Chris Read

Flood waters begin to recede in the village of Catcliffe after Storm Babet flooded homes, business and roads on October 23, 2023 in Rotherham. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Flood-hit residents in Catcliffe receive almost £170,000 in council grants

HS2 's Yorkshire leg was scrapped in 2021

Labour calls for end to HS2 land uncertainty in South Yorkshire

David Pickering inspects flood damage in his home in Catcliffe near Rotherham.

Storm Babet in Yorkshire: Photos show flood damage in the village of Catcliffe

Rotherham town centre.

Rotherham could get a new station and trains running to London within five years

Rotherham Town Hall

Yorkshire gravediggers to strike for nine days after rejecting pay offer

Learning from the best: Yorkshire wicketkeeper and batsman Harry Duke. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com

Harry Duke hoping to shine on mentor Chris Read's old stomping ground

Cabinet decides to lower energy bills for more than a thousand properties in Rotherham

Thousands of Yorkshire households will have lower energy bills

Rotherham Town Hall

Yorkshire council lowers energy bills for more than 1,000 properties in its area

A delegation including local politicians visit the fusion site in Rotherham

Rotherham 'leading the world' in fusion technology development

Liberty Steel Thrybergh Mill in Rotherham

Liberty Steel: 185 redundancies confirmed at Rotherham steelworks

The Forge Island scheme has already signed up Travelodge, the Arc Cinema and a number of food outlets to the flagship regeneration project.

Council agrees to fund Rotherham’s Forge Island project

Yorkshire wicketkeeper Harry Duke. Picture: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com

Yorkshire rookie Duke in safe hands with former England wicketkeeper Read

Rotherham Council leader Chris Read has been in charge of the authority since its lowest point in 2015.

Rotherham abuse survivors have changed national attitudes, says council leader

Sheffield city hall

Oolitical leaders react angrily to planned service cuts by First Bus

Clive Betts, pictured May 2019

MPs warn council tax review 'long overdue'

Dame Julie Kenny with Wentworth Woodhouse staff

Dame Julie Kenny is made Rotherham's first freewoman of the borough since 2014

Rotherham council leader Chris Read

Yorkshire leader fears new business subsidy scheme could widen inequalities

Analysis for The Yorkshire Post shows that the mortality rate from coronavirus is 2.6 times higher in Rotherham than in Selby, prompting fears the pandemic has entrenched existing health inequalities in the region. Pic: Chris Etchells

Why Rotherham's Covid-19 death rate is nearly three times higher than Selby's

Chris Rea, managing director of AESSEAL plc, which has donated £400,000 to provide laptops for children

Rotherham manufacturing firm donate £400,000 to provide laptops for children

Last year's flooding devastated parts of South Yorkshire

Severe flooding 'inevitable' in without Government funding, leaders warn

What do Tier 3 lockdown restrictions mean for South Yorkshire now that they have come into force?

How Ministers forced Tier 3 status on Rotherham and South Yorkshire – Chris Read
IMAGINE a John Rawls-style thought experiment. From behind the veil of ignorance, you have to decide how much money I would need to give you in order for you to save someone’s life.

Mayor of the Sheffield City Region Dan Jarvis speaks to the media as South Yorkshire moves into Tier 3 lockdown. Photo: JPI Media

Mayor defends South Yorkshire coronavirus financial support deal

There remains uproar over the marking of A-level and GCSE exams.

Exams fiasco will never be forgotten by ‘Red Wall’ towns like Rotherham – Chris ...

The T-Rex Tower ride in the Lost World area at Yorkshire's Gulliver's Valley Theme Park. Photo: Chris Etchells

Opening date announced at Gulliver's Valley Theme Park

Sheffield City Region mayor Dan Jarvis. Pic: Sheffield City Region

South Yorkshire devolution deal could be signed into law in June after local lea...

St Alban's Primary School in Wickersley. Picture: Google Maps

Rotherham vicar quits as school governor after calling LGBTI lessons 'state-spon...

Peter Hughes is the vicar at St Alban's Church in Wickersley. Picture: Google Maps.

