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Artweek in Holmfirth
The event has been run since 1966 and raises many thousands of pounds each year for charity.
The major open art exhibition at Holmfirth Civic Hall runs until Saturday July 11, but there are also many fringe exhibits as around 50 artists present a huge range of media at their studios and art spaces between the Holme and Colne Valleys.
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Weekend station closures at Huddersfield
Weekend closures at the station will stretch into August with bus replacements linking to trains at Brighouse, Mirfield and Wakefield Kirkgate, Lockwood, and Stalybridge.
Please visit operators websites for more information and timetables.
Check details of your journey at the National Rail website.
National Rail For more information about work on this line see the TransPennine Route Upgrade website.
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Changes as £28m bus station scheme continues
While the bus station will remain open while the changes take place, there are now many stand changes as the drop-off stands of the bus station currently out of action and this means buses weaving forward and backwards from four stands inside the station allocated for drop-offs and sometimes altered stands where they will pick-up.
As well as refurbishment, features of the upgraded bus station will include a front canopy with solar panels, cycle parking, accessible toilets, new shop fronts, new information screens and improved public spaces. Red is to be replaced with green in the colour scheme as Metro is rebranded the Weaver Network.
New square gets closer to completion
However, the adjacent new food hall in the town's former market is now set to be delayed in its opening until the Spring of next year after the additional Kirklees Council expense of fitting it out.
Meanwhile Kirklees Council has been inviting suggestions for a name for the square, which represents an extension of the previous Princess Alexandra Walk which the Huddersfield population almost always referred to as The Piazza.
The new library building is nearing completion and is due to be opened in late summer this year, but the food hall and social dining area, shown to the public at an open day last September, is delayed.
In March, senior council officers asked for an extra £3m to be taken from later phases of the regeneration scheme "to assist with ongoing commercial negotiations" on top of £1m already approved. The council is looking to lease the food hall to an operator, but fit-out costs are now set to be a council expense.
There are plans to demolish further buildings around The Shambles and to eventually create a new Town Park, stretching from the public square to the corner of King Street and Queen Street.
Tour de France Women come to Huddersfield in 2027
The prestigious event boosted a massive interest in cycling in Yorkshire when the men's race Grand Départ was held in Yorkshire in 2014.
The Tour returns with the first two days of the women's race partly in Yorkshire next year while the men's Scotland to Wales Grand Départ also reaches into historic Yorkshire.
The first day for the Tour de France Femmes will start in Leeds on Friday July 30, 2027, to head over the Pennines to Manchester.
The following day the race will head back along a winding and hilly route through the Derbyshire part of the Peak District from Manchester to end in Sheffield.
The third day of the women's race will be in London before the cyclists head off to France.
Before the women's races, the men's Grand Départ will also have been held be in Britain, briefly dipping into historic Yorkshire as it heads through the Trough of Bowland on its second day on Saturday July 3. Day 1 of the men's race heads from Scotland to England with a stage from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The short stretch of historic Yorkshire is on the Keswick to Liverpool stage on Day 2. The third day is in Wales with a stage from Welshpool to Cardiff.
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