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Volunteers sought as a quarter of Yorkshire river samples show poor water quality

Almost a quarter of river samples taken across Yorkshire's Aire and Derwent catchments during April's Great UK WaterBlitz showed poor water quality, prompting Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Rivers to Reef project to call for more volunteers ahead of September's next sampling weekend.

September 2, 2026

Featured Transport Yorkshire

Transpennine Route Upgrade opens £270,000 Community Fund for third year running

Community groups, schools and charities within five kilometres of the Transpennine rail route can apply for a share of £270,000 when the third round of the TRU Community Fund opens on Monday 28 September.

September 2, 2026

Featured Sport Yorkshire

North Yorkshire and Hull prepare to welcome the Lloyds Tour of Britain

Fourteen North Yorkshire communities have received grant funding to mark the Lloyds Tour of Britain's arrival on Saturday 5 September, while Hull hosts a free, day-long Family Cycling Festival the day before as the race passes through the city.

September 1, 2026

Featured Wellbeing Yorkshire

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

Featured Society Yorkshire

Emergency alert triggers surge in barbecue and bonfire calls to fire service

North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service says its control room has been swamped with calls about neighbours' barbecues and outdoor fires since the Government's recent emergency alert, and is reminding people it can only attend genuine emergencies.

August 19, 2026

Featured Society Yorkshire

Yorkshire’s wetlands prove vital wildlife refuge as heatwave takes its toll

As Yorkshire endures its fifth heatwave of 2026 after the driest July on record, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust says well-managed wetland reserves are proving a lifeline for struggling wildlife — even as record bittern breeding success is recorded at Potteric Carr.

August 19, 2026

Featured Society Yorkshire

Six arrested in Leeds as police target organised cargo theft gang

Six people have been arrested after a series of early-morning raids across Belle Isle and Kirkstall, as part of a regional investigation into the organised theft of cargo from lorries.

August 18, 2026Leeds

Featured Wellbeing Yorkshire

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

Food & Drink Yorkshire

Price of a pint got you wincing? Help us round up Yorkshire’s cheapest cold ones

Inflation doesn't turn a pint into a gallon. Sadly. So, tell us where in Yorkshire you've found a proper pint at a proper price and we'll spread the word.

August 16, 2026

Simeon Barclay has been nominated for his performance The Ruin.

Art Featured Yorkshire

Turner Prize heads to Middlesbrough, with Yorkshire’s Simeon Barclay in the running

Mima will host the Turner Prize exhibition from 26 September 2026, bringing the award to historic North Yorkshire for the first time — with Huddersfield-born Simeon Barclay the only artist on this year's shortlist with direct Yorkshire roots, and a Yorkshire Sculpture Park director on the judging panel.

August 15, 2026Huddersfield, Middlesbrough