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BBC News
08-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Shipley toilets to reopen 10 years after closure
A public toilet block is set to re-open this summer, 10 years after it was closed down to save facility in Shipley Market Square was shut in 2015 as part of a raft of budget saving the building is set to re-open as part of works to improve the town centre and Market North, Vice Chair of Shipley Town Council, said: "Shipley Town Council is delighted that the long-awaited work to open new toilets has begun and the people of Shipley will be delighted when they are opened." According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, work on the toilets was originally due to start in October, but the contractors' procurement was delayed and only ended earlier this new facility, which will be run by Shipley Town Council, will feature two standard toilets and one fully-accessible toilet complete with will also contain storage space for market and outdoor for the project, and the wider improvements to Market Square, has come from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and government-backed Shipley Towns Fund. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Shipley residents invited to annual town meeting in May
Shipley residents are invited to celebrate their local community at the town's annual meeting. The event will take place on Thursday, May 15, at Kirkgate Centre, from 7pm to 9pm. The meeting will showcase the people, organisations, and activities that have been active in the town over the past year. This year, the meeting will also host the first-ever Shipley Community Awards, celebrating individuals and organisations that help to make Shipley a great place to live, work, and visit. Councillor and chair of Shipley Town Council, Mike Connors, said: "The annual town meeting is a fantastic opportunity for local residents and businesses to come together and celebrate the place they call home." Shipley Town Council will share updates from each of the four committee chairs, covering community engagement, planning and regeneration, allotments and green spaces, and climate emergency and environment. Community groups and organisations that received funds from the Town Council's Grants Scheme will share the progress and outcomes of their funded projects. Refreshments and nibbles will be provided. The awards are open for entries until May 7, and nominations can be made, for free, via a link available at
BBC News
10-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Shipley Market £4m revamp starts after delays
A £4m scheme to overhaul Shipley Market finally gets under way on Monday after repeated delays. It includes replacing fixed stalls with a small park, and adding a covered area where "pop-up" markets can be held. The BBC spoke to traders and shoppers about their views of the project. The transformation of Shipley Market was originally due to be completed last December in time for the 2025 City of after a succession of delays, Shipley Town Council said that date had now moved to November this a result of the work, the existing fixed market stalls will be removed, with future markets held under a central canopy housing pop-up green spaces and benches will fill the gap left and the car park will become smaller with electric charging points replacing some of the Holdsworth has been running her jewellery stall in Shipley Market for a said: "I think it will kill it, I'm not in favour of it at all."I just think people will stop coming through. I think they would have been better spending the money rebuilding the stalls and making them look nicer." Robert Proctor, 60, has run his books and DVDs stall for 12 said: "According to them (the council) it's not supposed to affect us, but I have a feeling that it will do."The market stalls as they are, even at this stage, they could be renovated and then leave it as it is."I think it's going to be a bit of an upheaval, I really do." June Liddle, 69, is from Shipley but now lives in said: "Personally I'd rather have it as a market, fruit and veg, back how it used to be. A meat wagon used to come. It was really good."But putting a park here, in the middle of Shipley. Why?"You're just going to get all the drunks and drug addicts using it. And it'll get messed up and it'll be no good."Her friend Joan Davey, 80, has lived in the town all her life. She said: "They killed Shipley town centre when they did away with the toilets. "I was born-and-bred here and I've seen Shipley gradually die."They've removed all the nice cherry trees."The arcade, that used to be lovely. It had a pond in it, a fountain, shops all around it. And it was buzzing. It's dead now."Carol Mitchell used to be a trader on the market. She said: "We don't need seating, we don't need grass areas. We need good shops."Advertise and give these traders a chance. I've worked on the markets, I know how hard it is."It's not fair. You're talking about people's livelihoods here." The project is being partly funded by the Shipley Towns Fund, a £25m government scheme to boost rising cost of materials has been blamed for the Alex Ross-Shaw is from Bradford Council which is working alongside the town council on the project. He said: "We've seen the amazing results of the public realm work we've undertaken in the city centre and we want to bring those same principles into the heart of Shipley."Removing the old market stalls will not only improve the look of the town centre but also make it feel safer and more welcoming, particularly at night."He said the "flexible" outdoor space would increase footfall, support shops and restaurants, as well as help businesses to added: "This is a significant step towards creating a vibrant and adaptable town centre with a thriving market." An accompanying project to reopen Shipley's public toilets has been was due to begin last October, but the procurement of the contractors to carry out the toilet works was not likely to conclude until mid-February, according to 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.
