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WHARFEDALE MALE VOICE CHOIR

Entertainment, Music Reviews
At the Wharfedale Male Voice’s Choir’s end of season concert their chairman Mr. Terry Williams made a presentation to the choir’s retiring Musical Director Mrs. Blanche Woollin. Blanche enjoys a long and well respected reputation in the world of music throughout the Wharfedale area, and during the last four years…

Safeguarding Older People From Fraudsters

Crime, Local News
According to research by Citizens Advice, fraudsters cost UK consumers an estimated £10 billion a year, with the average person losing £2,500 to the various scams. Adding to the problem is the extremely low reporting rate of around 8%. Unfortunately, many people are simply too embarrassed to talk about falling…

New Legislation Coming For Mobile Phone Use Whilst Driving

Crime, Local News
West Yorkshire Police is supporting the National Police Chief Council (NPCC) & THINK! campaign, highlighting the dangers of using a mobile phone while driving. New legislation is due to come in to force in March 2017, which makes significant changes to the penalties faced by motorists who continue to be…

Barnardo’s Young Carers Scoop Conservation Award

Charity, Local News
A group of young carers from a Barnardo’s service have received a national award in recognition of their commitment to the environment. The group of six young people, aged from 11 to 14 years old who are supported by Barnardo’s Willow Young Carers service in Leeds have received the acclaimed…

Volunteer Lock Keepers Needed

Local News
The Canal & River Trust charity is seeking to recruit new volunteer lock keepers on the canal network across Lancashire, Merseyside and West Yorkshire. Lock keepers have been part of canal life for hundreds of years and volunteer lock keepers play a crucial role in keeping the age-old tradition alive.…

North Yorkshire Welcomes New Air Ambulance

Charity, Local News
The second of Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s brand new helicopters has taken to the skies over North Yorkshire. The £6m Airbus H145 aircraft is now fully operational following the completion of crew training and a full medical fit-out. It is based at Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s northern air base at RAF Topcliffe,…

GREAT DAFFODIL APPEAL

Charity, Local News
February marks the launch of the Great Daffodil Appeal. Marie Curie are appealing for volunteers to sign up to support their biggest annual fundraising campaign, which runs throughout March. The charity needs more than 1800 volunteers to help make the appeal happen in Yorkshire and are asking for local people…

Discovering Our Local Past – With South Leeds Archaeology

Local News
Archaeology has been an established subject for television programmes over the past thirty years with successes such as Time Team, Meet Our Ancestors and many more. This has generated a lot of popular interest, particularly Time Team which focussed on discoveries in local areas. At one time Leeds had a…
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