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Samuel Smith's Old Brewery

'Inexperienced’ couples wanted to manage a pub at UK’s strangest pub chain
Set in the little town of Tadcaster lies Yorkshire’s oldest brewery, widely dubbed in the national press as the ‘strangest in Britain.’

Smithies Church

Plans submitted to turn former church into 11 new flats in Yorkshire

Appleton Roebuck farmer James Mills, who could face a £1.2m inheritance tax bill.

Government plans are 'ripping the heart out of valued rural communities'

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Cawood Road in between Stillingfleet and Cawood

Police appeal for information after fatal crash on rural road
Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash in Yorkshire this morning (Jul 13).

The Black Lion. (Pic credit: Michael Ramshaw)

Yorkshire village locals find ‘sunken beer garden’ during The Black Lion revival

A woollen Hagrid in Pickering. (Pic credit: Visit Pickering)

Pickering Market Place transformed into a woollen wizarding world

Settle Flowerpot Festival. Pictured Christine Flitcroft. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Best pictures from quirky Yorkshire event celebrating creativity and flowerpots

First look: Haus Labs by Lady Gaga at the Sephora Meadowhall Sheffield store.

Sephora Sheffield: Exclusive first look inside the 'Temple of Beauty'

Middleton Walk in Stockton

Police investigate 'unexplained' death of woman following house fire

Sephora staff were on-hand with treats for the crowds at the Sephora Sheffield Meadowhall opening. Photo Credit: Dave Benett

More than 1,000 beauty fans gather for the opening of Sephora in Sheffield

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Doncaster Sheffield Airport pictured in 2022.

Rival airport hits out at plan to give DSA 'unfair' £90m public subsidy

File pic of a red squirrel taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme 30th September 2024

Detective work leads to discovery of a new red squirrel colony

Tim with grain that is bagged for animal feed Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

The wheat farmer who hasn't sold a single grain to a merchant for two years

The Rockingham Arms in Towton

The historic pub looking to the future after being taken over by four couples

Crime

Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury

Murder probe after man stabbed to death in park during 'disorder'

The two boys were due to appear at Hull Magistrate’s Court on Saturday.

Two teenage boys, aged 16 and 14, charged with rape in Yorkshire

LNER Community Stadium, home of York City.

York's friendly with Salford abandoned following alleged racist abuse

The junction where a hit-and-run, discussing at Doncaster Council, took place

Mayor blasts 'cowardly' hit-and-run driver who seriously injured elderly man

Oliver Corney, 35, fired three times into a group of people, Sheffield Crown Court heard on Friday (Jul 11)

Labourer jailed for more than 11 years for shooting ‘brave’ landlady

Christopher Rowlinson

Robber stole £900 from shop while covering his face with tea towel

Yorkshire Heritage

Garden designer Pandora Ryan, has created a garden in memory of her grandparents a the RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show Picture Simon Hulme

RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show
Brand new to Yorkshire, the RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse is set to venerate the surrounding area of Yorkshire through a series of inspiring gardens that connect to the local area’s roots. With a rich history to draw upon, the show looks to bring a world-class RHS flower show to one of the grandest stately homes in the country for the first time.
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Harewood House. Courtesy Leeds Civic Trust

How the fine work of a Yorkshire architect lives on in the region

Emma Hetherington who is launching a walking food tour of Beverley. Emma pictured with an ice cream at Gemini Chocolate. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Beverley Bites food and history tour

Bridlington Coble Festival. On board the Imperialist with Stewart McKie in 2023. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Yorkshire bay set to be filled with historic sailing cobles for one weekend only

Pudsey Town Hall in the centre of the town. Picture Tony Johnson

More than 1,000 people sign petition against sale of historic town hall

The felled Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Photo credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

How you can ‘hug the trunk’ of the much-loved felled Sycamore Gap tree

Sharon Wright and Ann Dinsdale

'We're massive Brontë fans - but we want to change perceptions about the family'

Guildhall, Hull

Road closures in place as iconic Time Ball set to be removed for repairs

Politics

A pig is judged in a show ring, during the opening day of the Great Yorkshire Show at the Showground in Harrogate. Photo Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Sunshine and soaring temperatures - but inheritance tax debate dominates GYS

File photo of school children in a class

School suspensions hits record levels in Yorkshire in hidden crisis

Alan Milburn and Steve Houghton

South Yorkshire's 'quiet revolution' is getting people back into work

Photo dated 08/10/85 of Margaret Thatcher with Norman Tebbit appeals to delegates to stop the applause after his speech at the opening of the annual Tory conference at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Photo credit: PA/PA Wire

Obituary: The acid-tongued hard man of Margaret Thatcher’s government

Transport

In a quiet room deep in Sheffield Town Hall resides the council’s Urban Transport Control Centre.

