Two food businesses operating from the same premises were given one-star food hygiene ratings and told to make improvements by a council inspector. Harlem Shakes and Z’s Deli were handed the one-star rating after a Bradford Council inspector found dirty surfaces and equipment as well as potentially unsafe practices. The …
Read More »Attend UK Postal Workers Rank-and File meeting Sunday: “They want Royal Mail on a par with Evri and Amazon”
Hundreds of copies of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) statement “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” have been distributed at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford, Keighley, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leicester, Glasgow and Manchester. The appeal to attend the PWRFC’s Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 28, …
Read More »All the Royal Mail jobs on offer in Yorkshire
Have you ever fancied a change in career? Royal Mail are offering lots of jobs across Yorkshire in many of their depots, including Huddersfield, Bradford, York, Wakefield and Sheffield. The jobs up for grabs are everything from Postperson, technician to manager roles. To make your job search a little easier …
Read More »Yorkshire’s weirdest postcodes from the nonsensical to the minuscule
Postcodes are one of Britain’s greatest inventions. While they were successfully designed to make deliveries quicker and more efficient, they’ve developed other uses. Need to find an unfamiliar address using Google Maps or your satnav? Use a postcode. Read more stories on Yorkshire’s weird history here. Want to find the …
Read More »Exciting plans for new ‘urban park’ in Bradford city centre
A competition to design an “urban park” in Bradford city centre could be held as part of a push to “green the district”. And the large, empty plot of land near Forster Square rail station could be a possible location for the new green space. The Bradford District Economic Recovery …
Read More »Bradford’s Forster Square Leisure complex has been axed
After years of uncertainty, the company behind a proposed new leisure development in Bradford city centre has announced that the scheme is “no longer viable” and are looking for other uses for the land. Forster Square Leisure was to be a multi million pound redevelopment scheme that would see a …
Read More »The West Yorkshire street where half are on local lockdown – and half aren’t
Residents on opposite sides of a West Yorkshire street have found themselves living under different lockdown restrictions after the latest changes. That is because houses on one side of Gain Lane in Thornbury pay their council tax to Leeds, while over the road they fall under the Bradford district. On …
Read More »The confusing life for people living on a Yorkshire street split between two cities
Residents on a road where one side is in Bradford and the other side is in Leeds are campaigning to change a ‘dangerous’ postcode situation that has existed for decades. People who live on one side of Gain Lane, in Thornbury, pay their council tax to Leeds and those on …
Read More »The confusing life for people living on a Yorkshire street split between two cities
Residents on a road where one side is in Bradford and the other side is in Leeds are campaigning to change a ‘dangerous’ postcode situation that has existed for decades. People who live on one side of Gain Lane, in Thornbury, pay their council tax to Leeds and those on …
Read More »Prolific Bradford thief snatched parcels from back of Royal Mail van
A prolific criminal has been jailed for 10 months after he and an accomplice snatched parcels from the back of a Royal Mail van in Bradford . The duo struck last month while the vehicle was parked up in Westgate in Bradford city centre. A court heard that they were …
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