Posts by yorkshire reporter

Social Enterprise Sows Seeds

Local News
A Leeds-based social enterprise Growing Better, which promotes better mental health through growing fresh produce is going from strength to strength after establishing an indoor farm at Unity Business Centre in Chapeltown. Using a process known as hypoponics in which plants are grown in sand, gravel, or liquid rather than…

September 2018

What a lovely hot summer we have had this year. It’s been as hot as I can ever remember. Now we enter September,  the nights turn darker and the weather cooler and windier, our thoughts begin to turn to Christmas. ‘Too soon’ I hear you say? Not really. We only…

September 2018

Hi Gary I was wondering if you could help.  These ornaments belonged to my great grandmother.  They have no markings at all on them and we would like to know more about them. Any ideas please? Thank you. Sandra Sweeney Dear Sandra, Thank you for your email. These vases look…

TV’S ‘LIFEGUARD MAXI’ JOINS YORKSHIRE YOUNGSTERS TO CHAMPION WATER SAFETY

Charity
Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) Ambassador and star of Australia’s Channel Ten programme ‘Bondi Rescue’, Lifeguard Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell, swapped New South Wales for Yorkshire recently, as he gave lifeguarding a try…UK style. His visit marked the end of RLSS UK’s #BeARookieLifeguard campaign, as Head of Volunteering, Lee…

FREDDIE AND LOUIE RECEIVE A SURPRISE VISIT

Charity
Bailey Peacock-Farrell and Pablo Hernandez made a special surprise visit recently to a family associated with Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, the club’s official Charity of the Year for the 2018/19 season. Freddie is just five-years-old and he was born with Alagille syndrome meaning he has already had to fight his…

PLAYBOX SEACROFT – HUGE SUCCESS

Charity
−−− BY LINZI DAVIES −−− The LS14 Trust are going from strength to strength in providing a friendly, safe and fun environment for residents of all ages. In addition to the community café which opened a few months ago, the trust got a Playbox up and running just in time…

QUEEN’S HOTEL LEEDS COAST TO COAST BIKE RIDE RAISES OVER £2,000 FOR NSPCC

Charity
Four relatively unfit cycling novices who  work at The Queens Hotel in Leeds have biked an incredible 215 miles coast to coast along the gruelling Transpennine Trail raising over £2,000 for the NSPCC as part of a terrific three year partnership with QHotels. QHotels launched its national charitable partnership with…

A Bumper Summer Of Cycling

Local News
Record numbers have been making the most of the summer weather on Bradford and Leeds cycling infrastructure, which was either built or improved as part of West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s £60m CityConnect programme aimed at encouraging more people to cycle and walk. Between May and July almost 120,000 trips were…

British Journal Of Photography

Arts, Arts & Crafts
Portrait of Britain is the largest exhibition of contemporary portrait photography ever held, as much a celebration of photography as it is a celebration of the diversity of our country’s people. Now in its third year, British Journal of Photography nationwide exhibition can be viewed across JCDecaux’s national channel of…
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