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2024-11-07 06:40:10

The People v Leeds Bradford Airport – new twists | Leeds Bradford Airport’s night-flight breaches continue as council enforcement lags, sparking renewed challenges from environmental group GALBA | Nick Hodgkinson
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/the-people-v-leeds-bradford-airport-new-twists/?feed_id=4804&_unique_id=672c60c98a56d
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/the-people-v-leeds-bradford-airport-new-twists/?feed_id=4804&_unique_id=672c60c98a56d

2024-10-29 06:41:02

It’s time to end the suffering and offer choice at the end of life | If assisted dying had been legal, and my dad had been able to talk to me, he would have lived longer and he would not have died alone | Paul Blomfield
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/its-time-to-end-the-suffering-and-offer-choice-at-the-end-of-life/?feed_id=4650&_unique_id=...
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/its-time-to-end-the-suffering-and-offer-choice-at-the-end-of-life/?feed_id=4650&_unique_id=6720837ea9b59

2024-10-27 07:35:08

Volunteer archaeologists help uncover Hull’s medieval history in a brilliant display of community excellence | Angus Young
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/culture/people-power-is-helping-unearth-hulls-history-like-never-before/?feed_id=4590&_unique_id=671ded2c53443
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/culture/people-power-is-helping-unearth-hulls-history-like-never-before/?feed_id=4590&_unique_id=671ded2c53443

2024-10-10 05:32:01

In pandering to the membership, the Conservatives have ditched Cleverly – who might have improved their fortunes – and messed up … again! | Ann Moody
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-tory-leadership-race-limps-to-the-finish-line/?feed_id=4245&_unique_id=670766d12b0be
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-tory-leadership-race-limps-to-the-finish-line/?feed_id=4245&_unique_id=670766d12b0be

2024-10-04 05:46:08

The time for a truly compassionate assisted dying law is now – and it must include more than the terminally ill | Nathan Stilwell
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/assisted-dying-bill-must-include-more-than-the-terminally-ill/?feed_id=4110&_unique_id=66ff812046acc
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/assisted-dying-bill-must-include-more-than-the-terminally-ill/?feed_id=4110&_unique_id=66ff812046acc

2024-10-02 17:50:58

As Starmer visits Brussels, he's urged to reconsider Labour's approach to Brexit, which continues to have a negative impact, particularly for young people | Martin Banks
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/labour-urged-to-do-more-to-address-the-negative-impact-of-brexit/?feed_id=4075&_unique_id=66fd8802752ba
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/labour-urged-to-do-more-to-address-the-negative-impact-of-brexit/?feed_id=4075&_unique_id=66fd8802752ba

2024-08-13 10:22:08

Yorkshire Sculpture Park has a range of activities on offer for kids of all ages this summer holiday | Yorkshire Bylines
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/yorkshire-sculpture-park-invites-visitors-of-all-ages-to-enjoy-a-summer-of-fun/?feed_id=3092&_unique_id=66bb33cfbd275
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/yorkshire-sculpture-park-invites-visitors-of-all-ages-to-enjoy-a-summer-of-fun/?feed_id=3092&_unique_id=66bb33cfbd275

2024-08-13 06:21:44

The Curse of Kursk: no amount of nuclear sabre-rattling can save Putin from yet another humiliation | The Ukrainian Kursk offensive challenges Russia’s physical defences and the very idea of Putin’s ‘red lines’ | Tom Woolmore
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/the-curse-of-kursk-no-amount-of-nuclear-sabre-rattling-can-save-putin-from-yet-another-humiliation/

2024-08-11 06:14:09

Ed Miliband pledges to increase onshore wind farms – with the new Labour government, could this be the start of a new age for clean energy? | Alan Simpson
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/brave-new-world-revisited-rethinking-britains-energy-system/?feed_id=2992&_unique_id=66b856b1276b3
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/brave-new-world-revisited-rethinking-britains-energy-system/?feed_id=2992&_unique_id=66b856b1276b3

2024-08-09 16:30:09

This was supposed to be about three little girls who tragically lost their lives, yet now it’s about immigration, racism and hate | Paige Furlonge-Walker
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/what-hope-for-an-anti-racist-society/?feed_id=3022&_unique_id=66b64410a9f3c
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/what-hope-for-an-anti-racist-society/?feed_id=3022&_unique_id=66b64410a9f3c

