County Durham

Home Secretary James Cleverly arriving in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

James Cleverly shows callous disregard for ‘levelling up’ - Jayne Dowle

Dehenna Davison speaking on stage during the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.

Dehenna Davison quits as levelling up minister because of chronic migrane

Police are hoping the public can help them find Mark safe and well

Police urging public to call 999 if they see Yorkshire man who has gone missing

Watch: British driver ‘almost kills’ police officer after ramming car in high-speed chase

Watch: Driver ‘almost kills’ police officer in high-speed chase

Desmond Machingura and Rebecca Morrow started new lives and careers together as prison officers.

The Yorkshire couple who ditched careers for new roles as prison officers

Anna Pennell, runs Nipna Native & Rare Breeds in Catterick.
Pictured with Dales Ponies

Farm of the Week: Breeding secrets of a Yorkshire showing family

The National Lottery is on the hunt for three winners

National Lottery on the hunt for 3 winners of life-changing prizes

A Wetherspoons doorman planted fake bomb in popular pub

Wetherspoons doorman planted fake bomb in pub to play hero

Tickhill Alpacas, Doncaster, had their annual visit from a professional Alpaca shearer. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Alpaca herd sees a new spring to their step as they're sheared for summer

Hever Castle and Gardens (photo: Hever Castle and Gardens)

England’s hidden gem castles to visit ahead of King Charles coronation

Petrol stations in rural areas often have to charge more to cover overheads and cannot compete with supermarkets for price

'Grossly unfair' fuel price disparities in rural Yorkshire

Stock image: Christopher Green has been banned from teaching indefinitely, after he restrained two pupils in 2018

Teacher banned after restraining two pupils by grabbing their arms

Goathland Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway earlier this winter

North Yorkshire Moors Railway to become 'Beamish-style' living history museum

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) with Secretary of State for Health Steve Barclay (3rd-left) and NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard (2nd-left) during their tour of University Hospital of North Tees, as part of their visit to County Durham. Picture date: Monday January 30, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Phil Noble/PA Wire

Sunak pledges fastest improvement of waiting times in NHS history

Nominees announced for for BBC Sports personality of the Year 2022

Cherry Valentine has passed away at age 28, it has been announced (Photo: Instagram/@thecherryvalentine)

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Cherry Valentine dies aged 28

A literary festival in Hexham led to the inspiration for this week's column from the TV vet.

TVs Yorkshire Vet gets a lesson in the perils of photographing sheep on haybales

More than 1,000 performances and events will be held in Bradford in 2025, after it won the City of Culture title

Search for directors who can run Bradford's City of Culture events begins

LYR. Picture: Steve Gullick

LYR: ‘I kept thinking how would I feel if my village had been labelled as a fail...

Fire crews eventually freed the sheep after two hours

Fire crew spends two hours freeing sheep after it got stuck between two walls

Bradford has been chosen to be the UK City of Culture for 2025

Bradford crowned UK City of Culture for 2025
Bradford has been crowned the UK City of Culture for 2025.

LNER shares spectacular views of Teesside and County Durham from the train drive...

Spain’s Field Farm

Derelict rural farmhouse dismantled and rebuilt 22 miles away

The 1,000ft Bilsdale mast was demolished after it caught fire in August.

New mast set up to improve TV signal for 100,000 homes after Bilsdale fire

North Yorkshire mum, 36, killed in horror head-on crash on A66 in County Durham

Motorists have been feeling the squeeze at petrol pumps over the last month (image: Shutterstock)

Farmer stages fuel price protest as RAC calls for supermarkets to be fair to dri...

Motorists have been feeling the squeeze at petrol pumps over the last month (image: Shutterstock)

Farmer stages fuel price protest as RAC calls for supermarkets to be fair to dri...

Alan Bennett

A middle-class jamboree, or is culture worth every penny? – David Behrens

The Government is going to offer a grant for me to switch my boiler for a heat pump instead.

Don’t search for perfection, but aim to do your very best - Sarah Coles

A brown Hare, enjoying the early morning sun in a stubble field near Harewood Picture: James Hardisty

Man banned from keeping animals after 'standing on hare while his dog mauled it'

The mast has been demolished after a fire left thousands without TV

80m-high transmitter to replace Bilsdale mast to be switched on this week

The Bilsdale TV mast crashing to earth

WATCH: 314m Bilsdale TV mast crashes to earth in incredible controlled explosion
Arqiva has confirmed that the 314m Bilsdale mast was safely felled in a controlled demolition yesterday (October 6).

