The Latest Breaking News from West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire shopping centre snapped up by property investor LCP

LCP has acquired the 5 Rise Shopping Centre in Bingley for an undisclosed sum

Birmingham Post · Feb 11, 2022

Man fights for life after falling from roof watching fireworks at wedding

The wedding guest, known as Subby, is currently on a life support machine suffering brain damage in Pakistan after travelling from his home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, to attend the ceremony

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2022

Mid-box logistics market boost as funding deal secured to deliver strategic West Yorkshire site

213,000 sq ft of development proposed on M62 connection to Bradford

Birmingham Post · Feb 8, 2022

Man hounded by debt collectors over B&M parking fine he 'knew nothing about'

Craig Mell parked in the B&M store carpark in Keighley in Bradford, West Yorkshire in July 2021 and the ticket machine was out of order - now he's received a fine 6 months later

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2022

Young offenders in prison taken fishing as part of scheme to stop them reoffending

Young offenders aged 15-18 at HMP Wetherby in West Yorkshire have been taken fishing on the banks of a lake fully stocked with fish in the prison grounds to help stop them reoffending

Daily Mirror · Jan 22, 2022

Defiant Yorkshire NHS nurse says she will end 30 year career instead of getting Covid vaccine

A nurse from West Yorkshire is prepared to give up her 30-year career in the NHS over the Covid-19 vaccine mandate, which requires all staff to be double jabbed by April 1

Leeds Live · Jan 22, 2022

Stunning weight loss of woman who lived on KFC and chocolate after struggling with grief

Samantha Taylor, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, only started cooking her own meals for the first time in years when her local KFC was forced due to close during Covid lockdown

Daily Mirror · Jan 22, 2022

Wakefield fire: 80 firefighters battle huge blaze with residential houses nearby

Eighty firefighters are at the scene in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, with reports of explosions being heard as a warehouse has been gutted by the flames

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2022

Chef who ate 5,000 calories a day in lockdown sheds pounds 'to look like Chris Pratt'

Matthew Cantrill, 33, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, ate mounds of takeaways and junk food while doing no exercise during the Covid pandemic before finding inspiration in Hollywood hero Chris Pratt

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2022

Leeds is to offer free HGV training to plug massive shortage of lorry and bus drivers

West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced its plans to fund courses for HGV drivers

Leeds Live · Jan 19, 2022