Afghanistan

Campaigners met with Shadow Ministers at the Linton on Ouse site on Friday to discuss the plans

Migrant camp 'recipe for disaster', shadow minister says
Government plans to build a camp for asylum seekers on a former RAF base are a recipe for disaster, and have echoes of the child grooming gangs scandal, a shado...

Hull veteran Craig Gadd is campaigning with Help for Heroes, asking for more support for veterans

Campaigning Yorkshire veteran writes to PM asking for 'generational shift'

Stephen and Terri Docza are pictured at Bolton Abbey. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Couple’s epic reservoir run raises funds for suicide prevention charity CALM

A cell on the site of a new prison which is currently under construction. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Government cannot magic up new prison places - Andy Brown

Breakout star: Zimbabwe's Blessing Muzarabani celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia's Adam Zampa during the 2026 ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup group stage (Picture: Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

Seifert, Gurbaz and Muzarabani are breakout stars at T20 World Cup

Nathalie Bouzigues, mother of soldier Corporal Jake Hartley

Trump comments ‘barbaric’ says mother of soldier killed in Afghanistan

Ben Parkinson, who is regarded as the most severely injured British soldier to survive in Afghanistan

Injured paratrooper ‘stunned’ by Donald Trump’s Afghanistan comments

Current Winners Brittany Feeney and Paige Warren

Applications now open for Miss Supranational UK & Mrs United Kingdom 2026

Taliban security personnel celebrate the fourth anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan - Malton and Thirsk MP Kevin Hollinrake has told Times Radio that any possible future Conservative Government would consider doing a deal with the fundamentalist dictatorship in order to send back Afghan migrants who enter this country illegally (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Illegal migration: Conservative Party Chairman reaches for the zeitgeist before ...

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has accepted that NI wouldn't leave the ECHR with the rest of the UK. Photo: Jacob King/PA Wire

Reform UK would pay Taliban to deport asylum-seeking Afghans

Dan Jarvis - now Security Minister - served in Helmand, Afghanistan (2007)

Our Armed Forces are the very best of us - we must do right by them By The Newsroom

'The Making of a Hunter' by John Stephenson

Armed Forces Day Celebrated With Book Launch

'The Making of a Hunter' by John Stephenson

Armed Forces Days celebrated with book launch

Craig Wood, from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, was 18 years old when he suffered life-changing injuries from a roadside bomb in Sangin, southern Afghanistan, in 2009

Veteran becomes first triple amputee to sail solo across Pacific

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while flying aboard Air Force One. PIC: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Britain cannot afford to get involved in any conflicts with the US - YP Letters

Prince Harry at Camp Bastion southern Afghanistan. PIC: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Prince Harry deserves high level security - YP Letters

FORMER OWL: Ashley Westwood tackles Birmingham City's Dele Adebola during his time at Sheffield Wednesday (Image: Jamie McDonald /Allsport)

Hong Kong coach Ashley Westwood on taking risks to learn football management

Owain Mulligan with his sister, actress Carey Mulligan. Picture credit: Owain Mulligan/PA.

'My sister was in Leonardo DiCaprio's private jet as I flew into Afghanistan'

Levison Wood

Celebrated explorer Levison Wood on finding the good life ahead of Leeds tour da...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaving Lancaster House, London. PIC: Toby Melville/PA Wire

Zelensky finds himself boxed in at home and abroad - Patrick Mercer

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Keir Starmer pays tribute to fallen soldiers after JD Vance comments
Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to British personnel who died fighting alongside US allies after US Vice President JD Vance came under fire over a perceived attack on UK troops.
Ralph Blackburn

Afghanistan's players celebrate victory. Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images.

‘Zad’s’ your lot, folks, as England exit the Champions Trophy

England's Ben Duckett playing a reverse sweep. PIC: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

England taking a stand makes no difference - Ismail Mulla

Prime Minister Keir Starmer after an informal meeting of leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom, in Paris. PIC: AP Photo/Thibault Camus

Deploying troops in Ukraine comes with major obstacles

Army veteran Craig Wood who lost both legs and his left arm serving in Afghanistan hopes to become the first triple amputee to sail solo and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean.

Doncaster triple amputee prepares for world-first solo trip across Pacific Ocean

Ben Stephens proudly holds his Queen's Gallantry Medal, after it was presented to him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2011.

Decorated senior Army officer avoid jail after sex assault

Army veteran James Cairns proposes to his partner Hannah Wild after the Royal British Legion Team UK's match against Columbia in the wheelchair basketball during the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver, Canada

Army veteran proposes at Invictus Games in ‘gold medal moment’

A display of Poppies laid out on the floor within Sheffield Cathedral for Remembrance at Sheffield Cathedral in 2022. Picture: James Hardisty.

' I always remember them - I carry on with my life but with them on my back'

An Afghan girl pictured during a school cricket game in Kabul in 2010. The ruling Taliban has since banned women and girls from taking part in the sport among a number of impositions and human rights abuses. Photo by Shah Marai/AFP via Getty Images.

