Skydiving pensioner raising money for charity
A 70-year-old woman from Chesterfield is raising money for the hospital which saved her - by doing her second sky dive.
Solider Ben Parkinson completes arctic trek
A South Yorkshire soldier - the most seriously injured serviceman to survive the conflict in Afghanistan - has completed his Arctic trek.
Grimsby's first parkour facility opens today
A parkour facility is opening for the first time in Grimsby today
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Top ten lottery winning locations in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire revealed
The top ten places in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire where you're most likely to win the lottery have been revealed.
- 1. Doncaster
- 2. Wakefield
- 3. Sheffield
- 4. Hull
- 5. Huddersfield
- 6. Leeds
- 7. Halifax
- 8. Bradford
- 9. York
- 10. Lincoln
The figures are based on the number of people in each area who've won over £50,000 since the lottery begin in 1994.
Video: Historic Bradford cinema to have major revamp
Every town and city has one - an iconic building that's fallen to rack and ruin. Well today the former Odeon and concert hall in Bradford was sold for just one pound so that it's future can be secured.
The 1930s building has been empty for 13 years. It's been bought by the city Council - and a group campaigning to save the site says it now has high hopes for the future
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Bollywood Carmen role for Chelsee
Strictly Come Dancing runner-up Chelsee Healey is to star in a spectacular Bollywood TV version of the classic opera Carmen live from Bradford.
The actress joins a cast including former EastEnders star Preeya Kalidas in the title role and Indian film actor Abhay Deol.
Waterloo Road star Healey said: "I'm playing a character called Shazzy, she's a fun loving girl who likes to party, she's a bit mischievous which is me all over so I don't reckon I'm going to be doing any acting."
The free hour-long show will be broadcast from Bradford's City Park and more than half of the tickets will be put aside for local people.
Bizet's original opera is set in Spain. Bollywood Carmen will take place on June 9 and will be shown on BBC Three.
Two years ago the channel produced a live version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in Leeds.
Water bombing championships raise money for charity in Sheffield
World water bombing championships in Sheffield
A unique event in South Yorkshire is getting ready to make a splash in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
The World Water Bombing Championships, now in its ninth year, is happening this evening at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Teams - encouraged to wear fancy dress - launch themselves off the three metre diving platform, but as you can see, there is no actual diving involved.
The teams will be marked on style, splash and presentation.
40th anniversary for iconic steam railway
It's the fortieth anniversary of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway today. They'll be celebrating with a special stream train trip from Whitby to Pickering.
The line was closed to passengers in 1965 and freight in 1966 as a result of the Beeching Report. But the North Yorkshire Moors Railway reopened the line in 1973 and is now run as a successful tourist attraction.
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Def Leppard pay tribute to 'Spider from Hull'
It's twenty years since Mick Ronson, the legendary Hull-born guitarist, died of liver cancer. He is best known for being David Bowie's right hand man in the Spiders from Mars and played a huge part in his success.
Together, they went on to produce Lou Reed's 'Transformer' with Ronson even playing piano and guitar on 'Perfect Day', one of Reed's most famous songs. Ronson worked with Ian Hunter from Mott the Hoople and had a string of solo albums.
We spoke to Phil Collen and Joe Elliott from Def Leppard about the Hull legend.
Dedication service for Anne Bronte memorial
Anne Brontë enthusiasts are due to gather at the graveside of the Yorkshire author and poet this lunchtime, at St Mary’s church, Scarborough, to dedicate the memorial plaque, laid in her honour in 2011.
The Brontë Society’s plaque interprets the wording on Anne’s original gravestone, which is so weathered it was becoming hard to read. It also corrects a mistake in the original inscription – Anne’s age at the time of her death is now correctly stated as 29, rather than 28.
A simple service of dedication will be held at the graveside by Revd Martyn Dunning, vicar of St Mary’s. Members of the Brontë Society, who maintain the grave, will read some of Anne’s poems, and Brontë Society Chairman Sally McDonald will talk about the history of the plaque.
Calendar's longest-serving cameraman says goodbye
Julian Utley joined ITV Calendar just four months after it first went on air in July 1968. Now the cameraman - who's served longer than any other member of staff here at Calendar - is saying goodbye.