2024-08-07 19:18:07

‘Racism is not patriotism, violence is not grief’ – rioters not only betray their own community but ultimately themselves | Jane Thomas
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/the-riots-where-looting-your-own-community-is-your-patriotic-duty/?feed_id=2967&_unique_id=66b3c86f2a15e
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/the-riots-where-looting-your-own-community-is-your-patriotic-duty/?feed_id=2967&_unique_id=66b3c86f2a15e

2024-08-07 10:46:09

Local groups staged a powerful protest at Fountains Abbey urging the National Trust to end its partnership with Barclays over fossil fuel financing | Red Rebels Yorkshire
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/protest-at-fountains-abbey-demands-ethical-banking-from-the-national-trust/?feed_id=2912&_unique_id=66b3507159de9
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/protest-at-fountains-abbey-demands-ethical-banking-from-the-national-trust/?feed_id=2912&_unique_id=66b3507159de9

2024-08-06 19:16:09

Multiculturalism and diversity are here to stay – we can defeat the thugs and racists, and those inciting hatred, because we are many, they are few | Sue Wilson MBE
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/we-are-many-you-are-few/?feed_id=2922&_unique_id=66b27678d2240 #Riots
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/we-are-many-you-are-few/?feed_id=2922&_unique_id=66b27678d2240

2024-08-05 16:56:10

There’s only so much that Rachel Reeves will have known in advance about the state of the UK’s finances, due to rules on civil service impartiality | Dr Stella Perrott
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/how-much-did-reeves-know-about-the-uks-finances-before-the-election/?feed_id=2852&_unique_id=66b10429da409 #Budget #Chancellor #RachelReeves
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/how-much-did-reeves-know-about-the-uks-finances-before-the-election/?feed_id=2852&_unique_id=66b10429da409

2024-07-28 09:00:11

The Olympic opening ceremony in Paris triggered the wrath of Christian Nationalists and pearl-clutching killjoys, yet France legalised gay sex in 1791 and had a black, former slave as MP in 1793 | Ann Moody
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/olympic-opening-ceremony-triggers-wrath-of-christian-nationalists/?feed_id=2732&_unique_id=66a6089a6...
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/olympic-opening-ceremony-triggers-wrath-of-christian-nationalists/?feed_id=2732&_unique_id=66a6089a6f7d3

2024-07-21 18:52:10

Based on the evidence so far, it seems the Tories are as unfit for opposition as they were for office – and they only have themselves to blame | Sue Wilson MBE
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tories-unfit-for-office-unfit-for-opposition/?feed_id=2577&_unique_id=669d58d98f282
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tories-unfit-for-office-unfit-for-opposition/?feed_id=2577&_unique_id=669d58d98f282

2024-07-19 16:21:08

Farage blamed Trump’s attempted assassination on Democrats’ rhetoric, yet he’s no stranger to using the language of violence himself | Lisa Burton
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/nigel-farages-history-of-incitement-and-violent-rhetoric/?feed_id=2517&_unique_id=669a92746b78d #Farage #Trump
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/nigel-farages-history-of-incitement-and-violent-rhetoric/?feed_id=2517&_unique_id=669a92746b78d

2024-07-15 16:59:12

UrbanEdge has a passion for the art of capturing historic derelict buildings and the stories they hold. In the first in this series, he visited Dalton Mills at Keighley
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/dalton-mills-past-and-present/?feed_id=2407&_unique_id=6695556097a9a #Photography #DaltonMills #Keighley
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/dalton-mills-past-and-present/?feed_id=2407&_unique_id=6695556097a9a

2024-07-06 09:35:09

Labour may have declared victory but the real battle lies ahead – do they have the courage to make the changes the country needs? | Andy Brown
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/meet-the-new-boss/?feed_id=2267&_unique_id=66890fcc991e6
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/meet-the-new-boss/?feed_id=2267&_unique_id=66890fcc991e6

2024-07-03 12:16:10

By comparing the speeches of Mosley with those of Farage and other Reform leaders we can establish just how alike the 1930’s fascist they are | Pen Hemingway
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/oswald-mosley-and-nigel-farage-how-similar-are-the-two/?feed_id=2207&_unique_id=668541095c6a2
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/oswald-mosley-and-nigel-farage-how-similar-are-the-two/?feed_id=2207&_unique_id=668541095c6a2

