Ismail Mulla

Last week Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was in Leeds visiting a Morrisons. The purpose of said visit was to talk tough on retail crime. She said that communities were “fed up” with seeing people get away with blatant crime.

All hail the rail replacement bus, said no one ever. But I would like to actually pay tribute to the way that replacement buses have been organised over the past few weeks as delivery of rail upgrades between Dewsbury and Leeds continues.

I’m not much for milestones. Even birthdays have become a reminder simply to add the extra year next time I give my age to someone. Hitting the age of 33 means that you lose that youthfulness that came with previous celebrations and the 34th is just around the corner.

When will Labour learn that it is no longer the Opposition? Ministers have spent over three months telling the ills of the world but very little on how they are going to go about fixing them.

Misery is never far off for rail passengers in the North. Delays, cancellations, overcrowded platforms and trains. The daily commute is a never-ending trauma.

The general election was one of the oddest in recent memory. I’ve never seen an election play out like it did, certainly in my lifetime, and the history books don’t really show any campaign that delivered a stonking majority for a party that people weren’t exactly enthusiastic about.

Last week, Tory MP Miriam Cates said the Church should “stop interfering in politics” during a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference. However, Stephen Cottrell believes the Tory MP’s comments were misguided. He said: “I mean her no ill will but to say stay out of politics is a bit like saying stay out of life. Politics is life. If you’re a single mum, struggling to make ends meet for your kids and you can’t buy them a new pair of shoes, is that politics? Yes, it is.” Archbishop Cottr…

The founders of a premium home decor brand believe businesses have a responsibility to do whatever they can to help staff through the cost-of-living crisis.

Business activity for manufacturing and service sectors in Yorkshire slumped to an 18-month low in July with demand weakening, according to the NatWest Regional PMI.

Taxi and private hire vehicle operator Amber Cars has acquired Wheels Private Hire and South Leeds & Hunslet Cars, boosting its offering across West Yorkshire.