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 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

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

Crime 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.

September 18, 2026Huddersfield, Kirklees

Featured Wellbeing West Yorkshire

£20m expansion planned for Seacroft Community Diagnostic Centre

A £20 million expansion of Seacroft's Community Diagnostic Centre has been unveiled, adding two MRI scanners and more treatment rooms, with construction starting in 2027 and the upgraded centre opening in spring/summer 2028.

September 17, 2026Leeds

Rob Wilson outside the new home for Angels of Freedom

Featured Society West Yorkshire

Angels of Freedom founder reflects on belonging ahead of new Leeds home

Rob Wilson of LGBTQ+ community organisation Angels of Freedom reflects on what belonging means to him, drawing on his own recovery from alcohol dependency, ahead of the group's move into Woodhouse Community Centre.

September 17, 2026Leeds

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Leeds Arts Centre opens new season with cardboard-built monster spectacle

Leeds Arts Centre opens its 2026/27 season with She Kills Monsters, running 14 to 17 October, featuring ten hand-built cardboard monsters created by the company's "Monster Squad" over just three days.

September 17, 2026Leeds