2024-06-29 20:17:56

Brexit is dead. It should be buried. The sooner we stop adding downsides, the better | Anthony Robinson
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-this-weeks-davis-downsides-10/

2024-06-19 16:22:09

Good public services for all are the real democracy, not votes | The Tory chickens are coming home to roost, as the consequences of self-serving incompetence and a heartless Treasury are revealed | Dr John Carlisle
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/good-public-services-for-all-are-the-real-democracy-not-votes/?feed_id=1884&_unique_id=667305b0ed7e5
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/good-public-services-for-all-are-the-real-democracy-not-votes/?feed_id=1884&_unique_id=667305b0ed7e5

2024-06-15 16:34:10

Brexit is barely getting a mention in the general election campaign, but it has broken the power of the right-wing press and is driving a seismic shift in UK politics | Anthony Robinson
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-this-weeks-davis-downsides-8/?feed_id=1779&_unique_id=666dc2817e7c0 #Brexit
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-this-weeks-davis-downsides-8/?feed_id=1779&_unique_id=666dc2817e7c0

2024-06-13 05:38:08

The Conservative Party faces extinction | The Conservative party has divided the nation in their own image. Will Rishi Sunak be the last ever Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom? | Anthony Robinson
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/the-conservative-party-faces-extinction/?feed_id=1619&_unique_id=666a85c04914e #ConservativeParty #Brexit
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/the-conservative-party-faces-extinction/?feed_id=1619&_unique_id=666a85c04914e

2024-05-27 18:10:07

Contrary to what some Brexiters believe, the decision makers on the future of Gibraltar are the Gibraltarians, in consultation with the UK Government | Debbie Eade
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/gibraltar-brexit-deal-dinosaurs-alive-and-well/?feed_id=1209&_unique_id=6654cc7fb9318
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/gibraltar-brexit-deal-dinosaurs-alive-and-well/?feed_id=1209&_unique_id=6654cc7fb9318

2024-05-22 18:54:10

A wet nerd in a wet suit drowned out by protesters, saying stuff no one can hear that doesn’t make any difference | Jimmy Andrex
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/things-can-only-get-better-as-sunak-announces-general-election/?feed_id=1039&_unique_id=664e3f51270fe
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/things-can-only-get-better-as-sunak-announces-general-election/?feed_id=1039&_unique_id=664e3f51270fe

2024-05-19 06:08:07

In this week’s Brexit downsides: new border checks declared a ‘disaster’, higher education in big trouble, goods exports plummeting, and more | Anthony Robinson
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-this-weeks-davis-downsides-4/?feed_id=919&_unique_id=6649974727316
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-this-weeks-davis-downsides-4/?feed_id=919&_unique_id=6649974727316

2024-05-17 16:03:09

With the numbers not in his favour, and having run out of ideas, Hunt has opted for the classic finger pointing "look, Labour will be worse, honest!" | Sue Wilson MBE
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/hunts-tax-speech/?feed_id=879&_unique_id=66477fbd02a63
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/hunts-tax-speech/?feed_id=879&_unique_id=66477fbd02a63

2024-05-14 16:18:09

As temperatures on land and at sea continue to rise it’s past time for world leaders to take drastic action | Brian McHugh
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/co2-levels-break-all-records-in-human-history/?feed_id=744&_unique_id=66438ec1399c5
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/co2-levels-break-all-records-in-human-history/?feed_id=744&_unique_id=66438ec1399c5

2024-05-05 16:02:04

The election results show that the public places more value in community than in cynical soundbite politics | Andy Brown
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/local-and-mayoral-elections-cynicism-wins-again/?feed_id=526&_unique_id=6637ad7bc2883
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/local-and-mayoral-elections-cynicism-wins-again/?feed_id=526&_unique_id=6637ad7bc2883

2024-05-05 06:17:04

An incoming government needs big, bold strategies to turn the ship around – ditching Brexit and austerity is the place to start | Ann Moody
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/small-state-is-for-small-minds-we-need-big-plans-brave-leaders/?feed_id=516&_unique_id=6637245fba6cb
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/small-state-is-for-small-minds-we-need-big-plans-brave-leaders/?feed_id=516&_unique_id=6637245fba6cb

