Happy Valley boost, Wensleydale railway and 'North Yorkshire night-time tsar' - News Headlines
Today's news headlines with Sophie Mei Lan Malin.
Today's news headlines with Sophie Mei Lan Malin.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Sophie Mayland-Malin and here are today's headlines.
00:04 The new Mayor of North Yorkshire has been called upon to employ a night-time SAR like
00:10 the one in Manchester.
00:13 Manchester's Sasha Lord started the Warehouse Project as well as the famous Parklife Festival.
00:21 The idea is to boost North Yorkshire's night-time economy.
00:25 Now with the Maybank holidays ahead of us, many of you may be travelling to some of the
00:30 famous heritage railways.
00:33 Well at Wensleydale, volunteers are rebuilding a Victorian signal box, one of the last remaining
00:39 in the country in the Yorkshire Dales.
00:42 It wasn't that long ago since Happy Valley had us all gripped to our TV screens, but
00:47 the impact of the popular BBC series has still lived on in Halifax.
00:56 Locals say that the buzz continues to boost tourism and the area's reputation, so much
01:02 so that Halifax's MP Holly Lynch has been grilled about Happy Valley by ambassadors
01:08 from countries on the other side of the world, asking if Tommy Lee Royce really does haunt
01:14 the back streets of Halifax.
01:15 The Harrogate Flowers show has come to an end after an epic spring show over the weekend.
01:21 Let us know if you've got any photos, videos, memories at Yorkshire Post.
01:26 Have a great day.
01:27 Thank you.
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