As Britain’s harvest shrinks, West Yorkshire starts to grow differently

The climate may be rewriting the rules, but West Yorkshire has always been good at rewriting them back.

Leeds needs trees!

Leeds City Council's Woodland Creation Team plans to plant just shy of six million trees by 2045. In this piece, Eliza looks at some of the planting schemes – and what they actually mean.

Imran Khan on Labour’s Bradford legacy

The party’s leader on Bradford Council reflects on past successes – and what the new Reform administration is getting wrong.

Devolution gets a boost, local tip might open, disappointment over sanctuary scheme withdrawal ...

The latest news across the district of Bradford and West Yorkshire.

The decline of the River Wharfe is the result of a "failed experiment"

One of Yorkshire’s most cherished landscapes is paying the price for greed, mismanagement and poor oversight.

A case for Bradford’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ)

Clean Air Bradford’s Darren Parkinson challenges the logic behind Bradford Council’s leader Stephen Place's proposal to scrap CAZ.

How easy is it to travel in and around Leeds exclusively on public transport?

Over two weeks, Eliza Ainley tested it out. Here’s how it went down.

They said I was just a kid, a young girl and that politics wasn’t for someone like me

In 2024, Atira-Rose Malik became the UK’s youngest South Asian Muslim woman to be elected as a councillor. Here she reflects on her experience in local government.

“Fighting to keep my country free. Ex Parliamentary candidate Bradford South. Councillor. Ambassador for my home town Bradford.”

We went on a journey to discover more about Stephen Place, Bradford Council’s new leader. Here’s what we found out.

David Hockney remembered

A short celebration of the late, great Bradford-born artist who leaves behind an incredible legacy.

Improved council finances, more criticism of council leader, doctors strikes and more

A roundup of the latest news in Bradford and West Yorkshire 🗞️

Stephen Place sets out Reform UK’s three-part plan for Bradford

The new leader of Bradford Council kicks off his minority administration’s tenure in City Hall.