Chris Burn
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Head of Business and Features at The Yorkshire Post, Stoke City fan.
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It's a work in progress but here's a starter pack of regional journalists in the UK, including national reporters working outside of London...
go.bsky.app/9BotfQs
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about 1 year ago
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Harry Harrison
1 day ago
NEW: 'Tenant' Doncaster Council agreed not to object to housing planning applications in the Doncaster Sheffield Airport lease, the LDRS can reveal The previously unnoticed clause is further to 'approve housing or lose lease' revelations published last week
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'Tenant' Doncaster Council agreed not to object to planning applications in DSA lease
The City of Doncaster Council were prohibited from objecting to planning applications for over 1,000 homes from Peel as the tenant of the Doncaster Sheffield Airport lease, the Local Democracy Reporti...
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politics/doncaster-sheffield-airport-leaked-lease-barred-doncaster-council-from-objecting-to-peel-housing-plans-5493714
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David Brauer
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The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
(supposed to be a gift link, might not work, itās in Apple News, too.)
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Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/
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Jack Blackburn
6 days ago
I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta.
#thetraitors
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Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com
6 days ago
"KEY £160M FOR AIRPORT UNDER THREAT IN DISPUTE OVER LEASE"
@chrisburn.bsky.social
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Full Story:
t.ly/uIcV9
Release of £160 million to reopen
#DoncasterSheffield
Airport won't happen unless the terms of a lease are changed.
#YorkshirePost
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS
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New: £160m of taxpayer funding for Doncaster Sheffield Airport will not be released until a controversial lease with 'favourable' clauses to landowner Peel is renegotiated by Doncaster Council. Talks ongoing over potential changes but no agreement in place:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
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Doncaster Sheffield Airport: £160m funding won't be released until lease is changed
The release of Ā£160m of taxpayer funding to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport will not happen unless the terms of a controversial lease for the site are changed ā with a deal yet to be agreed, The Yo...
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/doncaster-sheffield-airport-ps160m-funding-wont-be-released-until-controversial-lease-is-changed-5488203
6 days ago
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Harry Harrison
7 days ago
NEW: Mayor Jones is responding to today's revelations re) DSA lease. She says: "Peel had the ability to terminate the lease if they failed to obtain planning permission. BUT, let me be perfectly clear, that clause did not guarantee that they would receive planning permission and...
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7 days ago
REPORT: Reform UK may suspend support for reopening DSA, the local chairman has said following the leak of the council's lease with landowners Peel
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Reform UK threaten to suspend DSA reopening support after leak of lease with Peel
Reform UK Doncaster has threatened to suspend its support for efforts to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport if the Mayor and City of Doncaster Council continue to āwithhold informationā, after clauses...
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politics/doncaster-sheffield-airport-reform-uk-threaten-to-suspend-reopening-support-after-lease-leak-5485882
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Doncaster Council secretly agreed that the lease for its use of Doncaster Sheffield Airport could be terminated if it did not approve plans for more than a thousand houses by the siteās owners, a leak to The Yorkshire Post has revealed.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
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Doncaster Sheffield Airport: 'Approve housing or lose lease' clause revealed by leak
Doncaster Council secretly agreed that the lease for its use of Doncaster Sheffield Airport could be terminated if it did not approve plans for more than a thousand houses by the siteās owners, a leak...
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/doncaster-sheffield-airport-approve-housing-or-lose-lease-clause-revealed-by-leak-5485081
8 days ago
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Robert Hutton
9 days ago
Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.
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Robert Hutton
10 days ago
Can Keir Starmer bore enough to stop a trade war - or an actual war? My SKETCH of Today In Saving Greenland.
thecritic.co.uk/on-b...
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Thord Are Iversen
11 days ago
Official press-release, English version, on Trump's letter:
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
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Ruth Deyermond
11 days ago
Update to Nixon's Madman Theory: now with no theory, but with an actual madman.
