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What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another way

Within an hour of arriving in Botton, a small, picturesque village in the UK’s North Yorkshire moors, I was standing in a farm field shovelling hay. Alongside me were my friend…

August 30, 2026Esk Valley

The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease

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Barnsley grower’s new dahlia variety blooms in honour of Rob Burrow

Retired dahlia grower Robert Hendley, 79, has donated plants from his new Rob Burrow variety to the garden at The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease at Seacroft Hospital.

August 24, 2026

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Bradford man first UK patient treated with pioneering brain technique at Leeds hospital

A Bradford man has become the first UK patient to receive a groundbreaking new treatment for a life-threatening tangle of blood vessels in the brain, after 15 years of exhausted options at Leeds General Infirmary.

August 20, 2026Bradford, Leeds

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Salmonella outbreak: Yorkshire second worst-affected region

A national salmonella outbreak linked to imported eggs has left one person dead and hundreds ill, with Yorkshire and Humber the second worst-hit region in England.

August 19, 2026

TV chef Ainsley Harriott visited Martin House Children’s Hospice.

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Ainsley Harriott cooks up a treat for Martin House hospice families

TV chef Ainsley Harriott returned to Martin House Children's Hospice in Boston Spa to tour its newly completed Teenage Wing and help the catering team prepare dinner for young patients and staff.

August 18, 2026Boston Spa, Wetherby

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NHS in Yorkshire posts record summer figures as heatwave drives up demand

Almost 400,000 people were treated at A&E across the North East and Yorkshire in July, one of the busiest months on record, as an amber heat health alert and soaring temperatures pushed demand on the NHS to new highs.

August 17, 2026

Community nursing services are struggling

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Hull research warns of strain on end-of-life care, as Leeds hospitals rated highly

New University of Hull research warns that community nursing services nationally are struggling to keep pace with rising demand for palliative care — even as new national data published today shows Leeds's own hospitals performing strongly on end-of-life and bereavement care.

August 13, 2026Hull, Leeds

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Amber heat alerts cover Yorkshire and Humber as temperatures set to peak today

Amber heat warnings are in place across Doncaster, Hull and the wider region today, with temperatures forecast to reach the low 30s, as councils urge residents to take care in the heat.

August 13, 2026Doncaster, Hull

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Free digital CBT support launched for 16 to 19-year-olds in Leeds

A new free digital CBT programme is available to 16 to 19-year-olds with a Leeds GP, offering online mental wellbeing support — though it isn't designed for anyone in crisis.

August 13, 2026Leeds

Tobacco remains the world's leading cause of preventable death

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Only 13 poorer nations offer full smoking support, new study finds

A new study by researchers at York, New York University and Harvard finds just 13 low- and middle-income countries offer the WHO's full recommended support for smokers trying to quit, leaving 1.3 billion people underserved.

August 13, 2026York