Chris Burn
@chrisburn.bsky.social
Head of Business and Features at The Yorkshire Post, Stoke City fan.
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Chris Burn
@chrisburn.bsky.social
· Nov 15
It's a work in progress but here's a starter pack of regional journalists in the UK, including national reporters working outside of London...
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New: A Yorkshire businessman was arrested by British police over a social media post of him holding a gun while on holiday in America and then underwent a four-month ‘Orwellian nightmare’. This is his story:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/orw...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/orw...
'Orwellian nightmare: I was arrested by UK police for touching a gun in the US - my four-month ordeal'
A Yorkshire business owner was arrested by local police and put through a four-month “Orwellian nightmare” after posting a holiday photograph of himself holding a shotgun while in the United States.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New: A Yorkshire businessman was arrested by British police over a social media post of him holding a gun while on holiday in America and then underwent a four-month ‘Orwellian nightmare’. This is his story:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/orw...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/orw...
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BREAKING: Doncaster Council has approved £57m in borrowing to support the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: Doncaster Council has approved £57m in borrowing to support the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport
We've got a special Black Friday offer running for The Yorkshire Post for the next couple of days - more details here for anyone interested in subscribing for just £1 a month:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/bla...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/bla...
Yorkshire Post Black Friday offer: 12 reasons to subscribe for £12 a year
The Yorkshire Post is running a limited time Black Friday deal offering a digital subscription for just £1 a month – only £12 for an entire year.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We've got a special Black Friday offer running for The Yorkshire Post for the next couple of days - more details here for anyone interested in subscribing for just £1 a month:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/bla...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/bla...
Loan charge: £365m settlement deal put forward by Government - but campaigners say Labour’s concessions on controversial tax-chasing policy don’t go far enough as 11th potential suicide revealed:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/gov...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/gov...
Government announces £365m settlement package for loan charge victims - but campaigners hit out as 11th suicide case revealed
Thousands of people affected by the loan charge scandal which has been linked to multiple suicides are to have debts owed to the taxman written off or more than halved under a £365m Government deal - ...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Loan charge: £365m settlement deal put forward by Government - but campaigners say Labour’s concessions on controversial tax-chasing policy don’t go far enough as 11th potential suicide revealed:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/gov...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/gov...
Was adamant I couldn't justify getting TNT Sports for 3 months just to watch bits and pieces of The Ashes, but this first day is properly testing my resolve.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Was adamant I couldn't justify getting TNT Sports for 3 months just to watch bits and pieces of The Ashes, but this first day is properly testing my resolve.
Auditors have raised concerns about the financial risks and uncertainty around reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport - their report says: “There is currently no clear, final delivery plan against which to assess the ultimate risk to the council”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Auditor urges council to set spending limit for 'high risk' reopening project
Auditors have told council bosses to set an upper limit on how much they are willing to spend on their “high risk” project to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Auditors have raised concerns about the financial risks and uncertainty around reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport - their report says: “There is currently no clear, final delivery plan against which to assess the ultimate risk to the council”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
Taxpayers and creditors set to lose out on more than £4m after property giant Commercial Estates Group went into administration and was immediately sold to associated companies:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/com...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/com...
CEG administration: Taxpayers and creditors in line to lose over £4m
Taxpayers and creditors are set to lose out on more than £4m as a result of the pre-pack administration of property giant Commercial Estates Group.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Taxpayers and creditors set to lose out on more than £4m after property giant Commercial Estates Group went into administration and was immediately sold to associated companies:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/com...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/com...
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We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
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There were bad people on BOTH sides of the cold-blooded, state-sanctioned bone-saw murder, y’say?
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
There were bad people on BOTH sides of the cold-blooded, state-sanctioned bone-saw murder, y’say?
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
That feeling when your long running complaint with your water company ends up with them admitting responsibility and repaying you hundreds of pounds
a man with a bandage on his nose is talking on a cell phone and saying `` i won '' .
