| West Yorkshire includes Leeds - a city which has experienced a huge turnaround in fortunes ove rthe past decade. |
| Like less prosperous neighbour Bradford, the city was losing jobs from traditional industries like coal and textile mills. |
| But thanks to some foresight on the part of council leaders and planners, businesses have been brought back, the area has been cleaned up and 40,000 new jobs have been created. |
| Old warehouses are now open plan flats and there's a buzz about the place, making it one of the places to be. |
| Away from the cities, West Yorkshire is Bronte country, so named because it was the inspiration for sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne who between them produced some of the best known novels like Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. |
| The landscape, often described as somewhat bleak and desolate, includes Haworth, where the sisters lived, Ponden Hall (inspiration for Wuthering Heights) and Oakwell Hall. |
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