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NINETY FIREARMS INCLUDING SHOTGUNS AND A RIFLE SURRENDED TO POLICE

Crime
Guns and ammunition were handed in during West Yorkshire Police’s firearms surrender.  Ninety firearms were surrendered between Saturday 20 July and Sunday 4 August, alongside large quantities of ammunition including 1500 shotgun cartridges. Weapons handed in included 31 ‘live’ firearms including 21 handguns, eight shotguns, a taser and a rifle.…

Elland Road Park And Ride Expansion Begins

Local News
Construction work to create an extra 550 spaces to Elland Road park and ride has started. The Council’s Connecting Leeds programme is set to create an additional 2,000 park and ride spaces across the city by March 2021. The work on Elland Road marks the start of increasing car parking…

YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE INTERNATIONAL

Special Features
−−− BY LINZI DAVIES −−− Our glorious county of Yorkshire is famous for many things, including its creativity! Yorkshire has produced many influential artists and it is easy to see why when we are surrounded by stunning inspiration from the coast to the moors, the sprawling countryside to the dynamic…

AUGUST 2019

Antiques With Gary Don, Features
Dear Gary,  Following your advert in the Yorkshire Reporter, could you please give me some information about the attached items? I would appreciate it if you could give some idea of the value of it too. Thank you in advance. Regards, Kasia Dear Kasia, Thank you for your email. The…

It’s Time For Summer Shine!!

Diary Of A Pawnbroker, Features
The school summer holiday has begun and this marks an interesting time in the jewellers and pawnbrokers calendar. Parents who until now have been managing perfectly well with their work / life balance suddenly have a house full of children demanding money, holidays and most costly of all – their…

Monk Bretton Priory

Features, Footprints In The Sands Of Time
The ruins of Monk Bretton Priory sit quietly amidst a housing estate in Barnsley, not the scenic surroundings that normally come along with visiting a historical site in Yorkshire. However, despite the surprisingly urban setting, the priory ruins are certainly a hidden gem. When the Cluniac priory was established by…

SIR HENRY IRVING

Features, In Bygone Years
His name is still revered, once described as the ‘Olivier’ of his day winning admiration from his colleagues and fellow actors here and in America. On October 13th 1905 when the curtain fell on that fateful night at the Theatre Royal in Bradford, nobody realised that Sir Henry Irving had…

LOOK WHAT CROPPED UP IN LABRADOR’S LUNG!

Features, Wagging Tales
A lovable Labrador called Ben came a real cropper after a romp through a barley field while on a countryside walk. The two-year-old lab was left coughing for almost a month before referral vets at a top Yorkshire veterinary centre were called in to solve the prickly problem for Ben…
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