Man, 49, held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after incident in Keighley on FridayA man has been arrested after a nine-year-old boy died when he was hit by a van which is said to have made off from the scene.West Yorkshire police are…
Scientists investigate hundreds of guillemot deaths on UK coastline
Seabird carcasses discovered along Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Scottish shores, with many more found emaciatedSeveral hundred seabirds have been found dead along the coasts of north-east England and Scotland, while many have been discovered ema…
Fears furlough ‘cliff edge’ at Liberty Steel could puts jobs at risk
Owner Sanjeev Gupta urgently seeking new lenders before government pay support ends for thousands of workers Ministers and unions fear that Liberty Steel faces a “cliff edge”, risking thousands of jobs when the UK’s furlough scheme ends next month, un…
Woman and two children killed in Yorkshire motorhome crash
Woman, 44, nine-year-old girl and boy, five, die in collision with HGV on A64 near York, police sayA woman and two children have died in a crash involving a motorhome and a lorry.North Yorkshire police said the 44-year-old woman, a nine-year-old girl a…
Afghan boy, 5, fell from Sheffield hotel on to car park roof, inquest told
Mohammed Munib Majeedi died last week after arriving from Afghanistan with his familyThe body of a five-year-old Afghan refugee who fell from a hotel in Sheffield was found on top of a neighbouring multistorey car park, an inquest has heard.Mohammed Mu…
Afghan boy, 5, who died in Sheffield hotel fall named as Mohammed Munib Majeedi
Ministers facing serious questions after boy falls from ninth floor of city’s Metropolitan hotelMinisters are facing serious questions after a five-year-old boy whose family had recently fled the Taliban fell to his death from a ninth-floor hotel windo…
York City FC seeks relatives to find ashes buried under old pitch
Historic England project aims to find ashes of fans buried at football ground slated for redevelopmentThe buddleia is pushing through the concrete of the Grosvenor Road stand at Bootham Crescent. Nature has reclaimed York City FC’s once pristine pitch,…
ECB demands Yorkshire publish racism report prompted by Rafiq allegations
Report was delivered to executives at Headingley on SaturdayAzeem Rafiq has said the club are ‘trying to bury’ findingsThe England and Wales Cricket Board has intervened to ensure the publication of a report into racism at Yorkshire after Azeem Rafiq, …
TV out for two more weeks in North Yorkshire after mast fire
Television and radio services disrupted for up to 500,000 people including elderly and isolatedElderly and isolated people are among thousands who face being without television or radio for nearly three weeks after a fire at a Yorkshire transmission ma…
‘It’s offensive’: Wakefield residents on PM’s pit closures joke
Boris Johnson’s comments come as ex-miners fight to save their ‘raided’ pension fund In a neatly decorated terraced house in the old mining village of Stanley on the outskirts of Wakefield, 64-year-old ex-miner Ian Hoggan pulled out a banner showing a …