PLAIN clothes police have begun to covertly patrol shops in a bid to thwart thieves. The Batley and Spen Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) has said more work is planned after conducting undercover ...

Police have confirmed operations will be taking place in communities including Heckmondwike, Birstall and Liversedge ...

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) was called to a blaze at a flat in Rose Bank Street, Carlinghow, Batley at 8.55pm last night. A kitchen in a second-floor flat of a th ...

TRACY BRABIN has won the Batley & Spen by-election to replace her murdered friend Jo Cox, but bereaved husband Brendan Cox’s victory tweet encapsulated what was at stake in the contest. “Great to see ...

Since the amendment was tabled, several previously supportive MPs have begun to waver. One Labour MP who voted for the bill ...

Tonight will see cloud thicken from the west, with spells of heavy, showery rain sweeping in from the west, and breezes picking up. Less cold than the previous night. Friday Tomorrow will be ...

At the end of the first week of line-by-line scrutiny of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater has thanked the committee for its “detailed and thorough” ...