Society & Culture
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Harrogate's heritage 'being allowed to crumble away' by local authority warns respected civic group
The chair of one of Harrogate’s most respected organisations has raised fears that some of the town’s greatest public assets are being allowed to “rot before our very eyes”.
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Vietnam accused of abducting Norwegian and Australian human rights activists
Vietnam accuses activists of entering country using forged documents with intention to carry out terrorist activities
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Body found in search for missing York woman
Police searching for a missing York woman say they have found a body. Humberside officers had been searching the area of Dolegate, Skirpenbeck. A Humberside Police spokesperson said: “We can confirm, as a part of those searches, a body has...
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Mum's anger over grouse shooting and snakes on council's school route over moorland
For Bilsdale mother-of-three Laura Seales, the issues surrounding North Yorkshire’s home-to-school transport policy are not simply about lines on…
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Time's running out to vote in the first round of the 2026 YorkMix Choice Awards
It’s the last week to vote in the first round of the 2026 YorkMix Choice Awards – which of the hundreds of local businesses has your vote? Sponsored by P.J Staffing, the awards aims to celebrate businesses in our area that are making a...
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Marco Rubio issues chilling ultimatum to Cuba
The Trump administration has previously stated its goal is to change Cuba's communist government
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Fire breaks out at sheltered accommodation flat in Bradford district town
West Yorkshire firefighters tackled a flat fire at sheltered accommodation on Beech Street, Bingley, on September 28, with 50 of the property…
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Argentina threatens UK with legal action over Falklands oil exploration
It comes just days after Mr Milei criticised the UN in his speech at the General Assembly for failing to act over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands
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Mum's anger over grouse shooting and snakes on council's school route over moorland
For Bilsdale mother-of-three Laura Seales, the issues surrounding North Yorkshire’s home-to-school transport policy are not simply about lines on…
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Jon Stewart shreds ‘naive’ GOP senator Susan Collins with Charlie Brown meme
Collins is running for re-election in Maine, in a race Democrats will likely need to retake the Senate
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Why the school curriculum needs to imbue more hope amongst pupils - David Alcock
What should be the headline of the last 125 years? When I ask this question of my students and I receive a variety of responses, ranging from ‘wars’ and ‘climate change’ to ‘the internet’ and ‘globalisation’, I never hear ‘doubling of global life expectancy’, ‘collapsing infant mortality rates’ or ‘far fewer deaths from famine and disasters’.
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How York is changing its streets and public spaces to support healthy ageing
York has introduced a range of improvements to support older residents and ensure they can remain independent and active for longer.
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Family of British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes say they don't know where he is
It has been alleged that Sir Ranulph has been admitted to a number of care homes under assumed names.
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‘Intimidatory’ far-right marches should not be allowed, says Angela Rayner
The UK communities secretary decried protests by ‘men in black wearing face masks’ and those ‘whipping up hatred’ towards lifeboat volunteers
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Head Start preschools serve parents, too. Under Trump, advocates fear that will change
Parents of Head Start preschoolers are lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill, worried proposed changes by the Trump administration threaten the backbone of the federal preschool program
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Watch: Are Trump's US government funded ads legal?
President Trump has faced criticism after fronting adverts which were paid for by the US government.
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Vietnamese government accused of abducting human rights activists
Detained anti-human trafficking campaigners include Tran Hiep, a Vietnamese Australian, not heard from since 18 September
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Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration
President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped.
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Largest indoor country music festival taking place in the North this autumn
Ruby Rae’s York and Newcastle XL Indoor Country Festival will transform Times Square in Newcastle into a slice of Nashville.
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Surge in anti-social behaviour leaving residents 'terrified' is being addressed
A surge in anti-social behaviour that has left residents of a North Yorkshire 'terrified' is being addressed, officials have said.
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Surge in anti-social behaviour leaving residents 'terrified' is being addressed
A surge in anti-social behaviour that has left residents of a North Yorkshire 'terrified' is being addressed, officials have said.
