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Off the Shelf Festival returns to Sheffield with star-studded 35th edition

Sir Bradley Wiggins, Marina Hyde, Lee Child and Naz Shah MP are among the names heading to Sheffield this autumn, as Off the Shelf Festival of Words returns for a 35th edition featuring more than 50 events.

August 14, 2026Sheffield

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Leeds Arts University graduate shortlisted for World Illustration Awards

Leeds Arts University animation graduate Olive Jackson has been shortlisted in the Animation category at this year's World Illustration Awards, for a forest-inspired piece exploring texture and colour in a lineless style.

August 14, 2026Leeds

Featured West Yorkshire

Lotherton Hall to host first ever Kite Festival this month

More than 30 kites will take to the sky above Lotherton Hall next weekend, as the Aberford estate hosts its first ever Kite Festival, complete with giant inflatables and a parachuting teddy bear drop.

August 14, 2026Leeds

Featured Theatre West Yorkshire

Sir Kevin Sinfield to voice The Giant in Leeds panto debut

Leeds Rhinos legend Sir Kevin Sinfield is making his pantomime debut this Christmas, lending his voice to The Giant in the Carriageworks Theatre's Jack and the Beanstalk — with his fee going straight to charity.

August 14, 2026Leeds

Featured Sport West Yorkshire

Road closures reminder as IRONMAN Leeds returns to Roundhay this weekend

IRONMAN Leeds returns to Roundhay Park this Sunday, bringing a major programme of road closures across the area — with several affecting Roundhay's own streets directly, not just the wider bike route.

August 14, 2026Leeds, Roundhay

Food & Drink Yorkshire

The great Yorkshire tea hunt: tell us where to find the cheapest cuppa

We're tracking down the best-value cup of tea in Yorkshire, and we need your tip-offs. Namecheck or anonymous, we'll take either.

August 14, 2026

Featured Society Yorkshire

Watch with Reader: Yorkshire YouTubers make a meal of it in August

We rank Yorkshire YouTubers on our watchlist by their most-watched video of the moment. This time: doner kebabs, a six-hour lie and a very fast pickle. Know a Yorkshire creator we've missed? Tell us.

August 14, 2026Barnsley, Doncaster, Leeds, Sheffield

University of Bradford has broken into the UK top 30

Featured Society Yorkshire

Sheffield tops the North as three Yorkshire universities shine in new Daily Mail guide

Sheffield has been confirmed as the highest-ranked university in the North, at 13th in the UK, in today's new Daily Mail University Guide 2026. But that's not all as it complements Bradford's landmark climb into the top 30 and Huddersfield's new national award.

August 13, 2026Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield, York

Community nursing services are struggling

Featured Wellbeing Yorkshire

Hull research warns of strain on end-of-life care, as Leeds hospitals rated highly

New University of Hull research warns that community nursing services nationally are struggling to keep pace with rising demand for palliative care — even as new national data published today shows Leeds's own hospitals performing strongly on end-of-life and bereavement care.

August 13, 2026Hull, Leeds

Police say parents should watch for the warning signs of grooming.

Featured North Yorkshire Society

North Yorkshire Police: one conversation could protect your child this summer

With children across North Yorkshire spending more time online this summer, North Yorkshire Police is urging parents and carers to watch for the warning signs of grooming and start simple conversations that could keep them safe.

August 13, 2026

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

Off the Shelf Festival returns to Sheffield with star-studded 35th edition

Leeds Arts University graduate shortlisted for World Illustration Awards

Lotherton Hall to host first ever Kite Festival this month

Sir Kevin Sinfield to voice The Giant in Leeds panto debut

Road closures reminder as IRONMAN Leeds returns to Roundhay this weekend

The great Yorkshire tea hunt: tell us where to find the cheapest cuppa

Watch with Reader: Yorkshire YouTubers make a meal of it in August

Sheffield tops the North as three Yorkshire universities shine in new Daily Mail guide

Hull research warns of strain on end-of-life care, as Leeds hospitals rated highly

North Yorkshire Police: one conversation could protect your child this summer

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