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West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. It is an inland and, in relative terms, upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 and has a population of 2.2 million.
The Bishop of Bradford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after Bradford, a city in West Yorkshire.
BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. The station broadcasts from studios based in St Peter's Square in Leeds.
Leeds Bradford Airport is located in Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Leeds city centre, and about 9 miles (14 km) from Bradford city centre. It serves Leeds and Bradford and the wider Yorkshire region including York and Wakefield, and Harrogate, and is the largest airport in Yorkshire. The airport was in public ownership until May 2007, when it was bought by Bridgepoint Capital for £145.5 million. Bridgepoint sold it in 2017 to AMP Capital.
Bingley railway station is a grade II listed railway station that serves the town of Bingley in West Yorkshire, England, and is 13.5 miles (21.7 km) away from Leeds and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) away from Bradford Forster Square on the Airedale line operated by Northern Trains.
West Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing West Yorkshire in England. It is the fourth largest force in England and Wales by number of officers, with 5,671 officers.
Brian David Noble MBE, also known by the nickname of "Nobby", is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league footballer. As a footballer, Noble was a Great Britain representative hooker, but is best known for his coaching career, during which he coached the Bradford Bulls, the Wigan Warriors, the Crusaders RL and the Salford Red Devils in the Super League, and the Great Britain national team. He was the first coach to win three Super League Grand Finals, and is one of only two coaches to have achieved that feat along with Brian McDermott. He was formally the Director of Rugby for the Toronto Wolfpack, and also works as a pundit for BBC Sport.
Laisterdyke is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, situated to the east of the city on the border with City of Leeds and located in the Bradford Moor ward and in the Bradford East parliamentary constituency. Laisterdyke borders Barkerend, Bradford Moor area, Thornbury, Tyersal, and Bowling.
Stanley "Stan" Brogden was an English rugby union, and professional sprinter and rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern, Huddersfield, Leeds, Hull FC, Rochdale Hornets and Salford, as a wing, centre, or stand-off, i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, or 6, and representative level rugby union (RU) for British Empire Forces,
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England, in the foothills of the Pennines, 8.6 miles (14 km) west of Leeds, and 16 miles (26 km) north-west of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897. Following local government reform in 1974, city status was bestowed upon the City of Bradford metropolitan borough.
Richard Stone, known as Charlie Stone, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Pontefract RUFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers and Hull FC, as a prop or second-row and was captain of Hull during the 1980–81 season.
Mumtaz is a restaurant group based in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company owns three restaurants, with the original flagship Mumtaz Restaurant being sited on Great Horton Road in Bradford. The Mumtaz is one of the best-known restaurants in Bradford. The group opened the second restaurant in Leeds in 2009. The latest edition of the Mumtaz chain opened in manchester in 2016. The group is also looking to expand in the coming years with projects set to open in London, Edinburgh, and Birmingham.
The West Yorkshire derby is a series of football matches taking place between three English football clubs from West Yorkshire — Bradford City, Huddersfield Town and Leeds United.
Charles James Taylor is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Burnley. He is a former England U19 international.
The Anglican Diocese of Leeds is a diocese of the Church of England, in the Province of York. It is the largest diocese in England by area, comprising much of western Yorkshire: almost the whole of West Yorkshire, the western part of North Yorkshire, the town of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, and most of the parts of County Durham, Cumbria and Lancashire which lie within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire. It includes the cities of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Ripon. It was created on 20 April 2014 following a review of the dioceses in Yorkshire and the dissolution of the dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wakefield.
The Archdeacon of Bradford is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Leeds. The archdeaconry was originally created within the now-defunct Diocese of Bradford by Order in Council on 25 February 1921.
Nicholas Richard Trail "Nick" Gubbins is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Middlesex and Leeds/Bradford MCCU. He is a left-handed batsman and right arm leg spin bowler. He made his first-class debut for Leeds/Bradford MCCU against Yorkshire, on 5 April 2013. He made his Middlesex debut in the summer of 2014 against Northamptonshire and immediately impressed in his first 2 matches, scoring three 50's which included a top score of 95. Having previously studied at Radley College, he will be looking to follow in the footsteps of Andrew Strauss and Jamie Dalrymple. Nick graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Geography in 2015.
Harry Rouse is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler and has represented Leeds/Bradford MCC University in first-class cricket. He made his first-class debut for Leeds/Bradford MCCU against Yorkshire on 5 April 2013.
Laycock is a small village in the Bradford District of West Yorkshire that overlooks the hamlet of Goose Eye. The village is 1.9 miles (3 km) west of the town of Keighley and 1.2 miles (2 km) north of Oakworth village. The village is in the council ward of Keighley West.
Alexander MacQueen is an English former first-class cricketer.
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