The Latest Breaking News from Yorkshire

Three water firms face record total £168m fine after sewage investigation

Ofwat to penalise Thames, Northumbrian and Yorkshire for ‘catalogue of failure’ over illegal discharges

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Family of ex-Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq fears leaving home due to Rotherham violence

Former cricketer Azeem Rafiq reveals his family are unable to go out amid anti-immigration riots

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2024

Yorkshire By the Sea review – God’s own country lives up to its name in every gorgeous shot

The towns are beautiful, the wildlife stunning, the people lovely: this piece of quintessential summer filler is a charming (if lightweight) watch

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2024

‘Good evening Halifax’: how a Georgian cloth hall became one of the UK’s biggest open-air music venues

Noel Gallagher and the Stranglers are among this week’s acts at the Piece Hall, once the centre of the Yorkshire textile industry and now the UK’s go-to live venue

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Yorkshire cricket racism whistleblower Azeem Rafiq accuses police of ‘brutality’ in Manchester Airport footage

Exclusive: “It’s 2024 - we are years on from Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the MacPherson report highlighting institutional racism within policing,” Azeem Rafiq told The Independent. “Yet, where are we? Not enough has changed.”

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

Two young girls among six people killed in ‘absolutely tragic’ horror crash near Wakefield

Pictures show burnt-out vehicle and scattered debris after car and motorbike collided on country road

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2024

National Trust shines light on inner life of 18th-century ‘lady of the house’

Nostell trail tells story of Swiss-born Sabine Winn’s isolation and unhappiness after move to mansion in West Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024

Outsider Dan Brown gives himself every chance of bringing home Open bacon

The son of a Yorkshire pig farmer kept himself in contention at Royal Troon as Billy Horschel hit the front at the end of day three

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024

Yorkshire Water bosses get hefty bonuses after company failed customers

CEO and CFO given total of £616,000 for a year in which some residents struggled to go about daily lives

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

National Trust appoints first writer in residence at Brimham Rocks

Natalie Anastasia Davies to create works inspired by the ‘mysterious rock formations’ at North Yorkshire site

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024