When I read the recent headlines about gangs, drugs, organised crime and disorder on Teesside, I feel sadness. Because the Middlesbrough I know is not the place I know from those headlines

When I read the recent headlines about gangs, drugs, organised crime and disorder on Teesside, I feel sadness. Because the Middlesbrough I know is not the place I know from those headlines

In today’s newsletter: The newish prime minister wants to shift power out of Westminster, but fragile councils, patchy financial scrutiny and dwindling local journalism could put his plans at risk

Make Brierley Homes pay up what they owe to the Kirkby Malzeard community

Harrogate Lib Dem MP Tom Gordon says Yorkshire devolution should go further than elected mayors.

The powers may be there, but vision and leadership are needed to complete the UK’s vision for growth

Letter: Areas will remain excluded, and nothing is gained from making local government units larger and more anonymous, write Steve Leach and Colin Copus

Responding to news that mayors across England are to be given new powers to overrule local councils on some planning decisions, leader of the Green Group at the Local Government Association (LGA), Cou...

Yorkshire shows the limits of England's devolution model — and why its regions need genuine powers of their own

Caroline Gray outlines key lessons that can be drawn from Spain's experience of fiscal devolution between regions.

Devolution has clear parallels with localisation. So what would Andy Burnham's 'devolution by default' philosophy look like in practice if applied to humanitarian policy?

Yorkshire Day is about more than celebrating the county – it's a chance to renew the case for meaningful devolution

Britain's economy isn't just a national problem – it's a regional one. Stronger regional government could be the answer

Andy Burnham’s rise to Downing Street means that for the first time in modern history we have a prime minister who is openly committed to proportional representation.In recent years t

Angela Rayner's department gains new equalities remit in machinery of government shake-up

Tom Aubrey writes on the decisions facing Burnham on public corporations and infrastructure investment.

MEDIEVAL festivals, a giant community tapestry and even a Playmobil Battle of Hastings are among more than 80 events planned across the Channel Islands to mark the 1,000th anniversary of William the C...

Letters: Daughne Taylor and John Marriott respond to the prospective new prime minister’s 10-year proposal to cede more power to regions and communities

Following the death of David Hockney at the age of 88, these pictures celebrate the Bradford-born creative's remarkable career and some of his most iconic works.

From: John Hall, The Alliance for Yorkshire, Harrogate.

The chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club said the mayor threw away an opportunity for Teesside when handing over 90 per cent ownership of the former steelworks site to private partners

Michael Meadowcroft was a principled and tireless advocate for Yorkshire, and we are deeply saddened by his death on 1 June at the age of…

Yorkshire is run and funded through a mess of overlapping structures. Why not bring in a single, regional authority and make things simpler?

Yorkshire and the Humber is still used in official language –but the region it describes no longer exists in any meaningful sense

Yorkshire deserves a single strategic negotiated healthcare settlement to help improve health outcomes across the region

The Architects of Centralisation Finally Confess: Britain's Regional Inequality Was a Choice" In 2023 nearly 100 former top officials and politicians agreed on why driving regional growth has proved s...

Although a welcome step, the government’s new strategy for northern growth continues the piecemeal approach to Yorkshire’s needs

England’s delay in enforcing socio-economic duty leaves regions at a disadvantage while the Treasury continues to put money before people

Calling the four Yorkshire mayors to support a great regional orchestra with local celebrations of Yorkshire identity and music

We need your help as we’re at a critical stage in our efforts to save Queensbury Tunnel, a 1.4 mile long Victorian railway tunnel. We’re calling for it to be repurposed as a new greenway for walking, ...

From Yorkshire to Cornwall, regional identity still matters – but without power and respect, it risks being reduced to a souvenir

Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most

This week, an amendment to the England devolution bill could be transformative for the region’s ability to decide its future