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Volkswagen Golf Gte: The Plug-In Hybrid With Gti Dynamics

Motoring
Volkswagen has unveiled the first pictures of the Golf GTE – a new plug-in hybrid version of the multi-award-winning Golf hatchback that combines the benefits of electric mobility with the dynamics of a Golf GTI. The Golf GTE is due to make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show next…

Healthcare of homeless helped by new pathway

Health, Healthcare
Healthcare of homeless helped by new pathway A new pathway designed to improve the healthcare provided to homeless people in Leeds was officially launched today during an event at the Civic Hall, Leeds. Homeless Accommodation Leeds Pathway (HALP) is a ground breaking project that will see Leeds Community Healthcare NHS…

Good Response To MESothelioma Campaign

Health, Healthcare
The Yorkshire Reporter has had a good response to its campaign for compensation and justice for mesothelioma sufferers who have been exposed to deadly asbestos fibres which are still present in many buildings. Tracey Crouch MP for Chatham and Haylesford, who lead the debate in Parliament on behalf of victims…

Basset Fauve de Bretagne

Wagging Tales
Our star this month is the Basset Fauve de Bretagne. A short legged dog of the hunting scent-hound type. The Basset Fauve de Bretagne profile COAT: Fuaves have a dense, short, wiry coat which is easy to groom with a stiff brush. It does need stripping a couple of times…

Project celebrating rich textile tradition of Leeds launched

Lifestyle
A new micro manufacturing project which will celebrate the rich textile heritage of Leeds and Yorkshire has been launched at a city museum. Bringing together a unique mixture of expert skill and material from the region, the aim of the project is to create high quality cloth using the machinery…

Lotherton Hall set to become home of new Fashion Galleries

Lifestyle
One of the city’s most popular museums has been awarded £150,000 of funding to refurbish its exhibition spaces and become the home of the new Fashion Galleries. Awarded from the Department for Culture Media and Sport and Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, this investment will support Lotherton Hall in…

Remembering Quarry Hill And Flats

Special Features
Quarry Hill is now a cultural quarter of Leeds containing The Northern Ballet, West Yorkshire Playhouse and the B.B.C but in the 1600s it was notorious for its plague ‘cabins’ where the poor, suffering from bubonic plague, would be taken to in order to keep them from infecting others. Later…
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