Rail bosses were today condemned as “cack-handed” by a northern metro mayor after it emerged they were planning to to introduce a interim timetable that would cut short services in North Yorkshire.
After a summer of disruption for train passengers across the North, staff at the region’s rail operations control centre face a challenging task keeping services on track. Rob Parsons went to meet them.
Passengers on trains run by under-fire TransPennine Express have become so frustrated at the widespread delays and disruption on their services that the rail operator’s staff are fearing for their safety, a Yorkshire MP claimed today.
A former housing officer who won his first council seat by 40 votes, Shabir Pandor is now Yorkshire’s newest council leader with the task of tackling stark inequality and saving local NHS services. Rob Parsons went to meet him.
The North needs the powers to "to be its own Brexit task force" and no longer dependent on central government to step in and solve its problems, according to the leader of one of its biggest city councils.
Former Leeds MP Greg Mulholland has revealed that he will not try to win back his seat at the next election so he can concentrate on his family and a new campaigning role.
A new policy to cut the number of late-running trains on the flagship East Coast Main Line route has had the knock-on effect of causing further disruption and delays for other rail users in Yorkshire, it is claimed.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for more powers for be handed to local and regional transport bodies in the North as he pledged to improve services for northern commuters during a rail tour of the region.
Fewer than 40 per cent of teachers in high priority subjects such as maths and physics in parts of Yorkshire have a relevant degree, according to a report setting out the recruitment and retention crisis gripping the profession.
A good devolution deal for Yorkshire that helps the region grow “is worth taking that extra bit of time (over) to make sure it is done correctly”, according to Conservative party chairman Brandon Lewis.
As the Tories aim to put a tumultuous summer behind them, chairman Brandon Lewis has visited Leeds to hear the views of a city business. Rob Parsons reports.
The system for housing asylum seekers around Yorkshire is “teetering on the edge” and needs more involvement from local communities, according to one of the region’s council leaders.
She leads the ‘dedicated think-tank for the North of England’, and Dr Sarah Longlands is passionate about ensuring the Yorkshire’s towns are not left out of the Northern Powerhouse debate. Rob Parsons went to meet her.
Town hall leaders in Yorkshire are considering pulling out of the scheme that homes more than 5,000 asylum seekers around the region after criticising the “mounting chaos” surrounding the project.
Forcing long-suffering northern rail passengers to pay more for poor service is “untenable”, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling was warned today amid anger over the latest annual rise in fares.
The Government should abolish stamp duty for pensioners moving house in a move that would free up much-needed family homes for younger buyers, according to Yorkshire peer Lord Best.
The Government was today facing calls for rail fares to be frozen for northern passengers after a summer of disruption and delays across the region’s network.
More than a million hours have been lost by railway users in the North as a result of the timetable chaos that engulfed the region this summer, a damning report reveals today.
VITAL improvements to rail services in Yorkshire on Britain’s flagship East Coast Main Line service may still be years away despite the Government pledging to carry out £780m of infrastructure work on the route.
