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

333 Articles
3 days ago
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Labour vows to shake up DWP benefits system to get 3 million more back into work

The Government must push more people into work to avoid “catastrophic” rocketing in spending on benefits, a Labour gr...

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5 days ago
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"We shouldn't all look airbrushed and edited" - Yorkshire teenage girls' pressures from filters a...

More than a third of teenage girls have been on a diet, new research has revealed, as filters on photo apps are blame...

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12 days ago
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Meet the Yorkshire veteran hoping to take home gold in Prince Harry's Invictus Games

Just over a decade ago, former soldier James Cairns was being treated at a rehabilitation centre after losing his leg...

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15 days ago
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Ampleforth College: Weak leadership put children at risk of abuse, report finds

Serious weaknesses in leadership put children at one of North Yorkshire’s oldest boarding schools at risk of sexual a...

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15 days ago
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Summer holiday idea: Take children to visit Yorkshire's Victorian underworlds of Oliver Twist wor...

Nearly 200 years after it was published, children are still beguiled by Charles Dickens’ tale of Oliver Twist, the yo...

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18 days ago
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Yorkshire midwife Anne-Marie given national award for her 40 years of dedication to mums and babies

A West Yorkshire leader in midwifery has been honoured with a national award to recognise her decades of service.

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18 days ago
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Hollywood legend Marlon Brando's 100th birthday celebrated at Yorkshire cinema

A Bradford cinema will re-open this month with a centenary celebration of one of the greatest Hollywood legends.

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3 months ago
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The Harrogate Arms Café: A unique 'pot-to-plate' experience at RHS Harlow Carr's new café

For Yorkshire’s horticulture lovers, there are few pleasures more enjoyable than a weekend amble around RHS Garden Ha...

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4 months ago
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Hen Harriers: persecuted birds of prey still at risk in Yorkshire, charity warns

The future of hen harriers, one of England’s rarest birds of prey, still hangs in the balance despite an increase in ...

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4 months ago
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Legacy Funeral Directors: All 35 bodies found at Hull undertakers identified, police confirm

The families of 35 people whose bodies were found at a Hull funeral directors have all been contacted, Humberside Pol...

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5 months ago
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Anne Lister: Festival planned to mark Yorkshire's celebrated LGBT pioneer's 233rd birthday

A decade ago, the name of Anne Lister was far from being a household one.

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5 months ago
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Light Night: Laser beams to light up Yorkshire coastline across Whitby and Scarborough

For centuries, glowing lighthouses dotted down Yorkshire’s rocky coastline have provided welcome beacons of reassuran...

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