by Ruth George | Nov 4, 2025 | Crime, In Focus, In Focus Top Story
Claire Throssell’s children were murdered by their father in a deliberate house fire in 2014. Now, she has taken her campaign to Downing Street, where PM Keir Starmer promised to repeal laws that allow violent parents to see their children. Image credit: Claire...
by Tom Preston | Nov 2, 2025 | Business, In Focus
Professor Keith Jackson, the newly appointed Master Cutler, has announced Weston Park Cancer Charity as his chosen charity for the year, in support of their latest ‘See it. Treat it’ appeal. Professor Jackson, who was appointed as Master Cutler in early...
by James Cain | Oct 31, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
A Sheffield councillor has called for the introduction of a landlord licensing scheme across the city. A pilot scheme ran in the area around Abbeydale Road, London Road and Chesterfield Road from 2018 until 2023. Minesh Parekh, a Labour councillor for Crookes and...
by Tom Preston | Oct 31, 2025 | Business, In Focus, In Focus Top Story
Work has begun on creating a new £9.6 million sports hub in Calverley, the new facility aims to ensure all junior sports teams in the area have equal access to quality facilities. Funded through grants from the Premier League, the FA and the Football Foundation,...
by James Cain | Oct 30, 2025 | East Riding of Yorkshire, In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, West Yorkshire
Several cities in Yorkshire have some of the highest levels of deprivation in England, according to new government figures. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government released its Index of Multiple Deprivation today, which looks at living conditions...
by Moleed Mire | Oct 30, 2025 | Culture, In Focus
York will host representatives from the UK’s 14 most creative cities next week. Reignite XI will take place on the 6th of November at the Yorkshire Museum and Guildhall from 6PM to 9PM, with all UK UNESCO creative cities taking part. Organised by the York BID and...
