Volunteers

Rose from Halifax has had a check over from the vets in Birstall after her rescue

All clear for Halifax dog from Birstall vets after rescue from rock crevice

The tournament was organised by the Ali Sh'an Rupyal Tent Pegging Team and held at Leeds Road Fields in Heckmondwike

In pictures: More photos from the Ali Sh'an Rupyal Tent Pegging Tournament

Mirfield Library

Thousands oppose library job cuts under revamp plans that include Mirfield's

Ivy and Willow

Can you give these cat sisters who had a rough start in life a new home?

A rider taking part in the tent pegging tournament

In pictures: Ali Sh'an Rupyal Tent Pegging Tournament returns to Heckmondwike

The railway is situated in Royds Park between Liversedge and Cleckheaton. A recent Facebook post appealing for volunteers to prevent its closure was met with "a lot of very good responses", according to secretary Allan Mitchell.

70-year-old miniature railway in Cleckheaton saved from closure

Supergran Mary Lamb to 'climb' the Three Peaks with her assistance dog Sheldon.

UK’s first female wheelchair user to ‘climb’ the Three Peaks

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Watch: Moment RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Emma Field Shop manager of Age UK Cleckheaton

Lend a hand. Make a change Join the Age UK Cleckheaton in The Big Help Out 2024

The rescue of Ben Longton, 18, in snowy conditions on Scafell Pike, by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team.

Watch dramatic rescue as boy falls down waterfall in freak blizzard

(L to R) Lynn Hart, Hazel Barker, Carol Dunkley, Sandra Searle and Stuart Martin beside the knitted tank.

Watch: We knitted a life-sized tank to commemorate D-Day

Watch this video showing an impressive life-sized tank which has been hand-knitted to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Lucinda Herbert

Friends of Batley Station volunteers after they collected litter during the Great British Spring Clean

Volunteers tidy Batley and Hebden Bridge stations in Great British Spring Clean

Chair of the Friends of Mirfield Library Group, Cynthia Collinson, at Mirfield Library

Mirfield Library group 'staggered' by council’s community-management plan

A volunteer at a Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal collection raising vital funds for the charity

Marie Curie needs Dewsbury volunteers for this year’s Great Daffodil Appeal

Volunteers from Dewsbury Cares community group, along with the support of Longcauseway Church, offered people the chance to attend the town centre church for a free Christmas Day lunch while enjoying the company of others.

Dewsbury community brought together for Christmas Day meal

These are the nation’s top 20 unsung heroes

John, right, and Irene Murgatroyd cut the cake at their 60th wedding anniversary celebration.

Volunteers at Mirfield retirement flats celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Guide Dogs is urgently appealing for volunteers in Mirfield to help guide people with sight loss.

Guide Dogs issues appeal for My Sighted Guide volunteers in Mirfield

Kirklees Council is looking for volunteers to get involved in its snow wardens scheme and help the district get through the winter.

Kirklees Council seeking volunteers to get involved in its snow wardens scheme

Volunteers redecorated six classrooms and playground areas at St Patrick's Primary Academy in Birstall

Paint firm volunteers give Birstall school a makeover ahead of start of new term

Loch Ness Monster 2023: Volunteers wanted for biggest ‘monster hunt’ in 50 years - how to apply

Volunteers wanted for biggest Loch Ness Monster hunt in 50 years

Louis the Jack Russell with his owner after being rescued

Dog rescued after falling down one of UK’s biggest waterfalls

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater.

Kim Leadbeater thanks Batley and Spen charity volunteers

Volunteers needed for ‘exciting’ new clothes swap.

Organisers prepare to launch ‘exciting’ new clothing exchange in Kirklees

Tour de Roberttown 2023 participants and ride leaders gather at Commonside at the start of Sunday's ride.

