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From Brighouse to Cannes, 'Le Tour De Tan'

Paul Drury | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: UK-Travel, Awards Season, Filmmaking, UK-Film, Yorkshire, Cannes, Orange Fever, Red Carpet, Journey, Cycling, Brighouse, UK Entertainment News
Paul Drury

With this year's Cannes film festival now in full swing, thought it was worth sharing a Cannes travel story with a difference. In 2012, we dared to dream the impossible dream. From a wet and windy West Yorkshire all the way to the world's most glamorous film festival.

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10 of the Best Active Breaks in Britain

Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Isle-of-Skye, Hiking, Britain, Jack Wolfskin, Snowdonia, Cycling, Canoeing, New Forest, Norfolk, Inspiration, Active, Lake District, Yorkshire, Sailing, Trekking, Scotland, Dartmoor, Camping, Birdwatching, Severn River, UK Lifestyle News

When summer finally arrives after a long, hard winter, it’s essential to make the most of it. And even within the confines of our own little island,...

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Vigil For Student Nurse Killed In Motorway Crash

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK
Read More: UK News, Lorry Driver, Motorways, West Yorkshire Police, Pontefract, Yorkshire, Air Ambulance, UK Traffic, m62, m62 Crash, UK News

A vigil has been held to remember an 18-year-old woman who died in a horrific motorway crash which left eight other women from a hen party seriously i...

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Inflatable Slide Accident Leaves Six Injured

PA | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Inflatable Slide Accident. Health and Safety, Ripley, UK News, Slide Accident, Yorkshire, UK News

Six people, some believed to be children, have been injured and taken to hospital after an inflatable slide was blown away. The incident took place...

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Family Of M62 Crash Victim Say Teenager 'Will Never Be Forgotten'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK
Read More: West Yorkshire Police, Air Ambulance, Pontefract, m62 Crash, Yorkshire, UK News, Lorry Driver, UK Traffic, m62, Motorways, UK News

The family of a woman killed in a crash as she travelled to a hen party have said she will never be forgotten. Bethany Jones, 18, was killed and ei...

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Motorway Pileup Injures 19 People

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK
Read More: UK News, Lorry Driver, Motorways, Pontefract, West Yorkshire Police, Yorkshire, Air Ambulance, UK Traffic, m62, m62 Crash, UK News

One woman has died in a collision between a lorry and a minibus on its way to a hen party on the M62 in West Yorkshire. A lorry driver has been arr...

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PHOTOS: Former Miners Burn Effigy Of 'Thatcher The Scab'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Goldthorpe, Margaret Thatcher, UK News, Thatcher Effigy, Miners, Yorkshire, Thatcher, Former Miners, Thatcher Funeral, Thatcher Effigy Burnt, Colliery Town, Mining Town, UK News

Residents of a former mining town in South Yorkshire have burnt an effigy of Margaret Thatcher inside a mock coffin, placed with a floral wreath spell...

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Five Slaughterhouses At Centre Of UK Horse Meat Probe

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Slaughterhouse, UK News, Todmorden, Yorkshire, Beef, Horse Meat, Horse Meat Burgers, Wales, UK News

Officials are investigating five slaughterhouses that process horse meat in the UK. Following raids in Yorkshire and Wales, the Food Standards Agen...

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Petty BCCI Missing a Trick

Andrew Bloxham | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: England, Joe Root, India, Global Cricket School, Yorkshire, Sachin Bahaj, Sachin Tendulkar, Test Cricket, Bcci, Cricket, UK Sport News
Andrew Bloxham

The role of the BCCI as pantomime villain of world cricket continues. Just as news of a Test series involving India neglecting the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) had begun to induce a mere sigh of resignation in place of erstwhile outright consternation, they have upped the stakes.

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Simonstone Hall - Discover Why Kate Winslet Chose It As Her Honeymoon Destination

Sabi Phagura | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Walking, Kate Winslet, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, Simonstone Hall, Hotel Reviews, UK Hotels, Travel, Weekend Breaks, UK Travel, UK Lifestyle News
Sabi Phagura

Set in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, Simonstone Hall really is unique - and looked even more magical with a good dusting of snow this week. I don't know how, but I managed to get to the magnificent country house while the rest of the country practically came to a standstill thanks to the weather.

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Top Five Emerging Icons Live: 28 January 28- 2 February 2013

Kat Jackman | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Gigs, Entertainment, UK Music, Yorkshire, Bristol, Music Industry, Music, Live Music, New Music, London, Video, UK Entertainment News
Kat Jackman

Whether you live for the weekend or need a nice, mellow Monday- we've got five incredible shows for you to give some consideration.

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PICTURES: Soldiers In Afghanistan Get Glock Pistols

PA | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Glock Pistols, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, Yorkshire, Pistol, Browning, Viking Arms Ltd of Harrogate, News, Guns, UK News

Soldiers in Afghanistan will be among the first to use a new type of pistol that is being provided to the Armed Forces, it was announced on Friday. ...

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Why Are More Freelancers Appearing Up North? (INFOGRAPHIC)

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Thomas | Posted 17.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Freelancers, Business, News, Yorkshire, UK News

Yorkshire has been revealed as the home of Britain's freelancer activity, with four Yorkshire towns and cities, Bradford, Sheffield, Halifax and Hudde...

