{"id":67,"date":"2008-08-15T20:32:56","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T19:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/about-our-club\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:17:14","slug":"about-our-region","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/about-our-region\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69dfc13011fce .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69dfc13011fce\">\n\t<h2 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" data-split-text=\"true\" data-custom-animations=\"true\" data-ca-options='{\"triggerHandler\":\"inview\",\"animationTarget\":\".lqd-lines .split-inner\",\"duration\":700,\"delay\":100,\"easing\":\"easeOutQuint\",\"direction\":\"forward\",\"initValues\":{\"scale\":1},\"animations\":{\"scale\":1}}' 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