What’s on in Yorkshire this week: Culture.

by Moleed Mire | Nov 5, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Uncategorised

Here’s a handy guide to what’s going on around Yorkshire this week. Illuminate The Gardens Illuminate The Gardens will have their last show at Sheffield Botanical Gardens this weekend. The annual lights and fireworks show has been hosted at the Botanical Gardens...

Politics Rundown: Leeds

by James Cain | Nov 4, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Leeds, Politics, West Yorkshire

Here’s a rundown of the top politics stories in Leeds this week: West Yorkshire’s net-zero plans to be presented to world leaders West Yorkshire Mayor, Tracy Brabin (Credit: JMA Photography via Wikimedia Commons) West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin is attending the C40...

‘I made my promise to the boys when I held them in my arms as they died’: How Barnsley mum Claire Throssell took her campaign to protect children to Downing Street

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...

Master Cutler announces Weston Park Cancer Charity as Charity of the Year

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...

Councillor calls for introduction of landlord licensing scheme

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...

Multi-million pound development of new sports hub begins in Leeds 

by Tom Preston | Oct 31, 2025 | Business, In Focus, In Focus Top Story

Work has begun to create 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, the...