John Whittingdale

John Whittingdale is Minister for Digital Infrastructure

6G will provide a huge leap in UK's digital transformation: John Whittingdale

York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce’s Hospitality Forum travelled to Westminster to meet with Government ministers and a cross party group of the region’s MPs to discuss the sector’s future.

Chamber takes hospitality sector to the heart of Westminster

It has been revealed that the Conservative Party illegally collected data on 10 million voters (Photo: Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The Conservative party illegally collected data on ethnicity of 10 million voter...

The Yorkshire Post spearheaded the Power Up The North campaign.

Regional and local newspapers never more important – John Whittingdale

Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan (Photo: PA).

BBC needs to 'move with the times' or face collapse, culture secretary says

Margaret Thatcher with her husband Denis who vetted a celebrity guestlist for a showbusiness reception planned by Number 10, marking it with a red pen and questioning the inclusion of Paul McCartney

'˜No help to us...' Thatcher's view of McCartney

Brexit committee chairman Hilary Benn

Divided Brexit committee calls for urgent assessment of '˜no deal' option

England and Scotland to wear poppies for clash despite Fifa ruling

The BBC will publish the salaries of its biggest stars

Lineker, Norton and Vine '˜to head up BBC rich list'

Calls for online porn to be restricted like top-shelf magazines

Stephen Crabb leaving Downing Street today

Backbenches beckon for heavyweights

RFL chairman Brian Barwick hopes England will get the chance to stage 'the biggest event in rugby leagues history' (Picture: Paul Currie/SWpix.com).

Government support will help RFL's bid to double the success '¨of 2013 World Cup

RFL chairman Brian Barwick.

Rugby League: RFL offering a World Cup the nation can be proud of '“ Barwick

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale after making his statement in the Commons on the BBC's future.

Licence fee stays and iPlayer loophole closed as BBC faces outside regulation fo...

The future of the BBC is in the spotlight today.

Jayne Dowle: High drama in corridors of power over BBC's future

Tom Courtenay with the award for best supporting actor

Video: The Baftas in 90 seconds - with Hull's Tom Courtenay and BBC bashers warn...

Melvyn Bragg.

Melvyn Bragg: BBC broadcasts the true value of a public service

Jonny and Alistair Brownlee unveil a plaque to them at their old club Aireborough Swimming Club, Aireborough Leisure Centre, Guiseley.

Tom Richmond: The 100-day race is on to bring home biggest Olympic prize of all ...

The "Granny's vase" sculpture intended to mark the site of Hull's historic Beverley Gate

Businesses become latest to slate '˜granny's vase' sculpture

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale MP. Rebecca Naden/PA Wire

Prostitute-link Minister to keep'¨ job as Cameron defends his role

Top grade for memorial to farmlads who went to war
Two war memorials in an East Yorkshire village have been given the highest grade listing as part of commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World War.

An artist's impression of the Â£175m Garden Bridge planned a stretch of the Thames. Image: Arup

Grant Woodward: London's Garden Bridge exposes North-South divide

The eyes of the world will be on Hull, and a new purpose-built open air theatre, when it is the UK City of Culture next year.

Darren Henley: Keep the faith. Yorkshire is a cultural powerhouse

John Whittingdale

Whittingdale backs fairer spread of arts funding

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale (centre) pictured with Sir Gary Verity and David Horne the MD for Virgin Trains East Coast, at York Station. Picture by Simon Hulme

Minister backs York drive to attract visitors

Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland who is campaigning to reform sentencing for dangerous drivers.

Exclusive: How north-south divide hits Yorkshire's sports clubs

Amy Johnson

Skirmishes continue in the dogfight over Amy Johnson's plane

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Unpublished Thatcher cabinet papers brought under the microscope

‘BBC should pay for newspaper coverage’

BBC. Photo: PA

BBC to consider axing red button service and reduce sports coverage

BBC to switch off Red Button

Author and playwright Alan Bennett has criticised the Government as "deplorable".

Bake-off joins list of Alan Bennett’s pet hates - but Mary Berry’s ‘good for her...
YORKSHIRE playwright Alan Bennett has criticised the Government as “deplorable”.

July 24: Leave personal views out of BBC’s future

Letters July 22: We must defend our BBC as the vultures start to circle

1933 picture of two-year-old Princess Margaret (seated) with her sister Princess Elizabeth, 7, as Buckingham Palace defended footage from 1933 that shows a young Queen performing a Nazi salute with her family at Balmoral.

Palace considers legal action over leaked Queen Nazi salute film

The BBC has agreed to fully fund free TV licences for over-75s from 2020/21

BBC to fund TV licences for over 75s as iPlayer loophole closes

John Whittingdale. Photo: Dominic Lipinski /PA Wire

New Culture Secretary is critical of BBC “but not going to war”

Richard Caborn

FIFA scandal: Yorkshire MP calls for talks on World Cup boycott as Platini asks ...

Andrew Allison: The right man to make the BBC face up to reality

Comment latest: The reshuffle, Dan Jarvis and Prince Harry

Head of the BBC Trust, Rona Fairhead

BBC told time is coming to end the license fee

Call to bring art to the forefront of city’s £40m children’s hospital

Culture Secretary Sajid Javid

TV Licence fee threatened as BBC faces ‘review of everything’

MP’s brother held in sex abuse inquiry

Savile papers go to DPP as Cameron vows to learn lessons

Rebellion signalled over Bill to reform Lords

Murdoch not fit to run a company, say MPs

Heathrow on track to fail Olympic challenge, say MPs

Sir David defends polar bear zoo scenes in Frozen Planet

James Murdoch’s evidence to hacking probe ‘disingenuous’

Mother of bomb victim launches hacking claim

Simon Reevell: We must focus on fairness and justice if we want to put our court...

MP calls for Piers Morgan to be quizzed on hacking

MPs demand club licensing in football governance shake-up

Murdochs are summoned to attend hacking inquiry

FA failed to learn World Cup lessons, says report

Ryan Giggs should have kept his money in his pocket, says PR man Max Clifford