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BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell is retiring after 47 years.

‘Awful’ BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell retires

Rishi Sunak faces calls from think tanks and his MPs to embrace green energy despite this month's delays to net zero policies.

Ministers urged to deliver green local jobs which are popular with Tory voters

'A video shows the heavy-handed arrest on August 7 by no fewer than six or seven West Yorkshire police officers of a clearly distressed child in her own home in Leeds'. PIC: James Hardisty

What were police doing arresting the autistic child in Leeds? - Bill Carmichael

Unsealed FBI documents reveal IRA plot to kill the Queen

IRA plot to kill Queen in San Francisco in 1983 revealed by FBI

National Grid and Shell have pulled out of plans to develop new pipelines for carbon capture and storage, which are set to begin at Drax's North Yorkshire site.

Drax eyes up US investment amid doubts over Yorkshire future

Solea Pfeiffer as Leanne and Joshua Boone as Bayou in A Jazzman’s Blues. Picture: PA/Netflix/Jace Downs.

Pick of the Week: A Jazzman's Blues - Review by Yvette Huddleston

OMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND - FEBRUARY 23: Police and forensics are seen at the scene of last nights shooting of a high profile PSNI officer at the Youth Sports Centre on February 22, 2023 in Omagh, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Three arrested over Omagh police officer shooting

Lord David Trimble

David Trimble: Former Northern Ireland first minister dies

Volunteers carrying the cross up the hill

In pictures: Cross is carried up to Otley Chevin to look over town during Easter

John Blundell pictured at his home at Dewsbury, speaking about rise in cost of TV licences. Picture by Simon Hulme

Yorkshire grandfather's fear of 'miserable existence' if TV licence lost

Grant McKee

Grant McKee

Pride of Three Lions: England manager Gareth Southgate.

England v Czech Republic: Three Lions’ future ‘hugely exciting’, says Gareth Sou...

Brendan Cox is among the people who has founded the organisation Survivors Against Terror. (PA).

The Yorkshire Post says: Stopping the hate - Rise in racist abuse at schools

Theresa May at 10 Downing Street, but how many marks out of 10 does she deserve for the first year of her premiership?

Bernard Ingham: Theresa May lagging behind Margaret Thatcher after first year in...

People gather ahead of a vigil in Albert Square, Manchester, in the wake of the terrorist attack. (PA).

YP Comment: Nation mourns terror victims - Worst UK attack since 2005

Ariana Grande

Mark Casci: Terrorists cannot steal the magic of music or the glory of Mancheste...

Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn making a speech at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds

Shadow cabinet members distance themselves from Corbyn as Labour leader refuses ...

'˜Special' killed by IRA assassin

Martin McGuinness strove for peace in Northern Ireland once the IRA had renounced violence.

YP Comment: Street fighter to statesman

2012: The Queen shaking hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness watched by First minister Peter Robinson (centre) at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.

How should we remember Martin McGuinness?

Martin McGuinness at a Co-operation Ireland reception, with a portrait of the Queen by artist Colin Davidson.

Lives lost and peace won: Martin McGuinness, a politician who defined modern Uls...
IT LASTED just a few seconds seconds, but it was a moment of historic significance when Martin McGuinness and the Queen first shook hands.

The Sheffield United team featuring the prolific Jimmy Dunne. Back row, from left: G MacGinley, Pat Carrigan, Jack Smith, Jack Kendall, Harry Hooper, Bill Anderson, Jock Gibson. Middle: Secretary/manager Ted Davison, Jim Holmes, Bertie Williams, Tommy Sampy, George Hall, Jimmy Dunne, A Stuart, Percy Thorpe, George Green, Wilf Adey. Front: Bernard Oxley, Harry Gooney, Bobby Barclay, Mick Killhoury, Robert Oswald, Fred Tunstall, Fred Cheesemur.

Bygones: Vardy eyeing scoring run of IRA soldier who joined the Blades

Letter August 28: Media’s malicious attempts to smear Corbyn

August 17: Identifying the young radicals

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall during a tree planting ceremony after a service of peace and reconciliation at St. Columba's Church in Drumcliffe

Charles: The grandfather I never had

The Prince of Wales

Charles’s trip to Northern Ireland is welcomed

Tom Richmond: From Barnsley miner to Minister – in face of IRA threats

Special Constabulary Chief Officer, Jerry Holland

Jerry hangs up his handcuffs after 41 years patrolling North Yorkshire

February 25 Letters: Blair had no right to do deal with IRA

January 27 Letters: Blair should not have let Sinn Fein off the hook

Margaret Thatcher.

Sir Bernard leaps to defence of Thatcher over assassination tale

Historic handshake at ex-taoiseach’s funeral
A HISTORIC handshake between Sir John Major and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness put the seal on the Northern Ireland peace process as politicians and dignitaries attended the state funeral of former Irish taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

The coffin of former Labour MP and cabinet minister Tony Benn is carried by members of his family following his funeral at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, central London.

Westminster unites for Tony Benn’s final farewell

Unionists knew about comfort letters says IRA bombing suspect

Letters to fugitives scheme ‘has ended’

‘No prosecution’ vow over pub bombs

‘IRA link’ to packages sent to Army centres

Carol singers at Leeds City Station

The day when the IRA brought terror to festive shoppers

Artist Camilla Le May with ED the horse as they look at her sculpture of Sefton, at her studio in East Sussex.

Princess Royal to unveil bronze statue to Hyde Park bombing survivor Sefton

Man accused over Hyde Park IRA bombing

Maureen Norton, sister of Terence Griffin, who was killed in the bombing

Memorial unveiled to work of Army medics

Norman Armstrong-Kersh at Hartshead Moor Services on the M62 between Leeds and Manchester.

Video: M-way memorial to ‘unsung heroes’ at IRA bombing site

Man held over 1977 IRA murders of Yorkshire soldiers

Alleged Hyde Park bomber granted conditional bail

Apology as Question Time minister labelled ‘Sinn Fein/IRA’

The Grand Hotel Brighton, severely damaged in the aftermath of an IRA bomb, planted during Tory Party conference week.

Thatcher’s death divides Ireland again

Town to mark anniversary of deadly IRA bombing

Ceremony invitation for victims of IRA bombing

Video: Mountbatten’s poison pen goes under the hammer

Statue of IRA bomb horse to be unveiled next year

Fresh file prepared in quest for justice over Poppy Day bombing

School in shock at pair killed in lane by father

Cavalryman in IRA blast ‘knifed his children and killed himself’

Review: Shadow Dancer (15)

DPP ‘not involved in Bloody Sunday decision’

Talks with Queen ‘did not shy away from IRA death’

Memorial service tributes to police officer murdered by IRA

Home-made explosives wreak havoc on forces

Cold case review of IRA blast attacked by victims

Life sentence for former fighter ‘attracted to gangster lifestyle’