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    Exploring the sounds of the Yorkshire Dales with new 'dome' installation
    Music brings new life to a journey of discovery with the sounds of the Yorkshire Dales all around.Now an art installation in Skipton takes visitors on a sensory adventure, projected inside a hemispherical dome.
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    Low Moor Memorial in Birkenshaw

    The Yorkshire chemical works disaster which caused devastating explosions

    Albion Timber, Sheffield. Picture Bruce Rollinson

    The Yorkshire timber yard which is throwing open its doors to the public

    Performer Ben Atkinson's display with his stunt action horses proved to be "quite breathtaking", said show secretary Helen Guthe, while terrier races were as fun-filled as ever as children, dogs, and the commentator filled the area with “chaotic” and quite energetic scenes. Image: James Hardisty

    Duncombe Park Country Fair: Best pictures as sun shines for family event

    A panoramic view of Scarborough. The town is among 55 locations across the UK to benefit from a £1.1 billion investment as part of the Government’s levelling up agenda.

    Scarborough regeneration: Consultation launched over where best to spend £20m

    Opinion

    Retail sales dropped 4% in April versus the previous year, dampened by a spell of wet weather and an early Easter bank holiday. The year-on-year drop is set against a growth of 5.1% in April 2023, but was artificially worsened by the earlier timing of Easter, which previously pushed March sales unusually high, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Photo, Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

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    News today that retail sales dropped four per cent last month versus the previous year ought to reverberate around boardrooms up and down the country, so reflective of the wider economy are they.The Yorkshire PostThe Yorkshire Post

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    The Huddersfield train departs from Slaithwaite Railway Station, pictured at sunrise, in 2023. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

    Cutting the number of trains would be a cop out by Labour - Andrew Vine

    Chilling to think we'll have to wait 15 years to undo Brexit damage - YP LettersThe Yorkshire Post Letters
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    An NHS sign on a fence at a hospital. PIC: PA

    Health inequalities are widening - Hannah Davies & Dr Luke Munford

    Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) conference. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

    Shop workers must not have to put up with abuse and crime - Sir Keir Starmer

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    For sale: a peaceful smallholding in an idyllic rural spot close to Sandsend

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    Nicholas Ralph on set for series 5 of All Creatures Great and Small. (Pic credit: Tim Barber)

    All Creatures Great and Small: Cast film series 5 in Yorkshire Dales

    Lifestyle

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    House prices edge up in Yorkshire and a prediction for the rest of the year

    Basil the sausage dog

    Alex Goldstein poses the question: is your estate agent a sausage dog

    Time to overhaul the Great British Insulation Scheme

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    Here's why Batley has seen the second highest rental growth in Britain

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    The former RAF radar building is now an incredible luxury holiday home

    The former RAF radar site in Yorkshire which is now a luxury holiday home

    Sasha Jackson-Brown views Snow Tigerby Leilah Vyner. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

    Why you might spot tigers, elephants and rhinos at a Yorkshire sculpture park

    Travel and Staycation

    The Harrogate Arms Café at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. Pictured Kathy O'Neil. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

    Unique 'pot-to-plate' experience at RHS Harlow Carr's new café

    Chef Joshua Overington has become the newest Yorkshire michelin starred chef at Myse restaurant. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

    Yorkshire hotels named best in the region by travel experts

    Castle Howard's head chef Nathan Richardson-Kelly

    My Yorkshire: Castle Howard's head chef Nathan Richardson-Kelly

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    We tried out the new wellbeing and lifestyle cruise from P&O

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    Woman hit by train in 'simple accident' while out walking her dog

    Gunshots have been fired at a house on Prince Edward Avenue in Oldham on Tuesday morning

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    Business

    Energy giant BP has revealed lower-than-expected profits in the face of lower oil prices and weaker refining margins than this time last year. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

    BP reveals a fall in profits in the face of lower oil prices
    Energy giant BP has revealed lower-than-expected profits in the face of lower oil prices and weaker refining margins than this time last year.
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    The South Yorkshire-based precision engineering technology company Advanced Manufacturing (Sheffield) Ltd is celebrating after the announcement that its 100-strong team has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise Innovation. (Photo by Greg Harding Photography & Video)

    Dynamic Yorkshire businesses are recognised by the King's Award for Enterprise

    Commenting on the findings, Stuart Deavall at TonerGiant said: "“The North of the UK performed well in our rankings, with Manchester and Sheffield landing second and third place respectively." (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

    London, Manchester and Sheffield named startup capitals of the UK

    Vic Golding, who died in 2023 at the age of 86, supplied many businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire with their first computers. He was founder and managing director of Golding Computer Services. (Photo by Sean Spencer/Hull News & Pictures Ltd)

    Hull's computer pioneer is honoured with new award bearing his name

    Mohsin Issa, Asda’s Co-owner, said: “Asda is a supermarket powerhouse built on rock-solid foundations – as our strong annual results and the 18m customers who shop with us every week demonstrate." (Photo supplied by Asda)

    Asda delivers more than £1bn of underlying profit in 2023

    The average quoted price of car insurance in Yorkshire and the Humber jumped by 49.8 per cent in the year to February, but there were some signs of a slowdown, according to an index. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

    Car insurance prices in Yorkshire and the Humber jump by almost 50%

    The UK’s financial regulator has warned motor finance firms to hold back cash as it continues an investigation into the sector. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

    Firms must hold back funds for motor finance probe, warns FCA

    Country and Farming

    Farmer confidence in England and Wales has collapsed to an all-time low with more than four-fifths saying they have been negatively affected by months of wet weather.

