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Metal detectorist Dan Hartley, from Liversedge, West Yorkshire, has found a 14th century seal belonging to Geoffrey of Newcomb and an ancient silver coin. The 24-year-old is part of a new generation of detectorists, with the hobby...
MAYOR Tracy Brabin has said she is “keen” on bringing in an overnight visitor levy, to “make sure that West Yorkshire gets the benefit of an uplift in tourism”. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that mayors would get the powers to introduce...
A GREAT-grandmother thought to have inoperable cancer has become the first person in the UK to receive treatment using a pioneering technique. Brenda Iveson, from Harrogate, was told that usual cancer treatments would not work for the 6cm...
NORTH Yorkshire’s new registration scheme for residents using household waste recycling centres could push people towards fly-tipping, the Green Party has warned. Households must now register their details before visiting any of the...
FAMILY hardship has deepened despite support in the post-pandemic years, with child hunger worsening as a result, new research suggests. A survey of 2,500 parents was commissioned by the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think-tank.
THE chairman of supermarket chain Asda has said the company’s performance continued to “edge forwards” in the first quarter of the year as the firm saw its revenues slip. Asda posted revenues excluding fuel of £5bn for the quarter.
FIVE patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola, the head of the World Health Organisation said yesterday during a visit to a city at the heart of an outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, showing the illness can be...
