September 2026 – Page 7

Barrister jailed for plotting revenge attack over Huddersfield gang shooting

Samreen Akhtar, a barrister who plotted a revenge attack for a client shot in a Kirklees gang feud, has been jailed for three years and three months following a West Yorkshire Police investigation.

September 8, 2026Huddersfield

Life North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire urges chimney checks as Chimney Fire Safety Week begins

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents to get chimneys swept and appliances checked ahead of winter, as Chimney Fire Safety Week runs from 7 to 13 September, following 62 chimney fires attended in the past year.

September 8, 2026

Featured Society West Yorkshire

Olivia Bentley joins LIFI26 line-up as festival launches youth strand LIFI Futures

Made in Chelsea's Olivia Bentley joins the Leeds International Festival of Ideas panel on falling birth rates, as LIFI26 launches LIFI Futures, a new four-event strand for young people running alongside the main festival from 6 to 10 October.

September 8, 2026Leeds

Spencer Priestley, Luke Garnett, Zoe Ricketts, Kev Sutcliffe and Matty Birch

Featured Society West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire firefighters complete Atlanta climb, as two more take on 9/11 cycle challenge

Five West Yorkshire firefighters have completed the Terry Farrell Firefighters' Fund Memorial Stair Climb in Atlanta in memory of 9/11, as two more colleagues prepare to cycle to every fire station in West Yorkshire to mark the 25th anniversary.

September 8, 2026

Featured South Yorkshire Wellbeing

Sheffield study finds no/lo beer drinkers pay more due to smaller pack sizes

A University of Sheffield study has found that no/lo alcohol beer drinkers save far less money than standard beer buyers, largely because no/lo products are rarely sold in the large multipacks that offer regular drinkers the biggest discounts.

September 7, 2026Sheffield

Featured Wellbeing West Yorkshire

Walk in, get scanned, get answers: Leeds tackles Yorkshire’s biggest killer

A pioneering self-request chest X-ray service in Leeds is helping catch lung cancer earlier, Consultant Radiologist Dr Bobby Bhartia says, as the disease remains Yorkshire's biggest cancer killer.

September 7, 2026Leeds

Crime Featured North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire declares war on rural crime as Task Force turns ten

North Yorkshire Police's Rural Task Force, marking its tenth anniversary, joins National Rural Crime Action Week from 6 September, with public engagement events planned at Moorcock Show and Ruswarp Auction Mart.

September 7, 2026

Crime Featured West Yorkshire

Police facial recognition cameras identify 80 suspects in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire Police's Live Facial Recognition cameras have now helped identify more than 80 wanted suspects since launching in November 2025, following a fresh two-day deployment in Wakefield city centre.

September 7, 2026Wakefield

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Michelle Scally Clarke’s Division premieres in Leeds for city’s 400th anniversary

Spoken word artist Michelle Scally Clarke premieres Division, a new performance exploring 400 years of Leeds through community voices, at The Warehouse in Holbeck on 18 and 19 September, with pay-what-you-decide tickets.

September 7, 2026Leeds

East Yorkshire Featured Motors

Scarborough’s Goldwing Light Parade returns, but minus fireworks finale

Scarborough's Goldwing Light Parade returns on Saturday 12 September, with around 100 illuminated motorcycles processing along the seafront in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance — though this year's traditional fireworks finale won't go ahead.

September 7, 2026Scarborough