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North Yorkshire offers free blood pressure checks for Know Your Numbers Week

North Yorkshire Council is offering free blood pressure checks across the county for Know Your Numbers Week, after estimates suggest more than 50,000 local adults are living with undiagnosed high blood pressure.

September 10, 2026Selby

Featured Life West Yorkshire

James Martin’s DogFest schedule revealed ahead of Harewood House return

DogFest on the Farm returns to Harewood House on 12 and 13 September, with celebrity chef James Martin's full weekend schedule now confirmed, from cookery demonstrations to leading the Big Dog Walk.

September 10, 2026Leeds

Featured North Yorkshire Society

North Yorkshire Council proposes £18m expansion of temporary accommodation

North Yorkshire Council is proposing to expand its temporary accommodation programme by almost 25%, investing £18 million to deliver 112 homes for vulnerable households and reduce reliance on hotels and B&Bs.

September 8, 2026

Featured North Yorkshire Society

Development partner for Scarborough regeneration sought by North Yorkshire Council

North Yorkshire councillors will consider plans to appoint an external development partner to help regenerate underused council-owned sites in Scarborough town centre, including the town hall, where 80% of floor space sits unused.

September 8, 2026Scarborough

Environment Featured South Yorkshire

Barnsley Council leader calls for review of climate and net zero commitments

Barnsley Council leader Cllr William Brown has ordered a full review of the authority's climate and net zero work, and says he wants the council to formally withdraw its Climate Emergency Declaration and associated targets.

September 8, 2026Barnsley

Art Featured North Yorkshire

Final days to bid on Watchers of York sculptures before auction closes

Bidding for ten hand-painted Watchers of York sculptures closes on Thursday 10 September, with proceeds supporting the York Creates Fund and conservation work at York Minster, including its Rose Window.

September 8, 2026York

Crime Featured West Yorkshire

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

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