ARMED police were called to the scene of an incident in West Yorkshire on Monday night. Armed officers responded to a report of “males potentially carrying a weapon” on Manor Way in Batley just before ...

‘Resilience’ is a word that is thrown around with abandon, a staple of pep talks and motivational posters. Joe Batley makes it a more tangible concept. Along Batley’s journey to this season, the best ...

Batley Bulldogs will be wanting to make sure former boss and rugby league legend John Kear will be looking down on them ...

The teacher who showed a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammed to his classroom has fled into hiding and told his dad he fears for his life. The 29-year-old Batley Grammar teacher at the centre of a ...

Party throws its weight behind Kim Leadbeater as Keir Starmer’s team fear backbench revolt if she loses Senior Labour figures believe the party has only a 5% to 10% chance of holding the West ...

It is a political truism in the UK that foreign policy issues don't swing elections. Ordinary people, supposedly, are motivated by "bread and butter" issues around housing, schools, and law and order, ...

Labour activists campaigning ahead of the Batley and Spen by-election have been pelted with eggs and kicked in the head, the region's mayor has said. Tracy Brabin said she was leafleting for Labour in ...