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'Stone thieves are stealing our street's history'
The BBC’s Alex Moss spoke to Ossett residents who say ‘hundreds of years of history are disappearing before their eyes’.
West Wells Road in Ossett, which once carried the iron-rimmed wheels of medieval carts, is part of the town's original road network. But over several months, criminals have stripped the pavement bit by bit, leaving behind "huge, unsightly craters" - before profiting from the high prices the distinctive textured flags can fetch.
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