Tag: west yorkshire
Deaf girl wins Outstanding Achievement Award
A Bradford schoolgirl has been celebrating after being presented with an award recognising her success in disability sport.
Ten-year-old Girlington Primary pupil Shahayna Begum...
West Yorkshire’s PCC supports response to human trafficking and modern slavery
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has released new figures on the scale of human trafficking and modern slavery.
The shocking figures state that there are...
Victim Support launch live chat service
Victims of crime have another way of accessing support after Victim Support received a cash boost to fund a live web chat service.
West Yorkshire’s...
A real team player! Prince Harry delights young rugby players at...
The charming and down to earth HRH Prince Harry proved a huge hit with schoolchildren at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, home of the Leeds Rhinos.
the...
“We cannot let people who want to cause harm dictate how...
West Yorkshire’s Police Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson imparts message of diversity of the region
West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Mark Burns-Williamson, said that...
Multiagency operation clamps illegal tobacco on National No Smoking Day
multiagency operation on National No Smoking Day has seen West Yorkshire Trading Standards, West Yorkshire Police, HMRC and Wagtail UK tobacco detection dogs seizing...
Double trouble: Penalty for using mobile phones whilst driving rises to...
West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Mark Burns-Williamson has welcomed today’s change in the law which sees the penalty for drivers caught using...
22-year-old Audi RS horror crash victim was ‘a loving and caring...
Tributes to the young man continue on Facebook, with hundreds of people saying what a loving, caring young man he was, who’d never been...
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Stroke Services
Health professionals across West Yorkshire and Harrogate are inviting people to share their views on how stroke services across the area could be further...
Silver stallion: Batley teen gallops ahead with ambitious goals
“I feel there is no greater personal reward and satisfaction then seeing the smiles on people thorough the impact of your work.”
Where many teenagers...
Crime statistics: West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner’s statement
Responding to the release of the latest crime statistics for West Yorkshire from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Mark Burns-Williamson, West Yorkshire’s Police...
Star solicitor: National Award for Switalskis Director and Solicitor Advocate Ranjit...
A Yorkshire solicitor has been recognised in the capital as one of the best in his field this year.
Ranjit Uppal, Director at law firm...
Cakes and cricket
Asian bakery gives its backing to one of Yorkshire’s greatest sports
Kashmir Crown Bakery (KCB) are celebrating 50 years of business by teaming up with...
Tackling hate crime: New report suggests ‘more must be done’ in...
Police, local authorities and third party reporting centres across West Yorkshire must ‘do more’ to address the rising tide of anti-Muslim hate crime’, a...
SINGING SENSATION AT NINE! Age is no issue for young Yorkshire...
Whilst most nine-year-olds are busy learning their fractions and the correct way to use a comma, one talented youngster from Otley is busy brushing...
West Yorkshire: Hundreds of helpers pitch in for community projects
Spark something good in West Yorkshire
Over 573 M&S customers and employees have come together to donate more than 160 hours of their time to...
Introducing West Yorkshire’s youngest Chief Superintendent
New district commander outlines plans for Wakefield
To be in charge of policing an area with a population of over 300,000, at a time of...
Cabbies are unhAPPy with Uber: Taxi drivers protest over ‘unliveable’ wages
Around one hundred private hire drivers gathered outside Leeds Town Hall on Friday afternoon to protest against the popular international taxi app Uber.
The firm...
AK47s amongst the mountain of life-threatening loot handed in to police
Ammunition amnesty
A weapons amnesty across West Yorkshire has meant that an enormous haul of guns and knives have been handed over to police.
This included...
Sikhs take to the streets in bid to help out homeless...
Langar tackles hunger in Leeds
As homeless figures continue to rise in the UK, and the need for foodbanks grows every year, one West Yorkshire...
