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Residents claim weeds began growing through the surface at Braithwaite Village - a hamlet near Laycock - soon after it was laid.

Firefighters from Batley arrived to rescue the man at about 2.30pm, when they realised they needed specialist equipment from Cleckheaton.

Kirklees had protected areas of the district from any new housing allocation following a long campaign by Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood who drew up an Option X as an alternative to the authority's first four original drafts.

The Kirklees Robbery Team would like to speak to anyone who witnessed or has information about the incident which took place at about 4.15am on Newsome Road in Huddersfield on Wednesday.

A canine statue, branded a "devil dog" by Leeds residents, has been replaced in a bid to keep the memory of a local legend alive.

From left are Dave Robson and Hazel Lee of Otley & District Road Safety Committee, Keith and Beryl Harland of Horsforth Retired People's Club, Wendy Corden of Otley Carnival, and Insp Richard Coldwell Otley & District Road Safety Committee, Otley Carnival and Horsforth Retired People's Club have each received A 218 from the proceeds of the event, ... (more)

Love was in the air both on and off-stage on Saturday as a musical ended with a real-life marriage proposal.

Two school bands will take to the stage in front of thousands of music fans next weekend after winning a spot at Pontefract's Crooked Ways festival.

A 42-year-old Silsden woman sank her nails into a police officer and trashed a cell after being arrested for being drunk, Skipton magistrates heard.

The inquest of a grandmother killed after she paid a cab outside her home has been opened and adjourned today at Bradford Coroner's Court .

A LEARNER driver from Poland - allegedly high on a cocktail of drink and drugs before his car ploughed in to a bus - has admitted dangerous driving in Wakefield.

Armed police cordoned off streets in Ovenden for a third time as they searched for a man in connection with what is believed to be a serious assault.

An MP has asked for "dangerous" plans do downgrade and centralise parts of the district's hospital services to be referred to the secretary of state.

Manager Nick Holroyd in the Royal Arcade, Keighley, which could be at the centre of a new 'culinary quarter' in the town East Parade in Keighley could become a 'culinary quarter' on the back of a new shopping centre being built across the road.

One of the objectors to the Shann Lane scheme, Noel Manning from Pine Cross, stands in his garden overlooking the field that has been approved for 135 new homes The scheme to construct up to 135 houses on a 4.8-hectare greenfield site at Shann Lane was approved at a meeting of the regulatory and appeals planning committee this week.

Smoke and flames were coming out of the unoccupied property's roof and first-floor windows when firefighters arrived at the scene, at the junction of Fell Lane and Wheathead Lane.

Members of Calderdale Interfaith Council, Calderdale Council of Mosques, and Calderdale Council, met hours after the Halifax link of Drummer Rigby was made known.

Two lanes of the A1 Southbound between junction 47 at Allerton Park and junction 46 at Wetherby services are closed after a lorry overturned.

A 64-year-old Ilkley businessman has successfully completed his 150th 10K race after celebrating a landmark 50 years of competitive running.

A man who transformed the landscape around a Catholic youth retreat centre in Ilkley has been shortlisted for an Unsung National Hero by a national newspaper.