Laura Reid

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Laura Reid

Olivia, who grew up near Bingley, was a child who was always outdoors, riding horses, clearing stables and playing with friends. “But I wasn’t sporty at all,” she says. It wasn’t until the now 26-year-old was studying businesses management at London Metropolitan University that she “fell into the gym”. “That’s when my fitness journey properly began,” she reflects. “And I think that’s when I first started to notice how movement affected how I felt more so than what I looked like.

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Laura Reid

“My family was my father so losing him meant I lost so many different parts of me,” she says. “I realised I’m not a daughter anymore, I’m not a lawyer, I’m not a professional, I’m not a carer anymore, I’m a nobody. I’d lost my identity. On top of that I felt like I had nobody to share this with. The one person whose hand I wanted to hold for some comfort wasn’t there.”To Daxa, Manhar Patel was more than a parent. “He was a soulful, intellectual friend. My best friend. My teacher, my cheerleader.

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Laura Reid

Here are some of the television highlights from tomorrow, Saturday, May 3, including The Handmaid’s Tale, Malpractice and Dead Man Walking: Dan Walker on Death Row. The Handmaid’s Tale (Saturday 03/05/25, Channel 4, 9pm)Words by Sarah MorganIf it’s fun, laughs and bonhomie you’re looking for, don’t expect to find it while watching The Handmaid’s Tale. However, if you fancy something hard-hitting that holds up a disturbing mirror to our times, then you’re in the right place.

2 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Laura Reid

After several more, however, Pippa was diagnosed with anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (APXA), a rare and aggressive tumour, at the age of 20. She left university in London to return home to Ilkley, West Yorkshire, where she underwent cancer treatment including surgery and radiotherapy at St James's Hospital in Leeds. “She then had a brief period of remission for a few years,” explains one of her two sisters, 31-year-old Anna.

2 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Laura Reid

Before work started on the landmark Humber Bridge, there was, for a short time, a rather futuristic way of crossing the river. Locals campaigned for decades for a road route across the Humber Estuary, seeing the water as a barrier to trade, development and connectedness between the two banks of East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.