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A police investigation is underway into the video from a local school. Neither us nor the school condone violence in any form and behaviour like this will not be tolerated
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May the 4th be with you while you're voting today!
#StarWarsDay
#DogsAtPollingStations
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#LocalElections2023
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The Government’s refused to provide funds for free school meals during holidays, but we won't let children in Kirklees go hungry.
We'll be funding free school meals during holidays in Kirklees. Find out more below 👇
@MarcusRashford
we're with you.
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We're delighted to announce that we are submitting a bid to create a National Rugby League Museum in the George Hotel in Huddersfield - the place where it all began for the sport🏉
#itscominghome
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Great work Jodie, love from everyone in Hoodezfield and beyond
#DoctorWho
#backinghuddersfield
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To everyone who has mentioned that we flew the LGBT flag upside down this weekend – we did and we’re sorry. We apologise and we meant no offence. To everyone who has complained that we flew the LGBT flag, we offer no apology whatsoever, we’re proud to be diverse and inclusive.
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Well, you’ve waited for the announcement and here it is… Rugby League is coming home – as we have won a bid to create a National Rugby League Museum in the Huddersfield hotel where the sport was born 125 years ago!!! 🏉
Find out more:
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Matt Hancock tonight announced new guidance for a number of areas in the north of England, including Kirklees👇 We’re asking Government for clarity on this and will respond when we have more.
1/4 We're constantly looking at the latest data on the spread of coronavirus, and unfortunately we've seen an increasing rate of transmission in parts of Northern England.
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We support those peacefully protesting for equality and have lit up our local landmarks purple as a symbol of sympathy to the family of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter.
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Racism has no place in Kirklees or anywhere else. That's why we support those who are peacefully protesting for equality and we will be lighting our local landmarks purple on Saturday as a symbol of solidarity with
#BlackLivesMatter
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Tonight we lit Castle Hill blue to remember all those who have lost their lives to coronavirus.
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We’re lighting up Castle Hill and projecting onto our 4 Town Halls tonight - here’s a picture of Victoria Tower in VE Day colours.
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Big shout out to our dedicated refuse collection teams who'll be continuing to collect your bins as usual over the Easter Bank Holiday, help them help you by following these steps:
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Park in our town centres for free, from now and throughout the Christmas period!
We have extended free parking in council run car parks across Kirklees to help our local economy get back on track.
Find out more
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📍Castle Hill 📸
📍Huddersfield Town Hall
📍Cleckheaton Town Hall
📍Batley Town Hall
📍Dewsbury Town Hall
We’ve lit up our Town Halls and Castle Hill red in remembrance of those who fought for our freedoms. Lest we forget.
#KirkleesRemembers
#RemembranceSunday
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We are lowering flags on our town halls to half-mast as a mark of respect to David Amess MP
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// Kirklees Council
Helping residents of Hoodezfield, Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite //
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@MyDoncaster
@GNev2
The game’s gone. We won’t forget our roots and will always be firm supporters of the fair competition of councils.
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We are absolutely delighted to announce that Rugby League is coming home! The National Rugby League Musuem will be in the iconic George Hotel in Huddersfield where it all began. Here’s Council Leader
@cllrSPandor
with the announcement 🏉 🎉
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Confirmed: Almost £700,000 of funding has now been formally agreed to tackle school holiday hunger in Kirklees.
Free school meal vouchers will be provided for over 15,000 eligible children.
Read more👉
@MarcusRashford
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Does your child qualify for free school meals? Are you worried about keeping them fed over the February half-term holiday?
We have it covered - here’s a reminder that we’ll be funding vouchers once again➡️
@MarcusRashford
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What would we do without…teachers! As the Easter break comes to a close and the country goes back2home-school we just wanted to say THANK YOU to our amazing teachers and school staff who continued to work over the break.
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We are sooooo excited...
@LittleMix
are visiting
@johnsmithstadia
in
#Huddersfield
this Sunday, and we can't wait! It's the first concert at the stadium in 11 years 🦄
#SummerHitsTourHuddersfield
✨
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Flags are at half mast at our 4 town halls in memory of Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox who tragically died today.
