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Riot Women BBC: Behind the scenes photos of actors filming Yorkshire series

The BBC has released behind the scenes photos of actors filming the series Riot Women written by Yorkshire-born Sally Wainwright.

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Cllr Gilbert checked the bar and saw it had been rotten away so he wanted to replace it.

19th century Sheffield landmark featured in an Arctic Monkeys song gets repaired

Water voles have faced habitat destruction and predation - leading to their vast decline in number.

Water voles bounce back on Yorkshire's most northerly chalk stream

The inspector said it would have a harmful effect on the character of the area

Plans for drive-thru Starbucks plan near Beverley rejected

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Crime

David Crowther has been jailed for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in his own home in the 1970s

Former teacher who sexually abused young boy in his own home is jailed

Thug who strangled woman until she started 'seeing stars' is jailed

Sophie Zaherali with XL bully Ghost

Woman arrested for trying to identify policesman who killed XL bully

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Man due in court charged with manslaughter of 16-year-old girl

A floral tribute on the A19 near Bagby in North Yorkshire, following the death of Police constable Rosie Prior who was struck by a lorry whilst helping at the scene of another crash on the A19 at Bagby, near the village of Thirsk, on Saturday morning. Ryan Welford, 41, from Knaresborough, was also killed in the incident, with a third person taken to hospital. Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Police renew appeal over crash where PC Rosie Prior stopped to help

Sarah Champion MP

Rotherham MP calls for national inquiry into grooming gangs

Yorkshire Heritage

Sheffield Town Hall. Photo: Marisa Cashill, National World

'Showing it's age' - Iconic Yorkshire town hall could be refurbished

Sheffield’s iconic 125-year-old town hall will need to be restored and refurbished as the building has started to show its age.

Roland Sebestyen

Old Star, East Keswick.

Historic country pubs in Yorkshire village given protected status

A cheese iron with Wensleydale cheese

Wensleydale Creamery reveals plans to move plant to Nuneaton as 80 jobs at risk

The old Adelphi building in Sheffield's East End will be redeveloped as a cultural hub in Attercliffe, which is undergoing major regeneration work

Arts centre to be created in Grade II-listed former cinema and nightclub

Trinity House Buoy Shed. Credit Seven Architecture.

Plan for 'emergency works' to save historic Grade II-listed buoy shed

Restoration work is proposed for the former Sheffield Salvation Army Citadel in the city centre

£1 million renovation plan on way for Sheffield Salvation Army Citadel

A brewery plan to expand its operations at a historic Pontefract pub by adding an extension made from metal shipping containers has been turned down. Henry Smith Brewery hoped the scheme at The Robin Hood would help establish its annual beer festival

Ambitious plans to extend historic pub with shipping containers rejected

The Mansion in Roundhay Park, Leeds.

The iconic Yorkshire home which 'mirrored the taste of the country elite'

Politics

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

Surprise inflation dip relieves pressure on Rachel Reeves

Carousel & Home in Leeds

Nightclub to hand out lollipops in bid to keep clubbers quiet when they leave

A colourful illustration looking straight down Commercial Street from Cross Street towards Branch Road. Credit: Kirklees Council. Available for use across all LDRS partners

First look at new designs for £14.5m plan to 'revive' Yorkshire market town

Kemi Badenoch

'Peasants' responsible for grooming gangs, Badenoch says

Transport

A646 diversion in Todmorden

Major route connecting Yorkshire and Lancashire to remain closed for two weeks

A19 traffic: Major delays with road to be closed for hours after serious crash

A19 traffic: Major delays with road to be closed for hours after serious crash

During the work Hull Trains will run only two trains per day in each direction, rerouted to St Pancras instead of King’s Cross.

East Coast Main Line disruptions could impact Yorkshire passengers

Leeds Railway Station. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

More than two million train tickets on sale with huge discounts

Ryanair at Leeds Bradford Airport. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Leeds Bradford Airport: Are you eligible for a refund with Ryanair?

Screengrab taken from PA Video of sculptures in the snow at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Yorkshire braced for icy blast with temperatures to drop below freezing

Weather

Sun at Roundhay Park in Leeds. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Yorkshire weather forecast: When will it be sunny in the region?

