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Middlesbrough Mela marks 36th year with BBC Asian Network return

Albert Park hosts one of the UK's longest-running multicultural festivals this month, with a Michael Jackson tribute act, bhangra star Sona Walia and a free weekend of food, music and family entertainment.

August 7, 2026Middlesbrough

Buddy benches near Roman Road and Cambridge Road

North Yorkshire Society

Rainbow ‘buddy benches’ arrive in Linthorpe to help tackle loneliness

Newly painted buddy benches near Roman Road and Cambridge Road are designed to give Linthorpe residents an easy way to strike up a conversation.

August 6, 2026Linthorpe, Middlesbrough

Business Featured South Yorkshire

Doncaster Sheffield Airport sets out flight path plans for a 2028 reopening

A new public consultation sets out how planes could arrive and depart from Doncaster Sheffield Airport if it reopens as planned in 2028 — including where residents could see more noise, and where the government says thousands of jobs could follow.

August 6, 2026Doncaster

Society South Yorkshire

Doncaster Milk Trail launches to support breastfeeding families

A new trail across seven Doncaster venues offers welcoming spaces for feeding families. It launches this August, during World Breastfeeding Week.

August 6, 2026Doncaster

Featured Life North Yorkshire

York Attractions’ Week brings discounts to over 20 venues this August

Fancy half-price tickets to more than 20 York attractions? The city's first-ever Attractions' Week runs from 17 to 23 August.

August 6, 2026York

East Yorkshire Society

16 Hull residents fined over £7,000 for littering

Sixteen Hull residents have been convicted for littering, after failing to pay fines issued by the council. Between them, they now owe £7,488.

August 6, 2026Hull

North Yorkshire Society

North Yorkshire’s improved recycling service rolls out to former Richmondshire

Eighty-three per cent of Ryedale residents are happy with North Yorkshire's new fortnightly recycling system. It's now rolling out to former Richmondshire households.

August 6, 2026Richmondshire

Society South Yorkshire

More powers proposed for Doncaster city centre’s anti-social behaviour order

With 1,333 breaches enforced since November 2023, Doncaster is now considering extending its city centre order to cover amplified equipment too.

August 6, 2026Doncaster

The Great St Leger: 250 Years of a Racing Classic

Featured South Yorkshire Sport

250 years of the St Leger celebrated in new Doncaster exhibition

The St Leger Stakes has run in Doncaster since 1776. A new exhibition at Danum Gallery marks its 250th year, opening 8 August.

August 6, 2026Doncaster

Film West Yorkshire

Lego Batman Movie headlines a month of free family films at Darley Street Market

Gotham's unlikely hero swoops into Darley Street Market this August, when The Lego Batman Movie joins three more free family films for a month of Wednesday screenings in the Courtyard. Presented…

August 5, 2026Bradford

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

Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North Yorkshire

Whitby traders back in business as £1.3m Old Town Hall restoration completes

All 12 Watchers of York sculptures reunite for Final Gathering at the Minster

Northern Ballet brings Three Short Ballets, including a world premiere, to Leeds

Castleford’s old swimming baths site to become 69 affordable homes

Leeds Arts Centre takes theatre into a planetarium dome with Meaning in the Void

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

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

Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North Yorkshire

Whitby traders back in business as £1.3m Old Town Hall restoration completes

All 12 Watchers of York sculptures reunite for Final Gathering at the Minster

Northern Ballet brings Three Short Ballets, including a world premiere, to Leeds

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

Middlesbrough Mela marks 36th year with BBC Asian Network return

Rainbow ‘buddy benches’ arrive in Linthorpe to help tackle loneliness

Doncaster Sheffield Airport sets out flight path plans for a 2028 reopening

Doncaster Milk Trail launches to support breastfeeding families

York Attractions’ Week brings discounts to over 20 venues this August

16 Hull residents fined over £7,000 for littering

North Yorkshire’s improved recycling service rolls out to former Richmondshire

More powers proposed for Doncaster city centre’s anti-social behaviour order

250 years of the St Leger celebrated in new Doncaster exhibition

Lego Batman Movie headlines a month of free family films at Darley Street Market

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

Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North Yorkshire

Whitby traders back in business as £1.3m Old Town Hall restoration completes

All 12 Watchers of York sculptures reunite for Final Gathering at the Minster

Northern Ballet brings Three Short Ballets, including a world premiere, to Leeds

Castleford’s old swimming baths site to become 69 affordable homes