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Kirklees

Oxbridge Minds: Inspiring primary school children to aim for the best

A pioneering new program called Oxbridge Minds has been launched to inspire primary school children to aim towards a future where they can level...
Kirklees

Body of man found in search of missing Dewsbury man Ibrar Hussain

A body has been found during searches of the Calder and Hebble Navigation near Lock Street, Dewsbury by West Yorkshire Police searching for a...
North East

Kemp’s praise for NUFC fans

Newcastle’s council leader has paid tribute to the “incredible and inspiring” NUFC fans who took over London last weekend. Nick Kemp hailed the travelling Toon...
Kirklees

Committee gives Kirklees’s Cultural Heart the green light

Kirklees’ £210m Cultural Heart is one step closer after the council’s Strategic Planning Committee approved the proposals despite not all panel members being in...
Kirklees

Developers dodge affordable homes as Kirklees is “desperately short of housing”

Kirklees is “desperately short of houses” leading the local authority to accept that some ‘wily’ developers fail to deliver affordable housing. Kirklees council’s policy requires...
Leeds

20-minute neighbourhoods would help ‘dormitory town’ Otley, councillor says

Otley has become a “dormitory town”, according to one local councillor, who believes the concept of 20-minute neighbourhoods will reverse that trend. Councillor Sandy Lay,...
Bradford & Keighley

Bradford Live update

The group that will run the under-construction Bradford Live venue has confirmed it will not be opening until next year. The project, to turn a...
Music

Stevie Wonder freedom of the city confirmed

Stevie Wonder has been hailed as “an inspiration” as city leaders agreed to award the music legend the Freedom of Newcastle. Councillors voted on Wednesday...
North East

Airport expansion approved

The expansion of Teesside Airport will create hundreds of jobs and help “open Darlington to the world”, councillors heard, after plans for a new...
North East

Decision day for Sikh temple

Plans for a new Sikh temple in a Sunderland suburb are set to go before city councillors for decision next week. Sunderland City Council’s Planning...
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