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MAJOR plans designed to reduce flood risk for communities along the River Aire have been given the go-ahead by councillors in Leeds. At a meeting today, Leeds City Council’s city plans panel approved the construction of a flood storage area between Horsforth and Rawdon. Led by Leeds City Council in partnership with the Environment Agency, Bradford Council, Network Rail and Yorkshire Water, the storage area project is part of an extensive programme of work that will reduce flood risk for...

PLANS for the next step of a major flood alleviation scheme will go before Leeds city councillors for final approval next week. This part of the scheme, for the section running between Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall, is set to include a flood storage reservoir, walls, sheet piling, earth bunds and scour protection. The work is a long term project, which follows severe flooding along the River Aire following Boxing Day 2015. Phase one of the scheme, which stretches from Leeds City Centre to...

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A man has been charged with multiple offences after a crash on Apperley Lane (A658) near its junction with Cliffe Drive. Inset Pic: Google Street View A MAN has been charged with dangerous driving, a drug supply offence and possession of criminal property after crashing into a wall. Shabaz Choudhry, 42, of Byron Street in Bradford has been charged in connection with a collision that happened in Apperley Lane on Tuesday evening. He was remanded to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court today to...

POLICE attended an incident where a child was knocked in Bradford Moor on Sunday. Members of the Bradford East Neighbourhood Policing Team posted on Facebook: "We were first officers at the scene of a child knock down in Bradford Moor. The child was taken to hospital with what appears to be, non life-changing injuries." Police had no further details on the location or time of the incident. The Bradford East officers said they had a busy day on Sunday, as they reported they had carried o...

“MOST days we could fill our tables twice over.” Since opening for outdoor service on April 12, The Stansfield Arms has been inundated with calls for table bookings, and staff are doing their best to accommodate people. “We are getting hundreds of enquiries,” said front of house manager Jak Locker. “With the sun shining everyone wants to come to the pub. It is a great atmosphere - people have been taking selfies as they have their first pint.” Although it is wise to book in ...

People in Bradford have been naming their favourite hairdressers BRADFORD residents have been sharing their favourite hairdressers across the district, after salons opened last week after three months. At the weekend, we shared a list of ten of the best salons across Bradford according to Google Reviews, with several 5-star rated premises making the list. Following the publication of the list, people shared their favourite hairdressers and barbers and why they are the best. Many people co...

Police responded to the scene after a car crashed into lamp post at Apperley Bridge this morning A MAN suffered minor injuries after crashing into a lamp post at Apperley Bridge this morning. Police responded to the accident on Apperley Lane after receiving a call at 9.59am. A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "A single vehicle (black Corsa) had left the road and collided with a lamp post. No other vehicles were involved. "The driver, a 19-year-old man, suffered minor injurie...

KAY Mellor has met several lottery winners and, she says, “it’s not always a happy ending”. “The euphoria of winning the lottery sometimes only lasts five or six days,” says the Bafta-winning screenwriter, who has interviewed jackpot winners as research for her four series of The Syndicate. Each series has explored the impact of a major lottery win on a syndicate of ordinary people. The first series, in 2012, centred on a group of supermarket workers; the second was set in a hos...

Submitting... “I started working on farms around Calverley when I was a boy. It was all I ever wanted to do. Farming is a funny thing. Once it’s in your blood it doesn’t leave. I worked for dairy farmers Clifford Sheard of Acacia Farm in Apperley Bridge and Jim Scott of Walm Lane in Yeadon when I was in my teens. Andrew and Kim also keep geese at Bramhope Beef & Lamb “Jim had 60 cows and also bottled his milk, which went on doorstep delivery. I was earning £55 a week and was paid in p...