Calderdale

15 November 2024. Dignity in Dying event at Healds Hall Hotel, Liversedge, hosted by Kim Leadbeater.

How your MP voted on the assisted dying bill

New Total Travel store opens at Brighouse.

Travel with Katie Butler:

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 27: Alison Worthington, George Worthington and Helena Worthington with the Entertainment award for 'Gogglebox' during The TRIC Awards 2023 at Grosvenor House on June 27, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

Gogglebox star Helena Worthington said she saw ‘big cat’ on train to Todmorden

A housing development in Wakefield. Recent data has found that whilst Wakefield leads West Yorkshire in its number of new builds per 10,000 people, it has also had the biggest rise in average private monthly rent in West Yorkshire between February 2023 and 2024. Picture: Scott Merrylees

Property: Wakefield leads the way for new builds in West Yorkshire

The multi-million-pound investment was announced by Active Travel England on Saturday (March 23).

£5.5 million boost announced to improve active travel across Wakefield

The permitted upper age limit of diesel and petrol vehicles registered with Wakefield Council has been increased from 10 to 12 years.

Increase in the age limit of taxi vehicles operating in the Wakefield district

14 notable people who you may not know are from Wakefield, Halifax and Dewsbury

14 notable women who you may not know are from Wakefield, Halifax and Dewsbury

Plans for a tram system running in West Yorkshire have been set out as the West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin aims to revolutionise the region's transport network.

Mayor sets out plan for tram system in West Yorkshire

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board are collaborating on a public consultation to gauge Wakefield residents' views on how older people with mental health needs are cared for in hospital

NHS appeal to Wakefield, Calderdale and Kirklees residents over dementia wards

Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, at the Walk it Ride it campaign launch.

New sustainable travel campaign launches across West Yorkshire

Here are some of the top places go to pumpkin picking across West Yorkshire in the run-up to Halloween.

Here are the top places for pumpkin picking in and around West Yorkshire

The Home Office plans to double the number of asylum seekers being housed at Cedar Court, Wakefield.

Council took legal advice to block plans to house more asylum seekers at hotels

New funding will help provide traffic-free paths in Wakefield.

£23 million cycling scheme to create "attractive alternative choice" in region

The NHS in Wakefield, Calderdale and Dewsbury is urging people to plan ahead for their healthcare needs in the run up to what is expected to be a particularly busy time for health and care services in the region.

NHS services over the bank holiday and planned industrial action

Northern has warned 'fare dodgers' in West Yorkshire to 'quit while they're ahead' as their investigators are able to look into the circumstances of attempted fare evasion in much more detail.

'Quit while you're ahead' says Northern's 'Digital Fraud Squad'

Travelodge has a requirement to open six new hotels across West Yorkshire, with locations identified in Halifax/Brighouse, near the M62, and in Wakefield

Travelodge targets new hotels in Halifax and Wakefield
A hotel chain has targeted five West Yorkshire local authorities - including Calderdale and Wakefield - to help unlock regeneration opportunities and assist growing the region’s cities and towns.
Adam Cheshire

An artists impression of light rail trams trains network public transport system for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme across the county. The scheme is expected to cost more than £2bn and be fully operational in 2040

Mayor makes pledge about region's £2bn mass transit system

West Yorkshire has been given a further funding boost of £2.5 million to develop the county's cycling and walking network.

West Yorkshire leading the way for walking and cycling

West Yorkshire Fire Service has opened its vault of pictures to give people an insight into some of the incredible photos taken over the last 150 years.

Glimpse into incredible West Yorkshire Fire Service photo archives

Don't be caught out by financial scams

Here are scams to watch out for in West Yorkshire in 2023

Northern has released a video highlighting the monumental task its team of 500 train presentation operatives have to keep its fleet of 345 trains clean and tidy..

Watch: The 'monumental task' Northern staff has to keep trains clean

Big cat sightings have been reported across the district. Stock image

'Big cat ate my dog' - more sightings reported

The Forget Me Not children's hospice campaign took place between October 12 and October 14.

Forget Me Not raises over £280k in just 48 hours!

Where: Ravensknowle Farm, Pontefract Road, Pontefract WF7 5AF.
Named the most Instagrammable pumpkin patch by Parkdean Resorts, Farmer Copley's is always in high demand. Farmer Copley's grows more than 30 different varieties and have plenty of entertainment, refreshments and more throughout October.
The pumpkin festival is on from October 1 until October 31.
Tickets cost £5 per person and children under the age of 3 are free. Pumpkins can be purchased at an additional cost.

