Yorkshire Ambulance staff are striking until 9pm tonight over fears that new working conditions will threaten patient safety. Protestors from the Unite union are taking… Read More »Ambulance staff strike fearing that proposed changes will risk patients’ lives
Keighley councillor, Brian Morris, said Tory defector, Douglas Carswell, will deliver UKIP’s first seat in Parliament and that he expects more Conservative MPs will join… Read More »Bradford UKIP councillor confident former Tory MP will deliver party’s first Parliament seat
By Anders Anglesey Fire crews are tackling a major blaze at a power station near a motorway this afternoon. The West Yorkshire Fire Service was… Read More »UPDATE: video of major fire at Ferrybridge Power Station in West Yorkshire
Watch a roundup of today’s news in brief from the Yorkshire Voice newsroom, presented by Mark Kielesz-Levine on Thursday, July 31.
By Anders Anglesey The pumps and glasses are being polished as the Yarnbury Beer festival gets ready to welcome around 2,000 people over the weekend.… Read More »Real Ale lovers celebrate Yorkshire weekend
By Anders Anglesey The Labour council leader for Calderdale condemned the decision to oust him from his position as a cynical action taken by the… Read More »Council leader ousted in political coup condemns “grab for power”
By Anders Anglesey York Minster is welcoming the return parts of the world’s largest expansive medieval stained glass window today after it had been taken… Read More »World’s largest stained glass window returns to York Minster
By Anders Anglesey A 53-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Bridlington landlady Bei Carter John Heald, from Rotheram, appeared at Beverley Magistrates… Read More »Man in court over murder of East Yorkshire landlady
Jimmy Savile, of Leeds, died aged 84 on October 29, 2011. By Joseph Keith The Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust is set to to challenge pay-outs… Read More »Victims of Savile abuse left “angry and disappointed” by High Court ruling
By Anders Anglesey A man has been found guilty of attempting to murder a police officer at Leeds Crown Court today. James Leslie, 38, from… Read More »Man found guilty of attempting to murder policewoman