Batley&Birstall News

09/08/2025

A “jealous and obsessive” groom who refused to let his new wife have photos taken with other men at their wedding has been jailed after viciously attacking her on their honeymoon.

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08/08/2025

"Can’t hold him. Can’t cuddle him. Can’t hear him. Can’t have him sleeping in my bed tonight." 💔
[viaNationalWorld ]

A grieving mother has paid tribute to her “most beautiful little Jan” after her four-year-old son was killed in a collision with a bus outside a hospital in Kent.

08/08/2025

A serving West Yorkshire Police officer has been sentenced after being found guilty of harassment following an incident in Halifax .

07/08/2025

A Yorkshire inn which was one of the first no-smoking pubs in Britain has gained new owners.

07/08/2025

"At school I always had the hots for Robert, he was the school heartthrob." 💔
[via NationalWorld ]

Tributes have been paid to a dad with a “heart of gold” who was found dead on a riverside bench.

07/08/2025

A survivor told an 82-year-old s*x offender he caused ‘irreversible pain and fear’ as he was jailed for historical abuse in Whitby.
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A survivor told an 82-year-old s*x offender he caused ‘irreversible pain and fear’ as he was jailed for historical abuse in Whitby.

06/08/2025

Two children were mauled and 15 reports of dangerous dogs were made in just 24 hours.
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Two children were mauled and 15 reports of dangerous dogs were made in just 24 hours, prompting police to issue an urgent warning to South Yorkshire families.

06/08/2025

"For the four weeks that we endured at the hospital’s critical care unit, we watched Macie’s lifeless body sleep, unaware if she would ever wake up again." 💔
[via NationalWorld ]

The families of the victims of a horrific car crash have spoken out for the first time.

06/08/2025

Just prior to the junction a large branch from a tree fell onto the car, trapping the elderly couple inside

05/08/2025

“I’m not a nervous flyer at all but that was really scary for us all."

05/08/2025

“One day, I was crying beside him, and he gently stroked my arm, just like he used to. It was the last loving gesture he made, and I’ll never forget it.” 💔
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A wife has paid tribute to her husband after he died of a brain tumour that was put initially down to overtiredness during the Christmas holiday.

05/08/2025

One year on from the Southport attacks, these ten Yorkshire rioters received the longest prison sentences linked to the nationwide unrest
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One year on from the Southport attacks, these ten Yorkshire rioters received the longest prison sentences linked to the nationwide unrest.