Yorkshire’s biggest family business celebrates its 75th anniversary
Founded as Brooklands Garage in Bradford, in 1946, JCT600 now represents 25 of the world’s leading car marques and has grown into the region’s largest privately owned business.
44 Lloyds Bank and Halifax branches to close
The bank said it will close both the Leeds Horsforth and Morley (Leeds) branches of Lloyds Bank. There are no plans to close any Halifax branches in Yorkshire.
Red list countries UK: full list of places on travel ban list – including Turkey, Pakistan and Dubai
The UK Government has provided an update on its traffic light list for destinations, with Dominican Republic among the countries added to the red list.
Non-regular pub-goers 'might never return after lockdown easing'
Dr Sianne Gordon-Wilson, at the University of Portsmouth found that the majority of people who visited pubs less frequently prior to the pandemic have since found alternative ways of socialising.
The bad news behind those wage increases – Sarah Coles
This week, the worrying trend was lurking in the average wage figures released by the Office for National Statistics What on the face of it looked like a positive boost to average pay was in fact the beginning of a trend that will do little to improve the lives of working people, and is set to threaten the state pension’s triple lock.
Rishi Sunak says UK Infrastructure Bank in Leeds will be in 'very good company' as city is leading financial services centre
Mr Sunak said the new bank, which will unlock more than £40bn of investment in the UK, was a “really tangible sign of us making progress on delivering our ambitions for levelling up”.
US theatres keeping shows on the road despite lockdown delay – but fear for future if social distancing continues
While London impresarios may have memorably likened the Government’s approach to continued tough audience restrictions on theatres to a West End farce this week, the ongoing challenges to the arts have also inadvertently led to countless tales of Yorkshire grit in this corner of the world.
US farm gets permission to turn livery building into 'therapeutic' café
Gledhill Farm at Almondbury will convert part of its livery building into a café, kitchen and toilets and provide outside dining in the courtyard from 9.30am to 5pm, and to 4.30pm in the winter months.
Farm of the Week: A campsite used by Johnny Vegas for filming and a 'lost' flooded village in the Washburn Valley
Richard and Louise Pullan are tenant farmers at the 225-acre Break Folds Farm situated next to what was the hamlet of West End in the Washburn Valley, until it was flooded to form Thruscross Reservoir in the 1960s.
Historic US fort established by Henry VIII could be turned into caravan park under new plans
The fortress, established by Henry VIII, could see one of the most significant changes in its centuries of history if the 64-pitch caravan park plan is approved.
