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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
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”