Oct
2009
Articles from 7th Oct 2009
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It’s a rap
Oct 07 2009 | Comment
RAPPING Huddersfield teacher Jonathan Heeley has been named Teacher Of The Year in the Pride Of Britain Awards. Read
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Sentencing guidelines
Oct 07 2009 | Comment
A JUDGE has spoken of his frustration after guidelines prevented him from jailing a man convicted of voyeurism against a teenage girl. Read
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Barry: Speculation on Tories’ response to a united Europe
Oct 07 2009 | Barry Gibson
IN the end it wasn’t even close. Read
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Barry: Norway’s the best place to live, but the UK’s OK too
Oct 07 2009 | Barry Gibson
IF you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Read
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Health: Is your mobile phone ruining your health?
Oct 07 2009 | Health and Family
There have long been claims that the use of mobile phones is linked to the development of brain tumours. But according to former telecommunications worker, Glynn Hughes, the threat to health from wireless technology is wide-ranging, all pervasive and should concern us all. He talked to HILARIE STELFOX Read
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Family history: Graham Denby on Portuguese roundabouts and building habits
Oct 07 2009 | Ex-pats
LOOKING around the Alentejo district of Portugal it seems that construction, by which I mean in the modern way, has only really taken off since their membership of the EC. Read
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Family history: Dilys Lamb, Newport Pagnell, recalls musician aunt Irene Gedhill
Oct 07 2009 | Family History
MUSICIAN Irene Gledhill, nee Singleton, was well known in Huddersfield. Read
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Amateur RL: Pennine League results
Oct 07 2009 | Amateur Rugby League
Latest results. Read
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Table Tennis: Remarkable milestone for Garry Moss
Oct 07 2009 | Other Sports
THE Huddersfield Table Tennis League season has only just started for the newly-named Kingsmith 200+. Read
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Amateur RL: Saracens run riot yet again!
Oct 07 2009 | Amateur Rugby League
SLAITHWAITE Saracens followed up last week’s 66-0 Pennine League First Division win over Wyke with exactly the same scoreline over West Bowling A. Read
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Amateur RL: Newsome Panthers are proving the team to beat
Oct 07 2009 | Amateur Rugby League
NEWSOME PANTHERS are already emerging as the team to beat in Division II of the Pennine League. Read
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Giants' chairman Davy on Club of the Year award: This is an award for everyone
Oct 07 2009 | Huddersfield Giants News
PROUD chairman Ken Davy believes picking up the engage Super League Club of the Year award is an award for everyone at Huddersfield Giants. Read
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Giants ace Brett Hodgson celebrates being named the Super League Man of Steel
Oct 07 2009 | Huddersfield Giants News
MAN of Steel Brett Hodgson can’t wait for the start of next season! Read
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Amateur RL: Meltham All Blacks back on the winning track
Oct 07 2009 | Amateur Rugby League
MELTHAM All Blacks got back to winning ways with a 20-0 Division V triumph over Stainland Stags. Read
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In-form Panthers are already proving the team to beat
Oct 07 2009 | Amateur Rugby League
jbvjehv Read
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Rugby League: Pennine League tables
Oct 07 2009 | Amateur Rugby League
Premier Division Read
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John Helm: Sobering thought for England football team
Oct 07 2009 | Other Sports
WHAT have England, Trinidad and Tobago and Tahiti in common? Read
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John Helm: Playing golf in the Pyramids
Oct 07 2009 | John Helm
I’VE been lucky to play golf in some exotic locations, but never before in the shadow of one of the seven wonders of the world. Read
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John Helm: Not the way to Boogy on down
Oct 07 2009 | John Helm
THERE’S a guy by the name of Bogy (pronounced Boogy) playing for Egypt in the World Under 20 Championships and he should have become a national hero with the two late goals he scored to clinch the home country’s place in the last 16. Read
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Our famous five served up at Examiner Literary Luncheon
Oct 07 2009 | Literary Lunch
THE Examiner’s long-established Literary Luncheon once again offered up a feast of entertainment at the Galpharm Stadium yesterday. Read
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Mum of Golcar baby blinded by father on The Jeremy Kyle Show
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE mum of a baby boy who was brain damaged and blinded by his own father appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show today. Read
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Restaurateurs Stephen and Jonathan Tiffany buy CragRats Brasserie
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
MORE than 20 jobs have been saved with the takeover of a Holme Valley restaurant. Read
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Fomer market trader’s Asbo extended
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A TRADER accused of threatening and swearing at customers has had his ban from a market extended. Read
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Huddersfield shops voted third best for customer service
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
SHOPPERS in Huddersfield can expect a good level of customer service after the town’s outlets were rated the third best in Yorkshire and Humberside. Read
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Barry Sheerman urges high-quality replacement to ‘ugliest building in Huddersfield’
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
KIRKLEES College plans to move from “one of the ugliest buildings in Huddersfield”. Read
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‘Help us to get the best for our town’
Oct 07 2009 | Reader Letters
I WAS disappointed to read Yvonne Radcliffe’s letter about Tesco Holmfirth because it seems that she has misunderstood some of the key issues (Mailbag, October 1). Read
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West End role for former Huddersfield student and Coronation Street star Rob James Collier
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
FORMER Huddersfield student Rob James Collier (pictured) is to hit the West End stage. Read
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Webforum: Why all the empty buildings?
Oct 07 2009 | Unsorted
IT’S not often you feel sorry for the council. Read
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Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival cancelled for 2010
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE popular Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival has been cancelled for 2010. Read
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Rapping Rawthorpe maths teacher wins Pride of Britain Award
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
RAPPING teacher Jonathan Heeley is the Pride of Britain. Read
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NHS Kirklees check on swine flu information
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
HEALTH chiefs admit: a swine flu epidemic is on the way to Huddersfield. Read
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Four arrested over the death of Christopher Hartley near Clayton West
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
FOUR men have been arrested by detectives investigating a killing in Clayton West. Read
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Two-car smash near Huddersfield town centre
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
RUSH-HOUR motorists faced long delays after a two-car smash on a busy road. Read
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JPT Match report: Chesterfield 3 - 3 Huddersfield (4-2 after pens)
Oct 07 2009 | Huddersfield Town News
TOWN crashed out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy on penalties after a stunning fightback at soggy Saltergate. Read
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Hockey: Keeper Creedon stars but Dragons defeated
Oct 07 2009 | Other Sports
HUDDERSFIELD Ladies fell to a second-half breakaway goal as they went down 2-1 to Broom in the Women’s North Division I hockey clash at Lockwood Park. Read
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Huddersfield Town's suicide show v Chesterfield: Lee Clark
Oct 07 2009 | Huddersfield Town News
LEE CLARK watched Town drop out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy on penalties against Chesterfield and moaned: “We committed football suicide.” Read
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TUES PM: Chesterfield 3 Huddersfield Town 3 (Chesterfield won 4-2 on pens)
Oct 07 2009 | Huddersfield Town News
TOWN were knocked out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy on penalties after scoring twice in stoppage time to force the shoot-out. Read
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Obama 'considering Afghan options'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
President Barack Obama has told politicians in Washington that finding a way forward in Afghanistan was not simply a choice between upping troop numbers of getting out, a White House official said. Read
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Consumer optimism at 18-month high
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Consumer confidence has jumped to an 18-month high during September following reports that the worst of the recession may be over, according to research. Read
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Ad for loan charging 2,356% banned
Oct 07 2009 | National News
A television advert for cash loans with borrowing costs of more than 2,300% has been banned. Read
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Favourite Mantel lands Booker Prize
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Bookies' favourite Hilary Mantel has scooped the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her "demanding" novel about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell. Read
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Fraud on UK-issued cards down 23%
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Fraud losses on UK cards fell by nearly a quarter during the first half of the year as criminals instead targeted cards issued abroad, new figures show. Read
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Unions attack Tory austerity pledge
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The Tories face a possible summer of discontent of industrial action if they win the next general election after angering unions by warning public sector pay and pensions would be squeezed to help cut the state deficit. Read
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Grieve calls for 'criminal alert'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Police should be given more power to alert communities to dangerous criminals in their midst, the Tories said as they promised a shake-up of rules to make public protection the top priority. Read
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Baby P chief launches challenge
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy is to launch a judicial challenge against her sacking. Read
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UK rubbish levels 'waste millions'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The UK is wasting hundreds of millions of pounds a year by throwing away rubbish which could be recycled, Friends of the Earth has said. Read
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Probe into cyanide river pollution
Oct 07 2009 | National News
An investigation is under way into how untreated sewage and cyanide made its way into part of one of the country's major rivers. Read
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Baby P chief in court challenge
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy is to launch a judicial challenge against her sacking. Read
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BA staff 'consider strike action'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The threat of strike action by British Airways workers is looming after the airline announced plans to cut 1,700 cabin crew jobs and freeze pay. Read
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Trafficking unit axe plan slammed
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Several leading charities have criticised plans to shut down a police unit dedicated to tackling human trafficking. Read
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Sainsbury's posts 5.4% rise in Q2 sales
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
SUPERMARKET group Sainsbury’s today posted a 5.4% rise in second quarter sales as it kept up the pressure on market leader Tesco. Read
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Burger King to overhaul 12,000 outlets in rebrand
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
BURGER King Corp plans to swap its generic fast-food feel and bland tiles and tabletops for an ambiance that’s more sit-down than drive-through. Read
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Osborne denial on 'rich tax breaks'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Shadow chancellor George Osborne has denied he is asking millions of middle-income earners to take a pay freeze in order to fund tax breaks for millionaires. Read
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Sainsbury's sees sales rise by 5.4%
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Supermarket group Sainsbury's has posted a 5.4% rise in second quarter sales as it kept up the pressure on market leader Tesco. Read
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Giants coach Brown: Coach of the Year award is good, silverware would be better
Oct 07 2009 | Huddersfield Giants News
NATHAN BROWN is now targeting silverware after expressing his delight at being named the Super League Coach of the Year. Read
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Thorntons trading up in 'satisfactory' start
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
THORNTONS today said sales were up 2.3% as trading in the first quarter of its financial year got off to a "satisfactory" start. Read
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Bradley man filmed teenage girl in shower on hidden camera
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
A 44-year-old man who set up a mobile phone in a shower to film a teenage girl has been spared jail. Read
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Tributes to Holmfirth road accident death man Shane Apperley
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
DEVASTATED colleagues of a head chef have paid tribute to him after he was tragically killed in a road accident. Read
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Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden visits Mirfield - pictures
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
BRITAIN’S Got Talent judge Amanda Holden visited Mirfield as part of a campaign to get the country recycling. Read
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Recruitment firm Michael Page sees further stabilisation
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
ONE of the UK’s largest recruitment firms today said stabilisation in the banking sector had spread to other businesses but third quarter profits remained down around 40% on last year. Read
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Aer Lingus plans hundreds of job cuts to save £92m
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
AER Lingus today announced plans to make 676 job cuts as part of a bid to save almost 100 million euro (£92 million). Read
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Wednesday stock market opens lukewarm on Sainsbury's results
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
A SALES update from Sainsbury’s received a lukewarm response today after shares in the supermarket chain opened more than 3% lower. Read
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Tyre firm Pirelli to close final pension scheme to existing members
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
TYRE company Pirelli, which has a main factory in Carlisle, is planning to shut its final-salary pension scheme to existing members. Read
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BA 'plans to slash cabin crew pay'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
British Airways is planning to slash the pay of cabin crew joining the airline by several thousand pounds a year under drastic moves to cut costs, it has been claimed. Read
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Police swoop in dawn drug raids
Oct 07 2009 | National News
More than 430 police officers have launched simultaneous dawn raids in a crackdown on drug dealers. Read
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Drugs baron guilty of cannabis plot
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Drugs baron Curtis Warren has been convicted of trying to smuggle £1 million worth of cannabis into Jersey. Read
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Small mortgage deposit means higher charges
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
PEOPLE with small deposits are being charged twice as much for mortgages as those with more money to put down, research showed today. Read
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Shepherd Neame reports strong sales based on bottle demand
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
SPITFIRE and Bishops Finger brewer Shepherd Neame today said sales remained strong after a further surge in demand for its bottled beers. Read
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Non-financial firms' profits reach eight-year low
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
THE profitability of UK companies outside the financial sector fell to an eight-year low between April and June, official figures showed today. Read
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Baby P chief sacking 'rule breach'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy was the victim of a "flagrant breach of the rules of natural justice" that left her shocked, ruined her career and led her to thoughts of suicide, the High Court has heard. Read
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Polluted river: Cyanide levels down
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Levels of cyanide and untreated sewage in one of the country's major rivers are falling as experts continue their investigation into how the water became polluted. Read
