from the platform at Dewsbury Station

Train driver describes heart-stopping moment he rescued 'confused' woman from tracks in Yorkshire

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Boothtown Road Halifax. PIC: Google

Man dies following early hours crash on Boothtown Road (A647) in Halifax

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Network Rail has set out how trans-Pennne rail improvements will benefit the region.

Rob McIntosh: Trans-Pennine services set to be transformed

Opinion

Education More Education >>

The Yorkshire Post says: “Dickensian picture” of poverty is deeply worrying

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Marcia McLuckie in the 1867 Great Hall in the Old Grammar School in Richmond

Through the looking glass into Richmond school that may have inspired Lewis Carroll to write Alice in Wonderland

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Home Secretary Sajid Javid.

The Yorkshire Post says: Schools are the first line of policing

Opinion

The number of primary school pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths has risen again, official figures show.

Primary School league tables: Yorkshire at bottom of progress table

Education

Health More Health >>

Public health officials issue Xanax drug warning as usage rises in East Yorkshire

Health

These are the signs of RSV to look out for

Parents warned to look for signs of RSV in babies and children after Yorkshire NHS sees outbreak

Health

Aladin stars Biggins, Simon Webbe and Billy Pearce with Axl's mum Claire and brother Lucus

Stars sparkle in memory of little Axl

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Harry Bosomworth (left) and Ken Godward.

Nursing chief's apology to families after shizophrenic man attacked two patients who died at Leeds hospital

Health

Judges were impressed by the consistently high standard from Yorkshire's Vida Healthcare

Yorkshire dementia care home wins award for passion and commitment

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Environment More Environment >>

Three bears rescued by Yorkshire Wildlife Park from a museum in Japan are looking forward to their first Christmas at the Park.

Brown bears on the mend at Wildlife Park

Environment

Much work is being done to prevent a repeat of floods, like those that struck Leeds at Christmas 2015.

Colin Mellors: How cash for coast is critical in fight against flooding

Opinion

About 70 per cent of shoot days were cancelled during this year's red grouse shooting season, according to the Moorland Association. Picture by Andrew Milligan/PA Wire.

Weather-hit grouse shooting season costs rural businesses millions

Environment

Analysis More Analysis >>

Feature on Costume department for the production of Scrooge at The Leeds Playhouse..Rachel Hodgson sprays the chains of Marleys Ghost.12th November 2018 ..Picture by Simon Hulme

A costume department at Christmas: Backstage at Leeds Playhouse

Analysis

Undated Handout of Barbara Taylor Bradford. See PA Feature BOOK Christmas. Picture credit should read: Julian Dufort/PA. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature BOOK Christmas.

Weekend interview: Barbara Taylor Bradford

Analysis

The living space is full of light thanks to large areas of new glazing on the new extension, which features a sail-style roof and timber cladding.

On the level – it’s bungalow bliss

Analysis

The Unthanks recording at the Bront� Parsonage Museum in Haworth this year.

The Unthanks make songs from Emily Bronte’s poems

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Opinion More Opinion >>

YP letters: Battling to find funds for local needs

Opinion

Christmas shoppers are being urged to heed Usdaw's respect campaign.

YP Letters: Respect our shopworkers at busy time of year

Opinion

All eyes will again be on Theresa May when she makes a Commons statement on Brexit and the latest EU summit.

YP Letters: Get behind the Prime Minister’s deal to get us out of the EU

Opinion

Teachers' concerns about children living in poverty should be a wake-up call to the Government.

The Yorkshire Post says: “Dickensian picture” of poverty is deeply worrying

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Consumer champion Kate Hardcastle, pictured with Christmas shoppers in Briggate, Leeds, this week.

Kate Hardcastle on why retail lessons of the past show way forward for High Street’s future

Opinion

Tributes continue to be paid to social justice campaigner Harry Smith.

YP Letters: Harry Leslie Smith, a veteran who battled on for future generations

Opinion

Mike Day is pictured with guests at the Christmas lunch. Picture by Simon Hulme

Christmas comes early for lonely in Leeds

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Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Gert 'Oupa' Coetzer in 1966 against Leeds

Obituaries

Wilf Staton during the Second World War

Wilf Staton, war veteran

Obituaries

Eric Preston

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Tom Hughes

Tom Hughes, head teacher

Obituaries