Shooting season as Glorious Twelfth and football return
The grouse shooting season returns again from Sunday, but as ever the Glorious Twelfth is sure to strongly divide opinion.
Since the Game Act of 1831, August 12 has been enshrined in law as the start of the shooting season for red grouse and is traditionally one of the busiest days in the shooting calendar.
Its supporters in Yorkshire insist the season keeps thousands of people in jobs, ensure the county’s moorland stays diverse with wildlife and contributes more than £2bn to the national economy.
But detractors include wildlife presenter Chris Packham, who has described the practice as “moorland vandalism”.
Earlier this year, Bradford Council, previously the last local council in the UK to allow grouse shooting to take place on public moorland, agreed to ban the practice on Ilkley Moor.
While the lower English divisions started up again last weekend, the eyes of football fans across the world will be on the Premier League as it begins again on Friday night with Manchester United taking on Leicester City.
Huddersfield Town remain the only Yorkshire side in the top flight and their season will start on Saturday with a tough home game against Chelsea.
There will also be plenty of interest in the performances of England’s returning World Cup stars, including local heroes Harry Maguire, John Stones and Kyle Walker.
It is an arena show that has already been seen by more than nine million people in over 250 cities across the world, and now is
coming to Yorkshire.
The multi-million pound production, which features 18 moving and roaring life-size dinosaurs thanks to state-of-the-art technology, will be at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield on Friday and Saturday.
The show will also be in Leeds later this month for two nights at the First Direct Arena.
The latest figures for new car registrations will be released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, giving a good indication of the state of the automotive industry.
Dealers will be hoping to see more positive figures that in the first half of the year, where new car sales were down 6.3 per cent compared to the first six months of 2017. Diesel sales have plummeted by almost 30 per cent so far this year, leading the SMMT to call last month for greater government reassurance to the public that new diesel technology still has a place on modern roads.
Princess Beatrice of York turns 30 this week, days after hitting the headlines for a rare interview with her sister Eugenie with in which they spoke about the pressures of being part of the royal family while building their own careers and trying to have personal lives in the age of social media.
Her landmark birthday falls on Wednesday as her sister prepares for her wedding to Jack Brooksbank in October.
In June 2016, after six months orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station conducting experiments, walking in space and even running a marathon, astronaut Tim Peake returned to Earth in the Soyuz TMA19M descent module.
Now, his historic spacecraft has gone on tour and will be arriving at its latest venue, Peterborough Cathedral, later this week. The tour has already visited York and Bradford but to its stint in Peterborough will begin on Saturday, running until November 5.