A WELL-KNOWN restaurant in Cross Hills which closed its doors earlier this year is set to be re-opened under a new name.

Bella Napoli, on the village's Main Street for more than three decades, shut recently, but a planning application has been put in by the new owners to open it as 22 The Square - with a new wine bar attached.

The owners already have a restaurant of the same name in Northowram, Halifax.

A spokesman said the new restaurant will feature Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. Initial preparations for refurbishment work on the building has already started and if planning chiefs give the go-ahead it is expected the restaurant could be open in late March or early April.