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Alison Hume has called for an independent national regulator after revealing that severe delays and failing NHS-contracted wheelchair services are leaving local residents trapped in their own homes.

The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has seen a rise in overall incidents and appliance deployments over the past year, largely driven by an increase in secondary fires and false alarms.

Residents are being urged to register their vehicles as new rules for accessing North Yorkshire's household waste recycling centres come into force today.

The Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, has visited the East Riding, including Driffield, to research health and wellbeing in rural communities for his upcoming annual report.

The Seadogs will travel to the Peak District on Tuesday night for a National North play-off quarter final.

This was the most popular 0-0 draw Whitby have ever forced at the Towbar Express Stadium.

Nearly a hundred volunteers have collaborated on a giant mystery painting to raise money for the maintenance of three historic Yorkshire Coast churches.

Brid are back in Yorkshire One at the first attempt.

How did our local sides fare on day one of the 2026 season?

The Seasiders hammered bottom club Brighouse to climb the NPL East table on the final day of the season.

Councillors on North Yorkshire's Strategic Planning committee have voted to reject plans for a gas drilling rig at Burniston.

Scarborough's South Bay is hosting the Yorkshire Cup Regatta this weekend, featuring a diverse fleet of fifteen boats competing under a unique handicap system.

The last surviving member of The Ronettes - Nedra Talley Ross - has died aged 80.

A 10-year-old boy is reported to have been killed in lightning strikes which left at least 14 people dead in Bangladesh.

A worker at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power ​station has been killed in a ​Ukrainian drone attack, according to Russian ​forces, which control the plant.

Mali's defence minister has been killed during co-ordinated attacks on towns and military bases by insurgents, including al Qaeda-linked fighters, according to the government.

Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's biggest rivals have announced they are joining forces to attempt to oust his coalition government.

Six months have passed since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the Sudanese regional capital Al Fashir and shared dozens of videos documenting their massacre in the city.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested by counter terror police investigating a string of attacks on Jewish sites in London.

Two babies were among several residents being evacuated when a car bomb detonated inside a hijacked car in Dunmurry, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said.

The King's upcoming US state visit will go ahead as planned after gunshots were fired at a dinner attended by Donald Trump, Buckingham Palace confirmed.

Two babies were among several residents being evacuated when a car bomb detonated inside a hijacked car in Dunmurry, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested by counter terror police investigating a string of attacks on Jewish sites in London.

Sir Keir Starmer has defended his decision to sack Olly Robbins over the vetting process for Peter Mandelson - saying the senior civil servant only faced the "everyday pressure of government".

Paedophiles could use artificial intelligence to manipulate ordinary family photographs into indecent images of children, police said, as they granted Sky News special access to the war against online abuse.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a "significant" fire at an LGBT+ nightclub.

Award-winning journalist Cathy Newman is bringing her own style of friendly, but forensic, political journalism to Sky News.

An incident where a mother and son died after getting "into difficulty" in the water in a west London park was a "tragic accident", police have said.

A 10-year-old boy is reported to have been killed in lightning strikes which left at least 14 people dead in Bangladesh.

A worker at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power ​station has been killed in a ​Ukrainian drone attack, according to Russian ​forces, which control the plant.

Mali's defence minister has been killed during co-ordinated attacks on towns and military bases by insurgents, including al Qaeda-linked fighters, according to the government.

The suspect who stormed through a security checkpoint and shot a Secret Service agent at the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington DC was armed with multiple weapons and knives, police say.

The last surviving member of The Ronettes - Nedra Talley Ross - has died aged 80.

The son of director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner has spoken about the "living nightmare" he has endured since his parents were brutally killed late last year.

Presenter Claudia–Liza Vanderpuije has withdrawn claims against her former Channel 5 News co-host Dan Walker after reaching a "mutual agreement" with the broadcaster and ITN.

The multibillion-pound Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has come even closer to becoming a reality after shareholders voted to accept the offer.

The multibillion-pound Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has come even closer to becoming a reality after shareholders voted to accept the offer.

Microsoft and Meta, the company behind Instagram and WhatsApp, are planning to make significant cuts to their respective workforces as spending on artificial intelligence (AI) finds a new high gear.

Plans for a "mini fracking" site in Burniston near Scarborough have been rejected by North Yorkshire Council following local outcry.

On Friday, Keir Starmer's circle gathered at his country retreat of Chequers to wargame the coming weeks for a prime minister whose future is on the line.