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Hull’s biggest bus investment in 125 years brings 42 new electric buses

A new fleet of 42 electric buses has started carrying passengers around Hull, part of a £28 million joint investment described as the city's biggest bus order in 125 years.

August 11, 2026Hull

Middlesbrough's bid to be UK City of Culture 2029

Featured North Yorkshire Society

Middlesbrough submits bid to become UK City of Culture 2029

Middlesbrough has formally submitted its bid for UK City of Culture 2029, built around a "Made in Middlesbrough" theme and shaped by input from more than 2,000 residents.

August 11, 2026Middlesbrough

Featured North Yorkshire Shopping

York Christmas Market 2026 dates confirmed, with a new weekly rest day

York Christmas Market runs from Thursday 12 November to Monday 21 December this year, with a new trial closure on Tuesdays aimed at easing pressure on the city centre.

August 11, 2026York

North Yorkshire Society

North Yorkshire schools to get £6.8m repair boost, but backlog tops £20m

Councillors will decide next week whether to approve a £6.8 million Department for Education grant to repair North Yorkshire's 175 schools, against an estimated £20.6 million maintenance backlog.

August 11, 2026

Featured Society South Yorkshire

Cut the crap: Sheffield teams up with Doncaster to crack down on litter and dog fouling

A new enforcement partnership between Sheffield City Council, Doncaster Council and specialist provider WISE means more uniformed officers on Sheffield's streets, with fines for littering and dog fouling.

August 11, 2026Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield

Featured Food & Drink West Yorkshire

Leeds coffee scene unites for new Slurpfest festival this September

More than 30 venues have signed up for Slurpfest Leeds, a new city-wide festival celebrating the city's independent coffee scene, building to a Saturday 26 September centrepiece.

August 11, 2026Leeds

Featured Life Yorkshire

Watch the skies and your eyes when the Sun disappears (almost) tomorrow

Yorkshire will see the best part of the Sun blotted out by the Moon on Wednesday, the biggest UK eclipse since 1999 — genuinely worth stepping outside for, but only if you do it safely. Here's what to do, and why it's worth passing on to anyone who'll be outside.

August 11, 2026

PC Kassim and PC Wright presented James with a toy helicopter

Featured Life South Yorkshire

Three-year-old’s 999 call may have saved his mum’s life in Doncaster

James, three, dialled 999 when his mum Georgia collapsed at home in Doncaster, and stayed calm on the line until help arrived. Now his parents want other families to have the same conversation with their own children.

August 10, 2026Doncaster

Art West Yorkshire

Cartwright Hall unveils major South Asian art exhibition, Assassins and Lovers

Assassins and Lovers, curated by artist and educator Salima Hashmi, brings major South Asian and British South Asian artists to Bradford's Cartwright Hall, inspired by a celebrated Urdu poem later immortalised in song.

August 10, 2026Bradford

Comedy West Yorkshire

Sir Lenny Henry is coming to Leeds for his first stand-up show in 15 years

Sir Lenny Henry is heading to Leeds Grand Theatre this September for his first full stand-up tour in over a decade — and in a new interview, he opens up about scuba-diving with sharks (or rather, the lack of them), stepping back on stage, and one of the more personal questions he's ever been asked live on TV.

August 10, 2026Leeds

Leeds Festival has published its First Timers Guide. We’ve read every word

Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral tower

Leeds Festival traffic restrictions to be enforced around Bramham Park from 26 to 31 August

Mayor launches Little Big Book Club with 4,000 free books for South Yorkshire children

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

Scarborough’s historic Spa Cliff Lift closed with immediate effect after engineers’ report

Second body found at Batley fire site as investigation continues

Wakefield’s historic Old Crown Court to reopen as The Court House

Barnsley to hold its first Gathering of Remembrance for people bereaved by suicide

Overnight roadworks to start on Leeds Inner Ring Road next month

Leeds Festival has published its First Timers Guide. We’ve read every word

Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral tower

Leeds Festival traffic restrictions to be enforced around Bramham Park from 26 to 31 August

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

Scarborough’s historic Spa Cliff Lift closed with immediate effect after engineers’ report

Wakefield’s historic Old Crown Court to reopen as The Court House

Hull’s biggest bus investment in 125 years brings 42 new electric buses

Middlesbrough submits bid to become UK City of Culture 2029

York Christmas Market 2026 dates confirmed, with a new weekly rest day

North Yorkshire schools to get £6.8m repair boost, but backlog tops £20m

Cut the crap: Sheffield teams up with Doncaster to crack down on litter and dog fouling

Leeds coffee scene unites for new Slurpfest festival this September

Watch the skies and your eyes when the Sun disappears (almost) tomorrow

Three-year-old’s 999 call may have saved his mum’s life in Doncaster

Cartwright Hall unveils major South Asian art exhibition, Assassins and Lovers

Sir Lenny Henry is coming to Leeds for his first stand-up show in 15 years

Leeds Festival has published its First Timers Guide. We’ve read every word

Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral tower

Leeds Festival traffic restrictions to be enforced around Bramham Park from 26 to 31 August

Mayor launches Little Big Book Club with 4,000 free books for South Yorkshire children

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

Scarborough’s historic Spa Cliff Lift closed with immediate effect after engineers’ report