SIX villages will benefit from new hanging baskets.

Kirklees Council’s Colne Valley Area Committee, meeting at Golcar Providence Methodist Church, approved £4,320 to spruce up villages in the Colne Valley.

Slaithwaite will have 24 hanging baskets, Linthwaite will receive 11, and Golcar 31.

Marsden will get six, Longwood 18 and Milnsbridge 44.