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McDonalds potential site at Halifax Road, Shelf

Villagers being asked for views on planned McDonald's drive through in Yorkshire
A consultation on plans for a new “drive-thru” McDonald’s restaurant at a Yorkshire village has been reopened.

Firefighters at the scene in Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge fire: Council leader responds to "terrifying" blaze

The Tour de Yorkshire will not be returning in 2022.

Council leaders speak out on Tour de Yorkshire cancellation disappointment

A major brownfield site in York which is set to become a major development. Pic: James Hardisty

Developers 'won't touch investment in poor parts of North without extra support'

Birds eye view of flooding in Mytholmroyd, a large village in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, after storm Ciara hit the Calder Valley on February 9 2020. Photo credit: Daisy Brasington

How Yorkshire's Storm Ciara caused more than £65m loss for Calderdale business

The Government said yesterday that vaccines would be prioritised in areas that had not had much success with their rollout

West Yorkshire leaders write to the Government urging ministers not to 'impact t...

Vaccines for Covid 19 at Boots, Halifax..Colin Watson is vaccined by Pharmacist Sadaf Chaudry...14th January 2021..Picture by Simon Hulme

“The vaccination programme is progressing really well across Calderdale” - Commu...

Matt watched his Flying Saucers pottery cafe devastated by flood water five years ago

Boxing Day flood victims reveal was life is like living in fear of heavy rain

A woman wearing a face mask. Photo: PA

West Yorkshire to go into Tier 3 of coronavirus restrictions from Monday

Artwork for the Never Hungry Again campaign.

Calderdale launches Never Go Hungry campaign to 'eradicate' child hunger

Leeds has avoided further Covid-19 restrictions but will instead receive enhanced support towards managing the rise in infection rates

What the latest lockdown announcement means for Leeds and West Yorkshire

Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake. Photo: JPI Media

Leeds spared local lockdown amid warning of 'real possibility' of stricter rules

A Covid-19 testing centre at Mixenden Activity Centre in Calderdale, one of the areas where measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Photo: PA

West Yorkshire council leaders call for coronavirus restrictions to be lifted

A Covid-19 testing centre at Bradford University in West Yorkshire, one of the areas where new measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Stricter rules have been introduced for people in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire, and West Yorkshire, banning members of different households from meeting each other indoors. Photo: PA

No changes to coronavirus restrictions in West Yorkshire, Government announces

Tim Swift, the leader of Calderdale council. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

'Under-30s think coronavirus test and trace calls are an Amazon Prime scam'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his speech in Dudley. Pic: PA

Boris Johnson's planning shake-up 'will lead to more substandard developments'

Calderdale Council says it will not be advising schools to reopen on June 1.

Virus advice on keeping schools shut must be published by councils

Parents will not be encouraged to send their children back despite the Government's wishes

Bradford becomes latest council to say it will not force schools to re-open

Screenwriter Sally Wainwright given the honour of a Freewoman of the Borough of Calderdale by Councillor Dot Fioster, the Mayor of Halifax and Roibin Tuddenham, chief executive, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the area at a special ceremony at Halifax Town Hall. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Why Freewoman of Calderdale Sally Wainwright is inspired by 'magical' Yorkshire

A car is seen submerged as flood water covers roads in Mytholmroyd after the River Calder burst its banks as Storm Ciara swept through the region. PIC: Getty

Armed Forces arrive in Calderdale to support flood response and Storm Dennis pre...

Rail service frequency should not be affected, claims Northern.

Rail operator Northern has ‘no intention’ of reducing Yorkshire services
Soon-to-be-nationalised rail operator Northern has claimed it will not reduce services during this spring’s timetable changes.
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Derby MP Chris Williamson. Pic by Getty Images

Yorkshire town hall meeting featuring MP Chris Williamson cancelled over fears i...

Gary Verity.

West Yorkshire councils agree to pay latest financial instalment to Welcome to Y...

Listed - The key figures and businesses backing the YP’s ‘Power Up The North’ in...

Ron McMillan is chairman of Welcome to Yorkshire.

Council leaders demand 'new leadership culture' from under-fire Welcome to Yorks...