ALT: a man with a bandage on his nose is talking on a cell phone and saying `` i won '' .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
That feeling when your long running complaint with your water company ends up with them admitting responsibility and repaying you hundreds of pounds
RoboBond is the obvious solution here.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
RoboBond is the obvious solution here.
Local authority bosses promise to 'robustly defend' any potential legal challenges to their plan to provide a huge subsidy to a new council-run company to reopn Doncaster Sheffield Airport:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Council promises to 'robustly defend' any legal challenge to £128m loan
Any legal challenge to the use of more than £100m in public money to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport will be "robustly defended", council bosses have said.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Local authority bosses promise to 'robustly defend' any potential legal challenges to their plan to provide a huge subsidy to a new council-run company to reopn Doncaster Sheffield Airport:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/don...
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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I don’t want to boast but I said it was Alan all along #TheTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I don’t want to boast but I said it was Alan all along #TheTraitors
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Samir Zitouni, a genuine hero, we thank you! 🙌🏼
‘Train hero who saved passengers during attack named’
‘Train hero who saved passengers during attack named’
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Samir Zitouni, a genuine hero, we thank you! 🙌🏼
‘Train hero who saved passengers during attack named’
‘Train hero who saved passengers during attack named’
Early indications are that appalling mass stabbings on a Doncaster to London train in Huntingdon were 'isolated incident', Defence Secretary John Healey tells Sky News
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/h...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/h...
Huntingdon attack: Mass stabbings on Doncaster to London train 'isolated incident', says Defence Secretary
A senior Government minister has said early indications suggest mass stabbings on a Doncaster to London train were an “isolated attack”.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Early indications are that appalling mass stabbings on a Doncaster to London train in Huntingdon were 'isolated incident', Defence Secretary John Healey tells Sky News
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/h...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/h...
Really thrilled to have been nominated for a British Journalism Award in the local journalism category up against some truly brilliant reporters:
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett... #BJA25
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett... #BJA25
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Really thrilled to have been nominated for a British Journalism Award in the local journalism category up against some truly brilliant reporters:
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett... #BJA25
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett... #BJA25
Fascinating piece in @newstatesman.bsky.social about the roles of Tony Blair and Jonathan Powell in the Gaza ceasefire - and what it says about how Donald Trump has changed global politics
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Jonathan Powell and Tony Blair at the court of Donald Trump
The Brits who helped broker the deal in Gaza
www.newstatesman.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Fascinating piece in @newstatesman.bsky.social about the roles of Tony Blair and Jonathan Powell in the Gaza ceasefire - and what it says about how Donald Trump has changed global politics
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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Orwell wrote: “In England all the boasting and flag-wagging... is done by a small minority. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious.” Someone tell Reform, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
Nigel Farage has no idea how to be a prime minister
The Reform leader undoubtedly has charisma, but lacks the judgement, gravitas or respect for truth needed to lead a country
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Orwell wrote: “In England all the boasting and flag-wagging... is done by a small minority. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious.” Someone tell Reform, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
Another firm linked to Yorkshire racehorse owner Grant Nicholson has collapsed. It comes as he seeks to raise £100m for his latest venture:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/uti...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/uti...
Utility Mix: Another firm linked to Yorkshire racehorse owner enters liquidation
Another company connected to a Yorkshire entrepreneur and racehorse owner has collapsed, The Yorkshire Post can reveal.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Another firm linked to Yorkshire racehorse owner Grant Nicholson has collapsed. It comes as he seeks to raise £100m for his latest venture:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/uti...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/uti...
Given the history of Hillsborough, the allegations made at this inquest by a GP about the "shambles" and "chaos" in response to a medical emergency which resulted in West Brom fan Mark Townsend dying are really shocking:
Care of football fan who collapsed at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium a ‘shambles’
A GP has told a coroner how he screamed for help as he gave CPR to a fellow football fan who went into cardiac arrest during a Championship match, but “nothing came”.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Given the history of Hillsborough, the allegations made at this inquest by a GP about the "shambles" and "chaos" in response to a medical emergency which resulted in West Brom fan Mark Townsend dying are really shocking:
