Jun
2009
Articles from 30th Jun 2009
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Junior cricket: U-13 results
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
Almondbury Wes 269-8 (205) (H Arlan 2-3, J Berry 2-9) Green Moor 244-4 (212) (J Addy 2-6). Read
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Cricket: Performances
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
BATTING B Earnshaw (Upperthong) 28 Read
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Junior cricket: U-15 results
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
Area B Honley 99ao (M Sykes 26, M Storr 31no; A Wood 3-4) Meltham 91ao (D Wadsworth 4-13). Read
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Junior cricket: Vindon styars in thrilling tie!
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
MARSDEN and Micklehurst fought out a thrilling tie! Read
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Romida Philip Oldfield Trophy Third round
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
Armitage Bridge 112-7 (S Bashir 51no; J Woodhead 3-27) Golcar 100-6 (S Dumigan 30; S Bashir 3-6). Read
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Huddersfield Civic Society hold exhibition at former Neaversons shop at Byram Street
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
HOW would you change Huddersfield? Read
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Switched on hob causes Batley house fire
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A KITCHEN was badly damaged by smoke after an electric hob was accidentally switched on. Read
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Children and students put ideas for developing Queensgate quarter on display
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
CHILDREN have had their say on the future of how Huddersfield town centre should look. Read
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Huddersfield gig to help disabled youngsters
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A BENEFIT gig will be staged to raise funds for a Huddersfield charity which helps young people with disabilities. Read
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Bowls: Delight for Daykin in Slaithwaite showdown
Jun 30 2009 | Bowls News
ASHLEY Daykin became the first player off scratch to win the Hills Supplies Yorkshire Handicap in the 21 years of the sponsorship of the competition. Read
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Cricket: Unbeaten runs are on the line
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
BROAD OAK’s visit to Hoylandswaine promises to be one of the ties of the evening in the last series of Twenty/20 Pool games. Read
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Brighouse mum-of-two pens girly novel based in the town
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
BRIGHOUSE is about to become the setting of a glamorous new ‘chick lit’ novel. Read
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Electronics bus at Moorend Technology College
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
STUDENTS from Moor End Technology College in Crosland Moor boarded a special electronics bus. Year 10 pupils spent the day learning the skills of soldering and circuit building. Read
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Bowls: Draw for veterans pairs competition
Jun 30 2009 | Bowls News
THE draws for the opening rounds of Huddersfield and District Veterans Bowling Association’s pairs competition, sponsored by the Huddersfield Examiner, are: Read
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Cricket: Latest tables
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
Drakes Premiership Scholes 13 8 2 0 1 2 0 62 Read
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Beaumont Park teenager achieves Duke of Edinburgh Gold award - and meets the Duke himself
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A BEAUMONT Park teenager had a brush with royalty after achieving her gold Duke of Edinburgh award. Read
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WOMEN prisoners were put through their paces in a charity race.
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
Inmates at New Hall jail in Flockton took part in the Cancer Research UK Race for Life event for the fourth year. Read
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Wentworth School reunion planned
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FORMER pupil of a Huddersfield school is organising a reunion. Read
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Cricket: Latest scores
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
ELLAND v MELTHAM Read
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Bowls: Mirfield venues
Jun 30 2009 | Bowls News
PRELIMINARY rounds of the Mirfield Merit will be held on Tuesday, July 7. Read
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Golf: Bradley Hall set the pace
Jun 30 2009 | Golf News
BRADLEY Hall are setting the pace in the Halifax, Huddersfield Union Lawrence Batley OBE Scratch League Division One, but they have completed more fixtures than most rivals. Read
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Swimming Katy Venters ready to make a big impact
Jun 30 2009 | Other Sports
HUDDERSFIELD swim star Katy Venters insists she is in perfect shape to take the British National Championships by storm, after surpassing expectations at the British Gas Scottish Championships at the weekend. Read
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Twenty 20 Haigh Pool
Jun 30 2009 | Cricket News
Broad Oak 3 3 0 0 0 12 Read
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Search is on for Bond Girl in Huddersfield
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE search is on for a Bond Girl ... from Huddersfield. Read
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Cupwith Hill footpath repair project
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
COUNCIL workers and volunteers have taken steps to improve a popular footpath. Read
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Kirklees Council’s Cabinet ‘running scraed’ of house-building plan
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
COUNCILLORS are “running scared” from controversial plans to build 37,000 new homes. Read
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General: Seeing the light on solar power
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
THIS is the latest in our new series of columns from the Huddersfield-based Energy Saving Trust energy doctor, here to help everyone save energy in the home. This week, promised to be one of the hottest of the summer, couldn’t be a better time to think solar, though the system does work all year round Read
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Denis: Mum’s the word on this one
Jun 30 2009 | Denis Kilcommons
I HAVE been taken to task for using the word conniption by a reader from Cowcliffe. Read
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Denis: No time to sleep
Jun 30 2009 | Denis Kilcommons
READER Stephen Pickup greets me in Swahili after I recently wrote that I lived in Uganda in East Africa for a short time back in the 1960s. Stephen was in Kenya in the 1950s when he trained askaris near Nairobi. Read
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Leaders: Less talk, more action
Jun 30 2009 | Comment
HUDDERSFIELD Civic Society has taken over a shop to showcase plans being put forward for the town centre. Read
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Leader: Tough times
Jun 30 2009 | Comment
A THONGSBRIDGE flooring company is being probed by Trading Standards. Read
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Huddersfield Magic Circle celebrates 60th anniversary
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
MAGICIANS celebrated their organisation’s 60th anniversary at the weekend. Read
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Obituary: Polish war hero John Tylicki dies aged 84
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN who made his home in Huddersfield after his wartime exploits has died. Read
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Huddersfield rider Michael Whitaker hit by ban as horse fails drugs test
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
FOUR-time British Olympian Michael Whitaker has been suspended after a positive drugs test on his horse. Read
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Olympic cyclist Ed Clancy joins forces with Huddersfield Town
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
OLYMPIC gold medal cyclist Ed Clancy has become the new coach at Huddersfield Town. Read
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Ian Morley promoted at Concorde Informatics
Jun 30 2009 | Business News
Ian Morley has been appointed customer service manager for Brighouse-based software supplier Concorde Informatics. Read
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Simon Stevens appointed managing director at Britannia Rescue
Jun 30 2009 | Business News
Simon Stevens has been appointed managing director of roadside rescue business Britannia Rescue. Read
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Award for ship’s company
Jun 30 2009 | Business News
A BOAT-BUILDING company has landed a business award. Read
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Expanding firm keeping its cool
Jun 30 2009 | Business News
A COMPANY helping customers keep their cool has joined the ranks of a national industry body – as it builds up its client base. Read
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Slaithwaite bookshop owner fears final chapter after rates increase five-fold
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A VILLAGE bookshop owner claims her business will have to close after her business rates increased five-fold. Read
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Health chief visits Calderdale
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
CALDERDALE’s health service was in the spotlight when a key NHS figure visited the region. Read
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Web Forum: Parking anger
Jun 30 2009 | Forums
jUST when you thought it couldn’t get any worse trying to navigate your way round the streets of Lindley, with the Halifax Road and East Street roadworks, a new breed of menace has reared its ugly head. Read
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Parents paying for teachers’ strike
Jun 30 2009 | Reader Letters
I AM an outraged parent of children at Colne Valley High School. I would like many questions answered by Hazel Danson, the NUT executive member quoted in your front cover story of June 25. Read
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Shannon neighbour faces benefit fraud charges
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A WOMAN who played a major role in the search for abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews will appear in court next month charged with benefit fraud. Read
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Thongsbridge floor firm Warmawood is under investigation
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
INVESTIGATORS are looking into the dealings of a Huddersfield flooring company that has left customers thousands of pounds out of pocket. Read
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Huddersfield bank raid charges
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO men appeared in court charged with an armed bank robbery in Huddersfield. Read
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Huddersfield Town old boys turn to cricket for charity
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
TOWN stars past and present turned out to help a deserving charity. Read
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Birkby Day Centre hosts family fun day
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FAMILY fun day will take place in Birkby this Sunday. Read
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Driving ban for Clr James Greenwood
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A SENIOR Kirklees education officer who drove a high-powered motorcycle at more than twice the permitted speed limit has been banned from driving. Read
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Arrest after attack on Clayton West cricketer Chris Thomson
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A LEEDS man has been arrested in connection with the attack on Clayton West cricketer Chris Thompson. Read
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Moldgreen raider takes Wii
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A THIEF took a Nintendo Wii games console from a house after getting in through an open window. Read
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Kirklees students in climate debate
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
Students from High Schools across Kirklees are lined up to debate global warming and climate change issues. Read
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Young Huddersfield jobless protest
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
YOUNG people will back a protest over unemployment in Huddersfield tomorrow. Read
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Car stolen in Kirkheaton house burglary
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
BURGLARS stole a car after taking the keys from a house. Read
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Festival date for Huddersfield theatre group
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A THEATRE group from Huddersfield took tea with a difference – at Glastonbury. Read
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Loan duo clear for Sunday Giants clash
Jun 30 2009 | Huddersfield Giants News
FORWARDS Danny Sculthorpe and Michael Korkidas could face each other on Sunday - playing against their own clubs. Read
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Huddersfield Town are hungry for next level
Jun 30 2009 | Huddersfield Town News
LEE CLARK surveyed Town’s return to training yesterday convinced he Is already assembling a squad which can move up to the next level. Read
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Huddersfield Town sign former Liverpool FC defender from Yeovil Town
Jun 30 2009 | Huddersfield Town News
LEE CLARK labelled Town signing Lee Peltier a “tremendous asset” and today vowed to continue strengthening at the Galpharm. Read
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MPs condemn EU's financial blunders
Jun 30 2009 | National News
MPs have urged the European Commission to finally stamp out irregularities in its 118 billion euro budget. Read
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Security guards 'were shot dead'
Jun 30 2009 | National News
The two British hostages whose bodies were flown home from Iraq last week were shot dead, according to reports. Read
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Energy workers 'face the axe'
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Thousands of oil and gas workers face the axe if the Government fails to further help energy production around Britain, a committee has warned. Read
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Six die as derailed train explodes
Jun 30 2009 | National News
At least six people are dead and 30 injured after a freight train derailed and two cars filled with gas exploded just outside a station in an Italian town. Read
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Pills seized from Jackson mansion
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Bags of pills and other medicines were seized from Michael Jackson's rented mansion as his personal physician continued to insist that the singer had not taken an overdose. Read
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Balls to map out education strategy
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Children's Secretary Ed Balls is to set out the Government's new education reforms, designed to drive up standards and reduce Westminster's control over schools. Read
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Deadline for crucial BA talks
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Crucial talks aimed at reaching agreement on cost cutting at British Airways, including thousands of job losses, will come to a head with prospects for a deal looking slim. Read
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10 killed in derailed train blaze
Jun 30 2009 | National News
At least 10 people died and 50 others were killed when a rail carriage filled with liquefied natural gas exploded after a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town. Read
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Deadline for BA cost-cutting talks
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Crucial talks aimed at reaching agreement on cost cutting at British Airways, including thousands of job losses, will come to a head with prospects for a deal looking slim. Read
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Many energy workers 'face the axe'
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Thousands of oil and gas workers face the axe if the Government fails to further help energy production around Britain, a committee has warned. Read
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Yemen aircraft crashes into ocean
Jun 30 2009 | National News
A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros has crashed in the Indian Ocean, a Yemen airport official said. Read
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Nuclear deterrent re-think urged
Jun 30 2009 | National News
The Government has face renewed pressure to re-think its decision to update its Trident nuclear deterrent in the face of growing cost pressures on the defence budget. Read
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Wonky fruit and veg set to return
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Curvy cucumbers and knobbly carrots are to return to supermarket shelves thanks to the abolition of EU rules on the size and shape of 36 types of fruit and veg. Read
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House prices 'rose by 0.9% in June'
Jun 30 2009 | National News
House prices rose for the third time in four months during June as the market was boosted by a shortage of properties being put up for sale, figures have shown. Read
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Ladybird invasion threatens species
Jun 30 2009 | National News
The recent arrival of the invasive harlequin ladybird in the UK is likely to threaten more than 1,000 native species, scientists have warned. Read
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TUES AM: Massive explosion rocks Brighouse - pictures
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MASSIVE explosion damaged a house in Brighouse this morning. Read
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Dewsbury woman who battered mum to death loses appeal
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A WOMAN who claimed she was hearing voices in her head when she battered her pensioner mum to death with a rolling pin has lost an appeal against her murder conviction. Read
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More concerns raised on failed hip operations at Birkby hospital
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
MORE people have come forward to claim their hip operations at a Huddersfield hospital have failed, leaving them in pain. Read
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TUES AM: 1,000 cannabis plants found in Thornton Lodge
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
AROUND 1,000 cannabis plants were seized when police executed a drugs warrant at a house in Bulay Road in Thornton Lodge, Huddersfield. Read
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13 killed in derailed train blaze
Jun 30 2009 | National News
At least 13 people have been killed when a freight train derailed and set off an explosion and fire in a small Italian town. Read
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Warning over 'swine flu parties'
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Parents have been warned not to take their children to "swine flu parties" in the hope they will catch the disease now and build up immunity. Read
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Jackson photos raise new questions
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Questions have been raised about the physical condition of Michael Jackson in the days leading to his death. Read
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Denis: So what cost growing spuds?
Jun 30 2009 | Denis Kilcommons
WHEN I was 15 and the long summer holidays stretched into the far blue yonder, two chums and I went potato picking. Read
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Repairs almost complete at St John’s Church in Birkby
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
REPAIRS to a Birkby church devastated by metal thieves are almost complete. Read
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Economy slump worst in fifty years
Jun 30 2009 | National News
The recession-blighted UK economy shrank at its fastest rate for more than 50 years in the first three months of 2009, official figures showed. Read
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Toddler rescued from air crash site
Jun 30 2009 | National News
A toddler has been rescued alive from the wreckage of an airliner that crashed trying to land in the Comoros islands. Read
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2,100 Lloyds Bank jobs to be axed
Jun 30 2009 | National News
The finance sector has been hit by another jobs hammer blow with news that Lloyds is to axe 2,100 posts. Read
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Child rescued from air crash site
Jun 30 2009 | National News
A five-year-old has been rescued alive from the wreckage of an airliner that crashed trying to land in the Comoros islands. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening column talks roses
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
THIS quotation – "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" – from a speech by Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was reportedly meant as a dig at the Rose Theatre which was a local rival to The Globe Theatre in London as apparently its sanitary arrangements were less than satisfactory. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening column, delphiniums
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
THIS summer spectacle is an extravagant member of the buttercup family and, amazingly, originates in its wild forms, from mountainous regions of the world. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening diary June 27th
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
` Summer garden visits – if you are heading down to South Wales for a seaside holiday this summer, can I suggest that you come off the M4 Motorway just after Swansea and visit the National Botanical Garden of Wales, near Carmarthen. Read
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Graham Porter on gardening jobs to do: winter vegetables
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
1 Winter Vegetables – if you have not done so already, this week is a good time to get all winter brassicas and leeks planted to ensure a good crop of winter cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflowers, purple sprouting broccoli and leeks. Read
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UK's sunniest June for three years
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Soaring summer temperatures and a scorching end to the month have given Britain its hottest June for three years, according to new figures. Read
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Economic slump is worst since 1958
Jun 30 2009 | National News
The recession-blighted UK economy shrank at its fastest rate for more than 50 years in the first three months of 2009, official figures have shown. Read
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ID cards to stay voluntary: Johnson
Jun 30 2009 | National News
British citizens will never be forced to carry ID cards, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said. Read
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Tough choices over education: Balls
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Children's secretary Ed Balls has admitted schools and colleges will have to make savings in order to fund the Government's ambitious new education reforms. Read
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Sex rage killer acquitted of murder
Jun 30 2009 | National News
A man who stabbed his partner and his best friend after "losing his rag" when he found them having sex on his canal boat has been cleared of their murders. Read
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TUES PM: Latest on Brighouse explosion
Jun 30 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
INVESTIGATORS say an explosion which rocked a Brighouse property early this morning is suspicious. Read
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Charlotte's ex arrested over drugs
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Singer Charlotte Church's former boyfriend Kyle Johnson has been arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs. Read
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Girl pulled alive from jet wreckage
Jun 30 2009 | National News
A teenage girl has been plucked from the Indian Ocean, the only apparent survivor from an airliner crash which killed 152 people. Read
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Teachers face competence check-ups
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Teachers will face five-year check-ups to ensure they are fit to teach and could be banned from the classroom if they are not up to scratch, the Government has announced. Read
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Jackson 'cut father from last will'
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Michael Jackson cut his father out of his last will in a move that would deprive him of a share in the singer's fortune, it has been reported. Read
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Wonky fruit and veg back on shelves
Jun 30 2009 | National News
The European Commission has achieved the near-impossible - praise all round for putting wonky fruit and veg back on supermarket shelves. Read
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Charlotte's ex to face drugs charge
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Pop singer Charlotte Church's former boyfriend Kyle Johnson has been charged with supplying class A drugs after a raid in east London. Read
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Gaza humanitarian aid boat 'seized'
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Eight British and Irish people are among a group of 21 human rights activists "kidnapped" by the Israeli authorities, campaigners have said. Read
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London shows may be Jackson tribute
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Michael Jackson's tour promoter has said the dead star's ill-fated London show could be turned into a tribute gig featuring his family. Read
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Stanford to stay behind bars: judge
Jun 30 2009 | National News
Cricket entrepreneur and billionaire businessman Sir Allen Stanford must remain behind bars ahead of his multi-billion dollar fraud trial, a US judge has ruled. Read
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Our House: Honley couple’s idyllic country cottage
Jun 30 2009 | Our House
WHEN Anne and Godfrey Blount were looking for their next home, being close to family was a top priority. Read