Picture: PA

Calderdale Council leader urges Chancellor to act on school funding ‘crisis’

Mytholmroyd was hit hard by the Boxing Day floods of 2015.

Millions pledged for Calderdale flood defences three years on from Boxing Day ca...

The North's rail services remain in the spotlight.

Northern and TransPennine Express blame '˜leaves on the line' for latest rail wo...

Inspiration: Harry Leslie Smith, seen here addressing the Labour Party Conference in 2014. His speech, in which he talked about his poverty-stricken youth in Yorkshire, moved many people to tears. (Picture: PA).

The '˜world's oldest rebel' Harry Leslie Smith dies at the age of 95

Harry Leslie Smith, the veteran international social democratic campaigner who has passed away aged 95.

Harry Leslie Smith blue plaque proposal for his childhood home in Halifax

A train going through Hebden Bridge Railway Station

Rail passengers in Calderdale 'deserve better' says council leader

Peter Lawrence.

Yorkshire names revealed in Queen's Birthday Honours list
The great and good of Yorkshire will have their moment in the spotlight as the annual Queen's Birthday Honours list is revealed.
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Plan for 12,000 homes over next 15 years in Calderdale

Halifax Town Hall

Who is standing in the local elections for Calderdale Council

Rawson's Mill, Halifax

Restoring mill sites '˜may help create new jobs' in Yorkshire

Guests at the Eureka 25th anniversary gala dinner

Eureka reveal plans for new museum and Halifax expansion

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Funding announced for major Â£30m flood scheme

Barrie Rutter, at Northern Broadsides' Dean Clough, Halifax, headquarters this spring. Picture by Simon Hulme

Barrie Rutter to step down as Halifax-based Northern Broadsides artistic directo...

Nicky Chance Thompson, chief executive of the Piece Hall Trust. Picture by Simon Hulme.

First look inside Halifax's newly restored Piece Hall

The new Central Library and Archive

When will Halifax's new library open?

The Piece Hall with new chief executive Nicola Chance-Thompson.

Reopening date set for Halifax's cathedral to cloth

Official re-opening of Elland Bridge. Transport minister Andrew Jones cuts the ribbon

Elland Bridge officially re-opened with community event

Don Valley MP Caroline Flint

Yorkshire councils spend Â£72m on consultants in five years

Video: Flooded Elland Bridge finally re-opens to vehicles

Calderdale Council's leader Tim Swift

Council tax to rise in Calderdale - but services will be cut

Elland Bridge as it looked in April when engineers started removing stonework as part of work to dismantle it.

Key milestone in repair of historic Calderdale bridge damaged by floods

The Kirkstall Road area of Leeds was one of the worst hit

Millions more needed for flood protection - report

An artist's impression of the restored Piece Hall in Halifax.

Restoration of Halifax's Piece Hall hit by major delays

The Kirkstall Road area of Leeds was badly hit by last winter's floods

Report calls for overhaul following Yorkshire floods

Flashback to last December's floods

'˜Milestone' floods action plan for Calderdale revealed

Prostesters outside the meeting this afternoon.

Hospital deal is sealed for Halifax and Huddersfield

Operation Calderdale16, a flood training exercise in Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Sowerby Bridge. Picture: James Hardisty

Just testing, this time, as flood sirens sound again in Calderdale

Elland Bridge.

VIDEO: Milestone moment in rebuilding of flood-hit Elland Bridge

Rescuers wade through York during the floods.

Washout: What Yorkshire said about government floods review

The flooded Co-op and Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, last December

Shockingly disappointing: How Calder victims see today's floods report

Flooding in Leeds, 2015

Yorkshire flooding fears as crucial report is delayed

A town crier and a parade of Lord Mayors, Mayors and other Civic Heads from across Yorkshire make their way through Halifax during the Yorkshire Day Celebrations.

How we celebrated Yorkshire Day across the county today

Flashback to the flooding in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, last December

Fury as flood envoys scrapped by Government

The roads in and around Todmorden have suffered major flooding in the past but the recent improvements to a 2.2-mile stretch of Bacup Road withstood the Boxing Day floods.

Calder Valley flood scheme completed

Work at the Piece Hall in Halifax where a graveyard was uncovered. Picture Tony Johnson

Delays to transformation of Halifax's historic Piece Hall

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