Yorkshire, formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military, and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.
Stockeld Park in Yorkshire plays host to half a million Christmas trees, every one of which is cultivated by hand. 35,000 trees will be harvested in time for Christmas sales this year, as Stockeld Park..
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Boris Johnson has been forced to confronted angry and disappointed residents as he visited areas in Yorkshire devastated by flooding. ITV News cameras filmed the emotional and tense exchanges where..
Boris Johnson says he "perfectly understands" the anger of residents in areas affected by serious flooding in parts of Yorkshire. The prime minister has been criticised for the government's slow..
Boris Johnson received a mixed reception as he visited Yorkshire following serious flooding in the region. The prime minister has been criticised for not travelling to the area sooner. During his visit..
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says there has to be public support for the flood victims as the government's spending on flood defences "overwhelmingly favours" the south east.
Mr Corbyn returned to..
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has criticised the government for not taking the flooding in parts of the Midlands and South Yorkshire seriously enough. Downpours last week meant several areas in..
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Drone footage of the Environment Agency storing water in the Till washlands to reduce the flood risk to Lincoln. Yorkshire and the Midlands were the worst affected areas, with six severe "danger to..
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Goth revivalists have descended on Whitby, Yorkshire, to celebrate the seaside town where Bram Stoker found inspiration for Dracula after staying there in 1890. The Whitby Goth Weekend is a..
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One of the first UK YouTubers to join the Mukbang craze which involves people eating piles of food on camera while interacting with their audience, North Yorkshire-based Fabio Mattison, 28, first..
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'Just imagine this had happened in Surrey instead of Yorkshire and the East Midlands - I think it would have been a very different story,' says Labour leader before visiting flood-hit Doncaster Independent - Published
23-year-old Dane Mads Pedersen wins the men's road race at the 2019 Road World Championships in Yorkshire, becoming the first Danish winner of the event. BBC News - Published
Lizzie Deignan says winning a second world road race championship in Yorkshire would bring "elation" rather than the "relief" of her first title. BBC News - Published
Australian Rohan Dennis retains his world time trial title while Britain's Alex Dowsett comes fifth at the Road World Championships in Yorkshire. BBC News - Published
'Every government for the last 30 years has tried to build its way out of the prisons crisis. The solution is not more prisons, but fewer prisoners' Independent - Published
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