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Jaguar wins £175m Indian loan deal
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Car giant Jaguar Land Rover has secured a loan of £175 million from the State Bank of India. Read
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New rules let police 'take risks'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Police officers who risk their lives to protect the public will not face prosecution for breaking health and safety laws, under new rules. Read
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Sportingbet weathers slide in UK revenues
Oct 07 2009 | Latest National Business News
Online gaming website Sportingbet today said it had overcome a slump in UK revenues to post a 28% hike in underlying profits. Read
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Ex-Army boss falls in with Tories
Oct 07 2009 | National News
David Cameron is to unveil ex-army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt as the latest recruit to his team. Read
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106-year-old loses care home fight
Oct 07 2009 | National News
A battle by one of Britain's oldest women to stop the closure of her council-run care home has failed at the Court of Appeal. Read
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Taiwan TV maker creates 500 UK jobs
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Taiwanese television manufacturer Kenmark is to open a factory in the UK, creating 500 new jobs. Read
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Huddersfield Giants - Season review in pictures
Oct 07 2009 | Huddersfield Giants News
THIRD in the Super League and an appearance in the Challenge Cup final would have been more than enough for most Giants fans at the start of the season. Read
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WEDS PM: Trial of man on Sabira Alam murder charge starts
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE trial of the man accused of murdering Sabira Alam began at Bradford Crown Court today. Read
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Abuse woman's husband 'suicide bid'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The husband of a paedophile nursery worker has been rushed to hospital after an apparent suicide attempt. Read
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Public to have say on BBC standards
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The BBC is giving licence fee-payers a say on suitable standards for its shows for the first time, as it clamps down on the use of bad language and aggressive behaviour. Read
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Man in drag sees off attackers
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Two men were knocked to the ground by a cage fighter in drag after they picked a fight with his friend, a court has heard. Read
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WEDS PM: Police get more time to quiz men held in Christopher Hartley murder case
Oct 07 2009 | Local West Yorkshire News
DETECTIVES have been given more time to quiz four men arrested over an execution-style murder. Read
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River polluters to face prosecution
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The Environment Agency is aiming to prosecute those responsible for polluting one of the country's major rivers with cyanide. Read
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Gangster faces jail over drugs plot
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Drugs baron Curtis Warren is facing up to 14 years in jail after being convicted of trying to smuggle £1 million of cannabis into Jersey. Read
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Berlusconi loses courtroom immunity
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Italy's top court has overturned an immunity law shielding Premier Silvio Berlusconi from a corruption trial in Milan. Read
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Sacked Baby P chief 'was suicidal'
Oct 07 2009 | National News
The former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy was the victim of a "flagrant breach of the rules of natural justice" that left her shocked, ruined her career and led her to thoughts of suicide, the High Court has been told. Read
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University rape claim is withdrawn
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Police investigating two allegations of rape at a university on the same night have said the latest complaint has been withdrawn. Read
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Fears for Briton missing in Panama
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Concern is mounting for the welfare of a British backpacker who went missing in Panama more than seven weeks ago. Read
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Ex-Army chief falls in with Tories
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Ex-army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt has been recruited by the Tories in the wake of his bitter public spat with PM Gordon Brown. Read
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'Robin Hood' giveaway banker jailed
Oct 07 2009 | National News
A "Robin Hood" banker who stole 340,000 dollars (£214,000) and apparently gave it all away to needy customers has been sentenced to a year and a day in jail. Read
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Bones are of woman missing in 1996
Oct 07 2009 | National News
Human remains found at the side of a motorway are that of a woman who disappeared from a nightclub in 1996. Read
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We're ready to govern, says Cameron
Oct 07 2009 | National News
David Cameron has accepted his austerity manifesto of pay freezes, spending cuts and delayed pensions will be unpopular but insists it shows the Conservatives are a Government-in-waiting. Read