'We're a small team with a big job - to keep Sheffield moving'

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport ‘already open’ in planning terms, says Mayor

The infamous Stott Hall Farm nicknamed The Little House on the Prarie

A week of traffic armageddon on the farm on the M62 - Jill Thorp

Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard. Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Labour mayor hits out at Government over South Yorkshire rail funding

An impression showing how York Central could look.

York Central takes 'monumental' step ahead of 'significant' hotel and homes plan

Rishi Sunak with A66 Action Group members Ken Bell (orange top) and Nigel and Susannah Bateman, beside the A66.

‘Walking around with smiles’ - Residents react after A66 upgrade announcement

Weather

Angela Serino the director of Beetle Bank Open Farm & Wild Sanctuary in York - a small, open, working farm where the public can visit the animals as said she will struggle to feed her animals after the dry weather and heat

Yorkshire farmer speaks of impact of heat and dry weather

Ways to keep cool as high temperatures forecast.

Five hacks to keep cool in hot weather as high temperatures forecast

The Hirix air cooler is an absolute bargain at the moment

This £29.99 portable air cooler uses ice to blast you with cold air

Health

Australia is currently in the middle of one of its worst winters for flu infections in the last decade.

Record flu outbreak in Australia could be a warning of what's to come
Record numbers of flu cases in Australia could suggest a similarly severe flu season across the UK this winter 🤧
Sarah McCann

Richmond and Northallerton MP Rishi Sunak and staff nurse Anne Lamb.

New £35.5m surgical centre in Yorkshire officially opened by 80-year-old nurse

Babies and young children are more likely to be unwell from hot weather.

The exact temperature it's too hot to let kids play outside

Gut Wealth sachets are helping IBS sufferers rediscover their appetite and enjoy mealtimes again.

IBS sufferers say this changed their lives — 25% off ends Sunday

Retired Yorkshire taxi driver wins £4m beachside house

Education

Farmer Frances Standen of Birkdale Farm, with her flock of Romney sheep.

The Yorkshire farm which is helping to inspire the next generation
More than 100 children have experienced farm life first-hand and learnt key agricultural lessons at an event which it is hoped will inspire a future generation of farmers.
Stuart Minting

The summer holidays will soon be here for schoolchildren in England

When summer holidays start and end - plus term dates for the new year

These Yorkshire schools excel across a range of metrics

Yorkshire's 22 'super' state secondary schools

Pupils fund raise in memory of beloved Teaching Assistant

School Raises £7000 for Cancer Research UK in memory of a beloved colleague

Queensway School in Yeadon

Staff speak of mental health trauma of school closure U-turn

A full school uniform kit doesn't always come cheap

How to find out if you can get a school uniform grant

Professor Beth Jefferies

University of York Professor wins prestigious national psychology award

(L-R) Michelle Henderson, NESF’s Director of Foundation Development, Tracy Johnson,People & Culture Development Partner at Balfour Beatty, and Bill Sawyer, Head of Yarm Preparatory School with a group of pupils working on a STEM-related task

Budding innovators race wind-powered cars, extract DNA and build bridges during...

Business

The 10 worst areas for broadband speeds in the UK.

The 10 worst places for slow internet in the UK - full list

A use on single-use vapes is now in force in the UK. Picture: NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images.

'Serious' vape mistake that could land you a £5,000 bill this summer

The Boghanis with York's deputy mayor Margaret Wells

Splendid Hospitality Group putting tens of millions into York hotels

A couple going through their finances.

How to recognise and overcome ‘money dysmorphia’

Amazon has revealed plans for a new fulfilment centre creating 2,000 Jobs in the region

Ad Feature Amazon to deliver 2,000 jobs in the region - here's how to apply

The Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival had been due to return this year under new ownership and at a different venue but has now been cancelled.

Food festival organisers had no premises licence for event

UK News

According to analysis by Mobiles.co.uk these are the worst tourist attractions for phone signal in the UK. Photo: Astarot - stock.adobe.com

The 10 ‘dead zones’ where it is hardest to get a phone signal

41 years ago these cable cars were built at the Heights of Abraham by the Pugh family

‘We bought the most unusual business and transformed it into an attraction’

Mike's Carpets founder Mike Smith has died aged 79

Mike’s Carpets founder famed for TV adverts has died aged 79

Jayne Dunn, Lord Mayor of Sheffield. Jayne is in the new Yorkshire Post podcast talking about her Parlour, outfit changes and behind the scenes at the parlour. Picture By James Hardisty.

Inside the Lord Mayor’s parlour - with a toilet ‘fit for a Queen’

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The player's entrance to Centre Court at Wimbledon

Wimbledon men’s final TV channel confirmed - if it is free

These photos show how the UK prepared for the very real threat of nuclear war in the 70s and 80s

Remarkable photos show we prepared for nuclear Armageddon

British Burger Awards 2025 finalists named across UK

World

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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

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