English cricket’s Afghan problem highlights the game’s lack of leadership

Sarah Leslie during her time in the army

Meet the former Yorkshire bomb disposal expert teaching army of fans DIY tips

Yorkshire courts: Veteran jailed, driver cleared in boy's M62 death

Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams On Tour. Picture: BBC/South Shore Productions/Anirudh Agarwal

TV Pick of the Week: Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams on Tour
Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour BBC iPlayer, review by Yvette Huddleston
Yvette Huddleston

Catterick Garrison

Afghan families who helped British troops to be housed at Catterick Garrison

Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams On Tour. Pictured: Bottom row: Ben, Kyle, Eli, Sean, Freddie, Finn, Hemi, Dylan. Top row: Adnan, Harrison, Josh. Credit: BBC/South Shore Productions/Anirudh Agarwal.

'I have nightmares': Freddie Flintoff on crash recovery and cricket in India

James Cairns - Team UK Invictus Competitor

Meet the Yorkshire veteran hoping to take home gold in Invictus Games

Roadworks infront of the Bradford Alhambra Theatre and the Bradford Live.

Battleground Yorkshire: Muslim voters are turning against the main parties

We Are Here, Because You Were There, a new photography exhibition at Impressions Gallery, Bradford. Picture: Andy Barnham

New exhibition explores the experiences of Afghan interpreters

James Kirby was one seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. PIC: World Central Kitchen/WCK.org/PA Wire

Israel needs to comply with international humanitarian law

Simon and William Theakston say cheers as William becomes the sixth generation of the Theakston family to join the Yorkshire brewery.

Sixth generation of Theakston family takes role at Yorkshire brewery

Brian Capstick with his partner Grace Huddleston at Farm & Fell, Birks Farm, Sedbergh

Iraq veteran whose Yorkshire Dales farm rehabilitates former soldiers

Cricket has been a lifelong passion for Fahim (left) and Ajjaz (right), who are now playing for Cawood Cricket Club. Image: Mike Cowling

How cricket has helped boys fleeing the Taliban find a new home in quiet Cawood

JJ Chalmers at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards 2022. Picture: David Davies/PA.

'We shouldn’t be waiting for soldiers to reach crisis point before getting help'

PC Tom Cannon and PC Dom Taylor from Cleveland Police

Hero police officers saved life of two-day old baby who stopped breathing

One that got away: Virat Kohli of India walks past the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup trophy after his unbeaten side and the hosts lost the final to Australia on Sunday. (Picture: Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

What next for Cricket World Cup and the 50-over game after India's tournament

Former Sheffield Wednesday defender Ashley Westwood has a shock new role. Image: Michael Steele/Allsport

Ex-Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford City man lands role as Afghanistan boss

Maisie Mead, 12, a Poppy Appeal collector from Plymouth, holding the new plastic-free paper poppy. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

The Royal British Legion is right to move with the times - Jayne Dowle

GOING OUT: England's Joe Root reacts after being run out by Sri Lanka's captain Kusal Mendis in Bengaluru, the World Cup holders losing by eight wickets to leave their hopes of making the semi-finals hanging by a thread. Picture: AP/Aijaz Rahi

England's World Cup hopes in tatters after latest thrashing

Chris Silverwood is all smiles ahead of Thursday's game in Bangalore. Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images.

England need to get past ‘Silvers’ to keep alive hopes of World Cup gold

A generic image of a woman lying on sofa with a laptop entering an email and password on a web verification page. PIC: Adobe

With everything heading online, there is value in human support - YP Letters

INCOMING: Ben Stokes, pictured during a drinks break in the World Cup clash between England and Afghanistan in Delhi, is set to return to the fray against South Africa this Saturday. Picture: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Stokes delivers rallying call to England team-mates ahead of South Africa clash

STILL IN THE RUNNING: England's Adil Rashid celebrates the wicket of Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran during Sunday's defeat in Delhi Picture: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Rashid confident England can still reach World Cup semi-finals

Out: Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan celebrates the wicket of England’s Liam Livingstone during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in Delhi, India. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Underdogs Afghanistan thrash holders England at World Cup in India

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Breaking Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan

A H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima on September 7, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP via Getty Images)

Tim Marshall on how politics and power are playing out in the space race

Chris Elshaw

Thousands raised for funeral of ‘larger than life’ former army chef

Hercules military aircraft in flight. (Pic credit: Leon Neal / Getty Images)

RAF Hercules Yorkshire: Here's when the iconic aircraft will fly over the region

Emmalee Lax, second from left, on tour in Afghanistan in 2016 with three women from the Australia army - Emmalee was attached to them for the tour.

Whitby Army veteran faces below left leg amputation at 28

Andy Reid climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (photo: Guinness World Records)

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

Yorkshire are waiting on the early-season availability of their new captain and opening batsman Shan Masood. Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images.

Yorkshire boss Darren Gough searching for batting cover ahead of the new season

Enver Solomon is the CEO of the Refugee Council.

Yorkshire must stand firm in its tradition of welcoming refugees - Enver Solomon

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