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The famous village was built by Sir Titus Salt for workers at his textile mill and it was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2001. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 30th April 2024.

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Red deer stag fight during the rutting season

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Work has now started chainsawing the felled tree into sections for its removal (Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

Beloved Sycamore Gap tree to be cut up and removed from site

The event will be held at Victoria Hall in Saltaire. Photo: The Yorkshire Society

Saltaire to be location for Yorkshire Society's heritage summit

The gold aureus celebrating the conquest in AD 43 was uncovered among the ruins of a suburb five kilometres north of the archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region.

Roman coin plucked from ashes of Pompeii sells for thousands

It comes 12 years after York’s last bid to be part of the list failed, but the city’s council will now work alongside the Government to develop a bid to UNESCO.

York's historic city centre on list to potentially gain UNESCO status

York is one of seven sites that have received Government backing to win Unesco World Heritage status, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced. Unesco's World Heritage site system offers the opportunity for cultural and natural heritage sites to gain international recognition and promote themselves on a global stage. Issue date: Monday April 10, 2023. PA Photo.

The five sites that could become UNESCO World Heritage

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens dated 1843. (Pic credit: Simon Hulme)

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David Wilson, director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Celebration of cinema hits Yorkshire city with family favourites in quirky spots

File photo dated 5/6/2021 of the view across the River Mersey just before the sun rises behind the Liverpool waterfront. The city has been deleted from the World Heritage List after a United Nations committee found developments including the new Everton FC stadium threatened the value of the city's waterfront.

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The proposed Geopark would complement the bid for Yorkshire Wolds to become an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Group's bid to gain Unesco Global Geopark Status for East Yorkshire

A local group is investigating the possibilities of applying to UNESCO to secure Global Geopark status for East Yorkshire.

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saltaire became an UNESO World Heritage Site 20 years ago.

Saltaire and its UNESCO world heritage legacy – The Yorkshire Post says

International Day of Friendship is an annual event which celebrates human solidarity through friendship (Photo: Shutterstock)

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The RMS Titanic has been granted new protection from expeditions accessing its wreckage following a 'momentous agreement' between the UK and US. Picture: PA

Expeditions to retrieve artefacts from Titanic wreckage to be limited under new ...

David Wilson, director of Bradford City of Film, in front of the war memorial where Billy Liar was shot in 1963. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

No Hollywood ending after a decade of dramas in Bradford

Picture by Bruce Rollinson

Bradford’s decade as city of film – The Yorkshire Post says

A photographer pictures the River Aire as it passes New Mill in Saltaire. Picture Tony Johnson.

History of industrial village of Saltaire makes it a focus of many a photograph

Saltaire village has UNESCO World Heritage status but it may not have a public toilet for much longer. Picture by Andy Manning.

Visitor facilities under threat of Bradford Council budget cuts

Military personnel clear debris at a temple that was damaged by a strong earthquake in Bagan, Myanmar. Picture: AP Photo/Hkun Lat.

Video: Drone footage shows earthquake damage to Burma temples

Fountains Abbey

Fountains Abbey marks 30 years as a World Heritage Site

David Wilson is Director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film.

The man on a mission to give Bradford back its film festival

After the Bradford International Film Festival was axed by the National Media Museum, City of Film director David Wilson tells Sarah Freeman why he's on a mission to bring it back.

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The National Media Museum in Bradford

The show must go off: Now Bradford's film festival scrapped after 21 years

Saltaire was made a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2001.

The price of culture: living near Unesco site bumps up property

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Heritage destruction ‘a war crime’

Weimar was home to cultural figures like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe whose home is pictured here

Germany: The state of the arts

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plastic fiver to mark
bridge milestone

Cabinet backing is sought for city’s Unesco bid

Ted Hughes

Reading between the lines, poetry is alive and kicking

Court fight for public inquiry over tower block plan

Public are urged to back York’s Unesco bid

Schooling crisis leaves children illiterate

Campaign seeks UN protection for home of explorer

York city centre and Minster

Now York bids for ‘Capital city’ status

Yorkshire’s Fountains Abbey voted one of Britain’s leading World Heritage sites

Historic Fountains among UK’s most prized World Heritage sites

New film school has ties with Bollywood

Day of action for Malala and the millions denied education

UN cultural prize boycotted over links to African dictator

Clearer picture ahead for city’s star movie role that lost focus

UN to protect Titanic wreck from salvage

Famous diarist’s writing case goes on display

British firm banned from oil exploration in Congo national park

City officials to brief MPs about bid for Unesco recognition

York makes bid for Unesco city of media status

Video: Funding fear after Bradford is catapulted onto world film stage

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