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Alan Chalkley and Rob Harper at the National Coal Mining Museum. Photo: Simon Hulme

Meet the men keeping industry alive at the National Coal Mining Museum

Looking up: Quinn Ellis takes a free throw for Great Britain during their landmark win over Greece in the EuroBasket qualifiers at London's Copper Box last week. (Picture courtesy of GB Basketball)

Quinn Ellis - rising star of GB basketball on NBA hopes and family tradition

Vulnerable road users are more at risk when considering miles travelled

Road safety campaigners launch Code for Countryside Roads as analysis reveals 85...

Edwin van Lopik of Bradford Grammar School before a beach sprint rowing race.

Bradford Grammar pupil in for long haul with rowing

Rob McCracken and the GB Boxing Squad begin the journey to the next Olympics on home soil (Picture: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

GB Boxing begin road to LA redemption at World Boxing Cup finals in Sheffield

Quinn Ellis impressed on GB international duty in the win over Greece. (Picture: GB Basketball)

Watch - Sharks graduate Quinn Ellis stars as GB shock Greece

Lidl GB has revealed it is on track to have invested a total of £21bn in the British food industry in the five years to the end of February 2025, exceeding its original target by 40 per cent. (Photo supplied by Lidl GB )

'Lidl's five-year investment into UK food businesses to reach £21bn'

NEW CHALLENGE: Liam Kirk vin action for Eisbaren Berlin against DEL rivals Adler Mannheim last month. Tomorrow night sees him come home to South Yorkshire to face-off against Sheffield Steelers, the team he supported growing up and went on to play for. Picture courtesy of City-Press.

Kirk heading 'home' to end Steelers' CHL journey

Pioneer: Cindy Ngamba of the Refugee Olympic Team celebrates victory against Davina Michel of Team France after the Women's 75kg quarter-final to guarantee a historic bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. (Picture: Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

Cindy Ngamba on her journey and carrying the burden of history in Paris

Danny McGuire is at start of his journey as a head coach. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

New Castleford boss McGuire talks pressure, timing and coaching expectations

England celebrate their series win over Samoa. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

Ashes key for international rugby league amid positive strides - comment

Look who's back: Brian Noble is returning to take charge of Bradford Bulls.

Bradford Bulls roll back the years with Brian Noble appointment

In sync: Yasmin Harper, left, pictured in front of the Eiffel Tower, parading the bronze medal she had won with Scarlett Mew Jensen, right, in the women’s 3m synchro diving at the Paris Olympics. (Picture: Luke Hales/Getty Images)

Yasmin Harper, Britain's first medallist, back in training for the next one

In charge: Vanessa Ellis on the sidelines during pre-season ahead of Sheffield Hatters' tipping off the new campaign on Sunday. (Picture: Adam Bates)

Sheffield Hatters head coach Ellis on another new era for women's basketball

Sheffield Hatters tip-off their Super League Basketball season in Nottingham on Sunday in a competition named after their matriarch, whose daughter is calling on basketball in Great Britain to unite for the greater good of the sport.

Nick Westby

Jon Clarke previously worked in Warrington's performance department. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

Hull FC add former Great Britain international to backroom staff

A friend of Sarah Coles has recently started an Instagram account for her corgi

Why more people should consider insurance for themselves as well as their pet

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

Terry Bywater #7 of Team Great Britain. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Paralympics: ‘Unbelievable’ as GB reach Paralympic wheelchair basketball final

READY FOR ACTION: Sheffield Stelers completed their pre-season preparations with two games against Cardiff Devils at the weekend. Picture: Dean Woolley.

Familiar core key to Steelers' CHL hopes

EQUAL TERMS: Halifax's Hannah Cockroft poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's 100m T34 Final Picture: JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP/Getty Images.

Cockroft calling for financial parity after latest gold run

MOVING ON: Chris Hill and Huddersfield Giants will part company at the end of their season. Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com

Giants and veteran to go separate ways after 2024 season

CHAMPION PERFORMANCE: Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft celebrates winning gold in the Women's 100m T34 Final at the Stade de France. Picture: Adam Davy/PA

Cockroft confirms dominance again with 100m gold

EMOTIONAL TIME: Great Britain's Kadeena Cox celebrates with friends and family in the crowd after winning gold in the Open C1-5 750m Team Sprint Final at the National Velodrome in Paris. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA

Cox seals redemption by landing track gold in Paris

HARD GOING: Josh Waller got on the target for GB but it was too late to prevent a 6-2 defeat to Norway - the result ending GB's bid to reach the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Picture: James Assinder/IHUK Media

Winter Olympics dream over for GB

PRIMED AND READY: Leeds' Kadeena Cox takes to the track today looking to medal in the Women's C4 500m Time Trial. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Cox aiming to get GB off to golden start on the track in Paris

Four-time Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox insists “competing is the easy bit” as she bids to win Great Britain’s maiden medal of Paris 2024 following a series of injury setbacks.

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END GAME: Liam Kirk is hoping to help lead Great Britain to a first Winter Olympics appearance since 1948 when Pete Russell's team take on Denmark, Norway and Jpan in Aalborg. Picture: Dean Woolley.

Kirk out to create more special GB memories by reaching Olympics

BIG WEEK: Great Britain took on Elite League teams Belfast Giants (above) and Cardiff Devils as part of their preparations for this week's 2026 Winter Olympics Qualifiers in Denmark. Picture: Dean Woolley.

