A remarkable solar eclipse will traverse the UK on Wednesday, August 12 - though the precise timing of this astronomical phenomenon will differ according to where you are. That evening, the Moon will ...

A child sex offender from Halifax has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after he was caught out by a paedophile hunter group for the second time. In 2017 Scott Jones was given a three-year ...

Over a million low-paid workers are set for a pay boost of around 3.7 per cent next year as the government commits to increasing the minimum wage. Any increase will happen on April 1 2027 - and with ...

A savage black bear broke into a 71-year-old woman's home and mauled her to death, in a shocking attack which claimed the life of a pensioner who had previously fought off the animals with her bare ...

A new look at the Huddersfield Library Hub has been released ahead of its opening next month. The new Huddersfield Library Hub is set to open next month, on Monday, September 21, and Kirklees Council ...

Most people are aware that a number of dog breeds and types are banned in the UK, with legislation making it illegal to own, breed, sell, transfer, or abandon five specific dog types. As well as the ...

Everybody in the North of England must have had pobs at some time or another. It’s bits of bread, soaked in hot milk with sugar sprinkled on top. Old chum Gavin Castle says: “I was having tea at my ...

Across West Yorkshire, mobile speed cameras have once again been put in place on our roads. The cameras are put in place on the roads by the West Yorkshire Police Camera Enforcement Unit on the behalf ...

A BBC Breakfast presenter had viewers in stitches this morning as he reported live from a petrol station forecourt. Phil McCann (yes, really), stood at a filling station in Stockport as he updated ...

Scarborough Open Air Theatre has welcomed thousands of people to the North Yorkshire coastal venue this summer. Some of music’s biggest names have appeared - delighting fans. Many, many more are still ...

Workers with many years of dedicated service at a Huddersfield company are set to lose their jobs. Family-owned yarn manufacturer Spectrum Yarns at Spa Mill in Slaithwaite has confirmed that it will ...

A major police presence has been spotted in a Sheffield suburb on Sunday, with a residential street closed off as officers responded to an incident. Patmore Road in the Firth Park area was closed this ...