A single mother-of-three who arrived in the UK from Czech Republic aged four shocked viewers of The Yorkshire Job Centre last night after revealing her hopes to gain £450 per week. Katrina, 24, from Leeds, sought help from the Southern House Job Centre on the Channel 4 programme after struggling with finances when her boyfriend … Read more
Man, 32, is charged with manslaughter after 58-year-old male dies when he was ‘blasted in the chest’ in sleepy Yorkshire village The man died in hospital after the incident in Carlin How, in Redcar, on Friday A man’s been charged and will appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Monday Police previously said the incident involved … Read more
Britain’s oldest polar bear ‘Victor’ dies aged 22 at Yorkshire Wildlife Park Oldest polar bear in Britain dies aged 22 after suddenly falling ill in wildlife park He had terminal kidney failure and after he suddenly fell ill vets put him to sleep Victor was rehomed in Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster in 2014 By … Read more
Dramatic moment man smashes car window with an AXE to rescue Yorkshire Terrier trapped inside for 45 minutes during 97F heatwave after its owner went shopping Panting Yorkshire Terrier was spotted on the back seat of VW Golf in 34C Rescue happened at the Newbury Retail Park in Berkshire on Monday afternoon Police officers buying lunch … Read more
Great British boltholes: Tickton Grange Country House Hotel has Yorkshire hospitality… down to a tea Tickton Grange, near Beverley, was lavishly restored by the Whymant family It is now a country house hotel with 20 acres of gardens and a wedding venue Afternoon tea is served on the hotel’s own design Royal Derby china By … Read more
Mother in coma with Covid has no idea 18-year-old son drowned in Yorkshire Dales river on hottest day of the year Muhammed Bilal Zeb, from Bradford, was swimming in Linton Falls, in Yorkshire Dales when he got into difficulty as temperatures soared to above 30 degrees Despite rescuers performing CPR at the scene, the 18-year-old … Read more
A holiday built for two: Tandem cycling has never been more popular — so saddle up and head to the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales ‘A tandem bike holiday is a fresh and oddly refined adventure,’ says Rob Crossan He rode across the Yorkshire Dales National Park with his friend Sam They enjoyed dinner at … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has banned households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from midnight tonight. He claimed the new lockdown measures – set to affect three million people – were put in force after repeated rule breaches led to a spike in new coronavirus cases. The councils going back into a partial lockdown … Read more
Even the dogs were not spared from Johnny Depp’s chaotic lifestyle. One day his pampered puppy, Boo, snapped up ‘quite a lot’ of the Hollywood hellraiser’s cannabis, the court heard. And a Yorkshire terrier called Pistol was allegedly held out of the window of a moving car by ‘howling’ Depp after a cocaine and whisky binge. … Read more
Book me in: Exploring the Yorkshire locations in The Secret Garden, a classic that brings the magnificent moors to life Yorkshire’s moors are arguably at their most memorable in The Secret Garden A film version of the book starring Colin Firth and Julie Walters is out next month The 300-acre Duncombe Park is used as the … Read more