GP Taylor

'Bradford Council is currently paying for 196 children to stay in privately-run homes, at an average cost of almost £312,000 per child per year.' PIC: Dr Simon Ross Valentine

It is the job of the state to keep our children safe - GP Taylor

St Oswald's House was developed from the Woodlands estate's old coach-house and stables

Fears Yorkshire convent's sale of retreat could see site become 'holiday resort'

A member of the armed services gives a salute at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London as the nation falls silent to remember the war dead on Armistice Day. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Monuments like the Cenotaph should be protected at all costs - GP Taylor

GP Taylor's hedgehog garden, offers the right environment for the mammals to thrive.

Hedgehogs deserve to be looked after and protected - GP Taylor

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central convention complex. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Why it’s time to put all net zero policies on hold - GP Taylor

A man has been taken to hospital following a reported dog attack.

Why banning Bull XL dogs would be futile - GP Taylor

An information sign for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) on Brownhill Road in Lewisham, south London. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Air pollution is a serious issue that warrants serious debate - YP Letters

An anti Ulez sticker on a vehicle on Warwick Avenue, London. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

ULEZ is not about better air quality but about making money - GP Taylor

A file photo of a man wearing a Labour rosette. PIC: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire

Core of the Labour movement must be those who are productive - YP Letters

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer leafleting during a visit to Shefford in the constituency of Mid Bedfordshire, where the sitting MP is former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, ahead of a potential by-election. PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

The Labour Party no longer represents the working class - GP Taylor

Greenpeace activists on the roof of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in Richmond. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Serious questions need to be asked over protests at the PM’s home - GP Taylor

Farmers harvesting the wheat in fields last summer in the Yorkshire Wolds. PIC: Tony Johnson

Farming is seen as an easy target for the ills of the world - YP Letters

An information sign for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) in London. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Tackling climate change is about securing the future - YP Letters

'Our farmers are amazing, hardworking and essential. Environmentalists need to learn to communicate with them more constructively.' PIC: Tony Johnson

We don't need a culture war between farmers and environmentalists - YP Letters

Farmers pass fireweed as they take advantage of last year's long hot dry weather to harvest the wheat in fields close to Thixendale in the Yorkshire Wolds. PIC: Tony Johnson

Yorkshire farmers are an easy net zero target for the Government - GP Taylor

'The only way to win the war on drugs is to legalise them. Cannabis would be the place to start'.

The only way to win the war on drugs is to legalise them - GP Taylor

'Anyone who has measured their carbon footprint will know that eating animal products greatly increases their personal carbon emissions'.

Food supply is under threat from climate change - YP Letters

'Nowadays we can thankfully read alternative accounts of what happened in the past written by women or by people from different races or religions, and then make our own choices about what happened.' PIC: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

Alternative ideas are not an attempt to cancel history - YP Letters

The Union Flag flies in front of Big Ben. PIC: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Academics cannot be allowed to erase our Anglo-Saxon past - GP Taylor

'Just take a walk through Robin Hoods Bay or Staithes on a winter's day and experience the feeling of a ghost town.'

Government proposals on short-term holiday lets don’t go far enough - GP Taylor

'The human right to safe drinking water was first recognized by the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council as part of binding international law in 2010'.

Water belongs to people and should never have profit attached to it - GP Taylor
According to the United Nations, access to water is recognised as a human right, fundamental to everyone’s health, dignity and prosperity. The human right to safe drinking water was first recognized by the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council as part of binding international law in 2010.

King Charles and Queen Camilla Consort pictured after the Maundy Service, at York Minster. PIC: Simon Hulme

Religion should have no place at the King’s coronation - GP Taylor

A message will appear alongside a loud alarm on millions of mobile phones across the UK at 3pm on April 23 in a nationwide test of a new public alert system.

Why I'll be turning my phone off for Sunday's emergency alert: GP Taylor

A general view of food kiosks at the Scarborough Harbour near West Pier. PIC: Richard Ponter

Why I am glad to see the back of Scarborough Borough Council - GP Taylor

'Agriculture is no different to other sectors in that it must evolve along with the world we live in, and indeed many farmers are rising to the challenge' PIC: James Hardisty

Farming isn’t immune to climate change - YP Letters

'If any of you have been following the TV series, Clarkson’s Farm, I am sure that like me, you will have had your eyes opened to the difficulties farmers face'. PIC: PA Photo/Amazon Prime Video/Stephanie Hazelwood.

Anti-farming policies could lead to a backlash from British farmers - GP Taylor

'What do older people listen to now that Radio 2 has cast them out along with all the presenters who played the music they loved? No more Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, or David Bowie'. PIC: Shutterstock

Why BBC Radio 2 was wrong to let Ken Bruce go - GP Taylor

Empty tomato trays at a Tesco Express store. PIC: Zoe Linkson/PA Wire

The Government must now see the dangers of empty supermarket shelves - GP Taylor

Shell logos on petrol pumps at a petrol station. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Shell’s profits show that we are all being taken for a ride - GP Taylor

'I have owned dogs all my life for companionship and to be a walking partner'.

