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West Yorkshire

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Population2. 307 million (2017)
Points of interest Royal Armouries Museum
Harewood House
Districts Leeds District
Wakefield District
Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees
Calderdale
Bradford District
Colleges and universities University of Leeds
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About West Yorkshire


West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is an inland and in relative terms upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in moors of the Pennines and has a population of 2. 2 million.

Christmas Trees: Are we decorating too early?

Christmas Trees: Are we decorating too early?
Dec 3,2023 3:51 am

... The creative director from Ilkley, West Yorkshire, put the tree up first - and decorated the outside of the house a week later...

Reading and Leeds: Lana Del Rey and Blink-182 to headline festivals

Reading and Leeds: Lana Del Rey and Blink-182 to headline festivals
Nov 24,2023 5:41 am

... Both Festival Republic and West Yorkshire Police have said safety planning for the 2024 festival had begun...

Dewsbury: Man arrested after seriously injured woman dies

Dewsbury: Man arrested after seriously injured woman dies
Nov 20,2023 3:11 am

...A man has been arrested after a woman died in West Yorkshire, police have said...

Leeds city centre buildings evacuated over crane safety fears

Leeds city centre buildings evacuated over crane safety fears
Nov 14,2023 1:51 pm

... West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said crews were called to reports of an unstable structure at about 13:35 GMT...

Alfie Lewis: Murder charge after boy stabbed near Horsforth school

Alfie Lewis: Murder charge after boy stabbed near Horsforth school
Nov 9,2023 4:41 am

... The former Horsforth School student later died in hospital, West Yorkshire Police said...

Free Santa's grotto family floored by demand

Free Santa's grotto family floored by demand
Nov 9,2023 4:31 am

... This year they received more than 5,000 calls to see Father Christmas at the West Yorkshire attraction...

Alfie Lewis was 'one in a million', say family after boy stabbed in Leeds

Alfie Lewis was 'one in a million', say family after boy stabbed in Leeds
Nov 8,2023 12:21 pm

... West Yorkshire Police said a 14-year-old boy had been arrested on suspicion of murder and remained in custody...

Leeds school stabbing: Victim named as Alfie Lewis

Leeds school stabbing: Victim named as Alfie Lewis
Nov 8,2023 6:01 am

... Emergency services were called to Town Street in Horsforth, near St Margaret s Primary School, just before 15:00 GMT on Tuesday, West Yorkshire Police said...

Coronavirus: 'outbreak' reports in Leicester and Cleckheaton

Nov 7,2023 12:41 pm

Leicester City Council-Director of Public Health ," said lockdown rules have been relaxed, but it was still a risk of infection

Leicester has seen a "significant increase" of coronavirus infections.

Approximately 25% of the 2,494 confirmed Covid-19 cases were reported in The City in The Last Two Weeks , according to the latest official figures.

At the government's daily briefing, health Secretary to Matt Hancock said it had an "outbreak" in The City .

Leicester City Council Public Health Director, said the figures were "relatively small", but of concern.

Ivan Browne said The City had high levels of health conditions such as diabetes, "pockets of deprivation and a very significant Black, Asian and Ethnic minorities in the population".

"We know that these factors combine to a high level of risk, more vulnerable population, more susceptible to coronavirus," He Said .

Despite the easing of the lockdown rules, Mr Browne warned that the country is still in the grip of a pandemic.

At the Downing Street briefing, Mr Hancock said it was an "outbreak right now in parts of Leicester," and the officers worked hard to track the person concerned.

He also mentioned another series of cases, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire .

Huddersfield Labour MP Barry Sheerman , said the cases were apparently linked to a meat-processing plant in Cleckheaton.

In, Kirklees Council, the Public Health Director Rachel Spencer-Henshall said there had been A Number of positive cases of Covid-19 at a workplace in the Region.

The Authority was to minimize the support of managers and employees, the transfer of more, She Said , and had offered her the test to the staff.

Mr Hancock praised the local authorities and officials of the Public Health for an "outstanding job".

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