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Claire Harrison at the Paper Starlights stall at York Christmas Market.

York Christmas Market: Best pictures as popular market opens this week
York's much-loved Christmas market has reopened this week as preparations begin to ramp up for the festive season.

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Welcome Break Rotherham.

'I went to the best services in the country - and it's in Yorkshire'

The new entrance to Leeds station

Leeds Station steps finally open as £46m transformation is completed

Morrisons have reimagined Goldilocks and the Three Bears for their 2026 Christmas advert.

Watch: Morrisons reimagine much-loved fairy tale for Christmas advert

Colin, general manager at Scarborough Central Tramway.

Scarborough Central Tramway: Yorkshire railway runs 500,000 journeys

Flashback: Father and son, Peter Lines (right) with son Oliver Lines at the Northern Snooker centre in Leeds, back in 2015.

“Everybody outside of the Lines household would absolutely love it”

J'ADORE: Harry Kane raises his Ballon d'Or trophy to the England fans at Wembley on Thursday (Image: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

England's Harry Kane wants his next Wembley trophy to be in the Euro 2028 final

York City manager Scott Lindsey barks the orders at Bradford City on Tuesday evening. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Rochdale v York: City chase new milestone with 'caged lion' desperate to feature

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Omaze: Father-of-two wins £4million Grade II listed six-bedroom home

Lucy Punch and James Norton as Santa and Mrs Claus in the M&S 2026 Christmas campaign advert.

M&S brings it home as James Norton and Lucy Punch star in TV advert

Levisham station on the Whitby Pickering line

25 Yorkshire surnames and what they reveal

The Whitby Goth Weekend

The best pictures from Whitby Goth Weekend 2026

Yorkshire Heritage

Stacey Masters with the Eight Maids are Milking installation created by Wakefield-based paper artist Andy Singleton for The 12 Days of Christmas at Chatsworth this festive season. Photograph by Tony Johnson

'It's the start of the festive season': Christmas at Chatsworth House
In the first of our Yorkshire Post Magazine feature series celebrating the best and the most beautiful stately home festive experiences, Stephanie Smith finds out how Chatsworth created its 12 Days of Christmas spectacle. Pictures by Tony Johnson.
Stephanie Smith

The event marks the 250th anniversary of William Wilberforce leaving Pocklington to travel to Cambridge and change the world.

Pocklington event to celebrate major William Wilberforce landmark

The Mallard, in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum in York.

Plans to install solar panels on roof on National Railway Museum's Great Hall

Members of the Save The Heywood campaign in the nave at Heywood URC

Historic church to be sold after worshippers donated 'thousands' for repairs

Ann Holmes, who is the chairman of Yorkshire Miniatures Association with one of her many dolls houses Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

“It’s a real escape and has helped keep me sane," Ann Holmes chair of York Minia...

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Opinion

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wants there to be fewer police forces. Photo: Ben Whitley/PA Wire

Police force bun-fight highlights failures: Letters

Gareth Robson, Kent House Road, Beckenham.

The Yorkshire Post Letters

The Yorkshire Post Letters

Should greater efforts be put into controlling office lighting as energy bills rise?

Why are office buildings lit up like Santa's sleigh?

Brand case highlights power of investigative journalism

Climate impact still overlooked in DSA project: Letters The Yorkshire Post Letters

The Yorkshire Post Letters

Plans to demutalise Yorkshire CCC are dividing opinion

Yorkshire CCC shouldn’t rush into demutualisation

After: local residents are despairing at the bleak emptiness leftehind

Carlton Miniott, Thirsk: residents left devastated by destruction of thriving na...

There are growing calls for closer links between the UK and the EU

Freedom of movement between UK and EU could work: Letters

Lifestyle

Oliver Comb York Christmas Trees, Wigginton Lodge, Wigginton Road, York.Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

"I've grown the Christmas tree for No 10 Downing Street - twice."
AS a child, Olly Combe grew Christmas trees, and now he sells around 11,000 every year from the family business near York – and people from around the world wil...

Brook Taverner Tailored Fit Wells Charcoal Wool Blend Suit, £249.

Yorkshire menswear brand: ‘What to do when weight loss means a new wardrobe’

The Winchester, Hebden Bridge.

The Winchester: A terrific homage to the ‘80s in Hebden Bridge

TK Maxx has beauty gift sets which could all make lovely Christmas presents. Stock image.

Forget candles as TK Maxx has beauty gifts worth giving instead

Fashion and homeware feature in TK Maxx’s Christmas campaign. We set out to find three gifts for £50, including delivery.

Three TK Maxx Christmas gifts for £50 with 4p to spare

Coleen Rooney teams up with her mum for new Primark collection packed with party-season outfits

Coleen Rooney’s new Primark collection is made for party season

York's 2026 Christmas Market on its first day.

'It makes you really proud of York'- Traders on first day of Christmas Market

Travel and Staycation

Jet off for less this summer with Purple Parking.

FREE Fast Track with lounge and parking at Leeds Bradford Airport

Skipsea. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Delight at Yorkshire village becoming Booking.com’s number one

The Homestead Kitchen, Goathland, North Yorkshire.

The Good Food Guide's best places to go in the North York Moors

Puerto Rico, on Gran Canaria's southwest coast

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Alan Cumming will feature on the BBC dancing competition during a group dance on Sunday’s results show

Alan Cumming to make surprise Strictly Come Dancing appearance

It's Sunday lunch season - but which wine should you choose?

