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

'Repair bridges': Burnham pledges to help Zelensky with Donald Trump
Andy Burnham has said he will seek to restore Donald Trump’s support for Ukraine and “repair bridges” as Volodymyr Zelensky visited Downing Street.

Bradley Townsend, from Barnsley, left, with Aiden Minnis, in what appears to be Russia or eastern Ukraine. Credit: YouTube/International Volunteers Association

'Yorkshire lad' is first Briton to die fighting for Putin in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a security council meeting in Moscow (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/AP)

Exclusive Russia will ramp up 'grey zone' attacks on UK without deterrence

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.

'A ghost town' - Yorkshire student caught up in Canadian wildfire crisis

US President Donald Trump (left) and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attend the Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey (Alastair Grant/PA)

US-Iran war: Starmer calls for return to ceasefire as oil prices spike

Margaret Ham, with her great granddaughter Megan.

'My grandmother turns 100 on Saturday - she drinks Yorkshire Tea by the gallon'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer, are greeted by British Ambassador to France Thomas Drew, during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France. Credit: Isabel Infantes/PA Wire

Starmer meets Trump at G7 after 'significant' Iran war 'breakthrough'

Alex Younger, former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6

Sir Alex Younger obituary: The former head of MI6 known by codename 'C'

King Charles III greets people after addressing members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate during a joint meeting of Congress, as they mark the 250th anniversary of independence, at the United States Capitol in Washington DC, on day two of the state visit to the US.

King Charles 'grasped in both hands' the 'risk and challenge' of US trip

The 14-karat gold signet ring was originally owned by Hollywood western star John Wayne

John Wayne’s signet ring set to fetch up to £3,000 at auction

Donald Trump gives a press conference after shots were fired at a Washington dinner he attended. Credit: Getty

Donald Trump unhurt and suspect in custody after shots fired at dinner

Tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran

Food security 'held hostage by geopolitics' with Iran blockade

John Swinney has proposed a cap on essential food items

Iran war: contingency plans for food shortages in 'worst scenario'

Donald Trump and Keir Starmer

Starmer is 'fed up' of bills going up 'because of Putin or Trump'

Smoke billows from the Thai bulk carrier Mayuree Naree near the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed to shipping, preventing supplies of oil from passing through (Picture: Royal Thai Navy)

Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz despite Donald Trump ceasefire deal

In this image from video provided by NASA, the Moon is seen from a camera outside the Orion Spacecraft after the Artemis II astronauts surpassed the farthest distance ever traveled by humans from Earth, Monday, April 6, 2026. (NASA via AP)

Artemis II crew begin return leg of epic journey

A farmer works the land. PIC: James Hardisty

Farmers and food businesses call for government support over Iran war

A picture shows a general view of the phase 17-18 of the South Pars gas field facilities in the southern Iranian port town of Assaluyeh on the shore of the Gulf on November 19, 2015. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP)

Gas and oil prices soar after energy attacks in Iran and Qatar

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Estonia after his summit in Norway

Starmer to give Middle East speech as economic fall out continues

Rachel Reeves is facing calls to reform business rates for pubs

Petrol bosses hit out at Rachel Reeves over 'profiteering' claims

Use free comparison apps to find the best deals on petrol near you (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Middle East war: petrol stations told to 'stop profiteering' in crisis
A Yorkshire business group has urged petrol stations to “stop profiteering” from the crisis in the Middle East and hiking up fuel prices.
Ralph Blackburn

A navy vessel is seen sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world's oil and gas passes. Credit: Sahar AL ATTAR / AFP via Getty Images

Iran war could push inflation up to 3 per cent by end of year - OBR

Exclusive UK should 'send a message' to Russia by striking Iran - Kemi Badenoch

Lauren Higgins & Adam Wilson had their flight cancelled due to the ongoing conflict in Iran

'We ditched our luxury holiday of a lifetime for budget hotel due to Iran war'

A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3, 2026. Iran stepped up its attacks on economic targets and US missions across the Middle East on Tuesday as the US president warned it was "too late" for the Islamic republic to seek talks to escape the war. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

War in the Middle East: Seven days that shook the world

An RAF F35 on base in Cyprus. Credit: MoD Crown Copyright via Getty

David Lammy confirms legality of RAF jets striking Iran missile sites

Emma, her husband Paul, 43 and daughter Sadie 14, are stuck in their hotel and are "traumatised" by the constant loud bangs of missiles being intercepted.

