Watch driver so impatient he cuts through on the footpath
Image: Dean G/YouTube. EXCLUSIVE: Dash cam footage has captured the moment a driver cut through the queue by driving on the pavement. Uploaded by Dean G, the driver of the red car is seen overtaking a coach, driving More...
Alton Towers crash: Eyewitness recounts ‘loud bang and the sound of screams’
EXCLUSIVE: A man from Brighouse has told the Yorkshire Standard how he was waiting in line for the Smiler ride not long before two carriages crashed. The accident took place on Tuesday at Alton Towers theme park, More...
Anonymous page set up to ‘expose’ sex offenders in Halifax
EXCLUSIVE: An online group attempting to ‘expose’ sex offenders in Halifax is attracting local attention. According to the page, ‘Halifax against sex offenders’ was set up ‘for publishing people known/suspected More...
Brighouse to step back in time to the 1940s
Brighouse will be travelling back in time with its very own 1940s-themed weekend. The Soviet Field Hospital re-enact. On 6 and 7 June, the town centre will be transformed for the free event, complete with displays, More...
EDL supporters protest in Halifax, six arrests made
Six arrests were made at an English Defence League (EDL) rally held today in the town of Halifax. According to the police, over 100 EDL members marched from The Old Post Office pub and then gathered outside Halifax More...
Takeaway fined for selling lamb curry which was actually beef
Food officers were in a surprise when they ordered a lamb korma from a takeaway in Brighouse and found out it actually consisted of beef. Rana Fiaz, owner of B Medina Takeaway, appeared before Calderdale Magistrates More...
Gang conned elderly out of £500k
A father and son from Halifax have been jailed for their role in conning innocent elderly victims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Matthew Appleyard and Joseph Croft. The group, which was based in Nottinghamshire, More...
Traveller racially abused and punched in the face in Todmorden
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an alleged racially motivated incident in which a 22-year-old man was racially abused before being assaulted as he travelled on a bus from Todmorden. The More...