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BBC News
22-07-2025
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Nab Lane waste tip reopening ruled out by Kirklees council leader
The decision to shut a West Yorkshire waste tip will not be reversed, a council has said, despite claims fly-tipping has increased as a Council shut Nab Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre in Birstall last November in a move it said was needed to save money. But several councillors have continued to call for the site to be revived, with the impact on neighbouring waste tips also cited as a problem. Speaking at the full council meeting however, Kirklees Council Leader Carole Pattinson said changes to recycling processes meant "less waste will be created in the first place". At the same time as the closure of the Nab Lane site last year, the council, which is run by a Labour as a minority administration, also cut the operating hours of two other waste sites. Bromley Farm in Upper Cumberworth is now closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays, while Meltham's Bent Ley Road site is shut on Mondays and Tuesdays, the Local Democracy Reporting Service Alliance councillor Paul Moore said there had been longer queues and waiting times at Dewsbury's Weaving Lane tip and the impact had pushed staff to "breaking point".Conservative councillor Josh Sheard called for a cost-sharing model between the local authority, Leeds City Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) to reopen the site. He said: "The more that we delay, the more environmental harm comes, the more fly-tipping, the more service inequality we allow to grow. Regional problems require regional thinking but it has to start somewhere."However, Pattinson said the chances of a regional agreement to reopen the site were "absolutely zilch", stating one reason was that different local authorities have different waste also said that new recycling processes would be in place within the area next year. She added: "The use of waste disposal sites should go down because simpler recycling will mean that, certainly in Kirklees, there'll be more waste removed at the kerb side."There are other things coming on board that will mean less waste will be created in the first place." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
06-02-2025
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Dewsbury cremations cancelled due to emergency repairs
Cremations have been cancelled at a West Yorkshire crematorium due to emergency repairs needing to be carried out at the funeral services could continue to be held in the chapel at Dewsbury Crematorium, bodies would currently have to be transferred to Huddersfield for cremation, according to Kirklees repairs to two cremators were expected to be completed by 13 February and people affected by the issue had been contacted, a spokesperson leader Carole Pattinson said: "We expect normal service to resume from Thursday." "We are working hard to ensure repairs are completed as quickly," she added."Families of the services affected have been contacted and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused at this difficult time for them."According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the crematorium last closed in 2019 for a £3m refurbishment, which included replacing the to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
