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Peter Fawcett in front of begonias, taken by his wife Áine.

'Unsung heroes': Yorkshireman's book champions gardeners

The changes would come in from January 2024 and would also be introduced for car parks that are currently free of charge in areas such as Lindley, Meltham, Slaithwaite, Batley and Cleckheaton. Pictured: Slaithwaite.

Council planning to remove all free parking from its towns and villages

A picture of peat-free compost in a pot. PIC:Alamy/PA.

The ban on peat-based compost is a disaster waiting to happen - YP Letters

Angela Carney aged 65 from Cleckheaton was travelling down Westcliffe Road at the time of the collision.

Family pays tribute to woman, 65, who died in Yorkshire crash

Cleckheaton Antiques, run by Barrie Naylor, right, opened in the town on Saturday.

Inside the new Yorkshire store opened by Flog It and Antiques Road Trip expert

Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a fatal collision

Woman riding mobility scooter dies after crash involving pickup truck

Kate O'Toole tends to the flower beds at Beardsworths Nurseries in Cleckheaton, photographed for the Yorkshire Post by Tony Johnson. The nursery is co-hosting the Faffing with Flowers at the Farm event

The family-owned Yorkshire garden centre inviting people in for a cuppa

Dewsbury, pictured, Huddersfield, Batley and Cleckheaton town centres are now the only locations that will get a council-funded tree

Yorkshire council will no longer provide free Christmas trees for public display

A aerial view of the proposed Amazon warehouse site at Scholes, near Cleckheaton, showing its proximity to local houses. It is bordered by the M62 on one side, a cemetery, Whitechapel Road and Whitehall Road. (Image: Google)

Victory for community as Amazon decides not to appeal refusal of huge warehouse

West Yorkshire police have launched an appeal

Boy, 12 killed after being hit by vehicle on motorway

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Undated handout photo issued by the Jo Cox Way of around 80 riders as they begin a mammoth 288-mile journey from West Yorkshire to London. The riders, aged 15 to 77, and including 31 women, set off from the Princess Mary Athletics Stadium in Cleckheaton, in the Batley and Spen constituency, which Joe Cox represented until her murder in 2016. The Jo Cox Way/PA Wire

Dozens of cyclists set off on ride to remember murdered MP Jo Cox

Yorkshire craftsmanship at its best – these staircases make a real statement

Ad Feature Yorkshire firm creates incredible staircase designs

Tamsyn Williamson, operations director at TimberTight.

Meet the Yorkshire timber director who swapped embalming for manufacturing

Delays on the M62

Hour-long delays after serious crash on Yorkshire motorway during rush hour

Strata Homes says it ‘won’t make enough profit’ if it builds the required amount of affordable homes. (Photo credit: Amy Murphy/PA Wire)

Developer says it ‘won’t make enough profit’ if it builds affordable homes

Kris Ingham. (Pic credit: BBC One)

Future Food Stars BBC: Yorkshire businessman competes on food show

FAMILY VALUES at Gateway Funeral Services, left to right, Bailey, Emma, Richard and Charlie Arnold

Ad Feature Gateway Funeral Services: A genuine family firm you can trust

An artist's impression of the Amazon site near the M62

Controversial new Amazon warehouse in Yorkshire refused permission to be built

The site of a proposed Amazon warehouse in Scholes, near Cleckheaton

Decision on controversial Amazon warehouse to be made in next few days

Arwel Lyn David Price.

Charity concert pays tribute to a ‘wonderful’ Opera North musician

Panncake day ideas

Pancake ideas: Gravy, marmite, stew, Cloud and ‘thunder and lightning’ pancakes
You may have heard of sweet and savoury Yorkshire Puddings but for one day only it’s time for pancakes to take centre stage on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday - the first day of lent.

Parkview Surgery, based at Cleckheaton Health Centre, has some 7,378 patients registered, with one full time GP partner and four locum GPs providing services,

Yorkshire GP surgery at risk of being shut down by inspectors

Curved staircases that make a statement – some of these are works of art

Ad Feature Yorkshire’s finest: Stunning staircases with bespoke designs

Alex Beardsley (Left) and Andy Redman, joint managing directors at ABL

Kirklees consultancy ABL launches equity finance offering after new partnership

Sam Teale’s heart-wrenching short film is about a struggling single father who is trying to make Christmas special for his son

Viewers claim viral Yorkshire Christmas advert is 'better than John Lewis'

An artist's impression of the new warehouse

Protesters furious at new Amazon site plans in Cleckheaton

Homes at Wadsworth Gardens are available to purchase from £264,995.

Major new housing development is launched to market

Oscar Sheard with his donations.