Dogs provide companionship to people and all owners are not bad - YP Letters

A photo of a pet cat and a pet dog. PIC: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

Dogs and cats shouldn’t be kept as pets - Yorkshire Post Letters

Dogs may make great pets for some people but to others they can be a nuisance.

Dog owners need to be policed more strictly - GP Taylor
It was supposed to be a simple walk on the beach. The woman ahead of me was strolling with her small child when a couple of dogs bounded up to them. The owner was not to be seen.

Emergency workers search the remains of a residential building that was struck by a Russian missile yesterday on January 15, 2023 in Dnipro, Ukraine. PIC: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

UK would be wrong to drop support for Ukraine - Yorkshire Post Letters

A man looks on destroyed shops on a local market after a Russian missile strike in Shevchenkove village, Kharkiv region on January 9, 2023. PIC: SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images

Money being sent for Ukraine war effort should be spent on the NHS - GP Taylor

Fireworks and drones illuminate the night sky over London on New Year's Eve in 2020. PIC: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

The NHS isn’t the ‘national hangover service’ - GP Taylor

A generic photo of a Christmas dinner. PIC: Thinkstock/PA.

Stop trying to ban Christmas, we should be proud of this celebration - GP Taylor

Rishi Sunak outside No 10 Downing Street. Picture: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images.

It is time for a new force in British politics - GP Taylor

'Rishi’s plane was one of 400 private jets that landed in Egypt.' PIC: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

Why paying climate reparations would be bad for Yorkshire - GP Taylor

Prime Minister Liz Truss must go for the economic disaster that she has caused. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Why Liz Truss must resign as Prime Minister and resign now - GP Taylor

A doctor gives a booster jab in Halifax.

Why I will be refusing to take my next Covid booster jab - GP Taylor

'As Covid first hit the country there was a growing sense of unity'. PIC: PA

How our society is more divided now than it has ever been before - GP Taylor

Energy prices are sky rocketing.

Why we should allow most of the current energy price rises through - YP Letters

A lot of people will be left choosing between heating and eating.

Enough is enough, energy companies can't go on ripping us off - GP Taylor

It is estimated that 352,000 people will take a holiday this year on a canal boat.

Why does life on a canal boat have to be made so difficult - GP Taylor

Dogs out on a walk. Picture: AdobeStock.

Dog licences would curb irresponsible owners - Yorkshire Post Letters

Dog owners should be licensed, says GP Taylors. Picture: AdobeStock.

Dog owners should have licences like drivers to help curb mess - GP Taylor

Why end of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister will be bad for Yorkshire - GP Taylor

Picture: PA.

Rail ticket office closures would be Beeching Part Two - Yorkshire Post Letters

Seamer Horse Fair in 2016. Pic: Richard Ponter.

Gypsies and Travellers deserve greater respect and influence - GP Taylor

The Yorkshire Post front page May 31, 2022.

Carry on The Yorkshire Post and ignore the conspiracy fantasists - YP Letters

The Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Louis, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony yesterday. Photo: PA/Aaron Chown

Those celebrating jubilee should not have scorn poured on them - YP Letters

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walks through cannabis plants which are being legally cultivated at a licensed factory in Los Angeles. Picture: Stefan Rousseau.

Why cannabis possession laws should be repealed 100 years on - GP Taylor

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury before delivering his Easter Sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on April 17, 2022 in Canterbury, England. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Church and state ties not relevant in a modern society - GP Taylor

House prices in popular Yorkshire seaside towns like Whitby are beyond the reach of local families as more properties are bought as second homes. Picture: James Hardisty

Yorkshire beauty spots being destroyed by scourge of second homes - GP Taylor

BBC building in Leeds. Pic: Tony Johnson.

Why BBC bite-size religious broadcasting can do more harm than good - GP Taylor

Should Boris Johnson increase defence spending in the wake of the Ukraine war?

Defence spending must rise to defeat bullies like Putin – GP Taylor

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who grew up in Leeds, is coming under scrutiny for her handling of the Ukraine crisis.

Time to ban Liz Truss from Twitter before she provokes Putin – GP Taylor

Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaking on the main stage in George Square as part of the Fridays for Future Scotland march during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

I was a climate denier, but now think Insulate Britain are prophets - GP Taylor

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee is being overshadowed by the civil sex case being pursued by Prince Andrew.

How Prince Andrew makes case for slimmed down monarchy – GP Taylor

Grey squirrel. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

The case for culling the invasive grey squirrel - GP Taylor