MP joins “cycling superstars" for Tour de Roberttown

PD Arnie has graduated as a police dog despite harsh conditions in his early life

Puppy graduates as police dog after being found during raid

Metropolitan Police officers march along The Mall in London as they head to their positions for of the coronation processions of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Coronation: Street safety volunteers arrested over rape alarm concerns

Some of the UK's best-known charities are joining forces to be part of The Big Help Out, a voluntary initiative to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty The King. Age UK in Cleckheaton is joining the celebrations and asking the public to sign up. Pictured are volunteer Owen Pearson and manager Sandra Davis.

Cleckheaton’s Age UK opening its doors for volunteering taster sessions

A Cleckheaton charity shop will be opening their doors for volunteering taster sessions to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.

Adam Cheshire

Sally Field pictured with the late Paul O’Grady

Britain's oldest dog walker crowned coronation champion by RSPCA

The cast for the highly anticipated Hunger Games prequel film The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has been revealed. (Credit: Getty Images)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - full cast

Kumon Y’all organised the litter picking event, in which young volunteers helped to clean up some areas of Dewsbury during the Easter holidays, along with UK Greetings Ltd, based on Mill Street East.

Dewsbury charity teams up with local cards business to keep town tidy

The Reduce Period Poverty Project will take place throughout April.

Sewing group appeal for help to make reusable menstrual pads

Thousands of volunteers are needed to offer their helping hands over the course of King Charles III’s coronation celebrations - Credit: Getty Images

King Charles III coronation looking for thousands of volunteers

The NHS has re-launched its Check in and Chat service for isolated patients

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

Volunteers from Kumon Y’all visited residents of Charles Jones Court to provide food and friendly smiles

Dewsbury-based charity visits elderly Batley residents

Hospital Radio Award winner Vicky Pinder in the studio at Dewsbury and District Hospital on Halifax Road.

Charity radio station urgently appeals for technical help

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

Just Stop Oil protesters guilty of conspiring to cause public nuisance at Silverstone British GP

Just Stop Oil guilty over British GP track invasion - watch protest

Volunteers from the Blackburn UK Trust handed over the 75 packs to staff at Pinderfields Hospital on Monday, January 23.

Blackburn charity donates ‘baby loss packs’ for bereaved parents

A dead 12ft whale was washed up on the banks of a British river last week.

Huge dead whale found washed up British river bank

Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Christopher Parry, 28, have gone missing in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Two British men who volunteered in Ukraine go missing

Dewsbury and District Hospital's Emergency Department on Halifax Road.

‘Selfless’ volunteers return to Dewsbury Hospital to help with demand

A walrus called Thor was spotted having a rest at Scarborough Harbour ahead of the New Year

Walrus pays a visit to Scarborough harbour en route to the Arctic

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK

April Jones went missing in October 2012 - her body was never found.

Mystery of April Jones as Channel 4 documentary revisits murder

The three-part true crime documentary follows the search for the five-year-old in 2012, which became one of the biggest in UK history

Sophie Wills

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

Trussell Trust foodbanks need people to donate these items

Flossie, pictured here with new owner Vicki, has been named the world’s oldest cat by the Guiness Book of World Records.

UK cat Flossie officially named world’s oldest moggie

Lindsey Stockton (far right, holding framed document) with food bank colleagues

National World campaign: A day in the life of a Trussell Trust worker

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

National World launch Trussell Trust winter fundraiser

EasyJet is bringing its Fearless Flyer course back to Gatwick Airport on Sunday, November 27, to help nervous flyers take control and overcome their fears. Picture by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images

Passenger dies during flight between Cyprus and London

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

The Institute of Islamic Education in Savile Town, Dewsbury, has been graded as 'inadeqaute' in its latest Ofsted report.

Ofsted report raises safeguarding issues at faith school

Volunteer Andy, who won Volunteer of the Year at the recent St Anne’s Proud Awards.

Kirklees Befriending service: Can you make someone’s day brighter?

NHS CRISIS: Waiting times have lengthened (Getty Images)

Kim Leadbeater MP: Waiting times for ambulances not acceptable

Patrick Crowley at Oakwell Hall

Volunteers at a Dewsbury nature reserve pay tribute to former park ranger