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Night vision serves Watkins well - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

  Posted by Matt, 06 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Night vision serves Watkins well
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Team-mate Eddie Winslow of Menston finished third, a further four minutes adrift. Joe Woodley of Guiseley did well to come third on the junior men's course (M18) – and first under-16 – behind Bristol winner Adam Potter and Simon Bradbury of South...



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Otley town council to get update on fire station closure plan - Advertiser Series

  Posted by Matt, 06 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Otley town council to get update on fire station closure plan
Advertiser Series
They will be replaced by five new bases, including one at Menston. The council will also discuss the likely impact of the Government's proposed changes to the benefits system, and specifically the Disabled Living Allowance, when it meets at St Joseph's...



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Leeds fire crews back op fund for girl - Yorkshire Evening Post

  Posted by Matt, 03 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Yorkshire Evening Post
Leeds fire crews back op fund for girl
Yorkshire Evening Post
Seven-year-old Eve, of Menston is unable to walk after being born with quadraplegic cerebral palsy, which affects her legs and arms. The Ireland Wood Primary School Pupil is hoping to have a £45000 operation in the United States in the summer that...



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Council criticised over housing plans - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

  Posted by Matt, 03 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Council criticised over housing plans
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
At yesterday's unveiling of Leeds City Council's own LDF, Coun Richard Lewis, executive member for city development, said it was “crazy” Bradford had not talked to Leeds when drawing up controversial plans for up to 900 homes in Menston in its core...



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Green belt targeted as demand for homes set to soar - Yorkshire Post

  Posted by Matt, 03 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Yorkshire Post
Green belt targeted as demand for homes set to soar
Yorkshire Post
Bradford estimates it needs an extra 45500 homes up to 2028 and its blueprint has suggested significant housing development at Holme Wood and Menston – raising concerns city boundaries between Leeds and Bradford could be merged.

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TV boost for Otley teenager's anti-drink-drive campaign - Wharfedale Observer

  Posted by Matt, 02 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


TV boost for Otley teenager's anti-drink-drive campaign
Wharfedale Observer
She told the breakfast show how much she missed her brother, who was a pupil at St Mary's School, Menston. “I think about him all the time and it's weird that I'm never, ever going to see him again,” the teenager said. “I really want this to change...



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RAF jet exercise sounded like an 'empty skip falling from the sky' - Wharfedale Observer

  Posted by Matt, 02 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


RAF jet exercise sounded like an 'empty skip falling from the sky'
Wharfedale Observer
Several loud overhead booms or bangs took residents in Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale and Menston by surprise on Thursday. The incidents, one of which was described by Pool resident Bernard Mitchinson as “a noise as loud as an empty skip falling from the...



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Councillor calls for investment in Bradford roads to cope with population - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

  Posted by Matt, 02 February 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Councillor calls for investment in Bradford roads to cope with population
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
“I travel from Menston to Bradford and there is no way you can do it in less than an hour in a car. If you are going by bus, it is exactly the same route. You can speed up buses using bus routes but there has got to be enough on a certain...



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Urban development should consider jobs as well as homes - Yorkshire Post

  Posted by Matt, 30 January 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Urban development should consider jobs as well as homes
Yorkshire Post
Together, Leeds and Bradford councils have plans for more than 3000 new homes along the A65 corridor between Menston and Kirkstall. These plans are driven, not by demand for housing but by corporate greed and a total disregard for our responsibility to...



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West Yorkshire fire service gets its youngest commander - Yorkshire Evening Post

  Posted by Matt, 30 January 2012 - - - - - - · 0 views


Yorkshire Evening Post
West Yorkshire fire service gets its youngest commander
Yorkshire Evening Post
Mr Smith, from Menston, is responsible for overseeing the responses to fires preventing blazes breaking out and community safety throughout the district. “We've got inner-city areas going into rural areas and it has got a real spread of...



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