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• 'Two pairs of leggings ended up costing me £5,000'

  22-12-2025 06:51 via bbc.com
  Clare Lane says she had "no idea" she signed up to a subscription when she bought the items online.
  
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• Mystery over sudden closure of 'vital' post office

  22-12-2025 06:50 via bbc.com
  The Tong Street branch in Bradford closed suddenly in October with no warning, local residents say.
  
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• Book reveals bid to rescue Charles I from Leeds dressed as a woman

  21-12-2025 19:09 via bbc.com
  The King was imprisoned in Leeds but plans were drawn up for him to escape in women's clothes.
  
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• Listed church returns to being place of worship

  21-12-2025 11:40 via bbc.com
  Wesleyan Reformed Church, in Shipley, has most recently been used as a children's play centre.
  
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• Head sent 'problematic' pupils home after register

  21-12-2025 10:24 via bbc.com
  The Yorkshire head teacher wanted to inflate the school's attendance figures, a misconduct panel finds.
  
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• 'Your culture or gender shouldn't stop you joining police'

  21-12-2025 08:15 via bbc.com
  Detective Aqsa Saleem recently won a Young Achievers Award as a young Asian woman in policing.
  
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• QPR extend fine run & Terriers ease pressure - Sam Parkin's EFL takeaways

  20-12-2025 22:00 via bbc.com
  Final Score pundit Sam Parkin's takeaways from Saturday's action across the Championship, League One and League Two.
  
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• Community cast 'does city proud' in culture finale

  20-12-2025 21:19 via bbc.com
  Thousands gather in Bradford for the first of two events bringing the curtain down on culture year.
  
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• Environmental permit for incinerator quashed

  20-12-2025 14:03 via bbc.com
  Calderdale Council had initially granted the permit for a plant in Sowerby Bridge last year.
  
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• Stupid or valid? Did Brook's shot put Australia on the brink?

  20-12-2025 11:24 via bbc.com
  Harry Brook's dismissal put England on the brink of Ashes defeat but was his reverse sweep stupid or valid?
  
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• Man charged after woman suffers serious injuries

  20-12-2025 10:47 via bbc.com
  Gareth Brook, 34, is due to appear before Leeds Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
  
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• 'Our Christmas lights have raised thousands in Mum's memory'

  20-12-2025 08:26 via bbc.com
  The Burkinshaws' popular display raises money for the hospice where their late mum was treated.
  
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• Man jailed for making £380,000 of fake banknotes

  19-12-2025 19:58 via bbc.com
  Lee Mitchell created a factory to produce counterfeit £20 bank notes, with police finding £380,000.
  
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• Bradford sign Hull KR forward Ruan for 2026

  19-12-2025 19:31 via bbc.com
  Leon Ruan joins Bradford Bulls on loan from Hull KR for 2026, with the move to become permanent for 2027.
  
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• Man jailed for 24 years after 'campaign of rape'

  19-12-2025 16:32 via bbc.com
  Christopher Beasley, 33, from Beeston, will spend five years on licence after his prison sentence.
  
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• Ex-ambulance becomes safety hub for revellers

  19-12-2025 14:50 via bbc.com
  The "safe point" van will provide support, medical equipment, water and phone charging facilities.
  
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• Ex-pro completes non-league football club takeover

  19-12-2025 14:09 via bbc.com
  David Stockdale is the new owner of FC Farsley, with former club Farsley Celtic set to be liquidated.
  
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• Shop labelled 'criminality hub' by PC loses licence

  19-12-2025 13:44 via bbc.com
  The store in Bradford has been closed since a raid in October involving police and Trading Standards.
  
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• Paedophile stole data while working at council

  19-12-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  Stephen Gregson died during his trial for sexual offences against a 15-year-old girl.
  
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• 'Mad Friday' revellers urged to be responsible

  19-12-2025 07:09 via bbc.com
  Yorkshire Ambulance Service asks partygoers to avoid excessive drinking and to take extra care.
  
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• Culture year cost £51m and attracted three million

  19-12-2025 07:07 via bbc.com
  Bradford 2025 saw more than 5,000 events and cost about £51m to host, with the tenure coming to a close.
  
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• Mum 'overwhelmed' by local firms' support for son

  18-12-2025 22:36 via bbc.com
  Traders give their labour and goods for free so Joel, 7, can get home to Castleford for Christmas.
  
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• Essay cheating at universities an 'open secret'

  18-12-2025 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A Huddersfield man operates a service where students can pay for ‘model answers’.
  
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• Social media 'predator' who preyed on girl jailed

  18-12-2025 16:00 via bbc.com
  Christian Sollitt, who sexually abused a girl in Grimsby, is jailed for 12 years and six months.
  
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• Man jailed for life for killing neighbour over paintbrush row

  18-12-2025 14:11 via bbc.com
  David Hill murdered Kurt Giwisser in Huddersfield in 2023 after forcing his way into his home.
  
