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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Council-owned green belt site to be sold at auction
A LARGE plot of Council owned green belt land that 'can be used for agricultural use only' will go to auction later this month. The 23.6-acre site between the River Aire and A629 in Utley will have a £170,000 guide price when it goes under the hammer on August 26. The land is one of over 150 Bradford Council-owned assets the authority is selling to raise more than £100m to help balance its books. The listing, by Pugh Auctions, points out that there is a tenant on the land and that the site is for agricultural use. The listing describes the lot as 'an extensive plot of land". It adds: 'The plot comprises grazing land and is sold subject to a tenancy agreement. 'The plot is allocated as green belt and can be used for agricultural use only. 'The plot's wider surroundings are primarily fields, with Utley village and the cemetery located to its south, beyond the A629. "Keighley is located approximately 1.2 miles to the south.' The results of the auction will be announced on August 27.
Yahoo
08-08-2025
- General
- Yahoo
On this day: salmon Dale migration enabled by 'DNAire' fish passes
On this day in 2020, the Telegraph and Argus reported that work had begun to install fish passes on two weirs in Leeds, with the intention of enabling salmon to swim up the River Aire for the first time in 150 years. Contractors for the Environment Agency had moved on-site at Armley and Newley weirs on the River Aire. Meanwhile, similar projects at Saltaire and Kirkstall weirs were nearing completion. Work at the four locations, and a three-year community engagement programme, together made up the Developing the Natural Aire (DNAire) project. The project was designed to help "Atlantic salmon to complete their mammoth migration from the sea to spawning habitats beyond Skipton and into the Yorkshire Dales" - with other migratory fish such as trout, eels, and lamprey able to benefit too. The fish passes help these species navigate over weirs, erected during the Industrial Revolution, which are too high for them to leap. The DNAire project was being led by the Environment Agency in partnership with Aire Rivers Trust and Yorkshire Water. It was partially funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Yorkshire Water, and Craven District Council. For more information, visit
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
International artist designs new Castleford mural
A giant mural has been painted on the side of a former bingo hall in artwork in Welbeck Street is part of a project to transform key routes between the train station and the town has been created by Jay Gilleard, an internationally renowned street artist from Yorkshire, who has worked across the region as well as in Los Angeles, Mexico and the Mojave Graham, Wakefield Council's cabinet member for regeneration and economic growth, said he hoped the work would "quickly become a much-loved feature of the town". The piece, which pays homage to the history of Castleford, will be visible when using the Welbeck Street route to Carlton Street in the the top of the mural is a Yorkshire rose, intertwined with blue and brown to represent the River Aire alongside images of tugboats and a grindstone imagery included in the piece draws inspiration from the town's past, including a miner's lamp and Castleford's crest. Jay Gilleard, also known as CBLOXX, is one of the professional artists commissioned by the council in partnership with Beam Arts UK to create artwork across the said: "This new mural will look great. It's been created using ideas from people in Castleford. So I'm sure it will quickly become a much-loved feature of the town."It will build on work we've already done to make the area around the station safer and more pedestrian friendly. "Including the recent resurfacing work, installing more CCTV cameras, and adding new and better street lighting."The mural has been funded through Network Rail's Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
