Laura Reid

A former NHS executive who became a whistleblower has transformed one of the most difficult periods of her life into a new poetry book and exhibition.

Halifax’s Shibden Park has always been a firm favourite with Emma Williams and her family. The actor, voiceover artist and musical theatre performer grew up in Calderdale and spent many a summer laying on the grass watching the clouds go by.

As a young people’s counsellor, Lisa Norfolk is already considering how the country’s children and teenagers may be affected by a ban on social media platforms for under 16s.

Ripon has had a long-standing connection with the military, playing a particularly vital role in the Second World War. Laura Reid explores its past and meets some of those desperate to protect it.

Yorkshire author Portia MacIntosh is at her least creative when she’s sat at a desk. Perhaps it stems from the fact she wrote her first book whilst on the road as a music journalist.

​Among the events taking place to mark Shibden Park’s centenary is a gardening festival celebrating the community of Calderdale. Laura Reid finds out more.

​A new book pulls together drawings by the Bucklers which capture buildings in Yorkshire in the early 19th century. Laura Reid speaks to its historian authors.

There’s a resident robin at Barnsley’s Church View Children’s Place, one that visits regularly and taps on the window to one of the bedrooms of the newly-fitted specialist children’s home.

There's a resident robin at Barnsley's Church View Children's Place, one that visits regularly and taps on the window to one of the bedrooms of the newly-fitted specialist children's home.

​Charlie Connelly explores the places behind the voice of the Shipping Forecast in his touring stage show. He speaks to Laura Reid about the national institution.