Chris Burn

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."

'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 “Orwellian nightmare” after posting a holiday photograph of himself holding a shotgun while in the United States.

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 ‘Orwellian nightmare’. This is his story:
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BREAKING: Doncaster Council has approved £57m in borrowing to support the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport

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 £1 a month – only £12 for an entire year.

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...

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 - ...

Loan charge: £365m settlement deal put forward by Government - but campaigners say Labour’s concessions on controversial tax-chasing policy don’t go far enough as 11th potential suicide revealed:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/gov...

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.

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 “high risk” project to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Auditors have raised concerns about the financial risks and uncertainty around reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport - their report says: “There is currently no clear, final delivery plan against which to assess the ultimate risk to the council”
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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.

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...

We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...

There were bad people on BOTH sides of the cold-blooded, state-sanctioned bone-saw murder, y’say?

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

a man with a bandage on his nose is talking on a cell phone and saying `` i won '' . ALT: a man with a bandage on his nose is talking on a cell phone and saying `` i won '' .

That feeling when your long running complaint with your water company ends up with them admitting responsibility and repaying you hundreds of pounds

RoboBond is the obvious solution here.

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.

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...

No worries (and that’s very kind yourself!) - can well imagine how challenging/stressful it has been to go from the initial tip-off to getting an important story like this over the line legally.

Absolutely fantastic work by you and your colleagues Dan.

We’ve 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 we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.

We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.

I don’t want to boast but I said it was Alan all along #TheTraitors

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.

Samir Zitouni, a genuine hero, we thank you! 🙌🏼
‘Train hero who saved passengers during attack named’

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 “isolated attack”.

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...

Thank you!

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

This is such a brilliant read.

How Many Comedians Does It Take to Change a Country? What it’s like to watch Louis C.K. do stand-up in Saudi Arabia

"Sometimes you have to ask yourself: How did I get here—sitting in Saudi Arabia, listening to Louis C.K. do jokes about Barely Legal magazine?"

I went to Riyadh to see the transformation of a country with the world's biggest cultural chequebook. Gift link:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Jonathan Powell and Tony Blair at the court of Donald Trump The Brits who helped broker the deal in Gaza

Fascinating piece in @newstatesman.bsky.social about the roles of Tony Blair and Jonathan Powell in the Gaza ceasefire - and what it says about how Donald Trump has changed global politics
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

Nigel Farage has no idea how to be a prime minister The Reform leader undoubtedly has charisma, but lacks the judgement, gravitas or respect for truth needed to lead a country

Orwell wrote: “In England all the boasting and flag-wagging... is done by a small minority. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious.” Someone tell Reform, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

Utility Mix: Another firm linked to Yorkshire racehorse owner enters liquidation Another company connected to a Yorkshire entrepreneur and racehorse owner has collapsed, The Yorkshire Post can reveal.

Another firm linked to Yorkshire racehorse owner Grant Nicholson has collapsed. It comes as he seeks to raise £100m for his latest venture:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/uti...

Care of football fan who collapsed at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium a ‘shambles’ A GP has told a coroner how he screamed for help as he gave CPR to a fellow football fan who went into cardiac arrest during a Championship match, but “nothing came”.

Given the history of Hillsborough, the allegations made at this inquest by a GP about the "shambles" and "chaos" in response to a medical emergency which resulted in West Brom fan Mark Townsend dying are really shocking:

Waiting for the Farage congrats tweet. #rydercup