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Read all about 86-year-old Colin Grainger who is currently in our care during the coronavirus pandemic. He's not your average care patient – he scored two goals against Brazil on his England debut and once shared a stage with The Beatles as a singer
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We have agreed a deal to purchase Huddersfield’s iconic George Hotel – taking another step towards delivering the £250million Blueprint vision for the town centre. Find out more:
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A huge THANK YOU to Morrisons for their very generous delivery of food to
@Welcome_Hudds
! Your donation means that we can continue to support the residents of Kirklees in these uncertain times. ❤️
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Have a great bank holiday weekend, please stay safe and remember, every vaccination matters 🙌
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We're urging people not to hold events in Kirklees that are likely to attract crowds of more than 30 people. Our COVID-19 infection rates are much higher than the national average and this is one way we can bring them down 👇
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No one should have to sleep rough, especially in weather conditions like today. We're offering rough sleepers a warm bed for the night and everyone who takes up this offer will be visited by a housing officer who will give longer-term help.
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Community spirit isn’t something we’re short on in Kirklees, but we could do with more hand sanitiser. A huge thank you to
@gindivine
- a Holmfirth gin distiller who has made 70 litres of it for our frontline care workers
#TeamKirklees
#KirkleesHeroes
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A huge
#ThankHoliday
to all key workers who are keeping everything running this bank holiday. 👌
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#ThankHoliday
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In case you missed the news, HUDDERSFIELD will be the official finish line for the final stage of the women’s race and Stage 3 finish of the men’s race for the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire. Thank you to Spring Grove School for taking part in the announcement.
#TDY
@LeTourYorkshire
💙 💛
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The John Smith’s stadium is now open as Kirklees’ mass vaccination centre.
Thank you to NHS partners and
@locala
for their incredible work.
Find out more about vaccinations➡️
#VaccinatingKirklees
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We told you something big was coming, we lied, it's not big, it's huge! We will be live tweeting from our event tonight where we unveil an ambitious 10-year blueprint for the future of Huddersfield. This is a huge step in our plans to regenerate Kirklees
#HuddersfieldBlueprint
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It's try time! 🏉 We now officially own Huddersfield’s iconic George Hotel – with work to create a National Rugby League Museum in the building set to get underway 🏉
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We’ll be showing our appreciation for all key workers by lighting our landmarks tonight💙 We’ll be live streaming at the following times on Facebook:
8:30pm – 8:40pm Live from Batley Town Hall
8:55pm – 9:05pm Live from Dewsbury Town Hall
9:10pm - 9:25pm Live from Castle Hill
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Today's lesson in home-pre-school 'how bin men do magic'. A big round of applause to all our key workers keeping Kirklees clean and safe and bringing a bit of joy as we all
#stayathome
.
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It’s officially
#KirkleesPride2020
and we are extremely proud to be flying the flag outside of our Town Halls 🌈
Have a fantastic week to all who are celebrating🎉
...and don’t forget to share your pictures with us using
#KirkleesPride2020
👍
P.S➡️
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"We are urging residents and visitors to be cautious, but there are no restrictions to travel into and out of Kirklees"
Kirklees' cross-party Outbreak Control Board has released a joint statement on travel restrictions. 👇
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Due to the current weather, we are currently providing a bed for anyone sleeping rough in Kirklees - we have activated our severe weather emergency protocol
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Yippee! Town centre shops open again from Monday and we are waiving parking fees. Free parking is just one of the things we are planning to help support our town centres and boost the local economy as we recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Find out more:
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
#KirkleesRemembers
#RemembranceSunday
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We support those peacefully protesting for equality and have lit up our local landmarks purple as a symbol of sympathy to the family of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter.
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Racism and any other kind of discrimination has no place here in Kirklees or anywhere else. Council Leader
@cllrSPandor
has issued the below statement in reaction to a video being shared on social media.
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📍Batley Town Hall📸
📍Huddersfield Town Hall
📍Cleckheaton Town Hall
📍Dewsbury Town Hall
We’re are proud to have lit up our Town Halls in support of this weekend's anti-racism message.
