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The latest news and comment on the North of England

June 2026

  • The Daphne Steele building at the University of Huddersfield

    Healthy cooperation: how northern universities are linking with NHS trusts to drive innovation

  • White-tailed sea eagle. with tracker just visible on back

    The Saturday read
    Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle

  • Paul Quinn in a grey sweatshirt sits at a table during a police interview

    Man jailed for rape over which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly imprisoned

  • A person tapping an Oyster card against a reader

    ‘Oyster card for the north’ could save commuters £276 a year, thinktank says

  • Makerfield voters see cost of living and high street among top priorities, poll shows

  • Toxic identity politics ‘tearing’ us apart, says former Oldham council leader

  • A crowd marches at a pride event carrying a banner reading 'Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners'

    ‘Bigger and better than ever’: how Durham Pride beat Reform’s funding axe with help from the miners

    Solidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council money
  • Shadows of young people

    Teenage boys avoid jail after rape and sexual assault of girls in north-east England

    Exclusive: Calls for urgent change after rehabilitation orders and ‘laughable’ £26 in court fees in three separate cases
  • Members of HS2 staff walk through the Chilterns tunnel towards the tunnel exit at West Hyde, Hertfordshire.

    HS2: white elephant or vital addition to Britain’s rail network?

  • Andy Arnold

    Calls for Barnsley Reform councillor to resign over apparent swastika tattoo

  • Sarah Wakefield

    Greens to run scaled-back campaign in Makerfield byelection in potential boost for Burnham

    Exclusive: Party expected to focus on Greater Manchester mayoralty election if Burnham returned to parliament
  • man and his dog walk on February 7, 2017 in Horden, United Kingdom. rows of empty houses. in 2015, homes in the town were for sale for just £1 GBP, but the council reckoned it would need to invest around £7M GBP to refurbish them, more than it would cost to rebuild. It has also been claimed that the area is undesirable to families and that single people would be deterred by the so called 'bedroom tax'. The borough of County Durham voted to leave the European Union by 57.5%. Much of the North East of the United Kingdon voted to leave the European Union including Sunderland, Gateshead, Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar and Cleveland, North Tyneside and South Tyneside, and Northumberland. Newcastle was the only borough to vote to remain, though by a narrow margin, which was likely due to its large student population and dependency on EU funding. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    Horden, my home, is crying out for change

    Letter: Robert Lodge calls for action to tackle the ‘housing spiral’ in the County Durham village where he grew up, but is now leaving at 18
  • John Harris

    double quotation markAndy Burnham’s Manchester has a defining spirit – and Britain could do with a lot more of it

    John Harris
    Call it a mix of collectivism and entrepreneurialism or just an overarching vibe, but the mayor’s philosophy could be on the way to Westminster, says Guardian columnist John Harris
  • image of two girls' hands clasped together. They wear bracelets with letters on their wrists, reading 'fearless' and 'together'.

    Girls who survived Southport attack meet again: ‘It was like having big sisters’

    Parents speak for first time about daughters’ heroism on the day and their courage in dealing with critical injuries, scars and trauma
  • Simon Jenkins

    double quotation markHS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery

    Simon Jenkins
  • Among the items on display at Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard is ‘the block’, a 150kg tangle of objects that cannot be dismantled without causing damage.

    Iron age objects in the Melsonby hoard may offer a lesson for today

  • John Crace

    The politics sketch
    double quotation markManchester messiah Burnham anointed to fix Westminster politics

    John Crace
  • Andy Burnham gestures while speaking at a podium with The Great North branded backdrop

    Andy Burnham to back electoral reform if he becomes prime minister

  • Greens select nurse and ‘committed local campaigner’ as Makerfield byelection candidate

  • Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter

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