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Short Break - Oddfellows Hotel, Chester
Janet Reeder finds a boutique hotel in Chester the perfect location for exploring the city
Yorkshire Wolds Walk - Millington
This walk is designed to be taken slowly and savoured to the full.
Hull-born Billy Liar star Sir Tom Courtenay receives lifetime award at Bradford International Film Festival.
It’s 50 years since Thomas Daniel Courtenay first hit the big time as William Terrence Fisher, eponymous hero of the Bradford-based New Wave film Billy Liar.
A fleet of battery-powered bikes set for the Yorkshire Dales
Hills will never be quite the same for cyclists after a fleet of battery-powered bikes hit the road as Terry Fletcher reports.
Photographs by Joan Russell
Leyburn - a destination for foodies and art lovers
Twin festivals in Leyburn this month expect to bring many foodies and art lovers into the much-loved Dales village, as Terry Fletcher reports. Photographs by Joan Russell
Helmsley - this North Yorkshire market town is very much about today as well as celebrating its past
There are few simple pleasures as enjoyable as sitting on a bench in the middle of a busy market town watching the world go by. It’s better still if you have a doorstop of a sandwich made to order from a local delicatessen resting in your hands, ready to eat. If the market town is Helmsley on the western edge of the North York Moors National Park, then truly, all is right with the world. This would be for me, an ideal beginning to a perfect weekend away even though I have driven not many miles to be here.
Mark Catley talks about Sherlock Holmes – The Best Kept Secret on at the West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds
A brand new Sherlock Holmes adventure is premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse this month. The playwright Mark Catley tells all to Terry Fletcher.
Ampleforth’s Jonathan Pomroy is one of the country’s wildlife and landscape artists
‘I love being out in nature,’ says wildlife and landscape artist Jonathan Pomroy. ‘I am passionate about the natural world and painting is my way of expressing that. I live and breathe natural history and my enthusiasm for it hopefully comes across in my paintings.’
Short Break - Natural Retreats, Pistyll Farm, Gwynedd, North Wales
Discover a holiday retreat on the Llyn Peninsula that you’ll want to return to again and again.
Short Breaks - The Goring Hotel, London
This royal family favourite is the perfect place for high days and holidays. REVIEW BY POLLY BERKELEY
Events
A look ahead to the 2013 Great Yorkshire Show
Support is strong for the Great Yorkshire Show as organisers ‘weatherproof’ the event
What’s On in Leeds - May/June 2013
Your guide to key events in May and June in Leeds. For more information go to www.visitleeds.co.uk or keep up to date by following @VisitLeeds on Twitter
Wildlife
Yorkshire Wildlife Park welcomes new Baboons for Monkey Playhouse
Thousands of visitors braved the chilly winds to enjoy the Easter arrival of award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park's baboons.
Dalby Forest named a Dark Sky Discovery Site
The dark skies above Dalby Forest have won the North Yorkshire woodland a very special stargazing honour
Three Hagges Jubilee Wood created at Escrick Park Estate
A Diamond Jubilee wood is created not only to celebrate a royal anniversary but to enhance everyday life for a local community
Carl Lis - the head of the UK's National Parks on his fears for their future
Never have we needed our national parks more than we do today yet they are under government threat. Terry Fletcher reports
Spotlight on countryside deer
We are all so used to scary stories in the media about vanishing wildlife that it comes as a bit of a surprise to find one group of species which is thriving in today's countryside: deer...
Places
Leyburn - a destination for foodies and art lovers
Twin festivals in Leyburn this month expect to bring many foodies and art lovers into the much-loved Dales village, as Terry Fletcher reports. Photographs by Joan Russell
Helmsley - this North Yorkshire market town is very much about today as well as celebrating its past
There are few simple pleasures as enjoyable as sitting on a bench in the middle of a busy market town watching the world go by. It’s better still if you have a doorstop of a sandwich made to order from a local delicatessen resting in your hands, ready to eat. If the market town is Helmsley on the western edge of the North York Moors National Park, then truly, all is right with the world. This would be for me, an ideal beginning to a perfect weekend away even though I have driven not many miles to be here.
How Huddersfield is hoping to attract waves of new business
Water is proving to be the staff of life for Huddersfield. Not only is its revitalised canal bringing boaters, walkers and cyclists to town, with all the knock-on economic benefits that implies, but now its waterfront heritage is also proving a major pull to big business.
Wetherby - there is more to this busy West Yorkshire market town than its famous racecourse
Words by Jenny Green
Photographs by Kirsty Thompson
Pickering - there are two sides to this North Yorkshire market town
There are two sides to this North Yorkshire market town, as Chris Titley discovers Photographs by Joan Russell
Walks
Yorkshire Wolds Walk - Millington
This walk is designed to be taken slowly and savoured to the full.
South Yorkshire Walk - Roche Abbey, near Maltby, Rotherham
Amble along woodland tracks and across fields to discover church history in South Yorkshire. Words and photographs by Terry Fletcher.
A look ahead to Morvelo City Cross, Halifax - March 3rd
Old Shroggs Tip in Halifax on Sunday March 3rd will host the first Morvelo City Cross Cyclocross races. Organiser Emma Ostenton fills us in on the details.
Maintaining the off road network of trails in Dalby Forest
Meet a veteran mountain biker who is one of a band of volunteers working to keep forest road networks in top shape.
Meet the horse clearing the way for walkers and visitors to Guisborough Forest
A coloured cob called Blue is carving a new career as a traditional logging horse<br/>Photographs by Tony Bartholomew
Photography
Yorkshire Life Reader Photos - May 2013
A selection of some of the best photographs uploaded to our website in recent weeks
Breathtaking views of Yorkshire from the air
Yorkshire looks wonderful on the ground but for the finest views you have to fly high, as Chris Titley discovers. Photographs by Andy Bulmer