US Air Force F-15C fighter jet crashes into the North Sea off Yorkshire during a training flight as rescue mission is launched for the pilot The aircraft had been taking part in a four-jet formation off Flamborough Head But it crashed 74 nautical miles off the coast of East Yorkshire at 9.40am today A search … Read more
Horror as car being chased by police smashes into and kills pedestrian in his 20s – with ‘officers arresting the driver unaware the victim had been thrown into a nearby front garden’ A man died after being hit by a car chased by police in Wakefield, West Yorkshire The collision launched the pedestrian, who was … Read more
Yorkshire Tea hits back at far-right YouTuber who praised the brand for not tweeting about Black Lives Matter – telling her ‘please don’t buy our tea again’ Yorkshire-based far-right activist Laura Towler tweeted Yorkshire Tea saying she was ‘chuffed’ the company hadn’t spoken out on the Black Lives Matter protests YouTuber Towler, who’s previously shared … Read more
A ‘Yorkshire only’ portfolio is being pushed to affluent investors keen on supporting regional firms, including a Wetherby-based biotech developing a Covid-19 test. The York office of the Mole Valley fund house has launched the ‘Yorkshire T20’, with annual charges starting at 1.25 per cent – not including dealing and administration fees. The minimum investment … Read more
Do you think this is Ocean Beach? Angry locals slam revellers for holding ‘Ibiza style’ lockdown party at Yorkshire beauty spot and leaving glass bottles and ‘hippy crack’ canisters Up to 100 youths left glass bottles and ‘hippy crack’ canisters at Richmond Falls People huddled together dancing to music, in flouting of social distancing rules … Read more
Do you think this is Ocean Beach? Angry locals slam revellers for holding ‘Ibiza style’ lockdown party at Yorkshire beauty spot and leaving glass bottles and ‘hippy crack’ canisters Up to 100 youths left glass bottles and ‘hippy crack’ canisters at Richmond Falls People huddled together dancing to music, in flouting of social distancing rules … Read more
Fury as British Transport Police chief makes 480-MILE round trip from Glasgow to second home in Yorkshire during lockdown Chief Superintendent Eddie Wylie twice returned to his family home in Yorkshire Travelled between the home and a rented flat in Glasgow, the force confirmed Chief Superintend Wylie travelled between March 21 and May 13 But … Read more
As we gaze out at dozens of gleaming white kittiwakes bobbing and squabbling on the navy waters of the North Sea, my guide, Tim, says: ‘Really it’s a giant speed-dating site for couples who will never, ever split up.’ Looking upwards, I spy half a dozen gannets squatting on a narrow shelf gouged into the … Read more
An MP has led tributes to a ‘popular and respected’ father who died of coronavirus within days of his daughter. MP David Davis paid tribute to former police officer David Whincup, 79, who died after his daughter Joanne Rennison, 52, leaving behind his wife Margaret Whinchup from Cottingham, East Yorkshire. Mr Davis said: ‘David was … Read more
RSPCA hunt ghouls after a cat was tortured to death then BARBECUED in South Yorkshire A pet cat was found burned and with a skewer through its body on Thursday It is unknown whether the animal was alive when it was put on a barbecue The RSPCA are hunting for the cat’s owners and anyone … Read more