The limestone pavement at top of Malham Cove. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Yorkshire walks: Best places to enjoy a stroll in the region in January

Snow covers Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Stunning photo shows snow blanketing Yorkshire's home of Wensleydale cheese

Health

Leeds City Council issued an urgent appeal.

Medics stunned as 700 people offer a kidney to 12-year-old in council care

Medics battling to save a little boy in council care say they are blown away by a community's compassion as hundreds of well wishers come forward to offer him a kidney.

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Peter and Janet Dyson were named Foster Carers of the Year by the Support Dogs charity.

Trainee assistance dogs help volunteer couple through health ordeal

Gemma Marshall, 46, died at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary in March last year.

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Viral infections like the flu are very common in children.

Flu symptoms in kids: warning signs parents need to know

New research suggests that drinking tap water could be putting millions of people living in the UK at a greater risk of dementia.

New research warns of 'link' between soft water and dementia

Education

Principal Mrs Young with Year 7 students (left to right) Adetokunbo, Prince, Enjuan and Lily.

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Exceptional standards at Garforth Academy have been highlighted in an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted report.

Nigel Lowther

Hill House School, Doncaster

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The Latin Excellence Programme was run in 40 state schools across England

Latin programme for state schools cut - what you need to know

The choices available to young people after secondary school can seem overwhelming at times

How you can plot your roadmap to your dream uni - as deadline looms

The Government plans to stop funding hundreds of vocational qualifications this year - with many to be replaced by new 'T Levels'

Hundreds of Level 3 qualifications may be scrapped - full list

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Pupils at school. (Pic credit: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

Yorkshire’s high rated secondary schools with A+ and A grades

Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart has died aged 82

Nobel prize-winning chemist who lectured at Sheffield University dead at 82

Business

Booths has announced that it recorded a record Christmas period.

Booths: Northern food and drink retailer sees record Christmas period

Sarah Winterburn celebrates 25 years at Football365

Editor of Leeds-based Football365 celebrates 25 years

Leeds Bradford Airport has recorded an increase in passenger numbers. Picture: Clevershot

LBA hails rise in passenger numbers as £100m regeneration programme progresses

The owner of Royal Mail said it remains on track to return to annual profit after a parcel boost over Christmas as its £3.6 billion takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky nears completion. ( Photo by Chris Radburn/PA Wire)

Royal Mail reports parcel boost over Christmas

Team building - (from left) Gordons' Richard Piper, Haiqa Baig and Mark Smith

Yorkshire law firm Gordons hires two construction lawyers

Samantha Sincliar, Head of Family Law

Why is asset valuation important when a farming relationship breaks down?

UK News

The BBC logo is seen at BBC Broadcasting House. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Labour ‘considers’ radical TV licence fee shake-up

Karl Johnson drove from Las Vegas to Los Angeles for a holiday

Yorkshireman arrives on holiday in LA amidst lethal wildfires due to high winds

Sophie Mei Lan Malin and Victoria Reddington at Sixes, Headingley

Being teetotal means I know the best spots in Yorkshire to enjoy without a drink

Dippers brave the cold water in the plunge pool at White Wells on Ilkley Moor 1st January 2025. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

New Year’s Day in Otley and Ilkley: People take the plunge in tradition

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The nominees for this year’s BAFTA Awards have been announced ahead of February’s ceremony in London

2025 BAFTA Award nominations are announced - full list of nominees

A man passes the entrance to a Lloyds Banking Group office in the City of London (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Banking group to close major UK office, impacting 500 staff

World

Tulip Siddiq has left the UK government

Tulip Siddiq resigns as City Minister after corruption allegations

A view from Israel into Gaza. Credit: AFP via Getty Images

UK 'cannot assess' if Israel is upholding international law in Gaza

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Joan of Arc, within the party's traditional May Day march Saturday May 1, 2010, in Paris.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

Jean-Marie Le Pen obituary: French far-right politician dead at 96

Tractors drive through Beverley protesting farm inheritance tax.

Why tractors in Yorkshire have got the attention of the Elon Musk

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