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Esk Valley Community
What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another way
August 30, 2026
Phone scam.
Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North Yorkshire
August 29, 2026
Whitby’s historic Grade II* listed Old Town Hall
Whitby traders back in business as £1.3m Old Town Hall restoration completes
August 29, 2026
The Watchers of York
All 12 Watchers of York sculptures reunite for Final Gathering at the Minster
August 29, 2026
Northern Ballet presents Three Short Ballets
Northern Ballet brings Three Short Ballets, including a world premiere, to Leeds
August 29, 2026
69 affordable homes to be built on the former Castleford Swimming Baths site
Castleford’s old swimming baths site to become 69 affordable homes
August 29, 2026
Meaning in the Void Poster Collage by Spike Marshall
Leeds Arts Centre takes theatre into a planetarium dome with Meaning in the Void
August 29, 2026
Charli XCX
Leeds Festival has published its First Timers Guide. We’ve read every word
August 24, 2026
Cllr Lukasz Borcz
Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral tower
August 24, 2026
Leeds Festival
Leeds Festival traffic restrictions to be enforced around Bramham Park from 26 to 31 August
August 24, 2026
Esk Valley Community
Posted inFeatured North Yorkshire Wellbeing

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

Within an hour of arriving in Botton, a small, picturesque village in the UK’s North Yorkshire moors, I was standing in a farm field shovelling hay. Alongside me were my friend…
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August 30, 2026
Phone scam.
Posted inFeatured North Yorkshire Society

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

North Yorkshire Police is warning residents to stay alert after a rise in fraudsters posing as police officers or bank staff to trick victims into handing over cash, cards and valuables.
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August 29, 2026
Whitby’s historic Grade II* listed Old Town Hall
Posted inBusiness East Yorkshire Featured

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

Whitby's market traders have returned to a fully restored Old Town Hall, following a £1.3 million project to repair the Grade II* listed 18th-century landmark.
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August 29, 2026
The Watchers of York
Posted inFeatured History North Yorkshire

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

The 12 Watchers of York sculptures will be displayed together for the first and only time at a Final Gathering inside York Minster's Chapter House from 3 to 13 September, before moving to their permanent homes.
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August 29, 2026
Northern Ballet presents Three Short Ballets
Posted inArt Featured West Yorkshire

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

Northern Ballet's Three Short Ballets comes to the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre from 18 to 26 September, featuring a world premiere from Tiler Peck, the company's first staging of Five Tangos, and the return of Fools, plus a dedicated Under 30s Night.
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August 29, 2026
Charli XCX
Posted inFeatured Music West Yorkshire

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

From arena opening times to which campsite suits your personality, Leeds Festival's official first-timers guide is now live — here's the important stuff, get stuck in.
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August 24, 2026
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Half a millennium in the making: the charity older than Leeds’ own charter
Posted inFeatured 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, 2026Tags: Leeds
Musinc’s music sessions reach record numbers in Middlesbrough
Posted inMusic North Yorkshire

Musinc’s music sessions reach record numbers in Middlesbrough

Hundreds more people are being given the chance to express their creativity and discover the power of music across Middlesbrough. Musinc brings people of all ages and abilities together through community…
August 1, 2026Tags: Middlesbrough
New signs warn of wildfire risk across North Yorkshire countryside
Posted inNorth Yorkshire Society

New signs warn of wildfire risk across North Yorkshire countryside

People visiting North Yorkshire's countryside are being warned of the extreme risk of further wildfires linked to campfires and disposable barbecues being lit in remote, tinder-dry rural locations across the county.…
August 1, 2026
New bronze arch to replace Whitby’s whale bones
Posted inEast Yorkshire History

New bronze arch to replace Whitby’s whale bones

Whitby's famous whale bone arch is set to enter a new chapter, with a bronze replica replacing the current bones to safeguard one of the town's best-known landmarks for future generations.…
August 1, 2026Tags: Whitby
Final month to see Jim Moir’s Neo Fauna at Cartwright Hall
Posted inArt Featured West Yorkshire

Final month to see Jim Moir’s Neo Fauna at Cartwright Hall

Jim Moir, better known to most as Vic Reeves, closes his exhibition of watercolours, pencils and charcoals on 31 August. There's nowhere else lined up to see it.
August 1, 2026Tags: Bradford
Harewood acquires Lela Harris’s portrait of Miss Lambe
Posted inArt Featured West Yorkshire

Harewood acquires Lela Harris’s portrait of Miss Lambe

Exactly a year after contemporary artist Lela Harris unveiled her portrait of Miss Lambe, Jane Austen's only character of African descent, Harewood House Trust has acquired the work into its permanent…
July 31, 2026
PM’s Sheffield nursery visit came with a devolution announcement attached
Posted inFeatured Society South Yorkshire

PM’s Sheffield nursery visit came with a devolution announcement attached

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Chancellor John Healey MP and First Secretary of State Louise Haigh MP visited Sheffield Hallam University's nursery and early years research centre, The Meadows, today where they…
July 31, 2026Tags: Leeds
Richard Ayoade heads to Leeds Grand Theatre this December, pistachios and all
Posted inComedy Featured West Yorkshire

Richard Ayoade heads to Leeds Grand Theatre this December, pistachios and all

Richard Ayoade is bringing his new book, and evidently some very strong feelings about stubborn pistachios, to Leeds Grand Theatre this December, as part of a fresh wave of shows announced through to summer 2027.
July 31, 2026Tags: Leeds
Turns out Euro summer doesn’t need a passport anymore
Posted inFood & Drink West Yorkshire

