00:00Keithley will boldly go where no northern town has gone before, after council bosses agreed to £4.5 million worth
00:08of funding to help a US company set up a space testing centre in the town.
00:13Bradford Council's executive voted to award cash from the Keithley Local Regeneration Fund grant towards the Space Test North Centre
00:21in the town's Providence Park.
00:23The centre is expected to cost a total of £9 million and will be developed by BSC Filters, part of
00:30the US-based Dover Corporation.
00:32The company will fund the remainder of the costs.
00:35The council's director for Place, Dave Shepard, said the new Keithley development would put the town at the heart of
00:42the emerging industry.
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