Rother Valley

The interior of a Ford is seen as flood waters recede in the village of Catcliffe after Storm Babet. PIC: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Are scientists not explaining findings on climate change clearly? - Andy Brown

Former Downing Street director of communications Lee Cain leaves after giving a statement to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Behaviour in Downing Street set the wrong example - Dr Alan Billings

‘Refreshing’ to see political rivals agree about ‘controversial’ application

Libraries face a gloomy future. PIC: PA Photo/Thinkstockphotos.

Tories are responsible for libraries closing down - Yorkshire Post Letters

The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe. PIC: Scott Merrylees

Steel industry is vital for jobs and for our national security - Jake Richards

Alexander Stafford MP

We need to ensure children excel at literacy - Alexander Stafford MP

Rotherham Council was heavily criticised for its role in the town's child sexual exploitation scandal. Picture: Ross Parry

Bar politicians who turned blind eye to CSE scandals from office: Alex Stafford

Policing in rural areas presents its own challenges.

Why we need a rural crime team - Dr Alan Billings

Conservative Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford clashed with South Yorkshire Mayor Dan Jarvis over the bus funding bid, during a debate in Parliament

Tory MP says rejected £474m bus funding bid was 'not ambitious enough'

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford has hit out at demands for the resumption of fracking

Calls to resume fracking 'devoid of reality and knowledge', says Tory MP

Boris Johnson visits a HS2 construction site

HS2 eastern leg: Rother Valley MP says decision 'great news for South Yorkshire'

Boris Johnson remains silent on the future of the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds.

HS2 will transform North; it is not a vanity project – Yorkshire Post Letters

Concervative Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Picture: Brian Eyre

HS2 is expensive, unwanted and bad for levelling up - Alexander Stafford MP

This was the fracking site at Kirby Misperton.

Fracking ban must be cast-iron to protect Yorkshire communities – Alexander Staf...

Hyrdrogen power could transform the Rother Valley, says local MP Alexander Stafford.

How Rother Valley can lead a green industrial revolution – Alexander Stafford

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford

Labour leaders in South Yorkshire ignore Rother Valley, says 'blue wall' Tory MP

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford.

Week Ahead: 'Levelling up' the Don Valley, Yorks Dante meeting and Eid al-Fitr

A charging plug connects an electric vehicle (EV) to a charging station on August 17, 2017 in London. Alex Stafford says the production of such vehicles is reliant on critical minerals. Pic by Getty Images.

UK's reliance on China for critical minerals 'could cost 500,000 jobs by 2030'

Alexander Stafford.

Why MP wants Yorkshire's industrial heartlands to be 'Britain's Hydrogen Valley'

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Photo: Parliament TV

'No future' for fracking, Government minister confirms

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Photo: JPI Media

Yorkshire MP calls for end to fracking exploratory work
A Yorkshire MP has called for preparatory work for fracking in his constituency to be stopped after the Government put in place a moratorium on the practice last year.

A campaign has been launched for restrictions to be relaxed. Photo: PA

Women endured miscarriages alone due to coronavirus ban on birth partners

Brexit continues to divide political and public opinion.

Why Brexit and severing EU links diminishes Britain – Yorkshire Post Letters

Alexander Stafford is the Conservative MP for Rother Valley.

Why school meal response is conservatism in action – Alexander Stafford

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford.

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford makes maiden speech in Parliament

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Photo: JPI Media

Government could legislate to tackle coronavirus black market profiteers

Motorists became stranded in Whiston when the River Don flooded.

Tackling climate change only way to stem Yorkshire’s flooding woes - Alexander S...

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Photo: JPI Media

MP accuses council Labour Party of 'playing silly games' over 'part-timer' accus...

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Photo: JPI Media

South Yorkshire railway line which last carried passengers nearly 100 years ago ...

Boris Johnson triumphed in the 2019 General Election Picture: PA

Why health and wellbeing play a major role in economic output - Richard Shaw

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford. Photo: JPI Media

Rother Valley MP's call for Big Ben to ring out for Brexit

William Hague.

William Hague’s call for action on skills and transport as Rother Valley goes To...
THE TORIES have come a long way since William Hague’s landslide defeat in 2001 – and Michael Howard’s belief, shortly before the 2005 election, that the North was not key to the party’s fortunes.

Yorkshire-born William Hague. Pic: PA

Conservatives could keep northern seats like Rother Valley for decades if they b...

Chancellor of the chequer Sajid Javid out campaigning with Alexander Stafford. Seen talking to Tammy Cox working in Dinnington pet and garden centre. Credit: Brian Eyre

Sajid Javid admits he has never donated to a foodbank as he visits Yorkshire in ...

Eye tests can prevent common sight problems

Yorkshire optician urges parents to take up free for eye tests for young childre...

Labour PPC for Rother Valley, Sophie Wilson. Photo: JPI Media

Sex workers defend Labour's Rother Valley candidate Sophie Wilson over 'anti-wom...

A Polling Station at Gargrave Village Hall. Photo: Simon Hulme

Why the North will be where Boris Johnson is handed an early election Christmas ...

Rother Valley MP Sir Kevin Barron. Photo: JPI Media

'Illusion of choice' accusations as Rother Valley MP Kevin Barron hits out at se...

Hull North MP Diana Johnson. Photo: JPI Media

Labour selection battles in Yorkshire constituencies heat up ahead of expected g...

A general election would deliver Conservative gains across the North of England, new analysis suggests

Tories would make big gains across the North of England in 'Brexit election', ne...

Sheffield City Region mayor Dan Jarvis

How tourism can take Yorkshire’s economy to new heights - Dan Jarvis

Rother Valley MP Kevin Barron

South Yorkshire MP Kevin Barron says he will stand down at the next election aft...

Nicola Minichiello

Former Olympic bobsledder from Yorkshire adds weight to brain injury appeal

The proposed HS2 route through South Yorkshire was altered in 2016.

HS2 consultation on South Yorkshire route won't be rerun despite demolition figu...

Call for action as rural danger of younger drivers highlighted

Borough’s secondaries ‘face major funding crisis’

Hopes raised of ‘Yorkshire’ road signs to greet drivers

Funding: Tories forfeit donation which broke the rules

ROTHERHAM AND ROTHER VALLEY: Veterans see off challenge of 'bigots'