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Country diary: I see 38 bird species in a day – but does it matter?

Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire: I’m counting, but not counting. The highlight, though, has to be those those gentleman thugs, the greater black-backed gulls

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21

The Hebden Bridge I know was always a place for Riot Women

As Sally Wainwright brings the West Yorkshire town back to our screens, a fellow local writer returns home and reflects on how it’s changed since she was a child

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025

Alan Betteridge obituary

Other lives: Highly knowledgable West Yorkshire archivist who brought the diaries of Anne Lister to public attention

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024

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Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

You never have to look hard to find recent reports of fatal vehicle crashes on UK roads. After devastating events such as a crash in West Yorkshire in July 2024, where four adults and two children were killed, media reports often focus on the need for better law enforcement and…

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024

West Yorkshire to bring bus services under public control

Region becomes third in north of England to reverse four decades of deregulation after similar moves by Manchester and Liverpool

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024

Leeds tops league of places in the UK with the best-paying jobs outside London

West Yorkshire city boasts an average £37,800 salary, with Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester not far behind

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

‘What you rapping all Yorkshire for?’ How Leeds defied the doubters to become a hip-hop haven

As a new rap exhibition opens in the city, west Yorkshire’s MCs remember how body popping gave way to bleak social commentary – and rap battles in their underpants

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023

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‘We’ve no magic wand’: UK mortgage advisers face an avalanche of queries

In Bingley, West Yorkshire, brokers are busy dealing with concerns over interest rates, and being asked to tell the future

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

Major incident as fire rips through takeaway and baby treated by paramedics

The baby and a woman have been taken to hospital with smoke inhalation

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023

West Yorkshire energy efficiency retrofitting scheme held up as national example

Homes in Illingworth underwent work which those delivering the scheme says has raised EPC ratings of D to at least C

Birmingham Post · Jul 12, 2023

The Gallows Pole review: Shane Meadows’ first foray into period drama

Benjamin Myers’ 2017 novel “The Gallows Pole” told the “true-life tale of the 18th century gang of coin clippers led by ‘King’ David Hartley, whose illegal work and attendant violence came to dominate Cragg Vale in West Yorkshire”, said Lucy Mangan in The Guardian. Now, it’s been turned into a…

The Week · Jun 8, 2023

Happy Valley stars lift lid on secretive ending as they meet for first time on This Morning

***THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE HAPPY VALLEY FINALE*** The BBC aired the last ever episode of Sally Wainwright’s epic West Yorkshire trilogy series Happy Valley over the weekend

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2023

Happy Valley star says a stranger slapped him in supermarket over Emmerdale role

***THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE HAPPY VALLEY FINALE*** The BBC aired the last ever episode of Sally Wainwright’s epic West Yorkshire trilogy series Happy Valley over the weekend

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2023

Picture-perfect Leeds village home to oldest building and popular pub

This tiny West Yorkshire village is an expensive place to live, but people come from all over the area to enjoy it

Leeds Live · May 2, 2022

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Leeds Live · Apr 20, 2022

Leeds coughs up more than £100,000 as potholes and poor roads damage cars across city

Leeds City Council has paid out more than the rest of West Yorkshire combined

Leeds Live · Mar 2, 2022

Every word from Richard Agar's Leeds Rhinos press conference ahead of Wakefield Trinity clash

Richard Agar spoke with the press on Wednesday morning ahead of Leeds Rhinos' trip across West Yorkshire to face Wakefield Trinity on Thursday night. Here is everything Agar said ahead of the derby against Willie Poching's side. The return of Harry

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