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Starmer opens door to metro mayors with promise to push power out of Whitehall
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News Singapore· 19 hours agoLabour’s Richard Parker also took the West Midlands from Tory Andy Street, while Conservative Lord...
Appeal after three-car crash leaves passenger hurt
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 20 hours agoOne of the passengers was seriously injured, West Yorkshire Police said. Witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the crash or the cars' movements beforehand ...
Yorkshire MPs take centre stage in Keir's cabinet
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 23 hours agoA former Bank of England economist who first became an MP in West Yorkshire in 2010, Ms Reeves is now in charge of the country's finances. She is the...
Dad's World Cup '66 press kit stars in exhibition
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoMr Martin had moved to Sheffield from Bristol in 1938 to become the film critic for the Yorkshire Telegraph and Star, Ms Dickens said. He quickly took on other roles and was ...
The wartime bomber crash that narrowly missed a village
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day ago"My mother and father and all the family were really very fond of him." Mr Hamilton said the story...
Multi-storey car park opens at railway station
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoA new multi-storey car park will make parking easier for commuters travelling by train from a rural part of West Yorkshire. The free car park at Steeton ...
How three by-election wins shaped Labour's victory
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoIn the same set of elections, then Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin became mayor of West Yorkshire, meaning her seat was vacant and a by-election was...
The low turnout area 'not interested' in voting
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoBut even in areas where voter turnout was higher, declining engagement is still a problem. Richmond Park in west London, where nearly 76% of those...
Resurgent Labour wins Welsh seats back from Tories
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoWales saw the biggest fall in voter turnout in Britain - compared with Scotland and all English regions. Only Yorkshire and Humber (55.7%) had a lower...
UK election: What's happened and what comes next?
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoJohnny Mercer. But Jeremy Hunt, who served as chancellor - the UK equivalent of a finance minister - held on to his seat but with a much-reduced...