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Child Benefit payments are increasing in April - full list of new rates

Child Benefit payments are made to parents or anyone looking after a child. They are intended to help you with the costs of your children.

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UK lockdown: Five remarkable ways the Covid pandemic forever changed life in the UK, from work to the kitchen

Life has largely returned to normal, but some things have changed forever

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Man appears in court charged with rape in Harrogate

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Police reveal number of weapon offences in North Yorkshire schools

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Sunday Picture Quiz: Where are we this weekend? March 23

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Terrifying moment man with combat knife walks through city centre in broad daylight

The man can be seen walking along the pavement in the city centre with a combat knife.

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Yorkshire has its say on the decisions made during the pandemic - with 97 per cent agreeing on one huge issue

This is what our readers felt about the decisions made during the pandemic.

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'I found strength I never knew I had' - Yorkshire's lockdown babies and the mums who gave birth alone

Just look at them now!

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38 Yorkshire Covid heroes from ‘superhero’ bus driver to vaccine pioneer

We remember the people who did the most to see Yorkshire and Britain through the greatest health emergency

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The edgy Yorkshire town that’s like Hebden Bridge but cheaper and ‘more real’

‘It’s somewhere between benefitting and suffering from the Hebden Bridge spread’

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26 memories from the pandemic in Yorkshire and beyond - including some we'd rather forget

The hardships and absurdities of the coronavirus era – in alphabetical order

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Death notices and funeral announcements from Huddersfield Examiner this week

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

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20 of Yorkshire's most wicked women - from evil child predators to cruel fraudsters

They've all appeared at courts in our region

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'Huddersfield came together at the toughest of times - I want to thank you'

Some feel that lessons could still be learned

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BBC announces death of Bargain Hunt star after filming as show pays moving tribute

Bargain Hunt star Stuart Withers has died, the BBC announced on Friday (March 21), after the antiques expert featured in a recent episode of the popular daytime show

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M62 traffic tonight LIVE as crash shuts lane near Brighouse

The lane closed after 6pm

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Chesterfield FC 0 Harrogate Town 0: Sulphurites cling on for an important point

Harrogate Town inched a point further away from the League Two relegation places as they clung on for a goalless draw at Chesterfield.

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Our home was used to film Netflix's 'Adolescence' - I was star-stuck when Stephen Graham walked in

A family’s home near Leeds was used to film Netflix's Adolescence - they had to move out for three months, but got to keep some of the props like Owen’s bed and the curtains.

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Stolen dog breeds 2025: Top 10 loved dog breeds with the most reported thefts - including the loyal Labrador

A new report has found that over 20,000 dogs have been stolen in the UK between 2014 and 2024 - here’s the top 10 stolen dog breeds last year and what you can do if someone steals your dog.

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Elite Ripon karate coach celebrates 30 years of mentoring