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An independent investigation is being carried out into 10 military training sites in England, including the Army Foundation College, at Pennypot Lane, Harrogate. (Picture contributed)

MP concern at housing plans next to ‘isolated’ Army Foundation College
The Harrogate and Knaresborough MP is set to meet with defence ministers to discuss potential security concerns to the Army Foundation College from plans for a ...

Health Secretary Yvette Cooper leaves following a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London.

Man handed suspended sentence after calling MP a 'baby killer'

Coun Sheila Mitchinson Mayor of Doncaster right pictured during one of the annual Bentley colliery disaster memorial meetings at Arksey cemetery

The Yorkshire community devastated by two colliery tragedies

Chancellor John Healey poses for photographs as he leaves 11 Downing Street, London, before delivering his first Budget. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/Press Association

Budget long read: John Healey facing questions over defence investment

Doncaster Chamber has welcomed the move to purchase Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Chancellor unveils £1.5bn borrowing facility to help airport reopening

Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins speaks at the Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty

The Budget is a chance to scrap the family farm tax - Victoria Atkins

Ann Widdecombe was a spokeswoman for Reform UK (Lucy North/PA)

Tories urge Burnham for apology over Widdecombe murder case comments

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a reception at No 10 Downing Street. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Why a break-up of the Union is now inevitable - YP Letters

The Second Reading debate for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) in the House of Commons. PIC: Parliament TV/PA Wire

Palliative care must be improved - Victoria Wharton

MP Melanie Onn

MP praises Humber Marine Renewables Norwegian partnership

Keir Starmer MP. House Of Commons

Keir Starmer could be appointed to role in Scarborough following resignation

RAF Linton-On-Ouse in North Yorkshire. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Anger after Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre petition rejected

Anne Widdecombe

Farage to be offered security meeting after Anne Widdecombe death

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage makes a statement to the media. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Farage tried to use the Lord’s Prayer as a smokescreen - David Behrens

Kevin Hollinrake MP.

Kevin Hollinrake: North Yorkshire MP investigated over alleged lobbying

‘Entrepreneurial spirit’ of new Slingsby Gin owners praised in House of Commons

Call for pubs to stay open for England’s 1am World Cup kick-off rejected by Government

Call for pubs to stay open for England’s 1am World Cup kick-off rejected

Alison Hume

North Yorkshire MP hits out at Reform MP for linking domestic abuse to World Cup

Andy Burnham laughs at being placed next to Binface and a man dressed as a fox, Andy Burnham Makerfield MP - Makerfield by-election count at The Edge, Wigan.

Andy Burnham: From 'King of the North' to Prime Minister?

The right-wing group, labelled “racist, antisemitic and homophobic” by then-home secretary Amber Rudd, was outlawed in December 2016 after a series of rallies and incidents, including praise for the murder of MP Jo Cox.

What happened to Jo Cox? 10 years since MP murdered in West Yorkshire

Sir Keir Starmer and former Prime Minister Tony Blair. PIC: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire

What Sir Tony Blair’s recent essay overlooks - YP Letters
From: Neil Richardson, Kirkheaton.
The Yorkshire Post Letters

Members of HS2 staff walk through the Chilterns tunnel towards the tunnel exit at West Hyde, Hertfordshire, as the HS2 project continues

HS2 could cost more than £100m and may not run to Euston until 2043

“Lord Berkeley’s review in 2019 suggested it would cost over £110 billion. The former chair of HS2, Terry Morgan, has admitted that ‘nobody knows’ what HS2’s final cost will be. Recent estimates suggest the final figure will be closer to £200 billion.

HS2 review to find focus on 'highest possible speeds' was major fault

Instead of getting the support they needed, what they were subjected to was “pure exploitation”, as Naz Shah, the Labour MP for Bradford West says. PIC: James Hardisty.

MP shares extraordinary personal story while proposing King's Speech

MP Kim Leadbeater joins supporters of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill), during a demonstration at Parliament Square in London. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Peers standing in the way of assisted dying - YP Letters

A ballot box arriving during a count. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

What we need is government by compromise - YP Letters

Fly-tipping on the side of a rural road.

Seize the opportunity to end rural fly-tipping injustice - Johnnie Furse

Chef Tommy Banks outside one of his two Michelin starred restaurants, Roots in Marygate, York.

Spring statement: 'reality and rhetoric worlds apart' - Tommy Banks

On Wednesday Phelan appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court, where he was not asked to officially enter a plea to the charge.