'I'm stuck in a Dubai hotel - the Government have failed their own'

An RAF F35 on base in Cyprus. Credit: MoD Crown Copyright via Getty

UK to send four Typoon jets to Qatar after Trump's 'loser' comment

Passengers stranded by the closure of Dubai International Airport await for assistance in the airport parking lot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Sunday

Flights starting to bring stranded Britons home from Middle East

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer picks up UK-US trade deal papers dropped by US President Donald Trump. PIC: Stefan Rousseau /PA Wire

Starmer will not be 'hanging on to Trump’s words' amid US criticism

A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran earlier this week. (Picture: AP/Mohsen Ganji)

Yorkshire folk in Middle East tell of hearing explosions

Chancellor Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to deliver her spring statement to MPs. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Middle East war overshadows Rachel Reeves' spring statement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she has the “right economic plan” for the UK to “protect families from the turbulence that we see beyond our borders”, with oil and gas prices spiking due to the conflict in the Middle East.
Ralph Blackburn

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died earlier this month.

Russia poisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny with frog poison - UK

Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses with US President Donald Trump last October (Picture: Suzanne Plunkett//Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer says he 'will not yield' to Trump on Greenland

Keir Starmer has worked hard to maintain good relations with the US under Donald Trump (Picture: Leon Neal)

UK to press on with Chagos deal despite Trump comments

France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) at the Elysee Palace. Credit: AFP via Getty Images

Starmer and EU leaders say they 'will not stop defending' Greenland

'Scary' - former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has reassured friends, family and fans that he is home safely after finding himself locked down during Bondi Beach terror incident (PA)

England cricket legend caught up in Australian terror attack

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Dick Cheney: One of the most powerful and polarising politicians of his time

Hurricane Melissa pictured by satellite as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Monday evening

Why 'supercharged' Hurricane Melissa is so powerful - and dangerous

Donald Trump and Keir Starmer hold a press conference at Chequers on the US President's state visit to the UK (Picture: Leon Neal)

Trump tells Starmer to call up military to stop small boats

Donald Trump was in the UK for a historic second state visit

Donald Trump: Putin has 'really let me down' over Ukraine

Lord (Peter) Mandelson, seen with President Trump n the White House, has lost his job as UK ambassador to the US

'Problematic' if Mandelson scandal overshadows Trump state visit

Kim Leadbeater, the sister of the former MP for Batley and Spen Jo Cox who was murdered in 2016, has condemned the “dreadful” shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Sister of murdered MP Jo Cox speaks out on Charlie Kirk assassination

Conservative Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake

MP says Tories would consider doing deportation deal with Taliban

Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, 26, of Rotherham, has been jailed for 20 months

Hacker who stole data from millions of Facebook accounts jailed

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Starmer flies to US for Ukraine talks with Trump and Zelensky

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer co-chairs a virtual meeting with pro-Ukraine allies from Downing Street, London. The meeting follows a call with US President Donald Trump and European leader about ending the war in Ukraine. Credit: Jack Taylor/PA Wire

'Viable chance' of ceasefire in Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer says

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. PIC: Leon Neal/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer's Palestine plan divides MPs

Starmer to press Trump on Gaza ceasefire in Scotland meeting

A boy, clearly in distress, queues for food in a charity kitchen in Gaza City earlier this month (Picture: Bashar Taleb)

Sir Keir Starmer declines to immediately recognise Palestinian state

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Australian police offer new reward in bid to find Yorkshire man’s body

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at Nato. Credit: Kin Cheung/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer defends Donald Trump's Iran strikes

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) walks with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. PIC: Stephanie Lecocq/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer pledges to hit Nato 5% defence target by 2035

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the White House on June 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Trump addressed the three Iranian nuclear facilities that were struck by the U.S. military early Sunday. (Photo by Carlos Barria - Pool/Getty Images)

Starmer says there is 'risk of escalation' with US attacks on Iran

Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to open the new BAE Systems artillery factory in Sheffield. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

US to review defence deal involving Sheffield Forgemasters

Patrick (top right) and Jason (bottom right) Ward were jailed for spending thousands using fake Scottish bank notes (West Yorkshire Police)

Two men jailed over counterfeit notes after being stopped in Yorkshire

Professor Theodore Hanein,with Professor Leon Black with a concrete mixer used for producing concrete

Rubble recycling technology from Yorkshire could help rebuild Ukraine

Pope Francis speaks to Monsignor Arthur Roche (L) after he elevated him Cardinal during a consistory to create 20 new cardinals, on August 27, 2022 at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican.

Conclave: What is it and how long will it take?

Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal. Credit: DBT

Lamb exports 'boosted' under landmark UK-India free trade deal

The 100 most influential people in Yorkshire includes Shanaz Gulzar (left), Rachel Reeves (centre) and Steve Heapy (right)

Yorkshire's Power 100: Introducing the 100 most influential people in Yorkshire

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