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Read more: ITV 'makes mess' of Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration as 'animal cruelty' concerns raised At Home with the Braithwaites on ITV followed a family in Leeds after one of them won millions on the lottery, and Where the Heart Is focused on nurses in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. Charles has also starred in A Touch of Frost, Casualty and Coronation Street. At the shop, Charles, 59, spends his days chatting to customers about the vinyl they sell, WalesOnline reports.

Eurovision Song Contest took place in our very own county of Yorkshire. In 1982, the 27th edition of the competition took place in Harrogate following the country's victory at the 1981 contest. Buck's Fizz won it for us, with their classic "Making Your Mind Up".

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorNikolaj Coster-Waldau has made his first move into the podcast space with “Radioman,” a ten-part Audible Original crime drama.“Game of Thrones” actor Coster-Waldau co-created the series written by Joe Derick and produced by “The X-Files” vet Frank Spotnitz and Emily Feller.Set in a fictional Yorkshire town called Tanford, the story follows Chas, an ex-radio DJ who embarks on a mission to investigate local crimes alongside his old friend, DCI Ian Whittaker, played by “The Walking Dead” actor David Morrissey.The podcast-within-a-podcast storyline shows the investigators using a new podcast “Crimesville” as their investigative tool as Chas grapples with betrayal, deceit, mounting pressure to solve murders and going viral on social media. The story was inspired by Dimiter Kenarov, who told the story of his reporting about a serial killer in the article “Mask of Sanity.”Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, said: “When Joe Derrick and I founded Ill Kippers it was with a very simple idea, to create stories we would want to see.

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A town has so many cannabis farms they are causing power cuts.Police have launched a crackdown in Rotherham after electricity surges triggered by drug production plunged homes into darkness up to four-times-a-day.In three months officers have shut 61 cannabis farms, seized 6,797 plants with a street value of £6.8million and arrested 25 suspected drug producers in the South Yorkshire town controlled by 17 organised crime gangs.Officers say Operation Grow is vital both in keeping drugs off the streets and the lights on in people’s houses.Local MP Sarah Champion said cannabis farms had become "standard" and were blowing the power supply "sometimes four-times-a-day".It was having massive knock-on implications to both households but also local businesses.She went on to admit that many of the farms were run by organised crime gangs."There's modern slaves that are physically inside the properties. And then rival gangs will have turf wars,’’ she added.Indoor cannabis farms need artificial heat, light and humidity to function leading to gangs - including many from eastern Europe - stealing the energy needed to power them.Some criminals have dressed as workmen and posed as power company staff to dig up pavements and tap into mains electricity supplies.In the town’s Eastwood district streets are lined with police-raided properties sealed with metal shutters.

Nadiya Bychkova certainly had a smile on her face again as she posed for giggly snaps with Strictly Come Dancing partner Dan Walker on Monday as they enjoyed a meal at an Indian restaurant. The professional dancer, 32, appeared to put her relationship woes behind her as she snuggled up to close friend Dan, 44, in the Instagram snaps, while Nadiya was seen to keep her distance from Kai in the group photo. Nadiya looked radiant as she beamed from ear to ear with her dance partner during the fun-filled meal at Dan's favourite Sheffield restaurant, Priti Raj.

A man who once played in the Champions League became a prolific drug dealer who flooded a city with heroin and crack cocaine.

Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution examines the life and legacy of Carl Fabergé, his relationship with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his wife, Alexandra, his other clients, including the British Royal family, and his London shop, adored by Edwardian aristocracy. On display will be caskets decorated with diamonds, clocks adorned with sapphires and emeralds, ornate photograph frames, cigarette cases, vases, tiaras, brooches and pendants.As Kieran McCarthy, co-curator of the exhibition, puts it, "The history of the House of Fabergé is woven into that of the dying days of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty and a doomed emperor.

