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The fictional Shelby brothers’ headquarters in BBC drama Peaky Blinders is filmed in a warehouse on Cater Street in the Little Germany area of Bradford. Picture: Stevie Campbell

Ambitious plans unlocked for city's historic quarter
There’s a corner of Bradford where grand stone façades, arched windows, and towering warehouses whisper stories of a bygone boom.

Raymond Calvert at Hoggarth Farm, Near Keld in Swaledale, with Swaledale sheep on Birkdale Common.

'I farm on remote land near Tan Hill Inn - but I still dream of winning big'

Sycamore Gap and Robin Hood's tree on Hadrians Wall on a sunny day in Northumbria

Sycamore Gap Trail shows life does go on - Julian Norton

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People

Green-fingered Stuart Grindle says he had no intention of letting his prized labour of love burn to a crisp as the nation sizzles. Huge fires are breaking out across tinderbox Britain as the country enters some of the heatwave's most intense conditions.

Britain’s best lawn owner shares mistake that could ruin your grass in the heat
The man with Britain's best lawn has shared the one thing you shouldn't do if you want to keep your lawn lush and green through the forecast hot weather.

From YTV to ITV: Christine Talbot takes a trip down memory lane

A sperm donor who 'fathered 180 children' has been banned from having increased contact with two of them.

'If you are going to use a sperm donor, you need to check them out'

Nigel Stevens

Death of man pulled from Yorkshire river not suspicious, say police

Ann Jones' collection of board games has evolved from a simple pastime she enjoyed as a child into a thriving business.

Cards or Die: ‘I own more than 600 board games and take them to weddings’

The Penny Hedge tradition. (Pic credit: Richard Ponter)

Planting of the Penny Hedge: The dark history behind an ancient Whitby tradition

A man who died in a crash in Barnsley last week has been named as 52-year-old Artur Shurdhi.

Family pays tribute to man, 52, who died in Yorkshire crash

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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

Anlaby Road Flyove

Anlaby Road Flyover closed in both directions after crash in Hull

Park Spring Road, in Barnsley, has been closed with emergency services on the scene. Photo: Google

Woman, 57, dies Barnsley crash involving Transit van

Andrew Yallop has been jailed.

Police hunt for suspect after indecent exposure at Bolton Abbey

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore and child sexual abuse solicitor David Greenwood hand their letter into the Home Office. Credit: Robbie Moore

MP calls for Bradford grooming gangs inquiry in Home Office meeting

The suspect ran off down Bayswater Mount in the direction of Roundhay Road.

Man seriously injured in Leeds machete attack as police launch appeal

Police have carried out speed checks in a Burnley neighbourhood in response to complaints from residents.

Teen arrested after woman left fighting for her life following crash

Yorkshire Heritage

Douglas C-47 Dakota (L) and two Royal Air Force Spitfires. (Pic credit: Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images)

Douglas C47 Dakota in Yorkshire: When will the iconic RAF plane fly over Ripon?
Tractor Fest will return to Newby Hall in Ripon this year in conjunction with VE Day celebrations - here’s when the iconic RAF Second World War plane Douglas C-47 Dakota plane will fly over.
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St Michael's Church, in Hudswell, has been converted into a hostel.

Former Yorkshire village church converted into hostel

Owner Jo Cox, outside the now closed Moorcock Inn.

Dales landlady vows to fight legal action after closing pub and opening tearoom

Landscape near Bradford that inspired Brontë sisters is declared nature reserve

Landscape which inspired Brontë sisters declared a nature reserve

Vic Cocker, 84.

'Joe Cocker was my older brother – I want to make sure he’s not forgotten'

Castle Hill in Huddersfield

The iconic Yorkshire attraction frequented by humans for more than 4,000 years

The miniature railway at Newby Hall

'The most exciting thing in the world' - My first memory of Yorkshire

Hetty & Betty interior post refurbishment. (Pic credit: Lois Kirtlan)

History of Whitby's oldest chippy - set inside former bank

Politics

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves signs the Mansion House Accord at the offices of Marsh McLennan in the City of London. The Mansion House Accord aims to help defined contribution (DC) pension savers by harnessing higher potential net returns available in private markets, as well as strengthening investment in the UK. Picture date: Tuesday May 13, 2025. PA photo. See PA story MONEY Pension. Photo credit should read: Ben Whitley/PA Wire

Reeves faces call from local Labour party to abandon welfare cuts

Alistair Carmichael the Liberal Democrat chair of the Efra Committee. Credit: Getty

Labour will spurn rural support 'without inheritance tax rethink'

Oluver Coppard speaking at The Cutlers' Feast in Sheffield. Picture: Andrew Cox

Oliver Coppard backs industry call for 'bold' Industrial Strategy

Farmers protest over Labour's changes to inheritance tax on the Edinburgh city bypass (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Delay inheritance tax reforms to avoid damaging family farms, MPs say

Transport

Markets Car Park in Doncaster

Council earned over £5.2million from car parks over two years

L-R: Rail Minister Lord Peter Hendy, Lord David Blunkett, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith and South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard. Credit: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Yorkshire Labour mayors to unveil £14bn plan to fix region's rail

Lord David Blunkett and Alastair Campbell, former Director of Communications and Strategy for Tony Blair at Southwark Cathedral, London.

