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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...

Segway: the end of the road for the much-hyped two-Wheeler

Nov 7,2023 12:41 pm

Actor and comedian Kevin James promoting his Film Paul Blart : Mall Cop

Segway ends the production of the original two-wheeler, which was popular with City Tour guide and some of the police But not The Public .

Launched in 2001, the hyped and much-promised, self-balancing vehicle to revolutionize personal transportation.

The Segway, invented by US engineer Dean Kamen , debuted with much fanfare, But struggled to make a profit.

accidents will not help with the Segway's popularity, and The Company was purchased by

Manufactured in a factory in New Hampshire , in the United States, the production of the Segway Personal Transporter is at the end of 15. July.

the announcement of The News , Segway President Judy Cai, said: "Within the first ten years, the Segway PT was considered to be a staple in the security and law enforcement authorities, as an effective and efficient personal vehicle. "

But , in The Vehicle nearly two decades of history, it was also the subject of ridicule and high-profile collisions, as well as a tragic Death .

Then-US President George W. Bush falling off a Segway in 2003

In 2003, was depicted then-US President, at his parents summer residence in Kennebunkport, Maine.

The Incident was followed by Vice-President Dick Cheney to ride a Segway to his office when his Achilles tendon is playing up.

The Segway also served as a, quite literally, a comedy vehicle in 2009 , in the Hollywood Film Paul Blart : Mall Cop .

In The Film , actor and comedian Kevin James was a Security Guard who patrols played, a shopping mall on a Segway to much comic effect.

Sprinter Usain Bolt collided with a camera man on a Segway-2015

In the year 2015, as he celebrated his fourth successive world 200 meters title,

No serious damage was done, and the legendary sportsman, quickly got to his feet and continued his lap of honour.

In January of this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES exhibition in Las Vegas .

The S-Pod - self-balancing-electric-wheelchair - has been tested to be A Journalist at The Time . The driver accelerates The Vehicle from crashing into a wall.

The Segway was also in the middle of a tragic incident in which after a fall from a cliff in the UK, during the journey one of his firm's motorised scooters.

Jimi Heselden crashed into the River Wharfe while using his Segway on his estate in West Yorkshire , only 10 months after the purchase of The Company in the year 2009 .

heard that he died, by an "act of courtesy", as he tried to clear the way for a Dog Walker .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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