Yorkshire today, Tuesday 17 February 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 17 February 1801: Recent international arrivals and departures at the port of Hull
- 17 February 1812: Leeds businessmen meeting at the magistrates court act against the authors of the first successful Luddite attack in Yorkshire, at the Oates, Wood, and Smithson works at Oatlands, Woodhouse Carr
Proverbially:
New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: light rain, temperature 2°C, wind north-westerly 18mph, visibility very good, pressure 1005mb, relative humidity 75%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:14-17:16, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 07:28 set 17:21, new moon
- Tides (King George Dock): low 00:21 (1.22m), high 06:14 (6.91m), low 12:29 (1.35m), high 18:18 (7.33m)
BBC local news for Hull and East Yorkshire:
- Three jailed over involvement in kidnap plot
- Body found believed to be missing 89-year-old
- Poet chosen as region’s first young laureate
- Exhibition features 20 ‘incredible’ women
- ‘Being given fake cash is a slap in the face’
- Traffic signal work planned at busy junction
- Prosthetic leg returned to owner after months adrift
- Is better training the answer to dog attacks?
- Chaos, courage and sacrifice in the grip of the Great Gale
- Town with 3,000 years of culture aiming for UK title
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: clear sky, temperature 2°C, wind north-westerly 14mph, visibility very good, pressure 1009mb, relative humidity 67%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:19-17:21, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 07:33 set 17:27, new moon
BBC local news for West Yorkshire:
- Banned teacher was ‘under influence of alcohol’
- Man who put Quran in hospital toilet vapes in court
- Trams will make it easier to find work, says mayor
- ‘Potential fraud’ investigated at closed law firm
- ‘Free childcare policy is a birthday lottery’
- Teacher guilty of whispering exam help to pupils
- Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
- Family pay tribute to man, 69, killed in crash
- How a 17th Century document which shaped a city almost became a lampshade
- The £10 tricks I used to make my rented room into a home
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: clear sky, temperature 2°C, wind north-westerly 15mph, visibility very good, pressure 1008mb, relative humidity 72%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:19-17:18, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:34 set 17:23, new moon
- Tides (dock entrance): high 03:46 (5.13m), low 09:49 (1.23m), high 15:46 (5.35m), low 22:15 (0.68m)
BBC local news for Tees:
- Births to resume at hospital after staffing issues
- Fears over plans for homes next to forest trail
- Council workers to vote over possible pay strike
- Photos showing ‘beauty in people’s differences’
- Event to focus on tackling retail crime
- Breakfast club costs ‘too much’ for schools
- Sunny day brightens wet and wild week
- Ford replaced to aid trout migration
- Test your knowledge with our weekly quiz
- Church celebrates its weddings through the years
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: clear sky, temperature 1°C, wind north-westerly 14mph, visibility very good, pressure 1009mb, relative humidity 66%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:17-17:21, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 07:31 set 17:27, new moon
BBC local news for South Yorkshire:
- ‘Potential fraud’ investigated at closed law firm
- Man murdered victim while on bail for stabbing
- Murder arrest after woman found dead at house
- Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
- High street buildings to be demolished and rebuilt
- Stadium loses licence to host competitive events
- Suspended Reform councillor to get whip restored
- ‘I’m nearly 90 and have just acted in my final play’
- Stroke survivors trial new at-home tech: ‘It’s given me my freedom back’
- Are ‘love locks’ a threat to historic bridges?
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: partly cloudy, temperature 2°C, wind north-westerly 14mph, visibility very good, pressure 1007mb, relative humidity 68%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:17-17:19, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:31 set 17:24, new moon
BBC local news for North Yorkshire:
- Council rejects affordable housing plans
- Crematorium with new technology to open
- Andrew should not be in line for throne, says MP
- Trinidad and Tobago bobsleigh gets unlikely North Yorkshire backing
- Safety concerns spark closure of seaside loos
- Blind couple say sight loss is no barrier to love
- Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
- The £10 tricks I used to make my rented room into a home
- Double council tax on second homes to continue
- Campaign launched to restore Grade I listed organ
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Shrove Tuesday. Customs: Chinese New Year of the Horse; Pancake Tuesday bells in Bingley, Richmond and Scarborough; Pancakes cooked in bacon fat from yesterday (Bedell 1847); Scarborough Shrovetide Skipping Festival. Proverbs: It’s unlucky ta go abaght borrain a fryinpan a pancake Tuesday (Rogers 1855).
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