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FURTHER ROLL OUT OF 20MPH ZONES CONTINUES ACROSS LEEDS

Motoring
Lower speed limits are set to be introduced in more residential areas across Leeds as part of a city-wide programme to reduce road casualties. The latest phase of Leeds City Council’s 20 miles per hour (mph) speed limit programme will be rolled out from autumn 2018 and will see reduced…

Luxe Skin Clinic

Business Reviews
−−− BY LINZI DAVIES −−− Luxe Skin Clinic offers lasting solutions to a wide range of cosmetic skin blemishes and hair removal using the latest techniques, enabling you to live your life full of confidence. As a fully qualified Advanced Aesthetic Practitioner, trained by Sterex International Ltd, Claire Rhodes can…

‘BLIND JACK’ OF KNARESBOROUGH

Features, In Bygone Years
John Metcalf of Knaresborough became blind due to smallpox at the age of six but this didn’t stop him from excelling in sport, playing the violin, being a guide and stage-coach conductor. However, it was his skill as a road-maker that he was best known. Metcalf was born in a…

Newark Castle

Features, Footprints In The Sands Of Time
Standing in a dominant position on the banks of the River Trent lies Newark castle, built in the 12th century by Alexander, the Bishop of Lincoln. Not much of the castle remains due to the slighting ordered by Parliamentarians after the Civil War but fortunately visitors can still see the…

‘CHARLIE JACK’

Entertainment, YR Book Club
‘When the family decided to adopt a puppy, the lonely, disabled one stared at me until I fell in love. Fortunately, Mum let me choose him in spite of his problems. Charlie Jack (named from my grandad and the vet) moved in with us and Grandad made him a ‘wheelchair’…

‘A FISH CALLED BLUE’

Entertainment, YR Book Club
Blue is a small fish who longs to climb a tree. She does her best, but her forest companions – the squirrel, the monkey, the spider and others – encourage her but then laugh when she fails. Finally, she meets a friendly bear cub who helps her discover what she’s…

‘THE LITTLE HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE’

Entertainment, YR Book Club
The History Press is delighted to announce the release of ‘The Little History of Yorkshire’ by Ingrid Barton out now. In a beautifully designed book and based on The History Press’ most popular ‘Little History of’ series, this new edition is an unstuffy history book that can be dipped into…
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