Mary Creagh

A beaver makes it's way to the water after a licensed release of beavers at Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve. Photo credit: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Yorkshire given go-ahead for release of region's first wild beavers
South Yorkshire could see the first wild release of beavers in the region after the government said they would allow a number to roam free.

Mary Creagh is Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. PIC: Parliament

The Government is putting in place meaningful climate policies - Mary Creagh

Votes are emptied from ballot boxes onto the tables. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Be careful about wishing for a pre-Christmas election - Jayne Dowle

Wakefield MP Simon Lightwood made his maiden speech in the Commons this week. Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Justice system is letting down sexual assault victims - Simon Lightwood

Labour candidate Simon Lightwood

Meet the Labour candidate competing to become Wakefield’s next MP

File photo dated 15/05/15 of Mary Creagh

Former Labour MP Mary Creagh rules herself out of Wakefield by-election race

Imran Ahmad Khan arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London (PA)

Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan found guilty of sexually assaulting 15-year-old

Former Wakefield MP Mary Creagh. Photo: PA

Warning as former MP says risks to pedestrians is rising as lockdown lifts

Ms Creagh, who lost her seat to Conservative Imran Ahmad Khan in December's election, will begin her role as Chief Executive Officer of Living Streets in September.

Former Wakefield MP Mary Creagh appointed CEO of charity

Mary Creagh says she's proud to have represented Wakefield for 15 years. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Mary Creagh: 'When you live through history, you learn lessons about humanity'

A witness described hearing 'explosions' from the fire (Photo: YorkshireDaveUK)

'Wakefield looks like nighttime': Thick smoke descends over city as firefighters...

Former Wakefield MP Mary Creagh. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

MPs defying voters over Brexit makes a mockery of political system - Yorkshire P...

Imran Ahmad-Khan and Mary Creagh on election night. Photo: JPI Media

New Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad-Khan pays tribute to 'calm, concise, and experience...

Mary Creagh (right) after she lost the Wakefield seat to Imran Ahmad Khan on election night.

Ousted MP Mary Creagh was right to defy Wakefield voters over Brexit – Yorkshire...

Boris Johnson looks to the skies after becoming Prime Minister.

Brexit will be a success if Britain pulls together – Yorkshire Post Letters

Former Wakefield Labour MP Mary Creagh. Photo: JPI Media

Former Wakefield MP Mary Creagh attacks Labour leadership's 'reflexive anti-West...

The now former Wakefield MP Mary Creagh has blamed Jeremy Corbyn for her election defeat this month.

Defeated MP Mary Creagh should own up to her Brexit betrayal in Wakefield before...

Wakefield's new Conservative MP, Imran Ahmad Khan (left) defeated Labour's Mary Creagh.

Defeated Labour 'got what it deserved' at General Election for 'ignoring' voters...

MP Yvette Cooper at the election count in Wakefield. Pic: John Clifton

Yorkshire MP Yvette Cooper will decide over Christmas whether to run for Labour ...

Wakefield has its first Conservative MP since 1931, after a shock general election result.

Wakefield Labour MP loses seat in shock general election result

Ms Creagh shakes hands with the winning Conservative candidate, Imran Ahmad-Khan.

The inside story of how Labour lost Wakefield for the first time since the 1930s...
The last time Wakefield elected a Conservative MP, George V was King of England, Hollywood great James Dean was a baby and Manchester United and Leeds had just been relegated from English football’s top division. Huddersfield finished fifth, if you’re interested.
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Mary Creagh has lost her seat in Wakefield. Photo: Getty

Conservatives win Wakefield for first time in nearly 90 years

Mary Creagh, Labour's candidate for Wakefield

How the number of undecided voters in places like Wakefield might yet save Labou...

Imran Khan, the Tory candidate for Wakefield. Photo: Imran Khan

Tory candidate is literally parachuted in to Wakefield to counter opponents' cla...

Conservative candidate Antony Calvert pleads his party's case to assembled students. Photo: Dean Atkins

Wakefield Tory candidate Antony Calvert stands down over Facebook posts

Antony Calvert, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Wakefield pictured with Chris Grayling, then Secretary of State for Transport, at Wakefield Kirkgate Station in 2017. Photo: JPI Media

Wakefield Conservative candidate 'under review' over offensive Facebook posts

An Asian hornet. Pic: PA

Threat of Asian hornet and giant hogweed must be tackled with a million-strong v...

Will more people take up cycling following the world championships in Harrogate?

At least cycling is better for our planet as climate change protests grow – York...

