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Nearly 300 safe spaces for women and girls now operating in Kirklees

Businesses in a Kirklees town have joined forces with Police to add to hundreds of safe spaces on offer for women and girls this...

Fire service responds to 70 fires in West Yorkshire prisons since April

Firefighters have been called out to West Yorkshire’s prisons 70 times since April, Councillors have been told. And during July alone the fire service responded...
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Mayor Sadiq Khan praises new android security features in bid to combat surging phone thefts in London

Sadiq Khan has hailed the significance of new security features on Android smartphones, claiming that they will help to curb London’s sharply rising rates...

Revised skyscraper plans show new London tower to feature Europe’s tallest viewing platform

Updated plans for a skyscraper as tall as The Shard in Central London have been submitted after concerns were raised about its potential impact...

London’s ‘real living wage’ rises to £13.85, boosting pay for 140,000 workers amid cost of living crisis

More than 140,000 Londoners will get a pay boost of 5.3 per cent as it was revealed on Wednesday that the capital’s ‘real living...

Bradford city centre gets new larger bins

New larger waste bins with a recycling section have arrived in Bradford city centre. The bins, funded by the Government's Transforming Cities Fund (TCF), have...

Popular Bradford restaurant denied 2am licence amid noise complaints and licensing issues

A popular Manningham restaurant and take away has been denied a licence to open until 2am. Mahmoods burger restaurant on Oak Lane had hoped to...

Key motions at the full meeting of Middlesbrough Council voted through

Middlesbrough Council saw three successful motions at last week’s meeting of the full council. One of them was a winter fuel payment motion, proposed by...

Survey on behalf of patients finds shortcomings in information available on GP websites

Some GP surgeries in Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland are providing inadequate information on their websites, according to survey analysis. Volunteers on behalf of Healthwatch...

Kirklees councillor resigns from group over ‘personal conflicts’ and ‘hidden agendas’

A councillor has left the Kirklees Community Independent (KCI) group amid claims of “personal conflicts” and “hidden agendas”. Councillor Ammar Anwar (Dewsbury West) was one...

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