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family Few children's entertainers have enjoyed the meteoric rise of Blippi. What began as a series of educational YouTube videos has grown into a global phenomenon, amassing billions of views, spawning multiple actors in the iconic blue-and-orange outfit, expanding into spin-off shows with best friend Meekah, and becoming a staple of preschool life for families around the world. As a dad of two children aged nine and five, I've lived through the Blippi phenomenon for several years.

arts West Yorkshire poet and emerging author Moshood Yusuf has published his debut novella, The Dead Load, a thought-provoking work of contemporary fiction that explores one of humanity's greatest mysteries, the true power of love. Drawing on a unique blend of poetic storytelling and real-world experience, The Dead Load asks an extraordinary question: what if love could save someone from death?

sports As July comes to an end, we have plenty on the slate to finish on a high, with action from Super League and The Hundred to play out what has been a month of continuous action into an August that promises to provide much of the same. Tuesday 28th July The Hundred: Sunrisers Leeds v Manchester Super Giants 18:30 The Hundred continues to bring high-octane cricket action this week as a battle from across the Pennines takes place at Headingley.

business UK-listed companies in the North West issued nine profit warnings during the second quarter of 2026, triple the number issued during the same period last year (three) and marking the region’s highest Q2 total since 2020, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report. Almost half of North West Q2 warnings (four) came from businesses operating in the Industrials FTSE super-sector.

arts Creative collaboration: Moorside Primary School pupils in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Images by Newcastle Theatre Royal. Hundreds of primary school pupils from nine North East schools have come together to re-enact Shakespeare’s illustrious comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Led by Theatre Royal associate artists, the feast of creativity from almost four hundred nine and ten year olds comprised a series of classroom workshops across Newcastle’s West End.

business Dudleys Consulting Engineers has commenced work on site to deliver a new £3.3 million headquarters office and rangers’ depot for the North York Moors National Park Authority (NYMNPA). Located in the village of Helmsley, the new facility will bring the Authority’s existing premises together in one more efficient base for the team serving local communities and helping to protect the North York Moors.

sports George Russell is well aware of the threat posed by his teenage teammate The Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship began in 1950, with the constructors' equivalent being added eight years later, and back in that opening decade Alberto Ascari became an Italian sporting hero on the F1 front. The country has had to wait so long for another driver to capture the nation’s hearts in a similar way, and this has now happened in the form of Mercedes’ 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli.

sports Lando Norris claimed a second consecutive Hungarian Grand Prix victory Formula 1’s last round before the four-week summer break took place this weekend at the Hungaroring, located just outside Budapest, and it was McLaren’s Lando Norris who occupied the top step on the podium for the first time this season after a highly entertaining Hungarian Grand Prix. Two key issues dominated paddock discussions ahead of the start of ontrack action on Friday.

frontpage (l-R)Ellna, a St John Ambulance first aid trainer who presented Douaa with her first aid certificate St John Ambulance has launched the inaugural Lifesavers at Work Awards. A nationwide hunt is under way for the UK’s most inspirational workplace heroes; people who have used first aid skills to save a life, or support someone in a medical emergency, while at work.

family Martin House Children’s Hospice is bringing healthcare professionals together from across the country for its first dedicated conference on children’s palliative care. The Martin House Children’s Hospice Conference 2026: Inspiring Excellence will take place at the charity’s newly redeveloped hospice in Boston Spa on Tuesday 15 September, from 10am to 4pm.