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Peter Stefanovic
11 days ago
'An astonishing note' Faisal Islam tells
#BBCBreakfast
about a 'truly extraordinary' exchange of letters between Donald Trump and the leaders of Norway and Finland
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Dr Adam Evans
11 days ago
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James Ball
14 days ago
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farageās team has got round to deleting this post. Itās still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
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Sooz Kempner
14 days ago
Robert Jenrick
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For someone who gets talked up in Westminster so much, Robert Jenrick is an amazingly charmless and uncharismatic speaker IMO.
14 days ago
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Elsewhere55 #FBPE
14 days ago
Why is Robert Jenrick called 'Honest Bob', you ask? It was coined by John Crace after Jenrick overruled an objection to ex pornographer and ex publisher Richard Desmond's property development saving Desmond £40m and coinciding with a donation of £12,000 to the Tories.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Westferry planning row: Jenrick texted property developer, documents show
Labour say documents show
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53172995
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The Author, SƩamas O'Reilly
21 days ago
Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
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Rima I Anabtawi
21 days ago
Internet traffc in Iran has dropped to effectively zero as of 18:45 UTC (22:15 PM local time), signaling a complete shutdown in the country, and disconnection from the global Internet.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
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Dan Slee
27 days ago
I miss Old Twitter part VI. Steve Bruce photoshopped into wedding photos.
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dillo (wiglet tuttle)
29 days ago
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
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Glenn Moore
about 1 month ago
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
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Genuinely stunned that Michael van Gerwen is 36. Honestly thought he was about 50!
#hardpaperround
about 1 month ago
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Great British Menu star Michael O'Hare has declared himself bankrupt following the closure of a Leeds restaurant part-owned by Gary Neville. It means creditors are unlikely to get any returns from a Ā£600,000 directorās loan account:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/mic...
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Great British Menu star Michael OāHare declared bankrupt following closure of Leeds restaurant
Acclaimed chef Michael OāHare has declared himself bankrupt following the closure of a Leeds restaurant part-owned by Gary Neville, a recently-published administratorās report has revealed.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/michael-ohare-great-british-menu-star-declared-bankrupt-following-closure-of-leeds-restaurant-part-owned-by-gary-neville-5452918
about 1 month ago
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Really news breaking on PA: Driving Home For Christmas singer Chris Rea died aged 74 earlier on Monday in hospital following a short illness, a spokesperson for his family said.
about 1 month ago
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Robert Hutton
about 1 month ago
Reform Goes Woke! My SKETCH of Richard Tice asking us all to Mind Our Language.
thecritic.co.uk/a-be...
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Asawin Suebsaeng
about 2 months ago
HOLY SHIT
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Alex von Tunzelmann
about 2 months ago
Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
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Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com
about 2 months ago
"AIRLINES JOIN TALKS ON NEW AIRPORT"
#RalphBlackburn
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Officials behind
#DoncasterSheffieldAirport
have said there have been "very positive discussions with a number of airlines".
#YorkshirePost
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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CrazyMyra
2 months ago
It's that time of year
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
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New: A Yorkshire businessman was arrested by British police over a social media post of him holding a gun while on holiday in America and then underwent a four-month āOrwellian nightmareā. This is his story:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/orw...
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'Orwellian nightmare: I was arrested by UK police for touching a gun in the US - my four-month ordeal'
A Yorkshire business owner was arrested by local police and put through a four-month āOrwellian nightmareā after posting a holiday photograph of himself holding a shotgun while in the United States.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/orwellian-nightmare-i-was-arrested-by-uk-police-for-touching-a-gun-in-the-us-my-four-month-ordeal-5422646
2 months ago
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Harry Harrison
2 months ago
BREAKING: Doncaster Council has approved £57m in borrowing to support the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport
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We've got a special Black Friday offer running for The Yorkshire Post for the next couple of days - more details here for anyone interested in subscribing for just £1 a month:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/bla...