Government suspends major open justice project used in court reporting

Nation of shopkeepers: Ronnie Barker (left) and David Jason in 'Open All Hours' - playing TV's favourite tight-fisted shopkeeper A E Arkwright and his nephew-cum-assistant Granville respectively. (photo: PA)

Make no mistake: SMEs’ futures in peril

A general view of medical equipment on a hospital ward. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Clinical negligence report looks in wrong places for cost-cutting - Jonathan Bak...

Mayor Andy Burnham At Scarborough Cricket Club. Courtesy Anttoni James Numminen

The Yorkshire resort playing a small part in Labour's political drama
A North Yorkshire resort has found itself playing a part in a national political drama.
Anttoni James Numminen

The fire on Langdale Moor near RAF Fylingdales in August. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

MP calls for Government grants following ‘devastating’ moorland fire

Farmers take part in a protest with their tractors in Whitehall, London, ahead of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivering her Budget in the House of Commons.

'Nowhere near enough' - Budget a 'mixed bag' for farmers, says analyst

Staff arrive at BBC Broadcasting House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

BBC will 'remain fiercely independent' following charter review

Tom Gordon MP.

Home-to-school transport policy is 'leaving families in disarray'

Vitamin B12 Awareness Day is on 23 September

Ad Feature 1 in 3 Brits may be at risk of B12 deficiency – but most have no idea

A sign warning of foot and mouth disease near Hawes in North Yorkshire, in 2001.

Meat smuggling checks must not be scaled back, MPs tell government

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater embraces a supporter of Dignity in Dying as they celebrate on hearing the result of the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill last year. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Getting to grips with the Assisted Dying Bill in the Lords - David Blunkett

Kim Leadbeater joins supporters in Parliament Square in London after a vote in parliament for her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

'Risk' assisted dying law runs out of time in House of Lords

A ballot box arriving during a count. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Lack of representation shows need for vote reform - YP Letters

A Job Centre Plus. PIC: Philip Toscano/PA Wire

Zero hours contracts feel like slavery - YP Letters

Liam Byrne MP. Credit: Maja Smiejkowska/PA

Finance fears over future of Britain and investment in the North

Wind turbines on Ovenden Moor near Halifax. PIC: Tony Johnson

Yorkshire MPs need to unite on green transition - Katie White

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. Credit: PA

More powers given to Yorkshire mayors in Devolution Bill

'There is a sense that the nation needs the late comedy legend Sir Ken Dodd to appear...'

Why I am turning to the late Sir Ken Dodd for a little light in dark times - Sar...

Alison Hume MP speaking on the speed limit powers in the House of Commons

‘Let parish councils set local speed limits’ says Yorkshire MP

The First News poetry competition for young writers will be judged by Hollywood star Will Poulter

Poetry competition launched for young writers - judged by Will Poulter

Marie Tidball, the Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge

Disabled MP hits out at government over lack of welfare consultation

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (left) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during Prime Minister's Questions. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Labour finds itself in a muddle over welfare reforms - Jayne Dowle

Supporters of law change on assisted dying to demonstrate outside Scottish Parliament

Life is very precious and how it comes to an end is equally so - Christa Ackroyd

A Dignity in Dying campaigner in support of the assisted dying Bill celebrates in Westminster. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Fear the Lords will block assisted dying - YP Letters

Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Leeds North West MP Katie White at the University of Leeds. Credit: James Hardisty/Yorkshire Post

No NHS money allocated for costs of assisted dying law

Former UK trade minister Greg Hands has been appointed as an adviser to the new owner of Royal Mail. (Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

New Royal Mail owner appoints former minister as adviser

Keir Starmer is leading Labour into the same immigration trap that is destroying the Conservative party (Picture: Benjamin Cremel/WPA pool)

Prime Minister indicates he supports assisted dying ahead of MP debate

State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords. PIC: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire

The House of Lords needs much wider reform - YP Letters

Luke Charters is the Labour MP for York Outer. PIC: James Hardisty

How as an MP I am embracing the AI revolution - Luke Charters

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to members of staff during a visit to a defence contractor in Luton. PIC: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire

PM is not giving clear answers on grooming gangs - Jayne Dowle

Part of a new golf course under construction at Trump International Golf Links in 2024. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

What about golf courses eating into valuable farmland? - YP Letters

Yorkshire Cancer Research has committed to funding £2.7 million of stop smoking services in the region and has helped 4,400 people successfully quit smoking.

Yorkshire Cancer Research warns more must be done to tackle smoking

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