MEN, the supermarket shared the heartwarming story online.Their post reads: "When our colleague Debbie saw a homeless man sat on the kerb by our Wath Upon Dearne supermarket she knew she couldn't walk by without helping him."After chatting to him and discovering that he'd been living rough for two weeks in a tent and was hungry, Debbie went into the store, bought him some food and a drink and grabbed an umbrella as it was raining."She knew of someone who was allowing their caravan to be used as a temporary shelter free of charge for homeless people so she contacted them and arranged for him to stay there until he spoke to housing charities and got somewhere more permanent."Debbie, who works in the Yorkshire town, has since received

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A young woman has shared the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend to encourage other victims to seek help.Chelsea Simms, 22, recalled being strangled so hard she passed out by Benjamin Robert Dobson, 29.Dobson, who is now behind bars, also threatened to kill her, paid a friend £50 to spy on her, and imprisoned her in a van for four days. Last week he was sentenced to two years and ten months imprisonment after pleading guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour.

mum has hailed a popular seaside town as "eerie" after a visit to the tourist spot left her feeling uneasy. The woman took to the online discussion website Mumsnet to share her chilling experience - and to her surprise, she was not the only one who reported feeling creeped out while visiting the favoured destination.

New Order have announced a one-off show in Halifax for next month – see all the details below.The Manchester icons will take to the stage at the West Yorkshire town’s Piece Hall venue on Wednesday September 8.Tickets go on general sale here at 10am BST this Friday (August 6). A pre-sale will be accessible to members at the same time the previous day (August 5).LoneLady and DJ Tin Tin will open for the band at the gig, with the former saying she is “delighted and honoured” to be performing.

Leeds United fans believe the deal to take Erling Haaland back home is 'confirmed' after spotting him wearing some Leeds shorts.Haaland's father, Alf-Inge Haaland, played for Leeds between 1997 and 2000, and he made 73 appearances for the Whites.When Alf-Inge was at Leeds, he welcomed his son, Erling, who was born in the West Yorkshire city in 2000.Haaland has long since held admiration for the Yorkshire side, and he has shown how close Leeds are to his heart once again by wearing the sides shorts.And some Leeds fans believe the "transfer is confirmed" as a result of the photo.Yorkshire Evening Post journalist Graham Smyth said: "The come and get me pleas are getting more and more inventive."Whilst another fan cheekily said: Imagine a team

A property manager stole a “staggering sum” totalling more than £100,000 from police stores, including cash taken for safekeeping from people who had died, a judge has said.

direct to your inboxTowards the end of 2019, a 18-year-old from the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham visited Manchester’s gay village for the first time.From the moment Samuel Picton stepped foot on the Canal Street cobbles with his best friend, Bailey, he was enraptured by the glittering lights and atmosphere of the queer-friendly area.It was a space where he felt he could be himself without worry or fear.“I had never experienced a gay club or bar before,” Samuel, now 20, recalls.“There wasn’t any kind of LGBT+ scene where I was.“That night I realised that I had been living in the wrong city.”Conveniently, Samuel was already in the process of moving to Manchester.He knew there and then that he’d made the right decision.

A tiny London flat with a bed crammed into the kitchen is on sale for £115,000, the same as a three-bed semi-detached house in Leeds.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWatching “All Creatures Great and Small” feels like gripping a warm cup of tea and settling inside a very cozy, extremely British snow globe. Based on the immensely popular novels by Alf Wight (aka James Herriot), the series follows a 1930s veterinary practice in a sleepy Yorkshire town where farmers and vets alike gather every evening over foaming pints at the local pub after a long day’s work.

A paedophile who groomed and abused an 11-year-old girl and sent her over 4,000 lewd messages and photos over three months has been jailed.

An NHS boss is calling for the lockdown to tighten in England's worst-hit area to curb the spread of coronavirus.

No trains are running between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield after a train derailed.Major disruption is expected on services through Sheffield until the end of the day, National Rail Enquiries warn.A freight train derailed just north of Sheffield, resulting in all lines through the South Yorkshire city being blocked.Transport for Greater Manchester tweeted about the incident, saying: "Due to a derailment at Sheffield there are no rail services between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield in both directions."Road replacement transport is in place.

Residents in Bradford broke down in tears yesterday as they spoke of the hell of living in never-ending lockdown – after a poll that found “people in despair” in the city.