Posts by Yorkshire Reporter
Days Out
To Enjoy!
Summer Holiday FunAt North Yorkshire Water Park The school summer holidays are finally here and North Yorkshire Water Park is offering fun for all of the family to help everyone celebrate in style throughout the six-week break. Whether you need to entertain the little ones in the holidays, or an…
Healthy Heart Tip – Healthy Happy Holidays
The summer school holidays are here in the UK and this healthy tip is all about keeping children healthy and happy over the break. During the summer holidays normal routine is broken and without a robust plan in place, this can result in unhealthy foods and activities creeping in more…
Construction Completed
New Centre For Laboratory Medicine
Construction of a new, state-of-the-art regional pathology laboratory at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been completed. Works on the new pathology facility have been completed by BAM and once operational, the new laboratory will help to transform diagnostic services and testing right across West Yorkshire. Named the Centre for…
Leeds Veterinary Practice
Sixth Branch Opens
A LEEDS veterinary practice is celebrating a key milestone with the opening of its sixth branch in the city to meet demand for quality pet health care. Beechwood Veterinary Group has refurbished 177 Kirkstall Lane in Headingley to create a vibrant and modern new branch. Beechwood Vets Headingley features two…
Online Shopping Traps Caught Out
8.5 Million People In The Last Year
Research conducted by Citizens Advice has shown one in six people (8.5 million) ended up buying something they didn’t want, need or came to regret because of online shopping traps used by some retailers. Deceptive online tactics commonly used include auto-renewing subscriptions and ‘drip pricing’ techniques – where a website…
Council’s £9.8m Housing Scheme
Blazes A Trail For Energy Efficiency
A group of social housing residents have been getting a taste for an energy efficient future with a tour of homes at the Holtdale estate in north-west Leeds. Nearly 200 homes on the estate have benefited from a Leeds City Council-led £9.8m eco-friendly retrofit project, with new features such as…
New West Yorkshire Partnership Approved To Boost Regional Tourism
Towns and cities across West Yorkshire have joined forces for a new strategic tourism partnership that will maximise the potential of the region’s visitor economy. It has been announced that an ambitious joint bid by councils in Leeds, Calderdale, Kirklees, Bradford and Wakefield to form a new Local Visitor Economy…
August 2023
British manufacture was once the best in the world, now these days are gone. Household names such as Hornby and Corgi toys are now made in China, this is sad when you think of how those manufacturing skills were learnt by 5 year apprenticeships. Now everything is made with the…