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  • Shock as Fulneck School, Pudsey, announces closure – Bradford Telegraph and Argus

    “This decision was not taken lightly, with trustees considering all available and viable options to ensure the school could continue. However, after careful consideration and no offers materialising, the difficult decision to plan to close the school was taken. Parents and employees have been informed, and we have now entered into a formal consultation process with Fulneck School employees whose roles may be affected. Our priority is now to work with all affected staff, pupils and parents to minimise the impact on them and support them throughout this process.”

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  • Fulneck School: Leeds private school announces shock closure with ‘deep regret’ after opening in 1753 – Yorkshire Evening Post

    The school statement read: “Despite the dedicated efforts of the school and the Fulneck Trustees to sustain pupil numbers, a continued decline in enrolment, combined with rising operational costs, has made it increasingly challenging to maintain financial viability. … The Trustees, Board of Governors and the school are “committed to ensuring that the school year finishes as planned”, with all teaching continuing until the end of the school year and pupils completing public and internal examinations as intended. In order to help students and families secure alternative schooling from September 2025 onwards, the school will be hosting a School Fair on April 2 at 2pm, with representatives from other independent schools set to be present.

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  • I went to Homebase’s final day closing down sale and I was not ready for what I saw – Express

    As I walked into Homebase for the final time on Saturday afternoon, it was like seeing an old friend’s house being cleared after they’d passed away in hospital. The place is unrecognisable, what was once a store that’s been in the backdrop for several key moments of my life now reduced to a desperate fire sale … Staff were looking on forlornly as displays were ripped down, shelves were dismantled and the aisles themselves were taken apart. It was just a giant empty warehouse, bereft of any branding, with a miserable selection of a few last items on a table near the front, like a sad jumble sale. It was so desperate in there, people were buying the shelves themselves. Nothing was spared a price sticker. I saw one person buying what I can only assume was the microwave from the staff kitchen, since it was used and had no packaging. Others were loading up on wooden boards from the displays, shelving units, and you could buy a set of staff lockers for just £20.

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  • Parkrun veteran, 82, runs final race in Leeds – BBC News

    Hilary Wharam, 82, has more than 200 marathons and 171 Parkruns to her name since she took up the sport aged 55. However, as Ms Wharam is moving to Scotland to live with her daughter, Saturday was her last time running at Woodhouse Moor, which she has finished 112 times. Woodhouse Moor Parkrun director Anne Akers described Hilary as “a running machine”, adding: “We are going to miss her so much.” Ms Wharam was given a standing ovation by volunteers and fellow members of her running club, Horsforth Harriers, as she crossed the finish line on Saturday.

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  • Fears ‘thousands will suffer’ as all Leeds children centres under ‘review’ by cash-strapped council – Leeds Live

    In a cost-cutting initiative by Leeds City Council, the local authority is aiming to save £106.4million in its budget over the 2025/26 financial term in a bid to a support the rising costs of social care services. As part of the iniative, the council is reviewing whether the city’s children’s centres run by schools should instead be operated directly by the local authority. A decision has not yet been made on closures or whether any redundancies will be necessary.

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  • Leeds Children’s Hospital Christmas Wish List – Amazon

    If you’d like to buy a gift for a child in Leeds Children’s Hospital this Christmas, simply choose a present from our wish list and it will be delivered straight to the wards. Please make sure you select ‘Lisa Beaumont Children’s Hospital’ as the delivery address at checkout. Thank you!

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  • ‘They’ve won me over’: chancellor’s constituents welcome budget – The Guardian

    In a vape shop in Bramley town centre, the popular flavours can sell out quickly. The area is a smoking and vaping hotspot – high above the national average – and it is also in chancellor Rachel Reeves’s constituency of Leeds West and Pudsey. “Have you got any blueberry, love?” one customer asked, telling the Guardian that she had been smoking since the age of 11 and was much happier vaping instead. She was not pleased to hear the price of vapes would be going up 2% above the retail prices index, but concluded: “It’s still cheaper than cigs.”

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