内容摘要："On a good day, I can see the mill from my bedroom window. It's a tourist attraction," added James Tunnicliffe, who often visits the coffee shop adjacent to the mill with his wife.

"On a good day, I can see the mill from my bedroom window. It's a tourist attraction," added James Tunnicliffe, who often visits the coffee shop adjacent to the mill with his wife.

Judge Mushtaq Khokhar said the properties had been left in an "unliveable" state, with landlords losing up to £30,000 per property.West Yorkshire Police said officers seized 7,636 plants, amounting to 458kg of cannabis, in a series of raids in Harehills which began in March 2023.

In January, Neatu, Nedelcu and Debnath pleaded guilty to permitting premises to be used for the production of a controlled drug in relation to some of the properties involved.Judge Khokhar said the landlords who trusted the defendants with their properties had been "badly let down"."Many of the landlords were elderly and had these properties for income or as pensions," he said.

"The properties are now unliveable, and the average loss per property was £20,000 to £30,000."Insp Alastair Nicholls from West Yorkshire Police said the men had provided properties for organised crime groups producing cannabis on "an industrial scale".

"The large scale production of cannabis by organised crime groups in residential properties in Harehills is an issue that fuels wider crime and anti social behaviour in the area and is something we have had significant success in tackling since the CommUnity Harehills project was launched two years ago," he said.

Insp Nicholls said the police operation had "dealt a significant blow to this criminal trade that impacts negatively on the local community".The project is in support of the health charity Daisy Appeal.

A new sea life observation station could be created in a North Yorkshire town to raise awareness of the area’s coastal wildlife.Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has submitted plans for the new nature tourism attraction on Marine Drive, in Scarborough.

If approved, it would include artworks and telescopes to help people spot some of the porpoise, bottlenose dolphin and minke whales in the region.Stuart Baines, who runs the Scarborough Porpoise Facebook page, said he was pleased that the plans would give people the chance to “observe fantastic marine wildlife”.