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Disabled young people to get government-funded jobs at Tesco and Lidl
The work and pensions says disabled people will be put ‘at the front of the queue’
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Colombia issues lengthy sentences against ELN rebel leaders for recruiting children
A judge has sentenced in absentia 11 commanders of Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group to prison for recruiting 60 children into their ranks between 2004 and 2018
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24-hour rowing challenge honours York teenager who died from meningitis
York restaurant staff will row for 24 hours to remember Livia Wilson and raise funds for the Meningitis Research Foundation’s Liv Forever campaign.
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US revokes visas from Latin American officials, including Bolivia’s top prosecutor
The Trump administration is revoking the visas of 27 Latin American officials and their families, including Bolivia’s attorney general, over accusations of corruption
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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter launches awareness campaign for potential victims of drugging and sexual assault
Campaign broadcast across France encourages people to come forward even if they have little to no memory of attack
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In a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament 'mutual distrust' and tension
North Korea has used its yearly U_N_ platform to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation.”
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Federal judge strikes down Utah's controversial VPN age verification rules
A major win for digital privacy as courts rule that state-level age verification laws cannot mandate the tracking of encrypted web traffic
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Mahmood: I feel revulsion and fear at the sight of masked racists
The home secretary said stricter rules on migrants living in the UK will be fair after opposition
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Missing Bradford teen believed to have travelled to capital - what we know
Police have confirmed that a missing Bradford teenager is believed to have travelled to London.
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Local representatives question official accounts after suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford
Amid conflicting statements, local MP and councillors demand answers over how suspects were allowed to enter residential areas of nearby village
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‘We’ll meet young carer families’ pledge over transport removal row
A senior councillor says he is looking to meet families concerned over potential loss of transport for young carers to get to and from activity…
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They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words
Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year.
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Two people sentenced to 60 and 45 years in prison in death of Telemundo reporter
Danette Colbert and Rickey White sentenced in Adan Manzano’s death for racketeering and negligent homicide
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Trump wants to ban gender-affirming care for trans inmates — for ‘security’ reasons
The administration once again claims ‘security’ is at stake — even when it comes to trans people in prison
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What friends and family have said about ‘missing’ Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Fellow explorers Bear Grylls and Ben Fogle as well as actress Joanna Lumley have called for answers
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Young County Durham referee killed in Florida hit-and-run as family pay tribute
A young Seaham referee has died in a suspected hit-and-run while on holiday in Florida, as his "utterly devastated" family pay tribute.
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The number of measles cases nears 3,700 — with a quarter in one state
This year has seen the most measles infections in decades amid outbreaks in unvaccinated communities
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Ethiopia’s army chief accuses Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of supporting Tigray rebels
Ethiopia's army chief has accused neighboring Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of backing rebel troops in the renewed fighting in the Tigray region
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Florida asks court to pause OpenAI development as part of child harm lawsuit
Florida's lawsuit was triggered by a shooting at a university in Tallahassee last year
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Women protest in the streets of Delhi after string of sexual assaults
BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports from Delhi, where hundreds of women are protesting.
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Photos of fires, injuries and fear after deadly Russian attacks on Kyiv
Rescuers carried injured people to safety as firefighters battled blazes after deadly Russian aerial attacks struck apartment buildings, offices and cultural sites in Kyiv, wounding scores and terrifying residents.
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Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans
The president seemed like he was struggling, writes Holly Baxter, and through the struggle he forgot to claim that the Iran war isn’t a war and that the $5,000 midterms payment isn’t a mass voter bribe
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Even Trump’s once-loyal ‘Front Row Joes’ have had enough of him: ‘Fraud and liar’
The ‘Joes’ are a group of devoted MAGA supporters who follow Trump around the country
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County Durham football community pay tribute to young referee 'taken far too early'
A young Seaham referee killed in a suspected hit-and-run in Florida has been remembered as a “genuine, nice lad” who was “taken far too…
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Five men arrested in RAF Fairford incident released on police bail
Police are exploring whether proxies or individuals working on behalf of a foreign state are involved.
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Person rushed to hospital after collapsing in Skipton town centre - What we know
A person was rushed to hospital after collapsing in the street in Skipton town centre at the weekend.
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‘They always promise you the world’: The Middlesbrough ward where hardly anyone votes
“I don’t vote and that, me” is not a surprising response when chatting to residents in this part of town.
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Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee
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These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
