WHEN shy and studious Jo Cox was studying for her A Levels at Heckmondwike Grammar School, she used to “sneak off home” to revise in a quiet spot away from the noise of the common room.
WITH a reputation based on years of barn-storming panto successes, you know you’re on with a safe bet booking tickets for a Theatre Royal Wakefield-produced pantomime.
WHEN you walk into your hotel room and one of the first things you notice is a Blondie LP on top of a stack of records, you know you’re in for a good time.
A WEST Yorkshire MP who supported a union’s fight against plans to transfer hospital estates staff into a separate company said a climb down by bosses on the proposals was a “victory for the principles of our NHS”.
CHARITIES and community groups are to receive support to help lonely and isolated people from a new £20m fund that will build on the legacy of murdered Batley MP Jo Cox.
JO Cox’s home town will set the ball rolling for this year’s Great Get Together in memory of the murdered MP with the second annual Big Iftar this Saturday.
The sister of tragic MP Jo Cox has urged the Government to make good on its promises to tackle the scourge of loneliness, as the minister leading the charge spent a second day in Yorkshire meeting those at the front end of tackling isolation.
The loneliness minister has stressed the problem will “not be solved overnight” as she choose Yorkshire for her first fact finding tour, meeting those at the sharp end of isolation.
Leaders of 18 Yorkshire councils have written to Theresa May urging her to commit to a region-wide mayoral election in 2020, ahead of a crunch meeting with the Communities Secretary tomorrow.
There’s something really rather decadent about relaxing in an outdoor pool, warmed to a toasty 30 degrees, sipping a cocktail - and feeling droplets of snow fall on your face.
THE APPOINTMENT of a Minister for Loneliness is testament to the “tenacity and determination” of the late Yorkshire MP Jo Cox, the politician who now represents her constituency said.
THERE’S nothing quite like curling up in front of a roaring log fire to make you feel regal - especially in the surroundings of a 14th century castle, as Lindsay Pantry discovered.
