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Bridlington RNLI crew rescues father and daughter from paddleboarding incident off Fraisthorpe beach
Bridlington RNLI volunteers launched from their station open day to rescue a father and daughter who were pushed out to sea by strong winds…
Middlesbrough firm AV Dawson invests £5m in new rail terminal
AV Dawson is developing its fifth rail terminal at the Port of Middlesbrough to expand logistics capacity for local freight businesses. By …
VisitBritain promotes Yorkshire moors in global tourism campaign
VisitBritain has launched a new international campaign featuring the Yorkshire moors to encourage overseas visitors to explore regional Bri…
Five hundred people gather in Haworth for the annual Wuthering Heights dance
Five hundred participants dressed in red gathered at Penistone Country Park to perform a mass dance inspired by Kate Bush and Emily Brontë.…
Halifax gymnast Luke Whitehouse wins floor gold in Glasgow
After a challenging start to the competition, 24-year-old Luke Whitehouse from Halifax has secured gold in the floor exercise. The win mark…
Brian Clough statue returns to Middlesbrough's Albert Park after four-year absence
The bronze statue of Middlesbrough FC legend Brian Clough has been repaired and reinstalled in Albert Park after being fenced off since 202…
Harrogate swimmer Gabe Shepherd wins Yorkshire's first medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Eighteen-year-old Gabe Shepherd from Harrogate helped the England 4x100m freestyle relay team secure a silver medal on the opening night of…
West Yorkshire colleges receive £6.7m to boost construction training
Colleges across West Yorkshire have been awarded £6.7m to expand construction training courses and address a regional skills shortage. The …
Really Wild Café opens inside Pudsey Park glasshouse
A section of the glasshouse in Pudsey Park has reopened as the Really Wild Café, marking the first stage of a project to transform the site…
Free bus travel provided to vulnerable pregnant women in Leeds for hospital appointments
First Bus and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are providing 100 free monthly travel passes to expectant mothers who struggle to afford t…
Whitby's 18th-century Old Town Hall to undergo structural repairs to its sandstone columns
Specialist repairs have been approved for the 16 sandstone columns supporting Whitby's Grade II* listed Old Town Hall, which were found to …
World's deepest vertical farm opens inside a disused Yorkshire mine
A new vertical farm has begun operations 120 metres underground in a former mine shaft in North Yorkshire. By using controlled conditions d…