Katie Dickinson
UK
King has ‘instant bond’ with cancer patients during visit to new hospital centre
Charles was cheered by patients and staff at York Hospital, as he toured the site before the opening of the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Centre.
26 May 2026
UK
Man charged with murdering woman who was found dead in house
Courtney Angus, 21, was discovered at an address in Norfolk Street, Batley, on Saturday.
30 Jul 2025
Crime
Man denies murdering mother and her three children in a house fire
Bryonie Gawith, 29; Denisty Birtle, nine; Oscar Birtle, five; and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died after the blaze at their home in Bradford
28 Jul 2025
UK
Man arrested after death of teenager in suspected hit-and-run
Bailey Chadwick, 19, was walking home after seeing friends in Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, when he was fatally injured on the B6265.
25 Jul 2025
UK
More than 100 cyclists set off on ride to remember murdered MP Jo Cox
Cheered on by Mrs Cox’s parents and sister, MP Kim Leadbeater, the group gathered at Princess Mary Athletics Stadium, in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire.
23 Jul 2025
Crime
Teenage killers stabbed prison inmate six months after being jailed for murder
Cousins Jakele Pusey, 17, and Jovani Harriott, 19, were given life sentences for the murder of Khayri Mclean, who was stabbed outside his school.
22 Jul 2025
Crime22 Jul 2025
Husband who killed wife as she pushed baby in pram faces life sentence
Habibur Masum, 27, being sentenced on Tuesday after being found guilty of murdering Kulsuma Akter in a ‘ferocious’ knife attack in broad daylight
Crime21 Jul 2025
Driver who inhaled nitrous oxide before killing man, 81, detained for 11 years
Cain Byrne, 20, ignored a red light and was well over the 50mph limit when he hit Graham Slinn at a pedestrian crossing.
Politics
Miners arrested at Orgreave say their names can finally be cleared after inquiry
The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in South Yorkshire in 1984
21 Jul 2025
Crime
Footballer who killed another player in ‘cowardly’ one-punch attack jailed
Mckenzie Dicicco, 22, hit married father-of-one James Hitchcock from behind while he was eating at Burger King at York station.
16 Jul 2025
Environment
Craftspeople review Rose Window repairs carried out after 1984 York Minster fire
Experts are using scaffolding in the South Transept to access the Rose Window and revisit the restoration that was carried out after the fire.
14 Jul 2025
Crime
Teenager ‘acted like he had knife’ under jumper before stabbing boy to death
A court heard the teenager accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, 15, at school had made gestures towards him that morning indicating he had a knife.
11 Jul 2025
Crime
Man who killed Good Samaritan when he drove into wedding brawl guilty of murder
Hassan Jhangur hit five people with his car when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the two families.
9 Jul 2025
Crime
Council failings led to incident which saw boy, 12, kill foster carer with car
Marcia Grant, 60, suffered catastrophic injuries as she tried to stop the boy taking her car.
2 Jul 2025
Crime
Man jailed for 15 months after ‘burn hotels’ social media post during riots
Joseph Haythorne posted the comment in August 2024 just as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in South Yorkshire.
2 Jul 2025
UK
William changing view of homelessness the way Diana did for Aids – Gordon Brown
William appeared on a discussion panel with Mr Brown and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett to mark the second anniversary of his homelessness initiative.
1 Jul 2025
Crime
Man seen on CCTV calmly walking in city after killing wife as she pushed pram
Habibur Masum has been found guilty of murdering his wife Kulsuma Akter after tracking her to a women’s refuge.
27 Jun 2025
Crime27 Jun 2025
Husband who stabbed wife found guilty of murder
Habibur Masum launched a ‘ferocious’ knife attack in broad daylight on Kulsuma Akter after tracking her to a women’s refuge in Bradford.
Crime
Man appears in court charged with 63 offences after funeral home investigation
Robert Bush is charged with offences including preventing a lawful burial, fraudulent trading in relation to funeral plans and theft from charities.
25 Jun 2025
Crime
Murder accused ‘was seen grinning on bus CCTV after stabbing wife to death’
Kulsuma Akter was killed by her husband Habibur Masum after he confronted her in the street in Bradford while she was pushing their baby in a pram.
24 Jun 2025
Crime
Woman admits trying to smother elderly mother with pillow in hospital bed
A court heard Susan Hardwick carried out an ‘attempted mercy killing’ to stop her mother being transferred to another hospital for palliative care.
23 Jun 2025