Ursula von der Leyen

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters. PIC: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Trump has tapped into conservative values - YP Letters
From: M.K.O'Sullivan, Allerton Bywater, Castleford.

David Richards pictured at the Cutlers Hall, Sheffield. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

GPS signals keep the world moving - but are easy to disrupt

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Starmer flies to US for Ukraine talks with Trump and Zelensky

More than 30,000 passengers have had their travel plans disrupted after low-cost airline Ryanair said it was forced to cancel more than 170 flights because of French air traffic control strikes. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Ryanair cancels 170 flights because of strikes

A man walks past empty shelves in a branch of the Co-op following a major cyber attack. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Cyber attacks on supermarkets show why we can’t ditch cash - Sarah Todd

Rachel Reeves in Washington DC. Credit: Getty

Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out Youth Mobility Scheme with EU

President Donald Trump. Credit: Getty

Donald Trump threatens Russia with sanctions for 'pounding Ukraine'

President Donald Trump speaks at the Commander in Chief Ball. PIC: AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Stop being alarmist about Donald Trump’s presidency - Yorkshire Post Letters

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speak to the press at the European Commission headquarters during his visit to Brussels. Picture: Benjamin Cremel/PA Wire

A hardening stance on immigration could lead to instability - Joe Harrison

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with leaders from across the UK during the International Investment Summit in London. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Starmer won’t be able to put Brexit behind us if he doesn’t listen - YP Letters

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Leon Neal/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer travels to Brussels promising to ‘put Brexit behind us’

It is up to Apple to follow EU rules - YP Letters

Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy at BBC Broadcasting House last year. PIC: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Labour will build better relationships with Europe - David Lammy

US President Joe Biden delivers his keynote speech at Ulster University in Belfast. PIC: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Symbolic visit of Biden highlights need to end Stormont stalemate - The YP says

Matt Hancock's messages with other Government figures about the pandemic have been leaked by his ghostwriter.

Matt Hancock care home revelations sadly come as no surprise: Daxa Patel

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a Q&A session with local business leaders during a visit to Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn, Co Antrim in Northern Ireland. Mr Sunak is visiting Northern Ireland to sell the Windsor Framework deal secured with the European Union. Picture date: Tuesday February 28, 2023. PA Photo. The framework removes the Northern Ireland Protocol's barriers on trade across the Irish Sea and hands a "veto" to politicians in Stormont on EU law - a set of concessions from Brussels that went further than some expected. See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Tory MPs told not to pressure DUP into supporting Northern Ireland deal

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the Fairmont Windsor Park hotel in Englefield Green, Windsor, Berkshire, ahead of a meeting to discuss a "range of complex challenges" around the Brexit treaty. Picture date: Monday February 27, 2023.

UK and EU agree on Brexit deal for Northern Ireland

King Charles will meet with Ursula von der Leyen, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. Credit: Getty Images

King Charles criticised for decision to meet Ursula von der Leyen

King Charles III (left) and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

King Charles to meet Ursula von der Leyen ahead of NI Brexit deal

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has described mandatory jabs as “unethical” (image: Getty Images)

Health Secretary rules out making Covid jabs a legal requirement

EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen. Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images.

UK advantage over the EU vaccine rollout now squandered - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Peter Packham, Shadwell Lane, Leeds,
YP Letters

Firefighters inspect debris and damaged houses destroyed by the floods in western Germany (AFP/ Getty)

80 dead and hundreds missing after floods in Germany and Belgium

US President Joe Biden (right) talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a meeting at the G7 summit in Cornwall.

How EU is exposing West’s weakness after G7 as Biden meets Putin – Bernard Ingha...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives thumbs up after receiving the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine administered by nurse and Clinical Pod Lead, Lily Harrington at Westminster Bridge Vaccination Centre at St Thomas' Hospital in London. Picture: Frank Augstein/PA Wire

Thank Brexit for UK’s vaccine success: Yorkshire Post Letters

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to BAE Systems at Warton Aerodrome in Lancashire. Photo: PA

PM looks back on 'huge toll' of coronavirus one year after first lockdown

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK can expect to feel the effects of Europe’s third wave of Covid infections (Photo: ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson says Europe's third Covid wave will reach the UK - what we know so...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to speak to EU leaders this week regarding proposals to ban the export of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines to the UK (Photo: Andrew Parsons-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson to call EU leaders in attempt to stop potential Covid vaccine expo...

The Covid vaccine programme has exposed fresh divisions between Britain and the European Union.

EU vaccine chaos and ‘spite’ vindicates Brexit already – Bill Carmichael

EU has set out plans for Covid vaccine passports - but will UK residents be elig...

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced an update on the European Union’s plans to reopen travel (Photo: Shutterstock)

European Commission announces update on EU’s Digital Green Certificate - what it...

The European Commission has announced it will be submitting a proposal for digital Covid vaccinations to be implemented across the EU (Photo: Shutterstock)

European Commission to propose Covid vaccination passports across EU - what it m...

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Yorkshire Post cartoon: Von der Leyen under huge pressure over vaccine farce
Here is today's Yorkshire Post cartoon by Graeme Bandeira
Graeme Bandeira

Royal Navy personnel prepare to give vaccines to the public at a coronavirus vaccination centre set up at Bath Racecourse.

Vaccine shortage: EU only has itself to blame – Bill Carmichael

A post-Brexit trade deal has been agreed by negotiators from the UK and the European Union after months of talks and frantic last-minute wrangling.
Pippa Fowles/Crown

Post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the EU as statements expected

A man cleans the street in front of 10 Downing Street (photo: PA).

Brexit trade deal expected despite late ‘hitch’ in negotiations

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Yorkshire Post cartoon: Glimmer of hope for Boris Johnson to seal a deal

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Yorkshire Post cartoon: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen extend talks

Boris Johnson. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire.

Extension to Brexit talks welcomed as Boris Johnson clings to hope of EU deal

Boris Johnson is welcomed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Berlaymont building at the EU headquarters in Brussels on December 9. Photo by OLIVIER HOSLET/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Reaching a Brexit trade deal is in interests of UK and EU - The YP says

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Yorkshire Post cartoon: Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen seek a deal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Brussels, Belgium, for a dinner with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen where they failed to break the impasse over a Brexit trade deal.

Blame No Deal Brexit on EU and Remainers – Bill Carmichael

Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Pic: Chris Etchells

Boris Johnson and Brussels president set for face-to-face Brexit trade talks

Leeds for Europe hold a demonstration in City Square.

Leeds for Europe hold anti-Brexit demo as Boris Johnson continues talks with EU

Boris Johnson faces a 'do or die' week on Brexit. "Opportunity knocks. Political death awaits," writes Sir Bernard Ingham.

A botched Brexit will Boris Johnson’s political death on deadline day – Bernard ...

Boris Johnson is facing mounting criticism over Brexit and Covid-19.

Thank you Boris Johnson, criminality now has new defence as ‘rule of six’ law ta...

Trade talks between the UK and EU have hit a stumbling block sparking concerns that Britain could leave the single market and customs union without a trade deal (Getty Images)

These are the chances of a no-deal Brexit - and what it could mean for the UK

Brityain's exit from the European union will be complete by the end of the year.

The EU should keep out of our Brexit politics; its hypocrisy stinks – Bill Carmi...

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. European Union leaders have nominated Germany's Ursula von der Leyen to become the next president of the European Commission.

The shady leadership deals which prove why Britain is better off out of the EU –...

News you can trust since 1754

© 2026 Iconic Media Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Terms and Conditions Privacy notice