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The Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin said: " Local leaders stand ready to deliver on ambitious plans for their regions in a way that you cannot do from Whitehall.”

South and West Yorkshire set to miss out on being first mayors with new powers

Fenwick’s Christmas Window for 2023 is now available to view. Photo: National World.

The magic of Narnia hits Fenwick’s famous Christmas Window

You could give someone the thrill of the racetrack this Christmas. Picture by Chris Booth

Ad Feature You could give someone the thrill of the racetrack this Christmas

Halifax tops price growth chart

Yorkshire town tops UK chart for annual house price growth plus 2024 predictions

Latest news and forecasts for the property market

Property market report for Yorkshire and advice for buyers and sellers

Friends of Food has fallen into liquidation following struggles brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent cost-of-living crisis. Photo from Google Street View.

Popular Leeds takeaway forced to close due to cost increases

University of York. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Good University Guide 2024: Where Yorkshire universities ranked

Footage on environmental topics is being requested for the Nature Matters project. Photo: Yorkshire and North East Film Archives

Nature Matters: The film project telling environmental stories from Yorkshire

The Government’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) took samples from the shellfish known as Dublin Bay prawns to test for diseases and pathogens after local fisherman reported a sudden drop in landings.

Scientists investigating crustacean deaths claim there was 'nothing unusual'

A Barnsley College student rings home to give the news of her results. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

This year’s A-level students deserve praise for showing resilience - The YP says

Yorkshire is showing some house price resilience

Why Yorkshire house values are among the most resilient in the UK

The Piece Hall has helped bring more visitors to Halifax

Why the Halifax area is the top-performer for house price growth in the UK

Paul Dodsworth, right, managing director of Caddick Construction Group, at Leeds Valley Park. Picture: David Lindsay

Why Caddick Construction is turning to public sector development

Leeds-based SMEs are spending an estimated 34 per cent of their overheads on international payment fees, according to new research from global technology company Wise.

Leeds SMEs spending 34 per cent of overheads on international payment fees

Latest house price data

Latest data on house prices and sales activity in Yorkshire and beyond

'The report calls on the Government to implement a ‘London-style’ regulated buses across all of England'. PIC: Chris Etchells

Report shows the current approach to Levelling Up is not working - The YP says

The Homestead Kitchen, in Goathland, was named in the The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Local Restaurants of 2023. Peter Neville, 41 and Cecily Fearnley, 35 with Wilfred, then aged two and Ralph, then aged three months.

Yorkshire restaurant named as best North East restaurant in prestigious guide

Paragon Bank SME division appoints new regional sales manager for Yorkshire

Ant and Dec making the announcement

Ant and Dec to produce Byker Grove reboot

Vital’s existing team and premises form a new regional hub covering Leeds.

Air IT acquires Vital Technology Group as part of expansion strategy

A crackdown on Covid abuse cases means more firms are being investigated by HMRC, says tax consultancy firm

Ad Feature HMRC fraud crack down sees ‘North East businesses in the firing line’
A leading tax advisor, Markel Tax, says businesses in the North East face heightened risk of unwelcome and intrusive investigations from the tax man.

Bottom left: Student Brittainy Olson; Heck finance director Sam Mawa; Heck cofounder Debbie Keeble; Sam Perry, Vickie Marriott and Fiona Runcorn from NatWest. Back row left to right: Student Binod Kamur and Heck's James Ashford.

Students give eight recommendations to help sausage maker Heck reach net zero

Matt Summerhill at the official opening of RLB's new Leeds office. Picture: Nick Sievewright

How Matt went from apprentice to managing partner via Headingley’s £21m pavilion

Central Masjid in Southfield Road, Middlesbrough

Plans for new mosque so worshippers don't have to pray in car park

Yorkshire-based sustainable interior design firm hopes to drive industry change

The new headquarters will open in early 2024

Caddick Construction to open new Wakefield headquarters for 130 staff next year

Met Office issues amber warm weather alert with ‘health impact’ concerns due to rising temperatures

Met Office issues amber warm weather across UK

Martin Holdsworth, founder and CEO of IDR Law, said: “By its nature, our work is very emotive."

IDR Law secures £3.25m growth capital investment from BGF

Beyoncé’s takeaway order following Sunderland gig revealed

Woodland already makes up 16 per cent of the Mulgrave Estate. It wants to plant 300,000 more trees across 500 acres.

Country estate sowing seeds for largest private woodland in North East

Shadow Levelling Up Scretary Lisa Nandy said that local leaders are forced to go “cap-in-hand” to Westminster.

Northern regions left short of £21m 'Levelling Up' fund

Lisa Nandy, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has urged the National Audit Office (NAO) to investigate the Teesside Freeport zone. PIC: PA

NAO must take a thorough look at Teesside Freeport zone - The YP says
Transparency is of the utmost importance when it comes to public money and assets and that is why questions are being asked about the Teesside Freeport zone.

