the Wellington Street premises would be demolished. Journalists had already vacated the building. Preliminary demolition began in March 2014, while in April 2014 it was announced the tower would be spared. In March 2014, 'The' was reintroduced on the name of the paper after 46 years. The Yorkshire Post achieved wider attention during the 2019 general election campaign, following the publication of a story about a boy being treated on the floor of Leeds General Infirmary which was published by sister title the Yorkshire Evening Post. The papers faced criticism on social media and in correspondence from readers, and editor James Mitchinson wrote an open letter to a reader defending the titles and their journalism. Editors Adapted from the official website: 1754: Griffith Wright 1785: Thomas Wright 1805: Griffith Wright Jr 1819: William Cooke Stafford 1822: Alaric Watts 1842: W. T. Bolland 1848: Christopher Kemplay 1866: John R. K. Ralph 1882: Charles Pebody 1890: H. J. Palmer 1903: J. S. R. Phillips 1920: Arthur Mann 1939: Linton Andrews 1961: Kenneth Young 1964: J. Edward Crossley 1969: John Edwards 1989: Tony Watson 2003: Rachael Campey 2004: Peter Charlton 2013: Jeremy Clifford 2015: James Mitchinson References Further reading Merrill, John C. and Harold A. Fisher. The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers (1980) pp. 366–72 External links British Library picture of the Leedes Intelligencer 19 May 1761 Newspapers published in Yorkshire Mass media in Leeds Publications established in 1754 1754 establishments in England Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers published by Johnston Press Yorkshire Post Newspapers