River Calder: Last News

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Locals in an idyllic moorland village have told their fears young people are being driven out in favour of 'second home-buyers from London'. Mytholmroyd sits just over the Greater Manchester border in Calderdale, West Yorks.

Pupils of High Blantyre Primary were given a history lesson on their hometown by a local children's author as part of their Book Week programme.

A teenager whose body was found in a river in Cumbia has been named as 15-year-old Lewis Michael Kirkpatrick.

Bradford’s 13-year-old academy star Tomi Solomon has died after playing in a river with friends.The teenager passed away in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, while playing with a group of 15 friends at a slow-moving part of the River Calder near an industrial estate on Tuesday, June 1.While enjoying the time during the half-term holidays, Solomon got into difficulty and his body was recovered by a specialist fire service the same day.The young footballer’s academy manager Neil Matthews released a statement after the news broke.The Bradford youth coach said: “We are devastated to hear of this news about Tomi, and our thoughts are with his family at this time.“Tomi was very popular and well thought of, by all the staff who had the pleasure of

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YorkshireLive reports.Tragically, on Tuesday evening police confirmed the teenager had died in the incident.A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said inquiries are continuing into what happened."Police and partner agencies were called at 2.38pm today to reports of a child who had been playing with friends and got into difficulties in the River Calder," he said."An urgent search was conducted by specialist fire service colleagues and police."Tragically, the body of a 13-year-old boy was recovered."An eyewitness said: "I didn't see the person fall in but I saw all the police cars go down Armytage road as I was at my friend's on George Street so I drove down."I saw the fire crews and police crews jumping into the river looking for the

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The body of a 53-year-old man has been found in a river in Bellshill.