Leigh Jones: Our new reporter on why the Yorkshire Post is investigating on Teesside

Leigh Jones: Why getting to the truth on Teesside means so much to me

Sean McGinley is regional director for the Yorkshire & North East at Canal & River Trust.

Our canals are a part of the nation's landscape - Sean McGinley

Dead and dying starfish that have been washed up on the beach at Saltburn-by-the-Sea in North Yorkshire, pictured in March. Visitors to the beach, just south of the River Tees, were met with the sight of hundreds of thousands of dead mussels on the shoreline, starfish - some of which were barely moving - crabs and razor clams. Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Awkward questions remain over sealife die-offs: Andy Brown

There's no place like home

Why we all need to care for each other a little more

The number of companies filing for administration across Yorkshire and the North East has jumped by 41 per cent.

Number of businesses in administration across Yorkshire and North East rises 41%

Sheffield Cathedral. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe

How do you get an elephant into Sheffield Cathedral for show time?

Speed Couriers managing director Carl Truscott.

Courier specialising in urgent medical deliveries set for Yorkshire expansion

Sheep graze above Lofthouse looking down onto Gouthwaite Reservoir deep in Nidderdale near Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire. NFU Mutual and The National Sheep Association have issues warning and fears about dog attacks over Easter.
Picture Tony Johnson

Farmers and rural bodies call for stronger powers for livestock attacks

Natalie Sykes, a former national director of the Institute of Directors (IoD), is to pursue a career in the private sector after taking a sabbatical from the organisation.

Former IoD England director pursues career in private sector

The hydrogen project will be built on Northern Gas Network;s decommissioned gas storage site of Bowling Back Lane in the heart of Bradford. It will deliver one of the UK’s largest low carbon hydrogen production facilities with a clear objective of using renewable energy to power an electrolyser which will produce clean hydrogen.

Bradford low carbon hydrogen facility shortlisted for government funding

Dead and dying starfish that have been washed up on the beach at Saltburn-by-the-Sea in North Yorkshire. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Mistrust of Defra over shellfish deaths is understandable - The YP says

Great British Menu host and judges: Andi Oliver, Ed Gamble, Nisha Katona and Tom Kerridge. (Pic credit: BBC)

Great British Menu 2023: York chef Will Lockwood competes on BBC show

Royal Mail has issued a warning as the severe weather conditions have caused delays in some areas

Royal Mail warning as bad weather causes delays

National Highways has issued a severe weather alert

National Highways issue severe weather alert in parts of the UK

Snow is expected to hit the UK in late March. (Getty Images)

UK weather: Met Office warnings for ice and snow from this evening

Sahida Patel, Legal Director and Partner, Minton Morrill with Peter Haden, CEO, Fletchers Group. Picture: Decoy Media

Fletchers Group expands regional presence with new office in Leeds

Folk musician Stan Graham

Yorkshire folk musician on struggle with trigger finger

Taylor Wimpey's new Swinnow Park development.

Taylor Wimpey set to create 726 new eco-friendly homes in Wetherby

The earthquake was felt in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Picture: GEOFF CADDICK/AFP via Getty Images

Earthquake hits Wales with a magnitude of 3.7

Nine men from Hull, Bridlington, Barnsley, Goole, Spalding and Durham have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions last year.

Anglers fined hundreds for not having £6 fishing licence

House prices and why Barnsley is on top

Latest data shows that Barnsley tops the Yorkshire chart for house price rises

The National Sheep Association has launched its annual sheep worrying campaign as this is an especially important time for UK sheep flocks when many ewes are in the final stages of pregnancy or have young, vulnerable lambs at foot meaning the risk of miscarriage or mismothering due to stress from a sheep worrying attack is increased. Picture Tony Johnson

Farmers say dog attacks on sheep got worse since COVID

Katie Boddy of Sproxton Grange Equestrian Centre near Helmsley in the ring watched by Pauliina Swindells who has been assisting with the re-training of two former race-horses.

Former racehorses are taking the reigns in learning a new life and career

Storm Otto will hit parts of the UK this Friday

Storm Otto to hit the UK this Friday bringing winds up to 80mph

Analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found there is a higher percentage of unpaid carers in the most deprived areas

Unpaid carers in the North paying a 'poverty penalty'

Fishing crews staged a protest in May last year demanding a new investigation into the mass deaths of crabs and lobsters in the area. They believed a 'dead zone' in North East inshore waters is killing marine life and "decimating" their livelihoods. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

New studies into crab deaths should be carried out as a "matter of urgency"

Growing your own vegetables can be a rewarding experience. PIC: Tony Johnson

Reap the rewards by putting your name down for an allotment plot - YP Letters

Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities Anneliese Dodds visiting Victoria Medical Centre in London, England.

Yorkshire women face 'dangerous' NHS waiting times