The Latest Breaking News from Dewsbury

Residents of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire have mixed feelings about their town, with some feeling positive about the investment made in the centre, while others fear it is 'struggling' and is 'dead'

Daughter of Dewsbury textile workers became a megastar over her five decades in parliament – despite multiple failed attempts to win her seat

First female speaker of the Commons known for her brisk, good-humoured style, and as a shrewd political tactician

Labour’s leader Sir Keir Starmer said millions are “very, very worried”, from families forced to put food back on supermarket shelves to an 84-year-old in Dewsbury “too scared” to heat her home in winter

Francis Gavan disappeared some time between Friday and Saturday morning

Tanisha Bramwell says her food bank in Dewsbury ran out of food as donors no longer had the spare funds to help out due to the cost of living crisis. Then the donations became just a few tins of food

Brendon Grimshaw, from Dewsbury, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, bought Moyenne, a tiny island just half a mile wide in the luxurious Seychelles, for just £8,000

People in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, are being told to remain indoors due to a major blaze at an industrial estate where "approximately 80 firefighters are in attendance"

The deal will expand Lords' network into the North

Days before the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party presented its election manifesto, the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra. In it, the party promised to amend the state’s anti-conversion law to introduce a minimum imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of Rs 1…

Tahmina Inam said her nephew Subhan travelled from Dewsbury, in West Yorkshire, to Pakistan for a wedding but fell off a roof watching a firework display