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Labour's Sadiq Khan is re-elected as the Mayor of London, at City Hall, London. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Handshakes are a symbolic and powerful gesture - Sarah Todd

A stack of English newspapers. PIC: Lewis Stickley/PA Wire

Trusted sources of news must be the first place people go to - Andrew Vine

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with apprentices during a visit to a factory in East Yorkshire. PIC: Paul Ellis/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak’s response to the issue of Islamophobia has been weak - Jayne Dowle

The Union and European Union flags side by side. PIC: PA

We must reverse damage done by Brexit to young people’s futures - YP Letters

Tracy Brabin is the Mayor of West Yorkshire. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Yorkshire mayors should be pushing for a ‘youth mobility visa’ - YP Letters

A mock-up of what the MSG Sphere would have looked like in east London, towering over nearby flats.

Ben Houchen invites rejected London Sphere project to Teesside

Counter protesters arriving in Whitehall, central London, ahead of a pro-Palestinian protest march which is taking place from Hyde Park to the US embassy in Vauxhall. Picture date: Saturday November 11, 2023.

Over 80 counter-protestors arrested as pro-Palestine march takes place

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

Labour mayors (left to right) Andy Burnham, Tracy Brabin, Sadiq Khan, Steve Rotheram and Oliver Coppard gather at Arcadis in Leeds, to make a unified plea to the Prime Minister not to scale back HS2 any further.

HS2: Sunak told scrapping northern leg would be 'final nail in the coffin'

The scene near the Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon, south London after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on Wednesday morning. (PA)

School pays tribute to pupil, 15, stabbed to death in Croydon

Labour mayors (left to right) Andy Burnham Mayor of Greater Manchester, Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire, Sadiq Khan Mayor of London, Steve Rotheram Mayor of the Liverpool City Region and Oliver Coppard Mayor of South Yorkshire, gather at Arcadis in Leeds, to make a unified plea to the Prime Minister not to scale back HS2 any further.

HS2: Five Labour mayors across UK urge Rishi Sunak ensure project stays on track

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

An information sign for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) on Brownhill Road in Lewisham, south London. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Local authorities need to stop punitive treatment of motorists - Jayne Dowle

An anti Ulez sticker on a vehicle on Warwick Avenue, London. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

ULEZ is not about better air quality but about making money - GP Taylor

There is no mistake, ULEZ is more about wealth than health and if Labour has their way, it will be coming to a town near you. In fact, it already has. The Bradford clean air zone is ULEZ by another name, something that I believe will be expanded to every town and city in Yorkshire.

GP Taylor

This caravan covered in ULEZ protest slogans was chained outside Sadiq Khan’s house in Tooting, London.

ULEZ ‘cash grab’ caravan dumped outside Sadiq Khan’s house

Rob Gill is the founder and managing director of Leeds-based Green Box Thinking, a carbon management consultancy for the construction industry. PIC: Michelle Heseltine Photography

More important than ever that the construction sector decarbonises - Rob Gill

A London bus passes an information sign for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) in London. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

We’re all beginning to find that it’s expensive being green - Andrew Vine

A London bus passes an information sign for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) in London. Mayor Sadiq Khan intends to extend Ulez to all of London's boroughs. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Delivering sanctions and not benefits is harming the eco cause - David Behrens

Sheffield Clean Air Zone came into force on February 27 2023.

ULEZ-style zones in Yorkshire could harm Labour in region, Tories warn

Votes are counted at Selby Leisure Centre in Selby, North Yorkshire, in the Selby and Ainsty by-election. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The Tory Party no longer knows what it should stand for - Justine Greening

Ballots are counted at Queensmead Sports Centre in South Ruislip, west London after voting at the poll stations closed in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, called following the resignation of former prime minister Boris Johnson. Picture date: Thursday July 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ByElections. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Tories hold on to Uxbridge in by-election upset for Labour

'Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is facing a huge backlash at his plans to include five million more people in the capital’s ULEZ (ultra low emissions zone) from August'. PIC: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Should we be punishing motorists with clean air zone fines? - Jayne Dowle

Newly elected First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf during First Minster's Questions (FMQ's) at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Scotland’s new First Minister is a victory for diversity - Dr Mohammed Ali

All primary school pupils in London will recieve free school meals under a new scheme

Former Children’s Commissioner wants all primary school pupils to get free meals

Mayor of London calls for duty-free shopping to be reinstated

Duty-free shopping was set to return under former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, but was scrapped when Jeremy Hunt took up the post - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has now called for it to be reinstated

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Ministers will hold an emergency Cobra meeting on Saturday after meteorologists warned of record high temperatures in England that could put lives at risk.