Full story➡️
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Update on a local outbreak of COVID-19: We were made aware of a number of positive cases at a workplace in Kirklees and we have quickly worked with the business and
@PHE_uk
to help prevent any further transmission. Please see our statement below.
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Let’s bring Rugby League home!
As part of the Huddersfield Blueprint, we’re purchasing the George Hotel, the birthplace of the game, and bidding to establish a National Rugby League Museum on the premises.
Do you back the bid to bring Rugby League home?
#ItsComingHome
@RLCares
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Doesn’t Victoria Tower (Castle Hill) look splendid lit up purple for the Coronation.
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We’re supporting our neighbours
@bradfordmdc
in their bid to be UK City of Culture.
Their bid is a huge opportunity to show how important culture is to people and communities across our whole region. A win for Bradford would be a huge boost for West Yorkshire!
#Bradford2025
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Exciting news! We'll be flooding Castle Hill’s Victoria Tower, Dewsbury Town Hall and Batley Town Hall in blue light this Thursday evening, to coincide with the national show of thanks for local NHS staff. 💙 💙💙 Find out more:
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We're an organisation that’s made up of people and like others, many of our staff have suffered baby loss. We've lit up Batley Town Hall in
#pinkandblue
to show that we care. Please light a candle for
#WaveOfLight2019
for the babies who lit up our lives for such a short time.
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We have been brightening up our roadsides with wildflowers. Have you seen them yet?😄🌺🌼🐝
These wildflowers are brightening up Yorkshire roadsides and helping the environment.
Read more:
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Here’s an update on the incident at a school in Huddersfield. Please bear in mind as this is a live police investigation we are limited on what we can say due to legal reasons
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From 12noon tomorrow (18 December) rapid COVID-19 tests will be available for anyone without symptoms, who lives or works in Kirklees, as we roll out community testing. Play your part, get tested:
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Excited to announce the completion of a specialist £1.8m supported living development in Batley for people who have learning disabilities and autism. Working in partnership with
@Choice_Support
and
@NHSEngland
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It’s finished! 🎉
We're excited to announce the completion of the new £799k
@KirkleesLibrary
Birkby & Fartown Library.
Here are some snaps of the building and lovely garden area, further details will be coming soon!
#MyLibraryAndMe
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Our Council Leader
@cllrSPandor
and family tonight saying a big thank you to all the hardworking carers,
@NHSuk
staff and our frontline and key workers. You’re all heroes 👏
#clapforourcarers
#clapforournhs
#clapforkeyworkers
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In light of the dreadful events in New Zealand and as a mark of respect Kirklees Council is flying the flags at half-mast at all its town halls. Our thoughts are with those affected by this tragedy.
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Have you seen it? We’ve lit up Huddersfield Town Hall and Mirfield underpass in rainbow colours in celebration of 40 years since the Pride festival first came to Kirklees.🏳️🌈
#KirkleesPride40
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Local restrictions will be lifted for most of Kirklees from Wednesday 2 September - but will remain in place for the time being in Dewsbury and Batley where COVID-19 infection rates are higher.
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Racism has no place here or anywhere else. Tonight we are lighting our town halls and Castle Hill in Huddersfield purple to show our support to those who are peacefully protesting. We are in solidarity with
#BlackLivesMatter
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Due to the very cold weather, we are currently providing beds for anyone sleeping rough, find out how people can use the service:
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We are very proud that Greenhead Park is the home of the first Sikh Soldier Statue in Yorkshire👏 The 6ft statue was unveiled today in the rose garden of Greenhead Park and The Council Leader,
@cllrSPandor
, was in attendance to say a few words.
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Please do not swear at or abuse our key workers. Highways workers and contractors have a vital role in keeping emergency services moving, and making sure you have access to gas, electric, broadband and water whilst you are at home.
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We're deeply saddened, and join the country in mourning, following the announcement from Buckingham Palace that His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh has passed away. The Mayor of Kirklees and our Council Leader and Chief Executive have paid tributes.