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• Pit reunion will be 'sad occasion' - ex-miner

  18-12-2025 09:25 via bbc.com
  Former Kellingley Colliery miners are to reunite 10 years after the UK's last deep pit closed.
  
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• £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review

  18-12-2025 08:04 via bbc.com
  West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running "by the end of the 2030s".
  
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• Water boss 'mistaken' to keep £1.3m payment secret

  18-12-2025 07:07 via bbc.com
  Nicola Shaw says she was wrong in "not being transparent" about the extra money she received.
  
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• Boy should have had antibiotics earlier - inquest

  17-12-2025 21:56 via bbc.com
  An inquest hears Edward Jones died after being taken to hospital in Leeds in February 2023.
  
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• Court bid fails to stop care home privatisations

  17-12-2025 20:59 via bbc.com
  It is lawful for Kirklees Council to move two care homes to private ownership, the High Court rules.
  
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• Landmark building's refurbishment plans approved

  17-12-2025 17:23 via bbc.com
  The Tetley building in Leeds is set to be transformed after planning permission was granted.
  
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• 'I think about my sister every day' - Simpson

  17-12-2025 15:26 via bbc.com
  Callum Simpson speaks to BBC Look North about the importance of his roots before his fight with Troy Williamson on Saturday.
  
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• Former RFL chief Rimmer joins Giants board

  16-12-2025 19:51 via bbc.com
  Huddersfield Giants announce that Ralph Rimmer will be joining the club's board as director for change.
  
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• Hospital staff to strike over 'appalling' workload

  16-12-2025 18:33 via bbc.com
  Workers at Airedale Hospital set to walk out in a row over pay and work conditions.
  
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• Wetherspoon bid to host Otley Run drinkers refused

  16-12-2025 18:25 via bbc.com
  The Golden Beam in Headingley is not allowed to routinely serve revellers taking part in the crawl.
  
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• Man who promoted 'violent jihad' online jailed

  16-12-2025 17:14 via bbc.com
  He used a cloud-based storage account to share "terrorist publications", counter terrorism police say.
  
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• Driver jailed after pedestrian killed in crash

  16-12-2025 16:38 via bbc.com
  Robert Nagoda is to serve 10 years and eight months for the death of Darrell Dalton in Bradford.
  
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• Failed bus scheme delays clean air zone progress

  16-12-2025 12:13 via bbc.com
  A report into the lifting of Bradford's clean air zone blames bus retrofitted to help cut pollution.
  
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• Appeal after pedestrians seriously hurt in crash

  16-12-2025 10:30 via bbc.com
  A man and woman remain in hospital more than a week after the crash, police say.
  
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• Hundreds sign petition to save community orchard

  16-12-2025 08:18 via bbc.com
  Campaigners say the community-run orchard in Bradford is proving too costly to run.
  
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• More becoming homeless after prison, charity warns

  16-12-2025 07:22 via bbc.com
  People left homeless in Yorkshire after release from prison shows the system is "broken", Nacro says
  
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• A&E staff fear 'worst winter' as demand rises

  16-12-2025 07:19 via bbc.com
  An emergency medicine doctor at Pinderfields Hospital warns of "the worst winter we have ever seen".
  
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• Crackdown sees fall in pop-up fireworks shops

  15-12-2025 20:53 via bbc.com
  New measures to tackle anti-social firework use have been introduced in West Yorkshire this year.
  
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• Hospital staff set to walk out in back-pay row

  15-12-2025 18:19 via bbc.com
  Theatre assistants in four hospitals in Leeds will walk out on Thursday, according to Unison.
  
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• Derelict city building collapse sparks evacuation

  15-12-2025 17:42 via bbc.com
  The building in Bradford city centre partially collapsed on Monday, according to the fire service.
  
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• Teenage girl seriously injured in Leeds crash

  15-12-2025 15:43 via bbc.com
  Police say the 16-year-old girl was hit by a car near a roundabout in Seacroft over the weekend.
  
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• 'The sky is the limit' - the resurgence of Calvert-Lewin

  15-12-2025 14:16 via bbc.com
  Since the Premier League returned in mid-November the Englishman has been on a mission, netting four goals in five games.
  
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• Three prisoners deny murder of child killer

  15-12-2025 13:42 via bbc.com
  Kyle Bevan, 33, who murdered a two-year-old girl in 2020, was found dead in his cell on 5 November.
  
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• Sixteen men sentenced over violent street brawl

  15-12-2025 13:24 via bbc.com
  Police were called to Mile Cross Road, to reports of people fighting in the street with weapons.
  
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• Temporary Huddersfield market plan revealed

  15-12-2025 07:40 via bbc.com
  Kirklees Council wants to create a site for traders to use during a £16.5m revamp of the open market.
  
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