Mark Stead

mark.stead@thepress.co.uk

Mark is The Press' political reporter, a role he has held since 2010 and which sees him cover a political patch including eight councils and nine MPs. Born in York, he has been a journalist for 15 years and joined The Press in 2007. He has led the paper's coverage on issues such as the community stadium project, York's Local Plan and the Lendal Bridge trial, as well as local and national elections.

Mark is The Press' political reporter, a role he has held since 2010 and which sees him cover a political patch including eight councils and nine MPs. Born in York, he has been a journalist for 15 years and joined The Press in 2007. He has led the paper's coverage on issues such as the community stadium project, York's Local Plan and the Lendal Bridge trial, as well as local and national elections.

Latest articles from Mark Stead

I’ll be seeing you all later

DEPENDING on what time of day it is if/as you read this, I’ll either be heading to completely the wrong departure gate at one airport, seeing if I can keep up my fairly impressive record of getting nabbed for the is-this-your-bag-sir treatment (one of these days, I will answer “No, a complete stranger asked me to carry their bag through customs for them” and see what happens), or somewhere quite high in between.

Stadium work is set to begin

WORK on York's £19 million community stadium will start by next March, the city's council leader has said - and a new design is set to be revealed this summer.

Kevin Drew, Darlings (City Slang)****

MOST solo albums are a chance for their maker to move away from the confines of their parent band. As Broken Social Scene, the ever-changing collective Kevin Drew leads, aren’t renowned for having any confines, his second lone excursion travels in completely the opposite direction.

Lendal Bridge traffic ban is axed

YORK'S controversial Lendal Bridge traffic ban is to be axed, following a crunch vote by ruling councillors - and the route will reopen fully this weekend.