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Tram hole at Birley Lane.

Work to repair sinkhole at Yorkshire tram stop could cost £1.5m
South Yorkshire’s Mayor estimates that work to repair a sinkhole at a tram stop in Yorkshire could reach £1.5m.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Picture: Chris Etchells

Doncaster Sheffield Airport deal will be made ‘at earliest opportunity’

York Remembrance Day. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme 8th November 2026

York’s official Remembrance Sunday service and parade: Pictures

Brunswick Centre, Scarborough.

Scarborough residents ‘sick of not having any public toilets’, says MP

Ben Houchen.

Two Tees Valley development corporations to be axed by Mayor Ben Houchen

Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/Press Association

Vital role journalism has to play in devolution - Andy Burnham

DSA

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Council has spent £29million on DSA reopening

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What Sheffield council leader thinks of Mayor’s plans to buy airport

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Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Richard Tice welcomes airport purchase approval

Reform UK Mayor Luke Campbell

Mayor’s office hit by further allegations of bullying, intimidation and threats

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Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Loan twice approved by councillors will be scrapped

Behind The Scenes at Doncaster Sheffield Airport. PIC: James Hardisty

Acquiring DSA’s freehold sends a powerful message - Dan Fell

Behind the scenes at Doncaster Sheffield Airport. PIC: James Hardisty

Unanswered questions around deal to buy DSA

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‘Ongoing odour issue’ closes motocross park in Yorkshire

Mayor Luke Campbell

Mayor under investigation "after showing staff member naked pics of himself"

People sit out in the sunshine in Whitby. PIC: Simon Hulme

Yorkshire’s coast faces dual tax clouds

Mayor defiant after return dates for flights pushed back again

Hull train station pictured in 2024. PIC: Tony Johnson

Questions about NPR electrification plans for Hull need to be answered

David Skaith, Labour mayor for York and North Yorkshire, in Ripon.

David Skaith rules out flying business class for trade visit to India

Buses in South Yorkshire will be "molten orange" from day one of bus franchising in 2027.

'Increased presence of uniformed officers' on Sheffield’s transport

A general view from outside the Etihad Stadium with the sun setting in the background. PIC: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

Man City: The lesson regional mayors need to learn - Ismail Mulla
Confession, I am a Liverpool Football Club fan. It’s an inheritance from my father who grew up watching the likes of King Kenny, John Barnes and Ian Rush delight fans every weekend. When I started watching them in the mid 90s, Liverpool were a shell of their former self.
Ismail Mulla

Road signs near the A64 near the Hopgrove Roundabout, York. PIC: Simon Hulme

Make rail service half-hourly to ease A64 congestion - YP Letters

A view of Bewl Water Reservoir in Kent during the drought this summer

Giving Mayors powers over water 'bonkers', Mayor says

Alison Hume MP at the Tourism Levy Roundtable.

Mayor warned tourism levy could be ‘straw that breaks camel’s back’

Mayor Tracy Brabin has had a first look at the new Weaver Network buses. Credit: Kirklees Council.

Weaver Network buses: First look as brand new West Yorkshire buses unveiled

Coun Sandra Turner, Mayor Of Whitby. Courtesy Sandra Turner

Whitby Mayor: ‘We need to live in this town, not just for tourism’

Heckmondwike Bus Station. (Pic credit: West Yorkshire Combined Authority)

Heckmondwike Bus Station: West Yorkshire’s newest bus station opens in Kirklees

Doncaster railway station.

‘Bottleneck’ station must be addressed before village can get new station

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Councillor grills mayor over lack of updates

Unveiling the memorial statue

Infected blood memorial testament to 'courage' of victims, Yorkshire survivor sa...

Premises in Grassington village transformed for the set of Darrowby for filming All Creatures Great and Small. PIC: Tony Johnson

Yorkshire’s screen success should come as no surprise

York Minster dominates the skyline above Bootham Bar and the bar walls by the fountains at York Art Gallery. PIC: Tony Johnson

Local circumstances key to tourist tax viability - YP Letters
From: MP Laycock, West Court, Lund Lane, Killinghall.
The Yorkshire Post Letters

Hull Mayor Luke Campbell

Is the Reform UK Mayor of Hull planning a boxing comeback?