2024-04-18 18:09:03

The leader of the opposition in Rwanda explains why UK government's rhetoric is misleading and why Rwanda is far from ‘safe’ | Victoire Ingabire Umahoza
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/rwandan-opposition-leader-rwanda-is-not-ready-to-enter-into-any-immigration-treaty/?feed_id=56&_unique_id=662161bf99e5c
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/rwandan-opposition-leader-rwanda-is-not-ready-to-enter-into-any-immigration-treaty/?feed_id=56&_unique_id=662161bf99e5c

2024-03-29 09:39:03

The current British government is making attempts to distort the electoral process and jeopardising UK democracy | Andy Brown
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/our-democracy-is-under-attack-by-a-government-scared-of-a-fair-election/?feed_id=2251&_unique_id=66068c36be12c

2024-03-14 16:37:02

Though anti-ECHR voices say otherwise, the convention, and its court in Strasbourg, guarantee crucial protections for British people | John Cole
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/constitutional-affairs/why-the-uk-should-stay-signed-up-to-the-echr/?feed_id=1966&_unique_id=65f327aebdd76

2024-03-13 17:16:09

Alan Simpson argues that the right to stand up for humanity and restraint has seldom been more urgent – the plight of Gaza is a watershed | Alan Simpson
#GazaConflict
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/say-it-with-flour-could-gaza-be-the-turning-point/?feed_id=1941&_unique_id=65f1df5956c11

2024-03-08 12:36:09

Is the UK playing politics with the climate crisis in the Arctic? | Brian McHugh
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/the-arctic-the-first-ice-free-summer-could-arrive-in-the-next-decade/?feed_id=1866&_unique_id=65eb06398507c

2024-03-01 17:16:12

In this week's Brexit downsides, extra food labelling costing up to £250mn, a huge drop in overseas students, veterinary shortages in NI, and more | Anthony Robinson
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-despatches-from-the-downside-no-24/?feed_id=1746&_unique_id=65e20d5c28ea2

2024-02-19 11:42:07

Cooperation Hull has ambitious plans for re-building political engagement at the grassroots level | Angus Young
#Democracy
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/cooperation-hull-how-the-city-is-starting-to-change-the-world/?feed_id=1294&_unique_id=65d33e8ef2a97

2024-02-18 08:24:09

Climate change and the failing structure of farming and food supply threaten near-term shortages and future hunger: what can we do? | Alan Simpson
#ClimateChange #FoodSupply #FoodSustainability #Farming #AMOC
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/food-supply-the-spectre-of-collapse/?feed_id=1376&_unique_id=65d1bea909fb2

2024-02-12 06:56:09

The toll of neglecting the NHS: a personal account | The extended waits for NHS treatment leave people suffering from pain, disability and income loss | John Heywood
#NHS #NHS #NHSCrisis
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/the-toll-of-neglecting-the-nhs-a-personal-account/?feed_id=1189&_unique_id=65c9c1093c271

2024-02-07 18:51:14

The media has been awash with stories of refugee religious conversions to assist asylum claims, but what are the Home Office guidelines? | Dr Stella Perrott
#Refugees
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/refugee-conversions-to-christianity-are-we-being-misled-by-the-media/?feed_id=984&_unique_id=65c3d122215c2

2024-02-05 07:03:11

Is the Conservative Party wise to hire a coordinator to drum up support from British citizens living overseas? | Sue Wilson MBE
#Brexit
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/election-2024-conservatives-face-backlash-from-british-citizens-living-overseas/?feed_id=885&_unique_id=65c0882fc1a20

2024-02-04 16:42:14

We need a discussion about UK food and farming, our resilience to external and self-inflicted events, and where the money is going | Charlie Clutterbuck
#Brexit
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/what-happened-to-those-post-brexit-farm-subsidies/?feed_id=865&_unique_id=65bfbe662fb05

2024-02-02 14:09:45

International Federation of Journalists to take legal action against Israel if it does not comply with orders made by the ICJ | Barry White
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/international-federation-of-journalists-calls-on-netanyahu-to-prevent-the-killing-of-correspondents/?feed_id=835&_unique_id=65bcf7a9ddbbb

2024-01-30 17:13:27

Comparing the Israeli government’s actions to those of Nazi Germany is taboo, but the time has come to look at the evidence | Tony Barta
#GazaConflict #Israel
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/genocide-the-comparison-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/?feed_id=743&_unique_id=65b92e3701e9e

