Calderdale Council is on the verge of approving a major battery energy storage system (BESS) in Holmfield, Halifax, even as safety experts and residents sound the alarm. Critics fear the council is giving the green light now and only figuring out fire safety later.

Is Calderdale’s Planning Committee set to gamble with public safety?

Find out more from the latest Calderdale Inside Out podcast.

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The Fallingroyd Files.

Calderdale Inside Out investigates the consultation behind one of Calderdale’s most controversial parking schemes, and unearths a cache of internal emails sent by the council’s senior political leadership.