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WHEN Martin Greenwood set out to write a book on the people, places and events of Bradford, he decided to offer a story for every day of the year. Every Day Bradford took two years to complete and is a fascinating profile of the district’s movers and shakers - from Samuel Cunliffe Lister to Dynamo - social reform, industry, immigration, sport, architecture, the arts, and much more. Here is Manningham-born Martin’s account of creating his ambitious Bradford profile: When I wrote a biography of my grandfather, Percy Monkman, I did some research into Victorian Bradford to understand hi...

Provided by Dow Jones By Harriet Torry Early signs point to an uptick in consumer spending at the start of the year, particularly by lower- and middle-income households receiving payments through the most recent Covid-19 relief package. Spending by consumers who make less than $60,000 a year jumped by more than 20% in the week ended Jan. 10 -- the week after the U.S. Treasury Department began electronically sending stimulus payments of $600 per adult and $600 per child for individuals with adjusted gross incomes under $75,000 -- according to the research group O...

By Harriet Torry Early signs point to an uptick in consumer spending at the start of the year, particularly by lower- and middle-income households receiving payments through the most recent... | February 17, 2021

BUSINESSES in Saltaire are planning to fund a ‘chatting bench’ in memory of a popular villager. Iain Morris, an artist and Telegraph & Argus letter writer for many years, has died aged 73 at his home in Caroline Street, Saltaire. Born in Sussex in 1947, Iain and his family emigrated to Australia in 1950, setting up home in the coal mining town of Wallsend, New South Wales. His father worked for a mining conglomerate and in 1952 the family moved to Malaysia, where a terrorist insurgency was in place. Iain was sent to school with other expatriate community children, convoyed throu...

Governors' Wind Energy Coalition DOE program may save — or thwart — Biden’s energy plan Source: By David Iaconangelo, E&E News reporter • Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), President Biden’s nominee for secretary of Energy. Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS/Newscom A Department of Energy program considered critical to President Biden’s clean energy agenda is changing focus — and may open the administration to political attack, analysts say. When Biden was vice president, the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) di...