Yorkshire today, Friday 8 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 8 August 1514: Sir Thomas Wortley’s death inaugurates the memorial he has built for himself at Wharncliffe
- 8 August 1863: The police are invited to an illegal cricket match on Woodhouse Moor (Leeds), designed to test the byelaws passed during its conversion from common land to People’s Park
Proverbially:
Dean’t o’ Friday buy your ring,
O’ Friday dean’t put t’ spurrins [banns] in;
Dean’t wed o’ Friday. Think on o’ this,
Nowther blue nor green mun match her driss.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Today: sunny intervals, temperature 12-24°C, wind westerly 14mph, visibility good, pressure 1016mb, relative humidity 56%, UV risk 6/11, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 05:26-20:47, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 03:41 rise 20:51, waxing gibbous
- Tides (King George Dock): high 06:17 (6.83m), low 12:58 (1.37m), high 18:57 (6.80m)
BBC local news for Hull and East Yorkshire:
- Disappointment at DIY SOS youth hub opening delay
- City divided over ‘share the road’ campaign
- Meet Twinnie – the penguin super mum
- Free offer for Coldplay fans using pedal power
- Work to begin on £170k road improvement scheme
- Yorkshire listed churches gain repair grants
- ‘We’ll sell our house if Amazon signs are lit up’
- Warning after paddleboarders swept out to sea
- Horizon victim sues Post Office and Fujitsu for £4m
- ‘Joy’ as people unite for mural in wake of riots
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Today: sunny intervals, temperature 11-22°C, wind westerly 15mph, visibility good, pressure 1016mb, relative humidity 58%, UV risk 5/11, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 05:31-20:52, zenith 13:11
- Moon: set 03:45 rise 20:56, waxing gibbous
BBC local news for West Yorkshire:
- Work on wellbeing garden at MND centre begins
- Light Night Leeds to celebrate city’s landmarks
- PC harassed woman as she walked with her child
- Ninja swords handed in to police after scheme
- Battery bin plea as fire numbers increase
- Developer let off path promised a decade ago
- Shipping container food venue to launch in market
- Sheep shearing, alpacas boom and 100-hour weeks: BBC spends day with England’s farmers
- ‘Drought means no hay for our animals’ – farmers warn
- Coal mining museum workers set for strike action
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Today: sunny intervals, temperature 12-21°C, wind south westerly 18mph, visibility good, pressure 1015mb, relative humidity 59%, UV risk 6/11, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 05:26-20:54, zenith 13:10
- Moon: set 03:39 rise 20:59, waxing gibbous
- Tides (dock entrance): high 03:44 (5.04m), low 10:11 (1.22m), high 16:20 (5.09m), low 22:25 (1.41m)
BBC local news for Tees:
- Safety features to stay after cycle lane removed
- Reform retake ward in council by-election win
- Passenger, 18, dies in car crash
- Decision on suburban firearm shop deferred
- Former Tory council leader joins Reform UK
- Transplant plea from man on record waiting list
- Safety work demanded on death crash road
- Sheep shearing, alpacas boom and 100-hour weeks: BBC spends day with England’s farmers
- Discarded food blamed after 22-inch rat found
- Parking patrol CCTV cars to get £100k upgrade
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Today: sunny intervals, temperature 11-22°C, wind westerly 12mph, visibility good, pressure 1017mb, relative humidity 58%, UV risk 5/11, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 05:32-20:50, zenith 13:11
- Moon: set 03:48 rise 20:54, waxing gibbous
BBC local news for South Yorkshire:
- Baby bank opens bigger premises to meet demand
- Plaque honours firefighter killed in cafe blaze
- Garden waste collection halted over staff shortage
- Yorkshire listed churches gain repair grants
- Family praise club legends after hospice visit
- ‘I lost an arm – complacency can kill in farming’
- Sheep shearing, alpacas boom and 100-hour weeks: BBC spends day with England’s farmers
- Boy, 7, undergoes surgery after XL Bully attack
- Sheff Wed working to have stand ready for opener
- Reservoir levels drop further despite Storm Floris
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Today: sunny intervals, temperature 11-22°C, wind westerly 14mph, visibility good, pressure 1016mb, relative humidity 59%, UV risk 5/11, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 05:28-20:51, zenith 13:09
- Moon: set 03:42 rise 20:55, waxing gibbous
BBC local news for North Yorkshire:
- ‘Inconsiderate’ parking at beauty spot criticised
- Five fall ill with E. coli at beauty spot
- Mum and daughter gain Army graduations in quick succession
- Public urged to submit views on gas-drilling rig
- Suspected World War Two bomb safely detonated
- Station Gateway campaigners lose legal challenge
- ‘Drought means no hay for our animals’ – farmers warn
- Empty village pub granted protected status
- Sheep shearing, alpacas boom and 100-hour weeks: BBC spends day with England’s farmers
- River search stood down after no person found
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