Oli Constable

1 week ago | bbc.com | Grace Wood |Oli Constable

Football match held to honour Harvey WillgooseGrace Wood and Oli ConstableBBCSophie Willgoose organised the match in memory of her brother, HarveyA football match has been held in honour of teenager Harvey Willgoose, who died after being stabbed at school in February. About 200 people attended the game at Beighton Miners Welfare Club in Sheffield, which raised money for Harvey's Hub - a youth club that has been set up in his memory.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andrew Barton |Oli Constable

Girls' charity run for bus stop crash friendAndrew Barton and Oli ConstableBBC/Oli ConstableFriends of Katelyn Dawson joined hundreds of people fundraising for Forget Me Not Children's HospiceFriends of a girl who died after being hit by a car at a bus stop have taken part in a charity run for the children's hospice that supported them after she died. Katelyn Dawson, 15, was struck as she waited for a school bus on Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, on 10 January 2018.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Oli Constable

Shops found to be flouting single-use vape banOli ConstableBBCThe previous government said disposable vapes were a "key driver" behind a rise in youth vapingNearly two weeks on from a ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes in the UK, many shops have been found still to be openly selling the illicit items. Almost half of the 21 stores which an undercover BBC reporter visited in cities in Yorkshire continued to sell the vapes as though there had been no law change.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Oli Constable |Grace Wood

SEND transport cuts 'target the most vulnerable'Oli Constable and Grace WoodBBCSteph said she had cut her work hours to be able to drive her son Lyall to schoolA group of parents said they were worried some children would drop out of education in September when they lose their free school bus. From September, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) students over 16 will no longer be provided with a free school bus after Leeds City Council decided to cut the service to save £800,000.

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Oli Constable |David Spereall

Image source, Band of BuildersImage caption, Ben, now eight, is in remission having been diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia three years agoThe family of a young boy with a serious illness have thanked the volunteers who carried out crucial repairs to their home in their hour of need. Richard and Alison's son Ben was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia in 2022 when he was just five.