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Which Yorkshire mythological creature are you? Find out with our personality quiz
Yorkshire Day
You might be the Barghest, a Boggart, Old Stinker, Peg Powler or hopefully, none of them
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11 Yorkshire places that folk refuse to call by their official names
Explore Yorkshire
No matter what councils, marketers and sponsors call them, the old names stick
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Yorkshire's terrifying 'Hell's Gate' where decapitated heads have been unearthed
Explore Yorkshire
The East Yorkshire site is believed to have been an execution cemetery once
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The unlikely little Yorkshire city which used to attract coachloads of partygoers from all over the country
Pubs in Yorkshire
The 'Westgate Run' would attract revellers from across England for one of Britain's messiest bar crawls
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'Stonehenge of the North' in Yorkshire on sale for £200,000
Property
Camp Wood is the site of Bronze Age burials and holy monuments where Stone Age people met for ceremonies and funerals
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Rotten and peeling scenes inside former booming pub at legendary Sheffield attraction
Sheffield
The Market Tavern was once a booming Sheffield pub
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Bodies of children 'worked to death' unearthed in Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
Some of the bodies are of children who were just eight years old
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11 Yorkshire dialect words that don't mean what non-Tykes think they mean
Explore Yorkshire
Yorkshire dialect has its own 'false friends' which confuse the proverbial out of incomers
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The Yorkshire town bigger than Huddersfield that didn't really exist 200 years ago
Explore Yorkshire
Plus why this unlikely, unloved corner of Yorkshire is actually worth a visit
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The Yorkshire police officers brutally murdered in the line of duty
Crime
We pay tribute to the brave officers who were killed doing their jobs
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Famous Yorkshire foods and a drink you may not realise are made here
Shepley
From 'exceedingly good' cakes to ubiquitous sparkling water here are some mass-selling products made in God's Own Country
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The Yorkshire stately home confronting its racist and bloody past
Barnsley
Disturbing slave trade relic reminds visitors of blood money that built one of Yorkshire's treasure houses
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Inside Yorkshire stately home with a full-size fake castle ruin in its incredible gardens
Barnsley
Bitter earl Thomas Wentworth built this grand folly to outshine his hated cousin Thomas Watson of larger Wentworth Woodhouse
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10 abandoned Sheffield buildings with a fascinating history
History
Urban Explorers love Sheffield and have discovered everything from 'bondage dungeons' to post mortem rooms
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The story behind the abandoned Yorkshire village where people believed in the 'living dead'
Explore Yorkshire
Archaeologists have also found evidence of belief in the living dead at Wharram Percy
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The curious Aldwark Toll Bridge in Yorkshire that folk resentfully pay 40p to cross
Explore Yorkshire
Aldwark Toll Bridge is one of the last few privately-owned toll bridges in Britain
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Inside derelict Sheffield building that has heard thousands of tragedies and survived the Blitz and flooding
History
Despite not being listed, the building that contains a former court room, post-mortem room, caretaker's house and jury rooms has defied demolition many times
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Popular Sheffield wedding venue reduced to a 'horrid waste' full of moulding mattresses
Sheffield
The grand building appears frozen in time with even a wedding jacket left behind now covered in bird poo
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Sheffield 'rave den' that once had a football pitch, rugby pitch and cricket field
Sheffield
Castle College Sports Grounds once saw matches, competitions and athletic training
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Cannon Hall awarded £900k to protect roof and art from Barnsley's most innovative artists
Barnsley
The 13th century hall's first curator began a collection of fine and decorative arts from scratch in 1951 when the premises became a museum
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Inside the charred remains of Rotherham's Club Envy after fire 16 years ago
History
Club Envy was a popular spot among locals and offered 80p entry and cheap drinks on Thursdays
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Inside historic Sheffield lodge slowly being reclaimed by the woods - and graffiti vandals
Sheffield
The stone built property was built in around 1870-1900 and was once a stone mason's house
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Victims' relatives mock Yorkshire Ripper's manliness in raw video shot weeks before his capture
Bradford
Husband and mother call Peter Sutcliffe sexually inadequate in 1980 direct address to serial killer
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The Yorkshire dance music club which was 'as important' as the Hacienda
South Yorkshire
The seminal and highly influential club was essential to the development of UK dance and youth culture
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Open letter sent to Huddersfield University boss over axing of courses and job losses
Monster George Thorley drugged and raped children in vile abuse campaign
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Andrew Bristow was already serving a prison term
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Sheffield
The handwritten ‘hope you fail’ letter was sent to Kreate on Hutcliffe Wood Road
BBC Bargain Hunt fans shocked after 'bit much' Harrogate profit sparks apology
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Spain travel warning for British holidaymakers as deadly virus breaks out
The warning was sparked after Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever was discovered in Spain
Students on brink of Huddersfield University exit over course cuts and job losses
University of Huddersfield
Open letter sent to Huddersfield University boss over axing of courses and job losses
Monster George Thorley drugged and raped children in vile abuse campaign
Courts
Monster George Thorley finally behind bars 39 years after abusing children
Brierley Road live as 100m police cordon tapes off Barnsley street with Army on scene
Armed Forces
A 100m cordon is in place and the Army has been called to the scene
Barnsley Brierley Road evacuation: Residents warned 'could be 48 hours' as 130 homes evacuated while bomb squad combs scene
Barnsley
A man has also been arrested and an army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team is working at the scene
Coronation Street
ITV Loose Women hit with 103 Ofcom complaints after Denise Welch rant at guest
Loose Women has been hit with 103 Ofcom complaints after Denise Welch's furious rant at TV guest
Longer jail term for sexual predator after victim 'given sweets in exchange for silence'
Courts
Andrew Bristow was already serving a prison term
Residents rally behind charity shop after nasty 'hope you fail' letter
Sheffield
The handwritten ‘hope you fail’ letter was sent to Kreate on Hutcliffe Wood Road
BBC Bargain Hunt fans shocked after 'bit much' Harrogate profit sparks apology
Harrogate
Fans of the show were left in shock after the two brothers made a profit on a surprising item
Hacker threatened to expose fellow pervert to wife in blackmail plot
Courts
Joseph Hutchinson has been jailed