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Giant sinkhole opens up in Yorkshire Sainsbury's car park - fire fighters 'looking into it'

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Sir Norman Bettison

Misconduct charges against Hillsborough police chief Sir Norman Bettison dropped

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Picture shows Oliver Coppard, Labour Party's Parliamentary Candidate in Sheffield Hallam, at the 2015 general election count for the Sheffield constituencies at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Ian Hinchliffe/RossParry.co.uk

I won’t stand for Labour in Sheffield Hallam because of anti-Semitism in the party, says ex-candidate Oliver Coppard

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Pictured: (L-R) Noel fielding, Sandi Toksvig, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. Picture credit: PA Photo/Channel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon.

Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith on life as show’s judges

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Nigel Adams: How we will make social housing the path to a better life

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Shocking pictures show damage after bonnet of car opens while travelling 70mph on M62 near Leeds

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Andrew Vine: Degree of despair as graduates fail to impress employers

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‘Generational pay gap’ rises by a third as young hit most

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What will be the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy?

The Yorkshire Post says: The jobs manual. Customer service is priceless

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Bill Carmichael: Remoaners rage at rise of Jacob Rees-Mogg

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Jake Berry: The North could be at the heart of Britain’s ‘fourth industrial revolution’

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Picture shows Oliver Coppard, Labour Party's Parliamentary Candidate in Sheffield Hallam, at the 2015 general election count for the Sheffield constituencies at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Ian Hinchliffe/RossParry.co.uk

I won’t stand for Labour in Sheffield Hallam because of anti-Semitism in the party, says ex-candidate Oliver Coppard

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NHS pills

Disease control 'could suffer and drugs could run out in no-deal Brexit'

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What now for Brexit?

YP Letters: Chequers Agreement letter on Brexit should be sent to Santa Claus!

Opinion

Gordon Brown supported rural buses, says reader Roger Backhouse. Do you agree?

YP Letters: Not only rural areas suffering transport woes

Opinion

One of the images provided by Anchor for use by the Yorkshire Post to illustrate older people for stories on social care, older people and ageing issues. Picture: Anchor.

#nomorewrinklyhands: The fight to banish ‘dehumanishing’ imagery of older people

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The doors to the new branch of Lidlon Chain Lane will soon be opened

Supermarket giant set to open doors to new store in Knaresborough

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System for housing asylum seekers in Yorkshire is “teetering on the edge”, says council leader

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Controversial waste facility near Knaresborough community funding tops half a million

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The Yorkshire Post says: How late trains hit investment. Coastal economy is under threat

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The Yorkshire Post says: The jobs manual. Customer service is priceless

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Crime More Crime >>

Top (L-R): Negus Nelson, Torrington Smith'Bottom (L-R): Leyton Orr, Roemol Taylor

Men jailed for violent disorder at Sheffield nightclub which resulted in four people being stabbed

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Man wanted for murder in Albania could be in Leeds, police warn

Crime

Cashpoint users in Leeds have been subject to 152 robberies and thefts

Why Leeds is the 'most dangerous place in Yorkshire' to use a cash machine

Crime

Husband found guilty of murdering mother-in-law after after she helped wife escape arranged marriage

Crime

How much this Leeds drug dealer caught with £300,000 of cocaine will have to pay back to authorities

Crime

Teen ploughed car into Leeds house and took part in raid where man was ran over

Crime

Good Samaritans helped Castleford attempted robbery victim

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Third man arrested after stabbing in Bridge End in Leeds city centre

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Transport More Transport >>

YP Letters: Not only rural areas suffering transport woes

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The bonnet opened while the driver was travelling at 70mph! PIC: West Yorkshire Police

Shocking pictures show damage after bonnet of car opens while travelling 70mph on M62 near Leeds

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TransPennine Express is under fire again.

The Yorkshire Post says: How late trains hit investment. Coastal economy is under threat

Opinion

YP Letters: High time to power ahead with charging

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Here's why part of the M62 near Leeds will be closed next week

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Education More Education >>

Andrew Vine: Degree of despair as graduates fail to impress employers

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Should a new generation of grammar schools be built?

