Explore England’s places of worship and you’ll find masterpieces of design, some of the world’s most beautiful stained-glass windows and a host of astonishing murals, monuments and carvings spanning over a thousand years of turbulent history – as a fascinating new book reveals. The National Churches Trust teamed up with prolific church photographer Matthew Byrne … Read more
The oldest salt production site in Britain has been discovered by archaeologists. Located near Loftus, a small village north of the Yorkshire Moors, the saltern was in use around 5,800 years ago during the early Neolithic Age. This predates Stonehenge, which was erected 300 miles away in Wiltshire around 3,000BC, by roughly 800 years. Excavations … Read more
The sword placed on Captain Sir Tom Moore’s coffin inscribed with the badge of his old unit, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, will go on display at a Yorkshire museum. The specially-commissioned blade appeared on the casket alongside the union flag, Cpt Sir Tom’s war medals and his knighthood medal during the funeral last month. … Read more
The sword placed on Captain Sir Tom Moore’s coffin inscribed with the badge of his old unit, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, will go on display at a Yorkshire museum. The specially-commissioned blade appeared on the casket alongside the union flag, Cpt Sir Tom’s war medals and his knighthood medal during the funeral last month. … Read more
The RE teacher who sparked a blasphemy protest at his school’s gates after allegedly showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to students is a ‘burly Yorkshire lad’ who recently wrote about his love for the job. The amateur rugby player, a white man is in his late 20s, had trained to teach in the mid-2010s after going … Read more
Teacher who sparked Batley blasphemy protests is now receiving police protection as friends say he is a ‘burly Yorkshire lad’ who ‘loves teaching’ and ‘always has a smile’ Amateur rugby player, in his late 20s, had trained to teach in the mid-2010s He spoke of his experiences as a trainee teacher, saying it was a … Read more
Teacher who sparked Batley blasphemy protests is now receiving police protection as friends say he is a ‘burly Yorkshire lad’ who ‘loves teaching’ and ‘always has a smile’ Amateur rugby player, in his late 20s, had trained to teach in the mid-2010s He spoke of his experiences as a trainee teacher, saying it was a … Read more
Coronavirus cases fell by 14 per cent in England last week and dropped in almost every region of England, two official reports revealed today. Only Yorkshire saw its infection rate stabilise in the week ending March 14, according to a Public Health England report — but 51 out of 149 local authorities (34 per cent) … Read more
Yorkshire Building Society has become the first lender to bring a range of mortgages with 5 per cent deposits back to the market, potentially heralding a price war that could benefit first-time buyers. Accord Mortgages, the intermediary arm of the building society, is launching the mortgages tomorrow with a five-year fixed rate of 3.99 per … Read more
Four more cases of the deadly Brazilian coronavirus variant have been spotted in the UK, Public Health England revealed today. The strain, known as P.1, was picked up in three patients in South Gloucestershire who were all close contacts or family members of two existing cases in the area. Another person tested positive for the variant … Read more