Batley

/ ˈbætlɪ /

noun

1. a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 49 448 (2001)

Example Sentences

The Dewsbury and Batley MP said British politics needed "a genuine, inclusive force for positive change" and expressed the hope that Your Party could fulfil that role.

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Jo Cox was the Labour MP for Batley and Spen and was killed in 2016.

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In March, a parole board decided it would recommend Batley be moved to an open prison after a hearing found he had shown an "improved level of insight into his offending behaviour".

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Alana Armstrong, 25, described as a "caring, compassionate" mother, was a passenger on the bike driven by her boyfriend Jordan Newton-Kay, on Batley Lane, Pleasley, on 26 November when it was hit by a Land Rover Discovery.

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The Batley and Spen MP has another clause, which sets out how deaths should be recorded on death certificates.

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