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
about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

North Yorkshire primary school in Howardian Hills will close at end of month after last pupil left

A North Yorkshire village primary school with no remaining pupils will close at the end of this month, the council ha...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Yorkshire mother speaks out against fining parents for school absence following son's mental heal...

A Wakefield mother is helping to lead a campaign to stop councils being able to fine parents whose children can’t att...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

York leaders hit out at leaked Government decision to put Great British Railways in Derby

York leaders have hit out at a “stunning blow” to the city after it was reported that it has missed out on becoming t...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Yorkshire primary school closure decision imminent as doors due to close end of March

A 150-year-old North Yorkshire primary school is set to close its doors forever at the end of this month, according t...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Knaresborough's hidden treasures of the Second World War to go on display

When thinking about the history of North Yorkshire town Knaresborough, the two figures who come to mind for most are ...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Australian woman's plea to solve mystery of her Yorkshire long lost aunt after 10 year search

An Australian woman is hoping to solve the mystery of her long-lost aunt, who died in Knaresborough in the 1930s or 1...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Queen O'T'Owd Thatch: cost of living crisis causes managers to give up award winning Yorkshire pub

The managers of a national award winning pub in North Yorkshire have announced they are giving up the lease due to fi...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Kiplingcotes Derby: World's oldest horse race returns to Yorkshire countryside

The sound of thudding hooves racing across the Wolds countryside each March has been a mainstay of Yorkshire’s equest...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Yorkshire Air Ambulance unveils new state of the art helicopter

Over 8,000 people across Yorkshire have had their lives saved by the quick action of the region’s air ambulance servi...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Major police incident in York as sixth form college evacuated and road closed

Police have declared an “incident” in a busy area of York after its sixth form college was evacuated.

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Yorkshire headteacher hits out over plans to cut school bus services

A West Yorkshire headteacher has hit out at plans to withdraw two school bus services which could see pupils forced t...

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about 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Women would "pay more tax for better childcare," according to report

Lack of accessible, affordable childcare is driving women out of the workplace, a thinktank has warned - as it emerge...

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