Government to hold emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heatwave

CANCELLED JOURNEY: Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport delivered a ‘hammer blow’ to hopes of transport improvements in the North. Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Derailed projects suggest ‘levelling up’ is empty slogan - Bill Carmichael

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walks through cannabis plants which are being legally cultivated at a licensed factory in Los Angeles. Picture: Stefan Rousseau.

Why cannabis possession laws should be repealed 100 years on - GP Taylor

30 people have been taken to hospital after chemical gas incident in Stratford

30 rushed to hospital after chlorine gas leaked in Olympics pool

The future of Transport for London has direct impact on Yorkshire jobs, says the capital's mayor Sadiq Khan.

Why Transport for London’s future matters in Yorkshire – Sadiq Khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (left) with Andrew Percy MP Brigg & Goole during his visit to the Siemens Mobility factory in Goole

Tory MP explains why he joined Sadiq Khan on Yorkshire train factory visit

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan with Andrew Percy MP Brigg & Goole during his visit to the Siemens Mobility factory in Goole

TfL funding deal can create new jobs at Yorkshire train factory, Sadiq Khan says

Sadiq Khan

London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for funding commitment on visit to Goole factory

Yvette Cooper appeared on the BBC One’s Sunday Morning programme with Sophie Raworth

Policing facing 'perfect storm' and requires urgent reform, warns Yvette Cooper

File photo dated 02/11/20 of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, leaving Downing Street, central London

Cressida Dick resigns - acknowledges 'damage' Sarah Everard case did to trust

Rewilding your garden can attract animals and creatures of all sizes - even hedgehogs. (Pic credit: Garden Buildings Direct)

How to rewild your garden at a low cost to protect wildlife

Should vaccine refuseniks be made to pay for NHS treatment?

Now make unvaccinated pay for NHS treatment - Andrew Vine

London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.

London and Yorkshire need each other but are both being let down - Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan has criticised the decision to downgrade the HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail routes.

Sadiq Khan says HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail downgrades will hurt the nation

Screen grab from Parliament TV of former cricketer Azeem Rafiq giving evidence at the inquiry into racism he suffered at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee (Parliament TV)

Azeem Rafiq 'bravery' praised after 'heart-breaking' Yorkshire racism testimony

Mercedes drivers’ Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton during the launch of the new 2022 Formula 1 car ahead of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone

F1 street race in London goes against Sadiq Khan's climate claims - YP Letters

Tributes continue to be paid to Sir David Amess who was stabbed to death more than a year ago.

Terror threat to MPs and democracy must be confronted – Patrick Mercer

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. (PA)

It would be 'bonkers' to not build HS2 in full says Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan runs along the seafront in Brighton where the Labour Party is holding its conference (PA)

Sadiq Khan says London relies on success across England for its own prosperity

Motorists queue at a Shell garage on Harrogate Road in Alwoodley, Leeds on Monday. Picture: Steve Riding

Nurses warn patient safety may be compromised if fuel shortage continues

Nick Bowes is originally from Rotherham but is now chief executive of the Centre for London thinktank.

Meet the Yorkshireman trying to show how London benefits the nation

Extinction Rebellion protesters gather in Whitehall on August 24, 2021 in London. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images).

It's unacceptable for Extinction Rebellion to deny free passage - Bernard Ingham

This was the impact of the floods in Kirkstall, part of the Leeds West constituency of Rachel Reeves, in December 2015.

Five climate change tests as extreme weather hits the world – Rachel Reeves

Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London.

British Pakistanis still have a fight to get to the top – Dr Mohammed Ali

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Why I'm halting my face mask bonfire after high hopes - Bill Carmichael

Hundreds of walk-in vaccination sites have opened across England today (Photo: Getty Images)

Huge ‘grab a jab’ vaccine drive rolls out across England - how to get yours

Ms Everard died from a compression of the neck after she went missing on 3 March

Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, pleads guilty to kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard

The Mayor (right) made the remarks on a visit to Switch Mobility in Sherburn-in-Elmet to see how the factory produces electric buses that form part of the London fleet alongside Tracy Brabin (left)

Sadiq Khan defends controversial Tube artwork by David Hockney

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