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- Tyres destroyed in Baildon factory blaze
About 7,000 tyres were destroyed by a blaze at a factory in Baildon.
- New Bingley priest is former London stockbroker
A former stockbroker in the City of London, whose life changed dramatically after a year’s sabbatical in Africa, has been appointed priest in charge of a Bingley church.
- Bingley campaign group nears £60,000 appeal target
Campaigners against a housing development on green fields near Bingley have almost raised the £60,000 needed to fight a planning appeal next month.
- Baildon Moor caravan residents told to move out for month
Residents who live at a caravan park say they are being made temporarily homeless in a row with council chiefs.
- History talk on summer in the news
A talk entitled The Summer of 1934 as reported in the Telegraph & Argus will be given to members of Bingley & District Local History Society. There will be a charge of £1.50 including tea or coffee to attend the talk, which will be given by Stanley King at Church House, Old Main Street, Bingley, on Thursday, February 9, at 7pm.
- Shipley MP Philip Davies calls for EU referendum
Philip Davies has signed up to a campaign calling for an EU referendum.
- Visitors take a close look at Five Rise Locks in Bingley
Thousands of visitors flocked to the famous Five Rise Locks over the weekend to catch a rare glimpse of the 18th century structure.
- Shipley man amazed at Council Tax bill - for 33p
Retired warehouse packer Brian Depledge got such a shock when he opened his latest Council Tax bill that he had to sit down – for laughing!
- Plan to build new classrooms at Bingley school
Education chiefs have applied to build six new classrooms at a school.
- 'Turbine would be blot on Bingley moorland'
Critics say plans to build an 85-metre wind turbine near an historic pub on the moors above Bingley will become a “blot on the landscape.”