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Crowds are gathering outside Sheffield Cathedral this morning (July 14) for the funeral of community leader and the first black Premier League referee, Uriah Rennie.

Uriah Rennie funeral: First black Premier League referee laid to rest
Uriah Rennie, the Premier League’s first black referee, has been laid to rest in a touching service at Sheffield Cathedral.

Annabel Scholey, from Wakefield. Picture: Katherine Needles.

Annabel Scholey: 'I was game for being worldly and adventurous'

Penny McCarthy with Titian's The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea (c. 1549). Picture: Hugo Glendinning

Artist explores time in new exhibition at Sheffield's Graves Gallery

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Christine Whiting has been described as a 'much loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend'.

Police name grandmother, 78, who died in a crash near Thirsk
Police have named the 78-year-old grandmother who died in a crash near Thirsk.

Sun worshipers at Roundhay Park in Leeds. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Yorkshire cools down as heatwave ends but what is the weather forecast this week

Barrel racer Eloisa Atkinson, 15, on her pony Peaches during a training session at 4 Strides Equestrian UK in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire. Eloisa, from Mirfield in West Yorkshire is due to compete at the National Barrel Horse Association Teen and Youth World Championships in Georgia, USA next week. Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Yorkshire cowgirl says it will be ‘nerve-racking but fun’ to compete in US

Amanda Bloom and her daughter Jenny Machin. Photo: Yarndale

Bursary to be created in honour of Yorkshire crafter who died in Switzerland

Sheep grazing on Marsden Moor following a wildfire in 2021.

'Matter of when, not if' moorland fire would break out in Yorkshire

Some of the incomplete work done by builder Christopher Sedgewick, 39, from Eaglescliffe, who has been given a 44-week prison sentence suspended for 18 months with 120 hours' unpaid work and ordered to pay £41,381 compensation at Teesside Crown Court

'A hostage in their own home' - Builder sentenced for unfair trading

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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

The proposals by Rowan Green Developments Ltd will see the homes built at Cow Dyke Farm near Jennyfields

Appeal launched after Cow Dyke Farm barn set on fire deliberately

Marcus Lee Noble, 26, of Thornton Road, York

Man jailed for sexual activity with underage girl

Paula White, who was jailed in March 2024 for 29 months after being convicted of fraud offences, was one of the criminals ordered to pay back into the system last month.

Convicted fraudster ordered to pay back more than £40,000

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood during the official opening of HMP Millsike - the new Category C jail in Yorkshire which will deliver 1,500 prison places. Picture date: Thursday March 27, 2025.

Sitting days - why they are so important to curing the court backlog

James Gray

The real cost of the court delays is in the lives it ruins - James Gray

Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury

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

Yorkshire Heritage

The home of Fulneck School in Pudsey. PIC: Tony Johnson

Fulneck School issues emotional message as it closes after 272 years
A leading independent school in Yorkshire which is one of three to close this week has issued an emotional message on its final day.
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The winning image. Credit Dale Bristo

Best pictures from Young Railway Photographer of the Year competition 2025

Hayburn Wyke waterfall

The quiet Yorkshire cove at the centre of a Cold War spy plot

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

Smithies Church

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

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

The Black Lion. (Pic credit: Michael Ramshaw)

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

Politics

Langsett Reservoir, near Barnsley, with water running low. Credit: Yorkshire Water

Hosepipe ban: photos show scale of water shortage in reservoirs

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One of the UK's oldest and most prestigious horse racing events, held at Doncaster Racecourse. A four-day festival of top-class racing, fashion, and social events.

Proposed tax changes could be 'devastating' for Yorkshire horse racing

An HS2 worker stands in front of tunnel boring machine Karen. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Cancelled HS2 leg to Leeds 'under consultation', Rail Minister says

Sarah Sackman

Justice delayed is justice denied for families facing anxious court waits

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

Fundraisers, scientists and construction workers celebrate the start of work on a £24 million expansion of the SITraN

New chapter in Sheffield’s world-renowned neuroscience research
New development at the University of Sheffield will double the research capacity of the world-leading research facility, accelerating the progress of breakthrough treatments for degenerative neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s and Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
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The results of the GP Patient Survey 2025 are in - here are the best rated GP surgeries in England as voted for by patients.

The best rated GP surgeries in England where patients are happiest

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 11: Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, arrives to attend the weekly meeting of Cabinet minsters at 10 Downing Street on June 11, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Doctor strikes: Wes Streeting to meet BMA leaders ahead of walkouts

Resident doctors have voted to go on strike this July over a pay dispute.

The dates that resident doctors will go on strike this summer

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

Education

The protest next to a sign showing its nearer to Tadcaster than York.

Children and parents protest over school transport policy change
Parents and children have demonstrated against a controversial home-to-school transport policy outside a North Yorkshire school.
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Jane Goodman

Doncaster School for the Deaf’s Jane Goodman to retire after 33 years of service

Student sport leaders from Maltby Academy with their School Games pennant.

Going for Gold at Maltby Academy

Students working on desktop computers and tablets at school

World Youth Skills Day: Education training experts share importance of EdTech

Building Futures Together (BFT) in Pudsey, a vocational training provider, is offering 14 to 19 year-olds free hands-on electrical and plumbing sessions this summer, with the aim of boosting their employability and providing insight into a career in construction.

Pudsey-based Building Futures Together offers free summer trade course for 14 to...

Children legally need to be in schooling by the age of five

What age children start school, and what to do if they're not ready

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

The Yorkshire farm which is helping to inspire the next generation

The summer holidays will soon be here for schoolchildren in England

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

Business

The Yorkshire-based specialist was appointed to deliver full mechanical and electrical installation packages over a five-year contract, including work on both above-ground and deep sub-surface infrastructure.

Yorkshire firm plays 'pivotal role' at Europe’s deepest mineshaft

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D-Drill & Sawing makes hire who is key to growth

Public perceptions about banks have improved since the launch of the Consumer Duty two years ago, which set higher standards of consumer protection, a survey indicates. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Public say banks have improved, poll claims

Yorkshire is leading the way in tackling the UK’s rising unemployment

How Yorkshire is leading the way in tackling the UK’s rising unemployment

Santander said this is the fastest rising tactic it is seeing being used by scammers and the most common driver of purchase scams for customers aged 35-plus. A significant jump was seen among customers aged 80-plus, with building works making up more than half (58%) of all purchase scam claims received from this age group, up from just over a third (36%) in the first quarter of 2025. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

'Crooks prey on elderly with building work scams'

Former Red Hall Nursery. Google image.

Red Hall: Sale of former council garden nursery at reduced price

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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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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