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Pupils in North Yorkshire using school transport.

Council accused of ‘illusion of listening’ over school transport consultation
North Yorkshire Council has been accused of creating an “illusion of listening” after claiming the public has backed changes to its controversial school transpo...

Chalets at York's Christmas Market in the run up to it opening in 2026.

'Money grab' - Higher parking charges on York Christmas Market rest days

Sir Ed Davey visits independent retailers in Hull as the city gears up for a busy Christmas shopping season: the visit has led to calls for shoppers to support independent retailers during a pivotal period for the high street

Ed Davey champions Hull’s independent traders ahead of pivotal festive period

Liberal Democrat activist Andrew Mortimer with a bin overflowing with rubbish in Hull Road, York.

'Vermin' fears as rubbish overflowing from York bin prompting action call

New recycling bins set to be rolled out in York in 2027.

'Overflowing rubbish' and fly-tipping warning unless York HMOs get bigger bins

Yorkshire funeral director and Conservative councillor Martin Rowley has criticised plans for a large mortuary which could hold up to 700 bodies in Nether Poppleton.

Yorkshire funeral director criticises plans to build large mortuary

Residents and councillors have started a campaign to save two historic chapels in Knottingley Cemetery

Call to save Yorkshire town’s 160-year-old twin cemetery chapels

York city centre

Anti-terror traffic bans in York 'sensitive and difficult' as powers approved

Labour's Cllr Claire Douglas, leader of York Council.

'It's right York sees its fair share'- council leader on £1-a-night tourist tax

York city centre

'Every penny should be spent here' - Call as £1-a-night tourist tax floated

Harrogate's 'friendliest coffee house’ praised in the House of Commons

A protest against £600,000 cuts to the contract to run York's libraries outside the York Explore Library and Archive in Museum Street.

£600,000 cuts to York library contract shelved as 'now isn't the right time'

Count Binface reacts after the declaration for the Clacton by-election count. PIC: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

By-election no reflection of EU support - YP Letters

Tom Gordon MP says his constituents are livid about water pollution levels

PM "must take action" on Yorkshire Water, MP says

Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that disabled bus pass holders will be able to travel for free at all hours from April next year. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Free all day bus travel for disabled passengers is to be welcomed

Knottingley Town Hall

Council asked to fund urgent repairs to Knottingley Town Hall

Coun Michael Pavlovic, York Council's former Labour administration's housing and planning executive member.

Row erupts after senior York Council figure steps down

Coun Stephen Fenton, Liberal Democrat ward member for Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, outside the Morrisons Daily with a Post Office counter in Moorcroft Road, Woodthorpe, York.

Hundreds call for York Post Office to be saved days before closure

Guildhall, Hull. Taken by Andrew Spence.

Calls for special focus on Hull in national grooming gangs inquiry

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey during Prime Minister's Questions. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Opportunity to grasp the nettle on social care

Coun christian Vassie, Liberal Democrat ward councillor for Wheldrake, near York, with hedgehog warning signs

'Upset' over hedgehogs killed on Yorkshire village roads prompts warning calls
Upset over hedgehogs being killed on a York village’s roads has prompted calls to warn drivers with signs amid claims over inaction on the issue.
Joe Gerrard

Barnsley Town Hall

Police won't be investigating removal of pride flag off Barnsley Town Hall roof

The full council meeting at County hall, Northallerton.

'Letting the harm continue' - Council votes against school transport debate

North Yorkshire Council's executive committee.

Town councillors accused of 'childish political stunts' over no confidence vote

Hesley Wood, north of Cowley Hill

Row breaks out over plans to build on green belt land in Yorkshire

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

Kirklees Council meets at Huddersfield Town Hall.

Ex-Mayor bashes council's 'undemocratic' lack of leadership in 1,000-word letter

York Station Gateway in June 2026. Picture is from City of York Council

Station Gateway: £5.4million rise in overspend sparks row

York Council Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Cllr Andrew Hollyer (right), transport spokesperson Cllr Stephen Fenton (left) and environment spokesperson Cllr Paula Widdowson at York's Askham Bog.