Thick of the action: Andy Cook, white shirt, in action for Bradford against Lincoln City in the EFL Trophy in midweek. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Andy Cook finds right ingredients for progress at Bradford City

Lisa Shaw died in May, just over three weeks after she had her first dose of the jab

BBC radio presenter Lisa Shaw's death due to Covid 19 vaccine complications

Bilsdale mast

Bilsdale mast fire: 300-metre exclusion zone set up due to concerns over safety

(left to right) Warrens Group’s Kevin Quigley with Black Sheep Brewery’s Head Brewer, Dan Scott-Paul

Black Sheep Brewery signs deal with biogas producer

A hen harrier captured by a hidden camera on the Swinton Park estate in June

Yorkshire estates celebrate successful year for hen harrier breeding

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the UEFA Euro 2020 Final at Wembley Stadium, London. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

PM must force social media giants to act on racist abuse: Yorkshire Post Letters

Tania Coxon, on the left, wants to make country pursuits more accessible for women. (Picture: Sam Freeman).

Meet the people trying to make country pursuits more accessible to women

Lisa and Tim farm near Helmsley

Helmsley hairdresser turned pig breeder who has appeared on The Hairy Bikers

The cottage in Cotherstone has been sandblasted to remove the peeling paint and taken back to its orginal stone,which has been lime pointed. All the renovation work as carried out by local builder Andrew Reynolds.

Hannah Hauxwell's cottage is now a fabulous holiday let restored in her honour

Joanne Weddle-Wheatley and John Weddle, the passenger train driver who died in the Selby rail disaster in 2001, with their dog Josh.

Fiancée of Selby crash train driver John Weddle pays tribute 20 years on

A key worker delivers frozen Asda food to TBBT

Asda donates over half a million meals to support food distribution charity

The brown argus. Image: Dr Martin Partridge

Charting butterfly's path as it crosses Yorkshire at a rate of two miles a year

Frank Nattrass

Obituary: Frank Nattrass, engineer and inventor

A councillor has called for more signs detailing the border between Yorkshire and County Durham

Calls for more signs to to mark border between Yorkshire and County Durham

Skerne Bridge, which carries the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is the oldest railway bridge in the world in continuous use

Path along Stockton and Darlington Railway route could be 'major attraction'

How should the new lockdown be enforced by the police?

Let’s prosecute lockdown lawbreakers – Yorkshire Post Letters

More people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are wanted for the research (Photo: Shutterstock)

Thousands more volunteers are needed to take part in the next stage of coronavir...

Tees Valley is a great family destination - full of hidden gems

Ad Feature Three reasons why Tees Valley could be your perfect 2020 staycation

Jonny Davies attempting a new world record for the fastest motorbike handlebar wheelie during the Motorcycle Wheelie World Championship Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Stunter Jonny sets new world record for fastest motorbike handlebar wheelie at E...

Pictured, Professor Shirley Congdon. Since qualifying as a registered nurse she has gone onto to be a trailblazer in higher education including becoming the first female to take the vice-chancellor role at the University of Bradford. Photo credit: Tony Johnson/ JPIMediaResell

Wartime heroines shaped my life says first female leader of Yorkshire university

Filtronic new deal is worth nearly 5m

Filtronic lands £4.9 million contract for defence and aerospace sector

Dominic Cummings, senior aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, makes a statement inside 10 Downing Street, London, following calls for him to be sacked over allegations he breached coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Photo: PA

Dominic Cummings defends trip to Durham in Downing Street press conference

Dominic Cummings has come under fire for travelling 260 miles from London to County Durham during lockdown (Photo: Getty Images)

Why Dominic Cummings broke lockdown rules - and if he’ll be forced to resign

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior aide Dominic Cummings leaves his north London home, as lockdown questions continue to bombard the Government after it emerged that he travelled to his parents' home despite coronavirus-related restrictions.

Conservative Yorkshire MP says Dominic Cummings' position is 'untenable' over lo...

Dominic Cummings appeared to have breached government lockdown rules by travelling to Durham when he was supposed to be self isolating in London in late March.

Yorkshire headteacher pens poignant letter to his MP amid Dominic Cummings row

The Sheffield skyline.

Yorkshire's budding documentary makers can pitch BBC Three idea at Sheffield Doc...

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens

Fountains Abbey to host 'big and bold' outdoor exhibition of artist Steve Messam...

Homes across northern England to be auctioned with nil or £1 guide prices