    Naive and foolish for UK to rely on food imports warns NFU boss
    Farmer confidence in England and Wales has collapsed to an all-time low as all areas of the industry say they will have to decrease production next year following months of wet weather.
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    The Rare Breed Survival Trust says that British Pig Association data shows declining numbers overall for the Priority category pig breeds, including the Berkshire pig.

    Aftermath of avian flu puts all native poultry on the most at risk register

    Racehorses make their way through Middleham, North Yorkshire to the gallops on the edge of the village

    Village of the Week: Middleham means kings, castles and the racing industry

    Farmer Richard Murray Wells from Ness Hall, Nunnington, North Yorkshire, pictured on their man-made wetlands which used to be the site of wheat fields before they moved over 60,000 tonnes of top soil to help reduce flooding

    Farm of the Week: Cricket bat willow growers who have given land to floodplain

    Abigail Wagstaff, Westfield Farm Sutton on the Forest, York with Vicki Clayton and dog Pixxie

    How a group of Yorkshire countrywomen are working to reduce suicides in farming

    Sport

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    SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - MAY 04: Danny Rohl, Manager of Sheffield Wednesday, looks on prior to the Sky Bet Championship match between Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday at Stadium of Light on May 04, 2024 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images)

    Sheffield Wednesday core is key, says Rohl, after praising Palmer's attitude

    England's Kyren Wilson poses with the trophy and his sons Bailey (L) and Finley (R) after victory over Wales' Jak Jones. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

    "We’ve sacrificed everything all together" - New world champion Kyren Wilson

    Yorkshire head coach Ottis Gibson. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com

    Groundhog day for Gibson as Yorkshire frustrated in search for first victory

    CONTROL: Doncaster Rovers manager Grant McCann applauds the fans at full-time

    Doncaster's control delights Grant McCann as Rovers on course for play-off final

    Bolton Wanderers' Joshua Dacres-Cogley (left) and Barnsley's John McAtee battle for the ball during the Sky Bet League One play-off, semi-final, first-leg match at Oakwell. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire.

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    Leeds United boss Daniel Farke has seen a number of his players struggle with their form. Image: Ed Sykes/Getty Images

    Leeds United boss delivers verdict on the struggles of 'emotional' key player

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    Former Yorkshire CCC loanee Sam Northeast helps Glamorgan emerge with a draw

    Delight: Sheffield Sharks duo Prentiss Nixon, left, and Kipper Nichols celebrate a landmark play-off success over Leicester Riders (Picture: Adam Bates)

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    This stately home has one of the hippest wedding and events venues in Yorkshire

    The mill is steeped in history and while it is now use as a holiday let it could revert to a family home

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    Bikini Kill: 'I think we were more about community-building'
    In the 1990s American group Bikini Kill were prime movers in the underground feminist punk rock movement known as Riot Grrrl. Now, 25 years on from the break-up of the original line-up, the band due to return to these shores for a short UK tour which includes Leeds.
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    Green councillor Mothin Ali was elected to represent the Gipton and Harehills ward (Photo by Steve Riding/National World)

    Green councillor in Leeds sorry for ‘upset caused’ in speech
    A Green Party councillor has apologised for “any upset my comments caused about the Gaza conflict” after he was criticised for his local election victory speech when he shouted “Allahu Akbar”.
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    Sir Simon Clarke Levelling Up secretary during Liz Truss's time as prime minister.

    MP challenged to return donations from firm with "national security concerns"

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    Camping warning as port operator ‘monitors’ situation at coastal beauty spot

    Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire.

    West Yorkshire Mayor: Labour's Tracy Brabin wins landslide victory

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    South Yorkshire Mayor: Oliver Coppard re-elected for Labour

    Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen (L) shakes hands with Labour's Chris McEwan at the declaration at Thornaby Pavillion.

    Conservative Ben Houchen wins third term as Tees Valley mayor

    Labour's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer appear with the new Labour Mayor for York and North Yorkshire David Skaith at Northallerton Town FC's ground.

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    115,000-square-foot factory torn apart by tornado

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    A person walks along a railway platform at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

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    Ryan and Rosie-Laura Dack. A woman married her fiancé in hospital after learning he was seriously ill - and he died just 34 hours later.

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