September 2026

Meningitis at university: why students are at higher risk and what to watch for

It can look like a hangover and become life-threatening within hours. Why first-year students face a much higher risk of meningococcal disease, and the warning signs every flatmate should know.

September 29, 2026

Featured Music West Yorkshire

Forty years of Leeds Black Music Festival celebrated at the Playhouse

A free timeline exhibition and a pay-what-you-can evening of stories and reggae mark four decades of the festival on 3 October.

September 29, 2026Leeds

Environment Featured West Yorkshire

Why winter cold spells are getting milder

Remember the Beast from the East? Hold on to that memory. Leeds researcher Weronika Osmolska finds winter cold spells across the northern hemisphere are getting rarer, milder and shorter, and not in the way scientists predicted.

September 27, 2026Leeds

Featured Life West Yorkshire

Could AI really kill all humans? Most scenarios require physical access, making AI armageddon unlikely

Rogue AI can't pipette a virus or walk a USB stick into a power station. It can, however, get 32 students to write about Madagascar for no reason. Sheffield professor Alessandro Di Nuovo and senior lecturer Samuele Vinanzi on the danger nobody's selling.

September 27, 2026Sheffield

Featured Theatre West Yorkshire

Strictly’s live tour waltzes into Leeds in February

Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood reunite on the judging panel, with tickets on sale from 9am on Friday 25 September.

September 24, 2026Leeds

Crime Featured West Yorkshire

Cash for parcels: police warn of a growing trend targeting students

Criminals are paying people to take in packages that may hold drugs, weapons or stolen goods, and whoever takes them in could end up with a criminal record.

September 24, 2026

Featured Society South Yorkshire

Face-covering powers set for rival protests in Sheffield

Police say wearing an identity-concealing covering in a designated area on Saturday may be an offence, as a rightwing group and anti-fascist campaigners plan rival demonstrations.

September 24, 2026Sheffield

Featured Life West Yorkshire

Grand Theft Auto: players are voting, debating, protesting and making political decisions

Car theft, gunfights and a surprisingly well-run democracy. As GTA VI heads for release in November, a Leeds researcher explains why players keep inventing politics the game never asked for.

September 24, 2026Leeds

Crime Featured South Yorkshire

Two further arrests in High Green explosive substances investigation

South Yorkshire Police have arrested a man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s in connection with the investigation into potential explosive substances in High Green, as the officer leading the inquiry confirms it remains active and urges the public not to speculate.

September 18, 2026Sheffield

Featured Wellbeing West Yorkshire

Leeds hospital’s Wellbeing Garden marks first birthday with mosaic and chai

A year after opening behind Gledhow Wing at St James's, the White Rose Wellbeing Garden marked its anniversary with a mosaic-making session run by the Royal Horticultural Society, as staff and patients describe a green space that's become part of both everyday relief and recovery at the hospital.

September 18, 2026Leeds