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BBC actress backs campaign encouraging ‘companionship and independence’

BBC actress backs campaign encouraging ‘companionship and independence’

by Charlotte Colley | Nov 6, 2025 | Campaign, Uncategorised

An award-winning playwright and BBC actress has backed our campaign, Paws for a Cause. Eloise Pennycot, who started going deaf at the age of 11 and was profoundly deaf at 13, received her cochlear implant just before her 14th birthday.  Since then she has...
CEO of Age UK backs Support Dogs campaign

CEO of Age UK backs Support Dogs campaign

by Asya Bakr | Nov 5, 2025 | Campaign, Home Page Top Story, Uncategorised

A CEO of a leading UK charity has backed our campaign, Paws for a Cause.  Age UK operates nationally and has regularly championed for older people to be included, valued and supported in society. CEO of Age UK, Steve Thomson Mr Steve Thomson, CEO of the Birmingham...
What’s on in Yorkshire this week: Culture.

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...
York’s smoking rate drops to one of country’s lowest

York’s smoking rate drops to one of country’s lowest

by Will Atherton | Nov 5, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire, Uncategorised

Adult smoking rates in York have dropped to just 6.7%, making the city 8th lowest in the country for nicotine use. This latest milestone reflects a broader regional trend, with Humber and North Yorkshire smoking rates falling to a record low of 11.7 per cent, down...
UPDATE: Two more arrested in investigation into fatal Sheffield shooting

UPDATE: Two more arrested in investigation into fatal Sheffield shooting

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 31, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Uncategorised

Two further arrests have been made as police enquiries continue into the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Kassim Mohammed in Sheffield last month. An 18-year-old man was arrested on Thursday 30 October on suspicion of murder, following the earlier arrest of a 30-year-old...
Predator jailed for six years following child sex offences

Predator jailed for six years following child sex offences

by Casey Peyton | Oct 28, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire, Uncategorised

A predator has been sentenced to six years after he pleaded guilty to multiple child sex offences, exploitation and drug offences. Timothy Glen Jarrett, 45, of Copmanthorpe, York, was made subject to two restraining orders for 10 years on top of his sentence today at...
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