Six best red wines under £15 for your Sunday roast

Julia Hartley-Brewer

Julia Hartley-Brewer quits Talk after 10 years

Business

The 211 acre mill is proposed for a site bordered by Rawcliffe Road in Goole and the M62 motorway.

Plan for 400-jobs Goole tissue factory will not go ahead after firm pulls out
Plans for a huge tissue paper mill in East Yorkshire have been scrapped after the Finnish company behind the scheme pulled out.
Michael Crossland

DFS Furniture has provided a trading update in advance of its annual general meeting. (Photo supplied by DFS)

DFS reports subdued market demand

Landsec said: " We are also on site with £32m of smaller retail projects, such as the creation of a new social eating destination at Trinity, Leeds." (Photo supplied on behalf of Trinity Leeds)

Work starts on social eating destination for Trinity Leeds

Burberry's CEO praises role of 'iconic' Castleford site

Staff at Grand Theft Auto developer begin union recognition vote

Andrew Senior, has joined Walker Morris from Pinsent Masons, (far right). He's pictured with Richard Naish, Head of Corporate at Walker Morris, (centre) and Equity Capital Markets Partner Martin Penn. (Photo supplied by Walker Morris)

Walker Morris on target to hit £100m revenue

David Potts, the new CEO of Asda.

New Asda CEO calls on managers to 'spend more time on shopfloors'

Country and Farming

Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon lambasted the Autumn Budget as “lacklustre with little substance”.

Fury at 14-year prison sentences for people evading tourism tax
A Yorkshire MP has challenged the Government over its plans for prison sentences of up to 14 years for deliberately evading the new tourist tax, while prisoners are being released early.
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Foxglove Farmhouse

Next SFI budget will have to be £1bn, National Farmers' Union says

The site of 230 new homes off Saddleworth Road in Greetland

Controversial 230-home plans on greenbelt land given approval

Rob and Dave visit the Greens at their farm for a Whitby on the farm celebration for Steve's birthday.

At Home with Greens: Oldest farming couple in Britain return to series

Low Lane, Ingleby Barwick.

Developer appeals against refusal of 217 homes on agricultural land

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Businesses 'lucky' not resilient on single broadband circuit
Connectus CEO Roy Shelton warns that businesses relying on single broadband circuits are 'lucky' rat...

Pen pals from Threshfield Court in Skipton and Ouse View in Fulford meet halfway in Harrogate for the first time

Yorkshire care home residents become pen pals before meeting
Residents from Skipton and York have been exchanging stories about their childhoods, families, worki...

Joy Pickles from Dales care home in Draughton is named Nurse of the Year

Yorkshire nurse named National Registered Nurse of the Year
Joy Pickles, from The Dales Care Home in Draughton, won the national title at the Barchester Care Aw...

Councils must base bridge repair decisions on evidence

Cyber expert warns small businesses are falling behind on security

Leeds-born ex-England footballer played through fibroid pain

Property

Matthew Murray House. Google image.

Council blocks conversion of historic building into 17-bed shared house

Ad Feature Power up for less this Black Friday with Jackery

Harrogate has been named the happiest best place to live in the UK

The five happiest places to live in Yorkshire

What's On

Sheffield band Heaven 17 announce The Greatest Hits Live With Orchestra tour

Heaven 17 announce spectacular Sheffield homecoming – get tickets
Sheffield synth-pop legends Heaven 17 are returning home for a spectacular concert performing their greatest hits with a full orchestra for the first time.
Graham Walker

Sledmere Christmas Fair returns on November 25 and 26, promising two days of festive magic.

Ad Feature Sledmere Christmas Fair returns

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy delivered a spell binding performance. (Photo: Luc Burke-Lejeune).

Live review: Muse unleash a sonic assault of electrifyng space rock

Sheffield musician Max Restaino's Christmas single Giving In To Love is inspired by the 1914 WW1 truce.

Sheffield’s Max Restaino releases Christmas song inspired by WW1 truce

Nicola Coughlan and Joe Cole in I Am Helen. Picture: Channel 4/Me+You Productions.

I Am Helen and the Great British Bake Off: TV highlights

Shabka Hutchings.

Gig review: Shabaka + Rory Green at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Production Park, South Kirkby

Wakefield could cash in on district’s rise as a film and TV location

Politics

A general view of the area surrounding RAF Linton-On-Ouse in North Yorkshire., which may soon be used to house asylum seekers. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Oxfordshire asylum centre approval raises fears over plans for Linton-on-Ouse
The Government’s decision to give the go-ahead for an asylum centre at a former military base in Oxfordshire has heightened concerns among residents fighting similar proposals for Linton-on-Ouse.
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The Ridings Shopping came under the ownership of Wakefield Council on May 1 after the authority completed a deal to buy it for just over £11m.

‘Squandered opportunity’ - MP critical of U-turn on The Ridings demolition

Scarborough West Pier. Nyc

Fishing industry could see boost after Chinese government delegation visit

Leader of Barnsley Council Coun Steve Houghton.

South Yorkshire appoints UK-first deputy mayor for health

Angela Eagle, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

‘I want loopholes closed’: Water company bonus ban to be reviewed

Reform UK photo. Doncaster Reform UK Coun Jason Charity, Conisbrough ward

Absent Reform councillor saved by committee appointment

McCain Cayton House, Scarborough. Google Maps

Job loss threat for 650 staff at McCain Foods in Scarborough

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