YEN Cartoon: Leeds Backs Bradford’s HS3 Station Campaign
Illustration by Steve Spencer #NextStopBradford In a recent summit hosted by the Yorkshire Building Society, Leeds City Council Chief Executive, Tom Riordan confirmed his authority was one hundred percent behind Bradford’s campaign to get the city on the planned Northern … Read More
YEN Cartoon: May Odds On Favourite To Win Snap June Election
Illustration by Steve Spencer With her sizable lead in the opinion polls, it’s no surprise that Theresa May has called a snap general election. But we’ve all been here before and sure thing results have been turned on their heads … Read More
YEN Cartoon: Think Tank Claims New Apprenticeship Levy Will Widen Regional Disparities
Illustration by Steve Spencer New Apprenticeships Levy Could Leave the North Further Behind ‘Apprenticeships are changing’… The colleges and other establishments have been holding seminars and open-days for most of the year with the aim of getting businesses up-to-speed with … Read More
YEN Cartoon: Yorkshire’s Coastal Towns Get £9 Million To Boost Tourism And Local Economy
Illustration by Steve Spencer Yorkshire’s coastal towns to share £9m to boost tourism and economy Yorkshire’s east coast town’s will get a boost from the government’s purse as over £9m is set aside to improve jobs, tourism and local economy. … Read More
YEN Cartoon: Article 50 Triggers Call For A New Scottish Independence Referendum
Illustration by Steve Spencer Breaking up’s so hard to do… The UK and EU’s relationship has been on the rocks for some time and on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Theresa May filed for divorce. Like many separations, it promises to … Read More
YEN Cartoon: Hull To Liverpool In 30 Minutes By HS3 Hover Train
Illustration by Steve Spencer HS3 hover train could cut journey time between Liverpool and Hull to 30 minutes I’m not a fan of HS2. All this talk of how it will bring jobs and investment to the North is not … Read More
YEN Cartoon: Leeds Tops UK Best Cultural Places To Live
Illustration by Steve Spencer Leeds Voted UK Cultural Hotspot. Leeds has come top out of 20 ‘best cultural places to live’ in the UK according to a recent Times newspaper survey. The city is pretty good for art galleries, but … Read More
YEN Cartoon: Music Census At Olly Murs Leeds Arena Gig Judges Impact Of Rates Rises On Venues
Illustration by Steve Spencer Rates rises could pull the plug on live music venues. Keeping music live these days is no easy business and there have been some venues forced to close due to council noise regulations as once commercial … Read More
YEN Cartoon: One Yorkshire, One Mayor!
Illustration by Steve Spencer It’s fair to say that us Yorkies are fiercely proud of our heritage and don’t take kindly to ‘oft cumdens’ meddling with our affairs. Going back to April 1, 1974 when Ted Heath’s government created the … Read More