Author: Sahin Alom

Users in Leeds and across West Yorkshire were among those affected on Sunday after X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a widespread service disruption. The X down outage left many people unable to load timelines, publish posts, or access core features on both the app and website. The disruption was reported across multiple regions, including the UK, Europe, the United States, and parts of Asia, with users logging access problems throughout the afternoon. As of publication, no official explanation had been issued by the platform. What is happening now Users attempting to access X reported blank screens, frozen timelines, delayed…

For people travelling regularly between Yorkshire, the Midlands and London, long-distance rail performance is not an abstract issue. The reliability of Avanti West Coast directly shapes how dependable journeys feel when you are changing trains at Manchester, Preston or Birmingham to get where you need to be. Avanti does not run services from Leeds itself, but for many passengers it forms the second leg of a longer journey. When services run well, those cross-Pennine connections work. When they don’t, travellers from Leeds and across West Yorkshire feel the consequences in missed connections, overcrowding and long waits. Who Avanti West Coast…

Suella Braverman has formally defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK, a move that has sent shockwaves through Westminster and is already being felt well beyond London, including here in Leeds and across Yorkshire. The former Home Secretary confirmed her decision at a London rally, ending decades of Conservative membership and becoming the latest high-profile MP to cross the floor. While the announcement was made in the capital, its implications are being closely watched in northern cities where political loyalties are becoming increasingly fluid. For many voters in Leeds, the story is less about party manoeuvring and more about…

For many people across Leeds, January can feel like a long uphill climb. The festive break fades quickly, daylight remains in short supply, and everyday pressures return all at once. That is why blue monday 2026 is once again dominating conversation across the UK. Often labelled the most depressing day of the year, blue monday 2026 falls in the third week of January, a point when winter fatigue, financial worries and work routines tend to collide. While the idea itself is controversial, the feelings behind it are familiar to thousands of households across West Yorkshire. What Is Blue Monday 2026…

The Conservative Party’s internal crisis intensified on Wednesday with the removal of Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, a decision that has sent fresh shockwaves through northern political circles including here in West Yorkshire. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch confirmed that the Newark MP had been stripped of the party whip and suspended from party membership following allegations that he had been holding undisclosed discussions with Reform UK. Badenoch said she had been presented with evidence she believed showed Jenrick was preparing to leave the party in a way that would have caused significant internal damage. Robert Jenrick has yet to…

For many television audiences in Leeds and across the UK, Kiefer Sutherland is best remembered not for Hollywood headlines but for his defining role as Jack Bauer, the relentless counter-terrorism agent whose race-against-time dramas became must-watch viewing on British television throughout the 2000s. That legacy is now colliding with fresh headlines after the Emmy winning actor was arrested in Hollywood following an alleged late-night altercation involving a rideshare driver. What UK Audiences Should Know The incident reportedly took place shortly after midnight in Hollywood, where police were called following claims of a dispute between Kiefer Sutherland and a rideshare driver.…