Schoolchidlren across West Yorkshire are to take part in the biggest survey of birdlife in UK schools this winter. Up to 2,000 schools take part each year in the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ s Big Schools’ Birdwatch focussing on the bird population. The survey has helped to track bird populations through involvement of schools for the last decade. The survey runs from January 16 [...]

TWO people were cut free from their cars after a collision in Leeds. The crash happened outside the Tommy Wass pub in Dewsbury Road in south Leeds at 8.23 on Monday (January 9). A Honda Accord and a Volkswagen Passat were involved. Firefighters from Hunslet and Morley were called out. They cut the roofs from both cars releasing a male driver from the Honda and a female driver from the Volkswagen. Both [...]

Fears are mounting that children could drown in a ‘crater’ left by a developer. Residents of The Pastures estate, in East Ardsley, were shocked to find two steep-sided dry detention beds had been dug from a meadow on the development last year. Bloor Homes, who are responsible for the landscaping, responded to complaints of rubble and fly tipping on the field last year by digging the drainage beds [...]

A POLICE incident closed the M1 in Yorkshire today, causing long delays for motorists. The motorway in South Yorkshire was closed, causing queuing traffic and long delays in both directions between junction 38, A637 (Woolley) and junction 37, A628 (Barnsley). A diversion was in operation but drivers faced delays of up to an hour. A source said police had closed the road following a threat from a pedestrian [...]

The family of a Leeds student who was found dead in a halls of residence following a night out with friends have paid tribute to their “wonderful son.” Adam Dixon died at his halls of residence in Beckett Park, Leeds, on Sunday. (January The 18-year-old, a first year multi-media technology student at Leeds Metropolitan University, came from Shelf near Halifax. Before going to university he was [...]