Top pumpkin picking patches in West Yorkshire for Halloween 2022

Generic image of a doctor at work in a surgery.

£52 million boost for new health hubs in West Yorkshire

Heritage Open Days will be held from September 9-18 - What will you discover?

West Yorkshire Heritage Open Days: This is how you can explore the history of th...

House prices increased by 1.2% in Wakefield in June, new figures show.

Wakefield house prices increased in June
House prices increased by 1.2% in Wakefield in June, new figures show.
Gemma Jimmison

Very low water levels at Baitings Reservoir. Picture by Simon Hulme

Photos show revealed packhorse bridge at dried-up West Yorkshire reservoir

Shibden Hall, Halifax. Home to the extraordinary Anne Lister, also known as Gentleman Jack, diarist, businesswoman, landowner, traveller and lesbian.
The hall dates back to 1420 and offers visitors a journey through the lives of the people who lived and worked here.
Shibden’s architecture is a mix of styles reflecting its interesting and varied history.
The nearby 17th century aisled barn and workshops house a carriage collection and displays relating to different crafts, including a blacksmiths, coopers, wheelwrights and saddlers.

We look at some of the stateliest of stately homes across our county.

Linda Senior with her sons Russell and Tom

Tributes to woman who founded hospice for Calderdale children

Wakefield city centre

West Yorkshire Combined Authority devolution deal cash will be used for Covid re...

An artist's impression of how public transport in West Yorkshire could look

The 'behaviour change programme' to get people in Yorkshire to ditch their cars

An image supplied by West Yorkshire Combined Authority shows what the new mass transit system could look like.

This is how West Yorkshire's long-awaited mass transit system could look

Martin Hathaway

'It is, again, not enough' - Wakefield's chamber of commerce responds to new loc...

A further 30 people have died in Yorkshire hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

Further 30 people die after testing positive for Covid in Yorkshire hospitals

A further 23 people have died in Yorkshire hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

Further 26 people died in Yorkshire hospitals after testing positive for Covid

A further 38 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in Yorkshire hospitals.

38 more people die after testing positive for Covid in Yorkshire hospitals

A further 39 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in hospitals in Yorkshire.

Daily figures confirm 39 more Covid deaths in Yorkshire hospitals

A total of 43 more people have died in Yorkshire hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19.

More than 40 more Covid deaths in Yorkshire hospitals

Cycling stock

Calls for improvement to cycling infrastructure to cut road deaths

A total of 33 more people have died in Yorkshire hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19.

33 more people die in Yorkshire hospitals after testing positive for Covid

A total of 48 more people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in Yorkshire hospitals.

48 more people die after testing positive for Covid in Yorkshire hospitals

The latest NHS figures have confirmed that 30 more people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in Yorkshire hospitals.

Latest figures confirm 30 more Covid deaths in Yorkshire hospitals

NHS Trust reaches out to West Yorkshire public regarding anxiety during approaching lockdown

NHS Trust reaches out to West Yorkshire public regarding anxiety during approach...

The latest figures have confirmed that a further 23 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in Yorkshire hospitals.

Further 23 people dead after testing positive for Covid in Yorkshire hospitals

A total of 37 more people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in Yorkshire hospitals, NHS England has confirmed.

Latest figures confirm 37 more Covid deaths in Yorkshire hospitals

Last Christmas in Wakefield

The Big Conversation: Forty percent of people in Wakefield will be spending less...

There have been 10 further coronavirus deaths in hospitals in Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Covid-19: 10 further coronavirus deaths in hospitals

Five people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Yorkshire hospitals.

Five people die after testing positive for coronavirus in Yorkshire hospitals

Two more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in hospitals in Yorkshire.

Two further confirmed coronavirus deaths in Yorkshire hospitals

Leeds City Council has announced that the city will be subject to local lockdown restrictions.

Leeds in local lockdown - everything we know right now

Wakefield has just over 27 cases per 100,000 people, according to the latest data.

Explained: Why Wakefield's Covid infection rate is lower than the rest of West Y...

Wakefield has narrowly escaped entering a local lockdown, after new restrictions were introduced across large swathes of West Yorkshire. Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

These are the new local lockdown restrictions in place across Calderdale, Kirkle...

House prices increased in Wakefield in May, new figures show. Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

This is how much Wakefield house prices increased in May

Parts of Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees are no longer under lockdown restrictions.

Lockdown restrictions lifted in parts of West Yorkshire