Great British boltholes: A review of The Hare, Scawton, North Yorkshire

Great British boltholes: The Hare in North Yorkshire packs a punch with a ‘chunky-wood chic’ vibe and amazing food, including ‘nitrogen-frozen ewe’s-milk ice cream’… The Hare Inn flies slightly under the radar, despite head chef Paul Jackson hoovering up numerous awards It’s a fine old building in a handy location, flanked by fields and moorland … Read more

Explosion flattens family house in West Yorkshire as three people are rushed to hospital

Explosion flattens family house in West Yorkshire as three people are rushed to hospital and neighbours say it shook the ground like an ‘earthquake’ Three people rushed to hospital after an explosion in Illingworth, near Halifax Blast destroyed one building but residents in six other houses also fled homes Emergency services and units from several … Read more

Explosion flattens family house in West Yorkshire as three people are rushed to hospital

Explosion flattens family house in West Yorkshire as three people are rushed to hospital and neighbours say it shook the ground like an ‘earthquake’ Three people rushed to hospital after an explosion in Illingworth, near Halifax Blast destroyed one building but residents in six other houses also fled homes Emergency services and units from several … Read more

North Yorkshire police spark fury by launching border patrols with number plate recognition cameras

A police force has been compared to the ‘Gestapo’ after guarding its borders using number plate recognition cameras to stop drivers travelling between Tiers. North Yorkshire Police warned people could face ‘enforcement action’ if they make non-essential journeys into and out of the county. Officers are using the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system to check travellers are not … Read more

North Yorkshire police spark fury by launching border patrols with number plate recognition cameras

A police force has been compared to the ‘Gestapo’ after guarding its borders using number plate recognition cameras to stop drivers travelling between Tiers. North Yorkshire Police warned people could face ‘enforcement action’ if they make non-essential journeys into and out of the county. Officers are using the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system to check people are not … Read more

Hawksworth Reservoir House for sale in Yorkshire for £3m

From the surrounding countryside, you would never know that this vast ultra-modern house with six bedrooms was in the centre of a rural idyll. That is because the property which spans across 12,000 square foot – the equivalent size of more than four tennis courts – is below ground level. It was built in the … Read more

10,500 turkeys will be culled after bird flu outbreak at North Yorkshire plant

10,500 turkeys will be culled after bird flu outbreak at North Yorkshire plant – with less than four weeks to Christmas All of the turkeys at the site in North Yorkshire will now be ‘humanely culled’  A 3km and 10km zone has also been put in place to stop the disease spreading  Public Health England … Read more

10,500 turkeys will be culled after bird flu outbreak at North Yorkshire plant

10,500 turkeys will be culled after bird flu outbreak at North Yorkshire plant – with less than four weeks to Christmas All of the turkeys at the site in North Yorkshire will now be ‘humanely culled’  A 3km and 10km zone has also been put in place to stop the disease spreading  Public Health England … Read more

All hail the Dales! There’s no place like Yorkshire for a family walking holiday

We’ve climbed for half an hour when the summit makes its first appearance, piercing through the moody clouds above. My 17-year-old daughter Nathalie points in disbelief. ‘What!? We’re climbing all the way up there?’ It’s the first day of a family walking holiday in the Yorkshire Dales, with my husband and our two daughters, and … Read more