Flamborough Lighthouse, at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. PIC: James Hardisty

A tourist tax must work for Yorkshire - Laura Duggan

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has welcomed government moves to crack down on dodgy high street businesses

Mayor defends free children’s bus travel after resident calls for them to walk

Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard aboard a vintage Sheffield 1952 bus on the day that the South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority decided to take buses back under public control, March 18, 2025.

Manchester to Sheffield tunnel a ‘really exciting opportunity’, says Mayor

Ros Jones, pictured speaking at a council meeting in December 2025.

'Well worth waiting for': DSA update promise issued by mayor

The Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, Luke Campbell.

Mayor Luke Campbell takes control of £19million adult skills fund

Reform UK Mayor for Hull and East Yorkshire Luke Campbell. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor Luke Campbell will not introduce tourist taxes

SealStop was invented by Yorkshire farmers Jason and Belle Richardson. Pictured: Belle Richardson

Firm behind system to eliminate water waste wins ‘game changing’ £60,000 grant

Reform UK Mayor for Hull and East Yorkshire Luke Campbell. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Luke Campbell: Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor quashes defection rumours

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with Metro Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard (left), during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield. PIC: Annabel Lee-Ellis/PA Wire

Yorkshire can make the most of ‘Manchesterism’ - Matt Smith

Trucker on a mission: Bob Frendt

The trucker raising £20,000 to bring Ukrainian orphans to Yorkshire for respite

Elizabeth Bonfield has been installed as Master of the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers.

Skills champion becomes first Yorkshirewoman to lead historic livery company

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

Water uncertainty another reason to ditch asylum centre plans

Reform UK Mayor for Hull and East Yorkshire Luke Campbell. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Mayor welcomes new powers to crackdown on rogue retailers

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard at a resident meeting in Conisbrough Community Library. Courtesy of LDRS.

South Yorkshire Mayor objecting to Rotherham and Doncaster solar farm

South Yorkshire Mayor, Oliver Coppard. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Call for Yorkshire Mayor to sit on the board of Yorkshire Water

Snake Pass in the High Peak. Picture: Scott Merrylees.

Pennines partnership key to road and rail improvements - The Yorkshire Post say...

Liz Mossop with Andy Burnham and Oliver Coppard during the Prime Minister's recent visit to Sheffield

Universities can help the PM deliver solutions - Liz Mossop

Political leaders and business groups in South Yorkshire have campaigned to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport since it was closed by its owners in 2022 (Doncaster Sheffield Airport/PA)

Consultation opens into airspace plans for reopening of DSA

EMR 's RMT members are due to strike on three Saturdays in August /EMR

'Bin first class' says SY Mayor after EMR announces reduced timetable

Tracy Brabin

Andy Burnham's decision to cap bus fares at £2 welcomed by West Yorkshire Mayor

Prime Minister Andy Burnham drinks a beer during a visit to a pub. PIC: Richard Pohle/The Times/PA Wire

Business rates cut for pubs can only be seen as a start

Wellholme Park, Brighouse, Aerial

Brighouse park to reopen after major flood defence works

Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking to members of the media in front of a FirstGroup bus. PIC: Toby Melville/PA Wire

The £2 bus fare cap is to be welcomed

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan speaking to the media. PIC: Andreas Sene/PA Wire

Peerage shows everything wrong with politics - Sarah Todd

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard outside Sheffield rail station, where he criticised rail company EMR. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Mayor says he will keep rail firm's 'feet to the fire' over service cuts

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

New PM provides a broad picture of his ambitions but still no plan

Newly confirmed Labour Party leader Andy Burnham after speaking with local stakeholders and party supporters. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

No excuses for a lack of plan for Andy Burnham

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