A former international cricketer has taken on a new weekly column as part of a regional daily’s relaunch of its weekend edition.

The Yorkshire Post has signed up ex-England bowler Darren Gough to its team of columnists to coincide with the revamp.

Saturday’s Post featured a bigger Country Week supplement, new columnists in its sport and opinion section, more news pages and a revamped Property and Motors section.

A collection of recipe cards are also available to readers.

The weekend edition of the Leeds-based newspaper now costs £2.20, or £1.76 to subscribers.

Its previous cover price was £1.90, or £1.52 to subscribers.

Prior to the new look edition’s release on Saturday, editor James Mitchinson posted on Twitter: “All yours, Yorkshire. All yours. I think we’ve created something no other region has, nor deserves.

“I want to say thank you to my team, to our readers, our advertisers and to our new contributors.”