The Yorkshire Post • 11th January 2021

Community pharmacists call for bigger role in vaccine drive as Health Secretary promises jabs for all adults by autumn

The Government is facing growing calls to utilise all of Yorkshire’s 1,055 community pharmacies to accelerate the delivery of the coronavirus vaccine, as the Health Secretary promised every adult in the country would have the jab by the autumn.

The Yorkshire Post • 11th January 2021

Trusted pharmacists could help persuade those unsure over coronavirus vaccine

Community pharmacies could have an important role in persuading those otherwise reluctant to have the coronavirus vaccine to trust the jab, the Health Secretary has suggested.

The Yorkshire Post • 11th January 2021

Downing Street coronavirus briefing - January 11, 2021

The Yorkshire Post • 10th January 2021

Yorkshire nurse's fears for colleagues as health service is pushed to the brink

A Yorkshire nurse has told of the tears he shed when holding the coronavirus vaccine for the first time as he warned clinicians cannot perform miracles to get the jab into people’s arms.

The Yorkshire Post • 10th January 2021

Rosena Allin-Khan: 'In the first lockdown people had a sense of hope, now they come to A&E in crisis'

A Labour shadow minister has said mental health has not been a priority during the pandemic as she recounted people turning up to A&E in crisis as she worked as a doctor on the frontline.

The Yorkshire Post • 9th January 2021

'You adapt your technique' - Veteran Yorkshire MP Barry Sheerman on being away from the Commons for almost a year

The green benches of the House of Commons are usually packed like sardines full of MPs wanting their voice to be heard, especially during historic moments such as the Prime Minister imposing what have been described as “Draconian” measures by some on citizens.

The Yorkshire Post • 7th January 2021

Government will pay farmers more than just income lost to deliver on 'public good' - Environment Secretary

The Government is willing to pay farmers more than just their lost income for allowing their land to flood under new agriculture plans, the Environment Secretary has said.

Times Radio • 6th January 2021

Times Radio, Matt Chorley, Disunited Kingdom - January 6, 2021

The Yorkshire Post • 6th January 2021

Yorkshire MP calls for ministers to postpone exams until Christmas rather than relying on teacher grades

A Yorkshire MP has called for exams to take place at Christmas rather than rely on teacher-predicted grades.

The Yorkshire Post • 5th January 2021

Save Hull ferry route to keep to levelling up promises, Yorkshire peers urge ministers

Spare capacity at Hull’s port could be used to ease the freight “bottleneck” in Dover, a Yorkshire peer has suggested, as the Government was urged to help reinstate the Hull-Zeebrugge passenger ferry.

The Yorkshire Post • 4th January 2021

Poirot in Pontefract and Miss Marple in Mexborough - Yorkshire councils spend £300,000 hiring private investigators

Councils in Yorkshire have spent at least £300,000 on hiring private investigators and “playing Poirot” over the past five years with spending rising year on year.

The Yorkshire Post • 2nd January 2021

'Where there's muck, there's brass’ - Yorkshire can prosper in opportunities provided by Brexit, Wakefield MP says

The UK leaving the EU is “not the end of the story, it’s the beginning of a new chapter”, according to one of Yorkshire’s most strident Brexiteers, as he said a “national priority” for the next four years must be strengthening the UK’s position for future negotiations.

The Yorkshire Post • 31st December 2020

Fine people who are travelling 'without good cause', Yorkshire MP suggests

A Yorkshire MP has called for fines to be issued to those travelling around the country “without good cause” after people flocked to York and North Yorkshire when the areas were under lower tiers of restrictions.

The Yorkshire Post • 28th December 2020

More localised flooding roundtable discussions to be held across Yorkshire, Environment Secretary pledges

The Environment Secretary has pledged to hold more localised discussions around flood risk in the region as he said the problems faced across the area were too varied to tackle in a region-wide summit.

BBC • 22nd December 2020

BBC The Papers - December 22, 2020

The Yorkshire Post • 19th December 2020

David Blunkett: 'If you're not learning something new every day, then you're not really living.'

For more than 50 years Labour veteran David Blunkett has been involved in some sort of politics. From being at one time the youngest councillor in the country, balancing planning committees with studying at the University of Sheffield, to now taking his seat in the House of Lords, he has seen almost every facet of how the United Kingdom is run. But it was not the route to the corridors of power that many of the country’s statesmen have taken.

The Yorkshire Post • 16th December 2020

'Frankly inhuman' to ban Christmas, PM says, as he urges caution and smaller gatherings

Boris Johnson has said that it would be “frankly inhuman” to “ban Christmas” but he urged people to keep festive celebrations as small as possible.

The Yorkshire Post • 16th December 2020

Set up taskforce to deal with dual threats of flooding and coronavirus, Keir Starmer says ahead of Yorkshire visit

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on the Prime Minister to set up a flooding taskforce to protect Yorkshire residents and businesses from the dual threat of coronavirus and another winter deluge.

The Yorkshire Post • 16th December 2020

Building HS2 all the way to Leeds 'absolutely' remains the Government's ambition

Boris Johnson has said the Government’s “ambition” to build the eastern leg of HS2 up to Leeds “remains absolutely unchanged” after Government advisers recommended scrapping the scheme.

The Yorkshire Post • 15th December 2020

Tory grandee Lord Heseltine claims Government has 'abandoned' devolution agenda

The Government has “lost interest” in devolution, former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has claimed.