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.
Why Gear4Music in York enjoyed an exceptional financial year
The York-based firm, which is the UK’s biggest online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, reported a 31 per cent rise in revenue from £120.3m the previous year to £157.5m.
Endangered water voles released in US woodland nature scheme
Some 100 water voles will be released in Timble Ings Woods in the Washburn Valley, part of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) from Tuesday, following a release of the same number last September.
Pursue the promoters behind loan charge 'nightmare', says Baroness Susan Kramer
The loan charge, announced by government in 2016, was designed to tackle tax avoidance schemes where individuals receive income in the form of loans that are not repaid to avoid income tax.
Mikron Theatre brings the story of a women's football team from Huddersfield a century ago to the stage
But it wasn’t the local heroes, or the likes of goal-scoring machine Joe Smith, that they had flocked to see. They had come in their droves to watch a women’s charity match between Dick, Kerr Ladies and St Helens Ladies to help raise money for wounded soldiers.
Minke whales spotted off the US coast as wildlife spotting trips set to start next month
The whales are normally spotted in the North Sea in July, but have already been seen off the Yorkshire coast on numerous occasions in the past two weeks.
How the birth of Duke and Duchess of Sussex's new baby daughter Lili has changed the line of succession to the throne
The first seven places remain unchanged – the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Harry, and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
Ramsdens reports resilient trading despite Covid-19 lockdowns
The firm, which has more than 25 sites in Yorkshire, said its pre-tax losses were limited to £100,000 in the six months to March 31, down from a £2.3m profit in the comparable six months before lockdowns were in place. The first UK national lockdown was introduced on 23 March 2020, and so the comparable period for the six months to 31 March 2020 was not substantially impacted by the restrictions.