Boy turns into Santa to collect presents for children less fortunate than him

Bed Kingdom’s new marketing director, Cleckheaton local, Levon Hall.

Kirklees retailer announces 50 per cent year on year revenue increase

Aakash restaurant, Cleckheaton.

Aakash Cleckheaton: Famous Yorkshire curryhouse to close as building is sold

Flexitallic headquarters in Cleckheaton

Flexitallic expands its global reach with acquisition of Australian company

An artist's impression of the new warehouse

Amazon: Negotiations to divert path closer to the M62 'began a year ago'
Agents for retail giant Amazon were liaising with council officers in Kirklees to divert a footpath cutting across the proposed site 12 months before the controversial scheme was made public.

Pictured from the left are Irfan Mohamed, Clare Black, Kim Leadbeater MP and Sarfraz Mian

Jo Cox's parents praise 'wonderful' organisers of annual bike ride in her memory

The riders get ready to go. Photos by Simon Hulme

Record number of cyclists set off on the Jo Cox Way Bike Ride to Westminster

Rachael Stalley is using her own personal experiences to help people in her new role as Events Manager with Cleckheaton-based charity The Howarth Foundation.

Meet the events manager using her experience of homelessness to help others

Ian McMillan

Ian McMIllan gives his advice to those who are a bit camera shy

The site off Whitechapel Road near Cleckheaton

Developers ordered to halt work on Yorkshire estate due to planning breaches

An illustrative masterplan of how the proposed Amazon distribution centre near Cleckheaton could look. (Image: ISG Retail Ltd (Bristol)

Amazon consultation to get underway – in another village

Rajeev Dewedi founded Cleckheaton-based Shenward in 1989.

A free trade agreement between the UK and India will create opportunities here

Lidl targeting more stores in Yorkshire.

Here are the place Lidl wants to open stores in Yorkshire

Andy Redman and Alex Beardsley, joint managing directors at ABL Business.

Cleckheaton-based commercial finance consultancy ABL Business to create jobs

The site plan for the Amazon warehouse in Cleckheaton

'Tenuous' promise of 2,400 jobs at new Amazon warehouse in Yorkshire

Is there too much bureaucracy in the NHS?

Stop NHS bureaucrats wasting money like this – Yorkshire Post Letters

Suresh Handa (left) and Raj Handa, directors of Lassic Group

Lassic Group to create 50 jobs with new distribution centre

Fire crews saved the man on Valley Road, Hebden Bridge shortly after 8pm on Friday.

Man rescued after falling down steep banking into water in West Yorkshire

An aerial view of a proposed housing site at Hunsworth, near Cleckheaton, which is returning to committee. (Image: Google)

Contentious Yorkshire housing plan recommended for approval

Charlotte Geesin said: “There doesn’t seem to be any patterns in terms of sectors. It seems to be right across the board.”

How workers feeling overwhelmed has led to a rise in risk of suicide

Natalie Well, general manager of the Howarth Foundation, right, with Andy Howarth, who founded the charity, left, at the Hidden Owls shop.

Why business bosses are being urged to give job opportunities to the homeless

Jo Addison, who lives in Cleckheaton, has set up travel website Kiddieholidays.

Meet the woman looking to make it easier for parents with small children to plan...

How the huge Amazon warehouse could look

Decision on Amazon warehouse on Yorkshire farmland may not happen until summer

Gavin Howarth sees himself as a custodian of the business that his mother and father set up.

Meet the new 'custodian' of Howarths Law as family firm completes succession

A Victoria warehouse.

Carpet maker Victoria's profit is to beat market expectations

Andy Howarth from Howarth Foundation.

Significant growth milestone for Howarths as it advises on complex cases

The teen, from Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, feared she’d never walk again

Teen who had to learn to walk again is now taking to the catwalk

The site plan for the Amazon warehouse in Cleckheaton

Cleckheaton homeowner says he should have been told about Amazon warehouse plans

The house built with later living in mind

Fibre Architects help two septugenerians design the perfect home for later life

The M62 Junction 25 roundabout where the incident took place (Photo: Google)

Person rescued by firefighters and rushed to hospital after crash in Brighouse

Businessman Dar Shivtiel says mature trees near his home will be felled as part of plans for a massive Amazon warehouse, leaving him facing “a metal-clad square boxy shed”. (Image: Andy Catchpool)

Healthy, mature trees to be cut down to make way for massive Amazon warehouse

Church Lane, Gomersal

Two houses in Gomersal to be demolished to make way for 21 new homes

An artist's impression of the proposed warehouse

'No official help' for opponents of Amazon warehouse to understand documents