COVID-19 Data Update + WOVEN Festival + Dewsbury Improvement Plan + Huddersfield New Market

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Infection rates begin to drop

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After rising consistently in recent weeks, Kirklees’ Covid-19 infection rate has fallen by 15% over the last seven days. It's still above the national average, so we’re urging everyone to continue to stay safe and take the vaccine when it’s your turn.

This week’s data update

WOVEN Festival is in full sew-ing

Woven festival

WOVEN in Kirklees officially launched on Friday 4 June, with the unveiling of The Big Rainbow Knit by Yorkshire-born Stuart Hillard, the star of BBC2’s The Great British Sewing Bee.

Read about WOVEN

£25M breakthrough for Dewsbury improvement plan

Dewsbury

Our ambitious plans for regenerating Dewsbury have received a major boost after the government announced that it would back the Dewsbury Town Investment Plan with £24.8m of funding.

More about the funding

Major milestone for Huddersfield New Market

Huddersfield New Market

The Huddersfield New Market has reached a major milestone! We have got specialist architects Greig and Stephenson on board to make sure the design for the new market is in line with our ambitious Huddersfield Blueprint.

Read about the project

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