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BBC News
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Fresh application lodged for sculpture honouring poet Ted Hughes
A fresh planning application for a sculpture to honour the work of former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes in his birthplace has been voluntary organisation Royd Regeneration wants to erect a 6ft 5in (2m) high iron sculpture in group had previously submitted a similar application, which was approved by planners two years ago despite objections from Mr Hughes' widow, Council will now consider the new application and publish a decision in due course. Hughes, who died in 1998, was born in Aspinall Street in the village in 1930 and lived there his family moved to Mexborough when he was of his most notable works include the poetry collections Lupercal, Crow, and Birthday Letters and the children's book The Iron Man. Currently only a small plaque near his former home makes reference to his connection to the village, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Regeneration, which works to raise Mytholmroyd's profile, is hoping to install the cast iron sculpture of a large milk churn and two life-sized foxes in the centre of the village, opposite the Dusty Miller in Burnley Road.A supporting statement with the application said nature played a part in the poet's work, with his boyhood in the Calder Valley providing some significant previous proposals were opposed by Hughes's widow, who wrote to the council saying she had not been consulted and did not think the design was the applicants said full a consultation had been done with the Elmet Trust, a Ted Hughes charity, and it felt uncomfortable for the village to feel it could not honour Hughes without the consent of someone who does not live the plans at the time, planners said objections were largely concerned with the subject matter and its relation to the character of Hughes, rather than siting and married his second wife, Carol Orchard, after his relationship with fellow poet Sylvia Plath ended. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Dusty Miller pub in Mirfield damaged after car crashes into building
Two men have been hospitalised after a Volkswagen Golf crashed into a pub just after midnight, police said. West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue (WYFR) attended the scene at the Dusty Miller pub on Dunbottle Lane, Mirfield, in the early hours of Monday and said one of the men was trapped in the car and had to be extricated by emergency services. West Yorkshire Police confirmed that both men's injuries were non life-threatening. The Dusty Miller pub said in a statement it had been given the go-ahead to open but there was currently no dedicated gents' toilets or disabled access due to the damage and a side street being closed off. In a social media post, pub bosses said men were able to use the disabled toilets but efforts were being made to get portable loos to the added that anyone coming in for a drink or food should use the restaurant doors or entrance on the veranda at the back of the added: "Thank you all for your continued support." WYFR said crew from Dewsbury attended. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
