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Yahoo
20-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
On this day in 2024: Peace Museum announces Salts Mill relocation plan
On this day in 2024, the Telegraph and Argus reported that a museum dedicated to peace was moving to a new home. The Peace Museum, billed as the only museum of its kind in the UK, announced that it was to reopen at Salts Mill in Saltaire in August 2024, following a relocation from its former upper floor space on Piece Hall Yard, which it had occupied since 1994. The new site, on the third floor of the historic mill, was anticipated to provide more space for exhibits and to be more accessible to visitors. As of the time of original reporting in 2024, the Peace Museum's exhibits included a collection of banners from peace marches from across the world. A spokesperson said at the time: "The National Lottery Heritage Fund's support, made possible by National Lottery players, has enabled the creation of a new, engaging, and accessible exhibition, and educational programmes. "Generous capital funding from Bradford 2025 and Bradford City Council has allowed us to turn an unused piece of the district's history back into life. "We would also like to thank Key Fund, Art Fund, Association of Independent Museums, Pilgrim Trust, Museum Development North, and Arts Council England, who have all helped to make our move and reopening possible. "The Peace Museum's reopening is just the beginning of what will be an exciting and ambitious next chapter." More information is available at
The Independent
29-04-2025
- The Independent
Staggering cost of term-time holiday fines revealed as parents stump up £160 to take kids away
UK parents have paid £41 million in fines for taking their children out of school during term time since 2022, new research has revealed. According to data collected by councils across England and Wales have issued more than 873,000 Fixed Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences between 2022 and 2024. The insurance comparison site gathered the figures through Freedom of Information requests to local education authorities in the UK in February 2025. It found that parents and guardians in England were also more likely to face a fine, with 873,062 fines issued to parents, compared to just 2,762 in Wales. As of August 2025, parents who travel with youngsters during term time risk fines of up to £160 per parent for each child, as well as potential legal action from their local council if they do not pay within 28 days. said that 1 in 4 parents have received a fine for taking their child out of school for a holiday during term time, and almost 17 per cent have received a warning. However, many families still choose to take off-peak holidays to beat soaring prices during the summer months. On average, parents saved £567 by taking their kids out of school during term time, when considering travel prices over peak season. In some cases, savings were even higher, with 16 per cent of families saying they scored a term-time offer that was over £1,000 cheaper than travelling in summer. A OnePoll survey of 1,200 UK parents with children aged 16 or below this April found that nearly 2 in 5 who had an unauthorised absence admit to taking their child out of school for a holiday, with 56 per cent citing cheaper travel as the reason. Despite the threat of a potential penalty, 86 per cent of parents would consider taking their child out of school for a holiday, depending on their age. In Essex alone, 35,605 fines generated more than £2 million in parent penalties. Bradford City Council has issued 35,023 fines since 2022, totalling £1.8 million. Alvaro Iturmendi, a travel insurance expert, warned that councils can take legal action if absences happen repeatedly during term time, so 'while the savings could seem worth it, the consequences could be far more severe than you realise'. He said: 'With prices often soaring outside of term time, some parents are weighing up the potential cost of a fine against the savings they can make by travelling off-peak. 'However, it's important to understand that fines for unauthorised absences can quickly add up as they're typically issued per parent, per child. So, a £60 fine could double to £120 for a two-parent household, and even more, if you have multiple children.'
BBC News
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Holy Islamic relics go on display at Bradford City Hall
Islamic artefacts dating back hundreds of years, including the cloth used to cover the Kaaba in Mecca, are going on display at Bradford City free exhibit runs from 11:00 to 18:00 GMT on Saturday and is open to Muslims and Riyaz Maniar, from Dewsbury, said it was a once in a lifetime opportunity."These artefacts and relics are important to the Muslim world and even in Mecca and Medina you can't get close up to these items," he said. "Some of the pieces are from inside the Kaaba, which is very rare. And some of the pieces are from inside the Prophet Muhammad's tomb, which you don't usually get to see unless you're a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family," he added. The exhibition includes the Kiswa, a 29ft-long (9m) cloth that covers the Kaaba, the sacred stone structure at the heart of the Great Mosque in Mecca, which is considered the spiritual centre of from pure silk, 22 carat gold and silver, and embroidered with Quranic verses, the Kiswa is changed every year on the ninth day of the Islamic month of on display will be pieces from the Ottoman empire, which are more than 270 years old, the lock and key from the Kaaba, which is changed every few years, and a draping from the the wall of the inner tomb of Prophet Muhammad. Mr Maniar said the pieces had been donated by the Saudi Arabian authorities. "In Medina you can only see the external tomb, you only get to peer through a grill from the outside."All the pieces are gold and many of the gold threads are used to do calligraphy and take a year to complete."The exhibition has toured around the UK, including in Birmingham and Dewsbury, and will be on display at Batley Town Hall in April. It is supported by the Council of Mosques, Bradford City Council and restaurant Mr T's. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
