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Teenage pedestrian dies in collision involving electric bike and car
Police are investigating after a teenage pedestrian died in a collision involving an electric bike and a grey Audi in Sheffield. South Yorkshire Police said officers were called to reports of a road ...
Parmjit Singh is beginning a two-year prison sentence
A court has heard how a man stalked a former partner by bombarding her with abusive and threatening phone calls, text messages, and ...
Park Aspire academy pupils in firefighting programme
PUPILS from a Bradford school participated in a four-week practical firefighting skills programme. The SHOUT programme is run by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. It aims to provide positive ...
Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers Awards: Nominations open
THE Yorkshire Asian Young Achievers Awards (YAYAs) are back for 2025, and nominations are now open. Organised by the Bradford-based QED Foundation, which was set up in 1990 by Dr Mohammed Ali, to ...
UK must tackle energy bills as firms face £24bn in extra costs – CBI
CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith is calling on the Government to draw up a ‘serious plan’ to cut power bills and invest in energy security.
Five Turner works to be auctioned on 250th anniversary of painter’s birth
Five of JMW Turner’s works are to be auctioned across three sales on the 250th anniversary of the painter’s birth. Born in 1775, Joseph Mallord William Turner was a painter and printmaker during the ...
Confidence in UK economy falls from 45% in 2015 to 28% a decade later – survey
Confidence in the strength of the UK economy has fallen from 45% in May 2015 to 28% a decade later following a cost-of-living crisis, Brexit, Covid and geopolitical upheaval, according to a ...
Jenny Eclair backs £3.8m fundraiser to ‘save Hepworth artwork for the nation’
A museum and national charity wants to raise enough money to secure it for permanent public display in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Aldi named UK cheapest supermarket - Tesco, Asda and more ranked
Aldi has been crowned as the cheapest supermarket, followed by Lidl, Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Ocado and then Waitrose ...
‘Bold rewiring’ of economy needed as Tories seek to regain trust, Stride says
In a speech on Thursday, Mel Stride is expected to promise the Conservatives will ‘never again’ make offers they cannot afford.
Women less likely to get care for potentially fatal heart condition, study finds
Women are less likely than men to be given treatment for a potentially fatal heart condition, according to a new analysis. Researchers found women are 11% less likely to be referred to a hospital ...
New stamps to celebrate the Royal Observatory
Featured on the main set of six stamps are the Airy Transit Circle Telescope; Flamsteed House; the Great Equatorial Telescope, the largest refracting telescope in the UK; the Annie Maunder ...