Turns out Euro summer doesn’t need a passport anymore

Long lunches in the sunshine, leisurely afternoons dining outdoors and sharing good food with friends and family have become the defining ingredients of a modern Euro summer, according to new research…
July 30, 2026Tags: Leeds
Leeds marks one year to go until it makes Tour de France history
Posted inFeatured Sport West Yorkshire

Leeds marks one year to go until it makes Tour de France history

Cycling took over Leeds on 30 July as the year-long countdown to the Grand Départ of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift got under way, with an eye-catching pop-up…
July 30, 2026Tags: Leeds

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Latest News

  • Esk Valley Community
    What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another wayAugust 30, 2026
  • Phone scam.
    Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North YorkshireAugust 29, 2026
  • Whitby’s historic Grade II* listed Old Town Hall
    Whitby traders back in business as £1.3m Old Town Hall restoration completesAugust 29, 2026
  • The Watchers of York
    All 12 Watchers of York sculptures reunite for Final Gathering at the MinsterAugust 29, 2026
  • Northern Ballet presents Three Short Ballets
    Northern Ballet brings Three Short Ballets, including a world premiere, to LeedsAugust 29, 2026

In Focus

  • Esk Valley Community
    What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another wayAugust 30, 2026
  • Phone scam.
    Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North YorkshireAugust 29, 2026
  • Whitby’s historic Grade II* listed Old Town Hall
    Whitby traders back in business as £1.3m Old Town Hall restoration completesAugust 29, 2026
  • The Watchers of York
    All 12 Watchers of York sculptures reunite for Final Gathering at the MinsterAugust 29, 2026
  • Northern Ballet presents Three Short Ballets
    Northern Ballet brings Three Short Ballets, including a world premiere, to LeedsAugust 29, 2026

Food & Drink

  • Beer.
    Price of a pint got you wincing? Help us round up Yorkshire’s cheapest cold onesAugust 16, 2026
  • coffee
    Coffee shouldn’t cost a fortune: help us find Yorkshire’s cheapest cupAugust 15, 2026
  • Tea
    The great Yorkshire tea hunt: tell us where to find the cheapest cuppaAugust 14, 2026
  • Slurpfest Leeds
    Leeds coffee scene unites for new Slurpfest festival this SeptemberAugust 11, 2026

Life

  • Light Night Leeds
    Light Night Leeds moves to half term for landmark Leeds 400 editionAugust 17, 2026
  • Weeping Willow, Sandall Park
    Doncaster’s seven Tree of the Year finalists revealed, public vote now openAugust 11, 2026
  • 2026 eclipse
    Watch the skies and your eyes when the Sun disappears (almost) tomorrowAugust 11, 2026
  • PC Kassim and PC Wright presented James with a toy helicopter
    Three-year-old’s 999 call may have saved his mum’s life in DoncasterAugust 10, 2026

Wellbeing

  • Esk Valley Community
    What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another wayAugust 30, 2026
  • The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
    Barnsley grower’s new dahlia variety blooms in honour of Rob BurrowAugust 24, 2026
  • Zehair Ayub
    Bradford man first UK patient treated with pioneering brain technique at Leeds hospitalAugust 20, 2026
  • Eggs.
    Salmonella outbreak: Yorkshire second worst-affected regionAugust 19, 2026

Society

  • Phone scam.
    Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North YorkshireAugust 29, 2026
  • The Watchers of York
    All 12 Watchers of York sculptures reunite for Final Gathering at the MinsterAugust 29, 2026
  • 69 affordable homes to be built on the former Castleford Swimming Baths site
    Castleford’s old swimming baths site to become 69 affordable homesAugust 29, 2026
  • Cllr Lukasz Borcz
    Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral towerAugust 24, 2026
ICYMI
Esk Valley Community

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

Phone scam.

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

Whitby’s historic Grade II* listed Old Town Hall

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

The Watchers of York

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

Northern Ballet presents Three Short Ballets

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

69 affordable homes to be built on the former Castleford Swimming Baths site

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

Food & Drink

  • Beer.
    Price of a pint got you wincing? Help us round up Yorkshire’s cheapest cold onesAugust 16, 2026
  • coffee
    Coffee shouldn’t cost a fortune: help us find Yorkshire’s cheapest cupAugust 15, 2026
  • Tea
    The great Yorkshire tea hunt: tell us where to find the cheapest cuppaAugust 14, 2026

Life & Art

  • Northern Ballet presents Three Short Ballets
    Northern Ballet brings Three Short Ballets, including a world premiere, to LeedsAugust 29, 2026
  • Meaning in the Void Poster Collage by Spike Marshall
    Leeds Arts Centre takes theatre into a planetarium dome with Meaning in the VoidAugust 29, 2026
  • Protesters against the construction of the Newbury bypass occupy trees to prevent their destruction, Berkshire, 1996 © Andrew Testa
    Steve McQueen exhibition on a century of British protest opens at Leeds Art Gallery this NovemberAugust 20, 2026

Latest

  • Esk Valley Community
    What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another wayAugust 30, 2026
  • Phone scam.
    Police warn of bogus officer and courier fraud scams targeting North YorkshireAugust 29, 2026
  • Whitby’s historic Grade II* listed Old Town Hall
    Whitby traders back in business as £1.3m Old Town Hall restoration completesAugust 29, 2026
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