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Eric Pickles: 'The Only Way Is Essex'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 09.12.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Yorkshire, Desert Island Discs, The Only Way Is Essex, Brentwood, Eric Pickles, Eric Pickles Yorkshire, MPS Expenses, UK News

Tory Minister and Yorkshireman Eric Pickles "admitted to treason" on air Sunday - revealing that, for him, the only way is Essex. Speaking to Kirst...

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Interview - The Vaccines at Jack Daniels Birthday 2012

Carly Wilford | Posted 20.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Iammusic, Jack Daniels, Meditating, Yorkshire, Cave, The Vaccines, Tv, Presenter, Interview, Birthday, Carly Wilford, 2012, UK Music, UK Entertainment News
Carly Wilford

With Jack Daniels celebrating its birthday with a monumental party at a cave in the heart of Yorkshire's rolling hills. I caught up with The Vaccines before they played their headline set.

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Is Crowdfunding the Documentary Industry's Cure for Austerity?

Charlie Phillips | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Sheffield, Crowdfunding, Yorkshire, Documentary, Media, Film, Arts Funding, Culture, UK Tech News
Charlie Phillips

Crowdfunding is being talked about a lot as the hot new way to finance creative projects such as films, books, games, technology, working on the principle that a large number of individuals will come together to support and fund projects that they really care about.

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My Chemotherapy Diary: Part I

Laura Price | Posted 06.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women, Hair Loss, Women's Health, Olympics, Yorkshire, Chemotherapy, Health, Breast Cancer, Jonathan Brownlee, Cancer, Cancer Care, UK Health News, UK Lifestyle News
Laura Price

It takes every ounce of strength in my body not to vomit. I hum and sing to myself as I try to get through the constant waves of nausea and the pounding in my head. The feeling of not knowing what's next is the worst, and I keep a bucket by my bed lest I puke in the night.

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Hoping for Longevity in Squash

James Willstrop | Posted 11.12.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: Squash, James Willstrop, Injuries, UK Sport, Cricket, Athletes, Yorkshire, Football, Physiotherapy, Human Body, Sport, UK Sport News
James Willstrop

Most of the off-court work I do is in part an insurance policy, which I hope will offset the damage I have inflicted on my body over 25 years, during which I have dragged the poor thing relentlessly around a glass box in to positions it was never designed to make.

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Yorkshire Town Cut In Half By Floods (PICTURES)

PA | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Weather, Floods, UK News, UK Floods, Yorkshire, Tadcaster, Tadcaster Bridge, UK News

A town which has been split in two by the closure of a bridge due to raging floods has "everything crossed" as it waits for the water to subside, the ...

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Writer-Director Pat Holden on the Real-life Events Behind His Chilling Horror Film, 'When the Lights Went Out'

Stephen Applebaum | Posted 03.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Poltergeist, Yorkshire, Horror Films, Pat Holden, Black Monk of Pontefract, Pontefract, When the Lights Went Out, Film Reviews, UK Film, Ukfilm, UK Entertainment News
Stephen Applebaum

For nine months in the late 1960s, the Pritchard family came under attack from reportedly supernatural forces at 30 East Drive, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Now, writer-director Pat Holden has drawn on the events at his Auntie Jean's council house, in a disturbing new film, When the Lights Went Out.

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Yorkshire to Hollywood

Gia Marie Barbera | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Pop Music, UK Music News, Johnny Depp, UK Music, Music, Yorkshire, Los Angeles, UK Entertainment News
Gia Marie Barbera

Barely old enough to buy a shandy, but Purple Mafia have the towering confidence to take the States by storm.

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An Infographic On Yorkshire's London 2012 Olympics Success

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 13.08.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: London 2012, Yorkshire London 2012, Olympics, Olympics News, Yorkshire, Olympic Games, Jessica Ennis, UK Sport, London Olympics, Yorkshire Olympics, Alistair Brownlee, Luke Campbell, UK Athletics, UK Sport News

Yorkshire, had it been a republic, would have finished 12th in the London 2012 Olympics medal table after winning twelve medals - seven of them gold. ...

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10 Sports That Would Move Yorkshire Even Higher Up The Medal Table

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 16.08.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: London 2012, Yorkshire Gold Medals, Topical Comedy, Yorkshire, Olympics News, Olympic Games, Topicalol, Pics & Giggles, London Olympics, Yorkshire Medal Table, Yorkshire Olympics, UK Comedy News

As we are being repeatedly told, Yorkshire would stand a very respectable tenth in the Olympic medals table right now, if it were its own sovereign st...

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Yorkshire Gold: County Would Be Tenth In Medals Table

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Triathlon, Gold Medals, Olympic Medals, Yorkshire, Olympics News, Jessica Ennis, London Olympics, Poll, 2012 Olympics, Cycling, London Olympics 2012, 2012 London Olympics, UK News

Could the Olympics see the start of a call for a Yorkshire republic as the county decides, justifiably, that the rest of the UK is holding it back? ...

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Songwriting - My Longest Gig

Chris T-T | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Chris T-T, Gigging, Live Music, Yorkshire, Hebden Bridge, Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, Music, A.A. Milne, UK News
Chris T-T

I think I just played my longest ever show, at Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.

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