She leads the ‘dedicated think-tank for the North of England’, and Dr Sarah Longlands is passionate about ensuring the Yorkshire’s towns are not left out of the Northern Powerhouse debate. Rob Parsons went to meet her.
Considered by many as the biggest and best festival event of the summer, thousands of avid music fans are expected to descend on Bramham Park ready for Leeds Festival 2018.
Workers on Arriva Rail North are to stage a series of fresh 24-hour strikes in the bitter row over the role of guards, but a planned walkout on another train operator has been called off.
Aspiring entrepreneurs are taking to selling plastic carrier bags outside of supermarkets and convenience stores, undercutting the 5p price in-store and reaping the rewards of a forgetful nation of shoppers.
Yorkshire based supermarket giant Morrisons will no longer be wrapping their cucumbers in plastic - and it will prevent 16 million plastic sleeves being used each year, they say.
Wakefield Cathedral is one of the first organisations to benefit from ultrafast full fibre internet connectivity delivered under the new Wakefield Gigabit City banner.
The city’s council leader Peter Box has promised to pursue a “unique” deal for the area, after Communities Secretary James Brokenshire told senior Yorkshire politicians region-wide devolution was off the table for now.
