Spencer Stokes

Leeds

Business and Transport Correspondent at BBC Look North (Yorkshire)

Business and Transport Correspondent for BBC Look North in Yorkshire.

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Airport's £100m extension opens to passengers

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Spencer Stokes |Elizabeth Baines

A long-awaited extension to Leeds Bradford Airport's (LBA) terminal building has been opened to passengers. The £100m project is the largest investment yet in facilities at the airport and increased space in customer areas by about 40%, LBA said. Three new boarding gates have been added to the airport along with a new immigration area, baggage collection hall, food and drink outlets and an 83% boost in seating.
Airport's £100m extension opens to passengers

1 week ago | bbc.com | Spencer Stokes

Airport's £100m extension opens to passengersSpencer StokesBBC Yorkshire Transport & Business CorrespondentBBCThe £100m upgrade provides about 40% more space to customer areas, according to the airportA long-awaited extension to Leeds Bradford Airport's (LBA) terminal building has been opened to passengers. The £100m project is the largest investment yet in facilities at the airport and increased space in customer areas by about 40%, LBA said.
Government puts £426m to manufacturing at Sheffield Forgemasters

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Spencer Stokes |David Spereall

Image source, Sheffield ForgemastersImage caption, Planning permission for a new defence manufacturing site at Sheffield Forgemasters was granted in 2021Spencer Stokes & David SpereallThe government has pledged £426m of investment towards works at a Sheffield steel producer in a move it said would protect 700 skilled jobs. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) bought Sheffield Forgemasters in 2021 and will use the site, near Meadowhall, to support manufacturing for defence programmes.
Leeds' long road to gaining a mass transit system

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Spencer Stokes

The long road to get 'Motorway City' on track with tramsSpencer StokesBBC Yorkshire Transport & Business CorrespondentGetty ImagesLetters from Leeds were once stamped with the legend "Motorway City of the 70s"Regarded as the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system, Leeds has tried and failed over decades to devise and implement an efficient way to keep its residents mobile.
Rotherham's Liberty Steel mill 'basically derelict', worker says

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Spencer Stokes

Liberty Steel mill 'basically derelict' - workerSpencer StokesBBC/Spencer StokesLee Bradshaw started working at the steel mills in 1985 and does not want to leaveA South Yorkshire steelworker who has seen his hours slashed due to the lack of work described the situation as "grim and soul destroying". Lee Bradshaw is one of many employees stood down from their shift for nearly a year due to the stalling of operations at Liberty Steel in Rotherham.
Plan for England's largest wind farm at Walshaw Moor 'scaled back'

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Spencer Stokes

Image caption, Walshaw Moor in Calderdale could become home to 41 wind turbinesPlans for the largest onshore wind farm in England have been scaled back by a developer. Calderdale Energy Park said it would apply for permission to build 41 turbines instead of the 65 originally planned on land near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. A consultation period has now begun and people have been invited to submit their views on the project over the next six weeks.
Plan for England's largest wind farm at Walshaw Moor 'scaled back'

2 months ago | bbc.com | Spencer Stokes

Plan for England's largest wind farm 'scaled back'Spencer StokesBBCWalshaw Moor in Calderdale could become home to 65 wind turbinesPlans for the largest onshore wind farm in England have been scaled back by a developer. Calderdale Energy Park said it would apply for permission to build 41 turbines instead of the 65 originally planned on land near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.
MP says White Rose Station delays due to 'difference in opinion'

2 months ago | bbc.com | Spencer Stokes

'Difference of opinion' halts work at rail stationSpencer StokesBBC News, Yorkshire business and travel correspondentReporting fromWhite Rose Centre, LeedsSpencer Stokes/BBCWork on the new White Rose Station was halted last yearA "difference of opinion" between the public body funding a new railway station and a key landowner has led to an impasse at the site and work being paused, according to an MP.
South Yorkshire buses to be brought back under public control

Mar 18, 2025 | bbc.com | Spencer Stokes

Buses to be brought back under public controlSpencer StokesTransport Correspondent, BBC YorkshireOli Constable/BBCThousands of people responded to a 12-week consultation on the proposalBus services in South Yorkshire are to be brought back under public control for the first time in nearly 40 years. Mayor Oliver Coppard said the decision represented the best value for money to improve the bus network in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
Buses to be brought back under public control

Mar 18, 2025 | yahoo.com | Spencer Stokes

Bus services in South Yorkshire are to be brought back under public control for the first time in nearly 40 years. Mayor Oliver Coppard said the decision represented the best value for money to improve the bus network in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. It means South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) will set routes, timetables and fares across the region with bus services brought under one brand.

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