Calls for rent reductions to help Leeds market traders battling against the recession look likely to be rejected by senior councillors. But they are expected to agree up to £100,000 can be spent on measures to increase the number of people visiting Kirkgate indoor market. Members of the council’s regeneration scrutiny board – a watchdog [...]
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Two friends are hoping to breathe new life into a struggling Leeds market town. Mick Patterson and Bob Thompson, who has owned a stall on Pudsey Market for two years, are hoping to transform the Leeds market’s future with a weekly car boot sale. Pudsey Market has seen a steady decline in recent years and [...]
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The towering 226ft spire of Ossett’s Trinity Church is visible for miles around West Yorkshire. Now local residents will get the chance to get a closer look at one of the county’s tallest churches thanks to cash from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Trinity Church Heritage Education Project is set to highlight what the landmark [...]
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Campaigners are urging residents to have their say about plans to build new homes in west Leeds. They celebrated victory 12 years ago when they won their fight to stop a scheme to build 57 houses on a field in Horsforth. Redrow Homes abandoned its appeal to build on the land in Outwood Lane after [...]
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Private Daniel Wade.Published on Friday 11 May 2012 08:49 The funeral of a soldier who died along with five colleagues in a bomb attack in Afghanistan will take place today. (May 11)Private Daniel Wade, 20, of 3rd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, was killed on March 6 when the Warrior armoured vehicle he was travelling in [...]
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