Victoria Finan Journalist
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  • Yorkshire
  • National World

Victoria Finan is the Yorkshire Post's social affairs correspondent. She is based in York and covers poverty, levelling up, social care, LGBT and race issues.

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Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Evening Post

Focus Areas

  • Social Affairs

326 Articles
over 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Homophobic abuse by street preachers in Leeds tackled by council and police with new code of conduct

Religious preachers in Leeds City Centre who try to convert shoppers have been slapped with a strict code of conduct ...

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over 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

'Buy wonky veg to help farmers after drought' leader warns, as fears potato crop could halve

An agricultural leader has implored shoppers to support British farmers by buying wonky vegetables following the drou...

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over 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

'You won't notice a change in bin collections' new boss of North Yorkshire super-council reassure...

The boss of the new North Yorkshire super-council has spoken of the challenges ahead as he prepares to merge over 10,...

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Mum tells of bravery of Lola, 2, after doctors first thought her brain tumour symptoms were covid

A mother has implored other parents to be vigilant after her two-year-old daughter’s brain tumour began with a limp.

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Judith Holliday: Woman who went missing from Harrogate care home 'sighted in Wetherby' as police ...

A woman who went missing from her care home in Harrogate on Saturday could be in Wetherby or the rural area surroundi...

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

First full summer of events since 2019 sees celebrations for Yorkshire's diversified farms

Farms which have diversified into summer events are celebrating the end of the first season of unrestricted gathering...

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Beloved old York theatre undergoes refurbishment ahead of Autumn reopening

It is one of the county’s most-loved theatres, and has seen audiences delighted by performers from all over the world...

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Through loneliness and grief, taking a big step forward for Yorkshire walkers as groups join toge...

The wellbeing effects of taking a good walk through North Yorkshire’s countryside have long been known - whether it’s...

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

'Every bit as terrifying as the pandemic' Yorkshire businesses share their fears over energy pric...

Businesses have expressed their devastation at the winter’s energy forecast - with hospitality owners faced with bein...

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Cost of living crisis: Government "must act to ensure parents can feed their children" as energy ...

The Government must put an immediate emergency package in place to stop people living below the poverty line having t...

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almost 2 years ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Yorkshire's secret meadow - where flowers more likely to be found during the 1940s are still in b...

Gazing across Ryedale Folk Museum’s cornfield meadow towards an Iron Age Roundhouse, it is easy to feel like you may ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Linton-on-Ouse: Asylum charities demand Government drop Greek-style centres after "failed experim...

Refugee campaigners have demanded the Government scrap its plans to open Greek-style asylum seeker processing centres...

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