Sophie Mei Lan

It is rare these days that you see crowds of people walking up to church - but it is rarer still to see bread being thrown off the top of said church. However, in Wath Upon Dearne, the act of bread throwing has become a tradition.

A quaint Yorkshire village saw hundreds of people dressed up in an array of flamboyant and colourful costumes this bank holiday as Haworth’s Steampunk Weekend returned for its 12th anniversary. People from across the UK headed to the home of the Brontës to experience ghost tours, tribal dancing, a fun dog show, crown bowling, stalls and train rides.

A paranormal investigator from Yorkshire who appeared on Channel 4 Steph’s Packed Lunch will be laid to rest on Tuesday with his co-stars in attendance.

Alongside English and foreign language lessons, Yorkshire dialect could be on the school curriculum too if the oldest society of its kind in the world gets its way.

“Don’t be a grumpy gus - Bradford actually has loads going for it,” says the owner of a popular live music venue.

Each jewel on every chandelier has been individually polished, the carpet has been replaced and the walls have been redecorated inside this stunning Victorian ballroom.

There’s often anticipation building in the run up to a new baby being born with relatives and friends eagerly awaiting news of the arrival, often putting pressure on the parents.

It’s on many people’s bucket list to travel to Iceland to witness the Northern Lights but people from the ‘top to the tail’ of the United Kingdom did so, mostly from their own gardens at the weekend, everyone except for me it seems.I am also one of ‘those people’ who have visited Iceland and failed to see the Northern Lights.

Before wild swimmers plunged into the cold waters of River Nidd, the news broke that the government has assigned it a water bathing site, along with 26 others in the UK’s biggest roll-out of designated sites.There are now 451 sites throughout the country.

In a long farewell letter to his family Mike McCarthy’s son wrote: “Please fight for mental health. The support is just not there.”