2024-01-29 17:01:13

Is the Conservative Party wise to hire a coordinator to drum up support from British citizens living overseas? | Sue Wilson MBE
#Brexit #GeneralElectionNow #ExpatVotes
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/election-2024-conservatives-face-backlash-from-british-citizens-living-overseas/?feed_id=713&_unique_id=65b7d9d90cd89

2024-01-29 17:01:13

2024-01-24 16:51:52

Simon Clarke seems to have cottoned on to the idea of 15-minute prime ministers as a way to revive the fortunes of his party | Roger Winterbottom
#ConservativeParty
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/15-minute-prime-ministers/?feed_id=611&_unique_id=65b14028d137b

2024-01-23 12:15:55

Underinvestment in education has resulted in crumbling schools and children learning in freezing conditions – but the crisis runs deeper | Anonymous Teacher
#RAAC
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/education/crumbling-schools-across-britain-are-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/?feed_id=481&_unique_id=65afadfaadc2c

2024-01-22 07:03:27

Politicians are very adept at evading deeper questions of climate justice and social justice but to ignore them seals our fate | Bryn Glover
#ClimateChange
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/clarity-in-green-politics-does-climate-justice-imply-social-justice/?feed_id=381&_unique_id=65ae133fc045f

2024-01-21 07:58:33

EU General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) are set to create unique challenges for UK businesses and Northern Ireland’s place in the UK | Anthony Robinson
#Amazon #GPSR
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/post-brexit-gpsr-rules/?feed_id=406&_unique_id=65accea8c4551

2024-01-13 12:51:34

Ambitious plans have been announced aimed at creating Hull’s first purpose-built film production complex | Angus Young
#Hull
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/exclusive-film-studio-plan-for-hull/?feed_id=151&_unique_id=65a28755c085d

2024-01-11 06:51:49

As the government snubs the funeral of Jacques Delors, a former British MEP pays tribute to the architect of European unity | Michael Hindley
#Government #JacquesDelors #MEP
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/jacques-delors-an-appreciation/?feed_id=28&_unique_id=659f9004857c8

2024-01-09 07:40:18

Now there are fewer voices to report the stark Gazan reality to the rest of the world. There are fewer because so many of the journalists who were doing this work are dead or facing a daily battle to survive | Granville Williams
#Gaza #IsraelHamasWar
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/journalism-in-gaza/

2024-01-06 08:01:04

Why I support public control of West Yorkshire’s buses | The lack of public transport in our towns and villages is a huge issue, says West Yorkshire MP Jon Trickett. Local control is essential
#WestYorkshire #Buses https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/why-i-support-public-control-of-west-yorkshires-buses/

2024-01-05 07:51:03

The Northern Ireland Assembly has been unable to legislate for almost two years due to the DUP’s continued intransigence, despite £3.3bn pledge | Geoff Martin
#NorthernIreland
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/dup-democracy-stormont/

2023-12-31 14:08:54

The renters (reform) bill promises to ease some of the burden on renters in 2024, but does it go far enough? | Will Barber-Taylor
#RentersReform https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/the-new-year-new-hope-for-renters-reform/

2023-12-27 07:37:45

A bad year for the government; a worse year for the rest of us | Reviewing 2023 isn’t easy when the government’s made such a mess of running the country and of its contribution to international affairs | Andy Brown
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/a-bad-year-for-the-government-a-worse-year-for-the-rest-of-us/

2023-12-22 07:25:00

It appears that a certain Rishi Sunak has been sending out a bulk mailing asking what we think should be his political priorities. Good of you to ask, I thought. Then I read it | Su O'Brien
#Sunak https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/rishi-sunak-prime-minister-letter/

2023-12-21 18:10:14

Urgent call for Western action as wave of executions in Iran continues | Under the cover of the Gaza conflict, Iran has been executing a prisoner every six hours to create an atmosphere of terror for its people | Laila Jazayeri
#Iran
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/iran-urgent-call-for-western-action-as-wave-of-executions-continues/

2023-12-21 07:27:05

Here comes the sun 2024 | The northern solstice on 21/22 December is our chance to celebrate the start of our annual journey back from the darkness into the light | Dr Pam Jarvis
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #ShortestDay
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/culture/here-comes-the-sun-2024/

