Victoria Finan Journalist
  • 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

371 Articles
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Liz Truss "least inspirational" Leeds woman, council documents show

Just one per cent of people in Leeds have nominated former Prime Minister Liz Truss as the city’s most inspirational ...

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6 days
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Wensleydale Creamery: Workplace incident leaves two injured at famous Yorkshire cheese factory

Two people have been injured after an incident at a Yorkshire cheese creamery.

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10 days
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Top Yorkshire private schools announce merger in wake of Labour's planned VAT fee hike

Two of Yorkshire’s oldest single-sex schools have announced plans to merge in the wake of the Government’s planned VA...

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10 days
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Make assisted dying laws a reality, urges former Yorkshire MP who lost father to suicide

A former MP has urged people of Yorkshire to get behind calls for the Government to introduce assisted dying legislat...

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14 days
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Queen Camilla visits Yorkshire: royal flies to RAF Leeming for wellness centre visit

She’s known for being a proficient gardener and beekeeper when not on her Royal duties.

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14 days
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Gemma Simpson: Family of Leeds woman brutally killed then buried for 14 years in beauty spot plea...

The sister of a woman brutally killed in Leeds has pleaded with the justice system to not release her killer on parole.

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17 days
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"He was all about people - and joy": Tributes to Yorkshire landlord who was son of Leeds United l...

Tributes have been paid to an immensely popular landlord and son of a Leeds United legend who turned around the fortu...

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17 days
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"Stop putting vapes in the recycling" public told, after fire at Yorkshire waste site

People across the East Riding have been urged to stop putting disposable vapes and batteries in their recycling after...

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18 days
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North Yorkshire children's centre closure plans slammed by charity

A campaign group for young children has expressed its concerns over proposals to close 18 children’s centres across N...

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19 days
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From the lovestruck cook to the thief inmate - secrets of Yorkshire workhouse revealed

Walking through the genteel streets of Ripon, it’s easy to imagine the well-to-do of Victorian Yorkshire society goin...

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21 days
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All 18 children's centres in North Yorkshire at risk of closure under council plans

All eighteen council-run children’s centres across North Yorkshire could be closed under new proposals.

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24 days
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"Painful" days ahead, Prime Minister warns in pre-Budget speech

The British people have been put on notice to brace for a “painful” Autumn budget by the Prime Minister as he admitte...

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