Blunkett backs £14bn Yorkshire rail plan to fix ‘broken’ system

Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Exclusive CAA announces 'crucial step' in reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Aerial shot of Kex Gill.

A59 Kex Gill: Councillors agree to spend an extra £11.7m to 'misery'

Weaver Network launch

Metro network in West Yorkshire to be rebranded in nod to textile heritage

Weather

Hosepipe.

Watch: Could a hosepipe ban be imposed?

Members of the public enjoy the spring weather in the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield on 17 March 2022.

Watch: Warm weekend temperatures for Leeds, York, Sheffield and more

Pupils at a school. (Pic credit: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

Yorkshire weather: Do schools close in hot weather and what are uniform rules?

Health

The Covid variant LP.8.1 was first detected in July 2024.

New Covid variant LP.8.1 warning signs and symptoms to look out for
The newest Covid variant LP.8.1 now accounts for more than 30% of cases 🤧
Sarah McCann

Picture shows the AfPP team with hospital staff during this week’s hospital visits.

Celebrating our perioperative champions: International Nurses Day and National O...

Duncan Bannatyne on a previous Operation Smile surgical programme

VIDEO: Duncan Bannatyne to travel to Morocco with Operation Smile

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PR expert Fiona Dwyer at Slimming World HQ in Derbyshire during her Consultant Training

PR Expert launches new venture as Slimming World Consultant

Education

Getting 100% of their pupils to meet these targets is no mean feat

The primary schools where 100% of pupils hit performance targets
Getting all of their pupils to meet these standards is no mean feat for schools 💪
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These Doncaster secondary schools boast very low absence rates

Doncaster’s top 12 state secondary schools for attendance

The 2025 Eurovision final will take place in Basel this weekend

Can you match each Eurovision country in the finals with its capital?

left to right Mike Quate, Lizzie Larson, Oly Newton and Tom Bedform at Corpus Christi Catholic College

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Shibden Head Primary Academy Headteacher Lucy Shaw with Esme

Shibden Head Primary Academy Pupils Meet Real-Life Heroes After Emergency Air A...

Over 10,000 garments have now been recycled by the Outwood family of schools since it started participating in the Trutex scheme

This uniform recycling scheme is helping to ease the cost of living

Only about one in 10 of the students surveyed felt ready for their exams

The top 20 excuses teens admit using to get out of studying for exams

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

Rubble recycling technology from Yorkshire could help rebuild Ukraine

Business

Amazon Careers Choice making dreams come true for workers like Yolanda Theresa Mills

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A lucky man from Lancashire has landed an incredible prize of £100,000 on a National Lottery Instant Win Game.

Millions in National Lottery prizes remain unclaimed across the UK

Liam MacCarthy, Director at Till Asset Management

Till Asset Management joins the Sheffield Property Association as the newest mem...

Flamingo Land sign.

Flamingo Land given permission to build new resort in Scotland

Parkdean Resorts Yorkshire Adventure Playground

Yorkshire holiday parks celebrate Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award wins

The medals of a Portsmouth soldier honoured for his heroics in the First World War were due to be going up for sale - including his Victoria Cross medal - but the lot has since been withdrawn.

Heroic WWI soldier's Victoria Cross medal withdrawn from sale

UK News

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

The lack of public toilets is a national issue. Photo by irynakolesova - stock.adobe.com

Trans women cannot use single-sex female toilets - equalities chief

Detectives investigating the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan in Co Armagh have made an arrest in England

Man arrested in Yorkshire over murder of journalist in NI

A fire in a transformer in Nestles Avenue, Hayes, west London, which means Heathrow will be closed all day on Friday, March 21

Heathrow fire: How to share your travel story

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Eurovision legend Cheryl Baker, who won the contest in 1981 for the UK with Bucks Fizz, has passed on her advice to this year's UK act Remember Monday.

Exclusive Bucks Fizz's Cheryl Baker: 'Every Eurovision winner needs a skirt-rip'

These are some of the most valuable Lego minifigures, according to BrickEconomy.com

The most valuable Lego minifigures, including one worth £5,500

UK Eurovision entry Remember Monday

How to vote during Eurovision final and if it costs

World

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 Archbishop of York, The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Stephen Cottrell at York Minster.

Archbishop of York: Saying Lord’s Prayer with Pope Francis changed me

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica yesterday (April 20) to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass.

Pope dies aged 88 less than 24 hours after Easter Sunday appearance

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