2023-12-20 17:27:41

Feargal Sharkey describes Ripon Cathedral’s tree-felling annex plans as ‘greenwashing’ | Brian McHugh
#RiponCathedral
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/feargal-sharkey-describes-ripon-cathedrals-annex-plans-as-greenwashing/

2023-12-18 13:21:54

Where have all the cows gone? | Meat and dairy production accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. How are newer farming methods impacting our environment? | Charlie Clutterbuck
#Farming #GreenhouseGas
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/where-have-all-the-cows-gone-farming/

2023-12-18 07:36:39

This government prefers bar room opinions to facts | Immigration brings billions of pounds INTO the British economy. Beware of divisive and misleading government rhetoric | Andy Brown
#Immigration
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/immigration-this-government-prefers-bar-room-opinions-to-facts/

2023-12-17 08:10:28

Dynamic migrations: navigating 19th-century Britain | The current focus on immigration is not a new story; migration was also an issue in the 1800s | John Heywood
#Immigration #history
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/migrations-19thcentury-britain/

2023-12-15 07:17:27

The Sunak Identity: curious memory lapses and mysterious vanishing messages | Agent Sunak finds himself in a world of subterfuge and chicanery as the Five Families convene to seal his fate | Roger Winterbottom
#Sunak #CovidInquiry #WhatsApp #JohnsonLies
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/the-sunak-identity-curious-memory-lapses-and-mysterious-vanishing-messages/

2023-12-14 09:54:54

Excellent article here from biologist and author Colin Tudge, who argues that Economic strategies worldwide take precious little account of the world’s real problems. Looking forward to part 2!
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/morality-reality-and-policy-part-1/

2023-12-12 07:37:31

What if it’s too late? Is it time to ditch the positive spin about 'climate change' and start planning for the consequences of this Earth systems collapse? | Andy Brown
#COP28 #ClimateCrisis #EarthSystemsCollapse
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/what-if-its-too-late-facing-the-consequences-of-climate-change/

2023-12-11 07:54:00

In the latest of our Ten for Nature series, Robert Francis explains that the plants and animals were challenged by a lengthy summer drought, but the autumn rains brougt forth a bounty of berries
#Rewilding #NorthYorkshire #Nature
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/ten-for-nature-after-a-dry-summer-an-autumn-of-mellow-fruitfulness/

2023-12-04 07:50:52

The Westminster electoral system is about to provide us with one of the strangest and most unpredictable elections of modern times | Andy Brown
#GeneralElectionNow
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/sampling-errors-and-opinion-polls/

2023-12-01 17:18:57

Here in the bunker we have started to detect, not so much a rearguard action on the part of Brexiters, but more of a brazen Chemical Ali style performance which consists of simply declaring victory against a backdrop of their defensive positions being overrun by the irresistible forces of reality | Anthony Robinson
#BrexitReality
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-despatches-from-the-downside-no-11/

2023-12-01 07:15:33

World AIDS Day: a call to action in the fight against HIV and AIDS | The ‘Rock the Ribbon’ initiative sheds light on the importance of awareness and support regarding HIV and AIDS | Sonam Thukral
#WorldAIDSDay https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/world-aids-day-a-call-to-action-in-the-fight-against-hiv-and-aids/

2023-11-29 07:30:13

Twas the night before the chancellor got boo-ed off stage | Hunt delivered enough clues to confirm that his plan for those who ‘Can’t work or won’t work’ isn’t a plan at all – it’s a slogan, a call to point the finger | Juliet Lodge
#budget #benefits https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/twas-the-night-before-the-chancellor-got-boo-ed-off-stage/

2023-11-24 07:31:00

In the past, economic growth was easily achieved by the physical expansion of enterprise into new and unexplored lands and markets across the globe. But unconfined growth is no longer feasible. So what comes next? | Bryn Glover
#Growth #Capitalism
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/business-as-usual-or-positive-degrowth-part-one-capitalism/

2023-11-23 07:31:50

Antimicrobial resistance | As the Covid inquiry is showing, we were not pandemic-ready in 2020 and we still are not ready for new diseases, or rising threats from familiar ones | Natalie Bennett
#WAAW #WAAW2023 #TogetherAgainstAMR
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/antimicrobial-resistance-a-key-aspect-of-pandemic-preparedness/