Hurricane Dorian, which has devastated the Bahamas, is further evidence of the world's climate emergency, says Mary Creagh.

My food security fears ahead of no-deal Brexit and climate change catastrophe – ...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts during a visit with the police in West Yorkshire. Photo: DANNY LAWSON/AFP/Getty Images

Fears low income families would be 'collateral damage' in no deal Brexit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would 'rather be dead in a ditch than go back to Brussels' to ask the EU for an extension to Brexit negotiations, during his visit to Yorkshire today.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he'd 'rather be dead in ditch than go back to ...

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh

Yorkshire MPs Mary Creagh and Richard Burgon highlight Labour splits over snap G...
Labour's splits over the prospect of a snap General Election offered by Boris Johnson have been laid pair by the contrasting views of two of its Yorkshire MPs.
Rob Parsons

Labours Mary Creaghsaid that the Government is not doing enough to tackle an epidemic of unsustainable fashion.

TV show Love Island promoting unsustainable fashion trends, says Wakefield MP Ma...

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh

TV show Love Island promoting unsustainable fashion trends, says Yorkshire MP Ma...

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh is angry at the amount of cash that has been spent.

'Fury' at £200k cash paid in wind up of collapsed Yorkshire academy chain WCAT

Theresa May at a Nato summit.

Why I believe sweeping denigration of European neighbours unjustified – Yorkshir...

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh is backing the People's Vote campaign on Brexit.

Mary Creagh: It is a myth to describe the North as Brexitland and why it is time...

Staff at a performing arts school are ecstatic after planning permission was granted for a new state-of-the-art teaching facility in the city centre. Picture: Race Cottam Associates

'The jewel in Wakefield's crown' - performing arts school CAPA College granted p...

Prime Minister Theresa May at the European Council.

UK and EU agree to delay Brexit until October 31

Mary Creagh MP

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh welcomes funding boost for nurseries

Yorkshire MP Mary Creagh chairs the Environmental Audit Committee.

The Yorkshire Post says: Attitudes to clothing must shift from ‘fast fashion’ to...

Ms Creagh described Coun Harvey's outburst as "odd".

Storm in a teacup: Mary Creagh MP in coffee morning row with Tory councillor

How can the amount of plastic waste be reduced?

Nigel Coates: Why we need a joined-up approach to plastic pollution

Lessons for the marine environment need to be learned from Sir David Attenborough's Blue Planet II series.

Mary Creagh: Stop treating the seas as a sewer for all our sakes

Parents had petitioned against the academy order. Photo by Lee Ward.

Parents 'devastated' after government insists Wakefield primary school becomes a...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is offered a Yorkshire Mixture sweet from Russ Whitehouse during a visit to OE Electrics in Wakefield.

The Yorkshire Post says: Brexit masks Labour's splits '“ Jeremy Corbyn's electio...

Andrea Jenkyns is MP for Morley and Outwood.

Brexit Wakefield: Does our city want a people's vote

A new report highlights the plight of seabirds.

The Yorkshire Post says: The natural world '“ don't put Yorkshire coast at risk

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh

Mary Creagh speaks about controversial government ruling on Wakefield primary sc...

High levels of nitrates, used frequently in farming fertilisers, cause oxygen depletion in water.

Farming must have proper Whitehall oversight to tackle nitrates '˜timebomb' - MP...

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.

The Yorkshire Post says: Rail fare increase should be put on hold as MPs lose pa...

A train heading to London from Sheffield train station. The Midland Main Line is the only north-south rail route that is not electrified.

Chris Grayling's department is blocking plans to improve Yorkshire to London rai...

Chris Grayling. PIC: PA

Chris Grayling denies '˜tin ear' claims over railway funding in North

Mary Creagh says regulators must act against hand car washes that break the law Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Greg Wright: Human rights abuses are taking place on our doorstep

The Yorkshire Post says: Reality must match rhetoric over '˜Green Brexit'

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh fears the Government is not making the rights commitments to the environment post-Brexit.

Environment at risk of legal protections '˜hole' - Wakefield MP Mary Creagh warn...

Government figures have revealed that more secondary school places in Sheffield

19pc rise in pupils being taught in oversized classes, data shows

Children play in the fountains at Granary Square, King's Cross, during the heatwave

Ministers '˜ignored advice' on preventing deaths in heatwave

Pinderfields Hospital

MPs urge Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust to ditch staff transfer plan

The longevity of this years heatwave has broken records dating back decades, but this kind of weather could now become the norm each summer

Regular heatwaves could kill thousands of people every year in the UK

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