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York professor wins £6m fellowship to unlock algae’s climate-fighting secrets

Professor Luke Mackinder has been awarded a prestigious £6 million Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship to study how ocean algae capture carbon dioxide, and recreate the process from scratch.

August 12, 2026York

Consultant Gynaecologist and menopause specialist, Miss Veena Kaul

Featured Wellbeing West Yorkshire

Wakefield menopause specialist shortlisted for national Clinical Leader of the Year award

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust consultant gynaecologist Miss Veena Kaul has been shortlisted for Clinical Leader of the Year at the HSJ Awards 2026, for her work transforming menopause care in Wakefield.

August 12, 2026Wakefield

Featured Wellbeing West Yorkshire

Award-winning designers announced for new Horatio’s Garden at Pinderfields Hospital

Landscape designer Joe Perkins and architect Clementine Blakemore have been announced as the team behind Horatio's Garden Yorkshire, a new therapeutic garden for patients at Pinderfields Hospital's spinal injuries centre.

August 12, 2026Wakefield

Featured Society Yorkshire

All four Yorkshire police forces unite in call to stop PC Harper’s killers’ early release

Chief constables from West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humberside are among 50 police leaders who have written to the Prime Minister, calling for the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers to be prevented.

August 12, 2026

Pontsticill Reservoir, Wales. Image by Maxwell Adams on Unsplash

North Yorkshire Society

Nearly 2 million households in England and Wales facing water poverty, York report finds

A new report compiled by University of York academics for the Consumer Council for Water finds nearly two million households in England and Wales are in water poverty, with prices set to rise sharply.

August 11, 2026York

South Yorkshire Wellbeing

Sheffield-led trial platform could speed up hunt for Motor Neuron Disease treatments

A new 'pre-trial' platform developed with University of Sheffield researchers could sharply cut the time it takes to find effective drugs for the most common form of Motor Neuron Disease.

August 11, 2026Sheffield

Featured Music West Yorkshire

Last chance to catch Live at the Courtyard, Bradford’s new music weekender

Music fans have just days left to grab tickets for Live at the Courtyard, Darley Street Market's first outdoor music festival, running Friday 14 to Sunday 16 August in Bradford city centre.

August 11, 2026Bradford

Featured Sport West Yorkshire

Leeds United face Manchester United at Dublin’s Croke Park in club-football first

Leeds United travel to Dublin to face rivals Manchester United on Wednesday, in the first ever club-football match staged at Croke Park, as pre-season preparations continue.

August 11, 2026Leeds

Business Featured West Yorkshire

New Thorpe Park Rail Station plans revealed, cutting Leeds journeys to 10 minutes

The public can have their say on plans for a new Thorpe Park Rail Station, between Cross Gates and Garforth, which would cut journeys into Leeds city centre to as little as 10 minutes.

August 11, 2026

Featured Life South Yorkshire

Doncaster’s seven Tree of the Year finalists revealed, public vote now open

From a 200-year-old oak to a tree nicknamed after the Grinch, Doncaster has revealed its seven Tree of the Year finalists, with public voting open until 30 August.

August 11, 2026Doncaster

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

York professor wins £6m fellowship to unlock algae’s climate-fighting secrets

Wakefield menopause specialist shortlisted for national Clinical Leader of the Year award

Award-winning designers announced for new Horatio’s Garden at Pinderfields Hospital

All four Yorkshire police forces unite in call to stop PC Harper’s killers’ early release

Nearly 2 million households in England and Wales facing water poverty, York report finds

Sheffield-led trial platform could speed up hunt for Motor Neuron Disease treatments

Last chance to catch Live at the Courtyard, Bradford’s new music weekender

Leeds United face Manchester United at Dublin’s Croke Park in club-football first

New Thorpe Park Rail Station plans revealed, cutting Leeds journeys to 10 minutes

Doncaster’s seven Tree of the Year finalists revealed, public vote now open

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