Yorkshire Post
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A West Yorkshire Police officer has been charged with assault following investigation
A West Yorkshire Police officer has been charged with assault after an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into allegations he used excessive force during a man’s arrest.
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Nine of the best places to pick your own flowers in Yorkshire
August is underway, and Yorkshire is in bloom.
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Facegym: 'Facial fitness' brand to open new location in Yorkshire
Victoria Leeds has announced that ‘facial fitness’ brand Facegym has signed to take up a space in the Victoria Gate shopping centre, marking the brand’s second standalone studio in the UK outside of London.
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'I found solace in song-writing with a guitar with one string in a Yorkshire psychiatric unit'
When Miranda Arieh first picked up a guitar, she was a teenager living in an adolescent unit at High Royds psychiatric hospital near Huddersfield, experiencing depression so severe that she had been considered a risk to herself.
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79-year-old pedestrian hospitalised with life-threatening injuries after Leeds crash
West Yorkshire Police have shared details of a crash in Leeds
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UK would be better in EU to take leading role in Nato: Yorkshire Post Letters
James Bovington, Church Grove, Horsforth, Leeds.
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Rare amber heat weather warning issued for parts of Yorkshire with travel disruption expected
An Amber Extreme Heat warning has been issued by the Met Office with temperatures likely to peak around 37°C in places.
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Woman punched and kicked by man on train as police launch urgent search
Officers investigating an attack on a train travelling from London to Scotland are appealing for witnesses after a woman was punched and kicked.
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The Yorkshire Vet’s Julian Norton will perform ‘most challenging surgery’ on hamster
Julian Norton will be performing one of his most challenging and delicate surgeries on the Channel 5 show The Yorkshire Vet involving the removal of a bladder stone from a hamster.
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Author Portia MacIntosh: 'I write four books a year and it doesn't feel like work'
Yorkshire author Portia MacIntosh is at her least creative when she’s sat at a desk. Perhaps it stems from the fact she wrote her first book whilst on the road as a music journalist.
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Special accolades planned for Yorkshire Post Rural Awards' tenth anniversary
With just four weeks left to enter this year’s Yorkshire Post’s Rural Awards its organisers have revealed they are planning “special accolades” to mark the prestigious event’s tenth anniversary.
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All Creatures Great and Small star spotted at the Yorkshire coast with comedy legend pal
Samuel West has teamed up once again with pal Adrian Edmondson to make the second series of Sam & Ade Go Birding, expected to air on 5 later in the year.
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Exact times to see biggest partial solar eclipse in 27 years and how long it will last
This week astronomy enthusiasts will get to see the biggest partial solar eclipse in 27 years across various areas of the UK - here’s everything you need to know.
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Student police officer charged with rape and kidnap after M62 chase
A student police officer has been charged with the rape and kidnap of a woman in Manchester.
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Fears development of 100 homes would 'merge' two Yorkshire villages
“Opportunistic” plans to build 100 homes on green belt land outside a Yorkshire village could be approved later this week.
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Andy Burnham: can the Prime Minister really save the nation's high streets?
Learned readers of this newspaper will be familiar with its commitment to business endeavour at a local and regional level. The Yorkshire Post is proud to advocate on behalf of small and medium enterprise, providing a shop window in which purveyors of goods and services can showcase their wares.
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Yorkshire Water: boil notice on drinking water might be understandable - were it not for the company's remarkable knack for failure
That Yorkshire Water was forced to issue a warning to customers yesterday, urging them to boil water heading for homes from the Starbotton reservoir in Upper Wharfedale as a result of an outbreak of potentially harmful bacteria, has caused understandable frustration.
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Predator who added seven and eight-year-olds on Snapchat caught by decoy profile
A man from Bradford who admitted to a number of child sex offences has been jailed for six years.
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North Yorkshire's 'super-council' is too distant from communities it represents: Dinah Keal
Before the creation of North Yorkshire Council, I predicted the likely outcomes of the new mega-council for local communities – nearly five years on and many of my predictions have come true.
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Release of PC Andrew Harper's smirking killers would be a monstrous injustice: Andrew Vine
THEY say a picture is worth a thousand words, and in the case of an image currently in the news, the story it tells is one of an impending injustice that every decent person in Britain will find abhorrent.
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Whernside: “I hiked to the highest point in Yorkshire - people queued for pictures at the top”
When summer crowds reach their highest, hiking becomes a question of queues and limited parking spaces.
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‘I fell in love with Finnish sauna culture and decided to bring it to Yorkshire’
The opening of a wood-fired sauna is bringing Finnish wellness to Yorkshire.
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'Hollowed out high streets': Andy Burnham to crack down on vape shops and bookies
Four Yorkshire towns and cities have been cited as being amongst the worst in the UK for so-called dodgy shops.
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Light Valley Solar campaigners raise concerns over impact of lobbying on decision making
Campaigners fighting plans for a huge solar scheme in the North Yorkshire countryside have raised concerns about the relationship between green energy developers and the government.
