English football 'must do its own homework' on racism before it starts...
English football "needs to get our own homework done before we start preaching" about racist abuse, Yorkshire MP and Sports Minister Nigel Adams admitted today.
View ArticleLast-ditch bid to save Leeds section of HS2 launched by North's political and...
Senior civic and business leaders in the North have launched an 11th-hour bid to persuade the Government to deliver HS2 in full amid rumours the Leeds leg of the high speed rail scheme is to be scrapped.
View ArticleDavid Cameron heckled in Harrogate by anti-Brexit protesters
Former Prime Minister David Cameron was heckled during a visit to Harrogate last night.
View ArticleMPs must work late and at weekends to get Brexit deal passed by October 31,...
North Yorkshire MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak today called on Parliament to sit late and work at weekends to get the Government's Brexit deal over the line.
View ArticleHow many heroes like Ben Stokes did English cricket lose when sport wasn't on...
An MP claimed that cricket may have lost out on potential stars of the calibre of World Cup hero Ben Stokes by not being on free-to-air television since 2005 as he clashed with the sport's bosses.
View ArticleBodies of 39 people found in lorry were Chinese nationals, sources say
The 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex were Chinese nationals, sources have said.
View ArticleYorkshire MP Tracy Brabin could introduce Private Members' Bill after coming...
Batley & Spen MP Tracy Brabin has a chance of being allowed to introduce legislation in Parliament after securing a good slot in a Commons ballot.
View ArticleEsther McVey announces 'housing green revolution' for the North - but £38m to...
A £40 billion post-Brexit "construction corridor" across the North's major cities could be waiting if the region embraces prefab house building, according to Housing Minister Esther McVey.
View ArticleInternational Trade Secretary Liz Truss says the world "wants to buy what...
Cabinet Minister Liz Truss has claimed "the world wants to buy what Yorkshire has to sell" as she revealed details of export deals worth £30m signed by firms from the region.
View ArticleThreat of Asian hornet and giant hogweed must be tackled with a...
The growing threat posed by invasive non-native species - such as the Asian hornet and giant hogweed - should be tackled with the help of a one million strong army of volunteers, MPs have said.
View ArticleBattle lines drawn in Penistone and Stocksbridge as Labour chooses candidate...
A youth and community worker has been chosen as Labour's candidate for the key Yorkshire marginal seat of Penistone and Stocksbridge at the next General Election.
View ArticleShared rural network to boost 4G mobile connections 'is a game-changer for...
A landmark deal that would see the UK's big four mobile operators work together on a shared rural network for 4G connections has been hailed by a senior North Yorkshire councillor as a "game-changer"...
View ArticleLiz Truss says it will be "very difficult" for Boris Johnson to make progress...
A senior Cabinet Minister admitted today that it will be "very difficult" for Boris Johnson's government to make progress on its domestic priorities unless MPs agree to a General Election.
View ArticleLiz Truss interview: I want it to be just as easy for Yorkshire firms to...
There was little respite from the febrile political atmosphere of Westminster for Tory Cabinet Minister Liz Truss as she spent the evening with her mother in north Leeds this week.
View ArticleBoris Johnson reported to be considering ban on new fracking amid fears issue...
Fracking has become an election issue, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he will address the "very considerable anxieties" about shale gas extraction.
View ArticleDon't get left behind, Minister Jake Berry warns North and East Yorkshire...
Town hall leaders in Yorkshire have held talks with a Cabinet Minister to ensure they are not left behind if devolution deals are struck to hand powers to metro mayors in Leeds and Sheffield, The...
View ArticleBrexit Party will pose a major problem for Labour in the North, Nigel Farage...
Nigel Farage has thrown down a challenge to Boris Johnson insisting that if the Prime Minister does not drop his EU Withdrawal Agreement and form a "Leave alliance" the Brexit Party will field a...
View ArticleMore than £2m to help regenerate 16 Yorkshire towns is 'pre-election stunt',...
Civic leaders in Yorkshire have been handed £2.5m to help regenerate towns across the region as part of a government fund branded a "one-off pre-election stunt" by Labour.
View ArticleFracking to be banned in UK until it is shown to be safe, government announces
Fracking will no longer be allowed in the UK unless “compelling new evidence” emerges that the controversial technique can be carried out safely, the Government has announced.
View ArticleYorkshire voters may have to use polling stations in "more unusual locations"...
Alternative polling stations have had to be found by Yorkshire's council chiefs for the upcoming General Election because the existing venues were already in use for pre-Christmas events.
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