YP Letters: Grammar schools are good for the least well-off

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King James's School in Knaresborough is celebrating another round of successful results

A Level Results 2018: The future looks bright for sixth form at King James's in Knaresborough

Education

Catherine Thompson, Ellie Archibald, Olivia Birch. Amy-Leigh King, Eric Mobbs and Shay Breen, students at Roundhay School, Leeds celebrate their fantastic A-level results. Picture Tony Johnson.

Leeds students jump for joy after A-level results

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#nomorewrinklyhands: The fight to banish ‘dehumanishing’ imagery of older people

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Many older people are ‘unprepared for the shock of loneliness’

Health

Beverley Community Lift user Daphne Kemp with driver Jim Whitfield in Cherry Burton near Beverley where the village population is ageing. Picture Tony Johnson.

How one village is tackling loneliness amid its ageing population

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Christian Jobling is among the 5 Ways service users to help put on a pizza night at the Leeds centre.

Life-saving Leeds service helping recovering drug and alcohol addicts to savour life again

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Mum and daughter duo: Kathryn and Deborah Wilson.

Mum and daughter prepare for Icelandic trek in bid to find cure for Parkinson's

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A public meeting about the tree felling plans will be held at Gibson Mill at Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge on September 12. Pictures by Bruce Rollinson.

Major tree felling plans for 19th-century woodland at Hardcastle Crags

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'Jericho', the rare albino hedgehog, weighed just 88g when he was rescued and taken to Annette Pyrah's Wildlife Orphanage in Barlby.

Spurt of rare albinos nursed back to health by North Yorkshire wildlife orphanage

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TheAllerton Waste Recovery Park went this year after a long legal battle

Controversial waste facility near Knaresborough community funding tops half a million

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Christian Jobling is among the 5 Ways service users to help put on a pizza night at the Leeds centre.

Life-saving Leeds service helping recovering drug and alcohol addicts to savour life again

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HM Bark Endeavour, a full-scale replica of Captain Cook's ship, is pulled by a tugboat from Middlesbrough to its permanent home in Whitby in June. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Globe-trotting adventure to chart history of Yorkshire ship that changed the world

Analysis

The open plan living space in the new extension with lights from Andy Thornton and wallcovering by Tektura.

Real Home: height of luxury in the Dales

Analysis

Help ‘miracle’ child William make it to Disney

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Opinion More Opinion >>

Bird Lovegod: Why trends are irrelevant in fintech world

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What now for Brexit?

YP Letters: Chequers Agreement letter on Brexit should be sent to Santa Claus!

Opinion

Gordon Brown supported rural buses, says reader Roger Backhouse. Do you agree?

YP Letters: Not only rural areas suffering transport woes

Opinion

Chris Grayling

Mark Casci: Grayling haulage debacle typical of Government’s slapdash Brexit approach

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Campaigns More Campaigns >>

One of the images provided by Anchor for use by the Yorkshire Post to illustrate older people for stories on social care, older people and ageing issues. Picture: Anchor.

#nomorewrinklyhands: The fight to banish ‘dehumanishing’ imagery of older people

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Sylvia Bartle, Jeanette Martin, Coun Ros Jump, Sandra Martin, Jean Dex, and Jean Kendal walking through Dunswell, near Beverley, a village in Yorkshire that has the most rapidly ageing population. Picture Tony Johnson.

Yorkshire community has the biggest increase in over-65s

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Many older people are ‘unprepared for the shock of loneliness’

Health

Obituaries More Obituaries >>

Kofi Annan was the former secretary-general of the United Nations.

John Oldfield: Honour Kofi Annan’s memory in slavery fight

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George Redmonds

George Redmonds, historian

Obituaries

Norman Bogie

Norman Bogie, teacher and charity worker

Obituaries

Margaret O'Boyle

Margaret O’Boyle, teacher

Obituaries