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...At least 10 councils, including Middlesbrough, Stoke-on-Trent, Somerset, Southampton and Bradford, have applied to the government for “exceptional financial support” to balance this year’s books....
...In London, meanwhile, there are yawning gaps between the central government’s assessment of how much housing is needed, City Hall’s own target and the reality of what is being built....
...It’s overdue for an update,” said Stephen Hall, legal director of Better Markets, which lobbies for increased investor protection....
...One City Hall figure said the mayor was examining options to mitigate the financial impact for those caught up in the expansion of the clean air zone....
...One chaotic CNN town hall featuring Donald Trump and an embarrassing profile in The Atlantic later, and Licht was out....
...David Hockney once joked that he was “brought up in Bradford and Hollywood” — on Yorkshire’s landscape and grounded good sense, on American movies and dreams of glamour....
...I had a marvellous evening last night at the Royal Festival Hall, listening to the Philharmonia Orchestra play one of my favourite pieces of music: Jean Sibelius’s fifth symphony....
...“I’ve booked tickets to a show at the Royal Hall [part of Harrogate Theatre] and I don’t feel I’ve compromised on the arts and culture I was used to in Bath.”...
...Other crosswinds blow through the display devoted to Nima Poovaya-Smith, who was curator at the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford from 1985 to 1998 before going on to hold other significant curatorial...
...She remembers a childhood with face-painting in the park, weekly discos in the central hall and walks led by local police. “Is there anything we can send our kids to and have confidence?”...
...Bradford Council said: “The vast majority of council taxpayers in Bradford pay their council tax and in an age when the government is cutting all grants to local authorities every penny counts....
...At Tate Modern next week, Kara Walker becomes the first black artist to take on the challenge of the enormous Turbine Hall....
...James Bradford, private client partner at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, says that the tax treatment of onward sales of debenture tickets is not always as straightforward as one might expect....
...The hall and staircase were wallpapered with a richly patterned geometric motif inflected with gold....
...Revenues at its Mecca division also fell 2.6 per cent to £208.1m, thanks to a 7.9 per reduction on people attending the bingo halls....
...Just opened at Moscow’s Manege hall, meanwhile, is an exhibition of works by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her muralist husband Diego Rivera....
...He also organised black musicians in a self-run union, and led the first African-American symphony orchestra to appear at Carnegie Hall....
...A Nidderdale notebook Where to stay: Bewerley Hall Farm (bewerleyhallfarm.co.uk; double rooms from £65) is a homely and welcoming bed and breakfast, about 10 mins walk from Pateley Bridge....
...Activists in the hall said the policies would resonate with voters....
...Among the riot of tones, styles, shapes and palettes on view in the teeming halls of Art Basel Hong Kong this weekend, one of most interesting colours is black....
...Books of condolence were opened in Batley, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Dewsbury and Huddersfield town halls and a minute’s silence held at 1pm in all those places and in Bradford and Leeds too....
...Highlights range from traditional brass bands to the art works of Bradford’s David Hockney....
...Yet some hope lingers among workers at Mr Clark’s union hall, near the Fairfield works....
...He made the remarks while attempting to defend Bradford West MP Naz Shah, whom the party had suspended when remarks came to light that she had made on social media before being selected as a candidate....
...The city is home to the Alhambra theatre, St George’s concert hall and the National Media Museum with its IMAX screen but there are few restaurants and other attractions....
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