Unemployment figures reveal mixed picture
The latest unemployment figures show a record number of people are in work. But there is a mixed picture for the ITV Yorkshire region.
The latest unemployment figures show a record number of people are in work. But there is a mixed picture for the ITV Yorkshire region.
A survey has found employers in the region are negative about the chances of taking on more staff.
£135 million pounds to build 1500 Hull homes will create 800 jobs
Cllr John Black explains how the £8 million of Government funding will be spent on housing redevelopment in Hull.
Cllr John Black in charge of Hull's housing explains how jobs will be created from funding for a housing redevelopment project.
A £135 million improvement scheme bringing with it more than 800 jobs has been announced in Hull.
The rundown Hawthorn Avenue area will receive £8 million of Government cash to build more than 1000 new homes.
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is to ask its workforce to reduce their hours and take a week's unpaid leave to tackle a financial crisis. The trust that runs Pontefract, Pinderfields and Dewsbury hospital wants to save 24 million pounds. Yunus Mulla reports.
Staff at the crisis-hit Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust are to be offered unpaid leave and a cut in hours in a bid to slash budgets by up to twenty four million pounds. Yunus Mulla has the latest from Pinderfields hospital in Wakefield.
Sam Burton, 22, who lives on the south bank of the Humber has been looking for a job for over a year. But thanks to the reduced Humber Bridge toll, he's now taken a job in Beverley. he's been talking to Calendar's Adam Fowler.
Hundreds of jobs will be created at a new £300m waste burning facility at Ferrybridge power station. Most of the jobs will come during the construction process, while 50 full-time jobs will be needed when the plant is fully operational in 3 years time. On site preparation is already underway.