Yorkshire Under the Hammer?

Keir Starmer risked the wrath of Corbynites today as he hinted at ditching the promise he made during his leadership bid to abolish the House of Lords. The Labour leader pointedly avoided repeating the commitment, instead saying the upper chamber 'certainly needs change'. Yorkshire County Cricket Club are expected to release a damning reportinto allegations of racial abuse at the club as early as Wednesday, with several England internationals fearing they could be implicated.... The National Railway Museum and universities across Yorkshire and the north of England will investigate the possible links between railways and the global slave trade as part of a £9,000 research project. Hundreds of people were watching the firework display at Ringwood Raceway in Matchams, Dorset, on Saturday night when a hot end from one of the fireworks landed in the bed of a tipper truck and the whole vehicle caught on fire. Marks & Spencer has started giving its staff pronoun badges as part of a diversity and inclusivity initiative. Susanna Reid was forced to apologise for asking a lesbian couple planning to have a family 'who will be mum' on Tuesday's Good Morning Britain.