Politics

THE continuing chaos on our railways in the North has had a major impact on businesses, commuters and families – an unprecedented number of hours of lost productivity, job seekers unable to get to interviews and parents unable to get home to see their children or put them to bed.

AIR pollution is the fourth biggest risk to public health after cancer, obesity and heart disease. It affects people’s wellbeing and cuts lives short on average by about six months.

A 15-year plan to build more than 50,000 new homes in Leeds is one step closer after council decision-makers met this week.

Rail Passengers are being forced to cram into toilets on packed services while others face the threat of losing their jobs as delays and cancellations continue in the North, an MP has said.

Northern leaders could be given extra powers over the railways in times of crisis under proposals being taken “very seriously” by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, who has survived a vote of no confidence vote in the House of Commons.

Decision-makers in Leeds have agreed to grant a bar licence, despite concerns from local people.

A developer has submitted plans for more than 100 homes to be built in Leeds.

Civic leaders from across Yorkshire have today given their backing to a bid to bring Channel 4’s new national headquarters to the Leeds City Region.

THE current timetable chaos is deeply frustrating for passengers in the North. They need a train service they can rely on to get them to work, exams, shops and airports.

A proposed residential scheme in the city centre has been shelved and could pave the way for a boutique hotel instead.

Campaigners will set out their plan for stopping Brexit and set out what local volunteers can do to help at a Leeds city centre event on May 20.

The lack of northern peers in the House of Lords means the region’s voice is lost as London members shout loudest in arguing for money and focus from Ministers in the corridors of power. Arj Singh reports.

The North and Yorkshire are massively under-represented in the London-centric House of Lords, new analysis of official data shows.

The chief executive of Leeds Bradford Airport has joined criticism of “reckless and dangerous scaremongering” about the impact of the expansion of Heathrow ahead of a vote by MPs on the controversial scheme.

Plans for the UK’s first dedicated hub for high-speed rail technology to be built in Leeds have moved a step closer.

Transport leaders in the North said today that “something should be done” to make up for the “real hardship” suffered by passengers and firms across the region as a result of the Northern rail company timetable chaos.

“Deliverable” Plans to build a string of homes next to a pub in Morley have been axed, new documents reveal.

A coalition of influential Yorkshire business and political leaders have piled more pressure on Theresa May on the eve of two days of crunch Brexit votes by calling on the Government to seek a customs union deal with the European Union.