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Nindy Purba

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Writer ———— Founder/editor of The Ilkley Journal www.theilkleyjournal.co.uk ———— Commission me ✍🏽

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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 06/09/2026
Get up to speed with some of the biggest stories across West Yorkshire this week ⬇
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 26/07/2026
“It is a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.” Get the full story below ↓
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 16/08/2026
“Leeds needs trees!” is a fine rallying cry. It looks green on a banner. It sounds environmentally decisive in a committee room. But ..." @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social Get the full story below ⤵
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 19/07/2026
"Bradford Council's Stephen Place may argue that the CAZ has achieved its aims, but the reality is quite different. Despite the clear progress that has been made, air pollution remains a serious public health challenge in Bradford." Get the full story below 🚗 ↓
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 12/07/2026
Discover more about Eliza’s experience below here: www.westyorkshirejournal.co.uk/how-easy-is-... #WestYorkshire #PublicTransport #LeedsPublicTransport #WeaverNetwork #Buses
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How easy is it to travel in and around Leeds exclusively on public transport?
Over two weeks, Eliza Ainley tested it out. Here’s how it went down.
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 05/07/2026
“I did not enter politics to start serving – I entered because I was already serving.” Find out more via the link below ↓
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 28/06/2026
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🇬🇧Today marks a decade since the UK voted to leave the European Union. 52% backed the leave campaign. 48% backed remain.
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Labour has not handled itself with any dignity over the question of Keir Starmer's leadership, allowing itself to indulge in party politics in response to a strange and disproportionate dislike of the PM at a time when an ugly strain of populist nationalism has spread throughout the UK.
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 14/06/2026
Sound like you or someone you know? If so, get in touch. While you don't necessarily have to be from or based in the region, our focus as a paper is on the district of Bradford and West Yorkshire.
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 01/06/2026
The new leader of @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social kicks off his minority administration’s tenure in City Hall. Link below ↓
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 27/05/2026
Find out who didn't turn up to the first Bradford Council meeting following the local elections earlier this month (link below) ↓
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 23/05/2026
“Why are you asking to be chairs of overview and scrutiny? Why are you asking to be panel members? Why are you asking to be a cabinet member and lead portfolios? Why are you asking to be leader and deputy leader of the council?”
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"The value of the work lies in the repetition: the same places, seen again and again, until subtle changes become perceptible. The work also gave me a greater appreciation of the wildlife that open moorland is able to sustain."
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I feel like @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social may see himself as an admirable martyr whose sacrifice will restore sanity to the country, but others will see his resignation as the reckless act of a loyal political apparatchik who has put the Labour Party before his constituents and the country.
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Labour’s message at present seems to be that in response to the dramatic rise of Reform UK – itself a symptom to broken economics and politics that haven’t fundamentally changed people’s lives for the better – and a frankly weird aversion to a prime minister whose mistakes arguably pale in ..
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 08/05/2026
We're live from the leisure centre in Keighley ... updates below 🗳️
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 12/05/2026
Today is International ME/CFS Awareness Day. Ilkley local Catherine Asta, who has ME/CFS, has launched a new national campaign, “Move for ME,” to increase awareness during ME Awareness Month this May. Read more about her story and the condition below ↓
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Embarrassing day for Labour. And a catastrophic one, too. Walking themselves into the political abyss (as MPs and as a party). It’s clear that Britain is no longer a politically stable country and that full terms helmed by one leader elected at a general election are a thing of the past.
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 30/04/2026
We’re just one week away from the local elections 🗳️ Here are some of the candidates hoping to get your vote on Thursday 7 May 2026 in their own words. Link below ↓ #localelections #localgovernment #2026localelections #councillors #vote
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 26/04/2026
“… I soon discovered that it wasn’t from that glorious heyday of muscular cinema and that built different, at least as I understood it, was in fact a more recent idiom ...
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
⛔️ BRADFORD COUNCIL 2026 LOCAL ELECTION PAYWALL UNLOCKED 🔓 With two weeks to go before the local elections on Thursday 7 May, we have unlocked our in-depth guide. Link below ...