Outrage as Yorkshire vicar calls LGBTI lessons 'state-sponsored child abuse'

The Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham.

Hull and Rotherham lead the charge for economic growth

Town's new university aims to help address skills gap in area

Rotherham Council

More powers returned to Rotherham Council

The EDL march through Rotherham

Rotherham Council leader: 'The town has come a long way since abuse scandal'

The Yorkshire Post Says: Rotherham 'cock up' does not do justice to one of the b...
IT would be churlish not to acknowledge the progress that Rotherham Council continues to make after the borough's reputation was so besmirched by the child sex grooming scandal.

Rotherham Council leader Chris Read

Rotherham Council gets back more powers

Council leader Julie Dore.

Row brewing over devolution as leaders clash on Yorkshire-wide deal

Yorkshire's Jacques Rudolph

Chris Waters: Salute to Yorkshire great Jacques Rudolph

Javid hints at Rotherham '˜special measures' end date

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid

Rotherham council to regain taxi licensing powers

Matthew Wood will spend 14 years in prison and a further eight on licence. Pic: South Yorkshire Police.

Rotherham man jailed for sexually abusing women and girls

A new survey reveals the scale of Yorkshire councils' financial worries

Yorkshire councils' warning over financial peril

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan meets pupils at a Leeds school.

YP Comment: Take the politics out of school league tables

Chris Read

Analysis: Could Rotherham Council leader Chris Read be an outside bet for South ...

Rotherham Council has taken the first steps out of "special measures"

Powers set to return to Rotherham Council

Rotherham Council leader Chris Read was praised by the commissioners

Rotherham Council takes steps out of special measures

Sarah Champion, Labour MP for Rotherham

£3.1m to help Rotherham’s victims of child sexual abuse

File photo dated 20/05/11 of a sign at a Tata facility. Tata Steel is planning to cut 720 jobs mainly at its plant in Rotherham, the company announced today. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday July 16, 2015. The firm said the business had been underperforming in the face of steel imports due to the strong pound and higher electricity costs which it said were double those of European competitors. See PA story INDUSTRY Steel. Photo credit should read: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

Tata Steel job losses ‘will devastate Rotherham’

South Korean government minister Junghwa Han meets Sir Keith Burnett, of University of Sheffield at AMRC on his first visit to South Yorkshire. Picture: Andrew Roe

International agreement signed between Korean and South Yorkshire business leade...

Yorkshire's Jack Leaning

Cricket stumps: Gillespie hails effort as Yorkshire draw with Notts

England's Joe Root, left, Stuart Broad, second from right and Jos Buttler embrace teammate Chris Jordan, back to the camera, after he caught West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite.

Anderson delayed but edges closer to record

Dolly Parton launcheed her children's literacy scheme at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham

Now Rotherham axes Dolly Parton’s reading scheme for children

Former Rotherham Council leader Roger Stone. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

Former Rotherham Council leader’s chauffeur driven car scrapped to pay for child...

February 19: A new future for Rotherham

Somerset's Craig Kieswetter.

Runners-up spot slips further away from Notts

Yorkshire's players celebrate in their dressing room after winning the County Championship. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Emotional Moxon finally captures elusive crown on momentous day

Nottinghamshire's Chris Read

Notts captain Read rapped over dissent at Headingley

Yorkshire's Steven Patterson (right) is congratulated on the wicket of Notts' Michael Lumb (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

We can only get better, insists coach Gillespie

Jack Brooks celebrates taking the wicket of Samit Patel, caught Adil Rashid. Picture: Steve Riding.

Leaning is quick to seize his chance for Yorkshire

Ukip party leader Nigel Farage signs an autograph during a visit to Basildon, Essex

Ukip celebrates double figure success in Labour heartland

Nottinghamshire's Graeme Swann and Chris Read celebrate victory

Relief for Read as Notts end wait for one-day joy

Councillors must declare union links

Yorkshire's Adam Lyth

Cricket stumps: Yorkshire take big stride towards title