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VW Festival returns to Harewood for its 21st year

VW Festival, the UK's largest family-friendly VW show, returns to Harewood on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 August, marking the event's 21st anniversary. The festival brings together the largest display of…

August 3, 2026Leeds

Motors Society West Yorkshire

Bradford Council confirms next steps for improving safety at two busy junctions

Bradford Council has confirmed the next steps for improving safety and helping the flow of traffic at two busy junctions, by introducing moving traffic enforcement cameras. The first cameras will be…

August 3, 2026Bradford

The former Victoria Hotel on Cavendish Street

Society West Yorkshire

New lease of life for Keighley’s Victoria Hotel

One of Keighley's most prominent historic buildings will soon be brought back into use, with work progressing well on the refurbishment of the former Victoria Hotel on Cavendish Street. The landmark…

August 3, 2026Keighley

Featured Sport West Yorkshire

Wrestling returns to Bradford’s Darley Street Market Courtyard

Wrestling will once again take over Bradford's Darley Street Market on Saturday 8 August. This time, the third regular Courtyard Clash is expanding to three one-hour sessions, at 12:30pm, 2:30pm and…

August 3, 2026Bradford

Motors Society West Yorkshire

Neigh bother: drivers asked to go wide and slow around horses

West Yorkshire Vision Zero, the region's road safety partnership, has joined with the British Horse Society to encourage drivers to pass horses safely. The campaign follows 2,800 horse-related road incidents reported…

August 3, 2026

Computer-generated image showing how part of the housing development proposed for the former Kingsdale Court site in Seacroft

Society West Yorkshire

Plans submitted for 79 new council homes at former Kingsdale Court site in Seacroft

Leeds City Council has submitted a planning application for 79 affordable homes on the site of the former Kingsdale Court flats in the Boggart Hill area of Seacroft, after demolishing the…

August 3, 2026Leeds

Society West Yorkshire

The 100km day: a Leeds inspector’s charity run for police mental health

A Leeds police inspector completed a 100km run between every police station across the Leeds district in a single day last week, in aid of a charity supporting mental health in…

August 3, 2026Leeds

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Two silversmiths reveal work inspired by Temple Newsam’s birds and gardens

Two newly commissioned silver artworks, inspired by the history and grounds of Temple Newsam, will go on public display for the first time when Reflections in Silver opens at the house…

August 3, 2026Leeds

Featured Theatre West Yorkshire

Sir David Jason joins Leeds Grand Theatre’s August line-up

Leeds Heritage Theatres are closed for essential maintenance this August. Somebody forgot to tell the programme, though, which carries on regardless and is headlined by an evening with Sir David Jason.

August 3, 2026Leeds

Featured History West Yorkshire

Half a millennium in the making: the charity older than Leeds’ own charter

In 1530, Thomas Wade left money in his will to mend roads in Leeds. At the time, this was for the benefit of a market town of fewer than 3,000 people…

August 2, 2026Leeds