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Our Director of Public Health has an important COVID-19 message for the borough, with our rates continuing to increase and Kirklees now entering the top ten areas in the country with the highest infection rates. Play your part:
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Cllr Shabir Pandor, Leader of the Council “We’re working on ways to safely open our recycling centres. A lot of residents have additional waste following the last few weeks of lockdown.
The safety of residents and our staff are key. We’ll keep you posted!”
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Download our Coronavirus Community Pack, it contains health advice, help cards and other important information to help your support your community
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We’ve secured almost 4,000 pieces of IT equipment so that disadvantaged children and young people can learn at home.
We’re proud that Kirklees is leading the way with this vital support.
Find out more👉
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“I’m urging the Government to reconsider this"- Leader of Kirklees Council,
@cllrSPandor
has responded to the reduction in the allocation of COVID-19 vaccine to West Yorkshire
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Today we are flying the St George flag at all our Town Halls. Happy St George's Day.
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Fires and BBQs are now banned on open public spaces in Kirklees.
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Kim Leadbeater (Labour) has been elected as MP for the Batley and Spen Parliamentary constituency. You can see a the full list of results for all candidates below 👇🏻
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Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, has today visited Huddersfield and given her seal of approval to Kirklees Council’s ambitious £250million Blueprint plans to transform the town centre.
@MayorofWY
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Where would we be without all the keyworkers who are hard at work today to keep our nation ticking over? 🤷🏾♀️
#ThankHoliday
to each and every one of you! 👏
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Our teams are showing true grit today helping to get people where they need to be. ❄️ As the snow continues to fall it will take longer for the roads to clear.
Please be patient and stay at home if you can, only travel if it is essential.
Take care and keep warm. ☃️
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Ballot boxes are now arriving at Cathedral House. Counting will take place through the night and we will be bringing you the results as they are declared
#GeneralElection24
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By ‘eck it’s Yorkshire day! 🎉
Grab a brew and wrap your lug’oles around this super poem written by our friend Mohamed Saloo of
@BatleyPoets
featuring
@KirkleesMayor
and music from
@HadeEdgeBand
#YorkshireDay
#kirklees
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We're on a mission! We've trebled our potholing crews and have 12 gangs out from today tackling the potholes you've reported to us. They're doing them ward by ward and whilst they're out they will fill any others they come across.
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It's official!🏳️🌈 Join us on Saturday 9 July for Kirklees Pride 2022 🥳
See what's on👉
#KirkleesPride
#LGBTQ
#Rights
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We are thrilled to have just won the Digital Public Sector Award for Public Awareness
@GranicusUK
#uksummit20
! Resolution Revolution is now a double award winner!
@nielmstewart
is picking up the award on behalf of the team 👏🏼 🏆
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We've stepped in to fund free school meals for thousands of children in Kirklees this Easter. Here's Council Leader
@CllrSPandor
with more
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This is why we all need to follow the guidance👇 We all have a part to play. Credit:
@SignerLab
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In the waste survey over 80% of you told us that you’d like a kerbside glass and food collection to help you recycle more easily from home.
The next step is to run small-scale trials to discover what bins work best, these trials will run later this year.
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£799k investment in a new build library for Birkby and Fartown nearing completion.
@KirkleesLibrary
are excited to welcome people when it’s time to open those doors.😊
#MyLibraryAndMe
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This Thursday marks the start of
#BHM
Throughout October there are loads of virtual events happening across Kirklees to celebrate Black History Month, make sure you check them out 👉🏿
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The local data shows that our rates of COVID-19 infection have dropped by 29 per cent in Kirklees over the last seven days. But the fight isn’t over yet, we still need to bring our rates down further
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We're making immediate changes to Huddersfield and Dewsbury town centres to improve conditions for cyclists and pedestrians. We'll soon also be asking what changes you would like to see across Kirklees. Click below for all you need to know.
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We’re lighting the beacon at Castle Hill for Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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WORK, a sculpture by world renowned sculptor Anthony Gormley has been installed on the roof of Kirklees College.
The arrival of the iconic sculpture marks the launch of the Dewsbury Public Art Plan: Creative Town, part of the Dewsbury Blueprint.
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