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Teens lured classmate to park before carrying out terrifying knife-point robbery
Two teenagers lured a classmate to a park in Yorkshire before carrying out a terrifying knife-point robbery, a court has heard.
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Plans for 30 new homes - right next to controversial 230-home site in Yorkshire village
Initial planning permission is being sought to build 30 new homes in a Yorkshire village – on a site next to where a controversial 230-home plan will be developed, if planners allow.
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Drivers used dead man's name to try and avoid speeding offences
Four drivers who used the name of a dead man in an attempt to avoid being brought to justice have been handed suspended sentences.
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Environment Agency told to probe pollution in River Wharfe and Aire
Anna Dixon, the Shipley MP, wrote to chief executive Philip Duffy after Yorkshire Water admitted that it was responsible for 260 pollution incidents across the region in the last financial year - a 72 per cent increase.
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Five key ways for Lucy Powell to fix our education system: Matt Bromley
We have a new Education Secretary in Lucy Powell – here’s the five priorities that should be at the top of her in-tray. First, fix the Send system. Do not mistake a new policy or code of practice for system reform. Improving Send provision requires real investment: more money, more training, and more specialist staff. It requires properly resourced inclusion facilities in every school, too.
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160-home plan for land which has been used for agriculture for more than 150 years
Plans to up to 160 homes are being considered by Stockton Council on land which has been used for farming for over 150 years.
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Protest held over factory farm plans near Ripon capable of rearing 2.7 million chickens a year
A protest has been held against controversial plans for a poultry unit capable of rearing 2.7 million chickens a year near Ripon.
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Richmond dog exercise field owners appeal against council decision
The owners of a secure dog exercise field near Richmond have appealed against North Yorkshire Council’s refusal to allow longer opening hours and larger group bookings.
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Appeal after crash involving HGV and unmarked police car in Yorkshire
Police are appealing for information following a crash involving a HGV and an unmarked police car in Yorkshire.
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Man, 20, drove into back of car at 67mph while scrolling through songs on phone, killing driver
A 20-year-old who had been scrolling through songs on his mobile phone ploughed into a car at 67mph, killing the driver.
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'A call I will never forget' - Boy, 3, potentially saves mum's life with 999 call
A three-year-old boy's emergency 999 call helped potentially save his mum's life after she collapsed at her home in Yorkshire.
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Sheffield FC announces new legal partnership with law firm CMS
Sheffield FC has announced a new exclusive legal partnership with CMS, bringing together two organisations with deep roots in Sheffield.
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Tim Peake: 'In five to 10 years we could be printing full-size human organs in space'
History-making astronaut Tim Peake will land in Yorkshire on his latest tour and tells of exciting space tech advances that could help us here on Earth.
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Yorkshire Water apologises after thousands of customers, care homes and holiday park have low or no supplies
Bottled water is being delivered to care homes and vulnerable households after two burst mains affected supplies across south-west Holderness.
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Police recover knife after man dies following stabbing in seaside resort
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man died in hospital following a stabbing in Bridlington.
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Student police officer arrested on suspicion of rape and kidnap after chase on M62
A student police officer has been arrested on suspicion of rape and kidnap.
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Fascinating photos unveil what local life in Yorkshire during summer over 80 years ago
It is interesting to reflect on what local life was like for folk in Yorkshire more than 80 years ago - here are some photos that give us a glimpse into the past.
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Heat health alert for Yorkshire upgraded to amber due to high temperatures
The heat health warning for Yorkshire has been upgraded to amber due to rising temperatures expected later this week.
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We don't need another inquiry to reveal reasons behind NHS maternity care scandal: Letters
James Drife MD FRCOG, Emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, University of Leeds, Roundhay, Leeds.
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Owners of indoor cats warned against higher risk of falls during hot weather
Animal charities have warned owners of cats kept indoors one-storey high or above to beware of the risk of potentially fatal falls by pets during hot weather.
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How to watch livestream of UK’s most complete solar eclipse in 27 years
A partial solar eclipse - with around 90 to 96% coverage - will be visible from the UK on Wednesday.
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Tributes left at scene of horror crash which killed three people
Three people have died in a horror crash on a rural Yorkshire road, police have said.
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'Predatory shark preying on children' jailed over campaign of abuse
A ‘predatory shark’ who targeted children ‘swimming the dark waters of the internet’ has been jailed following a campaign of abuse against more than 100 victims across the globe.
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Yorkshire Water gives Dales villages ‘boil notice’ after bacteria issue at reservoir
Yorkshire Water said that routine sampling of drinking water at the Starbotton reservoir, in Upper Wharfedale, had “shown it doesn’t meet our usual standards”.
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Mayor Cahal Burke: Former Mayor left note and wanted to be ‘reunited with his mother’
An ex-Kirklees mayor left a note for his family before taking his own life, a written inquest concluded.