'Assault' on York's green belt claims branded 'scaremongering'

County Hall, Wakefield.

Reform UK-led council votes to cut school uniform fund by £1.3m

An artist's impression of the Laverton Oakes development. Photo: Brierley Homes.

Answers demanded over whereabouts of community contribution

Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks to the media. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

The Greens have let down Sheffield - YP Letters
From: Paige Turner, Sheffield.
The Yorkshire Post Letters

Cars parked in Ferguson Way, Huntington, York, on a matchday at the LNER Community Stadium

Matchday parking problems ahead of York City's league return

Laburnum Road in Redcar and (inset) a council refuse truck.

Councillor swerved around bin truck in car and raged at refuse workers

A York Council worker repairing a road.

'Broken' York roads repair system prompts pothole call

Lord Christopher Haskins

Lord Haskins: Passionate businessman who married into a Yorkshire farming family

Are Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson attending their granddaughter's christening, what’s her name, where is taking place? Sarah, Duchess of York (L) and Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York arrives to attend a Requiem Mass, a Catholic funeral service, for the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025. Photo: Getty Images

Sarah Ferguson loses Freedom of the City of York over Epstein link

Coun Cahal Burke of Kirklees Council.

Flags flown at half-mast on council buildings after death of councillor

An impression showing how improvements at the front of York Station underway as part of the Station Gateway scheme could look. Picture is from York Council

Station Gateway: Row over project handling

Durham Street, Hull

Hull councillors delay decision on 15-bed HMO for vulnerable women

Castle Mills development Images: City of York Council

Plans to build 93 affordable flats on York city centre site move forward

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the opening of the Millenium bridge, York in 2001.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces further humiliation over York bridge plaque

Coun Stephen Fenton

Call for funding to restore York's Dial & Ride branded 'sticking plaster'

Major plans have been revealed to demolish The Ridings shopping centre in Wakefield. CGI of how the site could looks after redevelopment. Image: Wakefield Council

Council to buy The Ridings shopping centre to make way for major regeneration

The chamber of peers in the House of Lords, London

Scrapping public notices will harm transparency, peers warn

Councillor Barbara Brodigan.

Date set for meeting to look at 'errors' in home-to-school transport policy

From June through to August a number of top music acts will be taking to the stage for TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall.

Piece Hall: Debate over funding of iconic tourist attraction rumbles on

The new policy means the council will only provide free school transport to a child’s nearest school, meaning transport is not offered to catchment schools which are not the closest.

Claims of system errors in home-to-school transport policy to be examined

Tom Gordon MP.

Harrogate Spring Water factory: Government considers whether to call in

Coun Paula Widdowson, Liberal Democrat deputy leader and environment spokesperson on York Council.

Plans to take cost of garden waste collection in York past £50 to be discussed

Beverley Police Station

Historic police station saved in Beverley after public backlash

The River Foss, a tributary of the River Ouse, which runs through the centre of York. PIC: James Hardisty

Yorkshire river among worst in Europe for 'heart-breaking' pollution levels

Rishi Sunakl has come under fire for non-attendance at council meetings.

Rishi Sunak comes under fire for non-attendance at council meetings

In addition to her role as a councillor, Dorothy Jordan was a keen volunteer for several organisations, including Age Concern. Here she is pictured serving up refreshments at a Valentine's coffee morning at Todmorden Town Hall in aid of the charity

The Yorkshire teacher who kept order at council meetings with her former pupils

Prior to the restaurant opening, the floor space had been empty for ten years having previously been home to Virgin Megastore and, later, a gym.

Calls for investigation after £750,000 awarded to restaurant which then closed

Councillor Morgan McClintock. Picture/credit: Teesside Live.

Shock resignation triggers by-election

A general view of a school safety zone sign. PIC: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Suspend the implementation of home-to-school transport policy

Tom Gordon at Knottingley Railway Station.

Working class people feel excluded from politics - Tom Gordon

Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Nick Clegg is as much a part of the class that he condemns - David Behrens

Inside a school bus

Council accused of ‘playing dirty’ over home-to-school transport appeals

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