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 19/04/2026
Welcome to The West Yorkshire Journal (aka The Journal), your new destination for stories from the district of Bradford and West Yorkshire. Local news done slower and better 🗞️ Discover more below ↓ #LocalNews #LocalJournalism #WestYorkshire #IndependentNews #fixitfunditfutureproofit
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 12/04/2026
Our latest round-up of news in #Ilkley, #Bradford and #WestYorkshire – with some big news from the editor 🗞️ Link below ⬇️
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A potted history of how local elections have gone down in #Ilkley 🗳️ Link below ⬇️ #BradfordCouncil #LocalElections2026 #Vote #Ilkley #LocalGovernment
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Now showing at Cartwright Hall, (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices. Read our review below 🖼️
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Our review and thoughts on the latest exhibition at Cartwright Hall, (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices … link below ⬇️ #SouthAsia #SouthAsianArt #BradfordArt #WestYorkshireArt #ContemporaryAsianArt
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 22/03/2026
Fossil fuels aren't the solution to the caprices of global politics ... find out more below ⬇️ #EnergySecurity #NetZero #NetZero #CostOfLivingCrisis #OilPrices
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 14/03/2026
Fruit. Trees. Fruit trees. Find out more from @fruitworkscoop.bsky.social by tapping on the link below ⬇️ #Ilkley #Wharfedale #GrowYourOwn #SustainableLiving #CommunityOrchard
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Fruit Works Co-operative @fruitworkscoop.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Could Lower #Wharfedale feed itself in fruit? Our thoughts in @theilkleyjournal.co.uk www.theilkleyjournal.co.uk/p/could-lowe.... #Ilkley
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Could Lower Wharfedale feed itself in fruit?
Alan Thornton, director of Fruit Works Co-operative, has the answers …
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 05/03/2026
9 weeks to go before the all-out #localelections in Bradford. Find out everything you need to know in the link below ⬇️
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Tackling the climate emergency really isn't rocket science, as our guest author explains. We really ought to continue doing more, not less ... Discover more by tapping on the link below ⬇️
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It's wild to think that we're now at a point in our history where the leader of a so-called mainstream political party, an ethnic minority herself, can decry the idea of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is, to the contrary, fucking great and if there's anything distinct about being British ... 1/2
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 16/02/2026
We're turning two in April and we really don't know where the time has gone. It's been an amazing two years with lots to be proud of but we're still nowhere near where we want to be journalistically or financially. So we're going to pivot, widen our reach, rebrand 🧵
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 10/02/2026
"I will stand up for local people, protect our countryside and focus on the issues that really matter" – Josie McMaster, @bradfordgreens.bsky.social candidate for the Worth Valley by-election to @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 09/02/2026
"I will be a strong local voice for the residents of Worth Valley" – Kay Kirkham, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Worth Valley by-election to @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 08/02/2026
"I pledge to you that I will always represent local views and needs with honesty, transparency and integrity" – Sabine Ebert-Forbes, Independent candidate for the Worth Valley by-election to @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
UK politics has long been unfit for purpose but let's not kid ourselves that it's our politicians, political parties and the entire institution itself that have alone contributed to the instability of government today that seems to mean we can no longer get from one general election to the next ...
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The ease with which a racist video could be shamlessly posted on the personal social media account of the US president (and broadcast to the world), the nonchalant rejection of the seriousness of depicting the Obamas as apes (it's just a meme) and the predictable lack of contrition shown for ...
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 07/02/2026
"I will stand up against Labour-run Bradford Council and their relentless attacks on our local services" – Paul Golding, Conservative candidate for the Worth Valley by-election to @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 06/02/2026
Discover more below 👇🏼 #Labour #Conservatives #Greens #LibDems #Independent #ReformUK #WorthValley #ByElection #LocalElections #LocalElections2026 #BradfordCouncilElections #BradfordCouncilElections2026 #LocalPolitics
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 30/01/2026
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Living standards in Bradford remain stubbornly poor
A new report once again confirms Bradford's place as one of the most deprived places in the country ...
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 25/01/2026
Bradford Council urged to request grooming gang inquiry inclusion, Worth Valley by-election candidates revealed, water whitepaper criticised … a week in West Yorkshire rounded up. Link below ↓
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Nindy Purba @nindypurba.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If we take it at face value that Andy Burnham wasn’t positioning himself for a Labour leadership bid and becoming PM and that he would inevitably end up being a backbench MP without a cabinet post …
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 17/01/2026
Reform UK have triggered a by-election in the Worth Valley ahead of the 2026 Bradford Council local elections in May. Was it the right thing to do? Tap on the link below for our take. #WorthValley #Keighley #BradfordCouncil #byelection #Tories #Labour #LibDems #TheGreens #ReformUK #localelections
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 15/01/2026
Kate's subscribed. Will you also back local news that aspires to do things differently?
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 08/01/2026
Councillor Luke Maunsell from Keighley Town Council is up for young councillor of the year at the National Association of Local Councils’ #StarCouncilAwards.
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 30/12/2025
From a revealing interview with the CSE survivor and advocate Fiona Goddard to a feature on the battle for the heart and soul of Ilkley Tarn (ducks on one side, frogs on the other) and a satirical sketch covering an Ilkley Town Council meeting to ...
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 23/12/2025
Hello! Okay, so it’s Tuesday 23 December – and that means two more sleeps before Christmas Day! If you’re still looking for last-minute ideas, then allow us to kindly suggest what we think is a very good idea … The Ilkley Journal.
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The Journal @westyorkshirejournal.co.uk · 24/12/2025
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄
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