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Yorkshire restaurant Junk Soul Smothered wins PETA award for best vegan chicken
Junk Soul Smothered has been recognised in the 2026 PETA Vegan Food Awards for its vegan chicken parmo. The award highlights the restaurant…
Northern Lights festive trail partners with Leeds United Foundation to support local youth
The organisers of the Northern Lights event at Temple Newsam have pledged to support the Leeds United Foundation through ticket sales and o…
Seventy ghostly sculptures return to York Museum Gardens for annual night-time event
York BID and York Museums Trust have expanded their Ghosts After Dark trail to include 70 sculptures hidden throughout the city's historic …
North Yorkshire nurse Joy Pickles named National Registered Nurse of the Year
Joy Pickles, a nurse at The Dales Care Home in Draughton, has been awarded the title of National Registered Nurse of the Year at the Barche…
Barnsley-based Naylor Concrete invests £6m to expand its Garforth manufacturing site
Naylor Concrete Products is modernising its Garforth facility with new automated pre-casting and batching equipment to increase production …
Huddersfield company Paxman launches system to reduce chemotherapy-related nerve damage
Huddersfield-based Paxman has developed a new device designed to prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, a condition that can c…
Bank of England to expand Leeds office to 500 staff
The Bank of England is increasing its workforce in Leeds to over 500 employees and will move to new premises at Capitol House by 2028. This…
Malton Morrisons becomes the first UK store to raise £50,000 for Marie Curie
Staff and customers at the Malton Morrisons have raised £50,000 for Marie Curie, the first store in the country to reach this milestone. Th…
Botton village residents and volunteers trial a new model of shared social care
In the North York Moors village of Botton, the Esk Valley Camphill Community is replacing traditional care structures with a model based on…
Explorer Karl Bushby reunites with his mother at home in Hull
After years spent travelling the globe on foot, explorer Karl Bushby has returned to Hull to reunite with his mother. The homecoming marks …
Adventurer Karl Bushby returns to Hull after a 28-year global trek
Karl Bushby has completed a 28-year journey on foot from Chile to his home city of Hull, reuniting with his mother at her garden gate. His …
Adventurer Karl Bushby returns to Hull after a 31,000-mile journey on foot
After setting off from Chile in 1998, former paratrooper Karl Bushby has completed an unbroken 31,000-mile trek to reach his mother's home …