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There is a story today in The Sun newspaper about a housing estate in Doncaster dubbed “the worst place on earth”
Inside violent estate dubbed ‘worst place on Earth’ with homes left smashed up and families desperate to leavehttps://t.co/Wq6sJ628SV #Doncaster
— YorkshirePage (@YorkshireHdays) July 25, 2022
City of York Council reporting on their Twitter account today about a slight mishap on one of their dustbin lorries on a commercial round in Front Street, Acomb.
Our driver reacted quickly and ejected part of the load into the street to prevent a major incident. All staff are safe and unharmed. pic.twitter.com/01gWCQpRBU
— City of York Council (@CityofYork) March 19, 2022
Article on the Planet Radio local news section for Yorkshire reporting on this a couple of days ago.
North Yorkshire Police Fire and Crime Commisssioner plans branded ‘bland and generic’ https://t.co/lbwya5QV6j
— YorkshirePage (@YorkshireHdays) March 19, 2022
North Yorkshire’s third Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner in the space of a year has been repeatedly told her first plan to improve policing is “bland and generic” and fails to reflect the passion she displayed before being elected.
Almost four months after securing 41,760 of the first and second-preference votes in a by-election for the £74,000 salary role in November, Conservative Commissioner, Zoe Metcalfe, appeared composed as she faced the criticism from members of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel.
The Yorkshire Post has this story on their twitter feed just recently, warning of a spate of Burglaries in rural villages near Selby on the border of North, West & South Yorkshire.
Burglars targeting homes on the South, West and North Yorkshire border break into four homes in villages near Selby in just one dayhttps://t.co/qZ6JYdxw5T
— The Yorkshire Post (@yorkshirepost) January 10, 2022
A car described as a grey VW Golf linked to the incidents has apparently been recovered, and cops are increasing patrols in the affected areas. Continue reading “Selby Area Having Outbreak of Burglaries”
ITV News (Calendar) is reporting on their social media tonight that South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue have reviewed all 205 high rise buildings located in their patch after the Grenfell fire down in London.
The results do not appear too brilliant, with 177 buildings having flunked the checks, and only 28 out of the 205 scoring a pass.
28 out of 205 blocks were deemed satisfactory after inspections carried out in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.https://t.co/M1QMCeOlvA
— ITV News Calendar (@itvcalendar) January 5, 2022
It comes after the government ordered checks on all buildings over 18 metres to be carried out by the end of 2021 – a target which South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue met.
The Sun newspaper has a “Top 50 ‘worst places to live’ in England ranked in controversial poll” article on their website today, and 8 towns from the Yorkshire Region are among them.
Top 50 ‘worst places to live’ in England ranked in controversial poll – see if your town makes the list https://t.co/7hHQ12UfCf
— AlltheInterWeb (@AlltheInterweb) January 5, 2022
Continue reading “8 Yorkshire Towns Among Top 50 “Worst Places to Live” in England”
Reports came in over the weekend from both The Real Whitby facebook group + The Whitby Gazette that the mast on the replica of the HM Bark Endeavour got nailed during stormy high winds over the weekend.
In pictures – Whitby area hit by 70mph winds as Storm Arwen leaves trail of damage https://t.co/Br2Nha30mu
— YorkshirePage (@YorkshireHdays) November 29, 2021
Owners of the replica vessel have reportedly secured it with steel cables until they can fix it properly.
This particular version of the Endeavour was originally located on the waterfront at Stockton-on-Tees before being sold and moved to Whitby in 2018 as part of the “Cook 250” celebration.
News came in from the Whitby Gazette via Facebook on Thursday that the popular “Star Inn” at Harome, near Helmsley (Michelin Rated) had suffered a bit of a fire.
There has now been a follow-up story via the Daily Telegraph that Police believe the fire was deliberate.
Fire in Michelin-starred restaurant was arson, police believe https://t.co/hGPjTLLorD
— YorkshirePage (@YorkshireHdays) November 27, 2021
The owner is hoping to be able to re-build the place.
The weather alert from yesterday predicting snow over Whitby on Friday night appears to have evolved, with worst of the snow appearing to be coming Saturday morning instead now.