An eighty-one million pound flood defence scheme for Hebden Bridge has been approved. The plans were drawn up after the devastating Boxing Day floods of 2015. The scheme aims to bolster flood defences in the area by building new, higher, walls among other measures. But many businesses are worried the four years building the defences will have a negative impact on trade.
The new adaptation of Wuthering Heights is in cinemas across the country. It’s the latest Hollywood film to be shot in North Yorkshire. Although Emily Bronte's classic novel written in 1847 was set in the Yorkshire moors, the new film was filmed in the Dales. I went travelling around the Yorkshire Dales to report on the story.
A Sheffield restaurant has been awarded a Michelin Star – the first to gain the accolade in the city for ten years. Two years ago Joro moved from the Kelham Island area of the city to a former paper mill in Oughtibridge.
