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Making what happens in Westminster relevant to people in the North. Featuring a great guest from our region and insight from our very own northern political team.
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Taking the Knee and Yorkshire’s supermarkets
Sol B River is a Leeds-born writer and TV producer. His recent documentary about the first black university student in 1960s Mississippi won plaudits...
Justice for our Postmasters
Former sub-postmasters across Yorkshire have been trying to clear their names after they were involved in one of the UK’s biggest miscarriages of Just...
Spen(d)ing some time in Batley
The team speak to Politics Professor Dr Victoria Honeyman from the University of Leeds and local businessman Mike from Mike's carpets to assess the re...
The Battle for Batley
Aisha, Tim, Gemma and James talk about the battle for Batley with just days to go until the by-election. Gemma speaks to the BBC's Chief Political Adv...
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside
Look North reporter David Rhodes speaks to the team about the cost of setting-up Yorkshire’s Nightingale Hospital in Harrogate and the way public mone...
Belting out a Tune and the Comeback Kid
The team catch up with bar owner Martin Greenhow from Yorkshire to discuss the lifting of restrictions on June 21st. Tim speaks to singer Nancy from G...
Pina Colada and a By-Election
Batley and Spen will have a new MP this summer. People have just days to go to declare an interest in standing in the Batley and Spen By-Election. It’...
The Next Generation
The team speak to Joeli Brearley from York who set up the campaign ‘Pregnant then Screwed’ – about the impact of the pandemic on families. And he’s ju...
Batley, Ballots and Business
As restrictions ease further from Monday – the team talk to a Yorkshire business owner about their hopes and fears going forward. And after Tracy Brab...
Out for the Count
James, Gemma, Tim, Liz and Kevin discuss the 2021 local election results for our region. From the West Yorkshire Mayor to PCC's to a No Overall Contro...
Independent living and pandemic polling
Asta from East Yorkshire was given just one week to live when he was born. He's now 39. Asta has lived independently but is now back at home being car...
Protests and Polling Booths
Musician and campaigner Bax Mundoba from Hull reflects on the BLM protests that took place across the world following the death of George Floyd in the...
Ales and nails: Getting back to business
Tim speaks to Lord Timothy Kirkhope of Harrogate as he remembers the Duke. And as restrictions ease we hear from a bar owner in Yorkshire on how the l...
One Year since Lockdown...
Gemma, Tim, James and Aisha mark a year since the PM announced the first national lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. Gemma speaks to Look Nor...
Yorkshire Remembers Sarah
Gemma, Tim and James speak to Charlotte Butterick who organised an online vigil in Halifax in memory of Sarah Everard. Charlotte speaks openly about h...
Funds, funds and fun
Labour has described money set aside by the government to fund town improvements as ‘pork barrel politics.’ The Government says the money has been all...
Comedy, (God’s own) county and the coast
Self-catering owner Helen from North Yorkshire joins the team to reflect on the last year, her budget hopes and thoughts on the PM’s road map. Gemma s...
Accents and Austin
Tim and James speak to a language expert from Sheffield who says the Yorkshire accent is encouraging more people to take part in test and trace becaus...
Valentines, Vince and Vaccinations
The team speak to York born and former Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable. He discusses how he is coping in lockdown, how he would have handled the pandem...
Polling, The PM and Parish Councils
Gemma, James and Tim discuss May's local and mayoral elections in England which will be going ahead. They look at how they will work in a Covid-safe w...
One Year On
A year ago two Chinese nationals tested positive for coronavirus for the first time in the UK after falling ill at a hotel in York. The city came unde...
Professor, propaganda and plants
Gemma, Tim and James speak to Professor Richard Bentall from the University of Sheffield. He is part of a team studying people's attitudes towards loc...
Walks, talks and York
The team talk to 17 year old Angus and Emily from Harrogate who are in their second year studying for their A-Levels. Both feel that their life is hol...
'Are we recording now?'
As Lockdown 3.0 kicks in James, Tim and Gemma talk to a Rotherham secondary school Headteacher about the challenges they are facing. What have they do...
Christmas Special: Pubs, panto and politics
As many areas remain in tier 3, Gemma, James and Tim discuss what that means for the region. Pub landlords Ricky and Darren from Hornsea tell Tim that...
Brexit, Bradford and Brass bands
Deal or no deal? The team talk about the latest Brexit developments. We hear from Caroline Flint, the former Labour MP for Don Valley, who lost her se...
Retail, Restrictions and Roy's Rolls
For most of the region they left lockdown with tougher restrictions compared to when they entered - some businesses are thriving but others are strugg...
Decisions, delays and dancing with chairs
Helen Pidd, the North of England editor of The Guardian speaks to James, Tim and Gemma about visiting Hull and Maltby in South Yorkshire during lockdo...
Flooding, Feeding and Fa la la la la
Dubbed ' Persistent Pam' by the Prime Minister Pam from Fishlake near Doncaster had her home and spa business flooded a year ago. With flooding and a...
Hull, Hollyoaks and Heseltine
Hull has had some of the highest infection rates in the country this week.
The team take a look at why that is the case with BBC Look North's H...
Bradford and Box sets
James, Gemma and Tim talk to the BBC's Bradford political reporter Aisha Iqbal about her recovery from coronavirus.
Shahid Islam, who researches...
Lockdown, Labour and a love-in.
Another national lockdown will take place to try and stop the spread of Coronavirus. The team talks through the challenge of covering a constantly cha...
Barnsley, Blunkett and Butties
Maureen from Barnsley said she didn't want to be 'fastened to her home.' Her no nonsense attitude won her fans on social media. Barnsley based busines...
Tiers, beers and fears
The team discuss how the new local restrictions and tiers have been received in Yorkshire.
The owner of a chain of cocktail bars across the Nor...
The First One
Yorkshire's Political Editors James Vincent and Tim Iredale along with Politics Reporters Gemma Dillon and Aisha Iqbal talk to a wedding venue owner f...
Welcome to Yorkshirecast
Making what happens in Westminster relevant to people in the North. Featuring a great guest from our region and insight from our very own northern pol...