Posted inFeatured 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.
Posted inCrime 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.
Posted inFeatured 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.
Posted inCrime 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.
Posted inFeatured 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.
Posted inFeatured North Yorkshire Society
Selby Park’s 30-year-old crazy golf makes way for £353,000 heritage course
Diggers have moved into Selby Park as North Yorkshire Council begins a £353,000 revamp that will replace the town's much-loved but ageing crazy golf course with a nine-hole adventure trail tracing Selby's history from Viking settlers to the railway age.
Posted inCrime Featured West Yorkshire
New Huddersfield police station completes decade-long Kirklees rebuild
A new two-storey police station just off Broadway has opened its doors to Huddersfield residents, marking the final step in a programme running more than ten years to replace ageing police buildings across Kirklees.
Martin House hosts first children’s palliative care conference for more than 70 professionals
Healthcare professionals from across the region gathered at Martin House's newly redeveloped Boston Spa hospice this week for its first dedicated conference on children's palliative care, taking in case studies, hands-on workshops and a tour of the transformed building.
Posted inEnvironment Featured South Yorkshire
Friends’ 50-year campaign has made Carlton Marsh one of Yorkshire’s richest nature reserves
What started in 1975 as three wildlife enthusiasts lobbying Barnsley Council to protect a patch of wetland known locally as Carlton Swamps has grown into a reserve with more than 2,000 recorded species, marking its 50th anniversary this year.
Xscape Yorkshire rolls out abuse-prevention training as retail staff face 1,600 attacks a day nationally
Landsec has expanded its partnership with the Retail Trust to Xscape Yorkshire and 12 other UK sites, offering free de-escalation and resilience training to shop-floor, security and cleaning staff, as new figures show retail workers nationally face more than 1,600 incidents of abuse or violence every day.