Why we need to choose hope over fear and commit to fully reopening on June 21 – Mark Casci
Beautifully timed to coincide with the half-term holiday, the sun shone down on Yorkshire in earnest for the first time in nearly a year.
Global lockdowns lead to soaring demand for Sumo's video games
The Sheffield-based firm, which makes games for Microsoft, Sega and Sony, delivered 279 project milestones and launched or announced 12 games in 2020, including five Own-IP games.
Tom Kerridge: Working in a restaurant is a way of life – you can't do it over a Zoom call
Few industries have suffered more during the pandemic than hospitality. Thousands of restaurants and pubs up and down the country have been forced to shut their doors for good, following months of lockdown restrictions.
How Bloom Bakers in Leeds is looking to create opportunities for working mothers
Leeds-based Bloom Bakers was founded by Lisa Shepherd and Saskia Roskam in early 2016. The duo met while at a digital marketing agency and quickly discovered that they both shared a love for baking.
Lockdowns take their toll on Card Factory
The Wakefield-based firm said it had seen better than expected reopening performances after the first and second lockdowns.
Leeds is performing at its highest level since March 2020, index shows
Avison Young’s UK Cities Recovery index, which helps monitor the way in which the coronavirus pandemic impacted the UK’s major cities, found that Leeds Liverpool and Manchester are all showing signs of recovery.
Boost for learners as DVSA to add 20,000 extra driving test appointments per month
An extra 20,000 practical driving tests appointments are to be offered each month as part of an effort to cut huge waiting lists around the country.
Five-year-old boy becomes youngest person to climb US Three Peaks in one day
Jaxon Krzysik scaled three mountains in the record-breaking time of only 12 hours on Saturday (Jun 5).
Enholmes Hall in Holderness near Hull is for sale and owes its revival to a remarkable millionaire
The publishing entrepreneur and philanthropist Professor Barry Pettman was still a child when doctors declared that he would be dead by the age of 30 due to a rare cranial malformation.
"Disturbing" report shows farmers are being repeatedly targeted by illegal hare coursers
More than 300 people responded to the Yorkshire Agriculture Society research into the impact and prevalence of hare coursing.