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Yorkshire Post Black Friday offer: 12 reasons to subscribe for £12 a year
The Yorkshire Post is running a limited time Black Friday deal offering a digital subscription for just Ā£1 a month ā only Ā£12 for an entire year.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/black-friday-offer-yorkshire-post-ps12-for-a-year-heres-12-stories-worth-subscribing-for-5419789
2 months ago
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Loan charge: Ā£365m settlement deal put forward by Government - but campaigners say Labourās concessions on controversial tax-chasing policy donāt go far enough as 11th potential suicide revealed:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/gov...
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Government announces £365m settlement package for loan charge victims - but campaigners hit out as 11th suicide case revealed
Thousands of people affected by the loan charge scandal which has been linked to multiple suicides are to have debts owed to the taxman written off or more than halved under a £365m Government deal - ...
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/government-announces-ps365m-settlement-package-for-loan-charge-victims-but-campaigners-hit-out-as-11th-suicide-case-revealed-5419395
2 months ago
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Was adamant I couldn't justify getting TNT Sports for 3 months just to watch bits and pieces of The Ashes, but this first day is properly testing my resolve.
2 months ago
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Auditors have raised concerns about the financial risks and uncertainty around reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport - their report says: āThere is currently no clear, final delivery plan against which to assess the ultimate risk to the councilā
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
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Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Auditor urges council to set spending limit for 'high risk' reopening project
Auditors have told council bosses to set an upper limit on how much they are willing to spend on their āhigh riskā project to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/doncaster-sheffield-airport-auditor-urges-council-to-set-spending-limit-for-high-risk-reopening-project-5409516
2 months ago
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Taxpayers and creditors set to lose out on more than £4m after property giant Commercial Estates Group went into administration and was immediately sold to associated companies:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/com...
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CEG administration: Taxpayers and creditors in line to lose over £4m
Taxpayers and creditors are set to lose out on more than £4m as a result of the pre-pack administration of property giant Commercial Estates Group.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/commercial-estates-group-administration-taxpayers-and-creditors-in-line-to-lose-over-ps4m-after-pre-pack-sale-5406873
2 months ago
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Henry Mance
2 months ago
We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws
www.ft.com/content/dc11...
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Stuart Dredge
2 months ago
There were bad people on BOTH sides of the cold-blooded, state-sanctioned bone-saw murder, yāsay?
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Juliet Turner
2 months ago
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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That feeling when your long running complaint with your water company ends up with them admitting responsibility and repaying you hundreds of pounds
3 months ago
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RoboBond is the obvious solution here.
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3 months ago
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Local authority bosses promise to 'robustly defend' any potential legal challenges to their plan to provide a huge subsidy to a new council-run company to reopn Doncaster Sheffield Airport:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
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Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Council promises to 'robustly defend' any legal challenge to £128m loan
Any legal challenge to the use of more than £100m in public money to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport will be "robustly defended", council bosses have said.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/doncaster-sheffield-airport-council-promises-to-robustly-defend-any-legal-challenge-to-ps128m-loan-5396033
3 months ago
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Dan Hayes
3 months ago
Weāve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story. Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and weāve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us. We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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Moose Allain
3 months ago
I donāt want to boast but I said it was Alan all along
#TheTraitors
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Pam Nash
3 months ago
Samir Zitouni, a genuine hero, we thank you! šš¼ āTrain hero who saved passengers during attack namedā
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Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxr4qn6d66o
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Early indications are that appalling mass stabbings on a Doncaster to London train in Huntingdon were 'isolated incident', Defence Secretary John Healey tells Sky News
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/h...
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Huntingdon attack: Mass stabbings on Doncaster to London train 'isolated incident', says Defence Secretary
A senior Government minister has said early indications suggest mass stabbings on a Doncaster to London train were an āisolated attackā.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/huntingdon-attack-mass-stabbings-on-doncaster-to-london-train-isolated-incident-says-defence-secretary-5384478
3 months ago
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Really thrilled to have been nominated for a British Journalism Award in the local journalism category up against some truly brilliant reporters:
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
#BJA25
3 months ago
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