West Yorkshire man held over £160m drug smuggling plot
A man from West Yorkshire has been charged in connection with the attempted importation of around a tonne of cocaine. The cocaine seized. James Andrew Hill, 30, was arrested by officers from the National Crime More...
UK heatwave: Hospital sees patients suffering sunburn, dehydration and collapse
Patients have attended Bradford Royal Infirmary’s Emergency Department suffering from the effects of the increased temperatures, sunburn, dehydration and collapse. Stock image. Today may be the hottest day in More...
Rail staff ‘simply doing his job’ racially abused in Keighley
A member of staff was racially abused at Keighley railway station, simply after he asked someone to show him his ticket. Keighley Rail Station. The incident took place on 12 June at around 4.55pm when a young male More...
West Yorkshire set for mini-heatwave, temperatures could hit 29C
Britain will be baking in heatwave conditions this week with temperatures expected to be at their highest on Wednesday, says the Met Office. Stock image. A level two-heat health warning was issued earlier this week More...
CCTV shows shocking moment speedy motorist crashes car in Bradford
EXCLUSIVE: CCTV footage obtained by the Yorkshire Standard has caught the moment a speeding car plowed into three stationary vehicles in Bradford. Footage from the CCTV. In the early hours of yesterday morning at More...
Muslim Women’s Council: ‘There is absolutely nothing Islamic about Islamic State’
A Bradford-based organisation has condemned the actions of militant group Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS, saying there is “nothing Islamic” about them. Stock image. The Muslim Women’s Council issued More...
Car plows into stationary vehicles in Bradford, occupants sought
EXCLUSIVE: A car collided with three parked vehicles parked in the Barkerend area of Bradford this morning. The aftermath. Police were called to Barkerend Road at 1.49am, but the occupants of the car had left More...
Society sets world record, and it involves lots of cream tea
The Yorkshire Building Society has set a world record for the largest cream tea party in multiple venues. There were 667 participants. Yorkshire Building Society colleagues and Marie Curie nurses brewed up the Guinness More...