Michael Portillo

Hellifield Railway Station in the Yorkshire Dales photographed by Tony Johnson.

Discover the joys of one of Britain’s best-loved railways – once set for closure

Northern Trains - Hebden Bridge Station. (Pic credit: Northern)

Great British Railway Journeys: Yorkshire stations to be on BBC show

York civic archivist Catriona Cannon looking at a logbook from 1942. Picture: James Hardisty

The Baedeker air raids and the destruction they caused to historic York

Boris Johnson.

Conservatives must get rid of Boris Johnson to win 2024 election - David Behrens

Michael Portillo has urged Conservative MPs to retain their backing for Boris Johnson.

Tories would be 'absolutely mad' to remove Boris Johnson, says Michael Portillo

Fifth-generation barge operator John Branford, 76 Picture: James Hardisty

Michael Portillo filmed getting 'Tom Pudding' history lesson on Yorkshire barge

Aidan Doyle

Obituary: Aidan Doyle, film maker

Looking down on the town from Castleberg Crag. (Jonathan Gawthorpe).

Popular with everyone from ramblers to train enthusiasts, Settle is a town with ...

The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express steams over the Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle Carlisle line. Picture by Bruce Rollinson

No argument this time as work begins again to repair Ribblehead Viaduct

Dent Station is one of the unstaffed stops on the famous Settle to Carlisle line

New owner for Dent Station - the highest in England - after a year on the market

BBC Broadcasting House

If BBC can’t axe local politics, how about The One Show instead? – David Behrens

Graeme Bandeira's cartoon of Grant Shapps.

How to turn Northern into Great Railway Journey - Tom Richmond

Morrisons will be hoping to shake off its recent position as the UKs worst big four performer

Blackfriar: Can the UK's supermarkets buck the retail doom and gloom?

Watching TV on your holiday may be easier than you think

Take your favourite TV shows with you on holiday

The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express steams over the Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle Carlisle line. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

David Behrens: Railway saga shows us why our landscape is worth fighting for

The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express steams over the Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle Carlisle line. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

30 years ago today – decision that saved Settle-Carlisle railway

The Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle line. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The Yorkshire Post says: Thank you Michael Portillo for saving Settle to Carlisl...

Ben Parkinson suffered crippling injuries in Afghanistan 13 years ago.

Tom Richmond: Why we should all be ashamed of the treatment of Afghanistan war h...

Michael Portillo on the way to Chennai. Picture by Boundless.

Michael Portillo is right about one thing, rail is the best way to explore India

Should there be a council tax surcharge on second homes in the Yorkshire Dales?

YP Letters: Opening up Yorkshire Dales homes tax debate

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg is under fire for her questioning of Theresa May over Brexit.

YP Letters: BBC under fire for Laura Kuenssberg's '˜offensive' interview with Th...
From: Mrs Trees Fewster-Verhaar, Gomersal.

Will fracking ruin Yorkshire's countryside?

YP Letters: No tourists would visit a fracking field

Michael Portillo at Big Trees Railroad, Santa Cruz. PA Photo/BBC/Boundless.

How Michael Portillo went from the MP everyone loved to hate to TV travel favour...

Drone pictures have been released of the repair work at Eden Brows on the Settle to Carlisle railway line

Aerial pictures reveal how they shored up Settle-Carlisle rail line

Philip Davies

Labour grassroots campaign targets Shipley MP Philip Davies

Theresa May, meeting emergency workers at the scene of the Grenfell Tower inferno.

YP Letters: Sacrifice green belt following Grenfell Tower tragedy

Power line: The Tornado crossing the famous Ribblehead viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle line. (PICTURE: PA).

Settle-Carlisle line - how it was nearly closed

Mark Casci of The Yorkshire Post presents the individual award to Jack Tordoff

Video: Celebrating success at the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards

Michael Portillo speaking at the YIBC in Leeds. 15 June 2012.
Picture Bruce Rollinson

Portillo set to host YP Excellence in Business Awards

PIC: Tony Johnson

All steamed up for a wallow in railway nostalgia

David Cameron is failing to convince readers ahead of the EU referendum.

YP Letters: Sceptical of arguments made in favour of EU

Junior doctors on a picket line outside York's hospital.

GP Taylor: A calculated, compassionless Tory assault aimed at ending our NHS
IT was a long journey chasing the ambulance across the Wolds as it took my youngest child from Scarborough to Hull for an emergency operation. What was about to unfold would be weeks and weeks of treatment, many operations and an insight into what really goes on in the NHS.

Chris Nickson

Top 5: Pick of the best books

Krakow's magnifcient expansive market square.

Travel review: Krakow, Poland

Chris Moncrieff: Labour tears itself apart over Miliband

Cameron ‘less clear cut over centre ground’

The Ladies wating room at Settle Station

How I saved Settle-Carlisle line

Michael Portillo

Big guns’ political showdown looms at the YIBC

Hot air over energy policy

Malcolm Barker: Unbroken line from golden age of rail still casts a spell

The great and the good provide the convention with fitting farewell to city

Arts event dropped in face of poor take-up of tickets

Prescott pulls out of business convention

Graham Brady: Grammar schools can lead the Gove revolution

MORLEY AND OUTWOOD: Triumphant Ed Balls escapes predicted 'Portillo moment'

Cameron would love 'Portillo moment' for Labour Minister

Cameron targets Balls in search for 'Portillo moment' - Video

Challenger tries to beat odds and topple Minister

We are heading for economic uncertainty, warns Portillo

'Attack ad' brings in cash to oust Minister

Tom Richmond: How Prescott's revenge was a perk of the job

History casts off on internet

Yorkshire Tories look to internet in polls battle to oust top Brown ally

Saturday's Letters: A ban on the veil goes against Western values

Arts Diary: Will Marriott