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Leeds Bradford Airport strikes will NOT go ahead following ‘late offer’ over pay

Clementine Hall Clementine Hall - 16th October 2026

This weekend's strikes at Leeds Bradford Airport have been cancelled.

Around 130 workers were set to walk out this weekend, Unite said, but this has been suspended to allow air traffic controllers to consider a new pay offer.

The Unite members planning on to go on strike were a mixture of air traffic control workers, customer experience staff, security staff and cleaners.

The workers involved in the dispute had recently come out of a four-year pay deal, with some of the departments having fallen behind other airports in equivalent roles.

Pay talks have been happening since December 2025, with the airport's formal offer not going far enough to address the lack of pay parity which led to the decision to strike.

However, as of yesterday 15 October, the workers have been given new pay offers from the airport and the strikes will not take place to allow a ballot on the offers.

Air traffic controllers and hourly paid staff are being balloted separately on their respective offers.

Unite regional officer Neil Whitaker said: "After receiving offers from Leeds Bradford Airport, we have suspended this week’s strike action in good faith to allow members to vote on pay deals.”

In a statement, Leeds Bradford Airport said: "While the ballot process continues with certain members of our frontline colleagues, we remain hopeful that a positive outcome can be achieved and that an agreement can be reached which works for everyone involved.

"Regardless of the outcome of this ballot, LBA has a robust contingency plan in place and will be operating as normal this weekend.

"Our focus remains on supporting a smooth and reliable experience for customers while maintaining safe and efficient airport operations."

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Traitors star and comedian Joe Lycett is putting cash behind the bar at a pub in Sheffield

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Comedian Joe Lycett is putting money behind the bar at a pub in Sheffield this week, as he continues to encourage people to get out and support their local boozers.

The TV favourite – who is also currently one of the stars on The Traitors – announced the news as he bid farewell to his fictional TV pub The Lycett Arms.

On the show, he said: “There are 45,000 pubs in the UK – go and give them some love.”

Joe Lycett then proceeded to list 30 brilliant pubs up and down the country, including one in Sheffield, and announced that the drinks are on him this week.

He told audiences: “[This] Friday I’ll be putting a little bit of money behind the bar in all the pubs you’ve just seen. I hope you can have a drink on me.”

The chosen pub in Sheffield is The Hallamshire House, a lovely old boozer serving real ale in Crookesmoor.

Announcing the news to social media, Channel 4 and Joe Lycett wrote: "Take this as your excuse to drop what you’re doing, call a mate, and head to your local pub. Even if you see this during the middle of a working day. Go. Be free."

Well, you certainly don't have to tell us twice.

Some pubs have even agreed to match the offer, commenting on the post: “Thank you so much for the shout out. Next time you find yourself nearby, pop in for a pint!”

So this Friday, get your friends together and have a free pint on Joe Lycett himself - you know you want to.

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BBC is casting for next series of The Traitors and wants people from Yorkshire who are ‘good at lying’ to apply

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The BBC is currently casting for the next series of The Traitors, and is looking for some deceptive Yorkshire folk to take part.

It's safe to say that The Traitors is pretty much a cultural phenomenon at this point.

Pretty much everyone and their dog is tuning in to watch The Celebrity Traitors on Thursday and Friday evenings, but this time it's not about the celebs.

Producers describe The Traitors as a ‘game of trust and treachery’, and there’s always plenty of twists, turns, shocks, and surprises along the way – but do you reckon you’ve got what it takes to play?

If so, the BBC is currently casting for the next series of the popular show, and is calling on people in Yorkshire and across the UK to apply.

Applications are currently open to players who are over 18 years of age and have the right to legally reside in the UK.

The first series of the smash-hit BBC reality competition show proved pretty popular when it premiered back in 2022, but the second series took things to a whole new level, and truly seemed to capture the attentions of the nation like no other – with millions of viewers tuning in to watch the three episodes each week.

But in case you haven’t seen it, The Traitors is, put simply, a competition series that’s built on strategy, suspicion, and deception, where a team of players are tasked with competing in a series of missions – with the more missions they complete successfully, the bigger the prize pot gets.

However, hidden among the players are the ‘Traitors’, who meet in secret and decide who to eliminate from their fellow players known as the ‘Faithfuls’.

The aim for the ‘Traitors’ is to stay undetected until the end, while the aim for the ‘Faithfuls’ is to banish all of the Traitors before the game ends.

Up for it? You have until 31 May 2027 to get your applications in online here.

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