Tens of thousands

Hundreds of thousands of older people missed out on financial support for soaring fuel bills after a Government scheme "flopped", a charity has claimed.

Tens of thousands of elderly in Yorkshire miss out on energy support payment

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago

Russian mercenary group plot to remove Vladimir Putin

New plans would allow more doctors and nurses to receive their training "on the job" rather than via the traditional university route.

Student doctors told to skip university to solve the NHS staff crisis

Stuart Lewis, chief executive of Rest Less, which offers advice to older workers, said: “At the age of 74, King Charles is a fantastic example of someone who both enjoys, and benefits from, continuing to work post-state pension age.

Tens of thousands more over 70s are yet to retire than a decade ago

The RCN strike will be cut short after the high court ruled it “partly unlawful.”

Next week’s nurses’ strike ruled ‘partly unlawful’

Prospect members on a picket line (Photo: Prospect)

Civil servants union strikes: Two strike days announced

Hemsworth MP Jon Trickett. Picture by Tony Johnson.

Brownfield land should be used for affordable homes in Yorkshire - Jon Trickett

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
(Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Column: Andrew Jones MP - Facing issues on a very different scale

Nurses to stage 48-hour strike next month including A&E workers

An aerial view of work machines and diggers at the site of collapsed buildings on February 16, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey

Capital FM: Ofcom complaints over Turkey-Syria earthquake ‘joke’

Many Northern businesses are facing growing financial challenges

Almost 30,000 Northern firms 'in distress' as inflationary pressures bite

Pope Francis attends the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as pallbearers carry the coffin at the end of the funeral mass at St. Peter's square

Mourners gather to pay respects at Pope Benedict XVI funeral

The Royal College of Nursing is due to take strike action for the first time in its history (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Tens of thousands of nurses start strike action today

Consumer confidence rose slightly in October but remains at near historic lows as the UK grapples with the "new abnormal" of soaring energy, food and mortgage costs. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Families paying £500 more a month on mortgages, Labour Party claims

John Devlin 29/07/2022. GLASGOW. BT workers on the picket line in Glasgow. CWU members in Northern Ireland and across the UK, including 999 call handlers, are to take part in further strike action tomorrow

CWU October strikes: over 40,000 BT and Openreach staff walk out

Katy and Skot Doman with their four-year-old daughter Ava, pictured at Tylas Farm north of Helmsley where they launched a luxury glamping enterprise called The Lazy T last year.

How a 'summer of staycations' could boost North Yorkshire's tourism gems

Rangers' Aaron Ramsey walks past the trophy following defeat in the UEFA Europa League Final at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, Seville. (Picture: PA)

Glasgow Rangers’ Europa League dream ends in penalty shootout heartbreak

The GMB union said it was a “breakthrough” deal which will give couriers proper retirement plans and the right to maternity and paternity leave.

Hermes to invest millions of pounds in pensions for its employees

A Yorkshire firm is carrying out surveys at the Palace of Westminster

Yorkshire firm appointed to carry out work to help save the Houses of Parliament

Snow covers fields and hills in the Arkengarthdale valley, North Yorkshire, amid freezing conditions in the aftermath of Storm Arwen (PA)

Tens of thousands still without power after Storm Arwen, Cabinet Minister says

Tens of thousands of married women, widows and the over 80s have been underpaid, with arrears in some cases exceeding £100,000, according to the former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb.

Creaking IT systems and human error must not cause pension misery -Greg Wright
The stunning revelation that more than £1 billion-worth of state pensions has been underpaid due to repeated human errors must send a chill down the spine of everyone who hopes to enjoy a long and happy retirement.

Smoke billowing from a fire at the Bilsdale transmitting centre in North Yorkshire Pic: Ron Needham/PA Wire

Around 200,000 left without TV after Bilsdale transmitter fire

Thousands of students are anxiously finding out their results today as places at university become a premium with a record number of applications. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

A-level pupils should take pride in achievements during pandemic: The YP says

Ticket sales have surged by 648 per cent in Yorkshire for the 30 days following June 21 compared to the same period in 2019, new data shows.

Ticket sales for Yorkshire nightlife boom, data reveals

Tens of thousands of domestic abuse victims at high risk identified by NHS bodie...

Bradford West MP Naz Shah. Photo: UK Parliament

MP says it should not have taken Rihanna to highlight plight of India's farmers

(Photo: YouScreen/NHS England/KCL)

The NHS is trialling at home smear test kits

New quarantine arrangements at airports continue to prompt much debate and discussion.