Steelers duo and Seahawks' D-man make GB Olympic qualifiers roster

Redemption: Charlie Tanfield of Great Britain celebrates helping the team pursuit squad qualify for the Olympic final in which they won a silver medal (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWPix.com)

Charlie Tanfield opens up on his Olympic redemption in Paris

Agonising: Halifax's Luke Whitehouse of Leeds Gymnastics Club watches as his scores come in in the Olympic final (Picture: Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

'It shows the class he has': Whitehouse tipped to bounce back

IN THE RUNNING: Sheffield's Yasmin Harper on her way to a fifth-place finish in the 3m Springboard Final at the Aquatics Centre, Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA

Harper targets LA 2028 after memorable Paris 2024

MISSING OUT: Leeds' Katy Marchant (left) was edged out in her bid for a second medal at Paris 2024 Olympics, with her British team-mate Emma Finucane taking bronze. Picture; by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images

Marchant on gold, missing out on bronze and her future after Paris Olympics

SILVER DREAM MACHINE: Wakefield's Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Hayter and Daniel Bingham celebrate winning silver in the Men's Team Pursuit Final at the National Velodrome in Paris. Picture: David Davies/PA

Tanfield and Wood enjoy silver lining at Paris 2024 Olympics

Strid Wood in the Yorkshire Dales

Could Yorkshire home to Britain’s favourite path?

PURE JOY: Katy Marchant, centre, celebrates with team-mates Emma Finucane left, and Sophie Capewell after winning gold medal in the women's team sprint final in a new world record time. Picture: AP/Thibault Camus

Marchant helps blast GB women to team sprint gold in Paris

GOOD SHOWING: At one point, Otley's Elizabeth Deignan led the way for the Great Britain during the women's road race at the Paris 2024 Olympics - eventually finishing 12th. Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com

Deignan to carry on competing but rules out push for LA 2028

MEDAL PERFORMANCE: Gunthewaite's Becky Moody aboard Jagerbomb during the Dressage Team Grand Prix Special at the Chateau de Versailles on Saturday. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA

Yorkshire duo provide necessary lift to help seal dressage team bronze

Going for gold: Bradly Sinden of Great Britain is desperate to upgrade the silver medal he won in Tokyo (Picture: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Sinden and Cunningham hailed by taekwondo trailblazer Stevenson

Late arrival: Tom Sorsby, left, playing for Great Britain's men's hockey team against France, their fourth game, his second of the Paris Olympics. (Picture: AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

How Sheffield's Sorsby family rode emotional wave of the Paris Olympics

ON FORM: Scarborough's Charlotte Fry, riding Glamourdale, during the Equestrian Dressage competition in Versailles. Picture: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy

Scarborough's Fry makes cut to reach dressage finals

Bronze medallists Britain's Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson from the City of Leeds club pose with their medals in front of the platform following the women's synchronised 10m platform diving final at the Paris 2024 Olympics (Picture: SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)

Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix soar to Olympic diving bronze

Great Britain's Luke Whitehouse performs on the Horizontal Bar during the Men's Team Final at Bercy Arena (Picture: PA)

Hepworth, Whitehouse, Whitlock in agonising fourth-place finish

Great Britain's Jade Shekells breaks through the Irish defence during the women's Pool B Rugby Sevens match between Ireland and Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de France (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Ellie Kildunne and Team GB women's sevens team with work to do

Impact: Ellie Kildunne, centre, who was the player of the tournament as England won the Six Nations, could make a similar impact in the Olympic rugby sevens tournament (Picture: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)

Gladiators star Fury tips Ellie Kildunne to lead Team GB Sevens to Olympic glory

OVER AND NEARLY OUT: Centre court pay tribute to Andy Murray following his doubles match with Jamie Murray against Rinky Hijikata and John Peers at Wimbledon earlier this month. Picture: Zac Goodwin/PA

Murray confirms his game is up after Paris Olympics

A hovercraft on the move.

Hovercraft Race: Best photos of Yorkshire event show vehicles glide along water

ON THE UP: Leeds Knights' winger Mac Howlett has been added to the Cardiff-based GB training squad ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics Qualifiers in Denmark. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Knights duo backed to prove quality at GB camp

Lizzie Deignan of Yorkshire is going to a fourth Olympics (Picture: SWPix.com)

Team GB cycling squad will benefit from experience of Yorkshire's Lizzie Deignan

Olympic-bound Caden Cunningham (Red) of Great Britain competes in the World Grand Prix in Manchester in December 2023. (Picture: Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images)

Caden Cunningham single-minded in pursuit of Olympic gold

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron and Home Secretary James Cleverly, speak ahead of the ceremonial welcome of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan during their state visit to the UK. PIC: Chris Jackson/PA Wire

The good ship ‘Great Britain’ is rudderless - Sir Andrew Cook

Life in the fast lane: Sheffield's Louie Hinchliffe, centre, in sprinting action for the University of Houston ahead of what he hopes will be a successful Olympic trials in Manchester this weekend. (Picture: University of Houston)

Louie Hinchliffe interview: 21-year-old sprint sensation on his sudden emergence

Tommy Dunford and supporters during climbing Yr Wyddfa with a tumble dryer on his back

Builder climbs one of UK's Three Peaks with tumble dryer strapped to his back

Time to atone: Ollie Wood, right, and Charlie Tanfield, left, getting ready to represent Great Britain in the team pursuit at the European Championships. This summer they will do so at the Paris Olympics (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Yorkshire duo eager to make up for Tokyo pain with Paris glory

Huddersfield's Maddie Leech of Lifeplus Wahoo, left, after her second place finish in the British Road Championship Under-23s time-trial (Picture: SWPix.com)

Maddie Leech on balancing road and track challenges

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