Image of farming needs to change to prevent 'disastrous' labour shortage, says report
The poor image of farming as a career – associations with low pay, long hours, poor work-life balance, bad conditions, lack of progression, heavy physical labour and unskilled work – needs to be reformed, experts have said.
Long-serving staff save Barnsley menswear store Frank Bird from closure after buying 80-year-old family business themselves
The group of three now own Frank Bird in Barnsley town centre after the 82-year-old business fell into receivership just a few months before the pandemic.
Great US Show: These are the coronavirus restrictions in place for the Great US Show
Ensuring the safety of all staff and visitors at the event, there will be restrictions in place to minimise the transmission of COVID-19 and enable the event to go ahead in a COVID-secure way.
9 most expensive Airbnb properties for rent in US
Here are some of the most expensive getaways in Yorkshire from Airbnb. Placing top of the list and located in the stunning countryside of Flamborough, East Yorkshire Highcliffe Manor, which dates back to 1895, can be rented at £1502 per night.
Leeds red light zone decision proves you cannot 'manage' prostitution: Christa Ackroyd
It was at the height of the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry and while most journalists concentrated on the killer and his crimes, probably because most crime reporters were men, I wanted to know why women would put themselves at risk night after night meeting strangers for sex.
A 'new fangled' machine which replaces manual bale wrapping is ruled out by the 'chief bale wrapper' at the farm on the M62
After several months of lambing and the accompanied sleep deprivation, a week off would be most welcomed! I dream of white sandy beaches and azure blue seas stretching as far as the eye can see. No pens to muck out, no iodine stained hands and endless traipsing of the lambing fields. Not a cade lamb or bale of straw in sight.
Explainer: Who wants to buy Morrisons and why
Shares in Morrisons soared on Monday morning following confirmation of the rejection at the weekend, as the chain said potential bidder Clayton, Dubilier & Rice “significantly undervalued” the grocer with its 230p-per-share enquiry.
Are you ready to join the electric age of motoring?
It seems we are on course for the biggest motoring revolution in generations.There remains some reluctance by drivers to make the switch due, largely to high prices of vehicles and so-called range anxiety.
Historic neon Woollen sign preserved ahead of Sheffield’s £300m development
The neon sign, measuring 21 metres in length, remains attached to the dilapidated former headquarters building on Love Street for Woollen Signs, a company that still represents the prosperity of Sheffield during the Victorian era when Sheffield became an internationally renowned city for steel makers, cutlers and silversmiths.
Channel 4 news bulletins co-hosted from Leeds to begin in September says chief executive Alex Mahon
She also warned the broadcaster could have “different priorities” if it is privatised, cautioning against doing anything “irreversible” which could “possibly damage some of those things that we do for the sector”.
