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Back in February, @yorkshirepost covered the shocking story of the Ledgard brothers whose family home was effectively stolen from them in the Philips Trust scandal.
Delighted to say they are now to receive the full sale amount from Leeds Building Society:
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Great talking to @ChrisBurn_Post at @yorkshirepost about the progress we are making. There’s plenty still to do at Northern. Our ambition and recent track record help to illustrate our confidence in the future.
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Council officials attempting to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport failed to budget for £60m of costs being owed to landowner Peel under a ‘punitive’ lease clause they’d signed up to. Failure of talks to change lease has now led to new plan to buy airport: yorkshirepost.co.uk/business…
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This @WSJ piece on the UK's runaway disability benefits is something else. Great color from @MaximColch & @davidluhnow
New: Altai the tiger involved in yesterday's tragic incident at Yorkshire Wildlife Park is safe and will not be put down, park has just confirmed
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An 80-acre ex-private school near Sheffield has an unexpected new owner - a huge Nigerian religious group whose founder attended Donald Trump's inauguration. Story from @MichaelCrossla7:
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Test results aren't everything obviously but this looks very much like vindication for @michaelgove's reforms as Education Secretary in the early 2010s to me. Will Lucy Powell really press ahead with her plans to rip up his approach?
New: Data of 8.7m airport passengers stolen by hackers in cyber attack affecting Manchester, East Midlands and Stansted airports: yorkshirepost.co.uk/business…
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Breaking: 'Normal Yorkshire lad' Bradley Townsend becomes first Briton to die fighting in Ukraine for Russia. The Yorkshire Post understands he was killed in a drone strike earlier in the summer. The FCDO said it was supporting his family. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/peo…
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NEW: Andy Burnham has pledged to the @yorkshirepost that he will raise mayor David Skaith’s “significant concerns” with the Home Office over controversial plans to open an asylum centre in a small North Yorkshire village.
Exclusive w/ @ChrisBurn_Post:
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UPDATE: World Cup last 16 tie between England v Mexico set to stay at 1am BST following talks between FIFA and the relevant associations. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
Exc: The Government rejected an unsolicited “offer of help” from Prince Andrew to find investors in Sheffield Forgemasters weeks after convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had been contacted about potential involvement with the steel company.
Earlier in the same month, Jeffrey Epstein - who had been convicted of sex offences two years earlier - had been contacted about Forgemasters by an associate of the Prince in a message which said ‘no action… without your go ahead’.
Full story: Prince Andrew’s rejected ‘offer of help’ to find investors in Sheffield Forgemasters weeks after Epstein email revealed
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Back @yorkshirepost after a lovely week around the New Forest, beautiful part of the country. A look back here at some of the content whilst I've been away...
Chair of Government’s GB Energy calls for end to use of ‘net zero’ terminology and says phrase has become too politicised.
Exclusive story from @MichaelCrossla7
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