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New walk added to website. The lovely Luddenden Valley in #Calderdale, #WestYorkshire. An easy 6 miler on clear tracks/lanes. Pretty views and a character full village. See https://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/WestYorkshire/Luddenden%20Valley/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Luddenden%20Valley.htm
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Just one more week and 150 signups needed to get a new local paper in Leeds and West Yorks! We are crying out for ad-free, genuinely local investigative journalism.

Their sister stories have broken nationally important stories in the last few months. What stories do we have that deserve daylight?

Can you boost? Do you know someone who would be interested? Please share!

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Man given whole-life order for murder of woman and children in Bradford fire

Sharaz Ali, 40, sentenced over arson attack in which his ex-partner’s sister and her three children died

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Elland Station plans move forward with major new walking and cycling Routes

West Yorkshire leaders are preparing to approve the first phase of the Elland rail station project, with the earliest works centred on transforming how

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And talking of melting ice caps, the latest (half-hourly) electricity generation fuel sources for our region look distinctly dinosaur-powered...

Carbon-zero Fuel Percentage 6.3%
Fossil Fuel Percentage 93.7%

#climatechange #fossilfuels #WestYorkshire

Colne Valley Railway Modifications consultation. If you missed the Slaithwaite session on Tuesday, there is another, tomorrow, in Marsden. Proposal documents here:
https://www.smart-rail.co.uk/?p=2696
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Transpennine Route Upgrade public consultation – Standedge to Gledholt | SMART

Despite the dismal weather there has been a lot of recent interest in my Bronte #Waterfalls and Top Withens walk. I expect the waterfalls are in fine form! The walk starts from Haworth in #WestYorkshire. See https://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/WestYorkshire/BronteWaterfallsandTopWithens/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Bronte%20Waterfalls%20and%20Top%20Withens.htm
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Having seen the work that the Manchester Mill and Sheffield Tribune do, I really believe in the importance of actual local journalism, both for uncovering stories which need to be told and for helping communities maintain a sense of place.

They need 400 more members to set up in Leeds, so spread the word!

https://leeds.ghost.io/the-case-for-a-new-quality-newspaper-in-leeds/

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The case for a new newspaper in Leeds

West Yorkshire has a glorious journalism history. Help us to open a new chapter For decades, visitors arriving from the west could be under no illusions: Leeds was a newspaper city.  Appearing like a vast concrete fortress, the Yorkshire Post headquarters on Wellington Street was the first thing you saw

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