A LONG standing Bradford business plans to increase employment on its site have been approved. Members of Bradford Council s Regulatory and Appeals Committee unanimously backed an application to build four new industrial units on the Bulmer and Lumb site on Royds Hall Lane, as well as the refurbishment of existing space at the site. The company revealed plans to increase employment on the site earlier this year, and Thursday s committee meeting was told that the plans were the first stepping stone to further development. Bulmer and Lumb, which specialises in dying fabrics, has been based at its Buttershaw site since the mid 20th Century.
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Two of the biggest blazes in West Yorkshire in the past year caused by people playing with fire
A fire engine at the scene in Silsden A COUNCILLOR has stressed the importance of fire safety messages after it emerged two of the biggest fires in West Yorkshire in the past year were caused by people playing with fire. West Yorkshire Fire Authority saw a report into the biggest blaze s in the region since April 2020 at a meeting yesterday. Two of the biggest fire responses were to incidents in April 2020. On April 6 a fire on moorland at Chain Road in Slaithwaite led to 10 engined and 66 fire fighters from across the region being dispatched to the area.