The Yorkshire Post

21 hours ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Alexandra Wood

A popular East Yorkshire DIY shop will close doors for the last time next month – with its owner blaming the Chancellor’s tax-grabbing budget for killing off the family business after nearly six decades. Johnson’s of Hedon was started as a hardware shop in 1969 by George Brooke, who managed it alongside his son Mike Brooke. A Hedon institution, the shop is known for offering DIY products at a fair price – a mission it has carried out for over half a century.

21 hours ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

The Public Accounts Committee, which assesses the value for money of government projects, has said Sir Keir Starmer’s proposal to scrap the Leeds-based body has “caused great uncertainty for all involved with the health system”. In March, the Prime Minister announced he was abolishing NHS England, the arm’s length body created in 2012 to oversee the budget, planning, and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the health service.

21 hours ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

The agreement between Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will see tariffs on bioethanol - a fuel made from unused wheat - cut from 19 per cent to zero. UK firms have said hundreds of direct jobs - and thousands in the wider supply chain - are at risk, due to fears of being undercut by US imports. This includes the Vivergo Fuels bioethanol plant in Salt End, near Hull, which is calling for direct support from the Government to stabilise the industry.

21 hours ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

The Cabinet Office has named 13 towns and cities across the UK, including the three in Yorkshire, as locations for government roles to be shifted outside of London. It says the move is projected to bring £729m worth of economic benefit to the 13 areas by 2030. The changes were announced by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden, who is seen as one of the most powerful Cabinet ministers and Sir Keir Starmer’s right-hand man.

1 day ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Ralph Blackburn

Three members of a grooming gang in Keighley have had their child sex abuse sentences increased after a campaign by the local MP. In January, Robbie Moore wrote to Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer asking him to call in the sentences for four different grooming gangs from the Bradford district that have been convicted in the last decade. In particular, the Keighley and Ilkley MP asked him to review the jail term given to Ibrar Hussain.