2023-11-22 11:40:51

In the face of the world’s greatest challenges, it is our shared responsibility to stand up and make a difference. UK foreign aid cuts have cast a dark shadow over the lives of thousands of families in extreme poverty. This is Abiyot’s story | Amy Stoneman
#EndingPoverty
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/letters/letters-to-the-editor-6/

2023-11-18 18:44:17

When populism runs out of road, it blames the road | Populism’s glib ‘solutions’ to its imaginary problems can create real crises – the last thing you need then is more populism | Geoff Thompson
#populism #privatisation #brexit
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/when-populism-runs-out-of-road-it-blames-the-road/

2023-11-17 07:16:04

Following last weekend's National Trust AGM vote, its director of communications Celia Richardson speaks to Ann Moody about Restore Trust, cancelling Christmas, and what the Trust has in mind for the future
#NationalTrust #CancelChristmas #AntiWoke https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/interview-with-national-trusts-celia-richardson/

2023-11-14 07:31:19

🗞️Yorkshire rivers polluted by over one billion litres of sewage in two years | Brian McHugh
#Sewage #WaterPollution #Yorkshire
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/yorkshire-rivers-polluted-by-over-one-billion-litres-of-sewage-in-two-years/

2023-11-11 19:23:29

💥 BREAKING NEWS 💥
National Trust members defeat hostile move from 'anti-woke' group Restore Trust | Ann Moody
#NationalTrust https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/national-trust-election-results-we-did-it/

2023-11-09 15:54:55

🗞️The Home Office was left holding the Bibby – the barge was their third choice | Nicola David
While the government was negotiating its first barge for asylum seekers, it dithered and faffed for so long that two other barges slipped through its fingers
#BibbyStockholm #AsylymSeekers
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/the-home-office-was-left-holding-the-bibby-the-barge-was-their-third-choice/

2023-11-08 07:43:35

🆕The Home Office was left holding the Bibby – the barge was their third choice | Nicola David
Government dithered & faffed for so long negotiating its first barge for asylum seekers that two other preferred barges slipped through its fingers.
#BibbyStockholm #asylum https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/the-home-office-was-left-holding-the-bibby-the-barge-was-their-third-choice/

2023-11-07 10:49:22

King Charles will be opening the UK parliament for the first time today. The King's Speech sets out the government’s priorities for the next year – which will be interesting because there’s been scant evidence of any real policies in the last year. I guess anything is an improvement on the net zero policy output! | Jane Thomas
#kingsSpeech
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/kings-speech-the-net-zero-sum-of-government-policy-announcements/

2023-11-06 15:52:13

🆕 Nature: communities’ natural energy partner
Dr John Carlisle rejects the passive acceptance of environmental gloom, sharing positive local advances – let’s rekindle our relationship with nature
Read more 🔗
#Environment #SustainableEnergy #ecofriendly
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/nature-communities-natural-energy-partner/

2023-11-05 08:31:44

🆕 Covid inquiry: the ‘macho and egotistical’ culture in No 10 cost lives | Dr Stella Perrott
Helen MacNamara’s testimony to the Covid inquiry reveals how a narrow, chauvinistic, exclusionary culture in No 10 impacted Covid survival rates
#CovidInquiry
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/covid-inquiry-the-macho-and-egotistical-culture-in-no-10-cost-lives/

2023-10-28 10:54:10

🆕 Remembering Paul Willner
Colin Gordon pays tribute to Professor Paul Willner, teacher, clinician, brilliant writer and tireless campaigner
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/remembering-paul-willner/

2023-10-27 17:53:02

🆕 Despatches from the downside | Anthony Robinson
We sometimes pick up downsides tweeted by Brexiters who seem to think they’re spreading good news. But delving into the details it often becomes clear that they haven’t quite understood it...
#Brexit 🔗
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-despatches-from-the-downside-no-6/

2023-10-27 16:09:49

🆕 Demonising immigrants obliterates our sense of shared humanity
David Wilson explains how migration has always been a part of human existence and Britain is no exception
Read more 🔗 #Immigration https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/demonising-immigrants-obliterates-our-sense-of-shared-humanity/

2023-10-24 15:51:48

Steve Baker MP, the self-proclaimed 'hard man of Brexit ' has declared that future referendums should require a super majority to be enacted – so why the sudden change of heart? | Sue Wilson
#Brexit #Referendum #NorthernIreland
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/hard-man-of-brexit-steve-baker-changes-his-mind/

