Ralph Blackburn

4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

Talks on February 26 - after it was confirmed Baroness Louise Casey would lead an independent commission on the subject - were postponed with ministers saying that not all parties could make the meeting. Since then, the Liberal Democrats said they have offered to “clear our diaries” but claimed no new date has been proposed. Sir Ed Davey has made social care one of his key priorities as the party’s leader.

4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

Thousands of parents will be able to access 30 minutes of morning childcare from Tuesday as part of a trial beginning at the start of the new term and running to July, ahead of an expected national rollout. Some 750 schools across England are taking part in the pilot scheme, with 79 of those in Yorkshire. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the move would help with “breaking down barriers to opportunity” but school leaders have warned the pilot could lead to budget shortfalls.

4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

A recent survey from the group revealed that 96 per cent of respondents say crime is a significant issue locally, while almost half believe that police do not take rural crime seriously. More than nine in 10 people told the CA that they had not seen a police officer in the last week. It comes as The Yorkshire Post revealed that North Yorkshire Police has just 18 officers in its Rural Task Force team, around 1 per cent of the force’s total.

5 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6pm on Saturday to midnight on Easter Sunday, both Moscow time. “Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18.00 to 00.00 from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side declares an Easter truce. “I order that all military actions be stopped for this period,” Mr Putin said at a meeting with chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov, the Kremlin’s press service quoted him as saying. “We assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example.

5 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

The Viking CCS scheme would see carbon dioxide emissions taken from Immingham 34 miles to Theddlethorpe in the Lincolnshire coast, where they would be transported into huge tanks beneath the North Sea. The fledgling technology is touted as an alternative to releasing carbon into the atmosphere, and is seen as essential to the UK reaching net zero by 2050. Similar projects in Merseyside and Teesside have been granted £22bn in funding.