• Oli McBurnie's season is over but Chris Wilder hopes his Sheffield United career is not

    The Blades' six-goal Premier League top-scorer injured his groin in the 4-1 defeat to Burnley, when he was captain in the absence of the injured John Egan, Chris Basham and Jack Robinson. That he will not feature in Saturday's game at Newcastle United – which could see their long-expected relegation from the Premier League confirmed – or the following three matches has added significance. The Leeds-born forward is out of contract in the summer, and had not been shy in making it known how much he...

  • Battleground Yorkshire: The region's remaining Tories may have the keys to a future Conservative government

    Three of these were on Humberside and four were in North Yorkshire, picking up no seats to the South and West of the region. Dire opinion polls for the Conservativessuggest that the same will happen at the next election, with the Tories forced back into almost exactly the same seats it held on to in 1997. East Yorkshire, now known as Bridlington and the Wolds, was one of those 7 and most projections have the seat narrowly remaining in Tory hands. If the Conservatives are set for the worse end of...