2023-10-21 09:10:08

🗞️Jeeps for Peace: from Hull to Lviv
A sports stadium car park in Hull seems a world away from the ongoing war in #Ukraine. That is until the first of 35 4x4s flying the now familiar blue and yellow flag start arriving | Angus Young
⤵️ https://bylines.scot/news/war-in-ukraine/jeeps-for-peace-from-hull-and-edinburgh-to-lviv/

2023-10-20 17:29:46

🗞️And the next prime minister is …
Nigel Farage has declared that he’ll be leader of the Conservative Party by 2026 | Helmuth Porschen
Read more ⤵️ #Farage #GeneralElectionNow https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/and-the-next-prime-minister-is/

2023-10-17 06:31:09

🗞️ Stargazing adventures await at the North York Moors Dark Skies Fringe Festival
The Dark Skies Fringe Festival returns once again to the North York Moors National Park later this month
#DarkSkies #NorthYorkMoors https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/stargazing-adventures-await-at-the-north-york-moors-dark-skies-fringe-festival/

2023-10-06 06:20:48

EU races ahead on asylum and immigration deal | In anticipation of natural disasters and war, the EU has agreed plans to deal with the inevitable displacement of the vulnerable | Sue Wilson
#EU #Immigration #asylum
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/eu-races-ahead-on-asylum-and-immigration-deal/

2023-10-01 07:45:49

The Sycamore Gap: when we brutalise nature we brutalise ourselves | The savage felling of this tree represents a deeper war on the natural world – what will it take to snap humanity out of its fatal apathy? | Andy Brown
#SycamoreGap #NaturalWorld
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/the-sycamore-gap-when-we-brutalise-nature-we-brutalise-ourselves/

2023-09-28 06:23:10

Brexiters are becoming paranoid about the EU. An EU report on associate membership which barely mentions Britain sparks fury in the British media | Anthony Robinson
#brexit #EUEnlargement
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexiters-are-becoming-paranoid-about-the-eu/

2023-09-27 15:53:51

In 'Britain today: the triumph of the selfish gene', Dr John Elsom explains the biological evolution of the hard right – from the 1960s, to Margaret Thatcher, and beyond to today
#ConservativePolitics
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/britain-today-the-triumph-of-the-selfish-gene/

2023-09-27 12:14:01

Suella Braverman’s speech to a right-wing American think tank sends a signal to some of the homophobic elements still present within the Conservative Party | Olli Watkins
#Braverman #RefugeesWelcome #lgbtqia
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-conservative-party-a-history-of-homophobia/

2023-09-20 06:07:54

Liz Truss and the extreme right regret nothing | Instead of apologising for their reckless incompetence, they are busy blaming everyone else for their failures | Andy Brown
#LizTruss
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/liz-truss-and-the-extreme-right-regret-nothing/

2023-09-06 06:33:42

Academics from over 60 UK universities have shown their support for the transition to 100% sustainable plant-based catering in universities | Naomi Ford
#plantbaseduniversities #animalrising
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/over-850-experts-support-the-campaign-for-100-plant-based-universities/

2023-08-24 16:04:48

Eight more for the dossier:
🐈‍⬛ Pets
🎭 The arts
🍻 Craft beer companies
🎷 Musicians
💸 The City
🌭 Food labelling
👮‍♀️ Border checks
🩲 Underwear 😬
All continue to suffer the negative impacts of leaving the EU. Surely there will come a time when we have to declare this an official "national disaster" and be forced to take action!
#Brexit
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-features/the-davis-downside-dossier/

2023-08-13 06:26:52

Another eight Brexit downsides for our dossier, including:
💩Vets warn of delays in import checks
💩Transport company closes in Northern Ireland due to the “negative implications' of Brexit
💩The Telegraph says since 2016 100K civil servants have been added to Whitehall's wage bill as a result of Brexit and Covid
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-features/the-davis-downside-dossier/

2023-08-13 06:26:45

David v Goliath: call for public help as the Mayor of Portland takes the Home Office to court over the Bibbi Stockholm barge | Nicola David
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/david-v-goliath-taking-the-home-office-to-court-over-the-bibbi-stockholm-barge/