A drought has been declared across Yorkshire by the Environment Agency. It follows weeks of unusually dry weather in the ...

While not located in West Yorkshire itself ... best known for its spectacular 12th-century priory and adjacent river.

Yorkshire is now in drought because of declining river flows and ground water levels following one of the driest springs on ...

Yorkshire has officially entered a state of drought due to critically low river flows and groundwater levels, exacerbated by ...

A stretch of river popular for swimming and paddling in West Yorkshire has become the first in the UK to be designated with bathing water status in a move which will help make it cleaner and safer.

Sub divided into West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire ... the Ouse being fed by the Yorkshire rivers. The best-known Dales are Wharfedale, Swaledale and Wensleydale. The River Wharfe has been my ...

Species of fish including salmon, sea trout and eel, lost from the industrial rivers of South and West Yorkshire more than 100 years ago, are making a return. Improvements have been made to water ...

In Ilkley, West Yorkshire, the River Wharfe overflowed its banks as police advised drivers to avoid the area. The high water levels also flooded the grounds of Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club.

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Canal & River Trust said in a statement ... three other areas – the North East, Yorkshire, East and West Midlands – are also experiencing prolonged dry weather. Last week, officials ...

Met Office statistics show that West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire ... restrictions in place to preserve water across the Canal and River Trust network, predominantly on the Leeds and Liverpool ...