Tag new arrivals to UK to ensure they isolate – Yorkshire Post Letters

Coronavirus testing
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More than 600,000 UK residents take part in Covid treatment research

People are turning up to A&E with dental issues.

Why thousands in Yorkshire are turning up to A&Es each year with dental issues

Fears have been raised that women have suffered economic disadvantages during the pandemic

Why the pandemic must not be allowed to wipe out progress over gender equality

While the Government has funded resources like the NHS Nightingale hospital in Harrogate, critics say that is not enough

Yorkshire faces a 'dangerous, ever-increasing' waiting list for hospital treatme...
Charities and health experts have told The Yorkshire Post of their fears for the coming winter, as “long-term under-resourcing” of the region’s hospitals and a second wave of the pandemic could mean hundreds of unnecessary deaths.

The Yorkshire Post editor, James Mitchinson

Why The YP and our readers need to stick together - Letter from the editor

Tens of thousands of businesses at risk of going bust due to lack of availability of the governments flagship Bounce Back Loans, according to the APPG on Fair Business Banking

Tens of thousands of UK firms are at risk of going bust, say MPs

A quiet Main Street in Howarth on what would have been the village's popular 1940s Weekend. Picture: Simon Hulme

Pictured: Haworth is all quiet on what would have been the annual 1940s Weekend

Chancellor Rishi Sunak during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus. Photo: PA

Rishi Sunak announces £750m of grants for vital charity sector amid coronavirus ...

Tens of thousands of retired doctors, nurses and emergency workers are being ask...

There was controversy in 2013 after York's Lendal Bridge was closed to traffic, in a move that was later reversed. Image: Gary Longbottom.

Plans to ban private car journeys from York city centre by 2023

Gannets photographed by Robert E Fuller at Bempton Cliffs.

Robert Fuller studies one of the most spectacular wildlife sights in Yorkshire a...

Not enough social rent homes are being built in Yorkshire.

Yorkshire's councils build just 430 social rent homes in a year as families lang...

Dome and arches by Luminarie de Cagna

Ad Feature Durham is a shining light for the arts

School heads '˜struggle to recruit teachers as pupil numbers rise'

Picnic time at Brodsworth Hall.

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Imagine Dragons lead vocalist Dan Reynolds performs during BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend at Burton Constable Hall, Burton Constable, Skirlaugh in Hull. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 27, 2017. See PA story SHOWBIZ Bigweekend. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

City of Culture hosts Radio 1's Big Weekend

Library image.

D-day for Yorkshire parents who have applied for primary places

Tens of thousands of serious injuries caused by accidents on Britain's roads are not being reported to the police, figures show. Credit: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Thousands of injuries on British roads go unreported

Monopoly classics get a City of Culture makeover

Employment lawyer Nigel MacKay, after Uber lost a tribunal case on the employment rights of drivers

No free ride for Uber as it loses court battle over drivers' rights

The entrance to Sheffield Station does not match the experience passengersa endure on trains to and from Leeds.

Andrew Vine: Welcome aboard the 16.18 train - and a journey of disappointment

Bus drivers picketing at First's Hunslet Park depot, Donisthorpe Street, Leeds. Picture: James Hardisty

UPDATED Leeds bus strike: Which services are hit and where traffic is worst

Alistair Brownlee celebrates winning the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Leeds. Picture Tony Johnson.

YP Comment: The new home of triathlon - Leeds event is a huge success

The electoral commission has seen a rush in people registering to vote

Million-plus register for a vote

Former Huddersfield Town manager Simon Grayson on the Championship play-off final.

Hull City v Sheffield Wednesday: Yorkshire derby too close to call ... but Wembl...

Richard Flint: Digital is the big game in town on Play-Off weekend

Mr Graham Stuart MP, Beverley and Holderness.

New school funding plan is '˜excellent news' for campaigners

Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Picture: Sina Bahrami/@dearsina via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Dubai joins world’s New Year celebrations while crews fight skyscraper inferno

Fans show their true colours as Rugby World Cup comes to Leeds

Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn addresses a rally at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield

Corbyn rapped for describing Bin Laden death as ‘tragedy’

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee

Sponsor announced for World Triathlon Leeds

George Osborne. Picture by Stefan Rousseau/ PA Wire.

Tories to push on with £12bn cuts